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Edwige Pons-BranchuGéochrononologie Traceurs Archéométrie
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2007-2020: Lecturer at the Université de Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines
Since 2020: Professor at the Université de Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines
U-series (U/Th dating)
Geochronology (mainly U-series)
Historical and archaeological reconstructions
Methods : U/Th and 226Ra/U dating, Sr isotopes , Pb isotopes, trace elements.
Natural archives: secondary carbonate deposits (corals and spelothems), groundwaters, sea water.
Field work: caves in Europe, coral terrasses
2001: pHD thesis isotopic geochemistry (Université de Aix-Marseille 2)
2007-2020: Lecturer Université de Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines
Since 2020: Professor Université de Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines
2015: thesis "Habilitation à diriger des Recherches":Contribution à l’étude des chronomètres par déséquilibre dans la famille de l’uranium et leur application pour l’étude de l’évolution des paysages, du climat et de l’anthropocène
Shao QF. , Wu Y., Pons-Branchu E., Zhu Q., Dapoigny A., Jiang T. (2021). U-series dating of the rock paintings in Cangyuan, southwestern China. In review à Quaternary Geochronology. Quaternary Geochronology. 61 - 101127
Pons-Branchu E. Josè-Luis Sanchidrian, Michel Fontugne, Mª Angeles Medina Alcaide, Anita Quiles, François Thil, Hélène Valladas (2020), U-series dating at Nerja cave reveal open system. Questioning the Neanderthal origin of Spanish rock art. Journal of Archaeological Science. 117 - 105120
Richard M., Falguères C., Pons-Branchu E., Richter D., Beutelspacher, T., Conard, N.J., Kind J. (2020). The Middle to Upper Palaeolithic transition in Hohlenstein Stadel cave (Swabian Jura, Germany): a comparison between ESR, U-series and radiocarbon dating. Quaternary International. 556: 49-57
Pace B., Valentini A., Ferranti L., Vasta M., Vassalo M., Montagna P., Colell A., Pons-Branchu E. A Large Paleoearthquake in central Apennines, Italy, recorded by the collapse of a massive cave speleothem. Tectonics. e2020TC006289
Cushing E.M., Hollender F., Moiriat D., Guyonnet-Benaize C., Theodoulidis N., Pons-Branchu E. , Sepulcre S., Bard P.Y., Cornou C., Dechamp A., Marsical A., Roumelioti Z. (2020) Building a three dimensional model of the active Plio-Quaternary basin of Argostoli (Cephalonia Island, Greece): an integrated geophysical and geological approach. Engineering Geology, 265, 105441.
Montaggioni L.F., Salvat B., Aubanel A., Pons-Branchu E., Martin-Garin B., Dapoigny A.. (2019). New insights into the Holocene development history of a Pacific, low-lying coral reef island: Takapoto Atoll, French Polynesia. Quaternary Science Reviews. 223 - 105947.
Drugat L., Pons-Branchu E., Douville E., Foliot L, Bordier L., Roy-Barman M., (2019). Rare earth and alkali metal elements in stalagmite, as marker of Mediterranean environmental changes during Termination I. Chemical Geology, 525, 414-423
Elliot M., Colin C., Douarin M., Pons-Branchu E., Tisnérat N., Schmidt F., Michel E., Blamart D., Dubois-Dauphin Q., Frank N., Dapoigny A., Foliot L., Miska S., Long D., Douville E. (2019). Onset and demise of coral reefs, relationship with regional ocean circulation on the Wyville Thomson Ridge. Marine Geology, 416, 105969.
Richard M., Falguères C., Valladas H., Ghaleb B., Pons-Branchu E., Mercier N., Richter D. and Conard N.J. (2019). New ESR ages from Geißenklösterle Cave: a chronological study on Middle and Early Upper Palaeolithic layers. Journal of Human Evolution, 133: 133-145.
Ferranti L., Pace B., Valentini A., Montagna P., Pons-Branchu E., Tisnérat-Laborde N., Maschi L. (2019). Speleoseismological Constraints on Ground Shaking Threshold and Seismogenic Sources in the Pollino Range (Calabria, Southern Italy). Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 124 (5) : 5192 :5216.
