Laurent Michon

Professor

 

Laboratoire GéoSciences Réunion

UMR 7154 IPGP

Université de la Réunion

15, Avenue René Cassin, CS92003

97744 Saint Denis messagerie cedex 9 La Réunion

phone: +262 (0)692 433 496

email: laurent.michon[at]univ-reunion.fr

ResearcherID: H-9840-2017 ; Orcid: 0000-0002-4486-5378 ; IdHal: laurent-michon

My research is focused on several topics dealing with the geodynamics of volcanoes and rift systems.

I address with colleagues the questions of (1) the deformation processes experienced by volcanic edifices and their control on the magma path, (2) the evolution of rift systems with a special focus on the East African Rift System and the Comoros Archipelago, and (3) the dynamics of erosion of volcanic landforms and its control.

  • Geodynamics of the East African Rift System and the Comoros Archipelago. Funded by the Coyotes ANR project and INSU-CNRS. Collaborations: V. Famin (LGSR-IPGP, U. Réunion), X. Quidelleur (GEOPS, U. Paris Saclay), F. Nauret (LMV, UCA), I. Thinon (BRGM), A. Di Muro (OVPF-IPGP)
  • Erosion dynamics and processes on Réunion Island. Funded by the FEDER RenovRisk-Erosion project. Collaboration: E. Gayer (IPGP), A. Lucas (IPGP), N. Villeneuve (LGSR-IPGP), B. Aunay (BRGM), C. Rault (BRGM).
  • Paleo-environnemental evolution of Réunion Island. Funded by the OMNCG research federation of La Réunion university. Collaborations: D. Strasberg (UMR PVBMT), C. Ah-Peng (UMR PVBMT), F. Arnaud (EDYTEM, Chambéry), L. Brémond (ISEM, Montpellier).

Since 2013: Full professor, Laboratoire GéoSciences Réunion, Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris, La Réunion University

2003-2013 : Assistant professor, Laboratoire GéoSciences Réunion, Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris, La Réunion University

2001-2003 : Post-doc position at TNO-NITG (Utrecht, the Netherlands) and at the Geologisches Institut (Freiburg i. Br., Germany) in the framework of the ENTEC (Environmental TECtonics) european project.

2000-2001 : Lecturer at the Magmas and Volcanoes Laboratory (Clermont-Ferrand, France).

1997-2000 : PhD thesis – Université Clermont-Ferrand II : Dynamique de l’extension continentale –Application au Rift Ouest-Européen par l’étude de la province du Massif Central.

Disciplines: Geodynamics, magmatic and metamorphic processes, geological mapping, field geology

 

> Cours de géologie régionale ; Licence 3 ; in French

- Introduction

- Rifts et marges passives : les rifts Ouest-Européen et NO-Méditerranéen

- Bassins sédimentaires : les bassins parisien, aquitain et du sud-est

- Subduction et collision : les Pyrénées et les Alpes

- Collision continentale : l'orogenèse hercynienne

 

> Cours de géodynamique ; Licence 1 ; in French

- Introduction

- Géodynamique interne: Moteurs et tectonique des plaques

- Frontières tectoniques divergentes

- Frontières tectoniques convergentes

- Géodynamique externe

- Interactions géodynamiques interne et externe

> Teixeira, H., Le Corre, M., Michon, L., Nicoll, M., Jaeger, A., Nikolic, N.,  Pinet, P., Couzi, F.-X., Humeau, L. (2024). Past volcanic activity predisposes an endemic threatened seabird to negative anthropogenic impacts. Scientific Reports, 14, 1960. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-52556-9

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> Gonzalez, A., Fontaine, F.R., Barruol, G., Recking, A., Burtin, A., Join, J.-L., Delcher, E., Michon, L., Gimbert, F. (2023). Seismic signature of a river flooding in La Réunion Island during the tropical cyclone Dumazile (March 2018). Journal of Applied Geophysics, 215, 105127. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jappgeo.2023.105127

> Michon, L., Gayer, E., Lucas, A., Bellin, F., Gougeon, M. (2023). The 1965 Mahavel landslide (Réunion Island, Indian Ocean): Morphology, volumes, flow dynamics and causes of a rock avalanche in tropical volcanic setting. Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface, 128, e2022JF006944, https://doi.org/10.1029/2022JF006944

