Christian CHOPIN
Directeur de recherche au CNRS
Laboratoire de Géologie de l’ENS, 24 rue Lhomond, 75005 Paris, France
chopin@geologie.ens.fr
Education
'Student' at Ecole normale supérieure (ENS Paris, France), 1974–1978
Maîtrise ès Sciences physiques de la Terre, University Paris Diderot, June 1976
Doctorat de 3ème cycle, Pierre and Marie Curie University, March 1979
Doctorat d'état, ès sciences, Pierre and Marie Curie University, March 1985
Positions held
1979–1981: Post-doctoral fellow of the D.A.A.D., Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Germany.
1981–1990: Research associate of the Centre national de la recherche scientifique (CNRS), at the Laboratoire de Géologie, ENS, Paris.
1990–2002: Directeur de recherche CNRS (2nd class), at ENS, Paris.
2002–present: Directeur de recherche CNRS (1st class), at ENS, Paris.
Main Research Interests
Mineralogy and metamorphic Petrology.
- High- and ultrahigh-pressure metamorphism, exhumation of high-pressure rocks, continental subduction
- Characterisation of high-pressure mineral indicators, thermodynamic and physical properties
- Phase relations in silicate and phosphate systems, in nature and experiment; thermobarometry
- Crystal chemistry of rock-forming minerals, including accessory ones.
Current Research
Subduction-zone processes: Western Alps blueschists and jades (coll. H.-P. Schertl, Bichum; A. Plunder; Ph. Agard, Paris; A. Okay, Istanbul)
Redox gradients and fluid/rock interaction at a serpentinite–marble contact, Alpine Corsica (B. Malvoisin, Lausanne)
Continetal crust at high pressure: metagranitoids and metastability (coll. P. Lanari, Bern; F. Guillot, Lille)
Pyrenean metamorphism, mantle denudation on a passive margin, role of fluids (coll. C. Clerc, Y. Lagabrielle, Rennes)
Epidote-related, gatelite-type modular compounds (coll. P. Bonazzi, Firenze)
Awards and Honours
1986: V.M. Goldschmidt Prize, the German Mineralogical Society.
1987: CNRS bronze Medal.
1993: Van den Broeck Medal, the Belgian Geological Society.
1994: Buttgenbach Prize, the Royal Academy of Belgium.
1994: Fellowship, the Mineralogical Society of America.
1995: Medal for Research Excellence, the European Mineralogical Union.
2005: Member of the Leopoldina, German Academy of Sciences.
2007: „Chopinite“, Mg3(PO4)2, a new mineral dedicated by E.S. Grew et al. (2007, EJM, 19, 229-245).
2012: Member of the Accademia nazionale dei Lincei, Rome
Editorships
1988 to 2000: chief editor of European Journal of Mineralogy.
2001 to present: managing editor of European Journal of Mineralogy.
Publications
Reviewed articles
94. Malvoisin B., Chopin C., Baronnet A., Brunet F., Bezacier L., Guillot S. (2017): Fe-Ni-rich silicate aggregates after sulfide in high-pressure serpentinite.
Journal of Petrology, accepted July 2017.
93. Hyppolito T.; Angiboust S., Juliani C., Glodny J., Garcia-Casco A., Calderon M., Chopin C. (2016): Eclogite-, amphibolite- and blueschist-facies rocks from Diego de Almagro Island (Patagonia): Episodic accretion and thermal evolution of the Chilean subduction interface during the Cretaceous.
Lithos, 264, 422-440.
92. Plunder A., Agard Ph., Chopin C., Soret M., Okay A.I., Whitechurch H. (2016): Metamorphic sole formation, emplacement and blueschist facies overprint: early subduction dynamics witnessed by western Turkey ophiolites.
Terra Nova, 28, 329-339. doi : 10.1111/ter.12225
91. Chopin, C. Guillot, F., Di Rosa, M. (2015): Jadeite in the Gran Paradiso massif: the high-pressure metamorphic evolution of upper continental crust.
Rendiconti Online (Societa Geologica Italiana), 37, 20-23.
