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Dr Nicolas Flament, PhD

Earthbyte Group
School of Geosciences
The University of Sydney
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Research Interests and Brief CV

Nicolas is working as a postdoctoral fellow in the School of Geosciences (Earthbyte Group) investigating mantle convection, plate motions and plate deformation to produce estimates of past dynamic topography for South America as part of the project “Dynamic Earth models and surface maps for South America” sponsored by Statoil.
Nicolas’ research interests are in the field of geodynamics, geophysics and geology, specifically looking at the evolution of sea level at different time scales. He completed his PhD (in cotutelle between ENS Lyon, France, and the University of Sydney) on the long-term evolution of sea level in relation with the secular cooling of the solid Earth in 2009.

Peer-reviewed articles

Flament, N., Gurnis, M., Williams, S., Seton, M., Müller, R. D, Skogseid, J. & Heine, C. Topographic asymmetry of the South Atlantic from global models of mantle flow and lithospheric stretching, Earth and Planetary Science Letters, in preparation.

Flament, N., Gurnis, M. & Müller, R. D. A review of observations and models of dynamic topography. Review paper for Lithosphere, under review.

Seton, M., Flament, N., Whittaker, J., Müller, R. D, Bower, D. J., & Gurnis, M. Ridge subduction sparked reorganisation of the plate-mantle system 50 million years ago, under review.

Flament, N., Coltice & N., Rey, P. F, 2011. The evolution of oceanic 87Sr/86Sr does not constrain continental growth, Precambrian Research, accepted; doi:10.1016/j.precamres.2011.10.009 www

Zahirovic, S., Müller, R. D., Seton, M., Flament, N., Gurnis, M. & Whittaker, J., 2012. Insights on the kinematics of the India-Eurasia collision from global geodynamic models, Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems 13 (4); doi:10.1029/2011GC003883 www

Olivier, N., Dromart, G., Coltice, N., Flament, N., Rey, P. F & Sauvestre, R., 2012. A deep subaqueous fan depositional model for the Paleoarchaean (3.46 Ga) Marble Bar Cherts, Warrawoona Group, Western Australia, Geological Magazine 149 (4), 743-749; doi:10.1017/S0016756812000131

Flament, N., Rey, P. F., Coltice, N., Dromart, G. & Olivier, N., 2011. Lower crustal flow kept Archean continental flood basalts at sea level, Geology 39 (12), 1159-1162; doi:10.1130/G32231.1

Flament, N., Coltice, N. & Rey, P. F., 2008. A case for late-Archaean continental emergence from thermal evolution models and hypsometry, Earth and Planetary Science Letters 275 (3-4), 326-336, doi:10.1016/j.epsl.2008.08.029

Peer-reviewed conference proceedings

Matthews, K., Seton, M., Flament, N. & Müller, R. D., 2012. Late Cretaceous to present-day opening of the southwest Pacific constrained by numerical models and seismic tomography, Eastern Australian Basins Symposium IV, Brisbane 11-14 Sept. 2012.

Seton, M., Flament, N. & Müller, R. D., 2012. Subduction history of the Melanesian borderlands, Eastern Australian Basins Symposium IV, Brisbane 11-14 Sept. 2012.

Conference Abstracts

Flament, N., Williams, S., Gurnis, M., Heine, C., & Müller, R. D., Testing alternative reconstructions of the South Atlantic by comparing predicted to observed total tectonic subsidence, 34th International Geological Congress, Brisbane, 2012

Flament, N., Gurnis, M., Williams, S., Seton, M., Müller, R. D. & Skogseid, J., Asymmetry of the margins of the South Atlantic from geodynamic models of lithospheric deformation and mantle convection, 34th International Geological Congress, Brisbane, 2012

Flament, N., Gurnis, M., Williams, S., Seton, M., Müller, R. D. & Skogseid, J., A deep mantle origin for the asymmetry of the South Atlantic margins, EGU General Assembly, 2012

Flament, N., Gurnis, M., Williams, S., Heine, C., Seton, M. & Müller, R. D., Topography of the margins of South America since the Cretaceous from geodynamic models of lithospheric deformation and mantle convection, AGU Fall Meeting, 2011

Flament, N., Gurnis, M., Williams, S., Heine, C., Seton, M. & Müller, R. D., Effect of mantle convection on the total tectonic subsidence of South Atlantic margins, Fragile Earth, Munich, Germany, September 2011

Flament, N., Coltice, N., Rey, P. F., Dromart, G. & Olivier, N., Subaqueous Archean continental flood basalts were emplaced on hot continental crust, EGU General Assembly, 2011

Flament, N., Coltice, N., & Rey, P. F., The evolution of 87Sr/86Sr does not rule out early continental growth, AGU Fall Meeting, 2010

Flament, N., Coltice, N. & Rey, P. F., Secular cooling of the solid Earth, Archaean emerged land surface, and crustal growth, 5th International Archean Symposium, Perth, 2010

Flament, N., Coltice, N., Rey, P. F., Dromart, G. & Olivier, N., The role of lower crustal flow in the formation of subaqueous Archaean continental flood basalts, Australian Earth Science Convention, 2010

Flament, N., Coltice, N. & Rey, P. F., Crustal growth, thermal evolution of the Earth, and Archaean emerged land surface, EGU General Assembly, 2010 – solicited

Flament, N., Coltice, N., Rey, P. F., Dromart, G. & Olivier, N., Lower crustal flow and subaqueous Archean continents, AGU Fall Meeting, 2009

Flament, N., Coltice, N. & Rey, P. F., Late-Archean continental emergence: consequences for the rise of atmospheric oxygen, American Geophysical Union fall meeting, 2008

Flament, N., Rey, P. F. & Coltice, N., Modeling the thermal and mechanical response of 3.4-2.2 Ga continental crust to the emplacement of sills, EGU General Assembly, 2008

Flament, N., Coltice, N. and Rey, P. F., Surface area of emerged land and depth of mid-oceanic ridges in the Archean, Australian Earth Science Convention, 2008

Flament, N., Coltice, N. & Rey, P. F., Emerged land surface in the Archean: constraints on continental growth and mantle thermal history, EGU General Assembly, 2007

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