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Gérard Blanc publication distribution in Environmental Sciences in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Environmental Sciences in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Gérard Blanc sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 687+

This scientist: 154 publications — 44th percentile

44% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 687 publications or more.

Gérard Blanc D-index placement in Environmental Sciences in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Environmental Sciences scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Gérard Blanc sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 125+

This scientist: 53 D-Index — 57th percentile

57% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 125 D-Index or more.

Overview

Gérard Blanc is affiliated with the University of Bordeaux in France and works primarily within the field of Environmental Science. Their research focuses on the study of heavy metals and toxins in aquatic and coastal environments with implications for water quality and pollution assessment.

The scientist has contributed work addressing topics such as:

  • Heavy metals in environment
  • Mercury impact and mitigation studies
  • Water Quality and Pollution Assessment
  • Toxic Organic Pollutants Impact
  • Mine drainage and remediation techniques

The subfields covered in their publications include:

  • Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis
  • Pollution
  • Water Science and Technology
  • Environmental Chemistry

Gérard Blanc has published research in several venues such as:

  • Marine Chemistry
  • Marine Environmental Research
  • The Science of The Total Environment
  • Goldschmidt2022 abstracts

Recent papers authored or co-authored by the scientist include:

  • Short-term variations of platinum concentrations in contrasting coastal environments: The role of primary producers, 2020, Marine Chemistry
  • Impact of metallurgy tailings in a major European fluvial-estuarine system: Trajectories and resilience over seven decades, 2021, The Science of The Total Environment
  • Historical mass balance of cadmium decontamination trends in a major European continent-ocean transition system: Case study of the Gironde Estuary, 2022, Marine Environmental Research
  • Tin and organo-tin species along the Gironde fluvial-estuarine continuum: spatial distribution and solid/liquid partitioning during two contrasting hydrological conditions, 2022, Goldschmidt2022 abstracts

Frequent collaborators include:

  • Jörg Schäfer
  • Alexandra Coynel
  • Pierre Anschutz
  • Nathalie Tapie
  • Hélène Budzinski

Best Publications

  • Fifty-year sedimentary record of heavy metal pollution (Cd, Zn, Cu, Pb) in the Lot River reservoirs (France).

    Stéphane Audry;Jörg Schäfer;Gérard Blanc;Jean-Marie Jouanneau

  • Long-term survey of heavy-metal pollution, biofilm contamination and diatom community structure in the Riou Mort watershed, South-West France.

    S. Morin;T.T. Duong;A. Dabrin;A. Coynel

  • The distribution of Mo, U, and Cd in relation to major redox species in muddy sediments of the Bay of Biscay

    Gwénaëlle Chaillou;Pierre Anschutz;Gilbert Lavaux;Jörg Schäfer

  • Assessing the current state of the Gironde Estuary by mapping priority contaminant distribution and risk potential in surface sediment

    Aurélie Larrose;Alexandra Coynel;Jörg Schäfer;Gérard Blanc

  • Tectonics and hydrogeology of the northern Barbados Ridge: Results from Ocean Drilling Program Leg 110

    J. Casey Moore;Alain Mascle;Elliott Taylor;Patrick Andreieff

  • Long-term monitoring (1960―2008) of the river-sediment transport in the Red River Watershed (Vietnam): Temporal variability and dam-reservoir impact

    Thi Ha Dang;Alexandra Coynel;Didier Orange;Gérard Blanc

  • Zn isotopes as tracers of anthropogenic pollution from Zn-ore smelters The Riou Mort–Lot River system

    Y. Sivry;Jean Riotte;J. E. Sonke;S. Audry

  • Geochemical survey and metal bioaccumulation of three bivalve species (Crassostrea gigas, Cerastoderma edule and Ruditapes philippinarum) in the Nord Medoc salt marshes (Gironde estuary, France)

    M Baudrimont;J Schäfer;V Marie;R Maury-Brachet

  • Anthropogenic components of heavy metal (Cd, Zn, Cu, Pb) budgets in the Lot-Garonne fluvial system (France)

    Stéphane Audry;Jörg Schäfer;Gérard Blanc;Cécile Bossy

  • Ten-year observation of the Gironde tributary fluvial system: fluxes of suspended matter, particulate organic carbon and cadmium

    Jörg Schäfer;Gérard Blanc;Yvon Lapaquellerie;Noëlle Maillet

  • Sedimentary mercury stable isotope records of atmospheric and riverine pollution from two major European heavy metal refineries

    Jeroen E. Sonke;Jörg Schäfer;Jérôme Chmeleff;Stéphane Audry

  • Hydrogeochemistry of the Northern Barbados Accretionary Complex Transect: Ocean Drilling Project Leg 110

    Joris M. Gieskes;Peter Vrolijk;Gerard Blanc

  • Early diagenesis of trace metals (Cd, Cu, Co, Ni, U, Mo, and V) in the freshwater reaches of a macrotidal estuary

    Stéphane Audry;Gérard Blanc;Jörg Schäfer;Gwénaëlle Chaillou

  • Scenario of particulate trace metal and metalloid transport during a major flood event inferred from transient geochemical signals

    Alexandra Coynel;Jörg Schäfer;Gérard Blanc;Cécile Bossy

  • Sampling frequency and accuracy of SPM flux estimates in two contrasted drainage basins.

    Alexandra Coynel;Jörg Schäfer;Jean-Emmanuel Hurtrez;Jacques Dumas

  • Geochemical signals and source contributions to heavy metal (Cd, Zn, Pb, Cu) fluxes into the Gironde Estuary via its major tributaries.

    Matthieu Masson;Gérard Blanc;Jörg Schäfer

  • The behaviour of arsenic in muddy sediments of the Bay of Biscay (France)

    Gwénaëlle Chaillou;Jörg Schäfer;Pierre Anschutz;Gilbert Lavaux

  • Rare Earth Element fluxes over 15 years into a major European Estuary (Garonne-Gironde, SW France): Hospital effluents as a source of increasing gadolinium anomalies.

    Antoine Lerat-Hardy;Alexandra Coynel;Lionel Dutruch;Clément Pereto

  • Relationship between ore deposits in river catchments and geochemistry of suspended particulate matter from six rivers in southwest France.

    Jörg Schäfer;Gérard Blanc

  • Mercury in the Lot–Garonne River system (France): Sources, fluxes and anthropogenic component

    Jörg Schafer;Gerard Blanc;S Audry;Daniel Cossa

  • Metal mobilization in the Gironde Estuary (France): the role of the soft mud layer in the maximum turbidity zone

    Sébastien Robert;Gérard Blanc;Jörg Schäfer;Gilbert Lavaux

  • Seasonal variations and annual fluxes of arsenic in the Garonne, Dordogne and Isle Rivers, France.

    Matthieu Masson;Jörg Schäfer;Gérard Blanc;Anschutz Pierre

Frequent Co-Authors

Jörg Schäfer
Jörg Schäfer University of Bordeaux
Pierre Anschutz
Pierre Anschutz University of Bordeaux
Magalie Baudrimont
Magalie Baudrimont Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Sabine Schmidt
Sabine Schmidt University of Bordeaux
Norbert Clauer
Norbert Clauer University of Strasbourg
Henri Etcheber
Henri Etcheber University of Bordeaux
Peter Stille
Peter Stille University of Strasbourg
Christian France-Lanord
Christian France-Lanord University of Lorraine
Jacques Boulègue
Jacques Boulègue Sorbonne University
Jeroen E. Sonke
Jeroen E. Sonke Federal University of Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées

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