France

Thierry Mulder

First Class Professor
Université de Bordeaux
UMR CNRS 5805 EPOC
Allée Geoffrey Saint-Hilaire – CS 50023
33615 PESSAC CEDEX
FRANCE
Email: thierry.mulder@u-bordeaux.fr

Education

• Graduated in Geology (1988); Master in geotechnics (1989); Doctor (1992) in Mining and Civil engineering (Nancy; Institut National Polytechnique de Lorraine)
• Ressearch associate In Ifremer (1992); Atlantic Geoscience Center, Halifax, Canada (1993-1995), Cardiff University of Wales (1995-1997)
• Lecturer and Professor in Bordeaux since 1997

Research Interests

• Clastic sedimentology
• Turbidite system
• Marine sedimentation and facies
• Carbonate slopes
• Marine Geotechnics
• Deep-sea Turbidite system
• Deep-sea gravity processes and deposits
• Contourites and contour currents
• Turbidite and turbidity currents
• Mass-flow deposits
• Mass-transport Deposits and Complexes
• Flood deposits in marine basins
• Submarine slope failures

Areas of expertise

• Recent systems: Var, Nile fans and Mediterranean, Gulf of Cadiz, Bahamas, Saguenay; Capbreton/Cap-Ferret systems; Zaire and Ogooué fans Ancient systems: Annot sandstone, Basque Country flysch, Aberystwyth Grits
• Teaching
• Field sedimentology, sequence stratigraphy, deep-sea sedimentology and marine sedimentation (Master).
• Earth structure and Dynamics, General Geology, Microtectonics (undergraduate).