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Jean-Luc Charlou is affiliated with the French Research Institute for Exploitation of the Sea in France. Their research primarily focuses on Environmental Science and Earth and Planetary Sciences, with specific attention to subfields such as Environmental Chemistry, Global and Planetary Change, and Atmospheric Science.

The scientist's work covers several main topics, including:

  • Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena
  • Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics
  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research

Jean-Luc Charlou has contributed to research published in venues such as Frontiers in Earth Science. A recent paper authored in 2023 is titled "Methane-flow system within the Nyegga pockmark field, offshore mid-Norway," published in Frontiers in Earth Science.

Collaboration is a significant part of Charlou's scientific activity. Frequent co-authors include Stéphanie Dupré, Jean-Paul Foucher, Catherine Pierre, Carole Decker, and Graham K. Westbrook.

Best Publications

  • Geochemistry of high H2 and CH4 vent fluids issuing from ultramafic rocks at the Rainbow hydrothermal field (36°14'N, MAR)

    J.L Charlou;J.P Donval;Y Fouquet;P Jean-Baptiste

  • The rainbow vent fluids (36°14′N, MAR): the influence of ultramafic rocks and phase separation on trace metal content in Mid-Atlantic Ridge hydrothermal fluids

    E Douville;J.L Charlou;E.H Oelkers;P Bienvenu

  • Yttrium and rare earth elements in fluids from various deep-sea hydrothermal systems

    Eric Douville;Eric Douville;Philippe Bienvenu;Jean Luc Charlou;Jean Pierre Donval

  • Rare-earth elements and uranium in high-temperature solutions from East Pacific Rise hydrothermal vent field (13 °N)

    A. Michard;F. Albarède;G. Michard;J. F. Minster

  • Compared geochemical signatures and the evolution of Menez Gwen (37°50′N) and Lucky Strike (37°17′N) hydrothermal fluids, south of the Azores Triple Junction on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge

    J.L Charlou;J.P Donval;E Douville;P Jean-Baptiste

  • Methane discharge from a deep-sea submarine mud volcano into the upper water column by gas hydrate-coated methane bubbles

    Eberhard J. Sauter;Sergey I. Muyakshin;Jean-Luc Charlou;Michael Schlüter

  • Metallogenesis in back-arc environments; the Lau Basin example

    Yves Fouquet;Ulrich von Stackelberg;Jean Luc Charlou;Joerg Erzinger

  • Intense CH4 plumes generated by serpentinization of ultramafic rocks at the intersection of the 15°20′N fracture zone and the Mid-Atlantic Ridge

    Jean Luc Charlou;Yves Fouquet;Henri Bougault;Jean P. Donval

  • Chemistry of solutions from the 13°N East Pacific Rise hydrothermal site

    G. Michard;F. Albarède;A. Michard;J.-F. Minster

  • Hydrothermal vents near a mantle hot spot: the Lucky Strike vent field at 37°N on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge

    C. Langmuir;S. Humphris;D. Fornari;C. Van Dover

  • Hydrothermal methane venting between 12°N and 26°N along the Mid‐Atlantic Ridge

    Jean-Luc Charlou;Jean-Pierre Donval

  • Hydrocarbons and oxidized organic compounds in hydrothermal fluids from Rainbow and Lost City ultramafic-hosted vents

    Cécile Konn;Jean-Luc Charlou;Jean-Pierre Donval;Nils Holm

  • Acidic and sulfate-rich hydrothermal fluids from the Manus back-arc basin, Papua New Guinea

    Toshitaka Gamo;Kei Okamura;Jean-Luc Charlou;Tetsuro Urabe

  • High production and fluxes of H2 and CH4 and evidence of abiotic hydrocarbon synthesis by serpentinization in ultramafic‐hosted hydrothermal systems on the Mid‐Atlantic Ridge

    Jean Luc Charlou;Jean Pierre Donval;Cécile Konn;Hélène Ondréas

  • Hydrothermal activity and metallogenesis in the Lau back-arc basin

    Y. Fouquet;U. Von Stackelberg;J. L. Charlou;J. P. Donval

  • Evidence of methane venting and geochemistry of brines on mud volcanoes of the eastern Mediterranean Sea

    J.L Charlou;J.P Donval;T Zitter;N Roy

  • Geodiversity of hydrothermal processes along the Mid-Atlantic Ridge and ultramafic-hosted mineralization: A new type of oceanic Cu-Zn-Co-Au volcanogenic massive sulfide deposit

    Yves Fouquet;Pierre Cambon;JoëL Etoubleau;Jean Luc Charlou

  • Mineral and gas chemistry of hydrothermal fluids on an ultrafast spreading ridge: East Pacific Rise, 17° to 19°S (Naudur cruise, 1993) phase separation processes controlled by volcanic and tectonic activity

    Jean Luc Charlou;Yves Fouquet;Jean Pierre Donval;Jean Marie Auzende

  • Hydrothermal activity in the Lau back-arc basin:Sulfides and water chemistry

    Yves Fouquet;Ulrich von Stackelberg;Jean Luc Charlou;Jean Pierre Donval

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

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

  • Free gas and gas hydrates from the Sea of Marmara, Turkey: chemical and structural characterization

    Christophe Bourry;Bertrand Chazallon;Jean Luc Charlou;Jean Pierre Donval

Frequent Co-Authors

Yves Fouquet
Yves Fouquet French Research Institute for Exploitation of the Sea
Philippe Jean-Baptiste
Philippe Jean-Baptiste French Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Commission (CEA)
Henri Bougault
Henri Bougault French Research Institute for Exploitation of the Sea
Jean-Paul Foucher
Jean-Paul Foucher French Research Institute for Exploitation of the Sea
Jean-Marie Auzende
Jean-Marie Auzende French Research Institute for Exploitation of the Sea
Antje Boetius
Antje Boetius Max Planck Society
Nils G. Holm
Nils G. Holm Stockholm University
Eric Douville
Eric Douville Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Toshitaka Gamo
Toshitaka Gamo University of Tokyo

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