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Pierre Delmelle publication distribution in Earth Science in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Earth Science in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Pierre Delmelle sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 510+

The last bar groups every scientist with 510 publications or more.

Pierre Delmelle D-index placement in Earth Science in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Earth Science scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Pierre Delmelle sits on this spectrum.

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Overview

Pierre Delmelle is affiliated with the Université Catholique de Louvain in Belgium and has an extensive research portfolio primarily focused on Earth and Planetary Sciences, with significant contributions to Environmental Science. Their work spans a variety of subfields including Atmospheric Science, Global and Planetary Change, Geochemistry and Petrology, Geophysics, and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics.

Their research covers numerous main topics, such as:

  • Geochemistry and Elemental Analysis
  • Geological and Geochemical Analysis
  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
  • Groundwater and Isotope Geochemistry
  • Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics
  • Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols
  • Soil and Unsaturated Flow

Delmelle has published multiple papers across several scientific journals. Recent papers include:

  • "Vegetation effects on soil pore structure and hydraulic properties in volcanic ash soils of the high Andes" (2022), published in Hydrological Processes
  • "Development of a simulated lung fluid leaching method to assess the release of potentially toxic elements from volcanic ash" (2021), published in Chemosphere
  • "Environmental bioavailability of arsenic, nickel and chromium in soils impacted by high geogenic and anthropogenic background contents" (2023), published in The Science of The Total Environment
  • "Hydrothermal and magmatic contributions to surface waters in the Aso caldera, southern Japan: Implications for weathering processes in volcanic areas" (2021), published in Chemical Geology
  • "Eruptive style controls the formation of silicon hexafluoride salts on volcanic ash: The case of the 2010 eruption of Eyjafjallajökull volcano, Iceland" (2021), published in Chemical Geology

Frequent coauthors include Noa Ligot, F. Gaspard, Patrick Van Bogaert, Sophie Opfergelt, and Aubry Vandeuren.

Delmelle's publications are often found in venues such as Chemical Geology, Volcanica, Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences, Bulletin of Volcanology, and Hydrological Processes.

Best Publications

  • The role of airborne volcanic ash for the surface ocean biogeochemical iron-cycle: a review

    Svend Duggen;Nazli Olgun;Peter Croot;Linn J. Hoffmann;Linn J. Hoffmann

  • The immediate environmental effects of tephra emission

    Paul Martin Ayris;Paul Martin Ayris;Pierre Delmelle

  • Atmospheric dispersion, environmental effects and potential health hazard associated with the low-altitude gas plume of Masaya volcano, Nicaragua

    Pierre Delmelle;J Stix;PJ Baxter;J Garcia-Alvarez

  • Gas/aerosol-ash interaction in volcanic plumes: New insights from surface analyses of fine ash particles

    Pierre Delmelle;Mathieu Lambert;Yves Dufrêne;Patrick A. Gerin

  • Geochemistry, mineralogy and chemical modeling of the acid crater lake of Kawah Ijen Volcano, Indonesia.

    Pierre Delmelle;Alain Bernard

  • Geochemistry of the magmatic–hydrothermal system of Kawah Ijen volcano, East Java, Indonesia

    Pierre Delmelle;Pierre Delmelle;Alain Bernard;Minoru Kusakabe;Tobias Fischer

  • Silicon isotopes and continental weathering processes: assessing controls on Si transfer to the ocean

    Sophie Opfergelt;Pierre Delmelle

  • Volatile degassing, petrology, and magma dynamics of the Villarrica Lava Lake, Southern Chile

    Jeffrey J.B. Witter;Victor V.C. Kress;Pierre Delmelle;John Stix

  • Surface ocean iron fertilization: The role of airborne volcanic ash from subduction zone and hot spot volcanoes and related iron fluxes into the Pacific Ocean

    Nazlı Olgun;Svend Duggen;Peter Leslie Croot;Peter Leslie Croot;Pierre Delmelle

  • BrO formation in volcanic plumes

    Clive Oppenheimer;Vitchko I. Tsanev;Christine F. Braban;Richard A. Cox

  • Environmental impacts of tropospheric volcanic gas plumes

    Pierre Delmelle

  • Surface area, porosity and water adsorption properties of fine volcanic ash particles

    Pierre Delmelle;Pierre Delmelle;Frédéric Villiéras;Manuel Pelletier

  • Long-range volcanic ash transport and fallout during the 2008 eruption of Chaitén volcano, Chile.

    Adam J. Durant;Gustavo Villarosa;William I. Rose;Pierre Delmelle

  • Dry deposition and heavy acid loading in the vicinity of Masaya Volcano, a major sulfur and chlorine source in Nicaragua.

    Pierre Delmelle;John Stix;Charles P.-A. Bourque;Peter J. Baxter

  • SO2depletion in tropospheric volcanic plumes: VOLCANIC SO2DEPLETION

    A. J. S. McGonigle;P. Delmelle;C. Oppenheimer;V. I. Tsanev

  • Downstream composition changes of acidic volcanic waters discharged into the Banyupahit stream, Ijen caldera, Indonesia

    Pierre Delmelle;Alain Bernard

  • Physicochemical and toxicological profiling of ash from the 2010 and 2011 eruptions of Eyjafjallajökull and Grímsvötn volcanoes, Iceland using a rapid respiratory hazard assessment protocol.

    C.J. Horwell;P.J. Baxter;S.E. Hillman;J.A. Calkins

  • Volcanic and atmospheric controls on ash iron solubility: A review

    Paul Ayris;Pierre Delmelle

  • The respiratory health hazard of tephra from the 2010 Centennial eruption of Merapi with implications for occupational mining of deposits

    D. E. Damby;C. J. Horwell;P. J. Baxter;P. Delmelle

  • SO2 sequestration in large volcanic eruptions:High-temperature scavenging by tephra.

    Paul Ayris;Paul Ayris;A Lee;K Wilson;U Kueppers

  • Sulfate, chloride and fluoride retention in Andosols exposed to volcanic acid emissions.

    Pierre Delmelle;Thomas Delfosse;Bruno Delvaux

  • Iconography : Silicon isotopes and continental weathering processes: Assessing controls on Si transfer to the ocean

    Sophie Opfergelt;Pierre Delmelle

Frequent Co-Authors

Sophie Opfergelt
Sophie Opfergelt Université Catholique de Louvain
Donald B. Dingwell
Donald B. Dingwell Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Bruno Delvaux
Bruno Delvaux Université Catholique de Louvain
Clive Oppenheimer
Clive Oppenheimer University of Cambridge
Fabian B. Wadsworth
Fabian B. Wadsworth Durham University
Ulrich Kueppers
Ulrich Kueppers Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Veerle Vanacker
Veerle Vanacker Université Catholique de Louvain
Alain Bernard
Alain Bernard Université Libre de Bruxelles
John Stix
John Stix McGill University
Andrew J. S. McGonigle
Andrew J. S. McGonigle University of Sheffield

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