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136 Thomas, B., Samuel, H., Farnetani, C.G., Aubert, J., Chauvel, C., 2023. Mixing time of heterogeneities in a buoyancy-dominated magma ocean. Geophysical Journal International.

135 Walker, R.J. et al., 2023. 182W and 187Os constraints on the origin of siderophile isotopic heterogeneity in the mantle. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 363: 15-39.

134 Weis, D. et al., 2023. Earth’s mantle composition revealed by mantle plumes. Nature Reviews Earth & Environment, 4(9): 604-625.

133 Shmeit, M. et al., 2023. Geochemical and radiogenic isotope records of the Weissert Event in south Tethyan sediments. Journal of the Geological Society, 180(3): jgs2022-023.

132 Hermann, A. et al., 2023. Artifact geochemistry demonstrates long-distance voyaging in the Polynesian Outliers. Science Advances, 9(16): eadf4487.

131 Luu, T.-H., Gutiérrez, P., Inglis, E.C., Roberts, D., Chauvel, C., 2022. High-precision Sr and Nd isotope measurements using a dynamic zoom lens-equipped thermal ionisation mass spectrometer. Chemical Geology, 611: 121078.

130 Tian, S. et al., 2021. Zirconium isotopic composition of the upper continental crust through time. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 572: 117086.

129 Berthod, C. et al., 2021. Mantle xenolith-bearing phonolites and basanites feed the active volcanic ridge of Mayotte (Comoros archipelago, SW Indian Ocean). Contributions to Mineralogy & Petrology, 176(10): 1-1-24.

128 Cordier, C., Delavault, H., Chauvel, C., 2021. Geochemistry of the Society and Pitcairn-Gambier mantle plumes: What they share and do not share. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 306: 362-384.

127 Brett, E.K.A. et al., 2021. Thallium elemental and isotopic systematics in ocean island lavas. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 301: 187-210.

126 Hu, Y., Teng, F.-Z., Chauvel, C., 2021. Potassium isotopic evidence for sedimentary input to the mantle source of Lesser Antilles lavas. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 295: 98-111.

125 Hu, Y., Teng, F.-Z., Helz, R.T., Chauvel, C., 2021. Potassium Isotope Fractionation During Magmatic Differentiation and the Composition of the Mantle. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 126(3): e2020JB021543.

124 Hu, Y., Teng, F.-Z., Plank, T., Chauvel, C., 2020. Potassium isotopic heterogeneity in subducting oceanic plates. Science Advances, 6(49): eabb2472.

123 Bernet, M., Mesa Garcia, J., Chauvel, C., Ramírez Londoño, M.J., Marín-Cerón, M.I., 2020. Thermochronological, petrographic and geochemical characteristics of the Combia Formation, Amagá basin, Colombia. Journal of South American Earth Sciences, 104: 102897.

122 Smith, K.E., Weis, D., Chauvel, C., Moulin, S., 2020. Honey Maps the Pb Fallout from the 2019 Fire at Notre-Dame Cathedral, Paris: A Geochemical Perspective. Environmental Science & Technology Letters.

121 Chauvel, C., 2021. Long-Lived Radionuclides. In: Alderton, D., Elias, S.A. (Eds.), Encyclopedia of Geology (Second Edition). Academic Press, Oxford, pp. 125-133.

120 Ledevin, M., Arndt, N., Chauvel, C., Jaillard, E., Simionovici, A., 2019. The Sedimentary Origin of Black and White Banded Cherts of the Buck Reef, Barberton, South Africa. Geosciences, 9(10): 424.

119 Chauvel, C. (2019). "Origin of diamond-bearing rocks." Nature 573: 498-499.

118 Batanova, V. G., et al. (2019). "New Olivine Reference Material for In Situ Microanalysis." Geostandards and Geoanalytical Research 43(3): 453-473.

117 Longman, J., Veres, D., Ersek, V., Phillips, D.L., Chauvel, C., Tamas, C.G., 2018. Quantitative assessment of Pb sources in isotopic mixtures using a Bayesian mixing model. Scientific Reports 8(1): 6154.

116 Vögeli, N., Huyghe, P., van der Beek, P., Najman, Y., Garzanti, E., Chauvel, C., 2018. Weathering regime in the Eastern Himalaya since the mid-Miocene: indications from detrital geochemistry and clay mineralogy of the Kameng River Section, Arunachal Pradesh, India. Basin Research, 30 (1), 59-74.

