Chercheurs

Sciences de la Terre / LABEYRIE, LAURENT

laurent.labeyrie

Position

PhD, Professor, Laboratoire des Sciences du Climat et de l'Environnement, University Versailles St-Quentin, France.

Co-Director of the master program on Climate change and Sustainable development, University Versailles-St-Quentin.

Scientific responsabilities :
Initiator and Executive director of the IGBP-PAGES program IMAGES (International Marine Global Change Study) 95-2000, and President Executive Committee 2000-2002
Vice-president Scientific Committee on Ocean research (SCOR-ICSU) 2002-2006

Other responsabilities :
Editor, AGU journal Geophysics, Geochemistry, Geosystems (Gcubed). Review Editor 2007 IPCC report Chapter 5 The Oceans.
Chair of the international program Committee for the SCOR 50th anniversary (Wood Hole USA October 2008)

Thèmes de recherche

Climate changes : Coupled role of high and low latitude processes, with particular focus on ocean (wind driven and deep circulation). Coupling ocean atmosphere and ice, changes in thermohaline circulation, meridional heat transfer, relations with atmospheric pCO2, Development of quantitative proxy for ocean hydrology and dynamic

Prix et récompenses

Bronze Medal CNRS 1979
Prize Foundation Philip Morris 1992 in Climatology
Member Academia Europae since 1998
Fellow of the American Geophysical Union 2003
Hans Oeschger Medal European Geophysical Union 2004
Medal Albert 1 de Monaco/Price Foundation Manley-Bendall 2004
Senior member, Institut Universitaire de France, 2004

Publications

Boussetta S., Bassinot F., Sabbatini A., Caillon N., Nouet J., Kallel N., Rebaubier H., Klinkhammer G., Labeyrie L., 2011. Diagenetic Mg-rich calcite in Mediterranean sediments: Quantification and impact on foraminiferal Mg/Ca thermometry. Mar. Geol. 280, 195-204.

Guihou A., Pichat S., Nave S., Govin A., Labeyrie L., Michel E., Waelbroeck C., 2010. Late slowdown of the Atlantic meridional overturning circulation during the Last Glacial inception: New constraints from sedimentary (231Pa/230Th). Earth Planet. Sci. Lett. 289, 520-529.

Schmidt S., Howa H., Mouret A., Lombard F., Anschutz P., Labeyrie L., 2009. Particle fluxes and recent sediment accumulation on the Aquitanian margin of Bay of Biscay. Cont. Shelf Res. 29, 1044-1052.

Retailleau S., Howa H., Schiebel R., Lombard F., Eynaud F., Schmidt S., Jorissen F., Labeyrie L., 2009. Planktic foraminiferal production along an offshore-onshore transect in the south-eastern Bay of Biscay. Cont. Shelf Res. 29, 1123-1135.

Melki T., Kallel N., Jorissen F.J., Guichard F., Dennielou B., Berné S., Labeyrie L., Fontugne M., 2009. Abrupt climate change, sea surface salinity and paleoproductivity in the Western Mediterranean Sea (Gulf of Lion) during the last 28 kyr. Palaeogeogr. Palaeoclim. Palaeoecol. 279, 96-113.

MARGO project members (Waelbroeck C., Paul A., Kucera M., Rosell-Mele A., Weinelt M., Schneider R., Mix A.C., Abelmann A., Armand L., Bard E., Barker S., Barrows T.T., Benway H., Cacho I., Chen M.T., Cortijo E., Crosta X., De Vernal A., Dokken T., Duprat J., Elderfield H., Eynaud F., Gersonde R., Hayes A., Henry M., Hillaire-Marcel C., Huang C.C., Jansen E., Juggins S., Kallel N., Kiefer T., Kienast M., Labeyrie L., Leclaire H., Londeix L., Mangin S., Matthiessen J., Marret F., Meland M., Morey A.E., Mulitza S., Pflaumann U., Pisias N.G., Radi T., Rochon A., Rohling E.J., Sbaffi L., Schafer-Neth C., Solignac S., Spero H., Tachikawa K., Turon J.L.), 2009. Constraints on the magnitude and patterns of ocean cooling at the Last Glacial Maximum. Nature Geosci. 2, 127-132.

