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Overview

Christophe Lécuyer is affiliated with Claude Bernard University Lyon 1 in France and has contributed extensively to research in Earth and Planetary Sciences as well as Environmental Science. Their work spans various subfields including Paleontology, Atmospheric Science, Ecology, Geochemistry and Petrology, and Nature and Landscape Conservation.

The primary topics of Christophe Lécuyer's research include:

  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
  • Isotope Analysis in Ecology
  • Evolution and Paleontology Studies
  • Paleontology and Evolutionary Biology
  • Archaeology and ancient environmental studies
  • Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils
  • Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology

The scientist has published papers in multiple frequent venues such as:

  • Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology
  • Geological Society London Special Publications
  • Chemical Geology
  • Quaternary Science Reviews
  • Biogeosciences

Among the recent publications involving Christophe Lécuyer are:

  • Temperature and precipitation regime in LGM human refugia of southwestern Europe inferred from δ13C and δ18O of large mammal remains, 2021, Quaternary Science Reviews
  • Multi-proxy assessment of brachiopod shell calcite as a potential archive of seawater temperature and oxygen isotope composition, 2023, Biogeosciences

Other influential papers in related research fields where Christophe Lécuyer appears as an author or co-author include:

  • Evidence for elevated and variable atmospheric oxygen in the Precambrian, 2020, Precambrian Research
  • Thermophysiologies of Jurassic marine crocodylomorphs inferred from the oxygen isotope composition of their tooth apatite, 2020, Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences
  • Atmospheric oxygen of the Paleozoic, 2021, Earth-Science Reviews

Frequent co-authors in Christophe Lécuyer's collaborative work include:

  • Romain Amiot
  • François Fourel
  • Arnauld Vinçon-Laugier
  • Jean-Pierre Flandrois

Christophe Lécuyer's research focuses on integrating isotopic analysis and geological data to explore the evolution of paleoclimates, ancient ecosystems, and the environmental contexts of fossil records. Their contributions span paleoenvironmental reconstructions of key periods such as the Last Glacial Maximum (LGM) and the Paleozoic, as well as the study of marine and terrestrial fossil organisms.

Best Publications

  • Did Cooling Oceans Trigger Ordovician Biodiversification? Evidence from Conodont Thermometry

    Julie A. Trotter;Julie A. Trotter;Ian S. Williams;Christopher R. Barnes;Christophe Lécuyer

  • 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

  • Crystal-chemical controls on rare-earth element concentrations in fossil biogenic apatites and implications for paleoenvironmental reconstructions

    Bruno Reynard;Christophe Lécuyer;Patricia Grandjean

  • Oxygen isotope fractionation between human phosphate and water revisited

    Valérie Daux;Christophe Lécuyer;Marie-Anne Héran;Romain Amiot

  • Thermal evolution of Cretaceous Tethyan marine waters inferred from oxygen isotope composition of fish tooth enamels

    Emmanuelle Pucéat;Christophe Lécuyer;Christophe Lécuyer;Simon M. F. Sheppard;Gilles Dromart

  • Secular environmental precursors to Early Toarcian (Jurassic) extreme climate changes

    Guillaume Suan;Emanuela Mattioli;Bernard Pittet;Christophe Lécuyer

  • Experimentally-controlled carbon and oxygen isotope exchange between bioapatites and water under inorganic and microbially-mediated conditions

    Antoine Zazzo;Christophe Lécuyer;Christophe Lécuyer;André Mariotti;André Mariotti

  • The hydrogen isotope composition of seawater and the global water cycle

    Christophe Lécuyer;Philippe Gillet;François Robert

  • Can crystallinity be used to determine the degree of chemical alteration of biogenic apatites

    Emmanuelle Pucéat;Bruno Reynard;Christophe Lécuyer

  • Evidence for major environmental perturbation prior to and during the Toarcian (Early Jurassic) oceanic anoxic event from the Lusitanian Basin, Portugal

    Guillaume Suan;Emanuela Mattioli;Bernard Pittet;Samuel Mailliot

  • Ice age at the Middle–Late Jurassic transition?

    G. Dromart;J.-P. Garcia;S. Picard;F. Atrops

  • Latitudinal temperature gradient during the Cretaceous Upper Campanian–Middle Maastrichtian: y18O record of continental vertebrates

    Romain Amiot;Christophe Lécuyer;Eric Buffetaut;Frédéric Fluteau

  • Rare earth element evolution of Phanerozoic seawater recorded in biogenic apatites

    Christophe Lécuyer;Bruno Reynard;Patricia Grandjean

  • Diagenesis and the reconstruction of paleoenvironments: A method to restore original δ18O values of carbonate and phosphate from fossil tooth enamel

    Antoine Zazzo;Antoine Zazzo;Christophe Lécuyer;Christophe Lécuyer;Simon M.F. Sheppard;Patricia Grandjean

  • Polar record of Early Jurassic massive carbon injection

    Guillaume Suan;Guillaume Suan;Boris L. Nikitenko;Mikhail A. Rogov;François Baudin

  • Comparing oxygen isotope records of silurian calcite and phosphate—δ18O compositions of brachiopods and conodonts

    Bernd Wenzel;Christophe Lécuyer;Michael M. Joachimski

  • Regulation of Body Temperature by Some Mesozoic Marine Reptiles

    Aurélien Bernard;Christophe Lécuyer;Peggy Vincent;Romain Amiot

  • Deciphering kinetic, metabolic and environmental controls on stable isotope fractionations between seawater and the shell of Terebratalia transversa (Brachiopoda)

    Anne-Cécile Auclair;Michael M Joachimski;Christophe Lécuyer;Christophe Lécuyer

  • Long-term fluxes and budget of ferric iron: implication for the redox states of the Earth's mantle and atmosphere

    Christophe Lécuyer;Yanick Ricard

  • Oxygen isotopes of East Asian dinosaurs reveal exceptionally cold Early Cretaceous climates

    Romain Amiot;Xu Wang;Zhonghe Zhou;Xiaolin Wang

Frequent Co-Authors

François Martineau
François Martineau Claude Bernard University Lyon 1
Eric Buffetaut
Eric Buffetaut École Normale Supérieure
Bruno Reynard
Bruno Reynard École Normale Supérieure de Lyon
Gilles Escarguel
Gilles Escarguel Claude Bernard University Lyon 1
Frédéric Fluteau
Frédéric Fluteau Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris
Bernard Pittet
Bernard Pittet École Normale Supérieure de Lyon
Gérard Gruau
Gérard Gruau University of Rennes
Emanuela Mattioli
Emanuela Mattioli Claude Bernard University Lyon 1
Jean-Alix Barrat
Jean-Alix Barrat University of Western Brittany
Denis-Didier Rousseau
Denis-Didier Rousseau University of Montpellier

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