Charles Aubourg

Responsabilités

- Responsable équipe 'Réservoirs géologiques 2011-2016

- Elu au Conseil d'UFR 'Sciences et Techniques' 2013-2019

- Elu conseil IPRA 2012-2019

- Co-organisateur de la Réunion des Sciences de la Terre 2014

- Responsable parcours Géosciences M2 2011-2012

- Responsable parcours Géosciences M1 2012-2016

- Responsable Master Mention Génie Pétrolier 2016-

Compétences

Structural geology (microstructures)

Paleomagnetism, rock magnetism.

Thèmes de recherche

1- Rock magnetism

- rock magnetism for structural and diagenetic applications in predominantly clay matrix rocks.

Among the main results:

- Very low temperature transformation of magnetic minerals (50-120 ° C) and development of a 50-100 ° C geothermometer based on the proportion of nanomagnetites (M. Kars thesis).

- Characterization of the domain of stability of magnetite and pyrrhotite under diagenetic to metamorphic conditions.

- Characterization of magnetic minerals in a fault gouge (Thesis YM Chou)

- Identification of a co-seismic paleomagnetic record in the active Chelungpu fault (Taiwan)

2- Petrophysics

By essentially using the magnetic susceptibility anisotropy, I was mainly interested in the imprint of very weak deformations in sedimentary rocks.

SHALES 

- Quantification of a deformation gradient in the Hecho marls, Spain, linked to the propagation of a fault (Post Doc T. Boiron, Thesis F. Gracia).

- We are now studying shales as a tool for recording deformation in the framework of Francho Gracia's thesis, in the framework of a cooperation with UNIZAR University (Zaragoza)

CLASTICS ROCKS (Reservoirs)

I approached the damage to the matrices of reservoir rocks from the angle of several axes:

1) Characterization of the deformation footprint in mini salt basins in Turkey

2) Relation between the effective stress and the microfracturing of quartz grains in petroleum reservoirs (Thesis K. Merhian)

3) Extraction of the fabric constituents of the quartz, calcite, and pore matrix in fine-grained shales. We are developing a very promising new methodology as part of Hugo Saur's thesis (co-supervision of P. Moonen).

4) The analysis of a fold in Argentina showed the existence of very unusual deformation states that we have identified with the magnetic fabric and microtomography (Master Bruno Leclere)

2) We start (2020) a new project to investigate the deformation bands in clastics rocks using microtomography and rock mechanics (thesis Maria-Eleni Taxopoulou, co-director Nicolas Beaudoin)

FAULT GOUGE

The gouges of the Chelungpu fault (Taiwan), which contain the Chi-Chi seismic slip zone (1999, Mw 7.6), have given very good results. Recently, we have identified a magnetic fabric that mimics the mechanism at the focus (collaboration Y-M. Chou, Post-doc to come)

3- Foreland Basins 

Several themes are addressed, within the framework of several theses, masters, post-doc and ATER.

- Venezuela. Maturin and Serrana basin. The functioning of the El-Pilar fault generates an active deformation at the end of the Urica fault of the Riedel type. This deformation is characterized by a como-nuclide dating, paleomagnetism, and 3D seismic (thesis A.Fajardo).

- Taiwan. We used the thermal imprint in the footwall of an eroded ramp fold to propose constraints on the displacement (Thesis M. Mansour)

- Spain: Basin of JACA. Various actions have been carried out or are in progress. In the Sigues region, we worked on the damage km generated by the propagation of an inverse fault (post doc T. Boiron, Master PA. Grignard); the role of salt tectonics on the frontal area of ​​the Pyrenees at Riglos (Master C. Fumez). The thesis of N. Crognier made it possible to give thermal constraints and circulation of fluids in the Jaca basin. PA Grignard's current thesis completes this work by providing a reflection on sedimentary sources and the dating of orogenic fluids by the U-Pb method.

- Chainons Béarnais and Nappe des Marbres. Several actions are carried out by the team in this area. My action was focused on two approaches: paleomagnetism to understand the origin of a very deviated paleomagnetic component; and paleotemperature to map the temperature of the Chains by the Raman method (Master JB Cuyala, J. Lechantre, ATER A. Menant post-doc (Esther. Izquierdo, Thesis Landry Koffi) continues on this project. We were able to demonstrate , thanks to paleomagnetic data, we have shown that the Béarnais Chainons are an instantaneous image of pre-collisional deformation. An identical work is carried out in the Marble Nappe in collaboration with Juan-Jo Villallain (Burgos University)

Encadrement

Thèses & Post-doc encadrées et soutenues depuis 2010.

