Research Focus
- Accretion and early differentiation of the Earth and other planetary body
CV
Academic Education
- PhD Geochemistry, Durham University (UK) and Macquarie University (Australia)
- MSc Earth Sciences, Laval University, Quebec (Canada)
- BSc Earth Sciences, UBO (Universite de Bretagne Occidentale), Brest (France) and Laval University, Quebec (Canada)
Positions
- Postdoctoral researcher, WWU Münster
- Postdoctoral research officer, Macquarie University (Australia)
- Research assistant, Laval University (Canada)
- Geologist field assistant, AREVA, Nunavut (Canada)
- Research assistant, UBO (Universite de Bretagne Occidentale) (France)
Research Articles (Journals)
- Bezard, R., Fischer-Gödde, M., Hamelin, C., Brennecka, G., and Kleine, T. . “The effects of magmatic processes and crustal recycling on the molybdenum stable isotopic composition of Mid-Ocean Ridge Basalts.” Earth and Planetary Science Letters, № 453 (null): 171–181. doi: 10.1016/j.epsl.2016.07.056.
- Bezard, R., Fischer-Gödde, M., Hamelin, C., Brennecka, G.A., Kleine, and T.. . “The effects of magmatic processes and crustal recycling on the molybdenum stable isotopic composition of Mid-Ocean Ridge Basalts.” Earth and Planetary Science Letters, № 453: 171–181.
- Bezard, R., Turner, S., Davidson, J.P., Macpherson, C., G., Lindsay, and J.M.. . “Seeing through the Effects of Crustal Assimilation to Assess the Source Composition beneath the Southern Lesser Antilles Arc.” Journal of Petrology, № 56: 815–844.
- Bezard, R., Schaefer, B.F., Turner, S., Davidson, J.P., Selby, and D.. . “Lower crustal assimilation in oceanic arcs: insights from an osmium isotopic study of the Lesser Antilles.” Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, № 150: 330–344.
- Bezard, R., Davidson, J., Turner, S., Macpherson, C.G., Lindsay, J., Boyce, and A.J.. . “Assimilation of sediments embedded in the oceanic arc crust: myth or reality?” Earth and Planetary Science Letters, № 395: 51–60.
- Hébert, Réjean R., Guilmette, Carl C., Dostál, Jaroslav V. J.V., Bezard, Rachel R., Lesage, Guillaume G., Bédard, Émilie E., and Wang, Chengshan C. . “Miocene post-collisional shoshonites and their crustal xenoliths, Yarlung Zangbo Suture Zone southern Tibet: Geodynamic implications.” Gondwana Research, № 25 (3): 1271. doi: 10.1016/j.gr.2013.05.013.
- Hébert R., Bezard R., Guilmette C., Dostal J., Wang, C.S., and Liu, Z.F. . “The Indus-Yarlung Zangbo ophiolites from Nanga-Parbat to Namche Barwa syntaxes, southern Tibet: First synthesis of petrology, geochemistry, and geochronology with incidences on geodynamic reconstructions of Neo-Tethys.” Gondwana Research, № 22: 377–397.
- Bezard, R., Hebert, R., Wang, C., Dostal, J., Dai, J., and Zhong, H. . “Petrology and geochemistry of the Xiugugabu ophiolitic massif, western Yarlung Zangbo suture zone, Tibet.” Lithos, № 125 (null): 347–367. doi: 10.1016/j.lithos.2011.02.019.
- Dai, J., Wang, C., Hébert, R., Li, Y., Zhong, H., Raoult, G., Bezard, R., and Wei, Y. . “Late Devonian OIB alkaline gabbro in the Yarlung Zangpo Suture Zone: remnants of the Paleo-Tethys? Gondwana Research 288, 133-148.” Gondwana Research, № 19: 232–243.
Dr. Rachel Bezard, PhD