> Rusquet, A., Famin, V., Quidelleur, X., Michon, L., Nauret, F., Danišík, M., Thinon, I., Leroy, S., Lemoine, A. (2023). Pliocene-to-Holocene volcano-tectonic activity on Mohéli Island (Comoros archipelago) constrained by new K-Ar ages. J. Volcanol. Geotherm. Res., 442, 107896. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2023.107896

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> Dofal, A., Michon, L., Fontaine, F. R., Rindraharinsaona, E., Barruol, G., Tkalčić, H. (2022). Imaging the lithospheric structure and plumbing system below the Mayotte volcanic zone.Comptes Rendus Géoscience, 354, 47-64.https://doi.org/10.5802/crgeos.190

> Dosseto, A., Hannan-Joyner, A., Gayer, E., Michon, L.(2022). Geochemical evolution of soils on Reunion Island. Geochemica et Cosmochemica Acta, 318, 263-278. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gca.2021.12.006

> Famin, V., Paquez, C., Danišík, M., Gardiner, N. J., Michon, L., Kirkland, C. L., Berthod, C., Friedrichs, B., Schmitt, A. K., Monié, P. (2022). Multi-technique geochronology of intrusive and explosive activity on Piton des Neiges volcano, Réunion Island. Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems, 23, e2021GC010214. https://doi.org/10.1029/2021GC010214

> Michon, L., Famin, V., Quidelleur, X. (2022). Evolution of the East African Rift System from trap-scale to plate-scale rifting. Earth-Science Reviews, 231, 104089, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.earscirev.2022.104089

> Quidelleur, X., Michon, L., Famin, V., Geffray, M.-C., Danišík, M., Gardiner, N., Rusquet, A., Zakari, M. G. (2022). Holocene volcanic activity in Anjouan Island (Comoros archipelago) revealed by new Cassignol-Gillot groundmass K-Ar and 14C ages. Quaternary Geochronology,  67, 101236, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quageo.2021.101236

> Rault, C., Thiery, Y., Chaput, M., Reninger, P.A., Dewez, T., Michon, L., Samyn, K., Aunay, B. (2022). Landslide processes involved in volcano dismantling from past to present: the remarkable open-air laboratory of the Cirque of Salazie (Reunion Island). Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface, 127, e2021JF006257. https://doi.org/10.1029/2021JF006257

> Thinon, I., Lemoine, A., Leroy, S., Paquet, F., Berthod, C., Zaragosi, S., Famin, V., Feuillet, N., Boymond, P., Masquelet, Ch., Mercury, N., Rusquet, A., Scalabrin, C., Van der Woerd, J., Bernard, J., Bignon, J., Clouard, V., Doubre, C., Jacques, E., Jorry, S.J., Rolandone, F., Chamot-Rooke, N., Delescluse, M., Franke, D., Watremez, L., Bachèlery, P., Michon, L., Sauter, D., Bujan, S., Canva, A., Dassie, E., Roche, V., Ali, S., Sitti Allaouia, A.H., Deplus, Ch., Rad, S., Sadeski, L. (2022). Volcanism and tectonics unveiled in the Comoros Archipelago between Africa and Madagascar.Comptes Reundus Géoscience, 354, 7-34. https://doi.org/10.5802/crgeos.159

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> Boudoire, G., Di Muro, A., Michon, L., Metrich, N. (2021). Footprints and conditions of multistep alkali enrichment in basaltic melts at Piton de la Fournaise (La Réunion Island, Indian Ocean). Bulletin of Volcanology, 83, 84, https://doi:10.1007/s00445-021-01508-6

>Dofal, A., Fontaine, F.R.,Michon, L., Barruol, G., Tkalcic, H., (2021). Nature of the crust beneath the islands of the Mozambique Channel: constrains from receiver functions.  Journal of African Earth Sciences, 184, 104379, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jafrearsci.2021.104379

> Dumont, M., Reninger, P.A., Aunay,  B., Pryet, A., Jougnot,D., Join, J.L.,Michon, L., Martelet, G. (2021). Hydrogeophysical characterization in a volcanic context from local to regional scales combining airborne electromagnetism and magnetism. Geophysical Research Letters, 48, e2020GL092000. https://doi.org/10.1029/2020GL092000

