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Research and teaching centre
environmental geosciences
Research and teaching centre
environmental geosciences
Lounis Ait Oufella
Lounis Ait Oufella
DC-PhD Student

TP-Earth and Planets

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Email. : oufella@cerege.fr
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On planetary surfaces, meteorite impacts create craters with a morphology which will evolve with time, influenced either by external (atmospheric) or by internal (tectonics, metamorphism) processes. On Earth, numerous erosional processes from climate (water, wind, ice) will slowly erase this topographic anomaly, while tectonics and/or other internal processes will also alter the geomorphologic signature. However, the geophysical signature of impact structure is usually well-preserved. This work aims at modeling the erosive evolution of simple and complex crater topography, and of the associated geophysical signature, to understand its evolution over time.

  • 2023 - Msc Planetary Sciences and Space Exploration - Sorbonne University | Paris PSL Observatory | Paris Saclay University
  • Geophysics
  • Erosion
  • Geomorphology
  • Impact crater
  • Digital modelling
  • 2023 - 2026 Project EXOMIOLE funded by the A*Midex foundation.