90. Clerc C., Lahfid A., Monié P., Lagabrielle Y., Chopin C., Poujol M., Boulvais Ph., et al. (2015): High-temperature metamorphism during extreme thinning of the continental crust: a reappraisal of the North Pyrenean paleo-passive margin.
Solid Earth, 6, 643-668. <10.5194/se-6-643-2015>.
89. Plunder A., Agard Ph., Chopin C., Pourteau A., Okay A.I. (2015): Accretion, underplating and exhumation along a subduction interface: from subduction initiation to continental subduction (Tavşanlı zone, W. Turkey).
Lithos, 226, 233.254.
88. El Atrassi F., Chazot G., Brunet F., Chopin C., Bouybaouene M. (2014): Amphibole genesis in pyroxenites from the Beni Bousera peridotite massif (Rif, Morocco): Evidence for two different metasomatic episodes.
Lithos, 208, 67-80.
87. Angiboust S., Glodny J., Oncken O., Chopin C. (2014): In search of transient subduction interfaces in the Dent Blanche-Sesia Tectonic System (W. Alps).
Lithos, 205, 298-321.
86. Della Ventura G., Bellatreccia F., Radica F., Chopin C., Oberti R. (2014): The arrojadite enigma III. The incorporation of volatiles: a polarised FTIR spectroscopy study.
European Journal of Mineralogy, 26, 679-688.
85. Chopin C., Armbruster Th., Grew E.S., Baronnet A., Leyx C., Medenbach O. (2014): The triplite–triploidite supergroup: structural modulation in wagnerite, discreditation of magniotriplite, and the new mineral hydroxylwagnerite.
European Journal of Mineralogy, 26, 553-565.
84. Lazic B., Armbruster T., Chopin C., Grew E.S., Baronnet A., Palatinus L. (2014): Superspace description of wagnerite-group minerals, (Mg,Fe,Mn)2PO4(F,OH).
Acta Crystallographica, B70, doi:10.1107/S2052520613031247
83. El Atrassi F., Brunet F., Chazot G., Bouybaouene M., Chopin C. (2013): Metamorphic and magmatic overprint of garnet pyroxenites from the Beni Bousera massif (northern Morocco): Petrography, mineral chemistry and thermobarometry.
Lithos, 179, 231-248.
82. Plunder A., Agard Ph., Chopin C., Okay A. (2013): Geodynamics of the Tavşanlı zone,
western Turkey: Insights into subduction/obduction processes.
Tectonophysics, 608, 884-903.
81. Bonazzi P., Lepore G.O., Bindi L., Chopin C., Husdal T.A. (2014): Perbøeite-(Ce) and
alnaperbøeite-(Ce), two new members of the epidote - törnebohmite polysomatic
series: chemistry, structure, dehydration and clue for a sodian epidote end-member.
American Mineralogist, 99, 157-169.
80. Bourdelle F., Parra T., Chopin C., Beyssac O. (2013): A new chlorite geothermometer for
diagenetic to low-grade metamorphic conditions.
Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, 165, 723-735.
79. Bourdelle F., Parra T., Beyssac O., Chopin C., Vidal O. (2013): Clay minerals thermometry: A comparative study based on high-spatial-resolution analyses of illite and chlorite in Gulf Coast sandstones (Texas, USA).
American Mineralogist, 98, 914-926.
78. Bourdelle F., Parra T., Beyssac O., Chopin C., Moreau F. (2012) : Ultrathin section
preparation of phyllosilicates by Focused Ion Beam milling for quantitative analysis by
TEM-EDX.
Applied Clay Science, 59-60, 121-130.
77. Malvoisin B., Chopin C., Brunet F., Galvez M. (2012): Low-temperature wollastonite
formed by carbonate reduction: a marker of serpentinite redox conditions.
Journal of Petrology, 53, 159-176.
76. Plunder A., Agard P., Dubacq B., Chopin C., Bellanger M. (2012): How continuous and
precise is the record of P-T paths? Insights from combined thermobarometry and
thermodynamic modelling into subduction dynamics (Schistes Lustrés, W. Alps).