115 Gaschnig, R. M., et al. (2017). "The Molybdenum Isotope System as a Tracer of Slab Input in Subduction Zones: An Example From Martinique, Lesser Antilles Arc." Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems 18(12): 4674-4689.

114 Révillon, S., Guillou, H., Maury, R.C., Chauvel, C., Aslanian, D., Pelleter, E., Scao, V., Loubrieu, B., Patriat, M., 2017. Young Marquesas volcanism finally located. Lithos 294, 356-361.

113 Hermann, A., Sauzéat, L., Guillou, H., Maury, R.C., Chauvel, C., Liorzou, C., Conte, E., 2017. Combined geochemical and geochronological analyses of stone artefacts provide unambiguous evidence of intra- and inter-island interactions in Polynesia. Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports, 13: 75-87.

112 Delavault, H., Chauvel, C., Thomassot, E., Devey, C.W., Dazas, B., 2016. Sulfur and lead isotopic evidence of relic Archean sediments in the Pitcairn mantle plume. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 113(46): 12952-12956.

111 Cordier, C., Chauvel, C., Hémond, C., 2016. High-precision lead isotopes and stripy plumes: Revisiting the Society chain in French Polynesia. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 189: 236-250.

110 Chauvel, C., Rudnick, R.L., 2016. Large-Ion Lithophile Elements. In: White, W.M. (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Geochemistry: A Comprehensive Reference Source on the Chemistry of the Earth. Springer International Publishing, Cham, pp. 1-3.

109 Chauvel, C., 2016. Incompatible Elements. In: White, W.M. (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Geochemistry: A Comprehensive Reference Source on the Chemistry of the Earth. Springer International Publishing, Cham, pp. 1-3.

108 Chauvel, C., 2016. Cerium. In: White, W.M. (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Geochemistry: A Comprehensive Reference Source on the Chemistry of the Earth. Springer International Publishing, Cham, pp. 1-4.

107 Chauvel, C., 2016. Lanthanum. In: White, W.M. (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Geochemistry: A Comprehensive Reference Source on the Chemistry of the Earth. Springer International Publishing, Cham, pp. 1-2.

106 Teng, F.-Z., Hu, Y., Chauvel, C., 2016. Magnesium isotope geochemistry in arc volcanism. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 113(26): 7082-7087.

105 Sauzéat, L., Rudnick, R.L., Chauvel, C., Garçon, M., Tang, M., 2015. New perspectives on the Li isotopic composition of the upper continental crust and its weathering signature. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 428: 181-192.

104 Bellot, N., Boyet, M., Doucelance, R., Pin, C., Chauvel, C., Auclair, D., 2015. Ce isotope systematics of island arc lavas from the Lesser Antilles. Geochimica Cosmochimica Acta, 168, 261-279.

103 Delavault, H., Chauvel, C., Sobolev, A., Batanova, V., 2015. Combined petrological, geochemical and isotopic modeling of a plume source: Example of Gambier Island, Pitcairn chain. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 426(0): 23-35.

102 Braun, J., Voisin, C., Gourlan, A.T., Chauvel, C., 2015. Erosional response of an actively uplifting mountain belt to cyclic rainfall variations. Earth Surf. Dynam., 3(1): 1-14.

101 Chirouze, F., Huyghe, P., Chauvel, C., Beek, P.v.d., Bernet, M., Mugnier, J.-L., 2015. Stable Drainage Pattern and Variable Exhumation in the Western Himalaya since the Middle Miocene. The Journal of Geology, 123(1): 1-20.

100 Maury, R., Guille, G., Guillou, H., Chauvel, C., Legendre, C., Rossi, P., Blais, S., Pallares, C., Deroussi, S., Marabal, A.M., 2014. Géologie des Marquises: des volcans boucliers intra-océaniques effondrés issus d'un point chaud atypique. Géologie de la France, 19: 111-135.

99 Rousseau, D.-D., Chauvel, C., Sima, A., Hatté, C., Lagroix, F., Antoine, P., Balkanski, Y., Fuchs, M., Mellett, C., Kageyama, M., Ramstein, G., Lang, A., 2014. European glacial dust deposits: Geochemical constraints on atmospheric dust cycle modeling. Geophysical Research Letters, 41(21): 2014GL061382.

98 Tang, M., Rudnick, R.L., Chauvel, C., 2014. Sedimentary input to the source of Lesser Antilles lavas: A Li perspective. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 144(0): 43-58.

