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Jean-François Ghienne

Jean-François Ghienne

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Earth Science

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5313
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Overview

Jean-François Ghienne is affiliated with the University of Strasbourg in France. Their research primarily focuses on the field of Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a substantial body of work relating to several subfields including Geophysics, Atmospheric Science, Earth-Surface Processes, Anthropology, and Paleontology.

Their scientific contributions can be broadly categorized across multiple main topics of interest. These include Geological formations and processes, Geology and Paleoclimatology Research, Geological and Geochemical Analysis, Geological and Geophysical Studies Worldwide, Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology, earthquake and tectonic studies, and Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils.

Jean-François Ghienne has published extensively, with significant articles appearing in noted scientific venues. Frequent publication venues include the Geological Society London Special Publications, SSRN Electronic Journal, Earth-Science Reviews, Basin Research, and the International Journal of Earth Sciences.

Recent publications reflect a focus on geological and tectonic phenomena in diverse geographical areas and contexts. Selected recent papers include:

  • "The Mid-Variscan Allochthon: Keys from correlation, partial retrodeformation and plate-tectonic reconstruction to unlock the geometry of a non-cylindrical belt" (2021) in Earth-Science Reviews
  • "Plio-Pleistocene sedimentation in West Turkana (Turkana Depression, Kenya, East African Rift System): Paleolake fluctuations, paleolandscapes and controlling factors" (2020) in Earth-Science Reviews
  • "The syn-rift tectono-stratigraphic record of rifted margins (Part II): A new model to break through the proximal/distal interpretation frontier" (2021) in Basin Research
  • "The Grès Singuliers of the Mont Blanc region (France and Switzerland): stratigraphic response to rifting and crustal necking in the Alpine Tethys" (2020) in International Journal of Earth Sciences
  • "The syn-rift tectono-stratigraphic record of rifted margins (Part I): Insights from the Alpine Tethys" (2021) in Basin Research

Collaborations with other researchers have been a component of their scholarly activity. Frequent co-authors include Mathieu Schuster, Patrick Lajeunesse, Pierre Dietrich, Lucas Bofill, and Guilherme Bozetti.

Best Publications

  • The age of the Sahara desert.

    Mathieu Schuster;Mathieu Schuster;Philippe Duringer;Jean-François Ghienne;Patrick Vignaud

  • Late Pleistocene and Holocene dune activity and wind regimes in the western Sahara Desert of Mauritania

    Nicholas Lancaster;Gary Kocurek;Ashok Singhvi;V. Pandey

  • Late Ordovician sedimentary environments, glacial cycles, and post-glacial transgression in the Taoudeni Basin, West Africa

    Jean-François Ghienne

  • A Cenozoic-style scenario for the end-Ordovician glaciation.

    Jean-François Ghienne;André Desrochers;Thijs R.A. Vandenbroucke;Aicha Achab

  • The Late Ordovician glacial sedimentary system of the North Gondwana platform

    Jean‐Francois Ghienne;Daniel Paul Le Heron;Julien Moreau;Michael Denis

  • The Late Ordovician glacio-eustatic record from a high-latitude storm-dominated shelf succession: The Bou Ingarf section (Anti-Atlas, Southern Morocco)

    Alfredo Loi;J.-F. Ghienne;Marie-Pierre Dabard;Florentin Paris

  • Holocene Lake Mega-Chad palaeoshorelines from space

    Mathieu Schuster;Claude Roquin;Philippe Duringer;Michel Brunet

  • Large-scale channel fill structures in Late Ordovician glacial deposits in Mauritania, western Sahara

    Jean François Ghienne;Max Deynoux

  • The Cambrian-Ordovician succession in the Ougarta Range (West Algeria, North Africa) : Impact of the Late Ordovician glaciation on the Lower Palaeozoic transgression

    Jean-François Ghienne;Kheira Boumendjel;Florentin Paris;Patrick R. Racheboeuf

  • Late Ordovician glaciation in southern Turkey

    O. Monod;H. Kozlu;J.-F. Ghienne;W. T. Dean

  • The tectono‐sedimentary evolution of a supra‐detachment rift basin at a deep‐water magma‐poor rifted margin: the example of the Samedan Basin preserved in the Err nappe in SE Switzerland

    Emmanuel Masini;Gianreto Manatschal;Geoffroy Mohn;Jean‐François Ghienne

  • Cambrian–Ordovician depositional sequences in the Middle East: A perspective from Turkey

    J.-F. Ghienne;O. Monod;H. Kozlu;W.T. Dean

  • The Mid-Variscan Allochthon: Keys from correlation, partial retrodeformation and plate-tectonic reconstruction to unlock the geometry of a non-cylindrical belt

    José R. Martínez Catalán;Karel Schulmann;Jean-François Ghienne

  • Maximum extent of ice sheets in Morocco during the Late Ordovician glaciation

    Daniel Paul Le Heron;Daniel Paul Le Heron;Jean-François Ghienne;Mohamed El Houicha;Yahya Khoukhi

  • The Holocene giant Lake Chad revealed by digital elevation models

    Jean-François Ghienne;Mathieu Schuster;Armelle Bernard;Philippe Duringer

  • The formation of a geometrical ridge network by the surge-type glacier Kongsvegen, Svalbard

    Matthew R. Bennett;Michael J. Hambrey;David Huddart;Jean François Ghienne

  • Ordovician chitinozoans and acritarchs from southern and southeastern Turkey

    Florentin Paris;Alain Le Hérissé;Olivier Monod;Huseyin Kozlu

  • 440 Ma ice stream in North Africa

    Julien Moreau;Jean-François Ghienne;Daniel Paul Le Heron;Jean-Loup Rubino

  • Palaeovalleys and fault-controlled depocentres in the Late-Ordovician glacial record of the Murzuq Basin (central Libya)

    Jean-François Ghienne;Max Deynoux;Giänreto Manatschal;Jean-Loup Rubino

  • Upslope-Migrating Bedforms In A Proglacial Sandur Delta: Cyclic Steps From River-Derived Underflows?

    Pierre Dietrich;Jean-François Ghienne;Alexandre Normandeau;Alexandre Normandeau;Patrick Lajeunesse

Frequent Co-Authors

Mathieu Schuster
Mathieu Schuster University of Strasbourg
Gianreto Manatschal
Gianreto Manatschal University of Strasbourg
Florentin Paris
Florentin Paris University of Rennes
Michel Brunet
Michel Brunet University of Poitiers
Karel Schulmann
Karel Schulmann University of Strasbourg
Patrick Vignaud
Patrick Vignaud University of Poitiers
Jean-Bernard Edel
Jean-Bernard Edel University of Strasbourg
Daniel Paul Le Heron
Daniel Paul Le Heron University of Vienna
Didier Bourlès
Didier Bourlès Aix-Marseille University
Matthew R. Bennett
Matthew R. Bennett Bournemouth University

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