Dr. Nicolas Riel

Dr. Nicolas Riel

Post-doctoral Researcher

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Publications

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2025

  1. Green, Eleanor C R, Holland, Tim J B, Powell, Roger, Weller, Owen M, and Riel, Nicolas, “Corrigendum to: Melting of Peridotites through to Granites: a Simple Thermodynamic Model in the System KNCFMASHTOCr, and, a Thermodynamic Model for the Subsolidus Evolution and Melting of Peridotite.,” Journal of Petrology, Vol. 66, No. 1, 01 2025, egae079.  
  2. Schuler, Christian, Kaus, Boris JP, Le Breton, Eline, Riel, Nicolas, and Popov, Anton A, “Mantle dynamics in the mediterranean and plate motion of the Adriatic microplate: Insights from 3D thermomechanical modeling,” Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, Vol. 26, No. 3, 2025, e2024GC011996.  
  3. Liu, Jia-Hui, Kaempf, Jonas, Huang, Meiyun, Riel, Nicolas, Guo, Jinghui, Huang, Guangyu, Chen, Lin, Jiao, Shujuan, Mao, Mengxia, Clark, Chris, and others, “Thermal structure of a Paleoproterozoic orogen: A case study from the Wutai–Fuping crustal section,” Journal of Petrology, Vol. 66, No. 5, 2025, egaf043.  
  4. Gomes, A. S., Rosas, F. M., Riel, N., Schellart, W. P., Almeida, J., and Duarte, J. C., “Numerical Geodynamic Modeling of Buoyancy-Driven Tethyan-type Ophiolite Emplacement,” Tectonics, Vol. 44, No. 8, 2025, e2024TC008625.  
  5. Soderman, Caroline R, Weller, Owen M, Beard, Charles D, Riel, Nicolas, Green, Eleanor CR, and Holland, Tim JB, “A mid-crustal tipping point between silica-undersaturated and silica-oversaturated magmas,” Nature Geoscience, 2025, pp. 1-8.  
  6. Duarte, Joao, Riel, Nicolas, Civiero, Chiara, Silva, Sonia, Rosas, Filipe M, Schellart, Wouter P, Almeida, Jaime, Terrinha, Pedro, and Ribeiro, Antonio, “Seismic evidence for oceanic plate delamination offshore Southwest Iberia,” Nature Geoscience, Aug 2025.  

2024

  1. Duarte, Joao C, Riel, Nicolas, Rosas, Filipe M, Popov, Anton, Schuler, Christian, and Kaus, Boris JP, “Gibraltar subduction zone is invading the Atlantic,” Geology, 2024.  
  2. Markmann, Thorsten Andreas, Lanari, Pierre, Piccoli, Francesca, Pettke, Thomas, Tamblyn, Renee, Tedeschi, Mahyra, Lueder, Mona, Kunz, Barbara E, Riel, Nicolas, and Laughton, Joshua, “Multi-phase quantitative compositional mapping by LA-ICP-MS: Analytical approach and data reduction protocol implemented in XMapTools,” Chemical Geology, Vol. 646, 2024, p. 121895.  
  3. Dominguez, Hugo, Riel, Nicolas, and Lanari, Pierre, “Modelling chemical advection during magma ascent,” Geoscientific Model Development Discussions, Vol. 2024, 2024, pp. 1-30.  
  4. Weller, Owen M, Holland, Tim JB, Soderman, Caroline R, Green, Eleanor CR, Powell, Roger, Beard, Charles D, and Riel, Nicolas, “New thermodynamic models for anhydrous alkaline-silicate magmatic systems,” Journal of Petrology, 2024, egae098.  
  5. Carlos E. Ganade, Nicolas, Riel, Gianreto Manatschal, Lucas R. Tesser, Joerg Hermann, Daniela Rubatto, Roberto F. Weinberg, Pierre Lanari, and Boris J.P. Kaus, “Exhumation of ultra-high pressure (UHP) rocks modulated by rifted margin-subduction feedback: Implications for their preservation in old collisional orogens,” Earth and Planetary Science Letters, Vol. 643, 2024, p. 118893.  
  6. Kaus, Boris JP, Thielmann, Marcel, Aellig, Pascal, de Montserrat, Albert, de Siena, Luca, Frasukiewicz, Jacob, Fuchs, Lukas, Piccolo, Andrea, Ranocha, Hendrik, Riel, Nicolas, and others, “GeophysicalModelGenerator. jl: A Julia package to visualise geoscientific data and create numerical model setups,” Journal of Open Source Software, Vol. 9, No. 103, 2024, p. 6763.  
  7. Forshaw, Jacob B, Dominguez, Hugo, Markmann, Thorsten A, Tamblyn, Renee, Hermann, Jorg, Riel, Nicolas, and Lanari, Pierre, “Major-element geochemistry and Fe3+/$Sigma$Fe of metabasites,” Journal of Petrology, 2024, egae120.  