> Duputel, Z., Ferrazzini, V., Lengliné, O., Michon, L., Fontaine, F.R.,Massin, F. (2021). Seismicity of La Réunion island. Comptes Rendus Géoscience, 353, https://doi.org/10.5802/crgeos.77

> Gayer, E., Michon, L., Villeneuve, N. (2021). Volcanic island multi-stage construction inferred from a simple geometrical approach: Example of Réunion Island. Geomorphology, 392, 107900, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geomorph.2021.107900

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> Albert, S., Florès, O., Michon, L., Srasberg, D. (2020). Dating young (<1000 yrs) lava flows eruptions of Piton de la Fournaise volcano from size distribution of long-lived pioneer trees. Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research, 401, 106974, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2020.106974

> Berthod, C., Michon, L., Famin, V., Welsch, B., Bachèlery, P., Bascou, J. (2020). Layered gabbros and peridotites from Piton des Neiges volcano, La Réunion Island. Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research, 405, 107039. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2020.107039

> Famin, V., Michon, L., Bourhane, A. (2020). The Comoros archipelago : a right-lateral transfom boundary between the Somalia and Lwandle plates. Tectonophysics, 789, 228539;https://doi.org/10.1015/j.tecto.2020.228539

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> Barruol, G., Sigloch, K., Scholz, J.-R., Mazzullo, A., Stutzmann, E., Montagner, J.-P., Kiselev, S., Fontaine, F.R., Michon, L., Deplus, C., Dyment, J. (2019). Large-scale flow of Indian Ocean asthenosphere driven by Réunion plume. Nature Geoscience, 12, 1043-1049. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41561-019-0479-3

Boudoire, G., Brugier, Y., -A., Di Muro, A., Wörner, G., Arienzo, N., Metrich, N., Zanon, V., Braukmüller, N., Kronz, A., Le Moigne, Y., Michon, L. (2019). Eruptive activity on the western flank of Piton de la Fournaise (La Réunion Island, Indian Ocean): insights on magma transfer, storage and evolution at an oceanic volcanic island. Journal of Petrology, 60, 1717-1752. https://doi.org/10.1093/petrology/egz045

> Derrien, A., Villeneuve, N., Peltier, A., Michon, L. (2019). Multi-temporal airborne Structure-from-Motion on caldera rim: hazard, visitor exposure and origins
of instabilities at Piton de la Fournaise. Progress in Physical Geography, 43, 2, 193-214. https://doi.org/10.1177/0309133318808201

> Fontaine, F.R., Roult, G., Hejrani, B.,Michon, L., Ferrazzini, V., Barruol, G., Tkalčić, H., Di Muro, A., Peltier, A., Reymond, D., Staudacher, T., Massin, F.(2019).Very- and ultra-long-period seismic signals prior to and during caldera formation on La Réunion Island. Scientific Reports,9:8068,https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-44439-1

> Gayer, E., Michon, L., Louvat, P., Gaillardet, J.(2019). Storm-induced precipitation variability control of long-term erosion. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 517, 61-70. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2019.04.003

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> Scholz, J.-R., Barruol, G., Fontaine, F.R., Mazzullo, A., Montagner, J.-P., Stutzmann, E., Michon, L., Sigloch, K. (2018). SKS splitting, upper mantle seismic anisotropy, La Réunion hotspot, Central Indian Ridge, Southwest Indian Ridge, plume-ridge connection. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 498, 169-184, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2018.06.033

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> Boudoire G., Di Muro, A., Liuzzo, M., Ferrazzini, V., Peltier, A., Gurrieri, S., Michon, L., Giudice, G., Kowalski, P., Boissier, P. (2017). New perspectives on volcano monitoring in a tropical environment: continuous measurements of soil CO2 flux at Piton de la Fournaise (La Réunion Island, France). Geophysical Research Letters, 44, 8244-8253, https://doi.org/10.1002/2017GL074237

> Boudoire, G., Liuzzo, M., Di Muro, A., Ferrazzini, V., Michon, L., Grassa, F., Derrien, A., Villeneuve, N., Bourdeu, A., Brunet, C., Giudice, G., Gurrieri, S. (2017). Investigating the deepest part of a volcano plumbing system: Evidence for an active magma path below the western flank of Piton de la Fournaise (La Réunion Island). Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research, 341, 193-207, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2017.05.026