Lombard F., Labeyrie L., Michel E., Spero H.J., Lea D.W., 2009. Modelling the temperature dependent growth rates of planktic foraminifera. Mar. Micropal. 70, 1-7.

Lombard F., Erez J., Michel E., Labeyrie L., 2009. Temperature effect on respiration and photosynthesis of the symbiont-bearing planktonic foraminifera Globigerinoides ruber, Orbulina universa, and Globigerinella siphonifera. Limnol. Oceanogr. 54. 210-218.

Govin A., Michel E., Labeyrie L., Waelbroeck C., Dewilde F., Jansen E., 2009. Evidence for northward expansion of Antarctic Bottom Water mass in the Southern Ocean during the last glacial inception. Paleoceanography 24, PA1202, 10.1029/2008PA001603.

Gherardi J.M., Labeyrie L., Nave S., Francois R., McManus J.F., Cortijo E., 2009. Glacial-Interglacial circulation changes inferred from 231Pa/230Th sedimentary record in the North Atlantic region. Paleoceanography 24, PA2204, 10.1029/2008PA001696.

Greaves M., Caillon N., and "Mg/Ca intercalibration" team (Rebaubier H., Bartoli G., Bohaty S., Cacho I., Clarke L., Cooper M., Daunt C., Delaney M., De Menocal P., Dutton A., Eggins S., Elderfield H., Goddard E., Green D., Groeneveld J., Garbe-Schoenberg D., Hastings D., Hathorne E., Kimoto K., Klinkhammer G., Labeyrie L., Lea D.W., Marchitto T., Martinez-Boti M.A., Mortyn P.G., Ni Y., Nuernberg D., Paradis G., Pena L., Quinn T., Rosenthal Y., Russell A., Sagawa T., Sosdian S., Stott L., Tachikawa K., Tappa E., Thunell R., Wilson P.A.), 2008. Interlaboratory comparison study of calibration standards for foraminiferal Mg/Ca thermometry. Geochem. Geophys. Geosyst. 9, Q08010, 10.1029/2008GC001974.

Cleroux C., Cortijo E., Anand P., Labeyrie L., Bassinot F., Caillon N., Duplessy J.C., 2008. Mg/Ca and Sr/Ca ratios in planktonic foraminifera: proxies for upper water column temperature reconstruction. Paleoceanography 23, PA3214, 10.1029/2007PA001505.

Labeyrie L., Skinner L., Cortijo E., 2007. Paleoclimate reconstruction - Sub-Milankovitch (DI/Heinrich) events. Encyclopedia of Quaternary Science, Elias S.A. (Ed.), Elsevier, 1964-1974.

Nave S., Labeyrie L., Gherardi J., Caillon N., Cortijo E., Kissel C., Abrantes F., 2007. Primary productivity response to Heinrich events in the North Atlantic Ocean and Norwegian Sea. Paleoceanography 22, PA3216, 10.1029/2006PA001335.

Levi C., Labeyrie L., Bassinot F., Guichard F., Cortijo E., Waelbroeck C., Caillon N., Duprat J., De Garidel-Thoron T., Elderfield H., 2007. Low latitudes hydrological cycle and rapid climate changes during the Last Deglaciation. Geochem. Geophys. Geosyst. 8, Q05N12, 10.1029/2006GC001514.
Essallami L., Sicre M.A., Kallel N., Labeyrie L., Siani G., 2007. Hydrological changes in the Mediterranean Sea over the last 30.000 years. Geochem. Geophys. Geosyst. 8, Q07002, 10.1029/2007GC001587.

Beck C., Mercier de Lépinay B., Schneider J.L., Cremer M., Cagatay N., Wendenbaum E., Boutareaud S., Ménot-Combes G., Schmidt S., Weber O., Eris K., Armijo R., Meyer B., Pondard N., Gutcher M.A., and the MARMACORE Cruise Party, Turon J.L., Labeyrie L., Cortijo E., Gallet Y., Bouquerel H., Gorur N., Gervais A., Castera M.H., Londeix L., de Rességuier A., Jaouen A., 2007. Late Quaternary co-seismic sedimentation in the Sea of Marmara's deep basins. Sedim. Geol. 199, 65-89.