Andréa Tommasi

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Articles

1992

• Fernandes, L.A.D.; Tommasi, A. & Porcher, C.C. Deformation patterns in the Southern Brazilian branch of the Dom Feliciano belt: a reappraisal. Journal of South American Earth Sciences, 5: 76-84, 1992. pdf

1994

• Tommasi, A. ; Vauchez, A.; Fernandes, L.A.D. & Porcher, C.C. Orogen-parallel strike-slip faulting and synkinematic magmatism in the Dom Feliciano Belt, Southern Brazil. Tectonics, 13: 421-437, 1994. pdf
• Vauchez, A.; Tommasi, A & Egydio da Silva, M. Self-indentation of a heterogeneous continental lithosphere. Geology, 22: 967-970, 1994. pdf

1995

• Tommasi, A; Vauchez, A. & Daudre, B. Initiation and propagation of shear zones in a heterogeneous continental lithosphere. Journal of Geophysical Research, 100: 22,083-22,101, 1995. pdf

1996

• Tommasi, A.; Vauchez, A. & Russo, R. Seismic anisotropy in ocean basins: resistive drag of sublithospheric mantle? Geophysical Research Letters, 23: 2991-2994, 1996. pdf

1997

• Tommasi, A & Vauchez, A. Complex tectono-metamorphic patterns in continental collision zones: The role of intraplate rheological heterogeneities. Tectonophysics, 279: 327-350, 1997. pdf
• Vauchez, A.; Barruol, G. & Tommasi, A. Why do continents break up parallel to ancient orogenic belts? Terra Nova, 9: 62-66, 1997. pdf
• Vauchez, A.; Neves, S.P. & Tommasi, A. Shear zones and magma emplacement: Insights from strike-slip shear zones of Brazil. In: Granite: from melt segregation to emplacement fabrics. J.L.Bouchez, D. Hutton, W.E. Stephens, (eds.). Dordrecht: Kluwer Academic Publishers, p. 275-293, 1997.

1998

• Tommasi, A. Forward modeling of the development of seismic anisotropy in the upper mantle. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 160:1-13, 1998. pdf
• Vauchez, A., Tommasi, A. & Barruol, G. Rheological heterogeneity, mechanical anisotropy, and tectonics of the continental lithosphere. Tectonophysics, 296: 61-86, 1998. pdf

1999

• Tommasi, A , Tikoff, B. & Vauchez, A. Upper mantle tectonics: Three-dimensional deformation, olivine crystallographic fabrics and seismic properties. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 168: 173-186, 1999. pdf
• Rumpker, G.; Tommasi, A & Kendall, J.-M. Numerical simulations of depth-dependent anisotropy and frequency-dependent wave propagation effects. Journal of Geophysical Research,104: 23,141-23,154, 1999. pdf
• Silver, P.G.; Mainprice, D.; Ben Ismaïl, W.; Tommasi, A.; and Barruol, G. Mantle structural geology from seismic anisotropy. In: Mantle Petrology : Field observations and high pressure experimentation: A tribute to Francis R. (Joe) Boyd. Fei, Y.; Bertka, C.M.; Mysen, B.O. (eds) The Geochemical Society Special Publication, 6: 79-103, 1999.pdf
• Braun, J.; Chery, J.; Poliakov, A.; Mainprice, D.; Vauchez, A.; Tommasi, A. & Daignières, M. A simple parameterization of strain localization in the ductile regime. Journal of Geophysical Research, 104: 25,167-25,182, 1999.pdf

2000

• Tommasi, A; Mainprice, D., Canova, G. & Chastel, Y. Viscoplastic self-consistent and equilibrium-based modeling of olivine lattice preferred orientations. Implications for the upper mantle seismic anisotropy. Journal of Geophysical Research, 105: 7893-7908, 2000. pdf
• Raymer, D., Tommasi, A. & Kendall, J.-M. Predicting the seismic implications of salt anisotropy using numerical simulations of halite deformation. Geophysics, 65(4): 1272-1280, 2000. pdf
• Vauchez, A., Tommasi, A., Barruol, G. and Maumus, J. Upper mantle deformation and seismic anisotropy in continental rifts. Physics and Chemistry of the Earth (A), 25 (2): 111-117, 2000. pdf

