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Nathalie Fagel

Nathalie Fagel

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Earth Science

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5341
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Overview

Nathalie Fagel is affiliated with the University of Liège in Belgium and has a research focus primarily in Earth and Planetary Sciences and Engineering. Their scholarly output spans 58 publications in Earth and Planetary Sciences and 54 in Engineering, emphasizing interdisciplinary approaches to materials science and geotechnical studies.

The scientist's subfields of interest include Civil and Structural Engineering, Building and Construction, Biomaterials, Earth-Surface Processes, and Atmospheric Science. This range reflects a broad engagement with both applied and natural science domains, particularly those linked to environmental and construction materials.

Their research topics cover several key areas: clay minerals and soil interactions; recycling and utilization of industrial and municipal waste in materials production; geology and paleoclimatology research; concrete and cement materials research; geotechnical and construction materials studies; building materials and conservation; and geological and geochemical analysis.

Several recent papers illustrate these thematic areas:

  • Physico-chemical and mineralogical characterization of clay materials suitable for production of stabilized compressed earth blocks (2020, Construction and Building Materials)
  • Phosphogypsum and Black Steel Slag as Additives for Ecological Bentonite-Based Materials: Microstructure and Characterization (2020, Minerals)
  • Characterization and origin of two Fe-rich bentonites from Westerwald (Germany) (2020, Applied Clay Science)
  • Characterization of Moroccan steel slag waste: The potential green resource for ceramic production (2021, Construction and Building Materials)
  • Clayey soils from Boulgou (North Cameroon): geotechnical, mineralogical, chemical characteristics and properties of their fired products (2021, SN Applied Sciences)

Nathalie Fagel frequently publishes in journals such as Clay Minerals, The Science of The Total Environment, Arabian Journal of Geosciences, Construction and Building Materials, and Quaternary Science Reviews, with seven publications appearing in Clay Minerals and multiple papers in the other venues.

Their collaborative network includes frequent co-authors:

  • Meriam El Ouahabi (18 joint publications)
  • Lahcen Daoudi (12 joint publications)
  • Aubin Nzeugang Nzeukou (8 joint publications)
  • Mouhssin El Halim (7 joint publications)
  • Nadine Mattielli (7 joint publications)

This profile highlights Nathalie Fagel's engagement with sustainable and ecological materials research, focusing on clay minerals, waste recycling in materials production, and the geotechnical characteristics of construction-related substances. The blend of engineering and planetary science perspectives characterizes the scientist's interdisciplinary approach to their fields of study.

Best Publications

  • Late Quaternary clay mineral record in Central Lake Baikal (Academician Ridge, Siberia)

    Nathalie Fagel;T. Boski;L. Likhoshway;Hedi Oberhaensli

  • Atmospheric lead and heavy metal pollution records from a Belgian peat bog spanning the last two millenia: Human impact on a regional to global scale

    François De Vleeschouwer;Laëtitia Gérard;Catherine Goormaghtigh;Nadine Mattielli

  • Chapter Four Clay Minerals, Deep Circulation and Climate

    Nathalie Fagel

  • MODIFIED MINERAL PHASES DURING CLAY CERAMIC FIRING

    M. El Ouahabi;L. Daoudi;F. Hatert;N. Fagel

  • Reconstruction of the Holocene seismotectonic activity of the Southern Andes from seismites recorded in Lago Icalma, Chile, 39°S

    Sébastien Bertrand;Sébastien Bertrand;François Charlet;Emmanuel Chapron;Emmanuel Chapron;Nathalie Fagel

  • Vivianite formation and distribution in Lake Baikal sediments

    Nathalie Fagel;L. Y. Alleman;L. Granina;Frédéric Hatert

  • Anthropogenic impacts in North Poland over the last 1300 years--a record of Pb, Zn, Cu, Ni and S in an ombrotrophic peat bog.

