Publications
Articles
d’Oliveira L.*, Dugerdil L.*, Ménot G., Evin A., Muller S., Ansanay-Alex S., Azuara J., Bonnet C., Bremond L., Shah M., Peyron O. (2023) Reconstructing 15,000 years of southern France temperatures from coupled pollen and molecular (brGDGT) markers (Canroute, Massif Central). Climate of the Past 19, 2127–2156
Toucanne S., Rodrigues T., Ménot G., Soulet G., Cheron S., Billy I., Eynaud F., Antoine P., Sinninghe Damste J., Bard E., Sanchez Goñi M.-F. (2023), Marine Isotope Stage 4 (71–57 ka) on the Western European margin: Insights to the drainage and dynamics of the Western European Ice Sheet, Global and Planetary Change 229, 104221
Schaaff V.*, Sebag D., Grossi V., Makou M., Antheaume I., Hamelin B., Garcin Y., Ngounou Ngatcha B., Deschamps P., Ménot G. (2023) Modeling the decomposition signal and correcting bulk organic data from a peat deposit, a case study at low latitudes (Cameroon). Organic Geochemistry 179, 104589
Robles M.*, Peyron O., Ménot G., Brugiapaglia E., Wulf S., Appelt O., Blache M., Vannière B., Dugerdil L., Paura O., Ansanay-Alex S., Cromartie A., Charlet L, Guédron S., de Beaulieu J.-L., Joannin S. (2023) Climate changes during the Late Glacial in southern Europe: new insights based on pollen and brGDGTs of Lake Matese in Italy. Climate of the Past 19, 493–515
Barhoumi C.*, Ménot G., Joannin S., Ali A., Ansanay-Alex S., Golubeva Y., Subetto D., Kryshen A., Drobyshev I., Peyron O. (2023) Temperature and fire controls on vegetation dynamics in Northern Ural (Russia) boreal forests during the Holocene based on brGDGT and pollen data. Quaternary Science Reviews, 305
Robles M.*, Peyron O., E. Brugiapaglia, G. Ménot, L. Dugerdil, V. Ollivier, S. Ansanay-Alex, A.-L. Develle, P. Tozalakyan, K. Meliksetian, K. Sahakyan, L. Sahakyan, B. Perello, R. Badalyan, C. Colombié, S. Joannin, (2022), Impact of climate changes on vegetation and human societies during the Holocene in the South Caucasus (Vanevan, Armenia): A multiproxy approach including pollen, NPPs and brGDGTs. Quaternary Science Reviews, 277
de Saulieu, G., Garcin Y., Sebag D., Nlend Nlend P. R., Zeitlyn D., Deschamps P., Ménot G., Carlo P. Di & Oslisly R., (2021), Archaeological Evidence for Population Rise and Collapse between ~2500 and ~500 cal. yr BP in Western Central Africa. Afrique : Archéologie & Arts, 17, 11-32
Dugerdil L.*, Ménot G., Peyron O., Jouffroy-Bapicot I., Ansanay-Alex S., Antheaume I., Behling H., Boldgiv B., Develle A.-L., Grossi V., Magail J., Makou M., Robles M., Unkelbach J., Vannière B., Joannin S., (2021), Late Holocene Mongolian climate and environment reconstructions from brGDGTs, NPPs and pollen transfer functions for Lake Ayrag: Paleoclimate implications for Arid Central Asia. Quaternary Science Reviews, 273:107235
Dugerdil L.*, Joannin S., Peyron O., Jouffroy-Bapicot I., Vannière B., Boldgiv B., Unkelbach J., Behling H., Ménot G., (2021), Climate reconstructions based on GDGT and pollen surface datasets from Mongolia and Baikal area: Calibrations and applicability to extremely cold-dry environments over the Late Holocene. Climate of the Past, 17, 1199–1226
Davtian N.*, Bard E., Darfeuil S., Ménot G., Rostek F., (2021), The Novel Hydroxylated Tetraether Index RI‐OH′ as a Sea Surface Temperature Proxy for the 160‐45 ka BP Period Off the Iberian Margin. Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology
Mbusnum K. G., Malleret L., Deschamps P., Khabouchi I., Asia L., Lebarillier S., Ménot G., Onguene R., Doumenq P., (2020), Persistent Organic Pollutants in Sediments of the Wouri Estuary Mangrove, Cameroon: Levels, Patterns and Ecotoxicological Significance. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 160, 1-4
