Dr Sophie Leleu

Sophie LeleuPostdoctorate Research Fellow .
Responsibilities.
Courses taught.
GL1503 (Sedimentology)
Research Interests.
Sedimentology of alluvial systems; Triassic rift architecture of the North Atlantic domain; Analysis of early convergence of the Western Alpine System
Selected Publications
  • Leleu S., van Lanen X.M.T. & Hartley A.J., in press, Controls on the architecture of a Triassic sandy fluvial system, Wolfville Formation, Fundy Basin, Nova Scotia: Implications for the interpretation and correlation of ancient fluvial successions. Journal of Sedimentary Research
  • Leleu S. & Hartley A.J., 2010, Controls on the stratigraphic development of the Triassic Fundy basin, Nova Scotia: Implications for the tectono-stratigraphic evolution of Triassic Atlantic rift basins. Journal of Geological Society, London, 167, 1-18.
  • Tyrrell S., Leleu S., Souders A. K., Haughton P.D.W. & Daly J.S., 2009. K-feldspar sand-grain provenance in the Triassic, west of Shetland: a first-cycle sedimentary fingerprint? Geological Journal, 44, 692-710.
  • Leleu S., Hartley A.J. & Williams B.P.J., 2009b. Large scale alluvial architecture and correlation within a Triassic pebbly braided river system, lower Wolfville Formation (Fundy Basin, Nova Scotia, Canada). Journal of Sedimentary Research, 79, 265-286.
  • Leleu S, Ghienne J-F. & Manatschal G., 2009a. Alluvial fan development and morpho-tectonic evolution in response to contractional fault reactivation (Late Cretaceous-Palaeocene), Provence, France, Basin Research, 21, 157-187.
  • Leleu S, Ghienne J-F. & Manatschal G., 2005. Upper Cretaceous to Palaeocene alluvial-fans documenting interaction between tectonic and environmental processes (Provence, SE France). In: Harvey, A.M., Mather, A.E. & Stockes, M. (eds) Alluvial fans: Geomorphology, Sedimentology, Dynamics, Geological Society of London, Special Publications, 251, 217-239.
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