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Yves Lafoy
Researcher at University of Western Brittany
Publications - 48
Citations - 1710
Yves Lafoy is an academic researcher from University of Western Brittany. The author has contributed to research in topics: Seafloor spreading & Subduction. The author has an hindex of 20, co-authored 48 publications receiving 1606 citations.
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The Sissano, Papua New Guinea tsunami of July 1998 — offshore evidence on the source mechanism
TL;DR: The source of the local tsunami of 17th July 1998 that struck the north shore of Papua New Guinea remains controversial, and has been postulated as due either to seabed dislocation (fault) or sediment slump as mentioned in this paper.
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Sediment slump likely caused 1998 Papua New Guinea tsunami
David R. Tappin,Takeshi Matsumoto,Phil Watts,Kenji Satake,Gary M. McMurtry,Masafumi Matsuyama,Yves Lafoy,Yoshinobu Tsuji,Toshiya Kanamatsu,Wilfred Lus,Yo Iwabuchi,Harry Yeh,Yoshihiro Matsumotu,Mamoru Nakamura,Mathew Mahoi,Peter Hill,Keith A.W. Crook,Lawrence Anton,John P. Walsh +18 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors show that last summer's disastrous tsunami in Papua New Guinea was caused by a sediment slump 25 km offshore, and that the slump was probably the result of seabed shaking from an earthquake.
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Recent geodynamic evolution of the north Fiji basin (southwest Pacific)
TL;DR: A cruise of the R/V Jean Charcot (Seapso III, December 1985) in the north Fiji basin between 16° and 22°S obtained new structural and magnetic data concerning the central part of the basin this paper.
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Lithosphere delamination with foundering of lower crust and mantle caused permanent subsidence of New Caledonia Trough and transient uplift of Lord Howe Rise during Eocene and Oligocene initiation of Tonga‐Kermadec subduction, western Pacific
Rupert Sutherland,Julien Collot,Yves Lafoy,Graham A. Logan,Ron Hackney,Vaughan Stagpoole,Chris Uruski,Takehiko Hashimoto,Karen Higgins,Richard H. Herzer,Ray Wood,Nick Mortimer,Nadege Rollet +12 more
TL;DR: In this article, seismic reflection and rock sample data were used to explain the first-order physiography of New Caledonia Trough and Norfolk Ridge formed in Eocene and Oligocene time and was associated with the onset of subduction and back-arc spreading at the Australia-Pacific plate boundary.
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Seafloor spreading in the North Fiji Basin (Southwest Pacific)
TL;DR: The Seapso Leg 3 cruise (December 1985) was carried out in the North Fiji Basin aboard the IFREMER R.V. “Jean Charcot” as mentioned in this paper and the main purpose of the cruise was to carry out a geophysical and geological study of the central part of the basin between 16° S and 22°S.