Angeletti L., Taviani M., Montagna P., Foglini F., Corselli C., Nasto I., Pons-Branchu E (2019).U/Th dating records of deep water coral growth in submarine canyons and adjacent sectors of the southern Adriatic Sea since the last Glacial maximum. Progress in Oceanography 175: 300-308
Columbu A., Drysdale R., Hellstrom J., Woodhead J., Cheng H., Hua Q., Zhao JX, Montagna P., Pons-Branchu E., Edwards L. (2019) Investigation of the U-Th and radiocarbon dating of calcite speleothems from gypsum caves: implication for palaeoclimate research. Quaternary geochronology 52, 51-62
Richard M., C. Falguères, E. Pons-Branchu E., Foliot L., Guillem M., Martínez-Valle R., Eixea A., Villaverde V. (2019) ESR/U-series chronology of early Neanderthal occupations at Cova Negra (Valence, Spain). Quaternary Geochronology. 283-290.
Daujeard C., Vettese D., Britton K., Béarez P., Boulbes N., Crégut-Bonnoure E., Desclaux E., Lateur N., Pike-Tay A., Rivals F., Allué E., Chacón M.G. , Puaud S., Richard M., Courty M.-A., Hardy B., Gallotti R., Bahain J.J., Falguères C., Pons-Branchu E., Valladas H., Moncel M.-H (2019). Neanderthal selective hunting of reindeer? The case study of Abri du Maras (south-eastern France). Journal Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences. 113 985-1011.
Collard T, Verreydt W, Hernández-Molina FJ, Llave E, León R., Gómez-Ballesteros M., Pons-Branchu E., Stewart H, Van Rooij D. (2018). Sedimentary processes and cold-water coral mini-mounds at the Ferrol canyon head, NW Iberian margin. Progress in Oceanography. 169 : 48-65
Bonneau L Colin C Pons-Branchu, Mienis F ., Tisnérat-Laborde N., Blamart D. , Elliot M., Collart T., Frank N., Foliot L., Douville E. Imprint of Holocene climate variability on cold-water coral reef growth at the SW Rockall Trough margin, NE Atlantic. Accepté. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems
Pedoja K., Husson L., Bezos A., Pastier AM, Imran A, Arias Ruiz C, Sarr AC, Elliot M, Pons-Branchu E, Nexer M., Regard V., Hafidz A., Robert X., Benoit L, Delcaillau B. Authemayou C., Dumoulin C., Choblet G, (2018). On the long-lasting sequences of coral reef terraces from SE Sulawesi (Indonesia): distribution, formation, and global significance. Quaternary Science Reviews, 188, 37-57
Pons-Branchu E, Roy-Barman M., Jean-Soro L., Guillerme A., Branchu P., Fernandez M., Dumont E., E Douville and Michelot JL and Phillips MA. (2017). Urbanization impact on sulfur content of groundwater revealed by the study of urban speleothems: Case study in Paris, France. Science of the Total Environement. 579, 124-132
Shao Q., Pons-Branchu E., Zhu QP., Wei Wang W, Valladas H, Fontugne.M. (2017). High precision U/Th dating of the rock paintings at Mt. Huashan, Guangxi, southern China. Quaternary research 88, (1) 1-13
Valladas H, Pons-Branchu E., Dumoulin JP, Quiles A., Medina-Alcaide MA, Sanchidrain JL. (2017) U/Th and C-14 cross dating of parietal calcite deposits: application to Nerja cave (Andalusia, Spain) and future perspectives. Radiocarbon 59 (6). 1955-1967
Bosworth W., Montagna P., Pons-Branchu E., Rasul N, Taviani M (2017). Seismic Hazards Implications of Uplifted Pleistocene Coral Terraces in the Gulf of Aqaba. Scientific Reports 7, Article number: 38
Sanchidrián JL, Valladas H, Medina-Alcaide MA., Pons-Branchu E., Quiles A (2017) New perspectives for 14C dating of parietal markings using CaCO3 thin layers: an example in Nerja cave (Spain). Journal of Archaeological Science reports 12. pp 74-80.
