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Claude F. Boutron

Claude F. Boutron

D-Index & Metrics

Earth Science

D-Index
70
Citations
15750
World Ranking
998
National Ranking
55

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2010 - Member of Academia Europaea

Overview

Claude F. Boutron is affiliated with Grenoble Alpes University in France. Their research primarily focuses on Earth and Planetary Sciences with additional contributions to Environmental Science. The subfields they work in include Atmospheric Science, Pollution, Radiological and Ultrasound Technology, Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, and Earth-Surface Processes.

The main topics covered by their research include:

  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
  • Cryospheric studies and observations
  • Heavy metals in environment
  • Radioactivity and Radon Measurements
  • Mercury impact and mitigation studies
  • Aeolian processes and effects
  • Polar Research and Ecology

Claude F. Boutron has been involved in several recent papers, including:

  • Lead Isotopic Constraints on the Provenance of Antarctic Dust and Atmospheric Circulation Patterns Prior to the Mid-Brunhes Event (~430 kyr ago), 2022, Molecules
  • Recent decline in atmospheric Pb deposition and isotopic constraints on changes in source contributions in snow from northwestern Greenland, 2023, Chemosphere
  • Lead Isotopic Constraints on the Provenance of Antarctic Dust and Relevant Atmospheric Circulation Patterns Prior to the Mid-Brunhes Event (~430 Kyr Ago), 2020, Research Square (Research Square)

Their frequent co-authors include Soon Do Hur, Sungmin Hong, Changhee Han, Yeongcheol Han, and Laurie J. Burn.

Claude F. Boutron has published in venues such as:

  • Chemosphere
  • Molecules
  • Research Square (Research Square)

In 2010, Claude F. Boutron was recognized as a Member of Academia Europaea.

Best Publications

  • One-to-one coupling of glacial climate variability in Greenland and Antarctica.

    C. Barbante;J.-M. Barnola;J.-M. Barnola;S. Becagli;J. Beer;J. Beer

  • Greenland ice evidence of hemispheric lead pollution two millennia ago by greek and roman civilizations.

    Sungmin Hong;Jean-Pierre Candelone;Clair C. Patterson;Claude F. Boutron

  • Southern Ocean sea-ice extent, productivity and iron flux over the past eight glacial cycles

    E.W. Wolff;H. Fischer;F. Fundel;U. Ruth

  • History of Ancient Copper Smelting Pollution During Roman and Medieval Times Recorded in Greenland Ice

    Sungmin Hong;Jean-Pierre Candelone;Clair C. Patterson;Claude F. Boutron

  • Decrease in anthropogenic lead, cadmium and zinc in Greenland snows since the late 1960s

    Claude F. Boutron;Ursula Görlach;Jean-Pierre Candelone;Michael A. Bolshov

  • Lead from Carthaginian and Roman Spanish Mines Isotopically Identified in Greenland Ice Dated from 600 B.C. to 300 A.D.

    Kevin J. R. Rosman;Warrick Chisholm;Sungmin Hong;Jean-Pierre Candelone

  • Greenland snow evidence of large scale atmospheric contamination for platinum, palladium, and rhodium.

    Carlo Barbante;Audrey Veysseyre;Christophe Ferrari;Katja Van De Velde

  • Isotopic evidence for the source of lead in Greenland snows since the late 1960s.

    K. J. R. Rosman;W. Chisholm;C. F. Boutron;C. F. Boutron;J. P. Candelone

  • Post-Industrial Revolution changes in large-scale atmospheric pollution of the northern hemisphere by heavy metals as documented in central Greenland snow and ice

    Jean-Pierre Candelone;Sungmin Hong;Christian Pellone;Claude F. Boutron;Claude F. Boutron

  • Changes in environment over the last 800,000 years from chemical analysis of the EPICA Dome C ice core

    E. W. Wolff;C. Barbante;S. Becagli;M. Bigler

  • Bacterial characterization of the snow cover at Spitzberg, Svalbard.

    Pierre Amato;Raphaëlle Hennebelle;Olivier Magand;Martine Sancelme

  • Reconstruction of millennial changes in dust emission, transport and regional sea ice coverage using the deep EPICA ice cores from the Atlantic and Indian Ocean sector of Antarctica

    Hubertus Fischer;Felix Fundel;Urs Ruth;Birthe Twarloh

  • Variations in mercury deposition to Antarctica over the past 34,000 years

    Grace M. Vandal;William F. Fitzgerald;Claude F. Boutron;Claude F. Boutron;Jean-Pierre Candelone

  • Lead concentration changes in Antarctic ice during the Wisconsin/Holocene transition

    Claude F. Boutron;Claude F. Boutron;Clair C. Patterson

  • Historical record of European emissions of heavy metals to the atmosphere since the 1650s from alpine snow/ice cores drilled near Monte Rosa.

    Carlo Barbante;Margit Schwikowski;Thomas Döring;Heinz W. Gäggeler

  • Changes in heavy metals in Antarctic snow from Coats Land since the mid-19th to the late-20th century

    Frédéric A.M. Planchon;Claude F. Boutron;Claude F. Boutron;Carlo Barbante;Giulio Cozzi

  • Isotopic evidence to account for changes in the concentration of lead in Greenland snow between 1960 and 1988

    K.J.R. Rosman;W. Chisholm;C.F. Boutron;C.F. Boutron;J.P. Candelone

  • An improved method for decontaminating polar snow or ice cores for heavy metal analysis

    Jean-Pierre Candelone;Sungmin Hong;Claude F. Boutron;Claude F. Boutron

  • A clean laboratory for ultralow concentration heavy metal analysis

    Claude F. Boutron

  • Past and recent changes in the large-scale tropospheric cycles of lead and other heavy metals as documented in Antarctic and Greenland snow and ice: A review

    Claude F. Boutron;Claude F. Boutron;Jean-Pierre Candelone;Sungmin Hong

  • Meteoric smoke fallout over the Holocene epoch revealed by iridium and platinum in Greenland ice

    Paolo Gabrielli;Paolo Gabrielli;Carlo Barbante;John M. C. Plane;Anita Varga

  • The occurrence of lead in Antarctic recent snow, firn deposited over the last two centuries and prehistoric ice

    Claude F. Boutron;Clair C. Patterson

  • The fate of mercury species in a sub-arctic snowpack during snowmelt

    Aurélien Dommergue;Christophe P. Ferrari;Pierre-Alexis Gauchard;Claude F. Boutron

Frequent Co-Authors

Christophe Ferrari
Christophe Ferrari Observatoire de la Côte d’Azur
Carlo Barbante
Carlo Barbante Ca Foscari University of Venice
Sungmin Hong
Sungmin Hong Inha University
Paolo Gabrielli
Paolo Gabrielli The Ohio State University
Paolo Cescon
Paolo Cescon Ca Foscari University of Venice
Kevin J.R. Rosman
Kevin J.R. Rosman Curtin University
Aurélien Dommergue
Aurélien Dommergue Grenoble Alpes University
Giulio Cozzi
Giulio Cozzi National Research Council (CNR)
Margit Schwikowski
Margit Schwikowski Paul Scherrer Institute
Paul Vallelonga
Paul Vallelonga Department of Transport, Western Australia

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