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Germain Bayon is affiliated with the French Research Institute for Exploitation of the Sea in France. Their research expertise lies primarily in Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a focus on subfields such as Geochemistry and Petrology, Atmospheric Science, Geophysics, Earth-Surface Processes, and Paleontology.

Their work extensively covers topics including Geochemistry and Elemental Analysis, Geology and Paleoclimatology Research, Geological formations and processes, Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils, Geological and Geochemical Analysis, Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena, and Radioactive element chemistry and processing.

Among recent publications authored or co-authored by Germain Bayon are:

  • "Calculation of cerium and lanthanum anomalies in geological and environmental samples" (2022, Chemical Geology)
  • "Long-term evolution of terrestrial weathering and its link to Earth's oxygenation" (2022, Earth and Planetary Science Letters)
  • "The North Atlantic Glacial Eastern Boundary Current as a Key Driver for Ice-Sheet-AMOC Interactions and Climate Instability" (2021, Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology)
  • "Linking Danube River activity to Alpine Ice-Sheet fluctuations during the last glacial (ca. 33-17 ka BP): Insights into the continental signature of Heinrich Stadials" (2020, Quaternary Science Reviews)
  • "Climate-Driven Weathering Shifts Between Highlands and Floodplains" (2020, Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems)

Frequent co-authors include Jean-Alix Barrat, Xudong Wang, Dong Feng, Kwangchul Jang, and Eduardo Garzanti.

Germain Bayon's work has been published extensively in venues such as Chemical Geology, Earth and Planetary Science Letters, Goldschmidt conference abstracts, Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research), and the Journal of Sedimentary Research.

Best Publications

  • Hf isotope ratio analysis using multi-collector inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry: an evaluation of isobaric interference corrections

    Nan-Chin Chu;Rex N. Taylor;Valérie Chavagnac;Robert W. Nesbitt

  • Geochemistry of CI chondrites: Major and trace elements, and Cu and Zn Isotopes

    Jean-Alix Barrat;B. Zanda;Frédéric Moynier;Claire Bollinger

  • Rare earth elements and neodymium isotopes in world river sediments revisited

    Germain Bayon;Germain Bayon;Samuel Toucanne;Charlotte Skonieczny;L. Andre

  • An improved method for extracting marine sediment fractions and its application to Sr and Nd isotopic analysis

    G. Bayon;C.R. German;R.M. Boella;J.A. Milton

  • Sedimentary Fe–Mn oxyhydroxides as paleoceanographic archives and the role of aeolian flux in regulating oceanic dissolved REE

    Germaine Bayon;Christopher R. German;Kevin W. Burton;Robert W. Nesbitt

  • Intensifying Weathering and Land Use in Iron Age Central Africa

    Germain Bayon;Bernard Dennielou;Joël Etoubleau;Emmanuel Ponzevera

  • Sr/Ca and Mg/Ca ratios in Niger Delta sediments: Implications for authigenic carbonate genesis in cold seep environments

    G. Bayon;C. Pierre;J. Etoubleau;M. Voisset

  • North Atlantic Deep Water Production during the Last Glacial Maximum

    Jacob N.W. Howe;Alexander Matthew Piotrowski;Taryn L. Noble;Taryn L. Noble;Stefan Mulitza

  • Millennial-scale fluctuations of the European Ice Sheet at the end of the last glacial, and their potential impact on global climate

    Samuel Toucanne;Guillaume Soulet;Nicolas Freslon;Ricardo Silva Jacinto

  • Hydrate dissolution as a potential mechanism for pockmark formation in the Niger delta

    Nabil Sultan;Bruno Marsset;Stephan Ker;Tania Marsset

  • U-Th stratigraphy of a cold seep carbonate crust

    Germain Bayon;G. M. Henderson;Marcel Bohn

  • Evidence for intense REE scavenging at cold seeps from the Niger Delta margin

    Germain Bayon;Dominique Birot;Livio Ruffine;Jean-claude Caprais

  • Hf and Nd isotopes in marine sediments: Constraints on global silicate weathering

    Germain Bayon;K. W. Burton;K. W. Burton;Guillaume Soulet;Guillaume Soulet;N. Vigier

  • Rare earth elements and neodymium isotopes in sedimentary organic matter

    Nicolas Freslon;Nicolas Freslon;Germain Bayon;Samuel Toucanne;Sylvain Bermell

  • African humid periods triggered the reactivation of a large river system in Western Sahara

    Charlotte Skonieczny;P. Paillou;A. Bory;Germain Bayon;Germain Bayon

  • Human impact overwhelms long-term climate control of weathering and erosion in southwest China

    Shiming Wan;Samuel Toucanne;Peter D. Clift;Debo Zhao

  • Determination of Rare Earth Elements, Sc, Y, Zr, Ba, Hf and Th in Geological Samples by ICP-MS after Tm Addition and Alkaline Fusion

    Germain Bayon;Jean Alix Barrat;Joël Etoubleau;Mathieu Benoit

  • Rare earth elements in cold seep carbonates from the Niger delta

    E. Rongemaille;G. Bayon;C. Pierre;C. Bollinger

  • Formation of carbonate chimneys in the Mediterranean Sea linked to deep-water oxygen depletion

    Germain Bayon;Stéphanie Dupré;Emmanuel Ponzevera;Joël Etoubleau

  • Determination of rare earth elements and other trace elements (Y, Mn, Co, Cr) in seawater using Tm addition and Mg(OH)2 co-precipitation

    Nicolas Freslon;Germain Bayon;Dominique Birot;Claire Bollinger;Claire Bollinger

  • Hf and Nd isotopes in marine sediments: Constraints on global silicate weathering

    G. Bayon;K. W. Burton;N. Vigier;B. Dennielou

Frequent Co-Authors

Bernard Dennielou
Bernard Dennielou French Research Institute for Exploitation of the Sea
Samuel Toucanne
Samuel Toucanne French Research Institute for Exploitation of the Sea
Jörn Peckmann
Jörn Peckmann Universität Hamburg
Jean-Alix Barrat
Jean-Alix Barrat University of Western Brittany
Catherine Pierre
Catherine Pierre Université Paris Cité
Gerhard Bohrmann
Gerhard Bohrmann University of Bremen
Yves Fouquet
Yves Fouquet French Research Institute for Exploitation of the Sea
Luc André
Luc André Royal Museum for Central Africa
Thomas Pape
Thomas Pape University of Copenhagen
Jean-Claude Caprais
Jean-Claude Caprais French Research Institute for Exploitation of the Sea

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