97 Garçon, M., Chauvel, C., 2014. Where is basalt in river sediments, and why does it matter? Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 407(0): 61-69.

96 Ganino, C., Arndt, N., Chauvel, C., Tornos, F., 2014. Metamorphic degassing of carbonates in the contact aureole of the Aguablanca Cu–Ni–PGE deposit, Spain. Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, 168(3): 1-21.

95 Simonneau, A., Chapron, E., Garçon, M., Winiarski, T., Graz, Y., Chauvel, C., Debret, M., Motelica-Heino, M., Desmet, M., Di Giovanni, C., 2014. Tracking Holocene glacial and high-altitude alpine environments fluctuations from minerogenic and organic markers in proglacial lake sediments (Lake Blanc Huez, Western French Alps). Quaternary Science Reviews, 89(0): 27-43.

94 Carpentier, M., Weis, D., Chauvel, C., 2014. Fractionation of Sr and Hf isotopes by mineral sorting in Cascadia Basin terrigenous sediments. Chemical Geology, 382(0): 67-82.

93 Guillou, H., R. C. Maury, G. Guille, C. Chauvel, P. Rossi, C. Pallares, C. Legendre, S. Blais, C. Liorzou, and S. Deroussi (2014), Volcanic successions in Marquesas eruptive centers: A departure from the Hawaiian model, J. Volc. Geoth. Res., 276(0):173-188.

92 Chauvel, C., M. Garçon, S. Bureau, A. Besnault, B.-M. Jahn, and Z. L. Ding (2014), Constraints from loess on the Hf-Nd isotopic composition of the upper continental crust, Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., 388, 48-58.

91 Garçon, M., C. Chauvel, C. France-Lanord, M. Limonta, and E. Garzanti (2014), Which minerals control the Nd-Hf-Sr-Pb isotopic compositions of river sediments?, Chem. Geol., 364(0): 42-55.

90 Ryan, J. and Chauvel, C. (2014) 3.13 The Subduction Zone Filter and the Impact of Recycled Materials on the Evolution of the Mantle. Treatise of Geochemistry (second Edition), Vol 3, 479-508. 

89 Maury, R. C., G. Guille, H. Guillou, C. Chauvel, P. Rossi, C. Pallares, and C. Legendre (2013), Temporal evolution of a Polynesian hotspot: New evidence from Raivavae (Austral islands, South Pacific ocean), Bull. Soc. géol. France, 184(6), 557-567.

88 Ganino, C., N. T. Arndt, C. Chauvel, A. Jean, and C. Athurion (2013), Melting of carbonate wall rocks and formation of the heterogeneous aureole of the Panzhihua intrusion, China, Geoscience Frontiers, 4(5), 535-546.

87 Garçon, M., C. Chauvel, C. France-Lanord, M. Limonta, and E. Garzanti (2013), Removing the “heavy mineral effect” to obtain a new Pb isotopic value for the upper crust, Geochem. Geophys. Geosyst., 14(9): 3324-3333.

86 Garçon, M., C. Chauvel, C. France-Lanord, P. Huyghe, and J. Lavé (2013), Continental sedimentary processes decouple Nd and Hf isotopes, Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta, 121(0), 177-195.

85 Carpentier, M., Weis, D. and Chauvel, C. (2013) Large U loss during weathering of upper continental crust: the sedimentary record. Chemical Geology, 340(0): 91-104.

84 Chirouze, F., Huyghe, P., van der Beek, P., Chauvel, C., Chakraborty, T., Dupont-Nivet, G. and Bernet, M. (2012). Tectonics, exhumation and drainage evolution of the Eastern Himalaya since 13 Ma from detrital geochemistry and thermochronology, Kameng River Section, Arunachal Pradesh. Geol. Soc. Am. Bull., doi: 10.1130/b30697.1.

83 Jourdan, S., Bernet, M., Schwartz, S., Guillot, S., Tricart, P., Chauvel, C., Dumont, T. and Montagnac, G. (2012). Tracing the Oligocene-Miocene evolution of the Western Alps drainage divide with pebble petrology, geochemistry and Raman spectroscopy of foreland basin deposits. The Journal of Geology, 120, 603-624.

82 Robin-Popieul, C., Arndt, N.T., Chauvel, C., Byerly, G.R., Sobolev, A.V. and Wilson, A. (2012). A new model for Barberton komatiites: Deep critical melting with high melt retention. Journal of Petrology, 53 (12), 2191-2229. 