Richard, M., Falguères, C., Pons-Branchu, E., Ghaleb, B., Valladas, H., Mercier, N, Richter D., Bahain JJ, Conard, N. J. (2017 in press). Dating Upper Pleistocene sites using combined ESR/U-Th method: Methodology and application to karstic contexts. L'Anthropologie
Dubois-Dauphin Q, Montagna P, Siani G, Douville E, Wienberg C, Hebbeln D, Zhifei L, Kallel N, Dapoigny A, Pons-Branchu E, Colin C. (2017) Hydrological variations of the intermediate water masses of the western Mediterranean Sea during the past 20 ka inferred from neodymium isotopic composition in foraminifera and cold-water corals. Climate of the past 13, 17-37.
M. Richard, C. Falguères, E. Pons-Branchu, J.-J. Bahain, P. Voinchet, M. Lebon, H. Valladas, J.-M. Dolo, S. Puaud, M. Rué, C. Daujeard, M.-H. Moncel, J.-P. Raynal (2015). Contribution of ESR/U-series dating to the chronology of late Middle Palaeolithic sites in the middle Rhône valley, southeastern France. Quaternary Geochronology 30, 529-534.
Corchón S., Garate D., Valladas H., Rivero O., Pons-Branchu E., Ortega P. Hernando C. (2014). BACK TO THE POINT: new datings for Peña DE Candamo cave art (AsturiAS). De vuelta al punto de partida: nuevas dataciones del arte de la cueva de la Peña de Candamo (Asturias). Zephyrus.
Cours en licence et master, en géologie, climat et environnement. Etudiants concernés: licence Biologie-Environnement, SVT et master Sciences de l'Environnement.
Projets scientifiques
Pons-Branchu et al. (2019-2022). Huniwers. ANR. http://huniwers.cnrs.fr/
Valladas et al. (2018-2020). ApART. ANR.
Pons-Branchu (PI) : Projet "Aqueducs et Fontaines" initié dans le cadre de la Fondation des sciences du patrimoine, bénéficie du soutien d'un mécénat de Fondation d'entreprise de la Banque populaire Val de France, puis financement Labex PATRIMA (2016-2019). lien:
http://www.sciences-patrimoine.org/index.php/aqueducs-et-fontaines-projet-de-recherche-sur-ladduction-deau-vers-les-fontaines-de-versailles.html
-Mercier et al. 2016-2017. DOM ART (ANR).
- Pons-Branchu et al.. 2014-2015. Histoires d’eau souterraine: les nappes phréatiques superficielles à Paris vues au travers de deux aqueducs. Etat des lieux, historique, et perspectives pour une meilleure gestion de l’eau. Paris 2030. AO Mairie de Paris. lien :
http://technique-societe.cnam.fr/recherche/programmes-et-projets/histoires-d-eau-souterraine-hydrogeologie-des-nappes-d-eau-superficielles-a-paris--684768.kjsp
-Valladas et al., 2013-2014. Stratégie d’acquisition et traitement des datations Radiocarbone et Uranium/Thorium dans les Grottes ornées du Paléolithique supérieur
PNRCC (Ministère de la culture)
- Roy-Barman et al., 2013-2015. Particle transport derived from isotope tracers and its impact on ocean biogeochemistry: A GEOTRACES project in the Arctic Ocean . AO Franco Suédois.
- HAMOC: Dynamique des gyres Nord Atlantique et overturning de la Méditerranée au cours des changements climatiques de l’Holocène. Colin C. ANR Blanc. 2014-2016
- Wirreman D. 2013-2014. CENSOHR - Cycles ENSO à Haute Résolution (Vanuatu, Nouvelle-Caléonie, derniers millénaires). AO IPLS. 2013-2014
-Corchon et al. "OCUPACION DEL TERRITORIO Y ACTIVIDAD SIMBOLICA PALEOLITICA EN EL CENTRO DE LA CORNISA CANTABRICA (27.000-12.000 B.P.). LOS MODELOS DE LOS VALLES DEL NALON, SELLA Y CARES". 2013-2016.
-Pons-Branchu et al. 2012-2013. Hydrohisteau. Projet INSU. Ec2Co