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François Chabaux

François Chabaux

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53
Citations
7345
World Ranking
2958
National Ranking
195

Overview

François Chabaux is affiliated with the University of Strasbourg in France. Their work predominantly falls within the field of Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a focus on several specific subfields including Atmospheric Science, Geophysics, Geochemistry and Petrology, Environmental Engineering, and Artificial Intelligence.

The scientist's research contributions cover a variety of main topics such as Geology and Paleoclimatology Research, Geological and Geochemical Analysis, Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping, earthquake and tectonic studies, Radioactivity and Radon Measurements, Radioactive contamination and transfer, and Geochemistry and Elemental Analysis.

Chabaux has published extensively in notable scientific journals and venues. Some of the frequent publication venues include Chemical Geology, Applied Geochemistry, Comptes Rendus Géoscience, Goldschmidt2021 abstracts, and The Science of The Total Environment.

Among their recent papers are:

  • Key factors influencing metal concentrations in sediments along Western European Rivers: A long-term monitoring study (1945-2020), 2021, The Science of The Total Environment
  • Response of a forested catchment over the last 25 years to past acid deposition assessed by biogeochemical cycle modeling (Strengbach, France), 2020, Ecological Modelling
  • Multi-method geochronological approach to reconstruct post-1800 floodplain sedimentation in the upper Rhine plain, France, 2024, Quaternary Geochronology
  • U- and Th- series disequilibria in separated soil mineral fractions: Insight into the mechanism and timescale of U, Th and Ra redistribution, 2021, Chemical Geology
  • Determination of regolith production rates from 238U-234U-230Th disequilibrium in deep weathering profiles (Longnan, SE China), 2021, Chemical Geology

Chabaux frequently collaborates with several coauthors, including Laurent Schmitt, Cassandra Euzen, Éric Pelt, Julien Ackerer, and Dominique Badariotti. These collaborations have contributed to the multi-disciplinary scope of their research.

Their scientific inquiries typically involve long-term environmental monitoring, biogeochemical cycle modeling, geochronology, and radiometric analysis aimed at understanding sedimentary processes, weathering profiles, and contamination transfer within various ecosystems.

Best Publications

  • U-Th-Ra Fractionation During Weathering and River Transport

    F. Chabaux;J. Riotte;O. Dequincey

  • OZCAR: The French Network of Critical Zone Observatories

    J. Gaillardet;I. Braud;F. Hankard;S. Anquetin

  • Lithium isotope systematics in a forested granitic catchment (Strengbach, Vosges Mountains, France).

    Emmanuel Lemarchand;François Chabaux;Nathalie Vigier;Romain Millot

  • (234U/238U) ACTIVITY RATIOS IN FRESHWATERS AS TRACERS OF HYDROLOGICAL PROCESSES : THE STRENGBACH WATERSHED (VOSGES, FRANCE)

    Jean Riotte;François Chabaux

  • The calcium riverine and hydrothermal isotopic fluxes and the oceanic calcium mass balance

    Anne-Désirée Schmitt;François Chabaux;Peter Stille

  • Chemical mobilizations in laterites: evidence from trace elements and 238U-234U-230Th disequilibria

    O. Dequincey;F. Chabaux;N. Clauer;O. Sigmarsson

  • Seasonal variability of element fluxes in two Central Siberian rivers draining high latitude permafrost dominated areas

    Marie-Laure Bagard;François Chabaux;Oleg S. Pokrovsky;Jérome Viers

  • Regolith production rates calculated with uranium-series isotopes at Susquehanna/Shale Hills Critical Zone Observatory

    Lin Ma;Francois Chabaux;Eric Pelt;Estelle Blaes

  • Chapter 3 U-Series Geochemistry in Weathering Profiles, River Waters and Lakes

    F. Chabaux;B. Bourdon;J. Riotte

  • The impact of water-rock interaction and vegetation on calcium isotope fractionation in soil- and stream waters of a small, forested catchment (the Strengbach case).

    Bénédicte Cenki-Tok;Bénédicte Cenki-Tok;François Chabaux;Damien Lemarchand;Anne-Désirée Schmitt

  • Uranium–thorium chronometry of weathering rinds: Rock alteration rate and paleo-isotopic record of weathering fluids

    E. Pelt;F. Chabaux;C. Innocent;A.K. Navarre-Sitchler

  • Isotopic tracing of the dissolved U fluxes of Himalayan rivers: implications for present and past U budgets of the Ganges-Brahmaputra system

    François Chabaux;Jean Riotte;Norbert Clauer;Christian France-Lanord

  • Processes controlling the stable isotope compositions of Li, B, Mg and Ca in plants, soils and waters: A review

    Anne-Désirée Schmitt;Anne-Désirée Schmitt;Nathalie Vigier;Damien Lemarchand;Romain Millot

  • Time-scales of sedimentary transfer and weathering processes from U-series nuclides: Clues from the Himalayan rivers

    M. Granet;F. Chabaux;P. Stille;C. France-Lanord

  • A new RaBa chromatographic separation and its application to Ra mass-spectrometric measurement in volcanic rocks☆

    F. Chabaux;D.Ben Othman;J.L. Birck

  • Soil Processes and Functions in Critical Zone Observatories: Hypotheses and Experimental Design

    Steven Banwart;Stefano M. Bernasconi;Jaap Bloem;Winfried Blum

  • Regolith formation rate from U-series nuclides: Implications from the study of a spheroidal weathering profile in the Rio Icacos watershed (Puerto Rico)

    F. Chabaux;E. Blaes;P. Stille;R. di Chiara Roupert

  • U-series disequilibria in suspended river sediments and implication for sediment transfer time in alluvial plains: The case of the Himalayan rivers

    M. Granet;F. Chabaux;Peter Stille;A Dosseto

  • Impact of atmospheric deposition, biogeochemical cycling and water–mineral interaction on REE fractionation in acidic surface soils and soil water (the Strengbach case)

    P. Stille;M.-C. Pierret;M. Steinmann;F. Chabaux

  • 238U230Th226Ra disequilibria in volcanics: A new insight into melting conditions

    François Chabaux;Claude J. Allègre

  • The Late Pleistocene Duoi U’Oi cave in northern Vietnam: palaeontology, sedimentology, taphonomy and palaeoenvironments

    Anne-Marie Bacon;Fabrice Demeter;Philippe Duringer;Catherine Helm

Frequent Co-Authors

Peter Stille
Peter Stille University of Strasbourg
Oleg S. Pokrovsky
Oleg S. Pokrovsky National Research Tomsk State University
Jérôme Viers
Jérôme Viers Federal University of Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées
Philippe Négrel
Philippe Négrel French Geological Survey
Susan L. Brantley
Susan L. Brantley Pennsylvania State University
Marie-Pierre Turpault
Marie-Pierre Turpault INRAE : Institut national de recherche pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement
Christian France-Lanord
Christian France-Lanord University of Lorraine
Norbert Clauer
Norbert Clauer University of Strasbourg
Bernard Dupré
Bernard Dupré Paul Sabatier University
Anthony Dosseto
Anthony Dosseto University of Wollongong

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