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Thierry Allard

Thierry Allard

Overview

Thierry Allard is affiliated with Sorbonne University in France and specializes in Earth and Planetary Sciences. Their research spans several subfields, including Geophysics, Biomaterials, Geochemistry and Petrology, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, and Water Science and Technology. The scientist's work primarily focuses on Geological and Geochemical Analysis, Clay minerals and soil interactions, Geochemistry and Elemental Analysis, Iron oxide chemistry and applications, Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping, Radioactive element chemistry and processing, and Geography and Environmental Studies.

Recent publications by Thierry Allard include:

  • "Reading the climate signals hidden in bauxite," 2022, Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta
  • "Tropical Weathering History Recorded in the Silicon Isotopes of Lateritic Weathering Profiles," 2021, Geophysical Research Letters
  • "Estimating kaolinite crystallinity using near-infrared spectroscopy: Implications for its geology on Earth and Mars," 2021, American Mineralogist
  • "Kaolinite dating from Acrisol and Ferralsol: A new key to understanding the landscape evolution in NW Amazonia (Brazil)," 2020, Geoderma
  • "(U-Th)/He Geochronology Constraints on Lateritic Duricrust Formation on the Guiana Shield," 2022, Frontiers in Earth Science

Frequent co-authors in Thierry Allard's research include:

  • Cécile Gautheron
  • Guillaume Morin
  • Rosella Pinna-Jamme
  • Etienne Balan
  • Cécile Quantin

The scientist's articles are often published in venues such as:

  • Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology
  • Goldschmidt2021 abstracts
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta
  • European Journal of Mineralogy

Best Publications

  • Revealing forms of iron in river-borne material from major tropical rivers of the Amazon Basin (Brazil)

    Thierry Allard;N. Menguy;J. Salomon;Thomas Calligaro

  • FTIR reflectance vs. EPR studies of structural iron in kaolinites

    Thierry Delineau;Thierry Allard;Jean-Pierre Muller;Odile Barres

  • Podzolization as a deferralitization process: a study of an Acrisol–Podzol sequence derived from Palaeozoic sandstones in the northern upper Amazon Basin

    N.R. Do Nascimento;N.R. Do Nascimento;G.T. Bueno;E. Fritsch;E. Fritsch;A.J. Herbillon

  • First-principles study of OH-stretching modes in kaolinite, dickite, and nacrite

    Etienne Balan;Etienne Balan;Michele Lazzeri;A. Marco Saitta;Thierry Allard

  • Structural Fe3+ in Natural Kaolinites: New Insights from Electron Paramagnetic Resonance Spectra Fitting at X and Q-Band Frequencies

    Etienne Balan;Thierry Allard;Bruno Boizot;Guillaume Morin

  • Nature and stability of radiation-induced defects in natural kaolinites; new results and a reappraisal of published works

    Blandine Clozel;Thierry Allard;Jean-Pierre Muller

  • Crystal chemistry of kaolinite and Fe-Mn oxides; relation with formation conditions of low temperature systems

    Jean-Pierre Muller;Alain Manceau;Georges Calas;Thierry Allard

  • The oxidation state of vanadium in titanomagnetite from layered basic intrusions

    Etienne Balan;Etienne Balan;Johan P.R. De Villiers;Sigrid Griet Eeckhout;Pieter Glatzel

  • Formation and evolution of lateritic profiles in the middle Amazon basin: Insights from radiation-induced defects in kaolinite

    Etienne Balan;Etienne Balan;Thierry Allard;Emmanuel Fritsch;Emmanuel Fritsch;Madeleine Sélo

  • Chemical distribution of trivalent iron in riverine material from a tropical ecosystem: a quantitative EPR study

    Gwenaelle Olivié-Lauquet;Thierry Allard;Marc Benedetti;Jean-Pierre Muller

  • Crystal chemistry of suspended matter in a tropical hydrosystem, Nyong basin (Cameroon, Africa)

    Gwenaelle Olivié-Lauquet;Thierry Allard;Jacques Bertaux;Jean-Pierre Muller

  • Micromorphology and spectroscopic characteristics of organic matter in waterlogged podzols of the upper Amazon basin

    Marion Bardy;Marion Bardy;Emmanuel Fritsch;Emmanuel Fritsch;Sylvie Derenne;Thierry Allard

  • The iron status in colloidal matter from the Rio Negro, Brasil

    M.F. Benedetti;J.F. Ranville;T. Allard;A.J. Bednar

  • Organic complexation and translocation of ferric iron in podzols of the Negro River watershed. Separation of secondary Fe species from Al species.

    Emmanuel Fritsch;T. Allard;M. F. Benedetti;M. Bardy

  • Nature and properties of suspended solids in the Amazon Basin

    Thierry Allard;Marie Ponthieu;Tiphaine Weber;Tiphaine Weber;Naziano Filizola

  • Kaolinite as an in situ dosimeter for past radionuclide migration at the Earth's surface

    Thierry Allard;Jean-Pierre Muller

  • Impact of biomineralization on the preservation of microorganisms during fossilization: An experimental perspective

    Jinhua Li;Sylvain Bernard;Karim Benzerara;Olivier Beyssac

  • Combined dating of goethites and kaolinites from ferruginous duricrusts. Deciphering the Late Neogene erosion history of Central Amazonia

    Thierry Allard;Cécile Gautheron;Silvana Bressan Riffel;Etienne Balan

  • Reaction mechanisms in swelling clays under ionizing radiation: influence of the water amount and of the nature of the clay mineral

    M. Lainé;E. Balan;T. Allard;E. Paineau

  • Radiation-induced defects in clay minerals: A review

    T. Allard;Etienne Balan;G. Calas;C. Fourdrin

Frequent Co-Authors

Etienne Balan
Etienne Balan Sorbonne University
Georges Calas
Georges Calas Sorbonne University
Emmanuel Fritsch
Emmanuel Fritsch University of Nantes
Cécile Gautheron
Cécile Gautheron University of Paris-Saclay
Daniel Beaufort
Daniel Beaufort University of Poitiers
Franck Poitrasson
Franck Poitrasson Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Nicolas Menguy
Nicolas Menguy Sorbonne University
Mostafa Fayek
Mostafa Fayek University of Manitoba
Julien Bouchez
Julien Bouchez Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris
Jean-Loup Guyot
Jean-Loup Guyot Institut de Recherche pour le Développement

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