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Bernard Charlier

Bernard Charlier

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Earth Science

D-Index
38
Citations
4302
World Ranking
6628
National Ranking
46

Overview

Bernard Charlier is affiliated with the University of Liège in Belgium and has contributed extensively to the fields of Earth and Planetary Sciences as well as Physics and Astronomy. Their research primarily focuses on geophysical and planetary processes, with particular attention to high-pressure geophysics, geological and geochemical analysis, and planetary science explorations.

The main fields of study covered by Bernard Charlier include:

  • Earth and Planetary Sciences
  • Physics and Astronomy

Within these, the subfields of study include:

  • Geophysics
  • Astronomy and Astrophysics
  • Atmospheric Science
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Molecular Biology

The primary research topics they work on are:

  • Geological and Geochemical Analysis
  • High-pressure geophysics and materials
  • Planetary Science and Exploration
  • Astro and Planetary Science
  • Earthquake and tectonic studies
  • Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping
  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research

Bernard Charlier's frequent co-authors reflect collaborative work with experts such as Olivier Namur, Yishen Zhang, Camille Cartier, J. Helbert, and H. Hiesinger.

The scientist's recent papers include:

  • "Rationale for BepiColombo Studies of Mercury's Surface and Composition" (2020, Space Science Reviews)
  • "Layered intrusions: Fundamentals, novel observations and concepts, and controversial issues" (2023, Earth-Science Reviews)
  • "Trace element partitioning between clinopyroxene, magnetite, ilmenite and ferrobasaltic to dacitic magmas: an experimental study on the role of oxygen fugacity and melt composition" (2022, Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology)
  • "Mercury's Interior Structure Constrained by Density and P-Wave Velocity Measurements of Liquid Fe-Si-C Alloys" (2020, Journal of Geophysical Research Planets)
  • "Magnesium and iron isotopic evidence of inter-mineral diffusion in ultramafic cumulates of the Peridotite Zone, Stillwater Complex" (2020, Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta)

The most frequent publication venues for Bernard Charlier include:

  • Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta
  • Icarus
  • Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology
  • Earth and Planetary Science Letters
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)

Best Publications

  • Experiments on liquid immiscibility along tholeiitic liquid lines of descent

    Bernard Charlier;Timothy L. Grove

  • Crystallization Sequence and Magma Chamber Processes in the Ferrobasaltic Sept Iles Layered Intrusion, Canada

    Olivier Namur;Bernard Charlier;Michael J. Toplis;Michael D. Higgins

  • Large-scale silicate liquid immiscibility during differentiation of tholeiitic basalt to granite and the origin of the Daly gap

    Bernard Charlier;Olivier Namur;Michael J. Toplis;Pierre Schiano

  • Crystallization of the lunar magma ocean and the primordial mantle-crust differentiation of the Moon

    Bernard Charlier;Bernard Charlier;Bernard Charlier;Timothy L. Grove;Olivier Namur;Olivier Namur;Francois Holtz

  • Sulfur solubility in reduced mafic silicate melts: Implications for the speciation and distribution of sulfur on Mercury

    Olivier Namur;Bernard Charlier;Francois Holtz;Camille Cartier

  • Immiscible hydrous Fe–Ca–P melt and the origin of iron oxide-apatite ore deposits

    Tong Hou;Bernard Charlier;François Holtz;Ilya Veksler

  • Differentiation of Tholeiitic Basalt to A-Type Granite in the Sept Iles Layered Intrusion, Canada

    Olivier Namur;Bernard Charlier;Michael J. Toplis;Michael D. Higgins

  • Fe–Ti–V–P ore deposits associated with Proterozoic massif-type anorthosites and related rocks

    Bernard Charlier;Bernard Charlier;Olivier Namur;Olivier Bolle;Rais Latypov

  • Melting processes and mantle sources of lavas on Mercury

    Olivier Namur;Max Collinet;Bernard Charlier;Timothy L. Grove

  • Silicate mineralogy at the surface of Mercury

    Olivier Namur;Bernard Charlier

  • Phase equilibria of ultramafic compositions on Mercury and the origin of the compositional dichotomy

    Bernard Charlier;Timothy L. Grove;Maria T. Zuber

  • Ilmenite composition in the Tellnes Fe–Ti deposit, SW Norway: fractional crystallization, postcumulus evolution and ilmenite–zircon relation

    Bernard Charlier;Øyvind Skår;Are Korneliussen;Jean-Clair Duchesne

  • Compositional and kinetic controls on liquid immiscibility in ferrobasalt–rhyolite volcanic and plutonic series

    Bernard Charlier;Olivier Namur;Timothy L. Grove

  • Magma chamber processes in the Tellnes ilmenite deposit (Rogaland Anorthosite Province, SW Norway) and the formation of Fe-Ti ores in massif-type anorthosites

    B. Charlier;J.-C. Duchesne;J. Vander Auwera

  • Dual origin of Fe–Ti–P gabbros by immiscibility and fractional crystallization of evolved tholeiitic basalts in the Sept Iles layered intrusion

    Olivier Namur;Bernard Charlier;Marian B. Holness

  • Layered Intrusions

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  • Igneous Layering in Basaltic Magma Chambers

    Olivier Namur;Bénédicte Abily;Alan E. Boudreau;François Blanchette

  • Anorthosite formation by plagioclase flotation in ferrobasalt and implications for the lunar crust

    Olivier Namur;Bernard Charlier;Cassian Pirard;Joerg Hermann

  • The Grader layered intrusion (Havre-Saint-Pierre anorthosite, Québec) and genesis of nelsonite and other Fe-Ti-P ores

    Bernard Charlier;Emmanuel Sakoma;Martin Sauvé;Kerry Stanaway

  • Magma chamber–scale liquid immiscibility in the Siberian Traps represented by melt pools in native iron

    Vadim S. Kamenetsky;Bernard Charlier;Liudmila Zhitova;Victor Sharygin

  • Polybaric Fractional Crystallization of High-alumina Basalt Parental Magmas in the Egersund–Ogna Massif-type Anorthosite (Rogaland, SW Norway) Constrained by Plagioclase and High-alumina Orthopyroxene Megacrysts

    B. Charlier;J.-C. Duchesne;J. Vander Auwera;J.-Y. Storme

Frequent Co-Authors

Jacqueline Vander Auwera
Jacqueline Vander Auwera University of Liège
Jean-Clair Duchesne
Jean-Clair Duchesne University of Liège
Francois Holtz
Francois Holtz University of Hannover
Michael D. Higgins
Michael D. Higgins Université du Québec à Chicoutimi
Sebastien Bertrand
Sebastien Bertrand Ghent University
Michael J. Toplis
Michael J. Toplis Paul Sabatier University
Ilya V. Veksler
Ilya V. Veksler Perm State University
Stephan Klemme
Stephan Klemme University of Münster
Jean-Paul Liégeois
Jean-Paul Liégeois Royal Museum for Central Africa

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