> Chaput, M., Famin, V., Michon, L.(2017). Sheet intrsuions and deformation of Piton des Neiges, and their implications for the volcano-tectonics of La Réunion.Tectonophysics, 717-531-546, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tecto.2017.08.039

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>Berthod, C., Famin, V., Bascou, J., Michon, L., Ildefonse, B., Monié, P. (2016). Evidence of sheared sills related to flank destabilization in a basaltic volcano.Tectonophysics, 674, 195–209, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tecto.2016.02.017

> Famin, V., Berthod, C., Michon, L., Eychenne, J., Brothelande, E., Mahabot, M.-M., Chaput, M. (2016). Localization of magma injections, hydrothermal alteration, and deformation in a volcanic detachment (Piton des Neiges, La Réunion). Journal of Geodynamics, 101, 155-169, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jog.2016.05.007

> Ort, M., Di Muro, A.,Michon, L., Bachèlery, P. (2016). Explosive eruptions from the interaction of magmatic and hydrothermal systems during flank extension: the Bellecombe ashes of Piton de la Fournaise (La Réunion Island). Bulletin of Volcanology, 37, 1, https://doi.org/10.1007/s00445-015-0998-8

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>Froger, J.L., Famin, V., Cayol, V., Augier, A.,Michon, L., Lénat, J.F. (2015). Time-dependent displacements during and after the April 2007 eruption of Piton de la Fournaise, revealed by interferometric data. Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research, 296, 55-68, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2015.02.014

> Liuzzo, M., Di Muro, A., Giudice, G., Michon, L., Ferrazzini, V., Gurrieri, S. (2015). New evidence of CO2 soil degassing anomalies on Piton de la Fournaise volcano and the link with volcano tectonics structures. Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems, 16, 4388-4404, https://doi.org/10.1002/2015GC006032

>Michon, L., Ferrazzini, V., Di Muro, A., Villeneuve, N., Famin, V. (2015). Rift zones and magma plumbing system of Piton de la Fournaise volcano: how do they differ from Hawaii and Etna. Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research, 303, 112-129, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2015.07.031

> Perinotto, H., Schneider, J.L, Bachèlery, P., Le Bourdonnec, F.X., Famin, V., Michon, L.(2015). The extreme mobility of debris avalanches: a new model of transport mechanism. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 120, 8110-8119, https://doi.org/10.1002/2015JB011994

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> Cayol, V., Catry, T.,Michon, L., Chaput, M., Famin, V., Bodart, O., Froger, J.-L., Romagnoli, C. (2014). Sheared sheet intrusions as a mechanism for lateral flank displacement on basaltic volcanoes: Applications to Réunion Island volcanoes. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth,  119, 7607-7635, https://doi.org/10.1002/2014JB011139

> Chaput, M., Pinel, V., Famin, V., Michon, L., Froger, J.-L. (2014). Cointrusive shear displacement by sill intrusion in a detachment: A numerical approach. Geophysical Reseach Letters, 41,  2803-2811, https://doi.org/10.1002/2014GL05969

> Chaput, M., Famin, V., Michon, L. (2014). Deformation of basaltic shield volcanoes under cointrusive stress permutations. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 119,  274-301, https://doi.org/10.1002/2013JB010623

> Famin, V., Raimbourg, H., Garcia, S., Bellahsen, N., Hamada, Y.,  Boullier, A.-M., Fabbri, O., Michon, L., Uchide, T., Ricci, T., Hirono, T.,  Kawabata, K. (2014). Stress rotations and the long-term weakness of the Median Tectonic Line and the Rokko-Awaji Segment. Tectonics, 33, 1900-1919. https://doi.org/10.1002/2014TC003600

> Fontaine, F. R., Roult, G.,Michon, L., Barruol, G., Di Muro, A. (2014). The 2007 eruptions and caldera collapse of the Piton de la Fournaise volcano (La Réunion Island) from tilt analysis at a single very broadband seismic station. Geophysical Research Letters, 41, https://doi.org/10.1002/2014GL05969

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> Michon, L., Di Muro, A., Villeneuve, N., Saint-Marc, C., Fadda, P., Manta, F. (2013). Explosive activity of the summit cone of Piton de la Fournaise volcano (La Réunion Island): a historical and geological review. Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research, 263, 117-133. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2013.06.012

