PhD thesis

During my PhD, I investigated shallow magmatic intrusions on terrestrial planets. A magmatic intrusion is a solified rock that was once a batch of magma that cools and solidifies within the crust. For instance, the whole Sierra Nevada in california is the result of magmatic intrusion accreations over a 100 millions years time span. Actually, most of the magma which is produced in the Earth mantle remains trap at depth where it cools and solifieds; volcanoes are only a glimpse in the Earth magmatism.

Therefore, those magmatic intrusions represent a major process in the formation of terrestrial crust and better constraining their formation can bring us crucial information in the understanding of terrestrial planet formations.

For more information, the thesis is accessible here and the defense presentation here