81 Labanieh, S., Chauvel, C., Germa, A. and Quidelleur, X. (2012). Martinique Island: a clear case for sediment melting and slab dehydration as a function of distance to the trench. Journal of Petrology, 53 (12), 2441-2464.

80 Chauvel, C., R. C. Maury, S. Blais, E. Lewin, H. Guillou, G. Guille, P. Rossi, and M.-A. Gutscher (2012), The size of plume heterogeneities constrained by Marquesas isotopic stripes, Geochem. Geophys. Geosyst., 13, Q07005.

79 Deschamps, F., M. Godard, S. Guillot, C. Chauvel, M. Andreani, K. Hattori, B. Wunder, and L. France (2012), Behavior of fluid-mobile elements in serpentines from abyssal to subduction environments: Examples from Cuba and Dominican Republic, Chem. Geol., 312-313(0), 93-117.

78 Garçon M., Chauvel C., Chapron E., Faïn X., Lin M. Campillo S., Bureau S., Desmet M., Bailly-Maître M.C. and Charlet L., 2012. Silver and lead in high-altitude lake sediments: proxies for climate changes and human activities. Applied Geochemistry, 27, 760-773.

77 Ulrich, M., Bureau, S., Chauvel, C., Picard, C., 2012. Accurate Measurement of Rare Earth Elements by ICP-MS after Ion-Exchange Separation: Application to Ultra-Depleted Samples. Geostandards and Geoanalytical Research 36, 7-20.

76 Germa, A., Quidelleur, X., Labanieh, S., Chauvel, C., Lahitte, P., 2011. The volcanic evolution of Martinique Island: Insights from K-Ar dating into the Lesser Antilles arc migration since the Oligocene. J. Volc. Geoth. Res.208, 122-135.

75 Garçon M., Chauvel C., Bureau S., 2011. Beach placer, a proxy for the average Nd and Hf isotopic composition of a continental area. Chemical Geology, 287, 182-192.

74 Germa, A., Quidelleur, X., Lahitte, P., Labanieh, S., Chauvel, C., 2011. The K-Ar Cassignol-Gillot technique applied to western Martinique lavas: A record of Lesser Antilles arc activity from 2 Ma to Mount Pelee volcanism. Quaternary Geochronology 6, 341-355.

73 El Haddad, I., N. Marchand, H. Wortham, C. Piot, J. L. Besombes, J. Cozic, C. Chauvel, A. Armengaud, D. Robin, and J. L. Jaffrezo, 2011, Primary sources of PM2.5 organic aerosol in an industrial Mediterranean city, Marseille, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 11(5), 2039-2058.

72 Chauvel, C., Bureau, S., Poggi, C., 2011. Comprehensive chemical and isotopic analyses of basalt and sediment reference materials. Geostandards and Geoanalytical Research, 35, 125-143

71 Germa A., Quidelleur X., Labanieh S., Lahitte P. and Chauvel C., 2010. The eruptive history of Morne Jacob volcano (Martinique Island, French West Indies): Geochronology, geomorphology and geochemistry of the earliest volcanism in the recent Lesser Antilles arc. 
Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research 198, 297-310

70 Manighetti I., Boucher E., Chauvel C., Schlagenhauf A. and Benedetti L., 2010. Rare earth elements record past earthquakes on exhumed limestone fault planes Terra Nova, 22, 477-482.

69 Labanieh, S., Chauvel, C., Germa, A., Quidelleur, X. and Léwin, E., 2010. Isotopic hyperbolas constrain sources and processes under the Lesser Antilles arc. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 298, 35-46.

68 Ulrich, M., Picard, C., Guillot, S., Chauvel, C., Cluzel, D., Meffre, S., 2010. Multiple melting stages and refertilization as indicators for ridge to subduction formation: The New Caledonia ophiolite. Lithos, 115 (1-4): 223-236.

67 Deschamps F., Guillot S., Godard M, Chauvel C., Andreani M., Hattori K.H., 2010. In situ characterization of serpentinites from forearc mantle wedges: Timing of serpentinization and behavior of fluid-mobile elements in subduction zones. Chemical Geology 269(3-4): 262-277. 

66 Vlastelic I., Koga K., Chauvel C., Jacques G., Télouk P. 2009 Survival of lithium isotopic heterogeneities in the mantle supported by HIMU-lavas from Rurutu Island, Austral Chain. Earth and Planetary Science Letters 286 (3-4): 456-466. 