> Saint-Ange, F., Bachèlery, P., Babonneau, N., Michon, L.,Jorry, S.J. (2013). Volcaniclastic sedimentation on the submarine slopes of a basaltic hotspot volcano: Piton de La Fournaise volcano (La Réunion Island, Indian Ocean). Marine Geology, 337, 35-52. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.margeo.2013.01.004

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> Michon, L., Massin, F., Famin, V., Ferrazzini, V., Roult, G. (2011). Basaltic calderas: collapse dynamics, edifice deformation and variations of magma withdrawal. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 116, B03209. https://doi.org/10.1029/2010JB007636

> Saint-Ange, F., Savoye†, B.,Michon, L., Bachèlery, P., Deplus, C., De Voogd, B., Dyment, J., Le Drezen, E., Voisset, M., Le Friant, A., Boudon, G. (2011). A volcaniclastic deep-sea fan off La Réunion Island (Indian Ocean): gradualism versus catastrophism. Geology, 39, 3, 271–274, https://doi.org/10.1130/G31478.1

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> Merle, O., Mairine, Ph.,Michon, L., Bachèlery, P., Smietana, M.(2010). Calderas, Landslides and Paleo-canyons at Piton de la Fournaise Volcano (La Réunion Island, Indian Ocean).Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research,189, 131-142, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2009.11.001

> Famin, V.,Michon, L. (2010). Volcano destabilization by magma injections in a detachment. Geology, 38, 219-222, https://doi.org/10.1130/G30717.1

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> Michon, L.,Cayol, V., Letourneur, L., Peltier, A., Villeneuve, N., Staudacher, T. (2009). Edifice growth, deformation and rift zone development in basaltic setting: insights from Piton de la Fournaise shield volcano (Réunion Island, Indian Ocean). Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research, 184, 14-30, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2008.11.002

> Michon, L., Villeneuve, N, Catry, Th., Merle, O. (2009). How summit calderas collapse on basaltic volcanoes: new insights from the April 2007 caldera collapse of Piton de la Fournaise volcano. Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research, 184, 138-151, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2008.11.003

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> Michon, L., Saint-Ange, F. (2008). Morphology of Piton de la Fournaise basaltic shield volcano (La Réunion Island): Characterization and implication in the volcano evolution. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth., 113, B03203, https://doi.org/10.1029/2005JB004118

> Merle, O., Michon, L., Bachèlery, P. (2008). Caldera rim collapse: a hidden volcanic hazard. Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research, 177, 525-530, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2008.06.011

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> Michon, L., Saint-Ange, F., Bachèlery, P., Villeneuve, N., Staudacher, T. (2007). Role of the structural inheritance of the oceanic lithosphere in the magmato-tectonic evolution of Piton de la Fournaise volcano (La Réunion Island). Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 112, B04205, https://doi.org/10.1029/2006JB004598

> Michon, L.,Staudacher, T., Ferrazzini, V., Bachèlery, P., Marti, J. (2007). April 2007 collapse of Piton de la Fournaise: A new example of caldera formation. Geophysical Research Letters, 34, L21301, https://doi.org/10.1029/2007GL031248

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> Cloetingh, S., T. Cornu, P.A. Ziegler, F. Beekman and Environmental Tectonics (ENTEC) Working Group (K. Ustaszewski, S.M. Schmid, P. Dèzes, R, Hinsch, K, Decker, G. Lopes Gardozo, M. Granet, G. Bertrand, J. Behrmann, R. van Balen,L. Michon, H. Pagnier, S. Rozsa, B. Heck, M. Tesauro, H.G. Kahle, T. Dewez, S. Carretier, T. Winter, N. Hardebol, G. Bada, B. Dost, T. van Eck) (2006). Neotectonics and intraplate continental topography of the northern Alpine Foreland. Earth-Science Rev., 74, 127-196, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.earscirev.2005.06.001

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> Worum, G., Michon, L., van Balen, R.T., van Wees, J.D., Cloetingh, S., Pagnier, H. (2005). Comparison and modelling of the present-day fault activity in the West Netherlands Basin and Roer Valley Rift System (southern Netherlands) in light of their pre-Neogene evolution. Quaternary Science Review, 24, 475-490, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2004.02.020

> Worum, G., Michon, L. (2005). Continuous, syn-sedimentary basin inversion induced by the alpine compression: The Paleogene inversion of the West Netherlands Basin integrated into a NW European scale. Journal of the Geological Society, London, 162, 73-85.