Couzinié S., Ménot R.-P., Doumnang J.C., Paquette, J.-L., Rochette P., Quesnel Y., Deschamps P., Ménot G., (2020), Crystalline inliers near Lake Iro (SE Chad): Post-collisional Ediacaran A2-type granitic magmatism at the southern margin of the Saharan Metacraton. Journal of African Earth Sciences, 172, 103960
Martin C.*, Ménot G., Thouveny N., Peyron O., Andrieu-Ponel V., Montade V., Davtian N., Reille M., Bard E., (2020), Early Holocene Thermal Maximum recorded by branched tetraethers and pollen in Western Europe (Massif Central, France). Quaternary Science Reviews, 228, 106-109
Ménot, G., Pivot, S.*, Bouloubassi, I., Davtian, N., Hennekam, R., Bosch, D., Ducassou, E., Bard, E., Migeon, S., Revel, M., (2020), Timing and stepwise transitions of the African Humid Period from geochemical proxies in the Nile deep-sea fan sediments. Quaternary Science Reviews, 228
Martin C.*, G. Ménot, N. Thouveny, N. Davtian, V. Andrieu-Ponel, M. Reille, E. Bard, (2019), Impact of human activities and vegetation changes on the tetraether sources in Lake St Front (Massif Central, France). Organic Geochemistry, 135, 38-52
Poulin C., Hamelin B., Vallet-Coulomb Ch., Amngar G., Loukman B., Cretaux J.-F., Doumnang J.-Cl., Mahamat Nour A., Ménot G., Sylvestre F., Deschamps P., (2019), Unraveling the hydrological budget of isolated and seasonally contrasted subtropical lakes. Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci., 23, 1705-1724
Davtian N.*, G. Ménot, Y. Fagault, E. Bard, (2019), Western Mediterranean Sea Paleothermometry Over the Last Glacial Cycle Based on the Novel RI-OH Index. Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology, 34 (4), 616-634
Garcin Y., Deschamps P., Ménot G., de Saulieu G., Schefuß E., Sebag D., Dupont L. M. , Oslisly R., Brademann B., Mbusnum K. G., Onana J.-M., Ako A. A., Eppo L. S., Tjalling R., Strecker M. R., Brauer A., Sachse D., (2018), Reply to Giresse et al.: No evidence for climate variability during the late Holocene rainforest crisis in Western Central Africa. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 115(29)
Garcin Y., Deschamps P., Ménot G., de Saulieu G., Schefuß E., Sebag D., Dupont L. M. , Oslisly R., Brademann B., Mbusnum K. G., Onana J.-M., Ako A. A., Eppo L. S., Tjalling R., Strecker M. R., Brauer A., Sachse D., (2018), Reply to Clist et al.: Human activity is the most probable trigger of the late Holocene rainforest crisis in Western Central Africa. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 115(21)
Sebag D., Garcin Y., Adatte T., Deschamps P., Ménot G., Verrecchia E. P., (2018), Correction for the siderite effect on Rock-Eval parameters: Application to the sediments of Lake Barombi (southwest Cameroon). Organic Geochemistry, 123, 126-135
Garcin Y., Deschamps P., Ménot G., de Saulieu G., Schefuß E., Sebag D., Dupont L. M. , Oslisly R., Brademann B., Mbusnum K. G., Onana J.-M., Ako A. A., Eppo L. S., Tjalling R., Strecker M. R., Brauer A., Sachse D., (2018), Early anthropogenic impact on Western Central African rainforests 2,600 y ago. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
Davtian N.*, E. Bard, G. Ménot, Y. Fagault, (2018), The importance of mass accuracy in selected ion monitoring analysis of branched and isoprenoid tetraethers. Organic Geochemistry, 118, 58-62
Davtian N.*, Ménot G., Bard E., Poulenard J. and Podwojewski P., (2016), Consideration of soil types for the calibration of molecular proxies for soil pH and temperature using global soil datasets and Vietnamese soil profiles. Organic Geochemistry, 101, 140-153
