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2023

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Earth Science

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30126
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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2023 - Research.com Earth Science in France Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Earth Science in France Leader Award
  • 2012 - Fellow of American Geophysical Union (AGU)
  • 2010 - Geochemistry Fellow Honor, Geochemical Society and the European Association of Geochemistry

Overview

Janne Blichert-Toft is affiliated with the École Normale Supérieure de Lyon in France. Their research focuses primarily on Earth and Planetary Sciences, with significant contributions to the subfields of Geophysics, Archeology, Paleontology, Geochemistry and Petrology, and Atmospheric Science.

The scientist's work encompasses a range of topics that include Geological and Geochemical Analysis, Archaeology and ancient environmental studies, earthquake and tectonic studies, Cultural Heritage Materials Analysis, High-pressure geophysics and materials, Archaeology and Historical Studies, and Geology and Paleoclimatology Research.

Recent scholarly publications by Janne Blichert-Toft include:

  • Origin and fate of the greatest accumulation of silver in ancient history, 2022, Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences
  • The komatiite testimony to ancient mantle heterogeneity, 2022, Chemical Geology
  • Ancient helium and tungsten isotopic signatures preserved in mantle domains least modified by crustal recycling, 2020, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • A miner's perspective on Pb isotope provenances in the Western and Central Mediterranean, 2020, Journal of Archaeological Science
  • Ultra-depleted 2.05 Ga komatiites of Finnish Lapland: Products of grainy late accretion or core-mantle interaction?, 2020, Chemical Geology

They have frequently published in several scientific venues, notably:

  • Journal of Archaeological Science
  • Elements
  • Chemical Geology
  • Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences
  • Goldschmidt2021 abstracts

Collaborations are an important aspect of Janne Blichert-Toft's career, with frequent co-authors including Francis Albarède, G. Scott Davis, Liesel Gentelli, Jean Milot, and Markos Vaxevanopoulos.

The scientist has received professional recognition such as being named a Fellow of the American Geophysical Union (AGU) in 2012 and a Geochemistry Fellow by the Geochemical Society and the European Association of Geochemistry in 2010.

Best Publications

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

    Janne Blichert-Toft;Francis Albarède

  • Evolution of the depleted mantle: Hf isotope evidence from juvenile rocks through time

    Jeff D Vervoort;Janne Blichert-Toft

  • 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

  • Fore-arc basalts and subduction initiation in the Izu-Bonin-Mariana system

    Mark K. Reagan;Osamu Ishizuka;Robert J. Stern;Katherine A. Kelley

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

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

  • A hafnium isotope and trace element perspective on melting of the depleted mantle

    Catherine Chauvel;Janne Blichert-Toft

  • Precise and accurate isotopic measurements using multiple-collector ICPMS

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

  • Heterogeneous Hadean Hafnium: Evidence of Continental Crust at 4.4 to 4.5 Ga

    T. M. Harrison;T. M. Harrison;Janne Blichert-Toft;W. Müller;W. Müller;Framcis Albarede

  • Lu–hf garnet geochronology: closure temperature relative to the Sm–Nd system and the effects of trace mineral inclusions

    Erik E Scherer;Kenneth L Cameron;Janne Blichert-Toft

  • Dating the Indian continental subduction and collisional thickening in the northwest Himalaya: Multichronology of the Tso Morari eclogites

    Julia de Sigoyer;Valérie Chavagnac;Janne Blichert-Toft;Igor M. Villa

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

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

  • The role of sediment recycling in EM-1 inferred from Os, Pb, Hf, Nd, Sr isotope and trace element systematics of the Pitcairn hotspot

    Jürgen Eisele;Mukul Sharma;Mukul Sharma;Stephen J.G. Galer;Janne Blichert-Toft

  • The Hf isotopic composition of zircon reference material 91500

    Janne Blichert-Toft

  • Major and Trace Element and Sr, Nd, Hf, and Pb Isotope Compositions of the Karoo Large Igneous Province, Botswana-Zimbabwe: Lithosphere vs Mantle Plume Contribution

    F. Jourdan;F. Jourdan;F. Jourdan;Hervé Bertrand;U. Schärer;Janne Blichert-Toft

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

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

  • Why Archaean TTG cannot be generated by MORB melting in subduction zones

    Hervé Martin;Hervé Martin;Hervé Martin;Jean-François Moyen;Jean-François Moyen;Jean-François Moyen;Martin Guitreau;Janne Blichert-Toft

  • A slab breakoff model for the Neogene thermal evolution of South Karakorum and South Tibet

    G Mahéo;S Guillot;J Blichert-Toft;Y Rolland

  • Density functional theory estimation of isotope fractionation of Fe, Ni, Cu, and Zn among species relevant to geochemical and biological environments

    Toshiyuki Fujii;Frédéric Moynier;Janne Blichert-Toft;Francis Albarède

  • Hf–Nd isotopic evolution of the lower crust

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

Frequent Co-Authors

Francis Albarède
Francis Albarède École Normale Supérieure de Lyon
Kenneth W.W. Sims
Kenneth W.W. Sims University of Wyoming
Stephen J. Mojzsis
Stephen J. Mojzsis University of Bayreuth
Philippe Telouk
Philippe Telouk École Normale Supérieure de Lyon
Maud Boyet
Maud Boyet University of Clermont Auvergne
Barry B. Hanan
Barry B. Hanan San Diego State University
Minik T. Rosing
Minik T. Rosing University of Copenhagen
Julie Prytulak
Julie Prytulak Durham University
Mark D. Kurz
Mark D. Kurz Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Matthew G. Jackson
Matthew G. Jackson University of California, Santa Barbara

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