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Pierre Francus

Prof. Pierre Francus
Centre Eau, Terre & Environnement
Institut National de la Recherche Scientifique
490 de la Couronne
Québec, QC G1K 9A9
Canada
Phone: +1 418 654 3780
Fax: +1 418 654 2600
E-mail: pfrancus@ete.inrs.ca
URL: www.inrs-ete.uquebec.ca/
Vitae: link


Programs in which Pierre Francus holds an official function:

PAGES	national contact	2007 -
PAGES	scientific steering committee	2007 -
PAGES-Arctic2k	Steering Group

Additional functions:
Member of GEOTOP (Geochemistry and Geodynamic Research Centre) - UQAM-McGill
Associate member of CEN (Centre études nordiques) - Univ. Laval


Key Publications of Pierre Francus (up to five) :
Francus P. (Ed) 2004. Image analyis, sediments, and paleoenvironmental reconstructions. Springer, Develoments in Paleoenvironmental Research Series. 330p.

Francus P., Bradley R., Abbott M., Keimig F. & Patridge W. 2002. Paleoclimate studies of minerogenic sediments using annually resolved textural parameters. Geophysical Research Letters 29(20): Art. No. 1998

Ojala A. & Francus P., 2002. Comparing X-ray densitometry and image analysis of thin-sections in varved sediments. Boreas, 31, 57-64.

Francus P., 2001. Quantification of bioturbation in hemipelagic sediments via thin-sections image analysis. Journal of Sedimentary Research, 71, 3, 501-507.

Francus P. & Karabanov E., 2000. A computer-assisted thin-section study of lake Baikal sediments: a tool for understanding sedimentary processes and deciphering their climatic signal. International Journal of Earth Sciences, Geologische Rundschau, 89, 2, 260-267.


Expertise of Pierre Francus:

Expertise Category	Specific Expertise
PAGES Timescales	Pleistocene (glacial-interglacial cycles)
	Holocene (10,000 years)
	Last Millennium
	Anthropocene
	Abrupt Events
PAGES Location	Northern Hemisphere
	Polar Regions
PAGES Parameters	Temperature
	Hydrological Balance
PAGES Archives	Ocean Sediments
	Lake Sediments
PAGES Proxies	Other Proxies ( Varves )

Additional Specialties:
Image analysis of sediments, Limnogeology, Paleolimnology, Quaternary, Sedimentology, Sedimentary processes

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