Christine Brouet-Menzies
christine.brouet-menzies@casp.cam.ac.uk
Biography
Christine Brouet-Menzies graduated from the Universities of Paris III (Chinese and Russian) and Paris I (History/ Geography) before specialising in Chinese modern history at Beijing University (1973-1975). She further studied history at the University of Geneva while teaching Chinese in international organisations.
Christine joined CASP in 1985 to develop the Chinese library and contacts with the geological institutes of China. She also took an administrative role at CASP and was particularly involved in liaising with oil companies. In 1991, she initiated the China Basins Project and led the project until 1996 when she became Chief Executive. She has been Managing Director since 2003.
As a linguist, she helps CASP geologists with translations from Chinese, Russian, French and German and has participated in 3 field seasons in North West China and 4 in Russia (Sakhalin and Yenisey-Khatanga).
Latest Publications
- Brouet-Menzies, C., Vincent, S.J. and Davies, C.E. (2005). "Reducing Exploration Risk - How field-based research can help the petroleum industry in the Caspian-Black Sea regions". FIRST World Petroleum: p116-119
- Allen, M.B., Macdonald, D.I.M., Zhao Xun, Vincent, S.J. and Brouet-Menzies, C. (1998). "Transtensional deformation in the evolution of the Bohai Basin, northern China". In Continental Transpressional and Transtensional Tectonics, London, Geological Society, Special Publications 135: p215-229 Abstract
- Allen, M.B., Macdonald, D.I.M., Zhao Xun, Vincent, S.J. and Brouet-Menzies, C. (1997). "Early Cenozoic two-phase extension and Late Cenozoic thermal subsidence and inversion of the Bohai Basin, northern China". Marine and Petroleum Geology 14: p951-972 Abstract
