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Sebastien Bertrand

Sebastien Bertrand

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Earth Science

D-Index
31
Citations
2937
World Ranking
9017
National Ranking
66

Overview

Sebastien Bertrand is affiliated with Ghent University in Belgium and has a research focus within Earth and Planetary Sciences. Their work predominantly addresses Atmospheric Science, Earth-Surface Processes, Ecology, Environmental Chemistry, and aspects of Management, Monitoring, Policy, and Law.

Their research topics include:

  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
  • Cryospheric studies and observations
  • Geological formations and processes
  • Climate change and permafrost
  • Landslides and related hazards
  • Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena
  • Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils

Sebastien Bertrand has contributed to several scientific journals, with frequent publications appearing in:

  • Scientific Data
  • Quaternary Science Reviews
  • Earth Surface Processes and Landforms
  • Global Biogeochemical Cycles
  • Earth-Science Reviews

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Sebastien Bertrand include:

  • "A global database of Holocene paleotemperature records," 2020, Scientific Data
  • "Fjords as Aquatic Critical Zones (ACZs)," 2020, Earth-Science Reviews
  • "A Review of Event Deposits in Lake Sediments," 2022, Quaternary
  • "Inorganic geochemistry of lake sediments: A review of analytical techniques and guidelines for data interpretation," 2023, Earth-Science Reviews
  • "Publisher Correction: A global database of Holocene paleotemperature records," 2020, Scientific Data

Sebastien Bertrand has collaborated frequently with a number of researchers, including:

  • Krystyna M. Saunders
  • Stephen J. Roberts
  • Jon Hawkings
  • Darrell S. Kaufman
  • Nicholas P. McKay

Best Publications

  • A global database of Holocene paleotemperature records

    Darrell Kaufman;Nicholas McKay;Cody Routson;Michael Erb

  • Fjords as Aquatic Critical Zones (ACZs)

    Thomas S. Bianchi;Sandra Arndt;William E.N. Austin;William E.N. Austin;Douglas I. Benn

  • Radionuclide dating (210Pb, 137Cs, 241Am) of recent lake sediments in a highly active geodynamic setting (Lakes Puyehue and Icalma—Chilean Lake District)

    Fabien Arnaud;Olivier Magand;Emmanuel Chapron;S. Bertrand

  • A Review of Event Deposits in Lake Sediments

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  • 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

  • Geochemistry of surface sediments from the fjords of Northern Chilean Patagonia (44–47°S): Spatial variability and implications for paleoclimate reconstructions

    Sébastien Bertrand;Sébastien Bertrand;Konrad A. Hughen;Julio Sepúlveda;Silvio Pantoja

  • Inorganic geochemistry of lake sediments: A review of analytical techniques and guidelines for data interpretation

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  • 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

  • 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

  • Late Holocene sea-surface temperature and precipitation variability in northern Patagonia, Chile (Jacaf Fjord, 44°S)

    Julio Sepulveda;Silvio Pantoja;Konrad A. Hughen;Sebastien Bertrand

  • Synchronisation of sedimentary records using tephra: A postglacial tephrochronological model for the Chilean Lake District

    Karen Fontijn;Karen Fontijn;Harriet Rawson;Maarten Van Daele;Jasper Moernaut;Jasper Moernaut

  • Deposition of the 2011–2012 Cordón Caulle tephra (Chile, 40°S) in lake sediments: Implications for tephrochronology and volcanology

    Sébastien Bertrand;Romina Daga;Robin Bedert;Karen Fontijn;Karen Fontijn

  • Publisher Correction: A global database of Holocene paleotemperature records

    Darrell Kaufman;Nicholas McKay;Cody Routson;Michael Erb

  • Late Quaternary evolution of Lago Castor (Chile, 45.6°S): Timing of the deglaciation in northern Patagonia and evolution of the southern westerlies during the last 17 kyr

    Maarten Van Daele;Sébastien Bertrand;Inka Meyer;Jasper Moernaut

  • Late Holocene covariability of the southern westerlies and sea surface temperature in northern Chilean Patagonia

    Sebastien Bertrand;Sebastien Bertrand;Konrad A. Hughen;Julio Sepulveda;Silvio Pantoja

  • Potentially large post-1505 AD earthquakes in western Nepal revealed by a lake sediment record

    Zakaria Ghazoui;Zakaria Ghazoui;Sebastien Bertrand;K Vanneste;Y Yokoyama

  • Publisher Correction: A global database of Holocene paleotemperature records

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  • Precipitation as the main driver of Neoglacial fluctuations of Gualas glacier, Northern Patagonian Icefield

    Sebastien Bertrand;Sebastien Bertrand;Konrad A. Hughen;Frank Lamy;Jan-Berend W. Stuut

  • PaCTS 1.0: a crowdsourced reporting standard for paleoclimate data

    D. Khider;J. Emile‐Geay;N.P. McKay;Y. Gil

  • Recent clastic sedimentation processes in Lake Puyehue (Chilean Lake District, 40.5°S)

    Emmanuel Chapron;Emmanuel Chapron;Etienne Juvigné;Sandor Mulsow;Daniel Ariztegui

  • Changes in diatom, pollen, and chironomid assemblages in response to a recent volcanic event in Lake Galletué (Chilean Andes)

    Roberto Urrutia;Alberto Araneda;Fabiola Cruces;Laura Torres

  • Using the N/C ratio to correct bulk radiocarbon ages from lake sediments: insights from Chilean Patagonia

    Sébastien Bertrand;Sébastien Bertrand;Alberto Araneda;Patricia Vargas;Patricia Jana

  • Palaeolimnology of Lake Sapanca and identification of historic earthquake signals, Northern Anatolian Fault Zone (Turkey)

    Markus J. Schwab;Petra Werner;Petra Werner;Peter Dulski;Edward McGee

  • Deposition of the 2011 Cordón Caulle Tephra (Chile, 40ºS) in Lake Sediments: Implications for Tephrochronology and Volcanology

    S. Bertrand;R. Daga;R. Bedert;K. Fontijn

Frequent Co-Authors

Nathalie Fagel
Nathalie Fagel University of Liège
Roberto Urrutia
Roberto Urrutia University of Concepción
Carina B. Lange
Carina B. Lange University of Concepción
Silvio Pantoja
Silvio Pantoja University of Concepción
Konrad A Hughen
Konrad A Hughen Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Emmanuel Chapron
Emmanuel Chapron University of Toulouse-Jean Jaurès
Mario Pino
Mario Pino Austral University of Chile
Fabien Arnaud
Fabien Arnaud Université Savoie Mont Blanc
Marc De Batist
Marc De Batist Ghent University
Nadine Mattielli
Nadine Mattielli Université Libre de Bruxelles

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