1      2008-2012 Thèse Yu-Min Chou (co-encadrement S-R. Song). Minéralogie, et propriétés Magnétiques de la zone de Glissement de 1999 Chi-Chi Séisme (MW 7,6) et leurs implications.

2     2009-2012 Thèse CIFRE Myriam Kars (co-encadrement J-P Pozzi, J-P. Girard). Calibration et Application du géothermomètre magnétique MagEval dans les roches sédimentaires

3     2008-2012 Thèse Warwick Hastie (co-encadrement M. Watkeys). Rock fabric study of the northern Lebombo and Rooi Rand Dyke Swarms Regional and local implications.

4     2010-2013 Thèse Mohannad Mansour. Modèles thermo-géométriques et leurs applications dans la construction de coupes équilibrées-Exemples de Taïwan et des Appalaches.

5     2010-2015 Thèse Atiria Fajardo (co-encadrement B. Nivière). Neotectonic evolution of the Serrania Del Interior range and Monagas fold and thrust belt, Eastern Venezuela : Morphotectonics, Seismic Profiles Analyses and Paleomagnetism.

6     2012-2015 Thèse TOTAL Nesma Krim (co-encadrement C. Bonnel, P. Imbert). Architecture stratigraphique, dynamique sédimentaire et distribution de la matière organique de la formation de la Vaca Muerta (Bassin de Neuquén, Argentine)

7     2012-2016 Thèse TOTAL Kaveh Merhkian (co-encadrement G. Hoareau, J-P Girard). "Microfracturation des grains de quartz comme un outil de mesure d'évolution de contrainte effective dans des réservoirs gréseux."

8    2013-2016 Thèse Némo Crognier (co-encadrement G. Hoareau). "Evolution thermique, circulation de fluides et fracturation associées à la structuration du bassin d'avant-pays-sud pyrénéen."

9     2016. Post-doc ISIFOR. Tiphaine Boiron. Etude des microstructures dans les marnes d'Hecho dans un processus d'endommagement de faille (projet ENDOMA).  

10    2017- Thèse Pierre Alexandre Grignard (co-encadrement C. Bonnel). Filling and tectonic accretion of a flexural basin.The Jaca Basin (Spain) as a demonstrator

11    2017 Post-doc E2S. Esther Izquierdo (co-encadrement J-P. Callot). Thermicité et coupes structurales dans les Chainons Béarnais.

12   2017- Thèse Philippine Rutman (co-encadrement Guilhem Hoareau). Diagénèse de la formation Vaca Muerta

13    2018- Thèse Hugo Saur (co-directeur Peter Moonen) Les fabriques des roches déformée par une approche micro-tomographique

14   2019-  Thèse Francho Gracia (co-directeur Antonio Casas Saintz). Le quantification de la déformation dans les zones plissées. 

15   2019- Thèse Landry Koffi. La géométrie des marges hyper étirées pré-collisionelles. 

16   2020- Thèse Maria-Eleni Taxopoulou (co-direction Nicolas Beaudoin). Les bandes de déformation.

MASTER (5 mois de stage minimum) depuis 2010.

1    2011    Ronan Séguier. Fracturation des Calcaires des Canyons dans les Chainons Béarnais.

2    2013.   Abdurrouf Abusaeda. The Albian Turbidites of Chainons Béarnais Block Rotation and Thermal history

3    2015    Camille Fumez. Tectonique salifère sur le front sud pyrénéen ; l’exemple de Riglos.

4    2015   Jean Baptiste Cuyala. Thermicité Raman et paléomagnétisme des Marnes Albiennes dans les Chainons Béarnais

5    2016     Julia Lechantre. La structure diapirique de Moncaud. Thermicité et paléomagnétisme.

6   2016     Justine Villard. Déformation et thermicité de la couverture mésozoïque dans une structure salifère des Chaînons Béarnais (Zone Nord-­‐Pyrénéenne)

6    2017.     Gatien Douchet. Analyse géologique et géomorphologique du glissement de terrain de Laruns.