> Michon, L., van Balen, R.T. (2005). Characterization and quantification of active faulting in the Roer Valley Rift system based on high precision Digital Elevation Models. Quaternary Science Review, 24, 457-474, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2003.11.009

> Michon, L., Merle, O. (2005). Discussion on "Evolution of the European Cenozoic Rift System: interaction of the Alpine and Pyrenean orogens with their foreland lithosphere. Tectonophysics, 401, 251-256, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tecto.2005.01.006

> Michon, L., Sokoutis, D. (2005). Interaction between the structural inheritance and the stress field during graben and depocentre formation: new insights from an experimental approach. Tectonophysics, 409, 125-146, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tecto.2005.08.020

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> Miallier, D., Michon, L., Evin, J., Pilleyre, T., Sanzelle, S., Vernet, G. (2004). Volcans de la Chaîne des Puys (Massif Central, France) : point sur la chronologie Vasset‐Kilian‐Pariou‐Chopine. Comptes Rendus Géoscience, 336,13345‐1353, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.crte.2004.08.002

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> Michon, L., van Balen, R.T., Merle, O., Pagnier, H. (2003). The Cenozoic evolution of the Roer Valley rift system integrated at a European scale. Tectonophysics, 367, 101‐126, https://doi.org/10.1016/S0040-1951(03)00132-X

> Michon, L., Merle, O. (2003). Mode of lithospheric extension: conceptual models from analogue modeling. Tectonics, 22, 4, 1028, https://doi.org/10.1029/2002TC001435

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> Michon, L., Merle, O. (2001). The evolution of the Massif Central Rift: Spatio‐temporal distribution of the volcanism. Bulletin de la Société Géologique de France, 172, 2, 69‐80, https://doi.org/10.2113/172.2.201

> Merle, O.,Michon, L.(2001).The formation of the West European Rift: A new model as exemplified by the Massif Central area. Bulletin de la Société Géologique de France, 172, 2, 81‐89, https://doi.org/10.2113/172.2.213

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> Michon, L., Merle, O. (2000). Crustal structures of the Rhinegraben and the Massif Central grabens: an experimental approach. Tectonics, 19, 896‐904, https://doi.org/10.1029/2000TC900015

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> Merle, O., Michon, L., Camus, G., Goër de, A. (1998). L'extension oligocène sur la transversale septentrionale du rift du Massif Central. Bulletin de la Société Géologique de France, 169, 615‐626.

 

 

