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Éric Mercier
Affiliation : Laboratoire de Planétologie et Géosciences · Université de Nantes · Nantes Université
- 31Publications (affiliation in France)
- 119Total publications
- 1708Citations
- 17h-index
Research profile
Éric Mercier has 31 indexed publications (1995–2023). Their work appears mainly in “Journal of African Earth Sciences”, “Arabian Journal of Geosciences” and “Comptes Rendus Géoscience”. Their most cited article, “Geometry and kinematics of the South Atlas Front, Algeria and Tunisia” (1995), has been cited 104 times. 3 of these publications date from the last three years of activity. Their work is co-authored with at least 12 researchers, including institutions in Morocco, Algeria, Canada.
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- Geological and Geophysical Studies Worldwide
- Geological and Geophysical Studies
- Geological Studies and Exploration
- Geological formations and processes
- earthquake and tectonic studies
Publications (31)
- New insights based on the reinterpretation of the geophysical data for the suggestion of a model of the Bouhlel anticline in the Southern Tunisian Atlas front
- Characterization of the Fractured Eocene Carbonate Reservoir of Dyr Syncline (Tebessa, North-Eastern Algeria)
- Present-day overpressure in southern Tunisia: Characterization, possible causes and implications for drilling operations
- Relationship between fractures patterns and fold kinematics; the case study of Jebel Sehib, a typical fault-propagation fold of southern Tunisia
- Pore pressure assessment from well data and overpressure mechanism: Case study in Eastern Tunisia basins
- Kinematic Evolution Model of Fault-Related Anticline based on the Study of the Striated Pebbles of the Related Growth-Strata: A Case Study of the Es Satah Anticline in Southern Tunisian Atlas, Tunisia
- Quantitative analysis of fractured carbonate reservoir and hydrodynamic implications: Case study of Horchane-Braga basin (central Tunisia)
- Evidence of fault-propagation folds in foreland basin: the case of Chemsi and Belkhir anticlines of southern Tunisian Atlas
- Fractures network analysis and interpretation in carbonate rocks using a multi-criteria statistical approach. Case study of Jebal Chamsi and Jebal Belkhir, South-western part of Tunisia
- Physical modelling of sub-salt gliding due to fluid overpressure in underlying sedimentary strata
- Faulting and fracturing in the Jurassic carbonate ramp folds of southern Rif ridges (Northern Morocco)
- The parameters controlling the deformation in the structures associated to Gafsa fault (southern-central Tunisian Atlas): Interpretation of “Partitioning deformation” model.
- Fracture related-fold patterns analysis and hydrogeological implications: Insight from fault-propagation fold in Northwestern of Tunisia
- Growth-strata geometry in fault-propagation folds: a case study from the Gafsa basin, southern Tunisian Atlas
- Geologic interpretation of the aeromagnetic survey in the Agourai area (Central Morocco)
- Strain Partitioning Controlled by Oblique Ramp in Intracratonic Chains in Tunisia: Example of Gafsa Basin
- Lateral ramp-related folding evidences in the Tellian domain of Tunisia: Tectonic implications
- Source Rock Characterization and Petroleum Systems in North Ghadames Basin, Southern Tunisia
- Natural hydrocarbon accumulation related to formation overpressured interval; study case is the Saharan platform (Southern Tunisia)
- Paleogeographical restoration and ramp tectonic evidence in Tunisian Tellian domain: Ain El Bey-Bou Awen area
- Piezometric levels as possible indicator of aquifer structure: analysis of the data from Maknassy basin aquifer system (Central Tunisia)
- Groundwater resources in Maknassy basin (central Tunisia): hydrological data analysis and water budgeting
- Folds Kinematics in “Fold-and-Thrust Belts” the “Hinge Migration” Question, a Review
- Commentaire à la note intitulée Mise en évidence en subsurface d’événements compressifs Éocène moyen–supérieur en Tunisie orientale (Sahel) : généralité de la phase atlasique en Afrique du Nord de Sami Khomsi, Mourad Bédir, Mohamed Soussi, Mohamed Ghazi Ben Jemia, Kmar Ben Ismail-Lattrache
- The geomorphologic responses to hinge migration in the fault-related folds in the Southern Tunisian Atlas
- The Tunissian “zone des nappes”: a slightly inverted mesocenozoic continental margin (Taberka/Jendouba; northwestern Tunisia)
- Tectonique quaternaire et plis de rampe dans le golfe d'Hammamet (offshore tunisien)
- The thin-skinned style of the South Atlas Front in Central Algeria
- The Neogene structural evolution of the western margin of the Pelagian Platform, central Tunisia: discussion
- Geometry and kinematics of the South Atlas Front, Algeria and Tunisia
- Geometry of fault-propagation folds: method and application — Comment
Publication venues
- Journal of African Earth Sciences × 5
- Arabian Journal of Geosciences × 5
- Comptes Rendus Géoscience × 3
- Journal of Structural Geology × 2
- Tectonophysics × 2
- Journal of Iberian Geology × 1
Publications per year
- 20231
- 20221
- 20211
- 20193
- 20166
- 20141
- 20133
- 20114
- 20091
- 20081
Collaborations
Partner institutions : Université Moulay Ismail de Meknes · Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique · Université de Cergy-Pontoise · Université de Lille · Université Lille 1
Co-authors’ countries : Morocco · Algeria · Canada
Co-authors
- Dominique Frizon de Lamotte
- Silvain Rafini
- Fatima Outtani
- Jean-Louis Mansy
- Belkacem Addoum
- Hassania El Habibou
- Brigitte Van Vliet‐Lanoë
- Mahmoud Khlifi
- Patrick Launeau
- Hmidou El Ouardi
- P.R. Cobbold
- Nawal Bouya
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