7    2017      Bruno Leclere. Empreinte de la déformation dans le Pama trill, structure plissée de la région de Neuquén. Argentine.

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Projets

•          2012 CarnotISIFOR 40 k€ : mise à niveau du laboratoire de paléomagnétisme de Toulouse. Porteur principal.
•          2012. Contrat CIFRE de la thèse de Nesma KRIM. 250 k€. Co-Porteur avec C. Bonnel.
•         2012 - 2015 : participation au Laboratoire International intégré (LIA) France/Taiwan.
•          2013 Participation à l’ANR Pyramid. Paléomagnétisme des Chainons Béarnais.
•         2013 Contrat TOTAL de financement de la thèse de K. Merhkian. 200 k€ incluant le salaire. Co porteur avec G. Hoareau.
•          2014 SHELL 20 k€. Etude magnétique sur des échantillons gas shales. Porteur principal.
•          2014. INSU Syster 12 k€. Interaction fluides roches dans les systèmes salifères. Avec G. Hoareau (porteur)
•          2015 TOTAL 10 k€ Etude de l’influence de la tectonique salifère à Riglos, Aragon, Espagne. Porteur principal.
•          2015 Carnot ISIFOR  39 k€ : Etude de l’endommagement matriciel des Marnes de Pampelunes. Porteur principal.
•          2015 Communauté d’Agglomération Paloise : 20 k€ financement d’un post-doc. Porteur principal.
•          2016 Syster INSU. Paléomagnétisme des chainons béarnais. 6 k€.
•          2017. Contrat post doc TOTAL Kaveh Merhkian. 30 k€
•          2017 BRGM RGF. Glissement de terrain. Laruns. 10 k€
•          2018 Carnot avec Nicolas Beaudoin 50 k€
•          2018 Financement Région RE

Publications

h-index SCOPUS  29 (11/2020)

http://scholar.google.fr/citations?user=KAQBZLAAAAAJ&hl=fr

A75      Yu-Min Chou, Charles Aubourg, En-Chao Yeh, Sheng-Rong Song, Xiaodong Jiang, Yi-Kai Lin, Fabien Humbert, Teh-Quei Lee. The magnetic fabric of gouge mimics the co seismical focal mechanism of Chi-Chi Earthquake. Geophys. Res. Lett., DOI:10.1029/2020gl090111.

 A74     Hoareau, G., Crognier, N., Lacroix, B., Aubourg, C., Roberts, N.M.W., Niemi, N., Branellec, M., Beaudoin, N., Suárez, I., 2021. Combination of 47 and U-Pb dating in tectonic calcite veins unravel the last pulses related to the Pyrenean Shortening ( Spain ). Earth Planet. Sci. Lett. 553, 116636. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2020.116636

A73      Boiron, T., Aubourg, C., P-A., Grignard, Callot, J-P. The clay fabric of shales is a strain gouge. Journal of Structural Geology. Volume 138, 2020, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jsg.2020.104130.

A72      Izquierdo-Llavall, Menant, A, Aubourg, C., Callot, J.-P., Hoareau, G., Lahfid, A, Camps, P., Pere, E.. Pre‐orogenic folds and syn‐orogenic basement tilts in an inverted hyperextended margin: the northern Pyrenees case study. Tectonics. https://doi.org/10.1029/2019TC005719

A71      Atiria Fajardo, Charles Aubourg, Bertrand Niviere, Vincent Regard, Redescal Uzcáteguid. Neotectonic evolution of Northeastern Venezuela Basin. Geomorphological and seismic analysis in the Monagas Fold and Thrust Belt. Journal of South American Earth Sciences. Accepted 31/8/2020.

