C. Lorius

C. Lorius publication distribution in Earth Science in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Earth Science in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where C. Lorius sits on this spectrum.

C. Lorius D-index placement in Earth Science in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Earth Science scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where C. Lorius sits on this spectrum.

Research.com Recognitions

• 2017 - Benjamin Franklin Medal, Franklin Institute
• 2002 - CNRS Gold Medal, French National Centre for Scientific Research Climatology
• 2001 - International Balzan Prize
• 1989 - Member of Academia Europaea

Best Publications

• Climate and atmospheric history of the past 420,000 years from the Vostok ice core, Antarctica

  J. R. Petit;J. Jouzel;D. Raynaud;N. I. Barkov

  8464
  Citations

• Vostok ice core provides 160,000-year record of atmospheric CO2

  J. M. Barnola;D. Raynaud;Y. S. Korotkevich;C. Lorius

  2390
  Citations

• Vostok ice core: a continuous isotope temperature record over the last climatic cycle (160,000 years)

  J. Jouzel;C. Lorius;J. R. Petit;C. Genthon

  1326
  Citations

• A 150,000-year climatic record from Antarctic ice

  C. Lorius;J. Jouzel;C. Ritz;L. Merlivat

  876
  Citations

• Extending the Vostok ice-core record of palaeoclimate to the penultimate glacial period

  Jean Jouzel;Jean Jouzel;N.I. Barkov;J.M. Barnola;M. Bender;M. Bender

  729
  Citations

• Ice-core record of atmospheric methane over the past 160,000 years

  J. Chappellaz;J. M. Barnola;D. Raynaud;Y. S. Korotkevich

  635
  Citations

• The ice record of greenhouse gases

  D. Raynaud;J. Jouzel;J. M. Barnola;J. Chappellaz

  562
  Citations

• Palaeoclimatological and chronological implications of the Vostok core dust record

  J. R. Petit;L. Mourner;J. Jouzel;Y. S. Korotkevich

  505
  Citations

• The ice-core record: climate sensitivity and future greenhouse warming

  C. Lorius;D. Raynaud;J. Jouzel;J. Hansen

  496
  Citations

• A 30,000-yr isotope climatic record from Antarctic ice

  C. Lorius;L. Merlivat;J. Jouzel;M. Pourchet

  453
  Citations

• Vostok ice core: climatic response to CO2 and orbital forcing changes over the last climatic cycle

  G. Genthon;J. M. Barnola;D. Raynaud;C. Lorius

  388
  Citations

• Evidence for two intervals of enhanced 10 Be deposition in Antarctic ice during the last glacial period

  G. M. Raisbeck;F. Yiou;D. Bourles;C. Lorius

  364
  Citations

• Deuterium excess in an East Antarctic ice core suggests higher relative humidity at the oceanic surface during the last glacial maximum

  Jean Jouzel;Liliane Merlivat;Claude Lorius

  304
  Citations

• Vostok (Antarctica) ice core: Atmospheric chemistry changes over the last climatic cycle (160,000 years)

  M.R. Legrand;C. Lorius;N.I. Barkov;V.N. Petrov

  287
  Citations

• The two-step shape and timing of the last deglaciation in Antarctica

  J Jouzel;R Vaikmae;J R Petit;M Martin

  268
  Citations

• Four climate cycles in Vostok ice core

  J. R. Petit;I. Basile;A. Leruyuet;D. Raynaud

  228
  Citations

• Climatic and CH4 cycle implications of glacial–interglacial CH4 change in the Vostok ice core

  D. Raynaud;J. Chappellaz;J. M. Barnola;Y. S. Korotkevich

  223
  Citations

• Climatic interpretation of the recently extended Vostok ice records

  J. Jouzel;C. Waelbroeck;B. Malaize;M. Bender

  195
  Citations

• Air content paleo record in the Vostok ice core (Antarctica): A mixed record of climatic and glaciological parameters

  P. Martinerie;V. Y. Lipenkov;D. Raynaud;J. Chappellaz

  181
  Citations

• Climatic information over the last century deduced from a detailed isotopic record in the south pole snow

  J. Jouzel;L. Merlivat;J. R. Petit;C. Lorius

  179
  Citations