2001

• Tommasi, A. and Vauchez, A. Continental rifting parallel to ancient collisional belts: An effect of the mechanical anisotropy of the lithospheric mantle. Earth Planet. Sci. Lett. 185 (1/2): 199-210, 2001. pdf
• Tommasi, A., Gibert, B., Seipold, U. and Mainprice, D. Anisotropy of thermal diffusivity in the upper mantle. Nature, 411: 783-786, 2001. pdf

2002

• Bascou, J., Tommasi, A., & Mainprice, D. Plastic deformation and development of clinopyroxene lattice preferred orientations in eclogites. J. Struct. Geol., 24: 1357-1368, 2002. pdf
• Barruol, G., D. Bosch, V. Clouard, E. Debayle, M.P. Doin, F. Fontaine, M. Godard, F. Masson, A. Tommasi, and C. Thoraval, PLUME investigates the South Pacific Superswell, Eos, 83(45): 511-514, 2002. 

2003

• Gibert, B., Seipold, U., Tommasi , A. & Mainprice, D. Upper mantle thermal diffusivity: pressure- and temperature dependences and anisotropy. J. Geophys. Res., 108(B8), 2359, doi:10.1029/2002JB002108, 2003.(pdf)
• Gibert, B., Schilling, F., Tommasi , A. & Mainprice, D. Thermal diffusivity of olivine single-crystals and polycrystalline aggregates at ambient conditions – a comparison. Geophys.Res.Lett.,30, doi: 10.1029/2003GL018459, 2003.(pdf)
• Kaminski, E. & Tommasi, A. Quand l'anisotropie sismique devoile les ecoulements dans le manteau terrestre. Bull. Soc. Francaise de Physique, 140:6-9, 2003. (pdf)
• Vauchez, A. & Tommasi, A. Wrench faults down to the asthenosphere: Geological and geophysical evidence and thermo-mechanical effects. In: Storti, F. Holdsworth, R.E. & Salvini, F. (eds) Intraplate Strike-Slip Deformation Belts, Geol. Soc. London Spec. Publ., 210, 15-34, 2003.(pdf)

2004

• Tommasi A., Godard M., Coromina G., Dautria J.M. & Barsczus H. Seismic anisotropy and compositionally-induced velocity anomalies in the lithosphere above mantle plumes: A petrological and microstructural study of mantle xenoliths from French Polynesia. Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., 227(3-4): 539-556, 2004. (pdf)
• Tommasi A., Mainprice, D., Cordier, P., Thoraval, C. & Couvy, H. Strain-induced seismic anisotropy of wadsleyite polycrystals and flow patterns in the mantle transition zone. J. Geophys.Res., 109: 10.1029/2004JB0003158, 2004. (pdf) (actualites INSU)
• Mainprice, D., Bascou, J., Cordier, P. & Tommasi, A. Crystal preferred orientations of garnet: comparisons of numerical simulations and naturally deformed eclogites. J. Struct. Geol., 26: 2089-2102, 2004. (pdf)
• Tikoff, B., Russo, R., Teyssier, C. & Tommasi, A. Mantle-driven deformation of orogenic zones and clutch tectonics. In: J. Grocott, K. McCaffrey, G. Taylor & B. Tikoff (eds) Vertical and horizontal decoupling in the lithosphere. Geol. Soc. London Spec. Publ., 227: 41-64, 2004. (pdf)
• Tommasi, A. L'analyse EBSD en Sciences de la Terre. In: L'analyse EBSD: principes et methodes. Edite par le Groupement National de Microscopie Electronique a Balayage et de Microanalyse de la Societe Francaise de Physique. Paris: EDP Sciences, 171-174, 2004.

