Associate professor, College of Geoscience, China University of Petroleum - Beijing
Address: China University of Petroleum, 18 Fuxue Road, Changping District, Beijing 102249
Email: thomas.bernard@cup.edu.cn
Website: https://thomas-j-a-bernard.github.io/
Thomas Bernard is an Associate professor at the University of Petroleum – Beijing (started Aug. 2024). Before this, he was a postdoc researcher at the University of Tübingen, Germany, and the University of Rennes, France. His main research interests are about the interactions between the earth's topography, tectonics and surface processes related to climate in mountainous landscapes and sedimentary basins. He published several papers in different academic journals such as “Geology”, “EPSL”, “GRL”, “Basin Research”, and “JGR: Earth Surface”. He was selected in 2024 in the CUPB “Outstanding Young Scholar” talent program.
Education:
2016 - 2020 Atmospheric and Environmental Sciences PhD. The University of Edinburgh - School
of Geosciences - Edinburgh (UK).
▪ 2013 - 2015 Master’s degree in Earth and Environment Sciences specialised in Mineral and oil
Resources. University of Rennes 1 - Rennes (France).
▪ 2010 - 2013 Bashelor’s degree in Earth and Environment Sciences specialised in Earth Sciences.
University Joseph Fourier I - Grenoble (France).
Research Direction:
l Landscape evolution modelling
l tectonic-surface processes-climate interactions
l low-temperature thermochronology
Current research interests:
l Research on inverse modelling of river profiles, low-temperature thermochronological and cosmogenic nuclide data for landscape uplift and erosion rate predictions.
l Research on the evolution of sedimentary fluxes (related to tectonic erosion/deposition and climate interactions) in dynamic and coupled mountain ranges, sedimentary basins and distal offshore depocenters.
l Research on the topographic evolution of post-orogenic mountain ranges.
l Research on the influence of rock type lithology (rock strength, erodibility) on the topography and relief of mountain ranges.
Publications:
1. Bernard, T., Glotzbach, C., Peifer, D., Neely, A., Schaller, M., Beer, A., et al. (2024). Estimation of denudation parameters and river capture events from neural network inverse modeling of river profiles and thermo‐ and geochronology data. Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface, 129, e2024JF007636. https://doi.org/10.1029/2024JF007636.
2. Bernard, T., & Sinclair, H. D. (2023). Accelerated sediment delivery to continental margins during post‐orogenic rebound of mountain ranges. Basin Research, 35(2), 642-661. https://doi.org/10.1111/bre.12727.
3. Bernard, T., Sinclair, H. D., Gailleton B., & Fox, M. (2021). Formation of longitudinal river valleys and the fixing of drainage divides in response to exhumation of crystalline basement. Geophysical Research Letters, 48(8). https://doi.org/10.1029/2020GL092210.
4. Bernard, T., Sinclair, H. D., Naylor, M., Christophoul, F., & Ford, M. (2020). Post‐orogenic sediment drape in the Northern Pyrenees explained using a box model. Basin Research, 33(1), 118-137. https://doi.org/10.1111/bre.12457.
5. Bernard, T., Sinclair, H. D., Gailleton, B., Mudd, S. M., & Ford, M. (2019). Lithological control on the post-orogenic topography and erosion history of the Pyrenees. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 531-86, 6. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2019.04.034.
6. Bernard, T., Steer, P., Gallagher, K., Szulc, A., Whitham, A., & Johnson, C. (2016). Evidence for Eocene–Oligocene glaciation in the landscape of the East Greenland margin. Geology, 44(11), 895-898. https://doi.org/10.1130/G38248.1.
7. Fox, M., Hoseason, T., Bernard, T., Sinclair, H., & Smith, A. G. G. (2023). Bedload‐Bedrock Contrasts Form Enigmatic Low‐Relief Surfaces of the Pyrenees. Geophysical Research Letters, 50(6), e2022GL101995. https://doi.org/10.1029/2022GL101995.
8. Ford, M., Masini, E., Vergés, J., Pik, R., Ternois, S., Léger, J., Dielfolder, A., Frasca, G., Grool, A., Vinciguerra, C., Bernard, T., ... & Calassou, S. (2022). Evolution of a low convergence collisional orogen: a review of Pyrenean orogenesis. Bulletin de la Société Géologique de France, 193(1). https://doi.org/10.1051/bsgf/2022018.
