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Daniel Beaufort

Daniel Beaufort

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Earth Science

D-Index
36
Citations
5118
World Ranking
7210
National Ranking
558

Overview

Daniel Beaufort is affiliated with the University of Poitiers in France and is active in the field of Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a particular focus on geophysics, geochemistry, petrology, mechanics of materials, biomaterials, and inorganic chemistry. Their research spans multiple main topics including geological and geochemical analysis, hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis, clay minerals and soil interactions, geochemistry and elemental analysis, radioactive element chemistry and processing, geochemistry and geologic mapping, as well as earthquake and tectonic studies.

Beaufort has contributed to scientific literature with noteworthy papers such as:

  • Facies associations, detrital clay grain coats and mineralogical characterization of the Gironde estuary tidal bars: A modern analogue for deeply buried estuarine sandstone reservoirs (2020), published in Marine and Petroleum Geology
  • Diagenesis and reservoir quality evolution of the Lower Cretaceous turbidite sandstones of the Agat Formation (Norwegian North Sea): Impact of clay grain coating and carbonate cement (2022), published in Marine and Petroleum Geology
  • Mobility of daughter elements of 238U decay chain during leaching by In Situ Recovery (ISR): New insights from digital autoradiography (2020), published in Journal of Environmental Radioactivity
  • Fate of dioctahedral smectites in uranium roll front deposits exploited by acidic In Situ Recovery (ISR) solutions (2020), published in Applied Clay Science
  • Authigenic berthierine and incipient chloritization in shallowly buried sandstone reservoirs: Key role of the source-to-sink context (2021), published in Geological Society of America Bulletin

Their frequent co-authors include:

  • Patricia Patrier (16 publications)
  • Benjamin Brigaud (7 publications)
  • Éric Portier (7 publications)
  • Michaël Descostes (5 publications)
  • Fares Azzam (4 publications)

Daniel Beaufort's research has appeared in several scientific venues, notably:

  • Marine and Petroleum Geology (4 publications)
  • Minerals (4 publications)
  • Journal of Sedimentary Research (2 publications)
  • Geothermal Energy (2 publications)
  • Applied Clay Science (1 publication)

Best Publications

  • Authigenic kaolin and illitic minerals during burial diagenesis of sandstones: a review

    B. Lanson;D. Beaufort;G. Berger;A. Bauer

  • Chlorite and chloritization processes through mixed-layer mineral series in low-temperature geological systems – a review

    D. Beaufort;C. Rigault;S. Billon;V. Billault

  • Kaolinite-to-dickite reaction in sandstone reservoirs

    D. Beaufort;A. Cassagnabere;S. Petit;B. Lanson

  • Application of chemical geothermometry to low-temperature trioctahedral chlorites

    Atsuyuki Inoue;Alain Meunier;Patricia Patrier-Mas;Cecile Rigault

  • A nanopetrographic and textural study of grain-coating chlorites in sandstone reservoirs

    V. Billault;D. Beaufort;A. Baronnet;J.-C. Lacharpagne

  • Kinetic constraints on illitization reactions and the effects of organic diagenesis in sandstone/shale sequences

    Gilles Berger;Jean-Claude Lacharpagne;Bruce Velde;Daniel Beaufort

  • Illitization of Diagenetic Kaolinite-to-dickite Conversion Series: Late-stage Diagenesis of the Lower Permian Rotliegend Sandstone Reservoir, Offshore of the Netherlands

    Bruno Lanson;Daniel Beaufort;Gilles Berger;Julien Baradat

  • Clay minerals related to the hydrothermal activity of the Bouillante geothermal field (Guadeloupe)

    Antoine Mas;Delphine Guisseau;Patricia Patrier Mas;Daniel Beaufort

  • Corrensite; A single phase or a mixed-layer phyllosilicate in saponite-to-chlorite conversion series? A case study of Sancerre-Couy deep drill hole (France)

    Daniel Beaufort;Alain Baronnet;Bruno Lanson;Alain Meunier

  • Significance of aluminum phosphate-sulfate minerals associated with U unconformity-type deposits : the Athabasca basin, Canada.

    Stéphane Gaboreau;Michel Cuney;Dave Quirt;Daniel Beaufort

  • Influence of Synthesis pH on Kaolinite ``Crystallinity'' and Surface Properties

    Claire-Isabelle Fialips;Sabine Petit;Alain Decarreau;Daniel Beaufort

  • ILLITE-SMECTITE MIXED-LAYER MINERALS IN FELSIC VOLCANICLASTIC ROCKS FROM DRILL CORES, KAKKONDA, JAPAN

    Atsuyuki Inoue;Alain Meunier;Daniel Beaufort

  • Clay Mineralogy and Chemical Composition of Bentonites from the Gourougou Volcanic Massif (Northeast Morocco)

    Mohamed Ddani;Alain Meunier;Mohamed Zahraoui;Daniel Beaufort

  • ALUMINUM PHOSPHATE-SULFATE MINERALS ASSOCIATED WITH PROTEROZOIC UNCONFORMITY-TYPE URANIUM DEPOSITS IN THE EAST ALLIGATOR RIVER URANIUM FIELD, NORTHERN TERRITORIES, AUSTRALIA

    Stéphane Gaboreau;Daniel Beaufort;Philippe Vieillard;Patricia Patrier

  • Role of permeability versus temperature in the distribution of the fine (< 0.2 μm) clay fraction in the Chipilapa geothermal system (El Salvador, Central America)

    P. Patrier;P. Papapanagiotou;D. Beaufort;H. Traineau

  • Clay Alteration Associated with Proterozoic Unconformity-Type Uranium Deposits in the East Alligator Rivers Uranium Field, Northern Territory, Australia

    D. Beaufort;P. Patrier;E. Laverret;P. Bruneton

  • On the connected porosity of mineral aggregates in crystalline rocks

    Paul Sardini;Marja Siitari-Kauppi;Daniel Beaufort;Karl-Heinz Hellmuth

  • Supergene Vermiculitization of A Magnesian Chlorite: Iron and Magnesium Removal Processes

    Dominique Proust;Jean-Paul Eymery;Daniel Beaufort

  • Chemical variations in assemblages including epidote and/or chlorite in the fossil hydrothermal system of Saint Martin (Lesser Antilles)

    D. Beaufort;P. Patrier;A. Meunier;M.M. Ottaviani

  • Ion exchange reactions of major inorganic cations (H+, Na+, Ca2+, Mg2+ and K+) on beidellite: Experimental results and new thermodynamic database. Toward a better prediction of contaminant mobility in natural environments

    Valentin Robin;Valentin Robin;Emmanuel Tertre;Daniel Beaufort;Olivier Regnault

  • A new method for quantitative petrography based on image processing of chemical element maps: Part I. Mineral mapping applied to compacted bentonites

    Dimitri Prêt;Stephane Sammartino;Daniel Beaufort;Alain Meunier

Frequent Co-Authors

Alain Meunier
Alain Meunier University of Poitiers
Sabine Petit
Sabine Petit University of Poitiers
Gilles Berger
Gilles Berger Federal University of Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées
Bruno Lanson
Bruno Lanson Université Savoie Mont Blanc
Thierry Allard
Thierry Allard Sorbonne University
Julien Mercadier
Julien Mercadier French National Centre for Scientific Research
Nicolas Dacheux
Nicolas Dacheux University of Montpellier
Norbert Clauer
Norbert Clauer University of Strasbourg
Michel Cuney
Michel Cuney University of Lorraine
Stéphane Gin
Stéphane Gin University of Montpellier

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