Journal of metamorphic Geology, 30, 323-346.
75. Angiboust S., Langdon R., Agard P., Waters D., Chopin C. (2012): Eclogitization of the
Monviso ophiolite (W. Alps) and implications on subduction dynamics.
Journal of metamorphic Geology, 30, 37-61.
74. El Atrassi F., Brunet F., Bouybaouene M., Chopin C., Chazot G. (2011): Melting textures
and microdiamonds preserved in graphite pseudomorphs from the Beni Bousera peridotite massif, Morocco.
Eur. J. Mineral., 23, 157-168.
73. Lahfid A., Beyssac O., Deville E., Negro F., Chopin C., Goffé B. (2010): Evolution of the
Raman spectrum of carbonaceous material in low-grade metasediments, Glarus Alps
(Switzerland).
Terra Nova, 22, 354-360.
72. Gabalda S., Beyssac O., Jolivet L., Agard Ph., Chopin C. (2009): Thermal structure of a
fossil subduction wedge in the Western Alps.
Terra Nova, 21, 28-34.
71. Chopin C., Beyssac O., Bernard S., Malavieille J. (2008): Aragonite-grossular intergrowths in eclogite-facies marble, Alpine Corsica.
Eur. J. Mineral., 20, 857-865.
70. Cenki-Tok B., Ragu A., Armbruster T., Chopin C., Medenbach O. (2006): New Mn- and
rare-earth-rich epidote-group minerals in metacherts: manganiandrosite-(Ce) and
vanadoandrosite-(Ce).
Eur. J. Mineral., 18, 569-582.
69. Armbruster T., Bonazzi P., Akasaka M., Bermanec V., Chopin C., Gieré R., Heuss-
Assbichler S., Liebscher A., Menchetti S., Pan Y., Pasero M. (2006): Recommended nomenclature of epidote-group minerals.
Eur. J. Mineral., 18, 561-567.
68. Cenki-Tok B., Chopin C. (2006): Coexisting calderite and spessartine garnets in eclogite-facies metacherts of the Western Alps.
Mineralogy and Petrology, 88, 47-68. DOI 10.1007/s00710-006-0146-4. [4]
67. Chopin C., Oberti R., Cámara F. (2006): The arrojadite enigma. II. Compositional space,
new members and nomenclature of the group.
Am. Mineralogist, 91, 1260-1270.
66. Cámara F., Oberti R., Chopin C., Medenbach O. (2006): The arrojadite enigma. I. A new
formula and a new model for the arrojadite structure.
Am. Mineralogist, 91, 1249-1259.
65. Fialin M., Chopin C. (2006): Electron-beam (5-10 keV) damage in triplite-group
phosphates: consequences for electron-microprobe analysis of fluorine.
Am. Mineralogist, 91, 503-510.
64. Michard A., Avigad D., Goffé B., Chopin C. (2004): The high-pressure metamorphic front
of the south Western Alps (Ubaye-Maira transect, France, Italy).
Schweiz. mineral. petrogr. Mitt., 84, 215-235.
63. Bousquet, R., Goffé B., Le Pichon X., de Capitani C., Chopin C., Henry P. (2005):
Comment on ‘‘Subduction factory: 1. Theoretical mineralogy, densities, seismic wave
speeds, and H2O contents’’ by Bradley R. Hacker, Geoffrey A. Abers, and Simon M.
Peacock,
J. Geophys. Res., 110, B02206, doi:10.1029/2004JB003450.
62. Leyx C., Van Miltenburg C.J., Chopin C., Cemič L. (2005): Heat-capacity measurements
and absolute entropy of ε-Mg2PO4OH.
Phys. Chem. Minerals, 32, 13-18.
60. Beyssac O., Chopin C. (2003): Comment on "Diamond, former coesite and supersilicic
garnet in metasedimentary rocks from the Greek Rhodope: a new ultrahigh-pressure
metamorphic province established" by E.D. Mposkos and D.K. Kostopoulos [Earth
Planet. Sci. Lett. 192 (2001) 497-506].