  • Michon, L. (2016), The volcanism of the Comores archipelago integrated at a regional scale. In: Bachèlery, P., Lénat, J.-F., Di Muro, A., Michon, L. (Editors), Active Volcanoes of the Southwest Indian Ocean: Piton de la Fournaise and Karthala. Active Volcanoes of the World. Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg. pp. 333-344.
  • Michon, L., Ferrazzini, V., & Di Muro, A. (2016). Magma intrusions paths of Piton de la Fournaise. In: Bachèlery, P., Lénat, J.-F., Di Muro, A., Michon, L. (Editor), Active Volcanoes of the Southwest Indian Ocean: Piton de la Fournaise and Karthala. Active Volcanoes of the World. Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg. pp. 91-106.
  • Michon, L., Lénat, J.-F., & Bachèlery, P. (2016). Geology and morphostructure of Piton de la Fournaise. In: Bachèlery, P., Lénat, J.-F., Di Muro, A., Michon, L. (Editor), Active Volcanoes of the Southwest Indian Ocean: Piton de la Fournaise and Karthala. Active Volcanoes of the World. Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg. pp. 45-60.
  • Morandi, A., Principe, C., Di Muro, A., Leroi, G., Michon, L., & Bachèlery, P. (2016). Pre-historic (<5 kiloyears) explosive activity at Piton de la Fournaise volcano. In: Bachèlery, P., Lénat, J.-F., Di Muro, A., Michon, L. (Editor), Active Volcanoes of the Southwest Indian Ocean: Piton de la Fournaise and Karthala. Active Volcanoes of the World. Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg. pp. 107-138.
  • Principe, C., Morandi, A., Di Muro, A., & Michon, L.(2016). Volcanological map of the Plaine des Sables, Piton de la Fournaise. In: Bachèlery, P., Lénat, J.-F., Di Muro, A., Michon, L. (Editor), Active Volcanoes of the Southwest Indian Ocean: Piton de la Fournaise and Karthala. Active Volcanoes of the World. Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg. pp. 327-330.
  • Gayer, E. Louvat, P., Bouchez, J., Michon, L., Gaillardet, J. (2015). Estimating erosion rates in Réunion Island: Time scales, weathering and sediment transport, 2015 AGU Fall meeting, San Fransisco, Abstract 71927.
  • Walther, G., Di Muro, A., Michon, L.(2015). The eruptive history of the Trous Blancs pit craters, La Réunion Island: The origin of a 24 km long lava flow. EGU 2015, in Geophysical Research Abstracts 17, EGU2015-12274, Vienna, Austria.
  • Michon, L.(2015). What the volcanism of the East African Rift tells us on its evolution and dynamics: a reappraisal. EGU 2015, in Geophysical Research Abstracts 17, EGU2015-3407, Vienna, Austria.
  • Michon, L.(2015). The volcanism of the Comores archipelago: mantle plume or lithosperic deformation? EGU 2015, in Geophysical Research Abstracts 17, EGU2015-3428, Vienna, Austria.
  • Walther, G., Frese, I., Di Muro, A., Kueppers, U., Michon, L., Metrich, N. (2014). Recent and hazardous volcanic activity along the NW Rift Zone of Piton de la Fournaise volcano, La Réunion Island, Abstract V43A-4860 presented at 2014 Fall Meeting, AGU, San Francisco, Calif., 15-19 Dec.
  • Michon, L., Ferrazzini, V., Di Muro, A., Chaput, M., Famin, V. (2014). Magma paths at Piton de la Fournaise volcano: a synthesis of Hawaiian and Etnean rift zones. EGU 2014, in Geophysical Research Abstracts 16, EGU2014-4719, Vienna, Austria.
  • Liuzzo, M., Giudice, G., Di Muro, A., Ferrazzini, V., Michon, L.(2014). New observational evidence of CO2 degassing anomalies on the Piton de la Fournaise and the relationship between seismotectonic structures and CO2 flux from the soil. EGU 2014, in Geophysical Research Abstracts 16, EGU2014-2444, Vienna, Austria.
  • Gayer, E., Louvat, P., Michon, L. (2014). Cosmogenic Nuclides, River Geochemistry, and Lanforms Reconstruction Methods Comparison to Study the Coopling Between Chemical Weahering and Mechanical Erosion in a Steep Reunion Island Basin, Abstract EP32B-04 presented at 2014 Fall Meeting, AGU, San Francisco, Calif., 15-19 Dec.
  • Gayer, E., Lopez, P., Michon, L.(2014). DEM-based model for reconstructing volcano's morphology from primary volcanic landforms. EGU 2014, in Geophysical Research Abstracts 16, EGU2014-10701, Vienna, Austria
  • Fontaine, F.R., Roult, G., Michon, L., Barruol, G., Ferrazzini, V., Di Muro, A., Reymond, D., Peltier, A., Staudacher, T. (2014). Dynamics of the 2007 eruptions of Piton de la Fournaise and the related caldera collapse from a single very broad-band seismic station. EGU 2014, in Geophysical Research Abstracts 16, EGU2014-7939, Vienna, Austria.