2005

• Mainprice, D.; Tommasi A., Couvy, H., Cordier, P. & Frost, D.J. 2005 Pressure sensitivity of olivine slip systems and seismic anisotropy in the Earth’s upper mantle. Nature, 433: 731-733; doi:10.1038/nature03266.(pdf) (actualites INSU)
• Simpson, F. & Tommasi, A. Hydrogen diffusivity and electrical anisotropy of a peridotite mantle. Geophys. J. Intern., 160-1092-1102.(pdf)
• Gibert, B., Schilling F., Gratz, K. & Tommasi , A. 2005. Radiative heat transfer in olivine crystals and upper mantle rocks. Phys. Earth. Planet. Inter., 151: 129-141, doi:10.1016/j.pepi.2005.02.003 (pdf)
• Duclos, M.; Savage, M. K.; Tommasi, A. & Gledhill, K. R. 2005. Mantle tectonics beneath New Zealand inferred from SKS splitting and petrophysics. Geophys. J. Intern., 163: 760-774. (pdf)
• Cordier, P.; Barbe, F.; Durinck, J.; Tommasi A. & Walker, A. 2005. Plastic deformation of mantle minerals: Multiscale numerical modelling. In: Mineral behaviour at extreme conditions, R. Miletich (ed.), European Mineralogical Union, Notes in Mineralogy, vol. 7, chapter 16: 389-415 (pdf)

2006

• Tommasi, A., Vauchez, A., Godard, M., Belley, F. (2006) Deformation and melt transport in a highly depleted peridotite massif from the Canadian Cordillera: Implications to seismic anisotropy above subduction zones. Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., 252: 245-259, doi:10.1016/j.epsl.2006.09.042 (pdf)
• Carrez, Ph., Cordier, P., Mainprice, D., Tommasi A. (2006) Slip systems and plastic shear anisotropy in Mg₂SiO₄ ringwoodite: Insights from numerical modelling. European J. Miner.18: 149-160 (pdf)
• Gatzemeier, A. & Tommasi, A. (2006) Plastic deformation, olivine crystal preferred orientations and intrinsic electrical anisotropy of upper mantle rocks: numerical modelling constraints. Phys. Earth Planet. Inter., 158: 92-106, doi:10.1016/j.pepi.2006.01.009 (pdf)
• Thoraval, C., Tommasi, A. & Doin, M.P. (2006) Plume-lithosphere interactions beneath a fast-moving plate. Geophys. Res. Lett., 33, L01301, doi:10.1029/2005GL024047 (pdf)

2007

• Fontaine, F., Barruol, G., Tommasi, A., Bokelmann, G. (2007) Upper mantle flow beneath French Polynesia from shear-wave splitting. Geophys. J. Intern., doi:10.1111/j.1365-246X.2007.03475.x (pdf)
• Le Roux, V., Bodinier, J.L, Tommasi, A., Alard, O., Dautria, J.M., Vauchez, A. & Riches, A. (2007) The Lherz spinel-lherzolite: refertilized rather than pristine mantle. Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., 259: 599-612 doi: 10.1016/j.epsl.2007.05.026 (pdf) (actualites INSU)
• Savage, M., Tommasi, A., Ellis, S. Chery, J. (2007) Modeling strain and anisotropy along the Alpine fault, South Island, New Zealand. In: A Continental Plate Boundary: Tectonics at South Island, New Zealand. D. Okaya, T. Stern & F. Davey (eds.), American Geophysical Union, Geophysical Monograph Series, Vol.175: 289-305. (pdf)
• Vauchez, A. Egydio-Silva, M., Babinski, M., Tommasi, A., Uhlein, A., Li, D. (2007) Deformation of a pervasively molten middle-crust: Insights from the neoproterozoic Ribeira-Araçuaí orogen (SE Brazil). Terra Nova,19: 278-286, doi: 10.1111/j.1365-3121-2007.00747.x (pdf)

