External Envelopes Geochemistry Team PhDs

October 2022 - September 2025

In progress

The role of nanophase formation and transport in the dynamics of the critical zone

This project will improve our ability to quantify the role of nanophase formation and transport in the dynamics of the critical zone.

October 2022

In progress

Chemical weathering in the European Alps: insights from lithium and strontium

This project aims to understand the long-term weathering trajectories during Holocene in the European alps and to draw hypotheses about the evolution ...

October 2022

In progress

Climatic, telluric and anthropic forcing on erosion, from the decadal to the millenial timescale: the study case of La Réunion Island

Using a photogrammetry technique on aerial photographs of La Réunion Island, the controls of climate and vegetation on erosion are studied.

August 2022

In progress

Metal(loid) Isotope Fractionation in a Model Mesoscale Hillslope

Studying connections between flow and geochemistry in a model mesoscale hillslope.

August 2022

In progress

Plants’ influence on the export of dissolved matter from rivers

Using geochemical, hydrological and remote sensing data to disentangle the role of plants on weathering and solute exports in rivers.

September 2021

In progress

Sulfuric acid weathering: tracing the fate of river carbon using multiple isotopes

Using multiple isotopes to trace the roles of different weathering processes on the carbon cycle.

October 2020

In progress

Isotopic tracer constraints on concentration-discharge relations in the Critical Zone

Rivers are integrators of biogeochemical reactions and water flows paths in the critical zone, defined as the external layer of the planet, going from...