  • Chaput, M., Pinel, V., Famin, V., Michon, L.(2014). Large-scale sliding induced by sill intrusions at Réunion Island: insights from numerical modeling. EGU 2014, in Geophysical Research Abstracts 16, EGU2014-4340, Vienna, Austria.
  • Cayol, V., Catry, T., Michon, L., Chaput, M., Famin, V., Bodart, O., Froger, J.L., Romagnoli, C. (2014). Sheared sheet intrusions as a mechanism for lateral flank displacement on basaltic volcanoes: Applications to Réunion Island volcanoes, Abstract V11B-4705 presented at 2014 Fall Meeting, AGU, San Francisco, Calif., 15-19 Dec.
  • Berthod, C., Famin, V., Bascou, J., Michon, L., Hildefonse, B., (2014). Debris avalanche triggered by sill intrusions in basaltic volcanoes (Piton des Neiges, La Réunion Island), Abstract V41B-2784 presented at 2014 Fall Meeting, AGU, San Francisco, Calif., 9-13 Dec.
  • Di Muro, A., Michon, L., Villeneuve, N., Sant-Marc, C. (2013). Eruptive activity of the summit cone of Piton de la Fournaise volcano (La Réunion island): a historical and geological review. EGU 2013, in Geophysical Research Abstracts 15, EGU2013-5488, Vienna, Austria.
  • Fontaine, F.R., Roult, G., Michon, L., Barruol, G., Ferrazzini, V., Di Muro, A., Reymond, D., Peltier, A., Staudacher, T. (2013). Understanding the Dynamics of the February-April 2007 Eruptions of the Piton de la Fournaise and the Related Caldera Collapse from a Single Very Broad-band Seismic Station, Abstract V41B-2784 presented at 2013 Fall Meeting, AGU, San Francisco, Calif., 9-13 Dec.
  • Chaput, M., Famin, V., Michon, L., Catry, T. (2010). Long term dismantling of a basaltic volcano (Piton des Neiges, La Réunion hotspot). EGU 2010, in Geophysical Research Abstracts 12, EGU2010-7726, Vienna, Austria.
  • Catry, T., Cayol, V., Michon, L., Famin, V., Romagnoli, C., Chaput, M. (2010). Dyke and sill injections: what mostly trigger volcano flank collapse. EGU 2010, in Geophysical Research Abstracts 12, EGU2010-7512-1, Vienna, Austria.
  • Michon, L., N. Villeneuve, Th Catry, O. Merle (2008). How summit calderas collapse on basaltic volcanoes: new insights from the April 2007 caldera collapse of Piton de la Fournaise volcano. Collapse Calderas Workshop, IOP Conf. Series: Earth and Environmental Science, 3, 012025 doi:10.1088/1755-1307/3/1/012025
  • Saint-Ange, F., B. Savoye, L. Michon, P. Bachèlery (2006). Does the landslide of the “Grand Brûlé” exist? New insights from the analysis of the submarine sedimentation of the Piton de la Fournaise volcano, La Réunion Island. Geophysical Research Abstracts, Vol. 8, 09109, Vienna, Austria.
  • Cornu, T., L. Michon(2005). How hydrothermal systems act in the deformation of basaltic shield volcanoes: insights from numerical modelling, Geophysical Research Abstracts, Vol. 7, 07566, Vienna, Austria.
  • Michon, L., F. Saint-Ange, P. Bachèlery, N. Villeneuve, Th. Staudacher (2005). Mode of deformation of basaltic shield volcanoes as exemplified by the Piton de la Fournaise volcano (La Réunion island): 2- Control of the oceanic lithosphere, Geophysical Research Abstracts, Vol. 7, 05945, Vienna, Austria.
  • Michon, L., T. Cornu, F. Saint-Ange (2005). Mode of deformation of basaltic shield volcanoes as exemplified by the Piton de la Fournaise volcano (La Réunion island): 1- Role of hydrothermal systems, Geophysical Research Abstracts, Vol. 7, 05984, Vienna, Austria.
  • Merle, O., L. Michon(2001). The formation of the West European Rift: A new model as exemplified by the Massif Central area, EGS XXVI, Nice.
  • Michon, L., O. Merle (2001). Crustal structures of the Rhinegraben and the Massif Central grabens: an experimental approach, EGS XXVI, Nice.
  • Berger, E., G. Chazot, O., Merle, L. Michon(1999). Is there a hot spot beneath the French Massif Central? Some petrological constraints and new propositions, EUG X, Strasbourg, p. 339.
  • Michon, L., O. Merle, E. Berger (1999). Spatial and temporal distribution of the tertiary volcanism in the Massif Central, EUG X, Strasbourg, p. 321.
  • Michon, L., P., Nehlig, N. Vidal (1997). Characterisation of flank collapse and debris avalanche in ancient volcanoes: the example of the Cantal volcano. EUG IX, Strasbourg, p. 195.