65 M. Carpentier, C. Chauvel, R.C. Maury and N. Mattielli 2009 The “zircon effect” as recorded by the chemical and Hf isotopic compositions of Lesser Antilles forearc sediments. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 287 (1-2): 86-99.

64 C. Chauvel, J.-C. Marini, T. Plank and J.N. Ludden 2009 Hf-Nd input flux in the Izu-Mariana subduction zone and recycling of subducted material in the mantle. Geochem. Geophys. Geosyst., 10, Q01001, DOI: 10.1029/2008GC002101.

63 Chapron E., Bailly-Maitre M.-C, Anselmetti F., Guyard H., Saint Onge G., Desmet M., Chauvel C., Winiarski T. Magand O., Arnaud F., Charlet L., Deline P., Magny M., Mélières M.-A. 2008. Impact des fluctuations glaciaires et des anciennes activités minières d’altitutde sur la sédimentation lacustre proglaciaire au cours du Tardiglaciaire et de l’Holocène dans le massif des Grandes Rousses, Alpes occidentales, France. Collection EDYTEM, n°6 – 2008 – Cahiers de Paléoenvironnement, 39-50. 

62 Blais S., Legendre C., Maury R.C., Guille G., Guillou H., Rossi P., Chauvel C. 2008. Notice explicative, Carte géol. France (1/30 000), feuille de Ua Huka, Polynésie Française. Orléans BRGM, 102 p. Carte géologique par Blais S., Savanier D., Legendre C., Guille G., Rossi P., Maury R.C., Guillou H. (2008).

61 M. Carpentier, C. Chauvel and N. Mattielli 2008. Pb-Nd isotopic constraints on sedimentary input into the Lesser Antilles arc system. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 272(1-2): 199-211.

60 C. Ganino, N. T. Arndt, M.-F. Zhou, F. Gaillard and C. Chauvel 2008. Interaction of magma with sedimentary wall rock and magnetite ore genesis in the Panzhihua mafic intrusion, SW China. Mineralium Deposita, 43(6): 677-694.

59 J. Carcaillet. I. Manighetti, C. Chauvel, A. Schlagenhauf and J.M. Nicole 2008. Identifying past earthquakes on an active normal fault (Magnola, Italy) from the chemical analysis of its exhumed carbonate fault plane. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 271(1-4): 145-158.

58 B. Mourier, J. Poulenard, C. Chauvel, P. Faivre and C. Carcaillet 2008 Distinguishing subalpine soil types using extractible Al and Fe fractions and REE geochemistry. Geoderma, 145(1-2): 107-120. 

57 C. Chauvel, E. Lewin, M. Carpentier, N.T. Arndt and J.-C. Marini 2008 Role of recycled oceanic sediments in generating the Hafnium-Neodymium mantle array. Nature Geoscience 1, 64-67. 

56 S. Guedron, C. Grimaldi, C. Chauvel, L. Spadini and M. Grimaldi 2006 Weathering versus atmospheric contributions to mercury concentrations in French Guiana  soils. Applied Geochemistry, 21. 2010-2022

55 Ionov, D.A., Chazot, G., Chauvel, C., Merlet, C. and Bodinier, J.L. 2006 Trace element distribution in peridotite xenoliths from Tok, SE Siberian craton: A record of pervasive, multi-stage metasomatism in shallow refractory mantle. Geochimica Cosmochimica Acta 70 (2006) 1231–1260

54 F. Nauret, W. Abouchami, S.J.G. Galer, A.W. Hofmann, C. Hémond, C. Chauvel and J. Dyment, 2006 Correlated trace element-Pb isotope enrichments in Indian MORB along 18º-20ºS, Central Indian Ridge. EPSL 245, 137-152.

53 A. Dia, C. Chauvel, M. Bulourde and M. Gérard, 2006 Eolian contribution to soils on Mount Cameroon: isotopic and trace element records. Chemical Geology, 226, 232-252.

52 Legendre, C., Maury, R.C., Caroff, M., Guillou, H., Cotten, J., Chauvel, C., Bollinger, C., Hémond, C., Guille, G., Blais, S., Rossi, P. and Savanier, D., 2005. Origin of exceptionally abundant phonolites on Ua Pou island (Marquesas, french Polynesia): partial melting of basanites followed by crustal contamination. Journal of Petrology, 46: 1925-1962.