A70      Saur, H., Sénéchal, P., Boiron, T., Aubourg, C., Derluyn, H., & Moonen, P. (2020). First investigation of quartz and calcite shape fabrics in strained shales by means of X-ray tomography. Journal of Structural Geology, 130, 103905. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jsg.2019.103905

2019

A69      M. Ducoux, L. Jolivet, J.‐p. Callot, Charles Aubourg, E. Masini, et al.. The Nappe des Marbres Unit of the Basque‐Cantabrian Basin: The Tectono‐thermal Evolution of a Fossil Hyperextended Rift Basin. Tectonics, American Geophysical Union (AGU), 2019, ⟨10.1029/2018TC005348⟩. ⟨hal-02379979⟩

A68      Aubourg, C, Jackson, M, Ducoux, M, Mansour, M. Magnetite‐out and pyrrhotite‐in temperatures in shales and slates. Terra Nova. 2019; 00: 1– 6. https://doi.org/10.1111/ter.12424

A67      N. Krim, N. Tribovillard, A. Riboulleau, V. Bout-Roumazeilles, C. Bonnel, P. Imbert, C. Aubourg, G. Hoareau, B. Fasentieux, Reconstruction of palaeoenvironmental conditions of the Vaca Muerta formation in the southern part of the Neuquén Basin (Tithonian-Valanginian): Evidences of initial short-lived development of anoxia, Marine and Petroleum Geology, Volume 103, 2019, Pages 176-201, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2019.02.011.

2018

A66       Crognier, N. , Hoareau, G. , Aubourg, C. , Dubois, M. , Lacroix, B. , Branellec, M. , Callot, J. P. and Vennemann, T. (2018), Syn‐orogenic fluid flow in the Jaca basin (south Pyrenean fold and thrust belt) from fracture and vein analyses. Basin Res, 30: 187-216. doi:10.1111/bre.12249

2017

A65       KRIM, N., , BONNEL, C, TRIBOVILLARD, N., RIBOULLEAU, A., IMBERT, P., AUBOURG, C BOUT-ROUMAZEILLES, V., FASENTIEUX, B., HOAREAU, G. Paleoenvironmental evolution of the southern Neuquén Basin (Argentina) during the Tithonian-Berriasian (Vaca Muerta and Picún Leufú Formations): a multi-proxy approach Evolution paléoenvironnementale de la partie sud du bassin de Neuquén (Argentine) pendant l’intervalle Tithonien-berriasien (formations de la Vaca Muerta et de Picún Leufú) : Approche multi-proxy. Bulletin de la Société Géologique de France ; 188 (5): 34. doi: https://doi.org/10.1051/bsgf/2017196.

2015

A64        M. Branellec, J.-P. Callot, C. Aubourg, B. Nivière, J.-C. Ringenbach, Matrix deformation in a basement-involved fold-and-thrust-belt: A case study in the central Andes, Malargüe (Argentina), Tectonophysics, Volume 658, 25 September 2015, Pages 186-205, ISSN 0040-1951, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tecto.2015.07.022.

A63        Kars, M., Lerouge, C., Grangeon, S., .C Aubourg et al. (2015). Identification of nanocrystalline goethite in reduced clay formations: Application to the Callovian-Oxfordian formation of Bure (France). American Mineralogist, 100(7), pp. 1544-1553. doi:10.2138/am-2015-5096s

A62      Kars, M., Aubourg, C., & Suárez-Ruiz, I. (2015). Neoformed magnetic minerals as an indicator of moderate burial: The key example of middle Paleozoic sedimentary rocks, West Virginia. AAPG Bulletin, 99(3), 389–401. https://doi.org/10.1306/06301413006. IF 2.4

2014

A61      Chou, Y.-M., S.-R. Song, C. Aubourg, T.-Q. Lee, Y.-F. Song and E.-C. Yeh (2014). "Quantitative Modeling of the Newly Formed Magnetic Minerals in the Fault Gouge of 1999 Chi-Chi Earthquake (Mw 7.6), Taiwan." Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth: 2014JB011098. IF 4.0

A60      Kars, M., Aubourg, C., Labaume, P., Berquo, T.S, Cavailhes, T. Burial diagenesis of magnetic minerals: New insights from the Grès d’Annot transect (SE France). Minerals. 2014, 4, 667-689; doi:10.3390/min4030667. IF (new magazine)

A59      Sonnette, L., Humbert, F., Aubourg, C., Gattacceca, J., Lee, J. C., & Angelier, J. (2014). Significant rotations related to cover-substratum decoupling: Example of the DÔme de BarrÔt (Southwestern Alps, France). Tectonophysics, 629(C), 275–289. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tecto.2014.04.009  IF 2.9

A58      Hastie, W. W., Watkeys, M. K., & Aubourg, C. (2014). Magma flow in dyke swarms of the Karoo LIP: Implications for the mantle plume hypothesis. Gondwana Research, 25(2), 736–755. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gr.2013.08.010. IF 6.1

