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Michel Cathelineau

Michel Cathelineau

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Earth Science

D-Index
56
Citations
10671
World Ranking
2437
National Ranking
163

Overview

Michel Cathelineau is affiliated with the University of Lorraine in France and specializes in Earth and Planetary Sciences. Their research portfolio includes 76 publications primarily focused on geophysics, geochemistry, petrology, inorganic chemistry, artificial intelligence, and mechanical engineering as subfields.

The main topics addressed in their work are geological and geochemical analysis, earthquake and tectonic studies, geochemistry and geologic mapping, radioactive element chemistry and processing, geochemistry and elemental analysis, geological and geophysical studies worldwide, and hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis.

Frequent publication venues for their research include Minerals with 8 publications, Ore Geology Reviews with 7, Chemical Geology and Journal of the Geological Society with 2 each, and Goldschmidt2021 abstracts also with 2.

Michel Cathelineau has co-authored extensively with several researchers, including Marie-Christine Boiron (21 collaborations), Yoram Teitler (10), Sylvain Favier (8), Fabrice Golfier (8), and Christian Marignac (5).

Among their recent papers are:

  • Groundwater in sedimentary basins as potential lithium resource: a global prospective study, 2021, Scientific Reports
  • Incipient Wolframite Deposition at Panasqueira (Portugal): W-Rich Rutile and Tourmaline Compositions as Proxies for the Early Fluid Composition, 2020, Economic Geology
  • Poultry litter ash characterisation and recovery, 2020, Waste Management
  • Serpentinization of New Caledonia peridotites: from depth to (sub-)surface, 2020, Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology
  • A multi-scalar study of the long-term reactivity of uranium mill tailings from Bellezane site (France), 2020, Journal of Environmental Radioactivity

Best Publications

  • Cation Site occupancy in chlorites and illites as a function of temperature

    M. Cathelineau

  • A chlorite solid solution geothermometer the Los Azufres (Mexico) geothermal system

    Michel Cathelineau;David Nieva

  • LA-ICP-MS analyses of minor and trace elements and bulk Ge isotopes in zoned Ge-rich sphalerites from the Noailhac - Saint-Salvy deposit (France): Insights into incorporation mechanisms and ore deposition processes

    Rémi Belissont;Marie-Christine Boiron;Béatrice Luais;Michel Cathelineau

  • Mixing of Sodic and Calcic Brines and Uranium Deposition at McArthur River, Saskatchewan, Canada: A Raman and Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectroscopic Study of Fluid Inclusions

    Donatienne Derome;Michel Cathelineau;Michel Cuney;Cécile Fabre

  • The Hydrothermal Alkali Metasomatism Effects on Granitic Rocks: Quartz Dissolution and Related Subsolidus Changes

    Michel Cathelineau

  • Fluid flows and metal deposition near basement /cover unconformity: lessons and analogies from Pb–Zn–F–Ba systems for the understanding of Proterozoic U deposits

    M.-C. Boiron;M. Cathelineau;Antonin Richard

  • Giant uranium deposits formed from exceptionally uranium-rich acidic brines

    Antonin Richard;Christophe Rozsypal;Julien Mercadier;Julien Mercadier;David A. Banks

  • Low-temperature chlorite geothermometry: a graphical representation based on a T–R2+–Si diagram

    Franck Bourdelle;Franck Bourdelle;Michel Cathelineau

  • An evaporated seawater origin for the ore-forming brines in unconformity-related uranium deposits (Athabasca Basin, Canada): Cl/Br and δ37Cl analysis of fluid inclusions

    Antonin Richard;David A. Banks;Julien Mercadier;Marie-Christine Boiron

  • Identification of fluid inclusions in relation to their host microstructural domains in quartz by cathodoluminescence

    M.C. Boiron;S. Essarraj;E. Sellier;M. Cathelineau

  • Improvements in clathrate modelling: I. The H2O-CO2 system with various salts

    Ronald J. Bakker;Jean Dubessy;Michel Cathelineau

  • Mixing of metamorphic and surficial fluids during the uplift of the Hercynian upper crust: consequences for gold deposition

    Marie-Christine Boiron;Michel Cathelineau;David A Banks;Serge Fourcade

  • Experimental synthesis of chlorite from smectite at 300ºC in the presence of metallic Fe

    D. Guillaume;A. Neaman;M. Cathelineau;Régine Mosser-Ruck

  • Brine–rock interaction in the Athabasca basement (McArthur River U deposit, Canada): consequences for fluid chemistry and uranium uptake

    Antonin Richard;Thomas Pettke;Michel Cathelineau;Marie-Christine Boiron

  • Clay minerals trap hydrogen in the Earth's crust: Evidence from the Cigar Lake uranium deposit, Athabasca

    Laurent Truche;Laurent Truche;Gilles Joubert;Maxime Dargent;Pierre Martz

  • Experimental study of the transformation of smectite at 80 and 300°C in the presence of Fe oxides

    D. Guillaume;A. Neaman;M. Cathelineau;Régine Mosser-Ruck

  • EFFECTS OF TEMPERATURE, pH, AND IRON/CLAY AND LIQUID/CLAY RATIOS ON EXPERIMENTAL CONVERSION OF DIOCTAHEDRAL SMECTITE TO BERTHIERINE, CHLORITE, VERMICULITE, OR SAPONITE

    Regine Mosser-Ruck;Michel Cathelineau;Damien Guillaume;Delphine Charpentier

  • Paleo-fluid composition determined from individual fluid inclusions by Raman and LIBS: Application to mid-proterozoic evaporitic Na–Ca brines (Alligator Rivers Uranium Field, northern territories Australia)

    Donatienne Derome;Michel Cathelineau;Cécile Fabre;Marie-Christine Boiron

  • U-Th-REE mobility during albitization and quartz dissolution in granitoids : evidence from south-east French Massif Central

    Michel Cathelineau

  • Migration of brines in the basement rocks of the Athabasca Basin through microfracture networks (P-Patch U deposit, Canada)

    Julien Mercadier;Antonin Richard;Marie-Christine Boiron;Michel Cathelineau

  • Temperature — composition relationships of authigenic micaceous minerals in the Los Azufres geothermal system

    M. Cathelineau;G. Izquierdo

Frequent Co-Authors

Marie-Christine Boiron
Marie-Christine Boiron University of Lorraine
Philippe Boulvais
Philippe Boulvais University of Rennes
Michel Cuney
Michel Cuney University of Lorraine
David A. Banks
David A. Banks University of Leeds
Serge Fourcade
Serge Fourcade University of Rennes
Julien Mercadier
Julien Mercadier French National Centre for Scientific Research
Christian Marignac
Christian Marignac University of Lorraine
Etienne Deloule
Etienne Deloule University of Lorraine
Marc Poujol
Marc Poujol University of Rennes
Jean Dubessy
Jean Dubessy University of Lorraine

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