51 C. Legendre, R. C. Maury, D. Savanier, J. Cotten, C. Chauvel, C. Hémond, C. Bollinger, G. Guille, S. Blais and P. Rossi, 2005. The origin of intermediate and evolved lavas in the Marquesas archipelago: an example from Nuku Hiva island (French Polynesia) Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research, 143: 293-317 

50 Marini, J.-C., Chauvel, C. and Maury, R.C., 2005. Hf isotope compositions of northern Luzon arc lavas suggest involvement of pelagic sediments in their source. Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, 149: 216-232.

49 Chauvel, C., Dia, A., Bulourde, M., Chabaux, F., Durand, S., Ildefonse, P., Gerard, M., Deruelle, B. and Ngounouno, I., 2005. Do decades of tropical rainfall affect the chemical compositions of basaltic lava flows in Mount Cameroon? Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research, 141(3-4): 195-223.

48 Benedetti, M.F., Dia, A., Riotte, J., Chabaux, F., Gérard, M., Boulègue, J., Fritz, B., Chauvel, C., Bulourde, M., Déruelle, B. and Ildefonse, P. (2003) Chemical veathering of basaltic lava flows undergoing extreme climatic conditions: the water geochemistry record. Chemical Geology, 201, 1-17

47 Guedron S., Grimaldi C., Chauvel C., Spadini L. and Grimaldi M. (2003) Determination of mercury atmospheric origin in French Guianese soils. J. Phys. IV France 107, 585-588.

46 Arndt N.T., Czamanske G.K., Walker R.J., Chauvel C., Fedorenko V.A. (2003) Geochemistry and origin of the intrusive hosts of the Noril’sk-talnakh Cu-Ni-PGE sulfide deposits. Economic Geology Vol.98, 495-515

45 Révillon, S., C. Chauvel, Arndt, N.T., Pik, R., Martineau, F., Fourcade, S. and Marty, B., (2002). Heterogeneity of the Caribbean plateau mantle source: new constraints from Sr, O and He isotope compositions of olivine and clinopyroxene. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 205, 91-106.

44 S. Blais, G. Guille, H. Guillou, C. Chauvel, R.C. Maury, G. Pernet and J. Cotten, (2002) The island of Maupiti: the oldest emergent volcano in the Society hot spot chain (French Polynesia), Bulletin de la Société géologique de France 173(1), 45-55.

43 Chauvel, C. & Blichert-Toft, J. (2001) A hafnium isotope and trace element perspective on melting of the depleted mantle.  Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 190, 137-151.

42 Maury, R.C., Guille, G., Guillou, H., Blais, S. & Chauvel, C., 2000. Notice explicative, carte géologique France, feuille Rurutu et Tubuai - Polynésie française (1154). 81p.

41 Blais, S., Guille, G., Guillou, H., Chauvel, C., Maury, R.C. & Caroff, M. (2000) Géologie, Géochimie et géochronologie de l'île de Bora Bora (Société, Polynésie française). Comptes Rendus de l'Académie des Sciences de Paris, 331: 579-585.

40 Revillon, S., Hallot, E, Arndt, N.T., Chauvel, C. & Duncan, R.A. (2000) A complex history for the Caribbean plateau: petrology, geochemistry and geochronology of the Beata Ridge, south Hispaniola.  Journal of Geology , 108, 641-661

39 Revillon, S., Arndt, N.T., Chauvel, C. & Hallot, E. (2000) Geochemical study of ultramafic volcanic and plutonic rocks from Gorgona Island, Colombia: the plumbing system of an oceanic plateau.  Journal of Petrology, 41, 1127-1153

38 Chauvel, C. & Hémond, C. (2000) Melting of a complete section of recycled oceanic crust: trace element and Pb isotopic evidence in Iceland. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, VOL. 1, 14 February, Paper number 1999GC000003

37 Guille, G., Guillou, H., Chauvel, C., Maury, R.C., Blais, S. & Brousse, R. (1998) L’île de Rurutu (archipel des Australes, Polynésie Française): une édification complexe liée au fonctionnement de deux points chauds. Géologie de la France, 3, 65-86.

36 Arndt, N.T., Ginibre, C., Chauvel, C., Albarède, F. Cheadle, M., Herzberg, C., Jenner, G., Lahaye, Y. (1998) Were komatiites wet?. Geology, 26, 8, 739-742.

35 Arndt, N.T., Chauvel, C., Czamanske, G. and Fedorenko, V. (1998) Two mantle sources, two plumbing systems: tholeiitic and alkaline magmatism of the Maymecha River basin, Siberian flood volcanic province. Contribution to Petrology and Mineralogy, 133, 297-313.