2013

A57         T. Blaise, J. Barbarand, M. Kars, F. Ploquin, C. Aubourg, B. Brigaud, M. Cathelineau, A. El Albani, C. Gautheron, Alain Izart, D. Janots, R. Michels, M. Pagel, J-P. Pozzi, M-C. Boiron, P. Landrein, Reconstruction of low temperature (~100 °C) burial in sedimentary basins: A comparison of geothermometer in the intracontinental Paris Basin, Marine and Petroleum Geology, Available online 26 August 2013, ISSN 0264-8172, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2013.08.019. IF 2.1      

A56        Hastie, W.,  Whatkeys, M., Aubourg, C. , (2013). Characterization of grain-size, shape and orientation of plagioclase in the Rooi Rand dyke swarm, South Africa. 583. pp. 145 - 157. Tectonophysics. IF 2.9

2012

A55        Kars, M.*, Aubourg, C., Pozzi, J-P, D. Janots. Continuous production of nanosized magnetites through low-grade burial. v. 13(8), doi : 10.1029/2012GC004104. G3. IF 3.5

A54        Chou, Y.-M., S.-R. Song, C. Aubourg, Y.-F. Song, A.-M. Boullier, T.-Q. Lee, M. Evans, E.-C. Yeh, and Y.-M. Chen (2012), Pyrite alteration and neoformed magnetic minerals in the fault zone of the Chi-Chi earthquake (Mw 7.6, 1999): Evidence for frictional heating and co-seismic fluids, Geochem. Geophys. Geosyst., 13, Q08002.G3. IF 3.5

A53        Chou, Y.-M., S.-R. Song, C. Aubourg, T.-Q. Lee, A.-M. Boullier, Y.-F. Song, E.-C. Yeh, L.-W. Kuo, and C.-Y. Wang (2012), An earthquake slip zone is a magnetic recorder, Geology, 40(6), 551-554.IF 4.8

A52        Aubourg, C., J.-P. Pozzi, and M. Kars (2012), Burial, claystones remagnetization and some consequences for magnetostratigraphy, Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 371.. IF 3.3

A51        Abdelmalak, M. M., L. Geoffroy, J. Angelier, B. Bonin, J. P. Callot, J. P. Gélard, and C. Aubourg Stress fields acting during lithosphere breakup above a melting mantle: A case example in West Greenland, Tectonophysics(0). IF 2.6

A50        Abdelmalak*, M., Aubourg, C., Geoffroy, L . A new oil window indicator? The example of west Greenland volcanic margin.  AAPG Bulletin, v. 96, no. 2 (February 2012), pp. 205–215. IF 2.6

A49        Ledevin, M., N. Arndt, M. R. Cooper, G. Earls, P. Lyle, C. Aubourg, and E. Lewin (2012), Intrusion history of the Portrush Sill, County Antrim, Northern Ireland: Evidence for rapid emplacement and high-temperature contact metamorphism, Geological Magazine, 149(1), 67-79. IF 2.2

2011

A48        Hastie, W. W., M. K. Watkeys, and C. Aubourg (2011), Significance of magnetic and petrofabric in Karoo-feeder dykes, northern Lebombo, Tectonophysics, 513(1-4), 96-111. IF 2.6

A47        Kars, M*, Aubourg, C., Pozzi, J.P. <50K magnetic transition in unmetamorphosed claystones. Geophysical Journal Interior. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2011.05121.x. 2011. IF 2.2

A46        Nussbaum, C., Bossart, Amann F., Aubourg, C. Tectonic and artificial structures in the Opalinus Clay at the Mont Terri rock laboratory Swiss Journal of Geosciences. Volume 104, Number 2, 187-210, DOI: 10.1007/s00015-011-0070-4

A45        Hastie, W.*, Aubourg, C., M. Watkeys. 2011. Early and late flow records in sheeted dikes complex (Roi Rand Dyke Swarm, South Africa). 23. 9-45. Terra Nova. IF 2.1

A44        Sapin, S., M. Pubellier, A. Lahfid, D. Janots, C. Aubourg, and J.-C. Ringenbach (2011), Onshore record of the subduction of a crustal salient: example of the NW Borneo Wedge 00, 1-9.Terra Nova, IF 2.1