2008

• Tommasi A., Vauchez, A. & Ionov, D.A. (2008) Deformation, static recrystallization, and reactive melt transport in shallow subcontinental mantle xenoliths (Tok Cenozoic volcanic field, SE Siberia). Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., 272: 65-77, doi: 10.1016/j.epsl.2008.04.020 (pdf)
• Tommasi A. & Mainprice, D. (2008) Comment on the article "Probability of radial anisotropy in the deep mantle" by Visser et al. (2008) EPSL 270:241-250 Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., doi: 10.1016/j.epsl.2008.07.061 (pdf)
• Falus, G., Tommasi, A, Ingrin, J. & Csaba, S. (2008) Deformation and seismic anisotropy of the lithospheric mantle in the southeastern Carpathians: a mantle xenolith study. Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., 272: 50-64, doi:10.1016/j.epsl.2008.04.035 (pdf)
• Le Roux V, Tommasi A, Vauchez A. (2008) Feedback between deformation and melt percolation in an exhumed lithosphere-asthenosphere boundary. Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., doi:10.1016/j.epsl.2008.07.053 (pdf)
• Mainprice, D.; Tommasi A, Ferre, D., Carrez, Ph. & Cordier, P. (2008) Predicted slip systems and crystal preferred orientation of polycrystalline silicate Mg-Perovskite at mantle pressures: Implications for the seismic anisotropy of the lower mantle. Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., 271: 135-144, doi: 10.1016/j.epsl.2008.03.058 (pdf)
• Neves, S.P., Tommasi, A & Vauchez, A. (2008) Intraplate continental deformation: Influence of a heat-producing layer in the lithospheric mantle. Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., doi: 10.1016/j.epsl.2008.07.040 (pdf)
• Padron-Navarta J. A., Garrido C.J., Sanchez-Navas A., Tommasi A., Sanchez-Vizcaino V.L.,Gomez-Pugnaire M. T., and Hussain S.S. (2008) Oriented growth of garnet by topotactic reactions and epitaxy in high-pressure, mafic garnet granulite formed by dehydration melting of metastable hornblende-gabbronorite (Jijal Complex, Kohistan Complex, N. Pakistan) J. Metamorphic Petrol., doi:10.1111/j.1525-1314.2008.00789.x (pdf)

2009

• Tommasi, A.; Knoll, M.; Vauchez, A.; Signorelli, J.; Thoraval, C. & Loge, R. (2009) Structural reactivation in plate tectonics controlled by olivine crystals anisotropy. Nature Geoscience, 2: 423-427, DOI: 10.1038/NGEO528 (pdf) (suppl.material)(actualites INSU)
• Knoll, M.; Tommasi, A.; Signorelli, J.; Loge, R. (2009) A multi-scale numerical approach to model the deformation of anisotropic lithospheric plates. Geochem. Geophys. Geosyst., 10: Q08009, doi:10.1029/2009GC002423. (pdf)
• Soustelle, V., Tommasi, A., Bodinier, J.L, Vauchez, A. & Garrido, C.J.M. (2009) Deformation and reactive melt transport in the mantle lithosphere above a partial melting domain (Ronda peridotite massif, Spain) J. Petrology, 50: 1235-1266; doi:10.1093/petrology/egp032. (pdf)

2010

• Soustelle, V., Tommasi, A., Demouchy, S., Ionov, D. (2010) Deformation and fluid-rock interactions in the supra-subduction mantle: Microstructures and water contents in peridotite xenoliths from the Avacha Volcano, Kamchatka. J. Petrol., 51: 363-394, doi:10.1093/petrology/egp085 (pdf)
• Soustelle, V. & Tommasi A. (2010) Seismic properties of the supra-subduction mantle: Constraints from peridotite xenoliths from the Avacha volcano, southern Kamchatka. Geophys. Res. Lett., 37, L13307, doi:10.1029/2010GL043450. (pdf)
• Padron-Navarta, J.A., Tommasi A., Garrido, C.J., et al. (2010) Fluid transfer into the wedge controlled by high-pressure hydrofracturing in the cold top-slab mantle. Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., doi:10.1016/j.epsl.2010.06.029 (pdf)
• Arndt, N.T., Guitreau, M., Boullier, A.-M., le Roex, A., Tommasi A., Cordier, P. & Sobolev, A. (2010) Olivine and the origin of kimberlite. J. Petrol., 51: 573-602, doi:10.1093/petrology/egp080 (pdf)
• Menzies, M.; Kelemen, P.; Dick, H.; Bodinier, J.L.; Boudier, F.; Hirth, G.; Grove, T.; Tommasi A.; and Takazawa E. (2010) Shallow Mantle Composition and Dynamics: Fifth International Orogenic Lherzolite Conference: Foreword. J. Petrol., 51: 3-7; doi:10.1093/petrology/egp098 (pdf)

