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Christian Marignac

Christian Marignac

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Overview

Christian Marignac is affiliated with the University of Lorraine in France. Their research primarily focuses on Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a significant number of publications in Geophysics and Artificial Intelligence, alongside work in Geochemistry and Petrology as well as Atmospheric Science.

The scientist has contributed extensively to topics including Geological and Geochemical Analysis, earthquake and tectonic studies, Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping, and Geological and Geophysical Studies Worldwide. They have also addressed subjects related to Mineralogy and Gemology Studies, Geochemistry and Elemental Analysis, and High-pressure geophysics and materials.

Frequent coauthors in Christian Marignac's work include Michel Cathelineau, Marie-Christine Boiron, Michel Cuney, Mokrane Kesraoui, and Eleonora Carocci.

Publication venues where they have most frequently published include the Arabian Journal of Geosciences, Ore Geology Reviews, Mineralium Deposita, Economic Geology, and Minerals.

Recent papers authored or coauthored by Christian Marignac include:

  • The Panasqueira Rare Metal Granite Suites and Their Involvement in the Genesis of the World-Class Panasqueira W-Sn-Cu Vein Deposit: A Petrographic, Mineralogical, and Geochemical Study, 2020, Minerals
  • Incipient Wolframite Deposition at Panasqueira (Portugal): W-Rich Rutile and Tourmaline Compositions as Proxies for the Early Fluid Composition, 2020, Economic Geology
  • U/Pb geochronology of wolframite by LA-ICP-MS; mineralogical constraints, analytical procedures, data interpretation, and comparison with ID-TIMS, 2021, Chemical Geology
  • High pressure and temperatures during the early stages of tungsten deposition at Panasqueira revealed by fluid inclusions in topaz, 2020, Ore Geology Reviews
  • Multistage development of a hydrothermal W deposit during the Variscan late-orogenic evolution: the Puy-les-Vignes breccia pipe (Massif Central, France), 2021, Bulletin de la Société Géologique de France

Best Publications

  • The Beauvoir topaz-lepidolite albite granite (Massif Central, France); the disseminated magmatic Sn-Li-Ta-Nb-Be mineralization

    Michel Cuney;Christian Marignac;Alain Weisbrod

  • Ore deposits of the French Massif Central: insight into the metallogenesis of the Variscan collision belt

    C. Marignac;M. Cuney

  • Thermobarometry and granite genesis: the Hercynian low‐P, high‐T Velay anatectic dome (French Massif Central)

    J. M. Montel;C. Marignac;P. Barbey;M. Pichavant

  • Tracing metal sources in peribatholitic hydrothermal W deposits based on the chemical composition of wolframite: The example of the Variscan French Massif Central

    Matthieu Harlaux;Julien Mercadier;Christian Marignac;Chantal Peiffert

  • Multiple fluids involved in granite-related W-Sn deposits from the world-class Jiangxi province (China)

    Hélène Legros;Antonin Richard;Alexandre Tarantola;Kalin Kouzmanov

  • 40Ar/39Ar dating of shear zones in the Variscan basement of Greater Kabylia (Algeria). Evidence of an Eo-Alpine event at 128 Ma (Hauterivian–Barremian boundary): geodynamic consequences

    A Cheilletz;G Ruffet;C Marignac;O Kolli

  • 40 Ma of hydrothermal W mineralization during the Variscan orogenic evolution of the French Massif Central revealed by U-Pb dating of wolframite

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  • Evidence for Li-rich brines and early magmatic fluid-rock interactionin the Larderello geothermal system

    Michel Cathelineau;Christian Marignac;Marie-Christine Boiron;Giovanni Gianelli

  • Geodynamic and climate controls in the formation of Mio–Pliocene world-class oxidized cobalt and manganese ores in the Katanga province, DR Congo

    Sophie Decrée;Sophie Decrée;Étienne Deloule;Gilles Ruffet;Gilles Ruffet;Stijn Dewaele

  • SIMS U–Pb dating of uranium mineralization in the Katanga Copperbelt: Constraints for the geodynamic context

