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Elsa Cortijo is affiliated with Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines University in France. Their research focuses primarily on engineering, with a significant emphasis on subfields such as ocean engineering and mechanical engineering. Additional areas of study include atmospheric science, oceanography, and ecology.

The main topics of Elsa Cortijo's work highlight their specialization in reservoir engineering and simulation methods, drilling and well engineering, and hydraulic fracturing and reservoir analysis. They also contribute to fields related to geology and paleoclimatology research, marine and environmental studies, as well as isotope analysis in ecology.

Elsa Cortijo has coauthored multiple papers in collaboration with researchers such as Domenico Rio, Lloyd D Keigwin, Gary D Acton, Giuseppe Bianchi, and Walter S Borowski. These frequent collaborators have jointly published research within various venues.

Recent publications by Elsa Cortijo include:

  • ODP Leg 172, Hole 1061A - Well Logging Data, 2021, OPAL (Open@LaTrobe) (La Trobe University)
  • ODP Leg 172, Hole 1061A - Well Logging Data, 2021, Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • ODP Leg 172, Hole 1063A - Well Logging Data, 2021, OPAL (Open@LaTrobe) (La Trobe University)
  • ODP Leg 172, Hole 1063A - Well Logging Data, 2021, Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)

Elsa Cortijo's research contributions are published prominently in the venues OPAL (Open@LaTrobe) (La Trobe University) and Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research), reflecting consistent engagement with these research platforms.

Best Publications

  • Constraints on the magnitude and patterns of ocean cooling at the Last Glacial Maximum

    C. Waelbroeck;A. Paul;M. Kucera;A. Rosell-Melé

  • Patterns of Ice-Rafted Detritus in the Glacial North Atlantic (40–55°N)

    F. E. Grousset;L. Labeyrie;J. A. Sinko;M. Cremer

  • Reconstruction of sea-surface temperatures from assemblages of planktonic foraminifera: multi-technique approach based on geographically constrained calibration data sets and its application to glacial Atlantic and Pacific Oceans

    Michal Kucera;Mara Weinelt;Thorsten Kiefer;Uwe Pflaumann

  • Evidence for changes in the North Atlantic Deep Water linked to meltwater surges during the Heinrich events

    L. Vidal;L. Labeyrie;E. Cortijo;M. Arnold

  • Reduced North Atlantic Deep Water Coeval with the Glacial Lake Agassiz Freshwater Outburst

    Helga Kikki Flesche Kleiven;Helga Kikki Flesche Kleiven;Catherine Kissel;Carlo Laj;Ulysses S Ninnemann;Ulysses S Ninnemann

  • Millennial‐scale iceberg discharges in the Irminger Basin during the Last Glacial Period: Relationship with the Heinrich events and environmental settings

    Mary Elliot;Laurent Labeyrie;Gerard Bond;Elsa Cortijo

  • Present-day and past (last 25000 years) marine pollen signal off western Iberia

    F. Naughton;M.F. Sanchez Goñi;S. Desprat;J.-L. Turon

  • Variability of the North Atlantic thermohaline circulation during the last interglacial period

    Jess F. Adkins;Edward A. Boyle;Lloyd Keigwin;Elsa Cortijo

  • Eemian cooling in the Norwegian Sea and North Atlantic ocean preceding continental ice-sheet growth

    E. Cortijo;J. C. Duplessy;L. Labeyrie;H. Leclaire

  • Apparent long-term cooling of the sea surface in the northeast Atlantic and Mediterranean during the Holocene.

    Olivier Marchal;Isabel Cacho;Thomas F. Stocker;Joan O. Grimalt

  • Glacial‐interglacial circulation changes inferred from 231Pa/230Th sedimentary record in the North Atlantic region

    J.‐M. Gherardi;L. Labeyrie;S. Nave;Roger Francois

  • Timing of massive ‘Fleuve Manche’ discharges over the last 350 kyr: insights into the European ice-sheet oscillations and the European drainage network from MIS 10 to 2

    Samuel Toucanne;Sébastien Zaragosi;J.-F. Bourillet;Michel Cremer

  • Changes in sea surface hydrology associated with Heinrich event 4 in the North Atlantic Ocean between 40° and 60°N

    Elsa Cortijo;Laurent Labeyrie;Laurence Vidal;Maryline Vautravers

  • Evidence from the Northeastern Atlantic basin for variability in the rate of the meridional overturning circulation through the last deglaciation

    J.-M. Gherardi;L. Labeyrie;L. Labeyrie;J.F. McManus;R. Francois

  • Wet to dry climatic trend in north-western Iberia within Heinrich events

    F. Naughton;F. Naughton;M. F. Sánchez Goñi;M. Kageyama;E. Bard

  • Simulating the amplification of orbital forcing by ocean feedbacks in the last glaciation.

    M. Khodri;Y. Leclainche;G. Ramstein;P. Braconnot

  • Zooming in on Heinrich layers

    Francis E. Grousset;Elsa Cortijo;Sylvain Huon;Laurence Hervé

  • Mg/Ca and Sr/Ca ratios in planktonic foraminifera: Proxies for upper water column temperature reconstruction

    Caroline Cléroux;Elsa Cortijo;Pallavi Anand;Laurent Labeyrie

  • Last Glacial Maximum temperatures over the North Atlantic, Europe and western Siberia: a comparison between PMIP models, MARGO sea-surface temperatures and pollen-based reconstructions

    M. Kageyama;A. Laîné;Ayako Abe-Ouchi;P. Braconnot

  • Changes in Meridional Temperature and Salinity Gradients in the North Atlantic Ocean (30°–72°N) during the Last Interglacial Period

    Elsa Cortijo;Scott Lehman;Lloyd Keigwin;Mark Chapman

Frequent Co-Authors

Laurent Labeyrie
Laurent Labeyrie University of Southern Brittany
Josette M Duprat
Josette M Duprat University of Bordeaux
Jean-Louis Turon
Jean-Louis Turon University of Bordeaux
Jean-Claude Duplessy
Jean-Claude Duplessy Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Claire Waelbroeck
Claire Waelbroeck Sorbonne University
Frédérique Eynaud
Frédérique Eynaud University of Bordeaux
Filipa Naughton
Filipa Naughton Instituto Português do Mar e da Atmosfera
Bruno Malaizé
Bruno Malaizé University of Bordeaux
Sébastien Zaragosi
Sébastien Zaragosi University of Bordeaux
Stéphanie Desprat
Stéphanie Desprat University of Bordeaux

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