Nicole Le Breton

2.2k total citations · 2 hit papers
21 papers, 1.9k citations indexed

About

Nicole Le Breton is a scholar working on Geophysics, Artificial Intelligence and Geology. According to data from OpenAlex, Nicole Le Breton has authored 21 papers receiving a total of 1.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 17 papers in Geophysics, 4 papers in Artificial Intelligence and 3 papers in Geology. Recurrent topics in Nicole Le Breton's work include Geological and Geochemical Analysis (16 papers), High-pressure geophysics and materials (11 papers) and earthquake and tectonic studies (11 papers). Nicole Le Breton is often cited by papers focused on Geological and Geochemical Analysis (16 papers), High-pressure geophysics and materials (11 papers) and earthquake and tectonic studies (11 papers). Nicole Le Breton collaborates with scholars based in France, China and Germany. Nicole Le Breton's co-authors include Alan Bruce Thompson, Michel Faure, Wei Lin, Patrick Monié, Bo Wang, Jacques Charvet, Flavien Choulet, Liangshu S. Shu, Lu Huafu and Pierre Trap and has published in prestigious journals such as Earth and Planetary Science Letters, Geology and Tectonophysics.

In The Last Decade

Nicole Le Breton

21 papers receiving 1.9k citations

Hit Papers

Fluid-absent (dehydration) melting of biotite in metapeli... 1988 2026 2000 2013 1988 2010 200 400 600
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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

  1. Fluid-absent (dehydration) melting of biotite in metapelites in the early stages of crustal anatexis
    1988 687 citations Nicole Le Breton, Alan Bruce Thompson Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology profile →
  2. Structural development of the Lower Paleozoic belt of South China: Genesis of an intracontinental orogen
    2010 393 citations Jacques Charvet, Liangshu S. Shu et al. Journal of Asian Earth Sciences profile →

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Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Nicole Le Breton France 13 1.9k 541 163 140 79 21 1.9k
R. Y. Zhang United States 28 2.5k 1.4× 406 0.8× 161 1.0× 69 0.5× 73 0.9× 40 2.6k
Kåre Kullerud Norway 20 1.1k 0.6× 481 0.9× 132 0.8× 139 1.0× 114 1.4× 46 1.2k
Marian Janák Slovakia 28 1.8k 1.0× 462 0.9× 253 1.6× 77 0.6× 195 2.5× 80 1.9k
Bolin Cong China 22 3.2k 1.7× 726 1.3× 312 1.9× 149 1.1× 86 1.1× 36 3.3k
Herman Grütter South Africa 16 1.8k 0.9× 375 0.7× 82 0.5× 61 0.4× 51 0.6× 37 1.8k
Jacques Martignole Canada 22 1.7k 0.9× 589 1.1× 151 0.9× 66 0.5× 64 0.8× 42 1.7k
J.F. Molina Spain 28 2.1k 1.1× 680 1.3× 147 0.9× 47 0.3× 94 1.2× 56 2.1k
Tiannan Yang China 23 1.3k 0.7× 678 1.3× 162 1.0× 121 0.9× 70 0.9× 52 1.4k
Annika Dziggel Germany 20 995 0.5× 691 1.3× 236 1.4× 115 0.8× 87 1.1× 37 1.1k
Jérémie Lehmann South Africa 18 1.3k 0.7× 697 1.3× 151 0.9× 112 0.8× 133 1.7× 37 1.4k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Nicole Le Breton

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Foucher, Frédéric, et al.. (2021). LithoSpace: An Idea for an Automated System for in situ Petrographic Thin Section Preparation on Mars and Other Extraterrestrial Rocky Bodies. Frontiers in Astronomy and Space Sciences. 8. 2 indexed citations
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Raimbourg, Hugues, et al.. (2018). Large-scale strain localization induced by phase nucleation in mid-crustal granitoids of the south Armorican massif. Tectonophysics. 745. 46–65. 18 indexed citations
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Rabillard, Aurélien, Laurent Arbaret, Laurent Jolivet, et al.. (2015). Interactions between plutonism and detachments during metamorphic core complex formation, Serifos Island (Cyclades, Greece). Tectonics. 34(6). 1080–1106. 41 indexed citations
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Bost, N., Claire Ramboz, Nicole Le Breton, et al.. (2013). A Blind Test to test the future ExoMars instruments. European Planetary Science Congress. 1 indexed citations
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Wei, Wei, Guillaume Martelet, Nicole Le Breton, et al.. (2013). A multidisciplinary study on the emplacement mechanism of the Qingyang-Jiuhua Massif in Southeast China and its tectonic bearings. SPIRE - Sciences Po Institutional REpository. 5 indexed citations
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Wei, Wei, Guillaume Martelet, Nicole Le Breton, et al.. (2013). A multidisciplinary study of the emplacement mechanism of the Qingyang–Jiuhua massif in Southeast China and its tectonic bearings. Part II: Amphibole geobarometry and gravity modeling. Journal of Asian Earth Sciences. 86. 94–105. 20 indexed citations
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Gaillard, Fabrice, et al.. (2013). Experimental assessment of the relationships between electrical resistivity, crustal melting and strain localization beneath the Himalayan–Tibetan Belt. Earth and Planetary Science Letters. 373. 20–30. 50 indexed citations
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Trap, Pierre, Michel Faure, Wei Lin, Nicole Le Breton, & Patrick Monié. (2011). Paleoproterozoic tectonic evolution of the Trans-North China Orogen: Toward a comprehensive model. Precambrian Research. 222-223. 191–211. 211 indexed citations
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Charvet, Jacques, Liangshu S. Shu, Michel Faure, et al.. (2010). Structural development of the Lower Paleozoic belt of South China: Genesis of an intracontinental orogen. Journal of Asian Earth Sciences. 39(4). 309–330. 393 indexed citations breakdown →
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Nkoumbou, Charles, et al.. (2010). Geological context of the Boumnyebel talcschists (Cameroun): Inferences on the Pan-African Belt of Central Africa. Comptes Rendus Géoscience. 342(2). 108–115. 39 indexed citations
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Lin, Wei, Patrick Monié, Michel Faure, et al.. (2010). Cooling paths of the NE China crust during the Mesozoic extensional tectonics: Example from the south-Liaodong peninsula metamorphic core complex. Journal of Asian Earth Sciences. 42(5). 1048–1065. 66 indexed citations
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Breton, Nicole Le, et al.. (2007). P–T paths reconstruction of a collisional event: The example of the Thiviers-Payzac Unit in the Variscan French Massif Central. Lithos. 98(1-4). 210–232. 12 indexed citations
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Faure, Michel, Nicole Le Breton, Wei Lin, & Patrick Monié. (2002). Reply. Geology. 30(7). 668–668. 8 indexed citations
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Lattard, Dominique & Nicole Le Breton. (1994). The P-T-fO 2 stability of deerite, Fe 12 2+ Fe 6 3+ [Si12O40](OH)10. Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology. 115(4). 474–487. 12 indexed citations
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Breton, Nicole Le & Werner Schreyer. (1993). Experimental CO2 incorporation into Mg-cordierite: nonlinear behaviour of the system. European Journal of Mineralogy. 5(3). 427–438. 11 indexed citations
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Breton, Nicole Le. (1989). Infrared investigation of CO2-bearing cordierites. Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology. 103(3). 387–396. 21 indexed citations
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Breton, Nicole Le & Alan Bruce Thompson. (1988). Fluid-absent (dehydration) melting of biotite in metapelites in the early stages of crustal anatexis. Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology. 99(2). 226–237. 687 indexed citations breakdown →

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