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François Baudin

François Baudin

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Environmental Sciences

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59
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9981
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3154
National Ranking
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Overview

François Baudin is affiliated with Sorbonne University in France and has contributed extensively to the field of Earth and Planetary Sciences. Their research primarily focuses on Soil Science and Atmospheric Science, with significant work also in Paleontology, Ecology, and Mechanics of Materials.

Their scientific output includes numerous publications addressing topics such as Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics, Geology and Paleoclimatology Research, Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils, Hydrocarbon Exploration and Reservoir Analysis, Clay Minerals and Soil Interactions, Geological Formations and Processes, and Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping.

Notable recent papers authored by or involving Baudin include:

  • Topsoil organic matter build-up in glacier forelands around the world, 2020, Global Change Biology
  • Bioenergetic control of soil carbon dynamics across depth, 2022, Nature Communications
  • Partitioning soil organic carbon into its centennially stable and active fractions with machine-learning models based on Rock-Eval® thermal analysis (PARTY SOC v2.0 and PARTY SOC v2.0 EU ), 2021, Geoscientific Model Development
  • Hydrocortisone plus fludrocortisone for community acquired pneumonia-related septic shock: a subgroup analysis of the APROCCHSS phase 3 randomised trial, 2024, The Lancet Respiratory Medicine
  • Age matters: Fate of soil organic matter during ageing of earthworm casts produced by the anecic earthworm Amynthas khami, 2020, Soil Biology and Biochemistry

Baudin has collaborated frequently with several co-authors, including Pierre Barré, Lauric Cécillon, Jörg Mutterlose, Jérôme Poulenard, and William W. Sager. These partnerships reflect interdisciplinary work crossing geology, soil science, and related environmental sciences.

Key publication venues where Baudin's work appears regularly are:

  • Geoderma
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Organic Geochemistry
  • Comptes Rendus Géoscience

Best Publications

  • Analysis of marine environmental conditions based onmolybdenum–uranium covariation—Applications to Mesozoic paleoceanography

    Nicolas Tribovillard;Thomas Algeo;François Baudin;A. Riboulleau

  • Enhanced trapping of molybdenum by sulfurized marine organic matter of marine origin in Mesozoic limestones and shales

    Nicolas Tribovillard;Armelle Riboulleau;Timothy Lyons;François Baudin

  • Conjunctive use of spectral gamma-ray logs and clay mineralogy in defining late Jurassic–early Cretaceous palaeoclimate change (Dorset, U.K.)

    Johann Schnyder;Alastair Ruffell;Jean-François Deconinck;François Baudin

  • Polar record of Early Jurassic massive carbon injection

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

  • A novel pathway of soil organic matter formation by selective preservation of resistant straight-chain biopolymers: chemical and isotope evidence

    Éric Lichtfouse;Claire Chenu;François Baudin;Claudette Leblond

  • The energetic and chemical signatures of persistent soil organic matter

    Pierre Barré;Alain F. Plante;Lauric Cécillon;Suzanne Lutfalla;Suzanne Lutfalla

  • First record of the Early Toarcian Oceanic Anoxic Event from the Southern Hemisphere, Neuquén Basin, Argentina

    A.H. Al-Suwaidi;G.N. Angelozzi;F. Baudin;S.E. Damborenea

  • Carbon-isotope records of the Early Jurassic (Toarcian) oceanic anoxic event from the Valdorbia (Umbria-Marche Apennines) and Monte Mangart (Julian Alps) sections: palaeoceanographic and stratigraphic implications

    Nadia Sabatino;Rodolfo Neri;Adriana Bellanca;Hugh C. Jenkyns

  • Paleodepositional conditions in the Orca Basin as inferred from organic matter and trace metal contents

    Nicolas Tribovillard;Viviane Bout-Roumazeilles;Thomas Algeo;Timothy W. Lyons

  • Dynamics of a stepped carbon-isotope excursion: Ultra high-resolution study of Early Toarcian environmental change

    Michaël Hermoso;Fabrice Minoletti;Rosalind E.M. Rickaby;Stephen P. Hesselbo

  • Guidelines for Rock-Eval analysis of recent marine sediments

    François Baudin;Jean-Robert Disnar;Anabel Aboussou;Florence Savignac

  • Late Pliensbachian–Early Toarcian (Early Jurassic) environmental changes in an epicontinental basin of NW Europe (Causses area, central France): A micropaleontological and geochemical approach

    Samuel Mailliot;Emanuela Mattioli;Annachiara Bartolini;François Baudin

  • Environmental controls on clay mineralogy of an Early Jurassic mudrock (Blue Lias Formation, southern England)

    Jean-François Deconinck;Stephen P. Hesselbo;Nicolas Debuisser;Olivier Averbuch

  • Tectono-stratigraphic evolution of the northern Levant Basin (offshore Lebanon)

    Nicolas Hawie;Nicolas Hawie;Nicolas Hawie;Christian Gorini;Christian Gorini;Remy Deschamps;Fadi H. Nader

  • Sedimentology and sequence stratigraphy from outcrops of the Kribi-Campo sub-basin: Lower Mundeck Formation (Lower Cretaceous, southern Cameroon)

    Marie Joseph Ntamak-Nida;Sylvie Bourquin;Jean-Claude Makong;François Baudin

  • Evolution de la paléotempérature des eaux de la plate-forme russe au cours du Jurassique supérieur

    Armelle Riboulleau;François Baudin;Valérie Daux;Pierre Hantzpergue

  • Bioenergetic control of soil carbon dynamics across depth

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  • Depositional conditions and organic matter preservation pathways in an epicontinental environment: the Upper Jurassic Kashpir Oil Shales (Volga Basin, Russia)

    A Riboulleau;F Baudin;J.-F Deconinck;S Derenne

  • Distribution of Organic Matter during the Toarcian in the Mediterranean Tethys and Middle East: Chapter 6

    Francois Baudin;Jean-Paul Herbin;Jean-Paul Bassoullet;Jean Dercourt

  • The upper Jurassic of the Volga basin : Ammonite biostratigraphy and occurrence of organic-carbon rich facies. Correlations between boreal-subboreal and submediterranean provinces

    P. Hantzpergue;F. Baudin;V. Mitta;A. Olferiev

  • Pyrolytic and spectroscopic study of a sulphur-rich kerogen from the ''Kashpir oil shales'' (Upper Jurassic, Russian platform)

    A. Riboulleau;S. Derenne;G. Sarret;C. Largeau

  • Estimation de la duree de l'evenement anoxique global au passage Cenomanien/Turonien; approche cyclostratigraphique dans la formation Bahloul en Tunisie centrale

    Michele Caron;Francis Robaszynski;Francis Amedro;Francois Baudin

  • Topsoil organic matter build‐up in glacier forelands around the world

    Norine Khedim;Lauric Cécillon;Lauric Cécillon;Jérôme Poulenard;Pierre Barré

Frequent Co-Authors

Claire Chenu
Claire Chenu University of Paris-Saclay
Jean-François Deconinck
Jean-François Deconinck University of Burgundy
Thomas Kätterer
Thomas Kätterer Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
Bernard Dennielou
Bernard Dennielou French Research Institute for Exploitation of the Sea
Philippe Martinez
Philippe Martinez University of Bordeaux
Alain F. Plante
Alain F. Plante University of Pennsylvania
Sabine Houot
Sabine Houot University of Paris-Saclay
Nicolas Tribovillard
Nicolas Tribovillard University of Lille
Rodolfo Coccioni
Rodolfo Coccioni University of Urbino
Christophe Rabouille
Christophe Rabouille University of Paris-Saclay

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