Earth planet. Sci. Lett., 214, 669-674.
59. Chopin C. (2003): Ultrahigh-pressure metamorphism: tracing continental crust into the
mantle.
Earth planet. Sci. Lett. (Frontiers article), 212, 1-14.
58. Avigad D., Chopin C., Le Bayon R. (2003): Thrusting and extension in the southern Dora-
Maira ultra-high-pressure massif (Western Alps): view from below the coesite-bearing
unit.
J. Geol., 111, 57-70.
57. Chopin C., Goffé B., Ungaretti L., Oberti R. (2003): Magnesiostaurolite and zincostaurolite: mineral description with a petrogenetic and crystal-chemical update.
Eur. J. Mineral., 15, 167-176.
56. Beyssac O., Goffé B., Chopin C., Rouzaud J.N. (2002): Raman spectra of carbonaceous
material in metasediments: a new geothermometer.
J. metamorphic Geol., 20, 859-871.
55. Beyssac O., Rouzaud J.-N., Goffé B., Brunet F., Chopin C. (2002): Graphitization in a
high-pressure metamorphic gradient: a micro-Raman and HRTEM study.
Contrib. Mineral. Petrol., 143, 19-31.
54. Scherrer N.C., Gnos E., Chopin C. (2001): Retrograde monazite-forming reaction in
bearthite-bearing high-pressure rocks.
Schweiz. mineral. petrogr. Mitt., 81, 369-378.
53. Chopin C., Ferraris G., Brunet F., Prencipe M., Medenbach O. (2001): Raadeite,
Mg7(PO4)2(OH)8, a new dense-packed phosphate from Modum, Norway.
Eur. J. Mineral., 13, 319-327.
52. Simon G., Chopin C. (2001): Enstatite–sapphirine crack-related assemblages in ultrahigh-pressure pyrope megablasts, Dora-Maira massif, western Alps.
Contrib. Mineral. Petrol. 140, 422-440.
51. Ferraris C., Chopin C., Wessicken R. (2000): Nano- to microscale decompression
products in ultrahigh-pressure phengite: HRTEM and AEM study, and some petrological implications.
Am. Mineralogist 85, 1195-1201.
50. Platonov A.N., Langer K., Chopin C., Andrut M., Taran M.N. (2000): Fe2+-Ti4+ charge
transfer in dumortierite.
Eur. J. Mineral. 12, 521-528.
49. Chopin C., Schertl H.-P. (1999): The UHP unit in the Dora-Maira massif, Western Alps.
International Geology Review, 41, 765-780.
48. Paquette J.-L., Montel J.-M., Chopin C. (1999): U-Th-Pb dating of the Brossasco ultrahigh-pressure metagranite, Dora-Maira massif, western Alps.
Eur. J. Mineral. 11, 69-77.
47. Brunet F., Chopin C., Seifert F. (1998): Phase relations in the MgO–P2O5–H2O system and the stability of phosphoellenbergerite. Petrological applications.
Contrib. Mineral. Petrol. 131, 54-70.
46. Simon G., Chopin C., Schenk V. (1997): Near-end-member magnesiochloritoid in
prograde-zoned pyrope, Dora-Maira massif, western Alps.
Lithos 41, 37-57.
45. Bousquet R., Goffé B., Henry P., Le Pichon X., Chopin C. (1997): Kinematic, thermal and
petrological model of the Central Alps: Lepontine metamorphism in the upper crust and
eclogitisation of the lower crust.
Tectonophysics 273, 105-127.
44. Jaulmes S., Elfakir A., Quarton M., Brunet F., Chopin C. (1997): Structure cristalline de la
phase haute température et haute pression de Mg3(PO4)2.
J. solid State Chemistry 129, 341-345.
43. Theye Th., Chopin C., Grevel K.D., Ockenga E. (1997): The assemblage diaspore +
quartz in metamorphic rocks: a petrological, experimental and thermodynamic study.