    François De Vleeschouwer;François De Vleeschouwer;Nathalie Fagel;Andriy Cheburkin;Anna Pazdur

  • Export production in the Bay of Biscay as estimated from barium - barite in settling material: a comparison with new production

    F. Dehairs;Nathalie Fagel;A. Antia;R. Peinert

  • Late Quaternary evolution of sediment provenances in the Central Arctic Ocean: mineral assemblage, trace element composition and Nd and Pb isotope fingerprints of detrital fraction from the Northern Mendeleev Ridge

    N. Fagel;Christelle Not;Christelle Not;J. Gueibe;N. Mattielli

  • Mineralogical, physico-chemical and technological characterization of clays from Maroua (Far-North, Cameroon) for use in ceramic bricks production

    Désiré Tsozué;Aubin Nzeukou Nzeugang;Jacques Richard Mache;Suilabayuy Loweh

  • Multiproxy evidence of `Little Ice Age' palaeoenvironmental changes in a peat bog from northern Poland

    François De Vleeschouwer;Natalia Piotrowska;Jarosław Sikorski;Jacek Pawlyta

  • Climate variability of southern Chile since the Last Glacial Maximum: a continuous sedimentological record from Lago Puyehue (40°S)

    Sebastien Bertrand;Sebastien Bertrand;Francois Charlet;Bernard Charlier;Virginie Renson

  • Magnetic susceptibility as a high-resolution correlation tool and as a climatic proxy in Paleozoic rocks – Merits and pitfalls: Examples from the Devonian in Belgium

    A.C. Da Silva;D. De Vleeschouwer;F. Boulvain;P. Claeys

  • Temporal evolution of sediment supply in Lago Puyehue (Southern Chile) during the last 600 yr and its climatic significance

    Sébastien Bertrand;Xavier Boës;Julie Castiaux;François Charlet

  • SmNd signature of modern and late Quaternary sediments from the northwest North Atlantic: Implications for deep current changes since the Last Glacial Maximum

    Christophe Innocent;Nathalie Fagel;Ross K. Stevenson;Claude Hillaire-Marcel

  • Volcano- and climate-driven changes in atmospheric dust sources and fluxes since the Late Glacial in Central Europe

    Gaël Le Roux;Nathalie Fagel;Francois De Vleeschouwer;Michael Krachler

  • Nd and Pb isotope signatures of the clay-size fraction of Labrador Sea sediments during the Holocene: Implications for the inception of the modern deep circulation pattern

    Nathalie Fagel;Claude Hillaire-Marcel;Marc Humblet;Robert Brasseur

  • Changes in the Western Boundary Undercurrent Outflow since the Last Glacial Maximum, from smectite/illite ratios in deep Labrador Sea sediments

    Nathalie Fagel;Claude Hillaire-Marcel;Christian Robert

  • Sm–Nd isotope systematics in deep-sea sediments: clay-size versus coarser fractions

    C. Innocent;Nathalie Fagel;C. Hillaire-Marcel

  • Relationships between southern Chilean varved lake sediments, precipitation and ENSO for the last 600 years

    Xavier Boës;Nathalie Fagel

  • Mineralogical and geotechnical characterization of clays from northern Morocco for their potential use in the ceramic industry

    M. El Ouahabi;L. Daoudi;N. Fagel

Frequent Co-Authors

Nadine Mattielli
Nadine Mattielli Université Libre de Bruxelles
Sebastien Bertrand
Sebastien Bertrand Ghent University
Roberto Urrutia
Roberto Urrutia University of Concepción
Sabine Schmidt
Sabine Schmidt University of Bordeaux
Maurice Streel
Maurice Streel University of Liège
Claude Hillaire-Marcel
Claude Hillaire-Marcel University of Quebec at Montreal
Marc De Batist
Marc De Batist Ghent University
Emmanuel Chapron
Emmanuel Chapron University of Toulouse-Jean Jaurès
Gilles Lepoint
Gilles Lepoint University of Liège
Marie-France Loutre
Marie-France Loutre University of Bern

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