Mathilde Cannat Explained

Mathilde Cannat
Birth Date:1962
Workplaces:Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris
Alma Mater:Université de Nantes
Thesis Title:Cinématique de charriages ophiolitiques (Klamath, Semail, Groix) et convergence océanique
Thesis Url:https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/
Thesis Year:1983
Awards:Murchison Medal (2023)
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Mathilde Cannat is a French geologist known for her research on the formation of oceanic crust and the tectonic and magmatic changes of mid-ocean ridges.

Education and career

Cannat earned her Ph.D. in 1983 from University of Nantes where she worked on ophiolites and tectonic processes.[1] Following her Ph.D., she was a postdoc at Durham University and then she joined the French National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS) in 1986.[2] In 1992 she obtained a position at the Pierre and Marie Curie University (University of Paris 6) where she remained until she moved to a position at the Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris in 2001.[3]

In 2014, Cannat was elected a fellow of the American Geophysical Union who cited her "for fundamental contributions to understanding the accretion of the oceanic lithosphere and crust".[4]

Research

Cannat's research centers on magmatism, changes in the oceanic crust, particularly at mid-ocean ridges. Her early research was on ophiolites in California and western Alps, and she used her research on ophiolotes to understand processes on the seafloor.[5] [6] [7] In the mid-1990s, Cannat described the formation of the seafloor at slow-spreading mid-ocean ridges, a model posing that new seafloor is formed from rocks that have been tectonically uplifted from the mantle.[8] [9] [10] This idea differed from the processes described for fast-spreading mid-ocean ridges[11] and, in a 2018 interview, she described this as her greatest achievement. Cannat's research can rely on in situ observations, and she has made seventeen deep-sea dives aboard the Nautile.

Selected publications

Awards and honors

External links

Notes and References

  1. Cinématique de charriages ophiolitiques (Klamath, Semail, Groix) et convergence océanique. [s.n.]. 1983. S.l.. French. Mathilde. Cannat. 490574002.
  2. Web site: December 30, 2009. Mathilde Cannat reçoit la médaille d'argent 2009 du CNRS INSU. 2021-09-14. www.insu.cnrs.fr. fr.
  3. Web site: Fernández-Blanco. David. December 7, 2018. Meeting Plate Tectonics – Mathilde Cannat. 2021-09-14. Tectonics and Structural Geology. en-GB.
  4. Web site: Cannat. 2021-09-14. Honors Program. en-US.
  5. 1985-10-01. Kinematics of oceanic thrusting in the Oman ophiolite: model of plate convergence. Earth and Planetary Science Letters. en. 75. 2–3. 215–222. 10.1016/0012-821X(85)90103-7. 0012-821X. Boudier. F.. Bouchez. J.L.. Nicolas. A.. Cannat. M.. Ceuleneer. G.. Misseri. M.. Montigny. R.. 1985E&PSL..75..215B.
  6. Cannat. Mathilde. 1989. Late Caledonian northeastward ophiolite thrusting in the Shetland Islands, U.K.. Tectonophysics. en. 169. 4. 257–270. 10.1016/0040-1951(89)90090-5. 1989Tectp.169..257C.
  7. Lagabrielle. Yves. Cannat. Mathilde. 1990-04-01. Alpine Jurassic ophiolites resemble the modern central Atlantic basement. Geology. en. 18. 4. 319–322. 10.1130/0091-7613(1990)018<0319:AJORTM>2.3.CO;2. 1990Geo....18..319L. 0091-7613.
  8. Cannat. Mathilde. Mevel. Catherine. Maia. Marcia. Deplus. Christine. Durand. Cecile. Gente. Pascal. Agrinier. Pierre. Belarouchi. Abdel. Dubuisson. Gilles. Humler. Eric. Reynolds. Jennifer. 1995-01-01. Thin crust, ultramafic exposures, and rugged faulting patterns at the Mid-Atlantic Ridge (22°–24°N). Geology. en. 23. 1. 49–52. 10.1130/0091-7613(1995)023<0049:TCUEAR>2.3.CO;2. 1995Geo....23...49C. 0091-7613.
  9. Cannat. Mathilde. 1993. Emplacement of mantle rocks in the seafloor at mid-ocean ridges. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth. en. 98. B3. 4163–4172. 10.1029/92JB02221. 1993JGR....98.4163C. 2156-2202.
  10. Cannat. Mathilde. 1996. How thick is the magmatic crust at slow spreading oceanic ridges?. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth. en. 101. B2. 2847–2857. 10.1029/95JB03116. 1996JGR...101.2847C. 2156-2202.
  11. Web site: Mathilde Cannat. 2021-09-14. European Geosciences Union (EGU). en.
  12. Web site: Mathilde Cannat CNRS. 2021-09-14. www.cnrs.fr. January 2009 . en.
  13. Web site: Mathilde Cannat reçoit la Médaille d'argent du CNRS INSTITUT DE PHYSIQUE DU GLOBE DE PARIS. 2021-09-14. www.ipgp.fr.
  14. Web site: The Geological Society of London - Geological Society Awards 2023 Winners. www.geolsoc.org.uk.

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