Mineralogy

Chemical and structural adaptation of MINERALS to natural or human-induced changes in their ENVIRONMENT.

Keywords: crystallochemistry, thermochemistry, experimentation, spectroscopy, X-ray diffraction, synchrotron, carbonation, clays, serpentines, chlorites, interstellar dust, nano-oxides, mercury, natural hydrogen, rare earths.

Our research activities are organized around the following 5 axes :

– Extraterrestrial matter – Early Earth – Early life
A. Simionovici, E. Lewin, C. Cordier, L. Truche, F. Brunet
– Surface reactivity of nanomaterials
B. Lanson, A-L. Auzende, F. Brunet, L. Truche, B. Malvoisin, E. Janots, S. Jelavic
– Metals and Energy for a low carbon society
O. Vidal, L. Truche, F. Brunet, B. Malvoisin, S. Schwartz, E. Janots
– Crust-mantle interactions through time & subduction(s)
A. Sobolev, V. Batanova, A-L. Auzende, C. Cordier, E. Janots, B. Malvoisin, F. Brunet
– Serpentinites in subduction zones – fluids transport
A-L. Auzende, S. Schwartz, S. Guillot, B. Malvoisin, F. Brunet