Research directions Igneous Petrology Field and experimental studies on melt extraction, crystallization and melt/rock reaction in crustal and mantle rocks Magmatic accretion of the oceanic and continental crust at oceanic spreading ridges, beneath continents and in subduction-related magmatic arcs Formation of ocean-continent transition zones, using a multidisciplinary approach including field studies, deep sea drilling samples, igneous petrology, isotope geochemistry, structural geology, geochemistry, metamorphic petrology Geodynamics of orogenic belts