Van Der Woerd, J, Leloup, Ph.−H, Liu−Zeng, J, Lacassin, R, Tapponnier, P, 2009. A comment on “Orogen−parallel, active left−slip faults in the eastern Himalaya: Implications for the growth mechanism of the Himalayan arc ”by Li and Yin (Earth Planet Sci. Lett. 274 (2008) 258–267), Earth and Planetary Science Letters 285, 217–222. PDF

Lacassin R., 2008, Le séisme du Sichuan du 12 mai 2008, Géochronique n°107, 23−25. PDF

Li HaiBing, Valli, F, Arnaud, N, Chen, SY, Xu, ZQ, Tapponnier, P, Lacassin, R, Si, JL, Qiu, ZL. Rapid uplifting in the process of strike − slip along the Karakorum fault zone in western Tibet: Evidence from Ar−40/Ar−39 thermochronology, Acta Petrologica Sinica, 24 (7): 1552−1566, 2008.

Valli, F., P. H. Leloup, J. Paquette, N. Arnaud, H. Li, P. Tapponnier, R. Lacassin, S. Guillot, D. Liu, E. Deloule, Z. Xu, and G. Mahéo (2008), New U−Th/Pb constraints on timing of shearing and long−term slip−rate on the Karakorum fault, Tectonics, 27, TC5007, doi:10.1029/2007TC002184, 2008. PDF

Valli, F., N. Arnaud, P. H. Leloup, E. R. Sobel, G. Mahéo, R. Lacassin, S. Guillot, H. Li, P. Tapponnier, and Z Xu, 2007, Twenty million years of continuous deformation along the Karakorum fault, western Tibet: A thermochronological analysis, Tectonics, 26, TC4004, doi:10.1029/2005TC001913. PDF

Lacassin R., Arnaud N., Leloup P.H., Armijo R., Meyer B. 2007, Exhumation of metamorphic rocks in N Aegean: the path from shortening to extension and extrusion, eEarth Discussions, 2, 1-35.

Lacassin R., Arnaud N., Leloup P.H., Armijo R., Meyer B. 2007, Syn- and post orogenic exhumation of metamorphic rocks in N Aegean, eEarth, 2, 51-63. PDF

Leloup, P.H., Arnaud, N., Lacassin, R. & Sobel, E.R., 2007. Reply to comment by Y. Rolland et al. on "Alpine thermal and structural evolution of the highest external crystalline massif: The Mont Blanc'', Tectonics, 26, 6.

P.H. Leloup P.H., Tapponnier P., Lacassin R., 2007. Discussion on the role of the Red River shear zone, Yunnan and Vietnam, in the continental extrusion of SE Asia, Journal of the Geological Society, 164: 1253 – 1260.

Li, H.B., Valli, F., Liu, D.Y., Xu, Z.Q., Yang, J.S., Arnaud, N., Tapponnier, P., Lacassin, R., Chen, S.Y. & Qi, X.X., 2007. Initial movement of the Karakorum Fault in western Tibet: constraints from SHRIMP U-Pb dating of zircons, Chinese Science Bulletin, 52, 1089-1100.

Maheo, G., Leloup, P.H., Valli, F., Lacassin, R., Arnaud, N., Paquette, J.L., Fernandez, A., Haibing, L., Farley, K.A. & Tapponnier, P., 2007. Post 4 Ma initiation of normal faulting in southern Tibet. Constraints from the Kung Co half graben, Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 256, 233-243. PDF

Mignan, A., King, G., Bowman, D., Lacassin, R. & Dmowska, R., 2006. Seismic activity in the Sumatra-Java region prior to the December 26, 2004 (M-W=9.0-9.3) and March 28, 2005 (M-W=8.7) earthquakes, Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 244, 639-654. PDF

Leloup, P.H., Arnaud, N., Sobel, E.R. & Lacassin, R., 2005. Alpine thermal and structural evolution of the highest external crystalline massif: The Mont Blanc, Tectonics, VOL. 24, TC4002, doi:10.1029/2004TC001676. PDF

Lacassin-R; Valli-F; Arnaud-N; Leloup-PH; Paquette-JL; Haibing-L; Tapponnier-P; Chevalier-ML; Guillot-S; Maheo-G; Xu-ZQ. 2004. Large-scale geometry, offset and kinematic evolution of the Karakorum fault, Tibet Earth and Planetary Science Letters 219 (3-4) : 255-269. PDF

Lacassin-R; Valli-F; Arnaud-N; Leloup-PH; Paquette-JL; Li-HB; Tapponnier-P; Chevalier-ML; Guillot-S; Maheo-G; Xu-ZQ. 2004. Reply to Comment on "Large-scale geometry, offset and kinematic evolution of the Karakorum fault, Tibet' . Earth and Planetary Science Letters 229 (1-2) : 159-163. PDF

