LAURENT G. J. MONTÉSI

EDUCATION

1996 - present, Massachusetts Institute of Technology,         Cambridge, MA
Ph. D. Candidate, Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences

1993 - 1996, École Normal Supérieure,  Universités  Paris VI, VII, XI, XIII ,         Paris, France
Magistère Interuniversitaire de Physique

1995 - 1996, Université Paris-Sud (ParisXI),        Orsay, France
DEA Géodynamique et Physique de la Terre

1993 - 1995, Université Pierre et Marie Curie (Paris VI),        Paris, France
Licence et Maitrise de Physique

1991 - 1993, Université Poincaré (Nancy I) ,        Vandoeuvre les Nancy, France
DEUG A, option Earth Sciences
 
 

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

Fall 1997, 1998 Teaching Assistant Massachusetts Institute of Technology Orsay, France
Geodynamics, graduate level, (Pr. Hager)

Spring, 1999 Teaching Assistant Massachusetts Institute of Technology Orsay, France
Geodynamics, undergraduate level, (Pr. Hager)
 

INTERSHIPS

Avril-July 1996   Université Paris-Sud (Paris XI) Orsay, France
        Laboratoire de Pétrologie-volcanologie
        Flank tectonics and dynamism of the Volcano Pavonis Mons (Mars),

January-July 1995  SUNY Stony Brook,   Stony Brook, NY,
        Rock Mechanics Laboratory
        Permeability of sandstones under triaxial extension stress states,

July 1994  Université Poincaré  (Nancy I) Vandoeuvre-les-Nancy, France
        Laboratoire de cristallographie et modélisation des matériaux minéraux et biologiques.
        Magnetic studies of organic compounds and thin films.

OTHER EXPERIENCES

 1999-2000 EAPS Graduate Student Association President

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS

 American Geophysics Union
Geological Society of America
 

REFERENCES

Montési, L. G. J., and M. T. Zuber, A unified description of localization for application to large-scale tectonics J. Geophys. Res, Submitted, 2001

Montési, L. G. J. , Concentric dike swarms on the flanks of Pavonis Mons: Implications for he evolution of Martian shield volcanoes and mantle plumes. Locating Pre-Mesozoic Mantle Plumes, Geol. Soc. Spec. Pap., eds. R. E. Ernst and K. L. Buchan, in press, 2001

Zhu, W., L. Montési, and T.-f. Wong, Shear-enhanced compaction and permeability reduction: Triaxial extension tests on porous sandstone, Mech. Mat. 25, 199-214., 1997
 
 

ABSTRACTS

Montési, L. G. J., and M. T. Zuber, Crustal Thickness Control on Martian Wrinkle Ridge Spacing, Lunar Planet. Sci. XXXII, abstr. 1879 , 2001

Montési, L. G. J., and M. T. Zuber, The lithospheric structure of the margin of Tharsis as indicated by wrinkle ridges, Tharsis - Evolution in light of MGS data, USGS workshop , 2000

Montési, L. G. J., and M. T. Zuber, Can the ~7-km spacing of faults in the central basin of the Indian Ocean have developed during the current N-S shortening? EOS Trans. Am. Geophys. Un., 81, Fall Meet. Suppl., F1097, 2000

Montési, L. G. J., M. T. Zuber, and O. Aharonson, Geometry of faults underlying wrinkle ridges on Mars: Dynamic modeling and MOLA topography, Lunar Planet. Sci. XXXI, abstr. 1927 , 2000

Montési, L. G. J.,C. J. Marone, G. Hirth, and S. L. Karner, Frictional properties and microstructure of simulated diabase gouge at temperatures up to 400°C, EOS Trans. Am. Geophys. Un., 80, Fall Meet. Suppl., F689, 1999

Zhu, W., D. K. Smith, and L. G. J. Montési, Effects of regional slope on viscous flows: A preliminary study of submarine terrace emplacement, EOS Trans. Am. Geophys. Un., 80, Fall Meet. Suppl., F1100, 1999

Montési, L. G. J., and M. T. Zuber, The importance of localization for the development of large-scale structures in the Earth's crust, ASME Mech. & Mat. Conf., p307, 1999

Montési, L. G. J., and M. T. Zuber, The evolution of fault patterns during orogeny, EOS Trans. Am. Geophys. Un., 80, Spring Meet. Suppl., S345, 1999

Montési, L. G. J., Concentric dike swarm and internal structure of Pavonis Mons (Mars), Lunar Planet. Sci. XXX, abstr. 1251 , 1999

Montési, L. G. J., and M. T. Zuber, Modeling the development of faults: definition of the effective rheology of a continuum undergoing localization. EOS Trans. Am. Geophys. Un., 79, Fall Meet. Suppl., F846, 1998

Montési, L. G. J., and M. T. Zuber, The influence of localization of tectonic strain on lithospheric buckling,EOS Trans. Am. Geophys,. Un., 79, Spring Meet. Suppl., S346, 1998

Montési, L. G. J., and M. T. Zuber, Short-wavelength compressional deformation in a strong Venusian lithosphere, Chapman Conf. Geodynamics of Venus: Evolution and Current State, p.14 1997

Bébien, J., L. Montési, and B. Bonin, Flank morphology and internal structure of the Tharsis shield volcanoes (Mars),Terra Nova, 9, abst. Suppl. 01, p. 192, 1997

Zhu, W.,L. G. J. Montési, and T.-f. Wong, Development of permeability during the cataclastic flow of sandstones, EOS Trans. Am. Geophys. Un., 76, Fall Meet. Suppl., 1995
 
 

IN PREPARATION

Montési, L. G. J., and M. T. Zuber, Spacing of Faults at the Scale of the Lithosphere and Localization Instability 1: Theory

Montési, L. G. J., and M. T. Zuber, Spacing of Faults at the Scale of the Lithosphere and Localization Instability 2: Application to the Central Indian basin

Montési, L. G. J., and M. T. Zuber, Clues to the lithospheric structure of Mars from wrinkle ridge spacing

Zhu, W., Smith, D. K., and L. G. J. Montési, Effects of regional splope on viscous flow: A preliminary study of lava terrace emplacement on submarine rift zones

Zhu, W., L. G. J. Montési, and T.-f. Wong, Effects of differential stress on shear enhanced compaction and permeability reduction
 
 


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