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Catherine Pierre

Catherine Pierre

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Earth Science

D-Index
50
Citations
7613
World Ranking
3477
National Ranking
244

Overview

Catherine Pierre is affiliated with Université Paris Cité in France and actively contributes to multiple fields within Earth and Environmental Sciences. Their research primarily spans Earth and Planetary Sciences, Environmental Science, and Engineering, focusing extensively on subfields such as Environmental Chemistry, Geophysics, Ocean Engineering, Atmospheric Science, and Oceanography.

Their scientific work covers several main topics, including:

  • Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena
  • Seismic Imaging and Inversion Techniques
  • Reservoir Engineering and Simulation Methods
  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
  • Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics
  • Marine and coastal ecosystems
  • Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes

Among recent publications by Catherine Pierre are multiple peer-reviewed papers demonstrating a focus on geochemistry and environmental processes. Notable papers include:

  • Origin of the gypsum veins associated with the diagenetic dolomite nodules from the Neogene Marls of South-East Spain, 2020, Chemical Geology
  • Globigerina bulloides stable and carbon oxygen isotope record of ODP Site 161-975, 2020, Publishing Network for Geoscientific and Environmental Data (PANGAEA) (Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research)

The broader collaborative network of Catherine Pierre includes frequent co-authorship with researchers such as Kozo Takahashi, Christina Ravelo, Carlos A. Alvarez Zarikian, Ivano W. Aiello, and Hirofumi Asahi. Each of these collaborators has contributed to joint research efforts spanning a variety of topics relevant to Earth and Environmental Sciences.

Common publication venues include:

  • OPAL (Open@LaTrobe) (La Trobe University)
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Earth system science data
  • Geophysical Research Letters
  • Chemical Geology

Catherine Pierre's research contributions involve detailed geochemical analysis, environmental chemistry, and marine ecosystem studies. Their work on methane flow systems and isotopic databases informs understanding of natural gas releases and past environmental conditions. This multidisciplinary approach situates their work at the interface of geology, environmental science, and engineering methods.

Best Publications

  • Methane-related authigenic carbonates of eastern Mediterranean Sea mud volcanoes and their possible relation to gas hydrate destabilisation

    Giovanni Aloisi;Catherine Pierre;Jean-Marie Rouchy;Jean-Paul Foucher

  • CH 4 -consuming microorganisms and the formation of carbonate crusts at cold seeps

    Giovanni Aloisi;Ioanna Bouloubassi;Sander K. Heijs;Richard D. Pancost

  • The oxygen and carbon isotope distribution in the Mediterranean water masses

    Catherine Pierre

  • The Mediterranean Sea: a miniature ocean for climatic and environmental studies and a key for the climatic functioning of the North Atlantic

    J.P Bethoux;B Gentili;P Morin;E Nicolas

  • Sr/Ca and Mg/Ca ratios in Niger Delta sediments: Implications for authigenic carbonate genesis in cold seep environments

    G. Bayon;C. Pierre;J. Etoubleau;M. Voisset

  • Oxygen and sulphur isotope compositions as indicators of the origin of Mesozoic and Cenozoic evaporites from Spain

    Rosa Utrilla;Catherine Pierre;Federico Orti;Juan José Pueyo

  • Deuterium excess in marine water vapor: Dependency on relative humidity and surface wind speed during evaporation

    Marion Benetti;Gilles Reverdin;Catherine Pierre;Liliane Merlivat

  • Paleoenvironmental changes at the Messinian Pliocene boundary in the eastern Mediterranean (southern Cyprus basins): significance of the Messinian Lago-Mare

    J.M. Rouchy;F. Orszag-Sperber;M.-M. Blanc-Valleron;C. Pierre

  • Structure and Drivers of Cold Seep Ecosystems

    Jean-Paul Foucher;Graham K. Westbrook;Antje Boetius;Silvia Ceramicola

  • Sedimentary, stable isotope and micropaleontological records of paleoceanographic change in the Messinian Tripoli Formation (Sicily, Italy)

    M.-M Blanc-Valleron;C Pierre;J.P Caulet;A Caruso

  • Rare earth elements in cold seep carbonates from the Niger delta

    E. Rongemaille;G. Bayon;C. Pierre;C. Bollinger

  • Agulhas leakage as a key process in the modes of Quaternary climate changes

    Thibaut Caley;Jacques Giraudeau;Bruno Malaizé;Linda Rossignol

  • Diversity of Bacteria and Archaea associated with a carbonate-rich metalliferous sediment sample from the Rainbow vent field on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge

    Olivier Nercessian;Yves Fouquet;Catherine Pierre;Daniel Prieur

  • Formation of carbonate chimneys in the Mediterranean Sea linked to deep-water oxygen depletion

    Germain Bayon;Stéphanie Dupré;Emmanuel Ponzevera;Joël Etoubleau

  • Seafloor geological studies above active gas chimneys off Egypt (Central nile deep sea fan)

    Stéphanie Dupré;John Woodside;Jean-Paul Foucher;Gert de Lange

  • Sedimentary and diagenetic markers of the restriction in a marine basin: the Lorca Basin (SE Spain) during the Messinian

    J.M. Rouchy;C. Taberner;M.-M. Blanc-Valleron;R. Sprovieri

  • Nature and origin of diagenetic carbonate crusts and concretions from mud volcanoes and pockmarks of the Nile deep-sea fan (eastern Mediterranean Sea)

    S. Gontharet;C Pierre;M.M. Blanc-Valleron;J.-M. Rouchy

  • Multi-disciplinary investigation of fluid seepage on an unstable margin: The case of the Central Nile deep sea fan

    G. Bayon;L Loncke;S. Dupre;S. Dupre;J.-C. Caprais

  • Supratidal evaporitic dolomite at Ojo de Liebre Lagoon; mineralogical and isotopic arguments for primary crystallization

    Catherine Pierre;Luc Ortlieb;Alain Person

  • Authigenic carbonates from methane seeps of the Congo deep-sea fan

    Catherine Pierre;Yves Fouquet

Frequent Co-Authors

Germain Bayon
Germain Bayon French Research Institute for Exploitation of the Sea
Jean Mascle
Jean Mascle Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Yves Fouquet
Yves Fouquet French Research Institute for Exploitation of the Sea
Jean-Paul Foucher
Jean-Paul Foucher French Research Institute for Exploitation of the Sea
Ioanna Bouloubassi
Ioanna Bouloubassi Sorbonne University
Gilles Reverdin
Gilles Reverdin Sorbonne University
Jean-Claude Caprais
Jean-Claude Caprais French Research Institute for Exploitation of the Sea
Giovanni Aloisi
Giovanni Aloisi Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris
Kozo Takahashi
Kozo Takahashi Hokusei Gakuen University
Antje Boetius
Antje Boetius Max Planck Society

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