Darfeuil S.*, Ménot G., Giraud X., Rostek F., Tachikawa K., Garcia M., Bard E., (2016), SST reconstructions over the last 70 ka off Portugal: biomarkers data and regional modeling. Paleoceanography, 10.1002/2015PA002831
Sanchi, L.*, Ménot, G. and Bard E, (2015), Environmental controls on paleo-pH at mid-latitudes: A case study from Central and Eastern Europe. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 417, 458-466
Bayon G., S. Toucanne, C. Skonieczny, L. André, S. Bermell, S. Cheron, B. Dennielou, J. Etoubleau, N. Freslon, T. Gauchery, Y. Germain, S. Jorry, G. Ménot , L. Monin, E. Ponzevera, M.-L. Rouget, K. Tachikawa, J.A. Barra, (2015), Rare earth elements and neodymium isotopes in World river sediments revisited. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta
Wegwerth A., A. Ganopolski, G. Ménot , O. Dellwig, J. Kaiser, E. Bard and H. W. Arz, (2015), Black Sea temperature response to glacial millennial-scale climate variability. Geophysical Research Letters
Sanchi, L.*, Ménot, G. and Bard E., (2014), Distribution of branched tetraether lipids in a Black Sea sediment core: insights into continental temperature evolution in Central Europe during the middle to late Pleniglacial. Quaternary Science Reviews, 84, 98-108
Wegwerth A., O. Dellwig, J. Kaiser, G. Ménot , E. Bard, L. Shumilovskikh, B. Schnetger, I. C. Kleinhanns, & H. W. Arz, (2014), From the penultimate glacial Black Lake towards the Eemian Black Sea: new insights from ostracod and sediment geochemistry. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 404, 124-135
Tachikawa K., L. Vidal, M. Cornuault, M. Garcia, A. Pothin, C. Sonzogni, E. Bard, G. Ménot and M. Revel, (2014), Eastern Mediterranean Sea circulation inferred from the conditions of S1 sapropel deposition. Climate of the Past
Sanchi, L.*, Ménot, G. and Bard E., (2013), An automated purification method for archaeal and bacterial tetraethers in soils and sediments. Organic Geochemistry, , vol. 54, 83-90
Soulet, G.*, Ménot, G., Bayon, G., Rostek, F., Ponzevera, E., Toucanne, S., Lericolais, G. and Bard, E., (2013), Abrupt drainage cycles of the Fennoscandian Ice Sheet. Proceedings of the National Academy of Science, 110 [17}, 6286-6687
Schouten, S. et al, (2013), An interlaboratory study of TEX86 and BIT analysis of sediments, extract and standard mixtures. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems
Ménot, G. and Bard, E., (2012), A precise search for drastic temperature shifts of the past 40,000 years in southeastern Europe. Paleoceanography, 27 (2), PA2210
Soulet, G.*, Ménot , G., Garreta, V., Lericolais, G., and Bard, E., (2011), Black Sea "Lake" reservoir age evolution since the Late Glacial - hydrologic and climatic implications. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 308 (1-2), 245-258
Soulet, G.*, Ménot, G., Bard, E., and Lericolais, G., (2011), A revised calendar age for the last reconnection of the Black Sea to the global ocean. Quaternary Science Reviews, 30 (9-10), 1019- 1026
Vidal L., Ménot G. , Joly C., Bruneton H., Rostek F., Cagatay N., Major C. et Bard E, (2010), Hydrology in the Sea of Marmara during the last 23 ka: Implications for timing of Black Sea connections and sapropel deposition. Paleoceanography, 25, PA1205
Ménot, G. et Bard, E, (2010), Geochemical evidence for a large methane release during the last deglaciation from Marmara Sea sédiments. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 74, 1537–1550
