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Catherine Lerouge is affiliated with the Bureau de Recherches Géologiques et Minières in France. Their research spans several interconnected fields within Earth sciences and engineering, with a focus on geological and geochemical processes as well as environmental impacts related to subsurface formations.

Their primary fields of study include:

  • Engineering
  • Environmental Science
  • Earth and Planetary Sciences

Within these broad fields, their work addresses specific subfields such as:

  • Geophysics
  • Civil and Structural Engineering
  • Environmental Engineering
  • Mechanics of Materials
  • Artificial Intelligence applied to geological contexts

The main topics explored in their research are diverse and include:

  • Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis
  • Groundwater flow and contamination studies
  • Geological and Geochemical Analysis
  • Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping
  • Earthquake and tectonic studies
  • Radioactive element chemistry and processing
  • Mine drainage and remediation techniques

Lerouge has contributed to multiple scientific publications, with frequent contributions found in venues such as:

  • Applied Geochemistry
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Chemical Geology
  • Goldschmidt2021 abstracts
  • HAL (Le Centre pour la Communication Scientifique Directe)

Recent publications by Lerouge include:

  • Geochronology and correlations in the Central African Fold Belt along the northern edge of the Congo Craton: New insights from U-Pb dating of zircons from Cameroon, Central African Republic, and south-western Chad (2022, Gondwana Research)
  • Uranium retention in a Callovo-Oxfordian clay rock formation: From laboratory-based models to in natura conditions (2022, Chemosphere)
  • Structural control on fluid circulation in a graben system: Constraints from the Saint Pierre Bois quarry (Vosges, France) (2021, Journal of Structural Geology)
  • Geochemical and mineralogical characterization of streams and wetlands downstream a former uranium mine (Rophin, France) (2023, Applied Geochemistry)
  • Investigating the role of deep weathering in critical zone evolution by reactive transport modeling of the geochemical composition of deep fracture water (2021, Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta)

Collaboration is an integral part of their work, with frequent coauthors including:

  • Nicolas Maubec
  • Mathieu Debure
  • Benoît Madé
  • Sylvain Grangeon
  • Kristijan Rajič

Best Publications

  • Genesis of sediment-hosted stratiform copper–cobalt deposits, central African Copperbelt

    J.L.H. Cailteux;A.B. Kampunzu;C. Lerouge;A.K. Kaputo

  • Shrimp U–Pb zircon age evidence for Paleoproterozoic sedimentation and 2.05 Ga syntectonic plutonism in the Nyong Group, South-Western Cameroon: consequences for the Eburnean–Transamazonian belt of NE Brazil and Central Africa

    Cathérine Lerouge;Alain Cocherie;Sadrack F. Toteu;Joseph Penaye

  • A robust model for pore-water chemistry of clayrock

    Eric C. Gaucher;Christophe Tournassat;F.J. Pearson;Philippe Blanc

  • Sulphide mineral reactions in clay-rich rock induced by high hydrogen pressure. Application to disturbed or natural settings up to 250 °C and 30 bar

    Laurent Truche;Marie-Camille Jodin-Caumon;Catherine Lerouge;Gilles Berger

  • On the nature of structural disorder in calcium silicate hydrates with a calcium/silicon ratio similar to tobermorite

    Sylvain Grangeon;Francis Claret;Catherine Lerouge;Fabienne Warmont

  • 5: Late Variscan mineralizing systems related to orogenic processes: The French Massif Central

    Vincent Bouchot;Patrick Ledru;Catherine Lerouge;Jean-Luc Lescuyer

  • In situ interaction between different concretes and Opalinus Clay

    Andreas Jenni;U. Mader;Catherine Lerouge;Stéphane Gaboreau

  • An overview of the geology and major ore deposits of Central Africa: Explanatory note for the 1:4,000,000 map “Geology and major ore deposits of Central Africa”

    J.P. Milesi;S.F. Toteu;Y. Deschamps;J.L. Feybesse

  • The Neoproterozoic Mwashya–Kansuki sedimentary rock succession in the central African Copperbelt, its Cu–Co mineralisation, and regional correlations

    J.L.H. Cailteux;A.B. Kampunzu;C. Lerouge

  • 5-year chemico-physical evolution of concrete–claystone interfaces, Mont Terri rock laboratory (Switzerland)

    Urs Mäder;Andreas Jenni;Cathérine Lerouge;Stephane Gaboreau

  • Geochronology and correlations in the Central African Fold Belt along the northern edge of the Congo Craton: New insights from U-Pb dating of zircons from Cameroon, Central African Republic, and south-western Chad

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  • Mineralogical and isotopic record of biotic and abiotic diagenesis of the Callovian-Oxfordian clayey formation of Bure (France)

    Catherine Lerouge;S. Grangeon;Eric C. Gaucher;Christophe Tournassat

  • Natural iodine in a clay formation: Implications for iodine fate in geological disposals

    Francis Claret;Catherine Lerouge;Thierry Laurioux;Mohamed Bizi

  • Mineralogical constraint for metamorphic conditions in a shear zone affecting the Archean Ngoulemakong tonalite, Congo craton (Southern Cameroon) and retentivity of U–Pb SHRIMP zircon dates

    R. Tchameni;C. Lerouge;J. Penaye;A. Cocherie

  • In situ interactions between Opalinus Clay and Low Alkali Concrete

    Catherine Lerouge;Stéphane Gaboreau;Sylvain Grangeon;Francis Claret

  • Distribution of In and other rare metals in cassiterite and associated minerals in Sn ± W ore deposits of the western Variscan Belt

    Catherine Lerouge;Eric Gloaguen;Guillaume Wille;Laurent Bailly

  • Two‐phase flow properties of a sandstone rock for the CO2/water system: Core‐flooding experiments, and focus on impacts of mineralogical changes

    Jean-Charles Manceau;J. Ma;R. Li;Pascal Audigane

  • Regolith evolution on the millennial timescale from combined U–Th–Ra isotopes and in situ cosmogenic 10Be analysis in a weathering profile (Strengbach catchment, France)

    J. Ackerer;F. Chabaux;J. van der Woerd;D. Viville

  • The Jacobina Paleoproterozoic gold-bearing conglomerates, Bahia, Brazil: a “hydrothermal shear-reservoir” model

    Jean-Pierre Milesi;Patrick Ledru;Eric Marcoux;R. Mougeot

  • Characterization of alunite supergroup minerals by Raman spectroscopy.

    Nicolas Maubec;Abdeltif Lahfid;Catherine Lerouge;Guillaume Wille

  • Cation exchanged Fe(II) and Sr compared to other divalent cations (Ca,Mg) in the bure Callovian-Oxfordian formation: Implications for porewater composition modelling

    Christophe Tournassat;Catherine Lerouge;Philippe Blanc;Jocelyne Brendlé

  • In-Situ Interaction of Cement Paste and Shotcrete With Claystones in a Deep Disposal Context

    Stéphane Gaboreau;Catherine Lerouge;S. Dewonck;Y. Linard

Frequent Co-Authors

Eric C. Gaucher
Eric C. Gaucher Total (France)
Catherine Guerrot
Catherine Guerrot Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
François Chabaux
François Chabaux University of Strasbourg
Philippe Négrel
Philippe Négrel French Geological Survey
Michel Cathelineau
Michel Cathelineau University of Lorraine
Serge Fourcade
Serge Fourcade University of Rennes
Marie-Christine Boiron
Marie-Christine Boiron University of Lorraine
Gilles Ruffet
Gilles Ruffet University of Rennes
Christian Marignac
Christian Marignac University of Lorraine
Gilles Berger
Gilles Berger Federal University of Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées

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