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Mathieu Schuster

Mathieu Schuster

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Earth Science

D-Index
34
Citations
6459
World Ranking
7828
National Ranking
627

Overview

Mathieu Schuster is affiliated with the University of Strasbourg in France and has focused their research primarily in the field of Earth and Planetary Sciences. Their work spans multiple subfields including Earth-Surface Processes, Atmospheric Science, Paleontology, Mechanics of Materials, and Ecology.

The scientist has contributed extensively to the understanding of geological formations and processes, geology and paleoclimatology research, coastal and marine dynamics, coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics, hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis, Pleistocene-era hominins and archaeology, as well as evolution and paleontology studies.

Mathieu Schuster's recent scholarly publications cover diverse topics related to human adaptation, sedimentation, paleolake fluctuations, and materials science. Recent papers include:

  • 9000 years of human lakeside adaptation in the Ethiopian Afar: Fisher-foragers and the first pastoralists in the Lake Abhe basin during the African Humid Period (2020, Quaternary Science Reviews)
  • Plio-Pleistocene sedimentation in West Turkana (Turkana Depression, Kenya, East African Rift System): Paleolake fluctuations, paleolandscapes and controlling factors (2020, Earth-Science Reviews)
  • Did increased flooding during the African Humid Period force migration of modern humans from the Nile Valley? (2021, Quaternary Science Reviews)
  • In-situ observation of damage in unidirectional CMC laminates under tension (2020, Ceramics International)
  • The depositional signature of cyclic steps: A late Quaternary analogue compared to modern active delta slopes (2020, Sedimentology)

Frequent coauthors who have collaborated with Mathieu Schuster include:

  • Alexis Nutz
  • Jean-François Ghienne
  • Guilherme Bozetti
  • Florin Zăinescu
  • Lucas Bofill

The scientist has published repeatedly in several academic venues, with multiple contributions appearing in the following journals and platforms:

  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Quaternary Science Reviews
  • Journal of Palaeogeography
  • Sedimentology

Mathieu Schuster's body of work incorporates research that intersects geological and environmental sciences with an emphasis on understanding earth surface dynamics and their historical context. Their engagement with topics such as paleoclimate, sedimentology, and archaeological geology positions their research at the confluence of natural history and earth sciences.

Best Publications

  • A new hominid from the Upper Miocene of Chad, Central Africa

    Michel Brunet;Franck Guy;Franck Guy;David Pilbeam;Hassane Taisso Mackaye

  • Climate-Driven Ecosystem Succession in the Sahara: The Past 6000 Years

    S. Kröpelin;D. Verschuren;A.-M. Lézine;H. Eggermont

  • Tectonic Uplift and Eastern Africa Aridification

    Pierre Sepulchre;Gilles Ramstein;Frédéric Fluteau;Mathieu Schuster

  • Geology and palaeontology of the Upper Miocene Toros-Menalla hominid locality, Chad

    Patrick Vignaud;Philippe Duringer;Hassane Taïsso Mackaye;Andossa Likius;Andossa Likius

  • The age of the Sahara desert.

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

  • Aridification of the Sahara desert caused by Tethys Sea shrinkage during the Late Miocene

    Zhongshi Zhang;Gilles Ramstein;Mathieu Schuster;Camille Li

  • Cosmogenic nuclide dating of Sahelanthropus tchadensis and Australopithecus bahrelghazali: Mio-Pliocene hominids from Chad.

    Anne-Elisabeth Lebatard;Didier L. Bourlès;Philippe Duringer;Marc Jolivet

  • Holocene Lake Mega-Chad palaeoshorelines from space

    Mathieu Schuster;Claude Roquin;Philippe Duringer;Michel Brunet

  • Mapping of a major paleodrainage system in eastern Libya using orbital imaging radar: The Kufrah River

    Philippe Paillou;Mathieu Schuster;Stephen Tooth;Tom Farr

  • Chad: discovery of a vertebrate fauna close to the Mio-Pliocene boundary

    Michel Brunet

  • Late middle Eocene epoch of Libya yields earliest known radiation of African anthropoids

    Jean-Jacques Jaeger;K Christopher Beard;Yaowalak Chaimanee;Mustafa Salem

  • Application of the authigenic 10Be/9Be dating method to continental sediments: Reconstruction of the Mio-Pleistocene sedimentary sequence in the early hominid fossiliferous areas of the northern Chad Basin

    Anne-Elisabeth Lebatard;Didier L. Bourlès;Regis Braucher;Maurice Arnold

  • The Holocene giant Lake Chad revealed by digital elevation models

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

  • New termite trace fossils : Galleries, nests and fungus combs from the chad basin of Africa (Upper Miocene - Lower Pliocene)

    Philippe Duringer;Mathieu Schuster;Jorge Fernando Genise;Hassan T. Mackaye

  • New palaeontological assemblage, sedimentological and chronological data from the Pleistocene Ma U'Oi cave (northern Vietnam)

    Anne-Marie Bacon;Fabrice Demeter;Stéphane Roussé

  • 9000 years of human lakeside adaptation in the Ethiopian Afar: Fisher-foragers and the first pastoralists in the Lake Abhe basin during the African Humid Period

    Lamya Khalidi;Carlo Mologni;Clément Ménard;Lucie Coudert

  • The Pleistocene Ma U'oi cave, Northern Vietnam : palaeontology, sedimentology and palaeoenvironments.

    Anne-Marie Bacon;Fabrice Demeter;Mathieu Schuster

  • New rodent assemblages from the Eocene Dur At‐Talah escarpment (Sahara of central Libya): systematic, biochronological, and palaeobiogeographical implications

    Jean-Jacques Jaeger;Laurent Marivaux;Mustapha Salem;Awad Abolhassan Bilal

  • Chad Basin: Paleoenvironments of the Sahara since the Late Miocene

    Mathieu Schuster;Philippe Duringer;Jean-François Ghienne;Claude Roquin

  • Hydrodynamics in Holocene Lake Mega-Chad

    Frédéric Bouchette;Mathieu Schuster;Jean-François Ghienne;Cléa Denamiel

  • Surface geosciences (Palaeoenvironment) Chad Basin: Paleoenvironments of the Sahara since the Late Miocene

    Mathieu Schuster;Philippe Duringer;Jean-François Ghienne;Claude Roquin

Frequent Co-Authors

Michel Brunet
Michel Brunet University of Poitiers
Jean-François Ghienne
Jean-François Ghienne University of Strasbourg
Patrick Vignaud
Patrick Vignaud University of Poitiers
Pierre Sepulchre
Pierre Sepulchre University of Paris-Saclay
Philippe Duringer
Philippe Duringer University of Strasbourg
Jean-Jacques Tiercelin
Jean-Jacques Tiercelin Géosciences Rennes
Gilles Ramstein
Gilles Ramstein University of Paris-Saclay
Didier Bourlès
Didier Bourlès Aix-Marseille University
Denis Geraads
Denis Geraads Sorbonne University
Zhongshi Zhang
Zhongshi Zhang NORCE Research

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