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Dr Nicolas Flament, PhD

Earthbyte Group
School of Geosciences
The University of Sydney
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Research Interests and Brief CV

Nicolas is working as a postdoctoral fellow in the School of Geosciences (Earthbyte Group) investigating mantle convection, plate motions and plate deformation to produce estimates of past dynamic topography for South America as part of the project “Dynamic Earth models and surface maps for South America” sponsored by Statoil.
Nicolas’ research interests are in the field of geodynamics, geophysics and geology, specifically looking at the evolution of sea level at different time scales. He completed his PhD (in cotutelle between ENS Lyon, France, and the University of Sydney) on the long-term evolution of sea level in relation with the secular cooling of the solid Earth in 2009.

Selected Publications

  • Flament, N., Rey, P. F., Coltice, N., Dromart, G., and Olivier, N., 2009. Lower crustal flow and subaqueous Archean Continental Flood Basalts, in prep.
  • Flament, N., Coltice, N. and Rey, P. F., 2008. A case for late-Archaean continental emergence from thermal evolution models and hypsometry, Earth and Planetary Science Letters 275, 326-336.

Conference Abstracts

  • Flament, N., Coltice, N. and Rey, P. F., Crustal growth, thermal evolution of the Earth, and Archaean emerged land surface, European Geosciences Union general assembly, 2010 - invited
  • Flament, N., Rey, P. F., Coltice, N., Dromart, G., and Olivier, N., Lower crustal flow and subaqueous Archean continents, American Geophysical Union fall meeting, 2009
  • Flament, N., Coltice, N. and Rey, P. F., Late-Archean continental emergence: consequences for the rise of atmospheric oxygen, American Geophysical Union fall meeting, 2008
  • Flament, N., Coltice, N. and Rey, P. F., Surface area of emerged land and depth of mid-oceanic ridges in the Archean, Australian Earth Science Convention, 2008
  • Flament, N., Rey, P. F. and Coltice, N., Modeling the thermal and mechanical response of 3.4-2.2 Ga continental crust to the emplacement of sills, European Geosciences Union general assembly, 2008
  • Flament, N., Coltice, N. and Rey, P. F., Emerged land surface in the Archean: constraints on continental growth and mantle thermal history, European Geosciences Union general assembly, 2007

Units Taught

GEOS3101/3801 (TBC)