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Pierre Deschamps

Pierre Deschamps

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Earth Science

D-Index
33
Citations
6598
World Ranking
8190
National Ranking
654

Overview

Pierre Deschamps is affiliated with Aix-Marseille University in France, focusing on research within Earth and Planetary Sciences and Environmental Science. Their body of work encompasses multiple subfields including Geophysics, Atmospheric Science, Environmental Chemistry, Geochemistry and Petrology, and Oceanography.

Their research covers diverse topics such as:

  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
  • Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena
  • Seismic Imaging and Inversion Techniques
  • Geological and Geochemical Analysis
  • Geological formations and processes
  • Geophysics and Gravity Measurements
  • Groundwater and Isotope Geochemistry

Deschamps' publication record includes peer-reviewed papers highlighting significant research in environmental and geological sciences. Notable recent publications include:

  • "Persistent organic pollutants in sediments of the Wouri Estuary Mangrove, Cameroon: Levels, patterns and ecotoxicological significance" (2020) published in Marine Pollution Bulletin
  • "Hydrochemical and isotopic characteristics of groundwater in the Continental Intercalaire aquifer system: Insights from Mzab Ridge and surrounding regions, North of the Algerian Sahara" (2021) published in Journal of Hydrology Regional Studies
  • "The Tertiary structuration of the Western Subalpine foreland deciphered by calcite-filled faults and veins" (2022) published in Earth-Science Reviews
  • "Extensional reactivation of the Penninic frontal thrust 3 Myr ago as evidenced by U-Pb dating on calcite in fault zone cataclasite" (2021) published in Solid Earth
  • "Influence of intensive agriculture and geological heterogeneity on the recharge of an arid aquifer system (Saq-Ram, Arabian Peninsula) inferred from GRACE data" (2022) published in Hydrology and Earth System Sciences

The frequent collaborators associated with Deschamps include Abel Guihou, Guy Cabioch, Thomas Felis, Ryuji Asami, and Gilbert Camoin. These collaborations have resulted in multiple joint publications, demonstrating ongoing research partnerships.

The primary publication venues where Deschamps disseminates research are:

  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Goldschmidt2021 abstracts
  • OPAL (Open@LaTrobe) (La Trobe University)
  • Terra Nova
  • Quaternary Science Reviews

Best Publications

  • The POLDER mission: instrument characteristics and scientific objectives

    P.-Y. Deschamps;F.-M. Breon;M. Leroy;A. Podaire

  • Ice-sheet collapse and sea-level rise at the Bølling warming 14,600 years ago

    Pierre Deschamps;Nicolas Durand;Edouard Bard;Bruno Hamelin

  • Penultimate Deglacial Sea-Level Timing from Uranium/Thorium Dating of Tahitian Corals

    Alex L. Thomas;Gideon M. Henderson;Pierre Deschamps;Yusuke Yokoyama;Yusuke Yokoyama

  • Early anthropogenic impact on Western Central African rainforests 2,600 y ago

    Yannick Garcin;Pierre Deschamps;Guillemette Ménot;Geoffroy de Saulieu

  • Natural and anthropogenic budgets of a small watershed in the massif central (France): Chemical and strontium isotopic characterization of water and sediments

    Philippe Négrel;Pierre Deschamps

  • Seasonal variability of the backscattering coefficient in the Mediterranean Sea based on satellite SeaWiFS imagery

    H. Loisel;E. Bosc;D. Stramski;K. Oubelkheir

  • Quantifying the modern recharge of the “fossil” Sahara aquifers

    Julio Goncalves;Jade Petersen;Pierre Deschamps;Bruno Hamelin

  • Reef response to sea-level and environmental changes during the last deglaciation: Integrated Ocean Drilling Program Expedition 310, Tahiti Sea Level

    Gilbert F. Camoin;Claire Seard;Pierre Deschamps;Jody M. Webster

  • 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

  • How travertine veins grow from top to bottom and lift the rocks above them: The effect of crystallization force

    Jean-Pierre Gratier;Emanuelle Frery;Emanuelle Frery;Pierre Deschamps;Anja Røyne

  • U-Pb dating of calcite cement and diagenetic history in microporous carbonate reservoirs: Case of the Urgonian Limestone, France

    Nicolas Godeau;Nicolas Godeau;Pierre Deschamps;Abel Guihou;Philippe Leonide

  • Evolution of fault permeability during episodic fluid circulation: Evidence for the effects of fluid–rock interactions from travertine studies (Utah–USA)

    Emanuelle Frery;Emanuelle Frery;Emanuelle Frery;Jean-Pierre Gratier;Jean-Pierre Gratier;Nadine Ellouz-Zimmerman;Christelle Loiselet

  • Improved method for radium extraction from environmental samples and its analysis by thermal ionization mass spectrometry

    Bassam Ghaleb;Edwige Pons-Branchu;Pierre Deschamps;Pierre Deschamps

  • Microbialite development patterns in the last deglacial reefs from Tahiti (French Polynesia; IODP Expedition #310): Implications on reef framework architecture

    Claire Seard;Gilbert Camoin;Yusuke Yokoyama;Yusuke Yokoyama;Hiroyuki Matsuzaki

  • Lead, zinc, and copper redistributions in soils along a deposition gradient from emissions of a Pb-Ag smelter decommissioned 100 years ago.

    Romain Gelly;Zuzana Fekiacova;Abel Guihou;Emmanuel Doelsch

  • Evidence for tropical South Pacific climate change during the Younger Dryas and the Bølling–Allerød from geochemical records of fossil Tahiti corals

    Ryuji Asami;Ryuji Asami;Thomas Felis;Pierre Deschamps;Kimio Hanawa

  • Hydrological, chemical, and isotopic budgets of Lake Chad: a quantitative assessment of evaporation, transpiration and infiltration fluxes

    Camille Bouchez;Julio Goncalves;Pierre Deschamps;Christine Vallet-Coulomb

  • Pronounced interannual variability in tropical South Pacific temperatures during Heinrich Stadial 1

    Thomas Felis;Ute Merkel;Ryuji Asami;Pierre Deschamps

  • Modeled and observed impacts of the 1997–1998 El Niño on nitrate and new production in the equatorial Pacific

    Marie-Hélène Radenac;Christophe E. Menkès;Jérôme Vialard;Cyril Moulin

  • The Laschamp geomagnetic dipole low expressed as a cosmogenic 10 Be atmospheric overproduction at ~ 41 ka

    L. Ménabréaz;L. Ménabréaz;Nicolas Thouveny;Nicolas Thouveny;D.L. Bourlès;D.L. Bourlès;Pierre Deschamps;Pierre Deschamps

  • Early diagenesis impact on precise U-series dating of deep-sea corals: Example of a 100- 200-year old Lophelia pertusa sample from the northeast Atlantic

    Edwige Pons-Branchu;Claude Hillaire-Marcel;Pierre Deschamps;Bassam Ghaleb

Frequent Co-Authors

Bruno Hamelin
Bruno Hamelin Aix-Marseille University
Yusuke Yokoyama
Yusuke Yokoyama University of Tokyo
Gilbert Camoin
Gilbert Camoin Aix-Marseille University
Edouard Bard
Edouard Bard Aix-Marseille University
Alexander L. Thomas
Alexander L. Thomas University of Edinburgh
Gideon M. Henderson
Gideon M. Henderson University of Oxford
Thomas Felis
Thomas Felis University of Bremen
Guy Cabioch
Guy Cabioch Institut de Recherche pour le Développement
Yasufumi Iryu
Yasufumi Iryu Tohoku University
Ed C Hathorne
Ed C Hathorne GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel

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