    Sophie Decrée;Étienne Deloule;Thierry De Putter;Stijn Dewaele

  • Pb–Zn mineralization in a Miocene regional extensional context: The case of the Sidi Driss and the Douahria ore deposits (Nefza mining district, northern Tunisia)

    Sophie Decrée;Christian Marignac;Christian Marignac;Thierry De Putter;Etienne Deloule

  • Cordierite Growth Textures and the Conditions of Genesis and Emplacement of Crustal Granitic Magmas: the Velay Granite Complex (Massif Central, France)

    P. Barbey;C. Marignac;J. M. Montel;J. Macaudière

  • U-Pb chronology on accessory minerals of the Velay anatectic dome (French Massif Central)

    Remy Mougeot;Jean-Patrick Respaut;Patrick Ledru;Christian Marignac

  • Remobilisation of base metals and gold by Variscan metamorphic fluids in the south Iberian pyrite belt: evidence from the Tharsis VMS deposit

    Christian Marignac;Bocar Diagana;Michel Cathelineau;Marie-Christine Boiron

  • Detailed paragenesis and Li-mica compositions as recorders of the magmatic-hydrothermal evolution of the Maoping W-Sn deposit (Jiangxi, China)

    Hélène Legros;Christian Marignac;Christian Marignac;Julien Mercadier;Michel Cuney

  • Geochemical Signature of Magmatic-Hydrothermal Fluids Exsolved from the Beauvoir Rare-Metal Granite (Massif Central, France): Insights from LA-ICPMS Analysis of Primary Fluid Inclusions

    Matthieu Harlaux;Julien Mercadier;Wilédio Marc-Emile Bonzi;Valentin Kremer

  • The ore-forming magmatic-hydrothermal system of the Piaotang W-Sn deposit (Jiangxi, China) as seen from Li-mica geochemistry

    Hélène Legros;Christian Marignac;Christian Marignac;Thomas Tabary;Julien Mercadier

  • Phase separation and fluid mixing in subseafloor back arc hydrothermal systems: A microthermometric and oxygen isotope study of fluid inclusions in the barite‐sulfide chimneys of the Lau Basin

    Christophe Lécuyer;Michel Dubois;Christian Marignac;Gérard Gruau

  • Temporal relationships between Mg-K mafic magmatism and catastrophic melting of the Variscan crust in the southern part of Velay Complex (Massif Central, France)

    Simon Couzinie;Simon Couzinie;Jean-Francois Moyen;Arnaud Villaros;Jean-Louis Paquette

  • Microfracturing and fluid mixing in granites: W–(Sn) ore deposition at Vaulry (NW French Massif Central)

    Jean Vallance;Michel Cathelineau;Christian Marignac;Marie-Christine Boiron

  • A new style of rare metal granite with Nb-rich mica: The Early Cretaceous Huangshan rare-metal granite suite, northeast Jiangxi Province, southeast China

    Zeying Zhu;Zeying Zhu;Rucheng Wang;Christian Marignac;Christian Marignac;Michel Cuney

  • Boiling and fluid mixing in the chlorite zone of the Larderello geothermal system

    Giovanni Ruggieri;Michel Cathelineau;Marie-Christine Boiron;Christian Marignac;Christian Marignac

  • 40 Ma of hydrothermal W mineralization during the Variscan orogenic evolution of the French Massif Central revealed by U-Pb dating of wolframite

    Matthieu Harlaux;Matthieu Harlaux;Rolf L. Romer;Julien Mercadier;Christophe Morlot

Frequent Co-Authors

Michel Cuney
Michel Cuney University of Lorraine
Michel Cathelineau
Michel Cathelineau University of Lorraine
Marie-Christine Boiron
Marie-Christine Boiron University of Lorraine
Julien Mercadier
Julien Mercadier French National Centre for Scientific Research
Etienne Deloule
Etienne Deloule University of Lorraine
Serge Fourcade
Serge Fourcade University of Rennes
Rucheng Wang
Rucheng Wang Nanjing University
Gilles Ruffet
Gilles Ruffet University of Rennes
Catherine Lerouge
Catherine Lerouge Bureau de Recherches Géologiques et Minières
Pierre Barbey
Pierre Barbey University of Lorraine

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