2011

• Demouchy, S., Mainprice, D., Tommasi A., Barou, F., Frost, D., Couvy, H. & Cordier, P. (2011) Forsterite to wadsleyite phase transformation under shear stress and consequences to the Earth' mantle transition zone, Phys. Earth Planet. Inter., 184: 91-104; 10.1016/j.pepi.2010.11.001 (pdf)
• Falus, G, Tommasi, A. Soustelle, V. (2011) Effect of dynamic recrystallization on olivine crystal preferred orientations in mantle xenoliths deformed under varied stress conditions. J. Struct. Geol., 33 : 1528-1540, doi: 10.1016/j.jsg.2011.09.010 (pdf)
• Kaczmarek M.-A. & Tommasi, A. (2011) Anatomy of an extensional shear zone in the mantle (Lanzo massif, Italy). Geochem. Geophys. Geosyst., 12, Q0AG06, doi:10.1029/2011GC003627 (pdf)
• Morales, L.F.G. & Tommasi, A. (2011) Composition, textures, thermal and seismic anisotropies of xenoliths from a thin and hot lithospheric mantle (Summit Lake, southern Canadian Cordillera). Tectonophysics, 507:1-15, doi:10.1016/j.tecto.2011.04.014 (pdf)

2012

• Vauchez, A., Tommasi, A. & Mainprice, D. (2012) Faults (shear zones) in the Earth's mantle. Tectonophysics, 558-559 : 1-27, doi:10.1016/j.tecto.2012.06.006 (pdf) - invited review article
• Baptiste V., Tommasi, A., & Demouchy S. (2012) Deformation and hydration of the lithospheric mantle beneath the Kaapvaal craton. Lithos, doi:10.1016/j.lithos.2012.05.001. (pdf)
• Demouchy, Tommasi, A., Barou, F., Mainprice, D. ; Cordier, P. (2012) Shear deformation of dunite by torsion under hydrous conditions. Phys. Earth Planet. Inter., 202-203: 56-70, doi : 10.1016/j.pepi.2012.05.001 (pdf)
• Frets, E.C.,Tommasi, A., Garrido, C.J., Padron-Navarta, J.A., Amri, I. & Targuisti, K. (2012) Deformation processes and rheology of pyroxenites deformed under lithospheric mantle conditions. J. Struct. Geol., 29:138-157, doi: 10.1016/j.jsg.2012.02.019. (pdf)
• Padron-Navarta, J.A., Tommasi, A., Garrido, C.J., Sanchez-Vizcaino, V. (2012) Plastic deformation and development of antigorite crystal preferred orientations in high-pressure serpentinites. Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., 349-350: 75-86, doi:10.1016/epsl.2012.06.049 (pdf)
• Bonnin, M., Tommasi, A., Hassani, R., Chévrot, S., Wookey, J. & Barruol, G., (2012) Numerical modeling of upper mantle anisotropy beneath a migrating strike-slip plate boundary : the San Andreas fault system. Geophys. J. Intern., 191: 436-458, doi: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2012.05650.x (pdf)
• Higgie, K., Tommasi, A., (2012) Feedbacks between deformation and melt distribution in the crust-mantle transition zone of the Oman ophiolite. Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., 359-360 (2012) 61–72, doi: 10.1016/j.epsl.2012.10.003 (pdf).

2013

• Agrusta, R., Arcay, D., Tommasi, A., Davaille, A., Ribe, N., Gerya, T. (2013) Small-scale convection in a plume-fed low viscosity layer beneath a moving plate. Geophys. J. Intern., 194: 591–610, doi: 10.1093/gji/ggt128 (pdf).
• Demouchy, S., Tommasi, A., Balaran, T.B., Cordier, P. (2013) Low strength of Earth’s uppermost mantle inferred from tri-axial deformation experiments on dry olivine crystals. Phys. Earth Planet. Inter., 220:37-49, doi : 10.1016/j.pepi.2013.04.008 (pdf).
• Hidas, K., Garrido, C.J., Tommasi, A., Padron-Navarta, J.A., Thielmann, M., Konc, Z., Frets, E., Marchesi, C. (2013) Strain localization in pyroxenite by reaction-enhanced softening in the shallow subcontinental lithospheric mantle. J. Petrol., 54: 1997-2031, doi:10.1093/petrology/egt039 (pdf).
• Soustelle, V., Tommasi, A. Demouchy, S., Franz, L. (2013) Melt-rock interactions, deformation, hydration, and seismic properties in the sub-arc lithospheric mantle inferred from xenoliths from seamounts near Lihir, Papua-New-Guinea. Tectonophysics, 608: 330-345, doi:10.1016/j.tecto.2013.09.024 (pdf).

