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Christian France-Lanord

Christian France-Lanord

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Earth Science

D-Index
77
Citations
18810
World Ranking
631
National Ranking
31

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2020 - Geochemistry Fellow Honor, Geochemical Society and the European Association of Geochemistry
  • 2019 - Fellow of American Geophysical Union (AGU)

Overview

Christian France-Lanord is affiliated with the University of Lorraine in France and specializes in Earth and Planetary Sciences. Their research primarily spans atmospheric science, geophysics, earth-surface processes, geochemistry and petrology, and geology. The focus is notably on geology and paleoclimatology research, geological formations and processes, earthquake and tectonic studies, geological and geophysical studies, as well as geological and geochemical analysis.

The scientist has contributed to numerous publications in various reputable venues. Frequent publication outlets include:

  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Publishing Network for Geoscientific and Environmental Data (PANGAEA) (Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research)
  • Goldschmidt2022 abstracts
  • Nature Geoscience
  • Chemical Geology

Recent papers authored or coauthored by Christian France-Lanord include:

  • "Steady erosion rates in the Himalayas through late Cenozoic climatic changes," 2020, Nature Geoscience
  • "An unshakable carbon budget for the Himalaya," 2021, Nature Geoscience
  • "A synthesis of monsoon exploration in the Asian marginal seas," 2022, Scientific Drilling
  • "Medieval demise of a Himalayan giant summit induced by mega-landslide," 2023, Nature
  • "Enhanced weathering input from South Asia to the Indian Ocean since the late Eocene," 2023, Science Bulletin

Collaborations are a significant aspect of their research, with frequent coauthors including Jérôme Lavé, Αlbert Galy, Brendan T. Reilly, S.J.P. Lenard, and Georges Aumaître. These partnerships span multiple studies and contribute to an interdisciplinary understanding of geological and environmental processes.

Christian France-Lanord has been recognized within the scientific community with awards such as the Geochemistry Fellow Honor from the Geochemical Society and the European Association of Geochemistry in 2020, and the Fellowship from the American Geophysical Union (AGU) in 2019.

Best Publications

  • WEATHERING PROCESSES IN THE GANGES-BRAHMAPUTRA BASIN AND THE RIVERINE ALKALINITY BUDGET

    Albert Galy;Christian France-Lanord

  • Efficient organic carbon burial in the Bengal fan sustained by the Himalayan erosional system.

    Valier Galy;Valier Galy;Christian France-Lanord;Olivier Beyssac;Pierre Faure

  • Crustal generation of the Himalayan leucogranites

    P. Le Fort;M. Cuney;C. Deniel;C. France-Lanord

  • Asian monsoons in a late Eocene greenhouse world

    A. Licht;A. Licht;A. Licht;M. van Cappelle;M. van Cappelle;H. A. Abels;H. A. Abels;J.-B. Ladant

  • Higher erosion rates in the Himalaya: Geochemical constraints on riverine fluxes

    Albert Galy;Christian France-Lanord

  • Organic carbon burial forcing of the carbon cycle from Himalayan erosion

    Christian France-Lanord;Christian France-Lanord;Louis A. Derry

  • Neogene Himalayan weathering history and river87Sr86Sr: impact on the marine Sr record

    Louis A. Derry;Louis A. Derry;Christian France-Lanord

  • Grain size control of river suspended sediment geochemistry: Clues from Amazon River depth profiles

    Julien Bouchez;Jérôme Gaillardet;Christian France-Lanord;Laurence Maurice

  • Mineralogical and chemical variability of fluvial sediments 2. Suspended-load silt (Ganga–Brahmaputra, Bangladesh)

    Eduardo Garzanti;Sergio Andó;Christian France-Lanord;Paolo Censi

  • Evolution of the Himalaya since Miocene time: isotopic and sedimentological evidence from the Bengal Fan

    Christian France-Lanord;Louis Derry;Annie Michard

  • Quantifying Li isotope fractionation during smectite formation and implications for the Li cycle

    N. Vigier;A. Decarreau;Romain Millot;J. Carignan

  • Sustained sulfide oxidation by physical erosion processes in the Mackenzie River basin: Climatic perspectives

    Damien Calmels;Jérôme Gaillardet;Agnès Brenot;Christian France-Lanord

  • The strontium isotopic budget of Himalayan rivers in Nepal and Bangladesh

    Albert Galy;Christian France-Lanord;Christian France-Lanord;Louis A Derry

  • Mineralogical and chemical variability of fluvial sediments 1. Bedload sand (Ganga–Brahmaputra, Bangladesh)

    Eduardo Garzanti;Sergio Andò;Christian France-Lanord;Giovanni Vezzoli

  • Predominant floodplain over mountain weathering of Himalayan sediments (Ganga basin)

    Maarten Lupker;Christian France-Lanord;Valier Galy;Jérôme Lavé

  • Recycling of Graphite During Himalayan Erosion: A Geological Stabilization of Carbon in the Crust

    Valier Galy;Valier Galy;Olivier Beyssac;Christian France-Lanord;Timothy Eglinton

  • Tracing the distribution of erosion in the Brahmaputra watershed from isotopic compositions of stream sediments

    Sunil K Singh;Christian France-Lanord

  • Increasing chemical weathering in the Himalayan system since the Last Glacial Maximum

    Maarten Lupker;Christian France-Lanord;Valier Galy;Jérôme Lavé

  • Loading and fate of particulate organic carbon from the Himalaya to the Ganga–Brahmaputra delta

    Valier Galy;Christian France-Lanord;Bruno Lartiges

  • Lithium isotopes in large rivers reveal the cannibalistic nature of modern continental weathering and erosion

    Mathieu Dellinger;Mathieu Dellinger;Jérôme Gaillardet;Jérôme Gaillardet;Julien Bouchez;Damien Calmels

  • Reduced Himalayan sediment production 8 Myr ago despite an intensified monsoon

    Douglas W. Burbank;Louis A. Derry;Christian France-Lanord

Frequent Co-Authors

Valier Galy
Valier Galy Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Albert Galy
Albert Galy University of Lorraine
Jérôme Lavé
Jérôme Lavé University of Lorraine
Louis A. Derry
Louis A. Derry Cornell University
Pascale Huyghe
Pascale Huyghe Grenoble Alpes University
Julien Bouchez
Julien Bouchez Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris
Eduardo Garzanti
Eduardo Garzanti University of Milano-Bicocca
Jérôme Gaillardet
Jérôme Gaillardet Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris
Michael E Weber
Michael E Weber University of Bonn
François Chabaux
François Chabaux University of Strasbourg

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