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X. Durrieu de Madron

X. Durrieu de Madron

D-Index & Metrics

Earth Science

D-Index
59
Citations
9577
World Ranking
2098
National Ranking
139

Overview

X. Durrieu de Madron is affiliated with the University of Perpignan in France and specializes in Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a significant focus on Environmental Science. Their research predominantly explores Oceanography, Atmospheric Science, Global and Planetary Change, Ecology, and Earth-Surface Processes.

The scientific contributions of X. Durrieu de Madron encompass various aspects of marine and coastal ecosystem dynamics, oceanographic and atmospheric processes, marine biology and ecology research, geology and paleoclimatology, coastal and marine dynamics, underwater acoustics, and climate variability and modeling.

Frequent publication venues where X. Durrieu de Madron's work appears include Deep Sea Research Part I Oceanographic Research Papers, Ocean Science, Frontiers in Marine Science, Water, and the Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans.

Notable recent papers authored or co-authored by X. Durrieu de Madron are:

  • "Abrupt warming and salinification of intermediate waters interplays with decline of deep convection in the Northwestern Mediterranean Sea" (2020), Scientific Reports
  • "General Hydrography of the Beagle Channel, a Subantarctic Interoceanic Passage at the Southern Tip of South America" (2021), Frontiers in Marine Science
  • "A global marine particle size distribution dataset obtained with the Underwater Vision Profiler 5" (2022), Earth System Science Data
  • "Particle Dynamics in Ushuaia Bay (Tierra del Fuego)-Potential Effect on Dissolved Oxygen Depletion" (2020), Water
  • "Seasonal and Interannual Variability of the CO2 System in the Eastern Mediterranean Sea: A Case Study in the North Western Levantine Basin" (2021), Frontiers in Marine Science

Collaborative work constitutes a significant part of X. Durrieu de Madron's career, with frequent co-authors including François Bourrin, Laurent Coppola, Pascal Conan, Mireille Pujo-Pay, and Vincent Taillandier. These collaborations reflect an interdisciplinary approach within marine and environmental sciences.

The main topics covered in their research are:

  • Marine and coastal ecosystems
  • Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes
  • Marine Biology and Ecology Research
  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
  • Coastal and Marine Dynamics
  • Underwater Acoustics Research
  • Climate variability and models

This body of work situates X. Durrieu de Madron as an active contributor to multiple dimensions of marine science and environmental research, focusing on processes at varying scales from local coastal impact to larger oceanographic and climatic systems.

Best Publications

  • Flushing submarine canyons

    Miquel Canals;Pere Puig;Xavier Durrieu de Madron;Serge Heussner

  • Marine ecosystems' responses to climatic and anthropogenic forcings in the Mediterranean

    X. Durrieu de Madron;C. Guieu;R. Sempéré;P. Conan

  • Suspended sediment fluxes and transport processes in the Gulf of Lions submarine canyons. The role of storms and dense water cascading

    Albert Palanques;Xavier Durrieu de Madron;Pere Puig;Joan Fabres

  • A review of the role of submarine canyons in deep-ocean exchange with the shelf

    S. E. Allen;X. Durrieu de Madron

  • Nanoplanktonic diatoms are globally overlooked but play a role in spring blooms and carbon export.

    Karine Leblanc;Bernard Quéguiner;Frédéric Diaz;Véronique Cornet

  • Observation and modeling of the winter coastal oceanic circulation in the Gulf of Lion under wind conditions influenced by the continental orography (FETCH experiment)

    C. Estournel;X. Durrieu de Madron;P. Marsaleix;F. Auclair

  • Particulate matter and organic carbon budgets for the Gulf of Lions (NW Mediterranean)

    Xavier Durrieu De Madron;Abderrazzak Abassi;Serge Heussner;André Monaco

  • Trawling-induced resuspension and dispersal of muddy sediments and dissolved elements in the Gulf of Lion (NW Mediterranean)

    X. Durrieu de Madron;B. Ferré;G. Le Corre;C. Grenz

  • Interaction of dense shelf water cascading and open-sea convection in the northwestern Mediterranean during winter 2012

    X. Durrieu de Madron;L. Houpert;P. Puig;A. Sanchez-Vidal

  • Spatial and temporal variability of downward particle fluxes on a continental slope: Lessons from an 8-yr experiment in the Gulf of Lions (NW Mediterranean)

    Serge Heussner;Xavier Durrieu de Madron;Antonio Calafat;Miquel Canals

  • Suspended sediment transport in the Gulf of Lions (NW Mediterranean): Impact of extreme storms and floods

    C. Ulses;C. Estournel;X. Durrieu de Madron;A. Palanques

  • Flow variability in the Gulf of Lions during the MATER HFF experiment (March-May 1997)

    M.M Flexas;X Durrieu de Madron;M.A Garcia;M Canals;M Canals

  • Cascades in Mediterranean Submarine Grand Canyons

    Miquel Canals;Roberto Danovaro;Serge Heussner;Vasilios Lykousis

  • Organic matter in sediments of canyons and open slopes of the Portuguese, Catalan, Southern Adriatic and Cretan Sea margins

    Antonio Pusceddu;Silvia Bianchelli;Miquel Canals;Anna Sanchez-Vidal

  • Seasonal cycle of the mixed layer, the seasonal thermocline and the upper-ocean heat storage rate in the Mediterranean Sea derived from observations

    L. Houpert;L. Houpert;P. Testor;X. Durrieu de Madron;S. Somot

  • Circulation, transport and bottom boundary layers of the deep currents in the Brazil Basin

    X. Durrieu De Madron;G. Weatherly

  • Sediment dynamics during wet and dry storm events on the Têt inner shelf (SW Gulf of Lions)

    J. Guillén;F. Bourrin;A. Palanques;X. Durrieu de Madron

  • Observations of open-ocean deep convection in the northwestern Mediterranean Sea: Seasonal and interannual variability of mixing and deep water masses for the 2007-2013 Period

    Loic Houpert;X. Durrieu De Madron;Pierre Testor;A. Bosse

  • Thick bottom nepheloid layers in the western Mediterranean generated by deep dense shelf water cascading

    Pere Puig;Xavier Durrieu de Madron;Jordi Salat;Katrin Schroeder

  • Impact of natural (waves and currents) and anthropogenic (trawl) resuspension on the export of particulate matter to the open ocean: Application to the Gulf of Lion (NW Mediterranean)

    B. Ferré;X. Durrieu de Madron;C. Estournel;C. Ulses

  • Abrupt warming and salinification of intermediate waters interplays with decline of deep convection in the Northwestern Mediterranean Sea.

    Félix Margirier;Pierre Testor;Emma Heslop;Katia Mallil

Frequent Co-Authors

Albert Palanques
Albert Palanques Spanish National Research Council
Pere Puig
Pere Puig Spanish National Research Council
Serge Heussner
Serge Heussner Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Claude Estournel
Claude Estournel Paul Sabatier University
Miquel Canals
Miquel Canals University of Barcelona
Anna Sanchez-Vidal
Anna Sanchez-Vidal University of Barcelona
Pierre Testor
Pierre Testor Sorbonne University
Lionel Guidi
Lionel Guidi Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Mireille Pujo-Pay
Mireille Pujo-Pay Sorbonne University
Pascal Conan
Pascal Conan Sorbonne University

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