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Prof. Pierre Francus
Centre Eau Terre Environnement
Institut National de la Recherche Scientifique
490 de la Couronne
G1K 9A9 Québec
QC
Canada
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+1 418 654 3780
www.ete.inrs.ca
www.ete.inrs.ca/pierre-francus
http://www.researchgate.net/profile/Pierre_Francus
Expertise & Interests
| Overview / specialty | Varves, Image analysis of sediments, Limnogeology, Sedimentology, Sedimentary processes. |
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| PAGES interests | Aquatic Transitions, Floods Working Group |
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| Timescales | Anthropocene (last 100 years), Holocene, Last millennia, Last glacial cycle | |
| Regions | Arctic, Europe, North America | |
| Archives | Lake sediments | |
| Sector | Academia / Education | |
| Discipline | Hydrology, (Paleo)climatology, (Paleo)limnology, Sedimentology |
Publications
Francus, P., von Suchodoletz, H., Dietze, M., Donner, R.V., Bouchard, F., Roy, A.-J., Fagot, M., Verschuren, D., Kröpelin, S., 2013. Varved sediments of Lake Yoa (Ounianga Kebir, Chad) reveal progressive drying of the Sahara during the last 6100 years. Sedimentology 60, 911-934.
Fortin, D., Francus, P., Gebhardt, A.C., Hahn, A., Kliem, P., Lisé-Pronovost, A., Roychowdhury, R., Labrie, J., St-Onge, G., PASADO Science Team, 2013. Destructive and non-destructive density determination: method comparison and evaluation from the Laguna Potrok Aike sedimentary record. Quaternary Science Reviews 71, 147-153.
Francus P., Bradley R., Lewis T., Abbott M. & Retelle M. 2008. Limnological and sedimentary processes at Sawtooth Lake, Canadian High Arctic, and their influence on varve formation. Journal of Paleolimnology 40: 963-985.
Francus P. (Ed) 2004. Image analyis, sediments, and paleoenvironmental reconstructions. Springer, Develoments in Paleoenvironmental Research Series. 330p.
Francus P. 1998. An image analysis technique to measure grain-size variation in thin sections of soft clastic sediments. Sedimentary Geology, 121: 289-298.