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Overview

Alain Baronnet is affiliated with Aix-Marseille University in France and has a research profile concentrated in Earth and Planetary Sciences and Environmental Science. Their work extensively covers Paleontology, Atmospheric Science, Ecology, Biomaterials, and Earth-Surface Processes as subfields of study.

Their research spans several key topics, including:

  • Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils
  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
  • Calcium Carbonate Crystallization and Inhibition
  • Geological formations and processes
  • Isotope Analysis in Ecology
  • Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena
  • Bone Tissue Engineering Materials

Baronnet has contributed to publications in various scientific venues. The most frequent publication venues include:

  • Scientific Reports
  • Goldschmidt2021 abstracts
  • Acta Biomaterialia
  • Communications Earth & Environment
  • Microscopy and Microanalysis

Their recent papers show a focus on biomineralization and paleoclimate records, with significant works such as:

  • "Amorphous-to-crystal transition in the layer-by-layer growth of bivalve shell prisms" (2022) published in Acta Biomaterialia
  • "Rapid grain boundary diffusion in foraminifera tests biases paleotemperature records" (2023) published in Communications Earth & Environment
  • "Fossil biocalcite remains open to isotopic exchange with seawater for tens of millions of years" (2024) published in Scientific Reports
  • "Post-mortem recrystallization of biogenic amorphous calcium carbonate guided by the inherited macromolecular framework" (2024) published in Scientific Reports
  • "Species-specific foraminiferal ultrastructures modulate surfaces available for diagenesis" (2021) published in Microscopy and Microanalysis

Their frequent co-authors include:

  • Olivier Grauby
  • Anders Meibom
  • Arthur Adams
  • Damien Daval
  • Lukas P. Baumgartner

Best Publications

  • Serpentinite: What, Why, Where?

    Bernard W. Evans;Keiko Hattori;Alain Baronnet

  • Formation of todorokite from vernadite in Ni-rich hemipelagic sediments

    Sabine Bodeï;Alain Manceau;Nicolas Geoffroy;Alain Baronnet

  • Dendritic Crystallization: A Single Process for all the Textures of Olivine in Basalts?

    Benoît Welsch;Benoît Welsch;François Faure;Vincent Famin;Alain Baronnet

  • A nanopetrographic and textural study of grain-coating chlorites in sandstone reservoirs

    V. Billault;D. Beaufort;A. Baronnet;J.-C. Lacharpagne

  • Serpentine Mineral Replacements of Natural Olivine and their Seismic Implications: Oceanic Lizardite versus Subduction-Related Antigorite

    Françoise Boudier;Alain Baronnet;David Mainprice

  • A XRD and TEM study on the transformation of amorphous calcium phosphate in the presence of magnesium

    Francesco Abbona;Alain Baronnet

  • Experimental synthesis of chlorite from smectite at 300ºC in the presence of metallic Fe

    D. Guillaume;A. Neaman;M. Cathelineau;Régine Mosser-Ruck

  • Chromatic alterations of red lead pigments in artworks: a review

    S. Aze;J.-M. Vallet;V. Detalle;O. Grauby

  • The nontronite-saponite series: An experimental approach

    Olivier Grauby;Sabine Petit;Alain Decarreau;Alain Baronnet

  • Occurrence, composition and growth of polyhedral serpentine

    Muriel Andreani;Olivier Grauby;Alain Baronnet;Manuel Muñoz

  • Calcium diffusivity in alumino-silicate garnets: an experimental and ATEM study

    D. Vielzeuf;A. Baronnet;A. L. Perchuk;D. Laporte

  • The beidellite-saponite series; an experimental approach

    Olivier Grauby;Sabine Petit;Alain Decarreau;Alain Baronnet

  • Corrensite; A single phase or a mixed-layer phyllosilicate in saponite-to-chlorite conversion series? A case study of Sancerre-Couy deep drill hole (France)

    Daniel Beaufort;Alain Baronnet;Bruno Lanson;Alain Meunier

  • Clinopyroxene in postshield Haleakala ankaramite: 2. Texture, compositional zoning and supersaturation in the magma

    Benoit Welsch;Julia Hammer;Alain Baronnet;Samantha Jacob

  • Nano to macroscale biomineral architecture of red coral (Corallium rubrum)

    Daniel Vielzeuf;Joaquim Garrabou;Alain Baronnet;Olivier Grauby

  • Quantitative X-ray pair distribution function analysis of nanocrystalline calcium silicate hydrates: a contribution to the understanding of cement chemistry

    Sylvain Grangeon;Alejandro Fernandez-Martinez;Alain Baronnet;Alain Baronnet;Nicolas Marty

  • Mineralogy of Air-Pollution-Control Residues from a Secondary Lead Smelter: Environmental Implications

    Vojtech Ettler;Zdenek Johan;Alain Baronnet;Filip Jankovsky

  • Crystallization of biogenic Ca-carbonate within organo-mineral micro-domains. Structure of the calcite prisms of the Pelecypod Pinctada margaritifera (Mollusca) at the submicron to nanometre ranges

    A. Baronnet;J. P. Cuif;Y. Dauphin;B. Farre

  • A microstructural study of a “crack-seal” type serpentine vein using SEM and TEM techniques

    Muriel Andreani;Alain Baronnet;Anne Marie Boullier;Jean Pierre Gratier

  • Interlayering and interlayer slip in biotite as seen by HRTEM.

    Juan Olives Banos;Marc Amouric;Chantal de Fouquet;Alain Baronnet

Frequent Co-Authors

Anders Meibom
Anders Meibom École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
Damien Daval
Damien Daval Grenoble Alpes University
Lukas P. Baumgartner
Lukas P. Baumgartner University of Lausanne
Torsten Vennemann
Torsten Vennemann University of Lausanne
Philippe Dubois
Philippe Dubois University of Mons
Mathieu Bauchy
Mathieu Bauchy University of California, Los Angeles
Stéphane Guillot
Stéphane Guillot Grenoble Alpes University
Didier Laporte
Didier Laporte University of Clermont Auvergne

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