Thomas Bernard
中国石油大学（北京）副教授，1992年出生于法国罗纳-阿尔卑斯大区。于2013年在格勒诺布尔大学（法国）获得学士学位，2015年在雷恩第一大学（法国）获得硕士学位，2021年在英国爱丁堡大学获得博士学位。致力于地貌演化过程建模、构造-地表过程-气候相互作用、低温热年代学等研究，发表了多篇学术论文，如《Geology》、《EPSL》、《GRL》、《Basin Research》、和《JGR： Earth Surface》等，并于2024年入选中国石油大学（北京）“优秀青年学者”人才计划。
通讯地址：北京市昌平区府学路18号 中国石油大学地球科学学院
邮箱：thomas.bernard@cup.edu.cn
个人网站： https://thomas-j-a-bernard.github.io/
教育背景：
2016.9 – 2021.3 大气与环境科学 博士 爱丁堡大学（英国）
2013.9 – 2015.7 地球与环境科学 硕士（矿产与油气资源方向） 雷恩第一大学（法国）
2010.9 – 2013.7 地球与环境科学 学士 格勒诺布尔第一大学（法国）
目前研究方向：
1）基于低温热年代学和宇宙成因核素数据进行河流剖面的反演建模，开展地形隆起和侵蚀速率预测。
2）动态和耦合山脉、沉积盆地和远端海上沉积中心的沉积通量演变（与构造侵蚀/沉积和气候相互作用有关）的研究。
3）造山后山脉地形演化研究。
4）岩石类型岩性（岩石强度、侵蚀性） 对山脉地形和起伏的影响研究。
发表论文：
1. Bernard, T., Glotzbach, C., Peifer, D., Neely, A., Schaller, M., Beer, A., et al. (2024). Estimation of denudation parameters and river capture events from neural network inverse modeling of river profiles and thermo‐ and geochronology data. Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface, 129, e2024JF007636. https://doi.org/10.1029/2024JF007636.
2. Bernard, T., & Sinclair, H. D. (2023). Accelerated sediment delivery to continental margins during post‐orogenic rebound of mountain ranges. Basin Research, 35(2), 642-661. https://doi.org/10.1111/bre.12727.
3. Bernard, T., Sinclair, H. D., Gailleton B., & Fox, M. (2021). Formation of longitudinal river valleys and the fixing of drainage divides in response to exhumation of crystalline basement. Geophysical Research Letters, 48(8). https://doi.org/10.1029/2020GL092210.
4. Bernard, T., Sinclair, H. D., Naylor, M., Christophoul, F., & Ford, M. (2020). Post‐orogenic sediment drape in the Northern Pyrenees explained using a box model. Basin Research, 33(1), 118-137. https://doi.org/10.1111/bre.12457.
5. Bernard, T., Sinclair, H. D., Gailleton, B., Mudd, S. M., & Ford, M. (2019). Lithological control on the post-orogenic topography and erosion history of the Pyrenees. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 531-86, 6. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2019.04.034.
6. Bernard, T., Steer, P., Gallagher, K., Szulc, A., Whitham, A., & Johnson, C. (2016). Evidence for Eocene–Oligocene glaciation in the landscape of the East Greenland margin. Geology, 44(11), 895-898. https://doi.org/10.1130/G38248.1.
7. Fox, M., Hoseason, T., Bernard, T., Sinclair, H., & Smith, A. G. G. (2023). Bedload‐Bedrock Contrasts Form Enigmatic Low‐Relief Surfaces of the Pyrenees. Geophysical Research Letters, 50(6), e2022GL101995. https://doi.org/10.1029/2022GL101995.
8. Ford, M., Masini, E., Vergés, J., Pik, R., Ternois, S., Léger, J., Dielfolder, A., Frasca, G., Grool, A., Vinciguerra, C., Bernard, T., ... & Calassou, S. (2022). Evolution of a low convergence collisional orogen: a review of Pyrenean orogenesis. Bulletin de la Société Géologique de France, 193(1). https://doi.org/10.1051/bsgf/2022018.