34 Chauvel, C. and White, W.M. (1998) Géochimie isotopique du volcanisme océanique actuel et identification des grands domaines mantelliques sources. In: Introduction à la géochimie et ses applications. CEA, Paris, pp 269-286. 

33 Chauvel, C., McDonough, W., Guille, G., Maury, R. and Duncan, R. (1997) Contrasting old and young volcanism in Rurutu Island, Austral chain.  Chemical Geology, 139, pp.125-143.

32 Blichert-Toft, J., Chauvel, C. and Albarède, F. (1997) Separation of Hf and Lu for high-precision isotope analysis of rock samples by magnetic sector-multiple collector ICP-MS.  Contribution to Mineralogy and Petrology, 127, pp. 248-260.

31 Puchtel, I.S., Haase, K.M., Hofmann, A.W., Chauvel, C., Kulikov, V.S., Garbe-Schönberg, C.-D. and Nemchin, A.A. (1997) Petrology and geochemistry of crustally contaminated komatiitic basalts from the Vetreny Belt, southeastern Baltic Shield: Evidence for an early Proterozoic mantle plume beneath rifted Archean continental lithosphere. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 61, pp. 1205-1222. 

30 Lahaye Y., Arndt N.T., Byerly G., Chauvel C., Fourcade S. and Gruau G. (1995) The influence of alteration on the trace-element and Nd isotopic compositions of komatiites. Chemical Geology, 126, pp. 43-64.

29 Chauvel C., Goldstein S.L. and Hofmann A.W. (1995) Hydration and Dehydration of Oceanic Crust controls Pb Evolution in the Mantle. Chemical Geology, 126, pp.65-75.

28. Blichert-Toft, J., Rosing, M.T., Lesher, C.E. and Chauvel, C. (1995) Geochemical constraints on the origin of the late Archean Skjoldungen alkaline igneous province, SE Greenland.  Journal of Petrology, 36, pp. 515-561. 

27. Maury, R.C., El Azzouzi, M., Bellon, H., Liotard, J.M., Guille, G., Barsczus, H.G., Chauvel, C., Diraison, C., Dupuy, C., Vidal, P. et Brousse, R. (1994) Géologie et pétrologie de l’île de Tubuai (Australes, Polynésie française). C.R. Acad. Sci. Paris, 118, II, pp 1341-1347.

26. Hémond C., Devey C. W. and Chauvel C. (1994) Source compositions and melting processes in the Society and Austral plumes: Element and isotopic (Sr, Nd, Pb, Th) geochemistry. Chemical Geology, 115, pp 7-45

25. Devey C. W., Garbe-Schönberg C.-D., Stoffers P., Chauvel C. and Mertz D. F. (1994) The Kolbeinsey Rdge north of Iceland: Elemental constraints on the degree of mantle melting. Journal of Geophysical Research, Vol. 99, pp 9077-9095.

24. Wooden J. L., Czamanske G. K., Fedorenko V. A., Arndt N. T., Chauvel C., Bouse R. M., King B.-S. W., Knight R. J. and Siems D. F. (1993) Isotopic and Trace-Element constraints on mantle and crustal contributions to Siberian continental flood basalts, Noril'sk area, Siberia. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, Vol. 57, pp 3677-3704.

23. Chauvel C., Dupré B. and Arndt N. T. (1993) Pb and Nd isotopic correlation in Belingwe komatiites and basalts. In The development of the Belingwe greenstone belt: a study of the construction of the continental crust  (eds. M. J. Bickle and E. G. Nisbet) pp.167-174 Blackwell.

22. Chauvel, C., Hofmann, A. W. and Vidal. Ph. (1992).  HIMU-EM, the French Polynesian Connection.  Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., 110, 99-119.

21. McDonough, W.F. and Chauvel, C. (1991)  Sample contamination explains the Pb isotopic composition of some Rurutu island and Sasha seamount basalts, Earth Planet. Sci. Lett. 105, 397-404.

20. Arndt, N.T., Todt, W., Chauvel, C., Tapfer, M. and Weber, K. (1991)  U-Pb zircon age and Nd isotopic compositions of granitoids, charnockites and supracrustal rocks from Heimefrontfjella, Antarctica.  Geologische Rundschau , 80/3, 759-777.