2023

  1. Riel, Nicolas, Duarte, Joao C, Almeida, Jaime, Kaus, Boris JP, Rosas, Filipe, Rojas-Agramonte, Yamirka, and Popov, Anton, “Subduction initiation triggered the Caribbean large igneous province,” Nature Communications, Vol. 14, No. 1, 2023, p. 786.  
  2. Schmitt, AK, Sliwinski, J, Caricchi, L, Bachmann, O, Riel, N, Kaus, BJP, de Leon, A Cisneros, Cornet, J, Friedrichs, B, Lovera, O, and others, “Zircon age spectra to quantify magma evolution,” Geosphere, Vol. 19, No. 4, 2023, pp. 1006-1031.  

2022

  1. Theunissen, Thomas, Huismans, Ritske S, Lu, Gang, and Riel Nicolas, “Relative continent/mid-ocean ridge elevation: a reference case for isostasy in geodynamics,” Earth-Science Reviews, 2022, p. 104153.  
  2. Riel, Nicolas, Kaus, Boris JP, Green, ECR, and Berlie, Nicolas, “MAGEMin, an efficient Gibbs energy minimizer: application to igneous systems,” Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, Vol. 23, No. 7, 2022, e2022GC010427.  
  3. Almeida, Jaime, Riel N, Rosas, Filipe M, Duarte, Joao C, and Kaus, Boris, “Self-replicating subduction zone initiation by polarity reversal,” Communications Earth & Environment, Vol. 3, No. 1, 2022, p. 55.  
  4. Almeida, J, Riel, N, Rosas, FM, Duarte, JC, and Schellart, WP, “Polarity-reversal subduction zone initiation triggered by buoyant plateau obstruction,” Earth and Planetary Science Letters, Vol. 577, 2022, pp. 117-195.  
  5. Husson, Laurent, Riel, Nicolas, Aribowo, S, Authemayou, Christine, de Gelder, G, Kaus, BJP, Mallard, C, Natawidjaja, DH, Pedoja, Kevin, and Sarr, AC, “Slow geodynamics and fast morphotectonics in the far East Tethys,” Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, Vol. 23, No. 1, 2022, e2021GC010167.  

2020

  1. Schwartz, Stephane, Gautheron, Cecile, Ketcham, Richard A, Brunet, Fabrice, Corre, Marianna, Agranier, Arnaud, Pinna-Jamme, Rosella, Haurine, Frederic, Monvoin, Gael, and Riel Nicolas, “Unraveling the exhumation history of high-pressure ophiolites using magnetite (U-Th-Sm)/He thermochronometry,” Earth and Planetary Science Letters, Vol. 543, 2020, p. 116359.  
  2. Rummel, Lisa, Kaus, Boris JP, Baumann, Tobias S, White, Richard W, and Riel Nicolas,, “Insights into the compositional evolution of crustal magmatic systems from coupled petrological-geodynamical models,” Journal of Petrology, Vol. 61, No. 2, 2020, egaa029.  
  3. Goussin, Fanny, Riel, Nicolas,, Cordier, Carole, Guillot, Stephane, Boulvais, Philippe, Roperch, Pierrick, Replumaz, Anne, Schulmann, Karel, Dupont-Nivet, Guillaume, Rosas, Filipe, and others, “Carbonated inheritance in the Eastern Tibetan lithospheric mantle: Petrological evidences and geodynamic implications,” Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, Vol. 21, No. 2, 2020, e2019GC008495.  

2019

  1. Riel, Nicolas, Bouilhol, Pierre, van Hunen, Jeroen, Cornet, Julien, Magni, Valentina, Grigorova, Vili, and Velic, Mirko, “Interaction between mantle-derived magma and lower arc crust: quantitative reactive melt flow modelling using STyx,” Geological Society, London, Special Publications, Vol. 478, No. 1, 2019, pp. 65-87.  

