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Bassam Ghaleb is affiliated with the University of Quebec at Montreal in Canada. Their research is primarily situated within the field of Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a focus on several subfields including Atmospheric Science, Geophysics, Geology, Archeology, and Ecology.

The scientist's work spans multiple topics that intersect geology, paleoclimatology, ecological isotope analysis, and ancient environmental and archaeological studies. These include:

  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
  • Geological Studies and Exploration
  • Isotope Analysis in Ecology
  • Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena
  • Archaeology and Ancient Environmental Studies
  • Geological and Geochemical Analysis
  • Karst Systems and Hydrogeology

Bassam Ghaleb has published in several scientific venues, frequently appearing in:

  • Scientific Reports
  • Quaternaire
  • Marine Geology
  • Minerals
  • Earth-Science Reviews

Selected recent papers provide an overview of the scientist's research areas:

  • "The potential of gypsum speleothems for paleoclimatology: application to the Iberian Roman Humid Period," 2020, Scientific Reports
  • "Potential and limitation of 230Th-excess as a chronostratigraphic tool for late Quaternary Arctic Ocean sediment studies: An example from the Southern Lomonosov Ridge," 2022, Marine Geology
  • "Variability of Carbonate Isotope Signatures in a Hydrothermally Influenced System: Insights from the Pastos Grandes Caldera (Bolivia)," 2020, Minerals
  • "Paleomagnetic techniques can date speleothems with high concentrations of detrital material," 2022, Scientific Reports
  • "Cycling and behavior of 230Th in the Arctic Ocean: Insights from sedimentary archives," 2023, Earth-Science Reviews

The scientist collaborates regularly with several peers, who include:

  • Claude Hillaire-Marcel
  • Jean-Jacques Bahain
  • Pierre Antoine
  • Patrick Auguste
  • Anne de Vernal

Best Publications

  • Timing and dynamics of the last deglaciation from European and North African δ13C stalagmite profiles—comparison with Chinese and South Hemisphere stalagmites

    D. Genty;D. Genty;D. Blamart;B. Ghaleb;V. Plagnes

  • Pleistocene raised marine terraces of the Spanish Mediterranean and Atlantic coasts: records of coastal uplift, sea-level highstands and climate changes

    Cari Zazo;José Luis Goy;Cristino J Dabrio;Teresa Bardajı́

  • Recent sedimentary history of anthropogenic impacts on the Culiacan River Estuary, northwestern Mexico: geochemical evidence from organic matter and nutrients.

    A.C Ruiz-Fernández;A.C Ruiz-Fernández;C Hillaire-Marcel;B Ghaleb;M Soto-Jiménez

  • Coastal uplift in continental collision plate boundaries: data from the Last Interglacial marine terraces of the Gibraltar Strait area (south Spain)

    Caridad Zazo;Pablo G. Silva;José Luis Goy;C. Hillaire-Marcel

  • Sequence of events from the onset to the demise of the Last Interglacial: Evaluating strengths and limitations of chronologies used in climatic archives

    Aline Govin;E Capron;P C Tzedakis;S Verheyden

  • U-series measurements in tyrrhenian deposits from mallorca — Further evidence for two last-interglacial high sea levels in the Balearic Islands

    Claude Hillaire-Marcel;Clément Gariépy;Bassam Ghaleb;Jose-Luis Goy

  • Translocation of soil organic matter following reservoir impoundment in boreal systems: Implications for in situ productivity

    Stephane Houel;Patrick Louchouarn;Marc Lucotte;Rene Canuel

  • Palaeoenvironmental Interpretation of Yedoma Silt (Ice Complex) Deposition as Cold‐Climate Loess, Duvanny Yar, Northeast Siberia

    J.B. Murton;T. Goslar;M.E. Edwards;M.E. Edwards;Bateman

  • Raised marine sequences of Lanzarote and Fuerteventura revisited—a reappraisal of relative sea-level changes and vertical movements in the eastern Canary Islands during the Quaternary

    Cari Zazo;José Luis Goy;Claude Hillaire-Marcel;Pierre-Yves Gillot

  • Coastal deformation and sea-level changes in the northern Chile subduction area (23°S) during the last 330 ky

    Luc Ortlieb;Luc Ortlieb;Cari Zazo;JoséLuis Goy;Claude Hillaire-Marcel

  • Sea level and climate changes during OIS 5e in the Western Mediterranean

    Teresa Bardají;José Luis Goy;Caridad Zazo;C. Hillaire-Marcel

  • Combined ESR/U-series chronology of Acheulian hominid-bearing layers at Trinchera Galería site, Atapuerca, Spain

    Christophe Falguères;Jean-Jacques Bahain;James L. Bischoff;Alfredo Pérez-González

  • Quaternary coastal uplift along the Talara Arc (Ecuador, Northern Peru) from new marine terrace data

    Kevin Pedoja;L. Ortlieb;J.-F. Dumont;M. Lamothe

  • Historical trends of metal pollution recorded in the sediments of the Culiacan River Estuary, Northwestern Mexico

    A.C Ruiz-Fernández;C Hillaire-Marcel;F Páez-Osuna;B Ghaleb

  • Plio-Quaternary uplift of the Manta Peninsula and La Plata Island and the subduction of the Carnegie Ridge, central coast of Ecuador

    Kevin Pedoja;J.-F. Dumont;M. Lamothe;L. Ortlieb

  • Comparison of earthquake-triggered turbidites from the Saguenay (Eastern Canada) and Reloncavi (Chilean margin) Fjords: Implications for paleoseismicity and sedimentology

    Guillaume St-Onge;Emmanuel Chapron;Sandor Mulsow;Marcos Salas

  • New radiometric dates on the lowest stratigraphical section (TD1 to TD6) of Gran Dolina site (Atapuerca, Spain)

    Davinia Moreno;Christophe Falguères;Alfredo Pérez-González;Pierre Voinchet

  • Isotopic characterization of rapid climatic events during OIS3 and OIS4 in Villars Cave stalagmites (SW-France) and correlation with Atlantic and Mediterranean pollen records

    Dominique Genty;Nathalie Combourieu-Nebout;Odile Peyron;Dominique Blamart

  • Recent peat accumulation rates in minerotrophic peatlands of the Bay James region, Eastern Canada, inferred by 210Pb and 137Cs radiometric techniques.

    Adam A. Ali;Bassam Ghaleb;Bassam Ghaleb;Michelle Garneau;Michelle Garneau;Hans Asnong;Hans Asnong

  • Uranium concentration and isotope ratio profiles within Mercenaria shells: Geochronological implications

    A. Kaufman;B. Ghaleb;J.F. Wehmiller;C. Hillaire-Marcel

Frequent Co-Authors

Claude Hillaire-Marcel
Claude Hillaire-Marcel University of Quebec at Montreal
José Luis Goy
José Luis Goy University of Salamanca
Christophe Falguères
Christophe Falguères Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Ana Carolina Ruiz-Fernández
Ana Carolina Ruiz-Fernández National Autonomous University of Mexico
Jean-Jacques Bahain
Jean-Jacques Bahain Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Cristino J. Dabrio
Cristino J. Dabrio Complutense University of Madrid
Pierre Antoine
Pierre Antoine Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Federico Páez-Osuna
Federico Páez-Osuna National Autonomous University of Mexico
Pierre Deschamps
Pierre Deschamps Aix-Marseille University
Caridad Zazo
Caridad Zazo Spanish National Research Council

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