Montero Serrano, Jean Carlos
Professor
Geochemistry and Marine Geology
University du Qubec Rimouski
Canada
Biography
2012 -: Professor of Geochemistry and Marine Geology , Rimouski Institute of Marine Sciences, University of Quebec at Rimouski (Canada). 2010-2011: Postdoctorate in sedimentology and geochemistry , Institute of Geology and Palaeontology, University of Lausanne (Switzerland). Research topic : Disturbance of marine environments in the Lower Toarcian in the NW of Tethys - contributions of elementary geochemistry. 2009-2010: Postdoctorate in Paleohydrology and Marine Geochemistry , Laboratory of Climate and Environmental Sciences, and Laboratory of Interactions and Dynamics of Surface Environments (France). Research subject : ANR NEWTON project -North-East Atlantic Water Mass Geochemistry and NAO during the past 200 years. 2006-2009: Doctorate in Geology (sedimentology and palaeoclimatology), University Lille 1 (France). Subject : Sedimentary and paleoclimate dynamics of the Gulf of Mexico during the last glacial cycle. PDF-File 2004-2006: Magister Scientiarum in Geochemistry , Universidad Central de Venezuela (Venezuela). Research subject : Organic geochemistry of the Pedregoso Formation (Early Miocene), Falcón Basin, Northwest of Venezuela. 1999-2004: Degree in Geochemistry , Universidad Central de Venezuela (Venezuela). Research topic : Determination, characterization and correlation of chemofacies, Cerro Pelado Formation (Miocene), Falcón Basin, Venezuela.
Research Interest
-Paleoclimatic and paleoenvironmental reconstruction from mineralogical and / or geochemical study of sediments - Understanding and calibration of geochemical tracers. -Tracements of the circulation of oceanic water bodies by the study of the islands of the Nd of the deep corals - Acquisition and preservation of the isotopic signal. -Reconstitutions of the atmosphere-ocean-continent interactions during the last glacial cycle. -Resolution of the melting phases of the Laurentide ice sheet during the last deglaciation. -Molecular analysis of sedimentary organic matter (biomarkers). -Analysis of geochemical data ("compositional data").
Publications
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Monteroâ€Serrano JC, Boutâ€Roumazeilles V, Carlson AE, Tribovillard N, Bory A, Meunier G, Sionneau T, Flower BP, Martinez P, Billy I, Riboulleau A. Contrasting rainfall patterns over North America during the Holocene and Last Interglacial as recorded by sediments of the northern Gulf of Mexico. Geophysical Research Letters. 2011 Jul 1;38(14).
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Monteroâ€Serrano JC, Frank N, Colin C, Wienberg C, Eisele M. The climate influence on the midâ€depth Northeast Atlantic gyres viewed by coldâ€water corals. Geophysical Research Letters. 2011 Oct 1;38(19).
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Montero-Serrano JC, Frank N, Tisnerat-Laborde N, Colin C, Wu CC, Lin K, Shen CC, Copard K, Orejas C, Gori A, De Mol L. Decadal changes in the mid-depth water mass dynamic of the Northeastern Atlantic margin (Bay of Biscay). Earth and Planetary Science Letters. 2013 Feb 15;364:134-44.