Lacassin R.; Tapponnier P.; Meyer B.; Armijo R. 2002. Réponse au commentaire de Maurice Mattauer à l’article : Was the Trevaresse Thrust the source of the 1909 Lambesc (Provence, France) earthquake? Historical and geomorphic evidence. Comptes Rendus de l'Academie des Sciences, Geosciences. 334; Pages 515-517. PDF

Lacassin R.; Tapponnier P.; Meyer B.; Armijo R. Was the Trevaresse Thrust the source of the 1909 Lambesc (Provence, France) earthquake? Historical and geomorphic evidence. Comptes Rendus de l'Academie des Sciences, Serie II. Sciences de la Terre et des Planetes. 333; 9, Pages 571-581. 2001. PDF

Leloup P.H. , R. Lacassin, P. Tapponnier and T. M. Harrison, Comment on "Onset timing of left-lateral movement along the Ailao Shan-Red river shear zone: 40 Ar/ 39 Ar dating constraint from the Nam Dinh area, northeastern Vietnam " by Wang et al., 2000., Journal of Asian Earth Sciences, Volume 20, Issue 1,Pages 95-99, 2001.

Leloup P.H., Arnaud N., Lacassin R., Kienast J.R., Harrison T.M., Phan Trong Trinh, Replumaz A., Tapponnier P, New constraints on the structure, thermochronology and timing of the Ailao Shan Red River shear zone, SE Asia, sous presse, J. Geophys. Res., B, 106, 6683-6732, 2001. PDF

Replumaz, A., Lacassin, R., Tapponnier, P., Leloup, P.H., Plio-Quaternary slip rate along the Active Red River Fault deduced from long term river offsets, J. Geophys. Res., B, 106, 819-836, 2001. PDF

Roger F., P.H. Leloup, M. Jolivet, R. Lacassin, Phan Trong Trinh, M. Brunel, D. Seward, Unravelling a long and complex thermal history by multi-system geochronology: example of the SongChay metamorphic dome, North Vietnam., Tectonophysics, 321, 449-466, 2000. PDF

Leloup, P.H., Y. Ricard, J. Battaglia, and R. Lacassin, Shear heating in continental strike-slip shear zones: numerical modeling and case studies, Geophys. J. Int., 136, 19-40, 1999. PDF

Lacassin, R., B. Meyer, et L. Benedetti, Evidences morphotectoniques de mouvements sénestres Quaternaires sur la faille des Cévennes (Languedoc, France), C. R. Acad. Sc. Paris, 326, 807-815, 1998.

Lacassin, R., A. Replumaz, and P. H. Leloup, Hairpin river loop and slip sense inversion on SE-Asian strike-slip faults, Geology, 26, 703-706, 1998. PDF

Lacassin, R., P.H. Leloup, Phan Trong Trinh, J. Marcoux, P. Tapponnier, Unconformity of Red sandstones in North Vietnam, evidence for indosinian orogeny in northern Indochina?, Terra Nova, 10, 106-111, 1998.

Lacassin, R., Meyer, B., Benedetti, L., Armijo, R., Tapponnier, P., Réponse aux commentaires de Ambert et al., Mattauer et Sébrier et al. à la note "Signature morphologique de l'activité de la faille des Cévennes (Languedoc, France)". C. R. Acad. SC. Paris, 327, 861-866, 1998.

Thouvenot, F., J. Fréchet, P. Tapponnier, J. C. Thomas, B. Le Brun, G. Ménard, R. Lacassin, L. Jenatton, J. R. Grasso, O. Coutant, A. Paul, and D. Hatzfeld, The M-5.3 Epagny (French Alps) earthquake of 15 July 1996: a long-awaited event on the Vuache fault, Geophys. J. Int., 135, 876-892, 1998.

Lacassin, R., H. Maluski, P. H. Leloup, P. Tapponnier, C. Hinthong, K. Siribhakdi, S. Chuaviroj, and A. Charoenravat, Tertiary diachronic extrusion and deformation of western Indochina: structural and 40Ar/39Ar evidence from NW Thailand, J. Geophys. Res., 10023-10037, 1997. PDF

Harrison, T. M., P. H. Leloup, F. J. Ryerson, P. Tapponnier, R. Lacassin, and Chen Wenji, Diachronous initiation of Transtension along the Ailao Shan-Red River Shear zone, Yunnan and Vietnam, in The Tectonics of Asia, edited by An Yin, and T. M. Harrison, World and regional geology series, pp. 208-226, Cambridge University Press, 1996. PDF

Lacassin, R., U. Schärer, P. H. Leloup, N. Arnaud, P. Tapponnier, Liu Xiaohan, and Zhang Lian-Sheng, Tertiary deformation and metamorphism SE of Tibet: The folded Tiger-leap décollement of NW Yunnan, China, Tectonics, 15, 605-622, 1996. PDF

Lavé, J., J. P. Avouac, R. Lacassin, P. Tapponnier, and J. P. Montagner, Seismic anisotropy beneath Tibet: evidence for eastward extrusion of the Tibetan Lithosphere?, Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., 140, 83-96, 1996. PDF

Leloup, P.H., R. Lacassin, P. Tapponnier, Zhong Dalai, Liu Xiaohan, Zhang Lianshang, Ji Shaocheng, and Phan Trong Trinh, The Ailao Shan-Red River shear zone (Yunnan, China), Tertiary transform boundary of Indochina, Tectonophysics, 251, 3-84, 1995.

