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Xavier Quidelleur 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 Xavier Quidelleur sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 510+

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Xavier Quidelleur 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 Xavier Quidelleur sits on this spectrum.

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Overview

Xavier Quidelleur is affiliated with the Centre national de la recherche scientifique (CNRS) in France. Their research is primarily situated within Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a concentration on Geophysics and Atmospheric Science, among other related subfields.

Their work extensively covers topics such as:

  • Geological and Geochemical Analysis
  • Earthquake and Tectonic Studies
  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
  • Geological and Tectonic Studies in Latin America
  • High-pressure Geophysics and Materials
  • Geological and Geophysical Studies Worldwide
  • Plant Diversity and Evolution

Quidelleur's recent research contributions include publications in notable venues, highlighting a range of geological and tectonic topics:

  • "Evolution of the East African Rift System from trap-scale to plate-scale rifting," 2022, Earth-Science Reviews
  • "Volcanic history reconstruction in northern Ecuador: insights for eruptive and erosion rates on the whole Ecuadorian arc," 2020, Bulletin of Volcanology
  • "Holocene volcanic activity in Anjouan Island (Comoros archipelago) revealed by new Cassignol-Gillot groundmass K-Ar and 14C ages," 2021, Quaternary Geochronology
  • "Active Tectonics and Earthquake Geology Along the Pallatanga Fault, Central Andes of Ecuador," 2020, Frontiers in Earth Science
  • "Exhumation history of the Variscan orogen in western Iberia as inferred from new K-Ar and 40Ar/39Ar data on granites from Portugal," 2021, Tectonophysics

They frequently publish in several scientific journals, including:

  • Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research
  • Journal of South American Earth Sciences
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Bulletin of Volcanology
  • Quaternary Geochronology

Quidelleur has collaborated regularly with a group of coauthors, notable among them:

  • Vincent Famin
  • Pablo Samaniego
  • Laurent Michon
  • Mathilde Bablon
  • Jean-Luc Le Pennec

Best Publications

  • The astronomical theory of climate and the age of the Brunhes-Matuyama magnetic reversal

    Franck C. Bassinot;Laurent D. Labeyrie;Edith Vincent;Xavier Quidelleur

  • 40K–40Ar dating of the Main Deccan large igneous province: Further evidence of KTB age and short duration

    Anne-Lise Chenet;Xavier Quidelleur;Frédéric Fluteau;Vincent Courtillot

  • Determination of rapid Deccan eruptions across the Cretaceous-Tertiary boundary using paleomagnetic secular variation: 2. Constraints from analysis of eight new sections and synthesis for a 3500-m-thick composite section

    Anne-Lise Chenet;Vincent Courtillot;Frédéric Fluteau;Martine Gérard

  • Thermal evolution and slip history of the Renbu Zedong Thrust, southeastern Tibet

    Xavier Quidelleur;Marty Grove;Oscar M. Lovera;T. Mark Harrison

  • Martinique: a Clear Case for Sediment Melting and Slab Dehydration as a Function of Distance to the Trench

    Shasa Labanieh;Catherine Chauvel;Aurélie Germa;Xavier Quidelleur

  • Coarse fraction fluctuations in pelagic carbonate sediments from the tropical Indian Ocean: A 1500‐kyr record of carbonate dissolution

    Franck C. Bassinot;Luc Beaufort;Edith Vincent;Laurent D. Labeyrie

  • Comparative K–Ar and Ar/Ar dating of Ethiopian and Yemenite Oligocene volcanism: implications for timing and duration of the Ethiopian traps

    E Coulié;X Quidelleur;X Quidelleur;P.-Y Gillot;V Courtillot

  • Timing of effusive volcanism and collapse events within an oceanic arc island: Basse-Terre, Guadeloupe archipelago (Lesser Antilles Arc)

    A. Samper;X. Quidelleur;P. Lahitte;D. Mollex

  • Preliminary dating of the Viluy traps (Eastern Siberia): Eruption at the time of Late Devonian extinction events?

    Vincent Courtillot;Vincent Courtillot;Vadim A. Kravchinsky;Xavier Quidelleur;Paul R. Renne;Paul R. Renne

  • On low-degree spherical harmonic models of paleosecular variation

    Xavier quidelleur;Vincent Courtillot

  • The geological evolution of Merapi volcano, Central Java, Indonesia

    Ralf Gertisser;Sylvain J. Charbonnier;Sylvain J. Charbonnier;Jörg Keller;Xavier Quidelleur;Xavier Quidelleur

  • Long‐term geometry of the geomagnetic field for the last five million years: An updated secular variation database

    Xavier Quidelleur;Jean-Pierre Valet;Vincent Courtillot;Gauthier Hulot

  • Palaeomagnetism and K-Ar and 40Ar/39Ar ages in the Ali Sabieh area (Republic of Djibouti and Ethiopia): constraints on the mechanism of Aden ridge propagation into southeastern Afar during the last 10 Myr

    L. Audin;X. Quidelleur;X. Quidelleur;E. Coulié;V. Courtillot

  • New paleomagnetic and geochronologic results from Ethiopian Afar: Block rotations linked to rift overlap and propagation and determination of a ~2 Ma reference pole for stable Africa

    Tesfaye Kidane;Tesfaye Kidane;Vincent Courtillot;Isabelle Manighetti;Laurence Audin;Laurence Audin

  • Modes of rifting in magma-rich settings: Tectono-magmatic evolution of Central Afar†

    Martin Stab;Martin Stab;Nicolas Bellahsen;Raphaël Pik;Xavier Quidelleur;Xavier Quidelleur

  • Active tectonics in Quito, Ecuador, assessed by geomorphological studies, GPS data, and crustal seismicity

    A. Alvarado;A. Alvarado;Laurence Audin;Jean-Mathieu Nocquet;S. Lagreulet;S. Lagreulet

  • Temporal evolution of the Roccamonfina volcanic complex (Pleistocene), Central Italy

    V. Rouchon;P.Y. Gillot;X. Quidelleur;S. Chiesa

  • New 40Ar/39Ar and K–Ar ages of the Viluy traps (Eastern Siberia): Further evidence for a relationship with the Frasnian–Famennian mass extinction

    J. Ricci;X. Quidelleur;V. Pavlov;S. Orlov

  • Paleomagnetic directions and K/Ar dating of 0 to 1 Ma lava flows from La Guadeloupe Island (French West Indies): Implications for time‐averaged field models

    J. Carlut;X. Quidelleur;V. Courtillot;G. Boudon

  • Volcanic evolution of the back-arc Pleistocene Payun Matru volcanic field (Argentina)

    Aurélie Germa;Xavier Quidelleur;P. Y. Gillot;P. Tchilinguirian

  • K/Ar dating extended into the last millennium: Application to the youngest effusive episode of the Teide Volcano (Spain)

    X. Quidelleur;P.-Y. Gillot;V. Soler;J.-C. Lefèvre

Frequent Co-Authors

Vincent Courtillot
Vincent Courtillot Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris
Pierre-Yves Gillot
Pierre-Yves Gillot University of Paris-Saclay
Frédéric Fluteau
Frédéric Fluteau Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris
Julian S. Marsh
Julian S. Marsh Rhodes University
Jean-Pierre Valet
Jean-Pierre Valet Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris
Catherine Chauvel
Catherine Chauvel Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris
Nicholas J Shackleton
Nicholas J Shackleton University of Cambridge
Vicente Soler
Vicente Soler Spanish National Research Council
Yves Gallet
Yves Gallet Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris
Georges Boudon
Georges Boudon Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris

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