Job title: PhD Student
Phone: 64 9 373 7599 ext 89323
Office: Bldg. 301 Rm 262, 23 Symonds Street, Auckland
Postal: Geology Programme, School of Environment, The University of Auckland, Private Bag 92019, Auckland
Email: n.lecorvec@auckland.ac.nz

July 2005: Masters of Science: Magma & Volcanoes (French DEA), Laboratory of Magma & Volcanoes, University of Blaise Pascal, Clermont-Ferrand.

Masters thesis: “Socompa Volcano Destabilisation (Chile) and Debris Avalanches”; supervisors: Benjamin Van Wyk de Vries (University of Blaise Pascal, France), Stephen Self (Open University, UK); including one month at the Open University.

2003 - 2004: Exchange student, MSc Earth Sciences: Lithosphere Tectonics, Petrology, and    Isotope Geochemistry with Second Class Honours. ERASMUS (European program) at the Vrije Universiteit  of Amsterdam, Netherlands.
        
June 2003: Bachelor’s degree (French Licence) in Earth and Life Sciences, University of Rennes1, France.

 

Since February 2009: PhD Candidate, School of Environment at the University of Auckland, New Zealand.
Research Project: “Physical Controls on Monogenetic Basaltic Volcanism, Auckland Volcanic Field”, Supervisors: Dr. Julie Rowland, AP Corinne Locke, Dr. Jan Lindsay, Prof. Colin Wilson.

April 2008 – January 2009: Guest Researcher at the GFZ, Potsdam, Germany.
Research Project:“Deformation patterns associated with an eruption at Mount Etna volcano: a combined study of the 2001 episode using geodesy and analogue modelling”, Supervisor: Dr. Thomas R. Walter.

January 2008 - March 2008: Private Tutor (Maths, Physics, Chemistry, Geology, English), Paris, France.

July 2007 - November 2007: Volunteer at the University of Colima, Mexico.
Research Project:“AVHRR Thermal Monitoring on Central America volcanoes”. Supervisors: Dr. Ignacio Galindo Estrada (University of Colima) and Andrea Steffke (PhD student, University of Hawaii, Manoa).

May 2007 - July 2007: Volunteer at the Centre of Exchange and Research in Volcanology, with Dr. N. Varley and Dr. J. Stevenson, Colima, Mexico.

October 2006 - May 2007: Guest Researcher at the GFZ, Potsdam, Germany. 
Research Project:“Internal deformation of large volcanic island: comparison between gravitational spreading and rift zone intrusion”. Supervisor: Dr. Thomas R. Walter.

March - August 2006: Scientific organizer at Vulcania, the European Park of Volcanism, Clermont-Ferrand, France.

September - November 2005: Geophysicist (seismic, micro-seismic) at the French Public Works Research Laboratory, Clermont-Ferrand, France

Thesis Research

Thesis Title: Physical Controls on Monogenetic Basaltic Volcanism

Supervisor:
Dr. Julie Rowland, School of Environment, University of Auckland

Advisors:
AP  Corinne Locke, School of Environment, University of Auckland
Dr. Jan Lindsay, School of Environment, University of Auckland
Prof. Colin Wilson, Victoria University of Wellington

Research:
The objective of my research is to determine physical controls on the development of basaltic volcanic fields. I started to look at volcanoes distribution in volcanic fields around the world in order to look at structural controls. Distribution of volcanoes may indicate the pathway of magma from source to surface, thus finding preferential orientation in the distributions of volcanic centers in a volcanic field might give us some insights of potential pre-existing structures or of a particular stress field. The second part of my work relies on the Auckland Volcanic Field. I’m looking at faults/fracture in the Waitemata sediments and in the Greywackes to look for preferential orientations that could give us some insights on the development of the Auckland Volcanic Field. The third part will be based on modelling tools to test the impact of pre-existing structures on magma propagation from source to surface.

Research Interests

I’m interested by the deformation affecting volcanoes, from passive gravitational deformation to active deformation relative to magmatic or tectonic activities. I like playing with analogue modelling but happy to work on any kind of modelling tools using geophysical data (GPS, InSAR…). I’m interested by extra-terrestrial volcanism using satellite image to constrain volcano deformations.

 

Other Information

Professional Memberships

• Geological Society of New Zealand

Languages
French: Mother-tongue
English: Fluent. TOEFL IBT: 96 (2007)
Spanish: High level (autodidact courses and personal travels)
German: Beginner level

Interests
Trekking, Photography, Travelling, Music, Running (Auckland Marathon, 04:02:44)

 

Most recent publications

Le Corvec, N.; Walter T.R.; (2009). Volcano spreading and fault interaction influenced by rift-zone dike intrusion: Insights from analog experiments analyzed with digital image correlation. Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research, 183, 170-182, DOI: 10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2009.02.006.Le%20Corvec%202009%20Volcano%20spreading%20fault%20interaction%20rift%20zone%20intrusions

Non - ISI publications
Le Corvec, N.; Rowland, J.; Lindsay, J.; Sporli, K.B.; (2009). Structural controls on monogenetic volcanism. Geosciences '09, Symposium 03, poster.

Le Corvec, N.; Rowland, J.; Lindsay, J.; Sporli, K.B.; (2009). Structural controls on monogenetic volcanism. International volcanological congress of the 250th anniversary of Volcan Jorullo's birth in Michoacan, Mexico. 2009, session 1, poster.

Le Corvec, N. ; Walter, T.R.; Puglisi, G. ; Bonforte, A. ; (2009). Deformation patterns associated with an eruption at Mount Etna volcano: a combined study of the 2001 episode using geodesy and analogue modelling. EGU2009-9162; GMPV3-A99, poster.

Le Corvec, N.; Walter, T. R. (2008). Flank instability and internal deformation on volcanic islands: An experimental study of the coupling between gravitational spreading and rift-zone intrusion. EGU2008-A-07766; GMPV25-1FR1P-0093, (Invited talk).

Le Corvec, N.; Walter T. R., Ruch J., (2007). Internal flank deformation on large volcanic islands: comparison between gravitational spreading and rift zone intrusion through analogue modelling. EGU2007-A-03478; GMPV6-1MO1P-0083, poster.

Thesis
Le Corvec, N., (2005), Socompa volcano destabilization (Chile) and fragmentation of debris avalanches. Diploma thesis, pp 50.