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Jean-François Deconinck

Jean-François Deconinck

Jean-François Deconinck publication distribution in Earth Science in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Earth Science in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Jean-François Deconinck sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 510+

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Jean-François Deconinck D-index placement in Earth Science in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Earth Science scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Jean-François Deconinck sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 94+

The last bar groups every scientist with 94 D-Index or more.

Overview

Jean-François Deconinck is affiliated with the University of Burgundy in France and has contributed extensively to the field of Earth and Planetary Sciences. Their research focuses on multiple subfields including Geophysics, Paleontology, Atmospheric Science, Geochemistry and Petrology, and Biomaterials.

The scientist has authored numerous publications addressing topics such as Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils, Geology and Paleoclimatology Research, Geological and Geochemical Analysis, Geochemistry and Elemental Analysis, Clay minerals and soil interactions, Geological formations and processes, and Geological and Geophysical Studies Worldwide.

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Jean-François Deconinck include François Baudin, Mathieu Martinez, Stephen P. Hesselbo, Teuntje P. Hollaar, and Claire M. Belcher.

Their research work has appeared regularly in notable publication venues with multiple contributions to Cretaceous Research, Climate of the Past, Episodes, Global and Planetary Change, and Annales de la Société Géologique du Nord.

Some recent papers authored by Jean-François Deconinck are:

  • A global palaeoclimatic reconstruction for the Valanginian based on clay mineralogical and geochemical data, 2020, Earth-Science Reviews
  • Wildfire activity enhanced during phases of maximum orbital eccentricity and precessional forcing in the Early Jurassic, 2021, Communications Earth & Environment
  • Diagenetic and environmental control of the clay mineralogy, organic matter and stable isotopes (C, O) of Jurassic (Pliensbachian-lowermost Toarcian) sediments of the Rodiles section (Asturian Basin, Northern Spain), 2020, Marine and Petroleum Geology
  • First record of early Aptian Oceanic Anoxic Event 1a from the Paris Basin (France) - Climate signals on a terrigenous shelf, 2021, Cretaceous Research
  • Million-year-scale alternation of warm-humid and semi-arid periods as a mid-latitude climate mode in the Early Jurassic (late Sinemurian, Laurasian Seaway), 2021, Climate of the Past

Jean-François Deconinck has also contributed to book publications through the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique with titles including "Sciences de la Terre et de l'Univers." (2024) and "Dictionnaire des sciences de la Terre et de l'Univers" (2025).

Best Publications

  • Climatic ups and downs in a disturbed Jurassic world

    Guillaume Dera;Guillaume Dera;Benjamin Brigaud;Benjamin Brigaud;Fabrice Monna;Rémi Laffont

  • Distribution of clay minerals in Early Jurassic Peritethyan seas: Palaeoclimatic significance inferred from multiproxy comparisons

    Guillaume Dera;Pierre Pellenard;Pascal Neige;Jean-François Deconinck

  • 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

  • 1822 earthquake‐triggered homogenite in Lake Le Bourget (NW Alps)

    E. Chapron;C. Beck;M. Pourchet;J. F. Deconinck

  • Diversity of Smectite Origins in Late Cretaceous Sediments: Example of Chalks from Northern France

    J. F. Deconinck;H. Chamley

  • Facies and climate/environmental changes recorded on a carbonate ramp: A sedimentological and geochemical approach on Middle Jurassic carbonates (Paris Basin, France)

    Benjamin Brigaud;Christophe Durlet;Jean-François Deconinck;Benoît Vincent

  • Astrochronology of the Valanginian–Hauterivian stages (Early Cretaceous): Chronological relationships between the Paraná–Etendeka large igneous province and the Weissert and the Faraoni events

    Mathieu Martinez;Mathieu Martinez;Jean-François Deconinck;Pierre Pellenard;Laurent Riquier

  • 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

  • A better-ventilated ocean triggered by Late Cretaceous changes in continental configuration.

    Yannick Donnadieu;Emmanuelle Pucéat;Mathieu Moiroud;François Guillocheau

  • Late Jurassic palaeoclimatic change from clay mineralogy and gamma-ray spectrometry of the Kimmeridge Clay, Dorset, UK

    Stephen P. Hesselbo;Jean-François Deconinck;Jennifer M. Huggett;Helen S. Morgans-Bell

  • 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

  • Sequence stratigraphy of source rocks applied to the study of the Kim meridgian/Tithonian in the north-west European shelf (Dorset/UK, Yorkshire/UK and Boulonnais/France)

    J.P. Herbin;J.L. Fernandez-Martinez;J.R. Geyssant;A.El. Albani

  • Acoustic Properties of Ancient Shallow-Marine Carbonates: Effects of Depositional Environments and Diagenetic Processes (Middle Jurassic, Paris Basin, France)

    Benjamin Brigaud;Benoit Vincent;Christophe Durlet;Jean-François Deconinck

  • The origin and timing of multiphase cementation in carbonates: Impact of regional scale geodynamic events on the Middle Jurassic Limestones diagenesis (Paris Basin, France)

    Benjamin Brigaud;Benjamin Brigaud;Christophe Durlet;Jean-François Deconinck;Benoît Vincent

  • 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

  • Environmental controls on perennial and ephemeral carbonate lakes: the central palaeo-Andean Basin of Bolivia during Late Cretaceous to early Tertiary times

    Gilbert Camoin;Joël Casanova;Jean-Marie Rouchy;Marie-Madeleine Blanc-Valleron

  • Environmental change during the Early Cretaceous in the Purbeck-type Durlston Bay section (Dorset, Southern England): A biomarker approach

    Armelle Riboulleau;Johann Schnyder;Laurent Riquier;Vincent Lefebvre

  • Formation of illitic minerals at surface temperatures in Purbeckian sediments (lower Berriasian, Swiss and French Jura)

    J. F. Deconinck;A. Strasser;P. Debrabant

  • Late Cretaceous palaeoenvironments expressed by the clay mineralogy of Cenomanian–Campanian chalks from the east of the Paris Basin

    Jean François Deconinck;Francis Amédro;François Baudin;Alexis Godet

  • Sequence analytical approach to the upper Kimmeridgian-lower tithonian storm-dominated ramp deposits of the Boulonnais (Northern France). A landward time-equivalent to offshore marine source rocks

    J. N. Proust;J. F. Deconinck;J. R. Geyssant;J. P. Herbin

  • Climatic and palaeoceanographic changes during the Pliensbachian (Early Jurassic) inferred from clay mineralogy and stable isotope (C-O) geochemistry (NW Europe)

    Cédric Bougeault;Pierre Pellenard;Jean-François Deconinck;Stephen P. Hesselbo

Frequent Co-Authors

François Baudin
François Baudin Sorbonne University
Stephen P. Hesselbo
Stephen P. Hesselbo University of Exeter
Nicolas Tribovillard
Nicolas Tribovillard University of Lille
Gilbert Camoin
Gilbert Camoin Aix-Marseille University
Yannick Donnadieu
Yannick Donnadieu Aix-Marseille University
Jean-Noël Proust
Jean-Noël Proust Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Micha Ruhl
Micha Ruhl Trinity College Dublin
Qinglai Feng
Qinglai Feng China University of Geosciences
Nicolas Thibault
Nicolas Thibault University of Copenhagen
Germain Bayon
Germain Bayon French Research Institute for Exploitation of the Sea

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