J. metamorphic Geol. 15, 17-28.
42. Michard A., Goffé B., Chopin C., Henry C. (1996): Did the Western Alps develop through
an Oman-type stage? The geotectonic setting of high-pressure metamorphism in two
contrasting Tethyan transects.
Eclogae geol. Helv. 89, 43-80.
41. Brunet F., Chopin C., Elfakir A., Quarton M. (1995): Crystal and powder XRD data of
Mg3(PO4)2-III: High-temperature and high-pressure form.
Powder Diffraction 10, 293-295.
40. Brunet F., Chopin C. (1995): Bearthite, Ca2Al(PO4)2OH: synthesis, stability and
thermodynamic properties.
Contrib. Mineral. Petrol. 121, 258-266.
39. Philippot P., Chevallier P., Chopin C., Dubessy J. (1995): Fluid composition and evolution
in coesite-bearing rocks (Dora-Maira massif, Western Alps): implications for element recycling during subduction.
Contrib. Mineral. Petrol. 121, 29-44.
35. Chopin C., Ferraris G., Ivaldi G., Schertl H.-P., Schreyer W., Compagnoni R., Davidson
C., Davis A.M. (1995): Magnesiodumortierite, a new mineral from very-high-pressure rocks (western Alps). II. Crystal chemistry and petrological significance.
Eur. J. Mineral. 7, 525-535.
34. Ferraris G., Ivaldi G., Chopin C. (1995): Magnesiodumortierite, a new mineral from very-high-pressure rocks (western Alps). I. Crystal structure.
Eur. J. Mineral. 7, 167-174.
33. Vidal O., Theye Th., Chopin C. (1994): Experimental study of chloritoid stability at high
pressure and various fO2 conditions.
Contrib. Mineral. Petrol. 118, 256-270.
32. Avigad D., Chopin C., Goffé G., Michard A. (1994): Tectonic model for the evolution of the western Alps. Reply.
Geology 22, 762-763.
31. Henry C., Michard A., Chopin C. (1993): Geometry and structural evolution of ultra-highpressure and high-pressure rocks from the Dora Maira massif, Western Alps.
J. structural Geol. 15, 965-982.
30. Avigad D., Chopin C., Goffé B., Michard A. (1993): Tectonic model for the evolution of the western Alps.
Geology 21, 659-662.
29. Michard A., Chopin C., Henry C. (1993): Compression versus extension in the exhumation of the Dora-Maira coesite-bearing unit, Western Alps, Italy.
Tectonophysics 221, 173-193.
28. Chopin C., Brunet F., Gebert W., Medenbach O., Tillmanns E. (1993): Bearthite,
Ca2Al(PO4)2OH, a new mineral from high-pressure terranes of the western Alps.
Bull. suisse Minéral. Pétrogr 73, 1-9.
27. Chopin C., Seidel E., Theye T., Ferraris G., Ivaldi G., Catti M. (1992): Magnesiochloritoid,
and the Fe-Mg series of the chloritoid group.
Eur. J. Mineral. 4, 67-76.
26. Schertl H.-P., Schreyer W., Chopin C. (1991): The pyrope-coesite rocks and their country
rocks at Parigi, Dora Maira Massif, Western Alps: detailed petrography, mineral chemistry and P-T path.
Contrib. Mineral. Petrol. 108, 1-21.
25. Chopin C., Henry C., Michard A. (1991): Geology and petrology of the coesite-bearing
terrain, Dora-Maira massif, Western Alps.
Eur. J. Mineral. 3, 263-291.
24. Monié P., Chopin C. (1991): 40Ar/39Ar dating in coesite-bearing and associated units of the Dora-Maira massif, Western Alps.
Eur. J. Mineral. 3, 239-262.
22. Paquette J.-L., Chopin C., Peucat J.-J. (1989): U-Pb zircon, Rb-Sr and Sm-Nd
geochronology of high- to very-high-pressure rocks from the Western Alps.
Contrib. Mineral. Petrol. 101, 280-289.
21. Massonne H.-J., Chopin C. (1989): P-T history of the Gran Paradiso (western Alps)
metagranites based on phengite geobarometry. in 'Evolution of metamorphic belts', J.S.
