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2026

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Earth Science

D-Index
109
Citations
40470
World Ranking
82
National Ranking
3

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Earth Science in France Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Earth Science in France Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Earth Science in France Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Earth Science in France Leader Award
  • 2008 - V.M. Goldschmidt Award, Geochemical Society
  • 2002 - Fellow of American Geophysical Union (AGU)
  • 2000 - Member of Academia Europaea
  • 1998 - Geochemistry Fellow Honor, Geochemical Society and the European Association of Geochemistry

Overview

Francis Albarède is affiliated with the École Normale Supérieure de Lyon in France. Their research primarily spans the fields of Earth and Planetary Sciences as well as Arts and Humanities, with a focus on several specialized subfields, including Archeology, Paleontology, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Geophysics, and Geochemistry and Petrology.

Their work encompasses diverse topics such as Archaeology and ancient environmental studies, Cultural Heritage Materials Analysis, Astro and Planetary Science, Eurasian Exchange Networks, Geological and Geochemical Analysis, Archaeology and Historical Studies, and Ancient Mediterranean Archaeology and History.

Albarède has contributed to numerous publications in frequent venues including the Journal of Archaeological Science, Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences, Goldschmidt2021 abstracts, Chemical Geology, and Archaeometry.

Recent papers authored or coauthored by Francis Albarède include:

  • A miner's perspective on Pb isotope provenances in the Western and Central Mediterranean, 2020, Journal of Archaeological Science
  • From commodity to money: The rise of silver coinage around the Ancient Mediterranean (sixth-first centuries bce ), 2020, Archaeometry

Frequent co-authors in their research collaborations are:

  • Janne Blichert-Toft
  • G. Scott Davis
  • Liesel Gentelli
  • Jean Milot
  • Markos Vaxevanopoulos

They have been recognized with several honors, including the V.M. Goldschmidt Award from the Geochemical Society in 2008, Fellowship of the American Geophysical Union in 2002, membership in Academia Europaea since 2000, and the Geochemistry Fellow Honor from the Geochemical Society and the European Association of Geochemistry in 1998.

Best Publications

  • The Lu-Hf isotope geochemistry of chondrites and the evolution of the mantle-crust system

    Janne Blichert-Toft;Francis Albarède

  • Precise analysis of copper and zinc isotopic compositions by plasma-source mass spectrometry

    Chloé Nadia Maréchal;Philippe Télouk;Francis Albarède

  • Relationships between Lu–Hf and Sm–Nd isotopic systems in the global sedimentary system

    Jeff D Vervoort;P.Jonathan Patchett;Janne Blichert-Toft;Francis Albarède

  • SEPARATION OF HF AND LU FOR HIGH-PRECISION ISOTOPE ANALYSIS OF ROCK SAMPLES BY MAGNETIC SECTOR-MULTIPLE COLLECTOR ICP-MS

    J. Blichert-Toft;Catherine Chauvel;F. Albarède

  • A short timescale for terrestrial planet formation from Hf–W chronometry of meteorites

    Qingzhu Yin;S. B. Jacobsen;K. Yamashita;J. Blichert-Toft

  • A major 2.1 Ga event of mafic magmatism in west Africa: An Early stage of crustal accretion

    Wafa Abouchami;Muriel Boher;Annie Michard;Francis Albarede

  • Introduction to Geochemical Modeling

    Francis Albarède

  • Rare-earth elements and uranium in high-temperature solutions from East Pacific Rise hydrothermal vent field (13 °N)

    A. Michard;F. Albarède;G. Michard;J. F. Minster

  • Precise and accurate isotopic measurements using multiple-collector ICPMS

    F. Albarède;F. Albarède;Philippe Telouk;Janne Blichert-Toft;Janne Blichert-Toft;Maud Boyet

  • Crustal growth in West Africa at 2.1 Ga

    Muriel Boher;Wafa Abouchami;Annie Michard;Francis Albarede

  • High-precision analysis of Pb isotope ratios by multi-collector ICP-MS

    William M White;Francis Albarède;Philippe Télouk

  • The REE content of some hydrothermal fluids

    Annie Michard;Francis Albarède

  • Volatile accretion history of the terrestrial planets and dynamic implications

    Francis Albarède

  • Analytical Methods for Non-Traditional Isotopes

    Francis Albarède;Brian Beard

  • Nd isotopes in French Phanerozoic shales: external vs. internal aspects of crustal evolution

    A Michard;P Gurriet;M Soudant;F Albarede

  • The Lu–Hf dating of garnets and the ages of the Alpine high-pressure metamorphism

    S. Duchêne;J. Blichert-Toft;B. Luais;P. Télouk

  • How deep do common basaltic magmas form and differentiate

    Francis Albarede

  • Kinetic disequilibrium in trace element partitioning between phenocrysts and host lava

    F. Albarede;Y. Bottinga

  • Hf isotope evidence for pelagic sediments in the source of hawaiian basalts

    J. Blichert-Toft;F. A. Frey;F. Albarède

  • Geochemistry of non-traditional stable isotopes

    Clark M. Johnson;Braian L. Beard;Francis Albarède

  • Calibration of Sulfate Levels in the Archean Ocean

    X. Gao;M. H. Thiemens;J. Farquhar;T. L. Jackson

Frequent Co-Authors

Janne Blichert-Toft
Janne Blichert-Toft École Normale Supérieure de Lyon
Philippe Telouk
Philippe Telouk École Normale Supérieure de Lyon
Albrecht W. Hofmann
Albrecht W. Hofmann Max Planck Institute for Chemistry
Minik T. Rosing
Minik T. Rosing University of Copenhagen
Maud Boyet
Maud Boyet University of Clermont Auvergne
Vincent Balter
Vincent Balter École Normale Supérieure de Lyon
Michel Condomines
Michel Condomines University of Montpellier
Pierre Miossec
Pierre Miossec Claude Bernard University Lyon 1
Jean-Alix Barrat
Jean-Alix Barrat University of Western Brittany
Jeffrey D. Vervoort
Jeffrey D. Vervoort Washington State University

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