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Anne Davaille

Directeur de Recherches CNRS

Laboratoire FAST - Bat. 502
Campus Universitaire - 91405 Orsay Cedex  (France)
Phone: 33 1 69 1 58056 - Fax: 33 1 69 15 80 60
Room: 203
email:

Research Interests:


- Fluid Mechanics


  • Convection in viscous fluids
    thermal and compositional effects
    patterns, regime diagrams
    complex rheology
    particles and drying

  • Instabilities

  • Mixing in miscible heterogeneous fluids

  • Laboratory experiments: developping new techniques
    Visualisation of isotherms with Thermochromic Liquid Crystals
    Diffusive Flow Velocimetry (DFV)

- Planetary Dynamics


  • Mantle Dynamics
    plate tectonics
    continental growth
    plumes and subduction
    small-scale convection
    hotspots, traps and superswells

  • Planets convective evolution and cooling

  • Magma chambers and lava lakes

  • Dynamics of hydrothermal fields

  • Gallery of mantle motions ...




    Movies of convection, plumes, subduction, etc...



    Planetary Landscapes in the Laboratory ...