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Bernadette Tessier is affiliated with Université de Caen Normandie in France and primarily focuses on research within Earth and Planetary Sciences. Their work spans a range of subfields including Earth-Surface Processes, Atmospheric Science, Ecology, Archeology, and Oceanography.

Their research contributions cover key topics such as:

  • Geological formations and processes
  • Coastal and Marine Dynamics
  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
  • Maritime and Coastal Archaeology
  • Coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics
  • Aeolian processes and effects
  • Geophysical Methods and Applications

Bernadette Tessier has published multiple papers in several specialized venues. Frequent publication outlets include:

  • Sedimentology
  • HAL (Le Centre pour la Communication Scientifique Directe)
  • Geomorphology
  • Marine and Petroleum Geology
  • The Depositional Record

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Tessier showcase a focus on coastal and sedimentary processes. These include:

  • Influence of sediment composition on morphology and internal structure of mixed siliciclastic-bioclastic coastal barriers: Contribution of flume experiments (2023, Sedimentology)
  • Morphostratigraphy of an active mixed sand-gravel barrier spit (Baie de Somme, northern France) (2022, Sedimentology)
  • In-situ characterisation of fluvial dune morphology and dynamics under limited sediment supply conditions, Seine River, France (2023, Geomorphology)
  • The Central English Channel troughs: major source-to-sink remnants or giant tidal scours? (2023, Marine and Petroleum Geology)
  • Hydrodynamic behaviour of organo-phosphatic bioclastic sediments: An experimental study on linguliform brachiopod shell fragments (2025, Sedimentology)

Throughout their career, Tessier has frequently collaborated with names such as Pierre Weill, Dominique Mouazé, Léo Pancrazzi, Isabelle Thinon, and Roberto A. Scasso. These collaborations reflect a network of coauthors contributing to studies primarily in sedimentology and coastal dynamics.

Best Publications

  • Persistent non-solar forcing of Holocene storm dynamics in coastal sedimentary archives

    Philippe Sorrel;Philippe Sorrel;Maxime Debret;Isabelle Billeaud;Samuel L. Jaccard

  • Upper intertidal rhythmites in the Mont-Saint-Michel Bay (NW France): Perspectives for paleoreconstruction

    Bernadette Tessier

  • A vertical record of different tidal cyclicities: an example from the Miocene Marine Molasse of Digne (Haute Provence, France)

    Bernadette Tessier;Patrick Gigot

  • Stratigraphic records and variability of incised valleys and estuaries along French coasts

    Eric Chaumillon;Bernadette Tessier;Jean-Yves Reynaud

  • Eustatic and hydrodynamic controls on the architecture of a deep shelf sand bank (Celtic Sea)

    Jean‐Yves Reynaud;Bernadette Tessier;Jean‐Noël Proust;Robert Dalrymple

  • Infilling stratigraphy of macrotidal tide-dominated estuaries. Controlling mechanisms: Sea-level fluctuations, bedrock morphology, sediment supply and climate changes (The examples of the Seine estuary and the Mont-Saint-Michel Bay, English Channel, NW France)

    Bernadette Tessier;Isabelle Billeaud;Philippe Sorrel;Nicolas Delsinne

  • Impacts of late Holocene rapid climate changes as recorded in a macrotidal coastal setting (Mont-Saint-Michel Bay, France)

    I. Billeaud;B. Tessier;P. Lesueur

  • The Holocene transgression as recorded by incised-valley infilling in a rocky coast context with low sediment supply (southern Brittany, western France)

    David Menier;Bernadette Tessier;Jean-Noël Proust;Agnès Baltzer

  • Evidence for millennial-scale climatic events in the sedimentary infilling of a macrotidal estuarine system, the Seine estuary (NW France)

    Philippe Sorrel;Bernadette Tessier;François Demory;Nicolas Delsinne

  • Architecture and Sequence Stratigraphy of a Late Neogene Incised Valley at the Shelf Margin, Southern Celtic Sea

    Jean-Yves Reynaud;Bernadette Tessier;Jean-Noel Proust;Robert W. Dalrymple

  • The offshore Quaternary sediment bodies of the English Channel and its Western Approaches

    Jean-Yves Reynaud;Bernadette Tessier;Jean-Paul Auffret;Serge Berné

  • Comparison of Ancient Tidal Rhythmites (Carboniferous of Kansas and Indiana, USA) with Modern Analogues (the Bay of Mont‐Saint‐Michel, France)

    B. Tessier;A. W. Archer;W. P. Lanier;H. R. Feldman

  • Tide and wave dynamics on a sand bank from the deep shelf of the Western Channel approaches.

    Jean-Yves Reynaud;Bernadette Tessier;Serge Berné;Hervé Chamley

  • Stratigraphy of Tide-Dominated Estuaries

    Bernadette Tessier

  • Surficial sedimentology of the Middelkerke Bank (southern North Sea)

    Alain Trentesaux;Ad Stolk;Bernadette Tessier;Hervé Chamley

  • Control of alongshore-oriented sand spits on the dynamics of a wave-dominated coastal system (Holocene deposits, northern Gulf of Lions, France)

    Olivier Raynal;Frédéric Bouchette;Raphaël Certain;Michel Séranne

  • Basement Control on Shaping and Infilling of Valleys Incised at the Southern Coast of Brittany, France

    David Menier;Jean-Yves Reynaud;Jean-Noël Proust;François Guillocheau

  • From non‐tidal shelf to tide‐dominated strait: The Miocene Bonifacio Basin, Southern Corsica

    Jean-Yves Reynaud;Michelle Ferrandini;Jean Ferrandini;Miguel Santiago

  • Seistec Seismic Profiles: A Tool to Differentiate Gas Signatures

    Agnès Baltzer;Bernadette Tessier;Herve Nouze;R Bates

  • Shelly cheniers on a modern macrotidal flat (Mont-Saint-Michel bay, France) — Internal architecture revealed by ground-penetrating radar

    Pierre Weill;Bernadette Tessier;Dominique Mouazé;Chantal Bonnot-Courtois

Frequent Co-Authors

Jean-Noël Proust
Jean-Noël Proust Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Eric Chaumillon
Eric Chaumillon University of La Rochelle
Gilles Lericolais
Gilles Lericolais French Research Institute for Exploitation of the Sea
Serge Berné
Serge Berné University of Perpignan
Laurent Dezileau
Laurent Dezileau Université de Caen Normandie
Xavier Bertin
Xavier Bertin University of La Rochelle
Marc De Batist
Marc De Batist Ghent University
Guy Wöppelmann
Guy Wöppelmann University of La Rochelle
Robert W. Dalrymple
Robert W. Dalrymple Queen's University
Jean-François Bourillet
Jean-François Bourillet French Research Institute for Exploitation of the Sea

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