Daly, R.A. Cliff, B.W.D. Yardley eds.
Geol. Soc. London spec. Publ. 43, 545-549.
20. Chopin C., Langer K. (1988): Fe2+-Ti4+ charge transfer between face-sharing octahedra:
polarized absorption spectra and crystal chemistry of ellenbergerite.
Bull. Minéral. 111, 17-27.
19. Schreyer W., Massonne H.-J., Chopin C. (1987): Continental crust subducted to depths
near 100 km: implications for magma and fluid genesis in collision zones. in 'Magmatic
processes: physicochemical principles', B.O. Mysen ed.
Geochemical Society spec. Publ. 1, 155-163.
18. Chopin C. (1987): Very-high-pressure metamorphism in the western Alps: implications for
the subduction of continental crust. in "Tectonic settings of regional metamorphism", E.R. Oxburgh, B.W.D. Yardley, P.C. England eds.
Phil. Trans. Royal Soc. London A-321, 183-197.
17. Goffé B., Chopin C. (1986): High-pressure metamorphism in the Western Alps:
zoneography of metapelites, chronology and consequences.
Schweiz. mineral. petrogr. Mitt. 66, 41-52.
16. Chopin C. (1986): Phase relationships of ellenbergerite, a new high-pressure Mg-Al-Ti-silicate in pyrope-coesite-quartzite from the Western Alps. in 'Blueschists and
eclogites', E.H. Brown & B.W. Evans eds.
Geol. Soc. Amer. Mem. 164, 31-42.
15. Chopin C., Klaska R., Medenbach O., Dron D. (1986): Ellenbergerite, a new high-pressure Mg-Al-(Ti,Zr)-silicate with a novel structure based on face-sharing octahedra.
Contrib. Mineral. Petrol. 92, 316-321.
14. Boyer H., Smith D.C., Chopin C., Lasnier B. (1985): Raman microprobe (RMP)
determination of natural and synthetic coesite.
Phys. Chem. Minerals 12, 45-48.
13. Gillet Ph., Ingrin J., Chopin C. (1984): Coesite in subducted continental crust: P-T history
deduced from an elastic model.
Earth planet. Sci. Lett. 70, 426-436.
12. Chopin C., Monié P. (1984): A unique magnesiochloritoid-bearing , high-pressure
assemblage from the Monte Rosa, Western Alps: petrologic and 40Ar/39Ar radiometric
study.
Contrib. Mineral. Petrol. 87, 388-398.
11. Chopin C. (1984): Coesite and pure pyrope in high-grade blueschists of the western Alps:
a first record and some consequences.
Contrib. Mineral. Petrol. 86, 107-118.
10. Chopin C. (1983): Magnesiochloritoid, a key-mineral for the petrogenesis of high-grade pelitic blueschists.
Bull. Minéral. 106, 715-717.
9. Chopin C., Schreyer W. (1983): Magnesiocarpholite and magnesiochloritoid: two index
minerals of pelitic blueschists and their preliminary phase relations in the model system
MgO-Al2O3-SiO2-H2O.
Amer. J. Sci. 283-A, Orville volume, 72-96.
8. Chopin C., Maluski H. (1982): Unconvincing evidence against the blocking-temperature
concept: a reply.
Contrib. Mineral. Petrol. 80, 391-394.
7. Chopin C., Goffé B. (1981): High-pressure synthesis and properties of magnesiocarpholite: MgAl2[Si2O6](OH)4.
Contrib. Mineral. Petrol. 76, 260-264.
6. Chopin C. (1981): Mise en évidence d'une discontinuité du métamorphisme alpin entre le
massif du Grand Paradis et sa couverture allochtone (Alpes occidentales françaises).
Bull. Soc. géol. France (7) 23, 297-301.
5. Chopin C. (1981): Talc-phengite: a widespread assemblage in high-grade pelitic blueschists of the Western Alps.
J. Petrol. 22, 628-650.
4. Chopin C., Maluski H. (1980): 40Ar/39Ar dating of high-pressure metamorphic micas from the Gran Paradiso area (Western Alps): evidence against the blocking-temperature concept.