19. Arndt, N.T. and Chauvel, C. (1991) Crust of the Hadean Earth.  Bull. geol. Soc. Denmark , 39, 145-151.

18. Hofmann, A.W., Chauvel, C. and Arndt, N.T. (1990) Geochemie der Mantel. Geowissenschaften 8: 72-79..

17. Gruau, G., Chauvel, C., Arndt, N.T and Cornichet, J. (1990)   Aluminum depletion in komatiites and garnet fractionation in the early Archean mantle: Hafnium isotopic constraints. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta. 54, 3095-3101.

16. Gruau, G., Chauvel, C. and Jahn, B.M.(1990)  Anomaleous Sm-Nd ages for the early Archean Onverwacht Group volcanics: significance and petrogenetic implications.  Contrib. Miner. Petrol. 104, 27-34.

15. Thom, A., Arndt, N.T., Chauvel, C. and Stauffer, M.R. (1990)  Flin Flon and West La Ronge belts, Saskatchewan: products of Proterozoic subduction-related volcanism. In: The Early Proterozoic Trans-Hudson Orogen of North America. Geological Association of Canada, Special Paper.  J.F. Lewry and M.R. Stauffer, eds. pp. 163-176.

14. Cassidy, R.M. and Chauvel, C. (1989) Modern liquid chromatographic techniques for the separation of Nd and Sr for isotopic analyses. Chemical Geology, 74, 189-200.

13. Vidal, Ph., Dupuy, C., Barsczus, H. G. and Chauvel C. (1987) Hétérogénéités du manteau et origine des basaltes des Marquises (Polynésie). Bull. Soc. géol. France, 8, n 4, 633-642.

12. Dupuy, C., Vidal, Ph., Barsczus, H.G. and Chauvel, C.(1987) Origin of basalts from the Marquesas Archipelago (south central Pacific Ocean): isotope and trace element constraints. Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., 82, 145-152.

11. Gruau, G., Jahn, B.M., Glickson, A.Y., Davy, R., Hickman, A.H. and Chauvel, C. (1987)  Age of the Archean Talga-Talga Subgroup, Pilbara Block, Western Australia, and early evolution of the mantle: new Sm-Nd isotope evidence.Earth Planet. Sci. Lett. 85, 105-116.

10. Nisbet, E.G., Arndt, N.T., Bickle, M.J., Cameron, W.E., Chauvel, C., Cheadle, M.J., Hegner, E., Kyser, T.K., Martin, A, Renner, R and Roeder, E. (1987). Uniquely fresh 2.7 Ga old komatiites from the Belingwe greenstone belt, Zimbabwe. Geology , 15, 1147-1150.

9. N.T. Arndt, G.E. Brügman, K. Lehnert, C. Chauvel and B.W. Chappell (1987) Geochemistry, petrogenesis and tectonic environment of Circum-Superior belt basalts. In Geochemistry and Mineralization of Proterozoic Volcanic Suites, (eds. Pharaoh, T.C., Beckinsale, R.D. and Rickard, D.) Geol. Soc. Spec. Publ. 33, 133-145.

8. C. Chauvel, N.T. Arndt, S. Kielinzcuk and A. Thom (1987) Formation of Canadian 1.9 Ga old continental crust: (1) Nd isotopic  data.  Can. J. Earth Sci., 24, 396-406.

7. C. Chauvel, B. Dupré and G.A. Jenner (1985) The Sm-Nd age of Kambalda volcanics is 500 Ma too old! Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., 74, 315-324.

6. B. Dupré, C. Chauvel and N.T. Arndt (1984) Pb and Nd isotopic study of two Archean komatiitic flows from Alexo, Ontario.  Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta, 48, 1965-1972.

5. P.J. Patchett and C. Chauvel (1984) The mean life of continents is currently not constrained by Nd and Hf isotopes.  Geophys. Res. Lett., 11, 151-153.

4. Ph. Vidal, C. Chauvel and R. Brousse (1984) Large mantle heterogeneity beneath French Polynesia.  Nature, 307, 536-538.

3. C. Chauvel and B.M. Jahn (1984) Nd-Sr isotope and REE geochemistry of alkali basalts from the Massif Central, France.  Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta, 48, 93-110.

2. H. Martin, C. Chauvel and B.M. Jahn (1983) Major and trace element geochemistry and crustal evolution of Archaean granodioritic rocks from eastern Finland. Precambrain Research, 21, 159-180.

1. H. Martin, C. Chauvel, B.M. Jahn and P.Vidal (1983) Rb-Sr and Sm-Nd ages and isotopic geochemistry of Archaeab granodioritic gneisses from eastern Finland.  Precambrian Research, 20, 79-91.

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