Schouten S., Hopmans E. C., van der Meer J., Mets A., Bard E., Bianchi T. S., A. Diefendorf, Escala M., Freeman K. H., Furukawa Y., Huguet C., Ingalls A., Ménot G. , Nederbragt A. J., Oba M., Pearson A., Pearson E. J., Rosell-Melé A., Schaeffer P., Shah S. R., Shanahan T. M., Smith R. W., Smittenberg R., Talbot H. M., Uchida M., Van Mooy Be. A.S., Yamamoto M., Zhang Z., J. S. Sinninghe Damsté, (2009), An interlaboratory study of TEX86 and BIT analysis using high performance liquid chromatography/mass spectrometry. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, 10 (3)
Eris K. K., Ryan W.B.F., Çagatay M.N., Sancar U., Lericolais G., Ménot G. et E. Bard, (2008), Reply to Comment on « The timing and evolution of the post-glacial transgression across the Sea of Marmara shelf south of Istanbul » by Hiscott et al.. Marine Geology, 254 (3-4), 230-236
Beck Ch., Mercier de Lépinay B., Schneider J.-L., Cremer M. , Çagatay N., Wendenbaum E., Boutareau S., Ménot G. , Schmidt S., Weberc O., Eris K., Armijo R., Meyer B., Pondard N., Gutcherg M.-A., MARMACORE Cruise Party, J.-L. Turon, L. Labeyrie, E. Cortijo, Y. Gallet, H. Bouquerel, N. Gorur, A. Gervais, M.-H. Casterac, L. Londeix, A. de Rességuierc and A. Jaouen, (2007), Late Quaternary co- seismic sedimentation in the Sea of Marmara’s deep basins. Sedimentary Geology, 199 (1-2), 65-89
Eris K. K., Ryan W.B.F., Çagatay M.N., Sancar U., Lericolais G., Ménot G. et E. Bard, (2007), The timing and evolution of the post-glacial transgression across the Sea of Marmara shelf south of Istanbul. Marine Geology, 243, 57–76
Ménot G. , E. Bard, F. Rostek, J.W.H. Weijers, E.C. Hopmans, S. Schouten and J.S Sinninghé Damsté, (2006), Early Reactivation of European Rivers During the Last Deglaciation. Science, 313 (5793), 1623- 1625
Bard E., F. Rostek and G. Ménot-Combes, (2005), Chronologie des variations climatiques rapides pendant la dernière période glaciaire. C.R. Paleovol, 5 (1-2), 13-19
Bard E., F. Rostek and G. Ménot-Combes, (2004), Radiocarbon calibration beyond 20,000 14 Cyr B.P. by means of planktonic foraminifera of the Iberian Margin. Quaternary Research, 61, 204-214
Bard E., F. Rostek and G. Ménot-Combes, (2004), A better radiocarbon Clock. Science, 303, 178-179
Ménot-Combes G., P.-P. Combes and S. J. Burns, (2004), Climatic information from delta- 13 C in plants by combining statistical and mechanistic approaches. The Holocene, 14 (6), 931-939
Bard E., G. Ménot-Combes and F. Rostek, (2004), Present status of radiocarbon calibration records based on Polynesian corals and Iberian Margin sediments. Radiocarbon, 46, 1-14
Ménot-Combes G., S. J. Burns and M. Leuenberger, (2002), Variations of 18 O/ 16 O in peat plants: implications for paleoclimatic studies. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 202, 419-433
Ménot G. and S. J. Burn, (2001), Carbon Isotopes in Plants as Climatic Indicators: Calibration from an Altitudinal Transect of ombrogenic Peat Bogs in Switzerland. Organic Geochemistry, 31 (2), 233- 245
Book chapters
Borella S., G. Ménot and M. Leuenberger (2004), Sample homogeneity and alpha-cellulose extraction from tree rings for stable isotope analyses. In P.D. Groot (ed), Stable Isotope Analytical techniques, Elsevier Publishing
Academic work
G. Ménot, (2014), Géochimie organique et environnement: de l'intérêt des marqueurs moléculaires pour la reconstitution des environnements océaniques et continentaux. Aix-Marseille Université, Habilitation à Diriger des Recherches
G. Ménot, (2001), Calibration of the relationships between environmental parameters and the H, C, and O isotopic ratios of peat bog plants and application to Holocene paleoclimate analysis. Suisse, Swiss National Science Foundation PhD grant, Doctorat au Geologisches Institute à l’Université de Bern