2014

• Tommasi, A., Ishikawa, A., (2014) Microstructures, composition, and seismic properties of the Ontong Java Plateau mantle root. Geochem. Geophys. Geosyst, doi: 10.1002/2014GC005452 (pdf)
• Baptiste, V. Tommasi, A. (2014) Petrophysical constraints on the seismic properties of the Kaapvaal mantle root. Solid Earth , 5, 1–19, doi:10.5194/se-5-1-2014. (pdf).
• Frets, E., Tommasi, A., Garrido, C.J., Vauchez, A., Mainprice, D., Targuisti, K., Amri, I. (2014) Petro-structural evolution of the Beni Bousera peridotite massif, Rif, Morocco. J. Petrol. ,55 (2): 283-313, doi: 10.1093/petrology/egt067. (pdf).
• Higgie, K., Tommasi, A. (2014) Deformation in a partially molten mantle: Constraints from plagioclase-lherzolites from Lanzo, western Alps. Tectonophysics, 615-616: 167-181; doi :10.1016/j.tecto.2014.01.007; (pdf)
• Zaffarana, C., Tommasi, A. Vauchez, A. Grégoire, M. (2014) Microstructures and seismic properties of south Patagonian mantle xenoliths (Gobernador Gregores and Pali Aike). Tectonophysics,, doi : 10.1016/j.tecto.2014.02.017 (pdf)
• Demouchy, S., Mussi, A., Barou, F., Tommasi, A., Cordier, P. (2014) Viscoplasticity of olivine aggregates at high pressure and 900°C. Tectonophysics, 623: 123-135, doi : 10.1016/j.tecto.2014.03.022. (pdf).
• Di Leo, J.F., Walker, A.M., Li, Z.-H., Wookey, J., Ribe, N.M., Kendall, J.-M., Tommasi, A. (2014) Developement of texture and seismic anisotropy during subduction. Geochem. Geophys. Geosyst., doi : 10.1002/2013GC005032. (pdf)

2015

• Tommasi, A., Vauchez, A. (2015) Heterogeneity and anisotropy in the lithospheric mantle. Tectonophysics, 661: 11-37, doi:10.1016/j.tecto.2015.07.026 - invited review article (pdf)
• Agrusta, R., Tommasi, A., Arcay, D., Gonzalez, A. & Gerya, T. (2015) How partial melting affects small-scale convection in a plume-fed sublithospheric layer beneath fast-moving plates. Geochem. Geophys. Geosyst., 16, doi:10.1002/ 2015GC005967 (pdf)
• Baptiste, V., Tommasi, A., Vauchez, A., Demouchy, S., Rudnick, R. (2015) Deformation, hydration, and anisotropy of the lithospheric mantle beneath an active rift: constraints from mantle xenoliths from the North Tanzanian Divergence. Tectonophysics, 639: 34-55, doi: 10.1016/j.tecto.2014.11.011 (pdf)
• Boioli, F., Tommasi, A., Cordier, P., Demouchy, S., Mussi, A. (2015) Low steady state stresses in the cold lithospheric mantle inferred from dislocation dynamics models of dislocation creep in olivine. Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., 432: 232-242, doi:10.1016/j.epsl.2015.10.012 (pdf)
• Padron-Navarta, J.A., Tommasi, A., Garrido, C., Mainprice, D. (2015) On topotaxy and compaction during antigorite dehydration: an experimental and natural study. Contrib. Miner. Petrol. 169: 1-20; doi: 10.1007/s00410-015-1129-4 (pdf)
• Signorelli, J & Tommasi, A. (2015) Modeling the effect of subgrain rotation recrystallization on the evolution of olivine crystal preferred orientations in simple shear. Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., 430: 356-366, doi: 10.1016/j.epsl.2015.08.018 (pdf)
• Demouchy, S., Ishikawa, A., Tommasi, A., Alard, O., Keshav, S. (2015) Hydration of olivine in the mantle lithosphere : Peridotite xenoliths from the Ontong Java Plateau as an example. Lithos, 212-215: 189-201, doi: 10.1016/j.lithos.2014.11.005 (pdf)
• Montagnat M., Chauve, T., Barou, F., Tommasi, A., Beausir, B., Fressengeas, C. (2015) Analysis of dynamic recrystallization of ice from EBSD orientation mapping. Frontiers in Earth Sciences, 3: 81, doi: 10.3389/feart.2015.00081 (pdf)
• Pinter, Z., Kovacs, I., Patko, L., Doukam, T.F.J., Tchouankoue, Falus, G., Konc, Z., Tommasi, A., Barou, F. Mihaly, J. Nemeth, C., Jeffries, T. (2015) Characterization of the sub-continental lithospheric mantle beneath the Cameroon Volcanic Line inferred from alkaline basalt hosted peridotite xenoliths from Barombi Mbo and Nyos Lakes. J. African Earth Sci, 111: 170-193, doi:10.1016/j.jafrearsci.2015.07.006 (pdf)

