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Nicolas Thouveny

Nicolas Thouveny

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Nicolas Thouveny is affiliated with Aix-Marseille University in France. Their research primarily focuses on Earth and Planetary Sciences, with significant contributions in Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. The scientist's subfields of study include Atmospheric Science, Molecular Biology, Geophysics, Earth-Surface Processes, and Paleontology.

The main topics addressed in their work cover Geology and Paleoclimatology Research, Geomagnetism and Paleomagnetism Studies, and Geological and Geochemical Analysis. Additional areas of interest involve Geological formations and processes, Planetary Science and Exploration, Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena, and Marine and coastal ecosystems.

Their recent papers include:

  • "Cosmogenic 10Be production records reveal dynamics of geomagnetic dipole moment (GDM) over the Laschamp excursion (20-60 ka)", 2020, Earth and Planetary Science Letters
  • "Shut down of the South American summer monsoon during the penultimate glacial", 2020, Scientific Reports
  • "Millennial atmospheric CO2 changes linked to ocean ventilation modes over past 150,000 years", 2023, Nature Geoscience
  • "Chronostratigraphy of a 1.5±0.1 Ma composite sedimentary record from Colônia basin (SE Brazil): Bayesian modeling based on paleomagnetic, authigenic 10Be/9Be, radiocarbon and luminescence dating", 2020, Quaternary Geochronology
  • "Disentangling magnetic and environmental signatures of sedimentary 10Be/9Be records", 2021, Quaternary Science Reviews

The scientist frequently publishes in the following journals:

  • Quaternary Geochronology
  • Quaternary Science Reviews
  • Earth and Planetary Science Letters
  • Nature Geoscience
  • Scientific Reports

Among frequent collaborators are Quentin Simon, Jean-Pierre Valet, Franck Bassinot, Tatiana Savranskaia, and Ramón Egli. Their collaboration counts range from four to ten joint publications.

Best Publications

  • Climate variations in Europe over the past 140 kyr deduced from rock magnetism

    Nicolas Thouveny;Jacques-Louis de Beaulieu;Eugène Bonifay;Ken M. Creer

  • Early Pleistocene presence of Acheulian hominins in South India.

    Shanti Pappu;Yanni Gunnell;Kumar Akhilesh;Régis Braucher

  • Geomagnetic moment variation and paleomagnetic excursions since 400 kyr BP: a stacked record from sedimentary sequences of the Portuguese margin

    Nicolas Thouveny;Julien Carcaillet;Eva Moreno;Guillaume Leduc

  • Rock magnetic detection of distal ice-rafted debries: clue for the identification of Heinrich layers on the Portuguese margin

    N. Thouveny;E. Moreno;D. Delanghe;L. Candon

  • Rapid ecosystem response to abrupt climate changes during the last glacial period in western Europe, 40–16 ka

    Barbara Wohlfarth;Daniel Veres;Linda Ampel;Terri Lacourse

  • Revised magnetostratigraphy of the Plio-Pleistocene sedimentary sequence of the Olduvai Formation (Tanzania)

    Endale Tamrat;Nicolas Thouveny;Maurice Tai¨eb;N.D. Opdyke

  • A high resolution authigenic 10Be/9Be record of geomagnetic moment variations over the last 300 ka from sedimentary cores of the Portuguese margin.

    Julien Carcaillet;Didier L. Bourlès;Nicolas Thouveny;Maurice Arnold

  • Extension of the Lac du Bouchet palaeomagnetic record over the last 120,000 years

    N. Thouveny;K.M. Creer;I. Blunk

  • Sediment instability on the Portuguese continental margin under abrupt glacial climate changes (last 60 kyr)

    Susana Martin Lebreiro;Antje Hl Voelker;Alexis Vizcaino;Fatima F Abrantes

  • Pollen-based vegetation changes in southern Tanzania during the last 4200 years: climate change and/or human impact