2018

  1. Loury, Chloe, Rolland, Yann, Lanari, Pierre, Guillot, Stephane, Bosch, Delphine, Ganino, Clement, Jourdon, Anthony, Petit, Carole, Gallet, Sylvain, Monie, Patrick, and Riel, Nicolas, “Permian charnockites in the Pobeda area: implications for Tarim mantle plume activity and HT metamorphism in the South Tien Shan range,” Lithos, Vol. 304, 2018, pp. 135-154.  
  2. Riel, Nicolas, Jaillard, Etienne, Martelat, Jean-Emmanuel, Guillot, Stephane, and Braun, Jean, “Permian-Triassic Tethyan realm reorganization: Implications for the outward Pangea margin,” Journal of South American Earth Sciences, Vol. 81, 2018, pp. 78-86.  
  3. Riel, Nicolas, Capitanio, Fabio A, and Velic, Mirko, “Numerical modeling of stress and topography coupling during subduction: Inferences on global vs. regional observables interpretation,” Tectonophysics, Vol. 746, 2018, pp. 239-250.  

2017

  1. Rosas, Filipe M, Duarte, Joao C, Almeida, Pedro, Schellart, WP, Riel, N, and Terrinha, Pedro, “Analogue modelling of thrust systems: Passive vs. active hanging wall strain accommodation and sharp vs. smooth fault-ramp geometries,” Journal of Structural Geology, Vol. 99, 2017, pp. 45-69.  

2016

  1. Riel, Nicolas, Mercier, Jonathan, and Weinberg, Roberto, “Convection in a partially molten metasedimentary crust? Insights from the El Oro complex (Ecuador),” Geology, Vol. 44, No. 1, 2016, pp. 31-34.  
  2. Lamarque, Gaelle, Bascou, Jerome, Maurice, Claire, Cottin, Jean-Yves, Riel, Nicolas, and Menot, Rene-Pierre, “Microstructures, deformation mechanisms and seismic properties of a Palaeoproterozoic shear zone: The Mertz shear zone, East-Antarctica,” Tectonophysics, Vol. 680, 2016, pp. 174-191.  
  3. Salerno, V Morena, Capitanio, Fabio A, Farrington, Rebecca J, and Riel, Nicolas, “The role of long-term rifting history on modes of continental lithosphere extension,” Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, Vol. 121, No. 12, 2016, pp. 8917-8940.  

2015

  1. Riel, Nicolas and Lanari, Pierre, “Techniques, methodes et outils pour la quantification du metamorphisme,” Geochronique, Vol. 136, 2015, pp. 53-60.  
  2. Capitanio, FA, Replumaz, A, and Riel, N, “Reconciling subduction dynamics during Tethys closure with large-scale Asian tectonics: Insights from numerical modeling,” Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, Vol. 16, No. 3, 2015, pp. 962-982.  

2014

  1. Riel, Nicolas, Martelat, Jean-Emmanuel, Guillot, Stephane, Jaillard, Etienne, Monie, Patrick, Yuquilema, Jonatan, Duclaux, Guillaume, and Mercier, Jonathan, “Forearc tectonothermal evolution of the El Oro metamorphic province (Ecuador) during the Mesozoic,” Tectonics, Vol. 33, No. 10, 2014, pp. 1989-2012.  

2013

  1. Riel, Nicolas, Guillot, S, Jaillard, E, Martelat, JE, Paquette, JL, Schwartz, S, Goncalvez, P, Duclaux, G, Thiebaud, N, Lanari, P, and others, “Implications for high-temperature metamorphism in a forearc zone: a metamorphic and geochronogical study of the Triassic El Oro metamorphic complex in Ecuador,” Lithos, Vol. 156, 2013, pp. 41-68.  
  2. Lanari, Pierre, Riel, Nicolas, Guillot, Stephane, Vidal, Olivier, Schwartz, Stephane, Pecher, Arnaud, and Hattori, Keiko H, “Deciphering high-pressure metamorphism in collisional context using microprobe mapping methods: Application to the Stak eclogitic massif (northwest Himalaya),” Geology, Vol. 41, No. 2, 2013, pp. 111-114.  

2012

  1. Lanari, Pierre, Guillot, Stephane, Schwartz, Stephane, Vidal, Olivier, Tricart, Pierre, Riel, Nicolas, and Beyssac, Olivier, “Diachronous evolution of the alpine continental subduction wedge: evidence from P–T estimates in the Brianconnais Zone houillere (France–Western Alps),” Journal of Geodynamics, Vol. 56, 2012, pp. 39-54.