2016

• Tommasi, A., Baptiste, V., Vauchez, A., Holtzman B. 2016. Deformation, reactive melt percolation, and seismic anisotropy in the lithospheric mantle beneath the southern Ethiopian rift: constraints from mantle xenoliths from Mega. Tectonophysics, doi: 10.1016/j.tecto.2016.05.027 (pdf)
• Hidas, K., Tommasi, A., Garrido, C.J., Padron-Navarta, J.A., Mainprice, D., Vauchez, A. Marchesi, C., Barou, F. (2016) Fluid-assisted strain localization in the shallow lithospheric mantle. Lithos, 636-650 doi:10.1016/j.lithos.2016.07.038 (pdf)
• Kaczmarek M.-A., Bodinier J.-L., Bosch D., Tommasi, A., Dautria J.-M., Kechid S.A. (2016) Metasomatized Mantle Xenoliths as a Record of the Lithospheric Mantle Evolution of the Northern Edge of the Ahaggar Swell, In Teria (Algeria). J. Petrol., doi: 10.1093/petrology/egw009 (pdf)
• Hidas, K., Konc, Z., Garrido, C.J., Tommasi, A., Vauchez, A. Padron-Navarta, J.A., et al., (2016) Flow in the westernmost Mediterranean shallow mantle: Insights from mantle xenoliths in Pliocene alkali basalts from SE Iberia (eastern Betics, Spain). Tectonics 35, 2657–2676, doi: 10.1002/2016TC004165 (pdf)
• Varas-Reus, M.I. Garrido, C., Marchesi, C., Bodinier, J.L., Frets, E., Bosch, D., Tommasi, A. Targuisti, K. (2016) Refertilization reactions in the subcontinental lithospheric mantle: The record of the Beni Bousera orogenic peridotite massif (Rif belt, N. Morocco). J. Petrol., 57 (11-12): 2251-2270, doi: 10.1093/petrology/egx003 (pdf)

2017 / In press

• Tommasi, A., Langone, A., Padron-Navarta, J.A., Zanetti, A., Vauchez, A. (2017) Hydrous melts weaken the mantle, crystallization of pargasite and phlogopite does not: Insights from a petrostructural study of the Finero peridotites, southern Alps. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 477: 59-72, doi: 10.1016/j.epsl.2017.08.015. (pdf)<
• Hidas, K., Tommasi, A. , Barou, F., Mainprice, D., Chauve, T., Montagnat, M. Microstructural evolution during annealing of ice Ih using Electron Backscatter Diffraction mapping. J. Struct. Geol., 99: 31-44. (pdf)
• Chauve, T., Montagnat M., Barou, F., Hidas, K., Tommasi, A., Mainprice, M. (2017) Investigation of nucleation processes during dynamic recrystallization in ice using cryo-EBSD. Phil Trans A, 375 : 20150345. Special issue Microdynamics of Ice (pdf)
• Chauve, T., Montagnat, M., Piazolo, S., Journaux, B., Wheeler, J., Barou, F., Mainprice D., Tommasi, A. (2017) Non-basal dislocations should be accounted for to simulate ice mass flow. Earth and Planetary Science Letters , doi:10.1016/j.epsl.2017.06.020. (pdf) (news INSU)
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