    Annie Vincens;David Williamson;Florian Thevenon;Maurice Taieb

  • Climatic and oceanographic changes in the Northeast Atlantic reflected by magnetic properties of sediments deposited on the Portuguese Margin during the last 340 ka

    Eva Moreno;Nicolas Thouveny;Doriane Delanghe;I.Nick McCave

  • Authigenic 10Be/9Be ratio signatures of the cosmogenic nuclide production linked to geomagnetic dipole moment variation since the Brunhes/Matuyama boundary

    Quentin Simon;Quentin Simon;Nicolas Thouveny;Didier L. Bourlès;Jean-Pierre Valet

  • Geomagnetic, cosmogenic and climatic changes across the last geomagnetic reversal from Equatorial Indian Ocean sediments

    Jean-Pierre Valet;Franck Bassinot;Alexandra Bouilloux;Didier Bourlès

  • Authigenic 10Be/9Be ratios and 10Be-fluxes (230Thxs-normalized) in central Baffin Bay sediments during the last glacial cycle: Paleoenvironmental implications

    Quentin Simon;Nicolas Thouveny;Didier L. Bourlès;Laurence Nuttin

  • Formation and preservation of greigite (Fe3S4) in sediments from the Santa Barbara Basin: Implications for paleoenvironmental changes during the past 35 ka

    Cécile L Blanchet;Cécile L Blanchet;Nicolas Thouveny;Laurence Vidal

  • Peat bank growth, Holocene palaeoecology and climate history of South Georgia (sub-Antarctica), based on a botanical macrofossil record

    N. Van der Putten;N. Van der Putten;C. Verbruggen;R. Ochyra;S. Spassov

  • Amplitude and timing of the Laschamp geomagnetic dipole low from the global atmospheric 10 Be overproduction: Contribution of authigenic 10 Be/ 9 Be ratios in west equatorial Pacific sediments

    Lucie Menabreaz;Didier Bourles;Nicolas Thouveny

  • A 250 ka sedimentary record from a small karstic lake in the Northern Levant (Yammoûneh, Lebanon): Paleoclimatic implications

    A. L. Develle;F. Gasse;L. Vidal;David Williamson

  • Impact of human activities and vegetation changes on the tetraether sources in Lake St Front (Massif Central, France)

    Céline Martin;Céline Martin;Guillemette Ménot;Nicolas Thouveny;Nina Davtian

  • Paleoclimatic context of geomagnetic dipole lows and excursions in the Brunhes, clue for an orbital influence on the geodynamo?

    Nicolas Thouveny;Didier Bourlès;Ginette Saracco;Julien Carcaillet

  • Early Holocene Thermal Maximum recorded by branched tetraethers and pollen in Western Europe (Massif Central, France)

    Céline Martin;Céline Martin;Guillemette Ménot;Nicolas Thouveny;Odile Peyron

  • Geomagnetic dipole moment and 10Be production rate intercalibration from authigenic 10Be/9Be for the last 1.3 Ma

    Julien T. Carcaillet;Didier L. Bourlès;Nicolas Thouveny

  • Palaeomagnetic study of the Holocene and Upper Pleistocene sediments from Lake Barombi Mbo, Cameroun: first results

    N. Thouveny;D. Williamson

Frequent Co-Authors

Didier Bourlès
Didier Bourlès Aix-Marseille University
Simon J A Jung
Simon J A Jung University of Edinburgh
Gilbert Camoin
Gilbert Camoin Aix-Marseille University
Antje H L Voelker
Antje H L Voelker Instituto Português do Mar e da Atmosfera
Fatima F Abrantes
Fatima F Abrantes Instituto Português do Mar e da Atmosfera
Frank Bassinot
Frank Bassinot University of Paris-Saclay
Kazuyo Tachikawa
Kazuyo Tachikawa Aix-Marseille University
Maurice Reille
Maurice Reille Aix-Marseille University
Elisabeth Lallier-Vergès
Elisabeth Lallier-Vergès Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Jacques-Louis de Beaulieu
Jacques-Louis de Beaulieu Aix-Marseille University

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