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Overview

Yanni Gunnell is affiliated with the Centre national de la recherche scientifique (CNRS) in France. Their research spans multiple fields, primarily focusing on Earth and Planetary Sciences, with significant contributions in Social Sciences and Environmental Science.

Their work concentrates on several subfields of study, including:

  • Atmospheric Science
  • Geophysics
  • Earth-Surface Processes
  • Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law
  • Anthropology

Main research topics addressed by Gunnell include:

  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
  • Geological formations and processes
  • Geological and Geophysical Studies Worldwide
  • Geological and Geochemical Analysis
  • Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology
  • Cryospheric studies and observations
  • Landslides and related hazards

Their recent peer-reviewed publications highlight a focus on geomorphological and geological studies in various mountain ranges and regions. Selected papers authored or co-authored by Gunnell include:

  • "Rock slope failure in the Southern Carpathians (Romania): Range-wide inventory and links with long-term mountain landscape evolution," 2022, Geomorphology
  • "Climatic conditions between 19 and 12 ka in the eastern Pyrenees, and wider implications for atmospheric circulation patterns in Europe," 2021, Quaternary Science Reviews
  • "Rock slope failure in the Western Alps: A first comprehensive inventory and spatial analysis," 2021, Geomorphology
  • "Denudation history and palaeogeography of the Pyrenees and their peripheral basins: an 84-million-year geomorphological perspective," 2020, Earth-Science Reviews
  • "A low-cost toolbox for high-resolution vulnerability and hazard-perception mapping in view of tsunami risk mitigation: Application to New Caledonia," 2021, International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction

Gunnell has also contributed to book publications. Notable titles include:

  • Geology and Landscapes of the Eastern Pyrenees (Springer International Publishing, 2022)
  • Fluvial Megafans on Earth and Mars (Cambridge University Press, 2023)

Frequent co-authors in their body of work include:

  • Marc Calvet
  • Magali Delmas
  • Bernard Laumonier
  • Théo Reixach
  • Marc Oliva

Gunnell's research is regularly published in journals such as:

  • Earth-Science Reviews
  • Geomorphology
  • Quaternary Science Reviews
  • Journal of Rural Studies
  • International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction

Best Publications

  • The African Erosion Surface: A Continental-scale Synthesis of Geomorphology, Tectonics, and Environmental Change over the Past 180 Million Years

    Kevin Burke;Yanni Gunnell

  • Early Pleistocene presence of Acheulian hominins in South India.

    Shanti Pappu;Yanni Gunnell;Kumar Akhilesh;Régis Braucher

  • Geochronologic and stratigraphic constraints on canyon incision and Miocene uplift of the Central Andes in Peru

    Jean-Claude Thouret;G. Wörner;Yanni Gunnell;Brad Singer

  • Relief and climate in South Asia: the influence of the western ghats on the current climate pattern of peninsular India

    Yanni Gunnell

  • Denudation history of the continental margin of western peninsular India since the early Mesozoic - reconciling apatite fission-track data with geomorphology

    Y. Gunnell;K. Gallagher;A. Carter;M. Widdowson

  • Exposure age chronology of the last glaciation in the eastern Pyrenees

    Magali Delmas;Magali Delmas;Yanni Gunnell;Régis Braucher;Marc Calvet

  • Palaeogeography and 10Be exposure-age chronology of Middle and Late Pleistocene glacier systems in the northern Pyrenees: Implications for reconstructing regional palaeoclimates

    Magali Delmas;Marc Calvet;Yanni Gunnell;Régis Braucher

  • Chapter 11 - Recent Advances in Research on Quaternary Glaciations in the Pyrenees

    Marc Calvet;Magali Delmas;Yanni Gunnell;Régis Braucher

  • Early Middle Palaeolithic culture in India around 385–172 ka reframes Out of Africa models

    Kumar Akhilesh;Shanti Pappu;Haresh M. Rajapara;Yanni Gunnell

  • Low long-term erosion rates in high energy mountain belts: insights from thermo- and biochronology in the Eastern Pyrenees

    Y. Gunnell;M. Calvet;S. Brichau;Andrew Carter

  • Past and present status of runoff harvesting systems in dryland peninsular India: a critical review.

    Yanni Gunnell;Anupama Krishnamurthy

  • Low post-Cenomanian denudation depths across the Brazilian Northeast: Implications for long-term landscape evolution at a transform continental margin

    Jean-Pierre Peulvast;Vanda Claudino Sales;François Bétard;Yanni Gunnell

  • Small, isolated glacial catchments as priority targets for cosmogenic surface exposure dating of Pleistocene climate fluctuations, southeastern Pyrenees

    Raimon Pallàs;Ángel Rodés;Régis Braucher;Didier Bourlès

  • Variability of Quaternary glacial erosion rates - A global perspective with special reference to the Eastern Pyrenees

    Magali Delmas;Marc Calvet;Yanni Gunnell

  • Land cover change and abrupt environmental impacts on Javan volcanoes, Indonesia: a long-term perspective on recent events

    Franck Lavigne;Yanni Gunnell

  • Pathways of calcrete development on weathered silicate rocks in Tamil Nadu, India: Mineralogy, chemistry and paleoenvironmental implications

    N. Durand;N. Durand;Y. Gunnell;P. Curmi;S.M. Ahmad

  • Illite neoformation in plagioclase during weathering: Evidence from semi-arid Northeast Brazil

    François Bétard;Laurent Caner;Yanni Gunnell;Gérard Bourgeon

  • Geophysical evidence of a missing lithospheric root beneath the Eastern Pyrenees: Consequences for post-orogenic uplift and associated geomorphic signatures

    Y. Gunnell;H. Zeyen;M. Calvet

  • Height of faceted spurs, a proxy for determining long-term throw rates on normal faults: Evidence from the North Baikal Rift System, Siberia

    Carole Petit;Bertrand Meyer;Yanni Gunnell;Marc Jolivet

  • Oblique rifting and segmentation of the NE Gulf of Aden passive margin

    Marc Fournier;Nicolas Bellahsen;Olivier Fabbri;Yanni Gunnell

  • Cirques have growth spurts during deglacial and interglacial periods: Evidence from 10Be and 26Al nuclide inventories in the central and eastern Pyrenees

    Y. Crest;M Delmas;Regis Braucher;Y. Gunnell

Frequent Co-Authors

Régis Braucher
Régis Braucher Aix-Marseille University
Didier Bourlès
Didier Bourlès Aix-Marseille University
Andrew Carter
Andrew Carter Birkbeck, University of London
Jean-Claude Thouret
Jean-Claude Thouret University of Clermont Auvergne
Marc Fournier
Marc Fournier Sorbonne University
Pierre Voinchet
Pierre Voinchet French National Museum of Natural History
Pierre-Henri Blard
Pierre-Henri Blard Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Franck Lavigne
Franck Lavigne Pantheon-Sorbonne University
Jean-Jacques Bahain
Jean-Jacques Bahain Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Kerry Gallagher
Kerry Gallagher University of Rennes

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