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Lucien F. Montaggioni

Lucien F. Montaggioni

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Earth Science

D-Index
36
Citations
6333
World Ranking
7111
National Ranking
552

Overview

Lucien F. Montaggioni is affiliated with Aix-Marseille University in France and has contributed extensively to research in the fields of Engineering and Earth and Planetary Sciences. Their work spans several subfields, notably Ocean Engineering, Atmospheric Science, Ecology, Geology, and Oceanography.

Their research covers a diverse range of topics, including Reservoir Engineering and Simulation Methods, Drilling and Well Engineering, Geology and Paleoclimatology Research, Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies, Geological and Geophysical Studies, Hydraulic Fracturing and Reservoir Analysis, and Pacific and Southeast Asian Studies.

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Montaggioni include:

  • Peter J. Davies
  • Judith A. McKenzie
  • Amanda A. Palmer-Julson
  • Christian Betzler
  • Thomas C. Brachert

Montaggioni has published in numerous venues, with frequent contributions to:

  • OPAL (Open@LaTrobe) (La Trobe University)
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Marine Geology
  • AAPG Bulletin
  • Natural Hazards Research

Recent published papers include:

  • Quantitative carbonate sequence stratigraphy: Insights from stratigraphic forward models, 2020, AAPG Bulletin
  • Coral conglomerate platforms as foundations for low-lying, reef islands in the French Polynesia (central south Pacific): New insights into the timing and mode of formation, 2021, Marine Geology
  • Mid-late holocene accretional history of low-lying, coral-reef rim islets, South-Marutea Atoll, Tuamotu, central South Pacific: The key role of marine hazard events, 2023, Natural Hazards Research
  • Reef-rim structure and building history, Rangiroa, an uplifted Atoll, French Polynesia: The role of morphotectonics and extreme marine hazard events, 2022, Marine Geology
  • Quaternary development history of coral reefs from West Indian islands: a review, 2020, International Journal of Earth Sciences

Montaggioni is also an author of a book published by Springer International Publishing titled Corals and Reefs (2023).

Best Publications

  • Deglacial sea-level record from Tahiti corals and the timing of global meltwater discharge

    Edouard Bard;Edouard Bard;Bruno Hamelin;Maurice Arnold;Lucien Montaggioni

  • History of Indo-Pacific coral reef systems since the last glaciation: Development patterns and controlling factors

    Lucien F. Montaggioni

  • Late glacial to post glacial sea levels in the Western Indian Ocean

    G.F. Camoin;L.F. Montaggioni;C.J.R. Braithwaite

  • Nature and environmental significance of microbialites in Quaternary reefs: the Tahiti paradox

    Gilbert F. Camoin;Pascale Gautret;Lucien F. Montaggioni;Guy Cabioch

  • Holocene sea level changes and reef development in the southwestern Indian Ocean

    G. F. Camoin;M. Colonna;L. F. Montaggioni;J. Casanova

  • Crustal block movements from holocene shorelines: Crete and antikythira (Greece)

    P.A. Pirazzoli;J. Thommeret;Y. Thommeret;J. Laborel

  • Continuous record of reef growth over the past 14 k.y. on the mid-Pacific island of Tahiti

    Lucien F. Montaggioni;Guy Cabioch;Gilbert F. Camoin;Edouard Bard

  • Holocene sea-level changes in French Polynesia

    P.A. Pirazzoli;L.F. Montaggioni

  • Reef coralgal assemblages as recorders of paleobathymetry and sea level changes in the Indo-Pacific province

    G. Cabioch;L.F. Montaggioni;G. Faure;A. Ribaud-Laurenti

  • Quaternary Coral Reef Systems: History, Development Processes and Controlling Factors

    Colin J. R. Braithwaite;Lucien F. Montaggioni

  • High energy coralgal‐stromatolite frameworks from Holocene reefs (Tahiti, French Polynesia)

    Gilbert F. Camoin;Lucien F. Montaggioni;Lucien F. Montaggioni

  • Crustal block movements from Holocene shorelines: Rhodes Island (Greece) *

    P.A. Pirazzoli;L.F. Montaggioni;J.F. Saliège;G. Segonzac

  • Stromatolites associated with coralgal communities in Holocene high-energy reefs

    Lucien F. Montaggioni;Lucien F. Montaggioni;Gilbert F. Camoin

  • Late Holocene sea-level changes in the northwest Tuamotu islands, French Polynesia☆

    Paolo Antonio Pirazzoli;Lucien François Montaggioni

  • Response of reef coral communities to sea‐level rise: a Holocene model from Mauritius (Western Indian Ocean)

    Lucien F. Montaggioni;Gérard Faure

  • Late Holocene relative sea-level changes in Lebanon, Eastern Mediterranean☆

    Christophe Morhange;Paolo A. Pirazzoli;Nick Marriner;Lucien F. Montaggioni

  • Holocene initiation and development of New Caledonian fringing reefs, SW Pacific

    G. Cabioch;L. F. Montaggioni;G. Faure

  • Late Holocene sea level indicators from twelve atolls in the central and eastern Tuamotus (Pacific Ocean)

    P. A. Pirazzoli;L. F. Montaggioni;B. Salvat;G. Faure

  • Coral barium/calcium record of mid-Holocene upwelling activity in New Caledonia, South-West Pacific

    Lucien F. Montaggioni;Florence Le Cornec;Thierry Corrège;Guy Cabioch

  • Origins and development of Holocene coral reefs: a revisited model based on reef boreholes in the Seychelles, Indian Ocean

    C. J. R. Braithwaite;L. F. Montaggioni;G. F. Camoin;H. Dalmasso

  • Development patterns and controlling factors of Tertiary carbonate buildups: Insights from high-resolution 3D seismic and well data in the Malampaya gas field (Offshore Palawan, Philippines)

    F. Fournier;J. Borgomano;L.F. Montaggioni

Frequent Co-Authors

Gilbert Camoin
Gilbert Camoin Aix-Marseille University
Guy Cabioch
Guy Cabioch Institut de Recherche pour le Développement
Paolo Antonio Pirazzoli
Paolo Antonio Pirazzoli Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Edouard Bard
Edouard Bard Aix-Marseille University
Dick Kroon
Dick Kroon University of Edinburgh
Peter K. Swart
Peter K. Swart University of Miami
Maurice Arnold
Maurice Arnold Collège de France
André W. Droxler
André W. Droxler Rice University
Norbert Frank
Norbert Frank Heidelberg University

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