Contrib. Mineral. Petrol. 74, 109-122.
3. Chopin C. (1978): Les paragenèses réduites ou oxydées de concentrations manganésifères des "schistes lustrés" de Haute-Maurienne.
Bull. Minéral. 101, 514-531.
2. Chopin C., Maluski H. (1978): Résultats préliminaires obtenus par la méthode 40Ar/39Ar sur
les minéraux alpins du Grand Paradis et de son enveloppe.
Bull. Soc. géol. France (7) 20, 745-749.
1. Chopin C. (1977): Une paragenèse à margarite dans un domaine de haute pression et
basse température (massif du Grand Paradis, Alpes françaises).
C. R. Acad. Sci. (Paris), série D, 285, 1383-1386
Book chapters
61. Chopin C., Ferraris G. (2003): Mineral chemistry and mineral reactions in UHPM rocks. Chapter 7 in 'Ultrahigh pressure metamorphism', D.A. Carswell and R. Compagnoni eds., EMU notes in Mineralogy, vol. 5, p. 191-227.
38. Compagnoni R., Hirajima T., Chopin C. (1995): Ultrahigh-pressure metamorphism in the western Alps. Chapter 7 in
'Ultra-high-pressure metamorphism', R.G. Coleman and X. Wang eds., Cambridge University Press, 206-243.
37. Michard A., Henry C., Chopin C. (1995): Structures in ultrahigh-pressure rocks, a case study from the Alps. Chapter 4 in
'Ultra-high-pressure metamorphism', R.G. Coleman and X. Wang eds., Cambridge University Press, 132-158.
36. Chopin C., Sobolev N.V. (1995): Principal mineralogic indicators of UHP in crustal rocks. Chapter 3 in
'Ultra-high-pressure metamorphism', R.G. Coleman and X. Wang eds., Cambridge University Press, p. 96-131.
23. Chopin C. (1990): Mineral assemblages in pelitic compositions. Chapter 2.4 in
'Eclogite facies rocks', D.A. Carswell ed., Blackie, 35-42.
Other publications
Chopin C. (2000): De l’intérieur de la Terre aux poussières cosmiques : la Minéralogie moderne.
Revue du Palais de la découverte, n° 277, p. 46-53.
Simon G., Chopin C., Schenk V. (1995): Granulite-facies overprint in ultrahigh-pressure rocks, Dora-Maira massif, Western Alps?
Internat. Coll. "High-pressure metamorphism in Nature and experiment".
Bochumer geol. geotech. Arb. 44, 224-227.
Chopin C. (1995): Petrology of the pyrope megablasts in the Dora-Maira ultrahigh-pressure rocks.
Internat. Coll. "High-pressure metamorphism in Nature and experiment".
Bochumer geol. geotech. Arb. 44, 32-36.
Michard A., Chopin C. (1995): Subduction et exhumation des roches continentales.
Pour la Science, dossier hors-série "L'écorce terrestre", p. 38-43.
Deville E., Chopin C., Goffé B., Guillot P.L. (1991): Notice explicative, feuille Tignes (752)
Carte géologique de France (1/50 000) - Orléans, BRGM, 48 p.
Vielzeuf D., Chopin C. (1990): La croûte continentale profonde : nature et évolution.
Le courrier du CNRS, numéro spécial "Sciences de la Terre", 76, 33-34.
Chopin C., Maresch W.V. (1984): High-pressure metamorphism, a record of subduction and crustal thickening.
Terra Cognita 4, 33-34.
Chopin C. (1984): Pelitic blueschists, a new aspect of metamorphic petrology.
Terra Cognita 4, 35-37.
Chopin C. (1985): Les relations de phases à haute pression dans les roches pélitiques. Approche expérimentale et naturaliste. Conséquences géodynamiques pour les Alpes occidentales. Doctorat d'Etat, Université Paris 6, Mémoires des Sciences de la Terre n° 85-11, 80 p. + annexes.
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