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Alain Trentesaux

Alain Trentesaux

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Earth Science

D-Index
32
Citations
4659
World Ranking
8602
National Ranking
694

Overview

Alain Trentesaux is affiliated with the University of Lille in France and has an extensive publication record primarily within the Earth and Planetary Sciences field. Their work covers 28 publications in this area, with notable contributions across several subfields including Geophysics, Paleontology, Atmospheric Science, Oceanography, and Earth-Surface Processes.

The scientist's research spans multiple topics, focusing largely on Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils, Geology and Paleoclimatology Research, and Geological and Geochemical Analysis. Additional areas of study include Marine Biology and Ecology Research, Geochemistry and Elemental Analysis, Coastal and Marine Dynamics, and Geological formations and processes.

Alain Trentesaux has published in a variety of respected venues, demonstrating a diverse dissemination of work. Frequent publication venues include OPAL (Open@LaTrobe) at La Trobe University, Zenodo hosted by CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research, Precambrian Research, Science, and Marine Environmental Research.

Frequent collaborators include Pinxian Wang, Warren L Prell, Peter Blum, Eve Arnold, and Christian Bühring, each coauthoring eight publications, which suggests interdisciplinary and sustained collaborations.

Key recent papers provide insight into the scientist's research focus:

  • "Multidisciplinary study to monitor consequences of pollution on intertidal benthic ecosystems (Hauts de France, English Channel, France): Comparison with natural areas," 2020, Marine Environmental Research
  • "Rapid volcanic ash entombment reveals the 3D anatomy of Cambrian trilobites," 2024, Science
  • "Taphonomy of early life (2.1 Ga) in the francevillian basin (Gabon): Role of organic mineral interactions," 2023, Precambrian Research
  • "A Multidisciplinary Approach for A Better Knowledge of the Benthic Habitat and Community Distribution in the Central and Western English Channel," 2022, Journal of Marine Science and Engineering
  • "Post-depositional transformations in sedimentary rocks and implications for paleoenvironmental studies: evidence from the Mesoproterozoic (~1.1 Ga) of the Taoudeni Basin, Mauritania," 2022, American Journal of Science

Best Publications

  • Climatic and tectonic controls on weathering in south China and Indochina Peninsula: Clay mineralogical and geochemical investigations from the Pearl, Red, and Mekong drainage basins

    Zhifei Liu;Christophe Colin;Wei Huang;Khanh Phon Le

  • Clay mineral assemblages in the northern South China Sea: implications for East Asian monsoon evolution over the past 2 million years

    Zhifei Liu;Alain Trentesaux;Steven C Clemens;Christophe Colin

  • Pleistocene forced regressions and tidal sand ridges in the East China Sea

    Serge Berné;Pierre Vagner;François Guichard;Gilles Lericolais

  • MINERALOGY AND SEDIMENTOLOGY OF PLEISTOCENE SEDIMENT IN THE SOUTH CHINA SEA (ODP SITE 1144)

    Pleistocene Sediment;S. Boulay

  • The origin of the 1500-year climate cycles in Holocene North-Atlantic records

    Maxime Debret;V. Bout-Roumazeilles;F. Grousset;Marc Desmet

  • Sediment sources and East Asian monsoon intensity over the last 450 ky. Mineralogical and geochemical investigations on South China Sea sediments

    S. Boulay;Christophe Colin;A. Trentesaux;N. Frank

  • Erosional history of the eastern Tibetan Plateau since 190 kyr ago: clay mineralogical and geochemical investigations from the southwestern South China Sea

    Zhifei Liu;Christophe Colin;Alain Trentesaux;Dominique Blamart

  • Flood and earthquake disturbance of 210Pb geochronology (Lake Anterne, NW Alps)

    Fabien Arnaud;Fabien Arnaud;Vincent Lignier;Vincent Lignier;Michel Revel;Marc Desmet;Marc Desmet

  • Sediment (grain size and clay mineralogy) and organic matter quality control on living benthic foraminifera

    Éric Armynot du Châtelet;Viviane Bout-Roumazeilles;Armelle Riboulleau;Alain Trentesaux

  • Late Quaternary climatic control on erosion and weathering in the eastern Tibetan Plateau and the Mekong Basin

    Zhifei Liu;Christophe Colin;Alain Trentesaux;Giuseppe Siani

  • Sedimentary responses to the Pleistocene climatic variations recorded in the South China Sea

    Sébastien Boulay;Christophe Colin;Alain Trentesaux;Stéphane Clain

  • Clay minerals in surface sediments of the Pearl River drainage basin and their contribution to the South China Sea

    ZhiFei Liu;Christophe Colin;Wei Huang;Zhong Chen

  • Internal architecture and mobility of tidal sand ridges in the East China Sea

    Zhenxia Liu;Serge Berné;Yoshiki Saito;Hua Yu

  • The 2.1 Ga old Francevillian biota : Biogenicity, taphonomy and biodiversity

    Abderrazak El Albani;Stefan Bengtson;Donald Eugene Canfield;Amelie Riboulleau

  • North western Alps Holocene paleohydrology recorded by flooding activity in Lake Le Bourget, France

    M. Debret;M. Debret;E. Chapron;E. Chapron;M. Desmet;M. Rolland-Revel

  • Architecture and long term evolution of a tidal sandbank: The Middelkerke Bank (southern North Sea)

    S. Berné;A. Trentesaux;A. Stolk;T. Missiaen

  • Controls on organic accumulation in late Jurassic shales of northwestern Europe as inferred from trace-metal geochemistry

    Nicolas Tribovillard;Alain Trentesaux;Abdelkader Ramdani;François Baudinet

  • Sedimentology and stratigraphy of a tidal sand bank in the southern North Sea

    Alain Trentesaux;Ad Stolk;Serge Berné

  • Types of internal structure and external morphology of submarine dunes under the influence of tide- and wind-driven processes (Dover Strait, northern France)

    Sophie Le Bot;Alain Trentesaux

  • Storm influences on a tidal sandbank's surface (Middelkerke Bank, southern North Sea)

    Rik Houthuys;Alain Trentesaux;Peter De Wolf

  • Short-term (≤2 yrs) estuarine mudflat and saltmarsh sedimentation: High-resolution data from ultrasonic altimetery, rod surface-elevation table, and filter traps

    Claire Marion;Edward J. Anthony;Alain Trentesaux

  • Two-stage opening of the Dover Strait and the origin of island Britain

    Sanjeev Gupta;Jenny S. Collier;David Garcia-Moreno;David Garcia-Moreno;Francesca Oggioni

Frequent Co-Authors

Christophe Colin
Christophe Colin University of Paris-Saclay
Nicolas Tribovillard
Nicolas Tribovillard University of Lille
Zhifei Liu
Zhifei Liu Tongji University
Serge Berné
Serge Berné University of Perpignan
Armelle Riboulleau
Armelle Riboulleau University of Lille
Pinxian Wang
Pinxian Wang Tongji University
Fabien Arnaud
Fabien Arnaud Université Savoie Mont Blanc
Jenny S. Collier
Jenny S. Collier Imperial College London
Marc De Batist
Marc De Batist Ghent University
Sanjeev Gupta
Sanjeev Gupta Imperial College London

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