Meyer, B., R. Lacassin, J. Brulhet, and B. Mouroux, The Basel 1356 earthquake: which fault produced it?, Terra Nova, 6, 54-63, 1994.

Lacassin, R., P. H. Leloup, and P. Tapponnier, Bounds on strain in large Tertiary shear zones of SE Asia from boudinage restoration, J. Struct. Geol., 15, 677-692, 1993.

Leloup, P. H., T. M. Harrison, F. J. Ryerson, Chen Wenji, L. Qi, P. Tapponnier, and R. Lacassin, Structural, petrological and thermal evolution of a Tertiary ductile strike-slip shear zone, Diancang Shan, Yunnan, J. Geophys. Res., 98, 6715-6743, 1993.

Lacassin, R., P. Tapponnier, and L. Bourjot, Culminations d'échelle crustale et imbrication de la lithosphère dans les Alpes, apports du profil ECORS-CROP, C. R. Acad. Sci. Paris, 310, 807-814, 1990.

Nicolas, A., A. Hirn, R. Nicholich, R. Polino, R. Bayer, R. Lacassin, R. Lanza, C. Bois, B. Damotte, F. Roure, M. Cazes, J. Ravat, A. Villien, G. V. Dal Piaz, S. Guellec, M. Tardy, G. Gosso, J. M. Marthelot, J. L. Mugnier, F. Thouvenot, S. Scarascia, I. Tabacco, and M. Sutter, Lithospheric wedging in the western Alps inferred from the ECORS-CROP traverse, Geology, 18, 587-590, 1990.

Schärer, U., P. Tapponnier, R. Lacassin, P. H. Leloup, Zhong Dalai, and Ji Shaocheng, Intraplate tectonics in Asia: a precise age for large-scale Miocene movement along the Ailao Shan-Red River shear zone, China, Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., 97, 65-77, 1990.

Tapponnier, P., R. Lacassin, P. H. Leloup, U. Schärer, Zhong Dalai, Liu Xiaohan, Ji Shaocheng, Zhang Lianshang, and Zhong Jiayou, The Ailao Shan/red River metamorphic belt: Tertiary left-lateral shear between Indochina and South China, Nature, 343, 431-437, 1990.

Lacassin, R., Plate-scale kinematics and compatibility of crustal shear zones in the Alps, in Alpine Tectonics, edited by Coward, M. P., D. Dietrich, and R. G. Park, Geological Society Special Publication, 45, pp. 339-352, London, 1989. PDF

Lacassin, R., Large-scale foliation boudinage in gneisses, J. Struct. Geol., 10, 643-647, 1988.

Leloup, P. H., Phan Trong Trinh, R. Armijo, and R. Lacassin, Champs de contraintes et cinématique des chevauchements sud-alpins près de la terminaison de la faille Judicarienne, C. R. Acad. Sci. Paris, 307 série II, 797-804, 1988.

Malavieille, J., and R. Lacassin, "Bone shaped" boudins in progressive shearing, J. Struct. Geol., 10, 335-345, 1988.

Lacassin, R., Kinematics of ductile shearing from outcrop to crustal scale in the Monte Rosa nappe, western Alps, Tectonics, 6, 69-88, 1987. PDF

Lacassin, R., Cisaillement progressif dextre dans la partie W de la faille insubrienne (Alpes centrales), C. R. Acad. Sci. Paris, 303 série II, 229-234, 1986.

Lacassin, R., and M. Mattauer, Kilometre-scale sheath fold at Mattmark and implications for transport direction in the Alps, Nature, 316, 739-742, 1985. PDF

Malavieille, J., R. Lacassin, and M. Mattauer, Signification tectonique des linéations d'allongement dans les Alpes occidentales, Bull. Soc. Geol. Fr., 26, 895-906, 1984.

Lacassin, R., Mise en évidence d'une zone de cisaillement ductile majeure dans la couverture de la nappe du Mont Rose: étude microstructurale, C. R. Acad. Sci. Paris, 297 série II, 613-618, 1983.

Lacassin, R., Cisaillement ductile et déformation hétérogène du granite de la nappe du Mont Rose dans la vallée de Saas (Suisse), C. R. Acad. Sci. Paris, 296 série II, 777-782, 1983.

Lacassin, R., and J. Van Den Driessche, Finite strain determination of gneiss: application of Fry's method to porphyroid in the southern Massif Central (France), J. Struct. Geol., 5, 245-253, 1983.

Lacassin, R., and J. Van Den Driessche, Analyse de la déformation hercynienne majeure des gneiss de la Cézarenque (Cévennes, Massif Central), C. R. Acad. Sci. Paris, 295 série II, 1027-1030, 1982.

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