Geomorphology and Geochronology of Planetary and Volcanic Surfaces

A team from the GEOPS
laboratory Geosciences Paris-Saclay

Leader : François Costard

The GGPV team’s research focuses on the evolution and quantification of volcanic and planetary landscapes. More specifically, we study :

  • Current and recent planetary geological processes (permafrost, recent flow, cratering rates),
  • The evolution of volcanoes (genesis, growth, destabilisation, alteration, erosion), their interactions with climate, associated hazards and planetary volcanism (cryovolcanism),
  • The ancient Martian environment and its associated erosion processes (Tharsis, outflow, tsunamis),
  • These studies are based on space remote sensing data (imagery, spectro-imagery) and field data coupled with morphometric, geochronological and geochemical analyses, and on methodological and instrumental developments (isotopic dating, crater density chronology, numerical modelling, artificial intelligence, hydraulic channel laboratory experiments, cold chamber, etc.).