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Papers

(The median citation count of Comptes Rendus Geoscience is 3. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2021-11-01 to 2025-11-01.)

Article	Citations
Sedimentary record of the “Austrian” tectonic pulse around the Aptian–Albian boundary in SE France, and abroad	45
Scientific response to the 2021–2022 seismic swarm in the Monts Dore volcanic province (France): dynamic insights from temporal surveys (2/2)	41
Ambient field seismology in critical zone hydrological sciences	38
First in situ calcite U–Pb dating revealing the past episodes of the 2019 Le Teil Earthquake (France)	24
Advances in the pilot point inverse method: Où En Sommes-Nous maintenant?	24
Kinematics of the Helminthoid Flysch–Marguareis Unit tectonic coupling: consequences for the tectonic evolution of Western Ligurian Alps	24
Mayotte’s seismo-volcanic “crisis” in news accounts (2018–2021)	23
The Anthropocene is shifting the paradigm of geosciences and science	22
Human-Environment Observatories: Foreword	21
A novel approach to volcano surveillance using gas geochemistry	21
Why do microbes make minerals?	21
Compaction and pore-collapse of chalky limestones from Mururoa atoll	20
Geothermal heat advected by the recharge of underground conduit. Case study of the karstic spring of Lez (Hérault, France)	19
Multi-objective assessment of hydrological model performances using Nash–Sutcliffe and Kling–Gupta efficiencies on a worldwide large sample of watersheds	18
Strong interplays between eustacy, nitrogen dynamics, and biodiversification between the Ediacaran and Silurian interval	18
Future climate or land use? Attribution of changes in surface runoff in a typical Sahelian landscape	17
High-level radioactive waste repository: How Geology combined with societal principles can lead to public acceptance—the German experiment	17
Induced and triggered seismicity below the city of Strasbourg, France from November 2019 to January 2021	17
OHMi Estarreja: an ecosystem highly anthropized where contamination is the unifying element towards interdisciplinarity	17
The socio-ecological complexity of facing climate change: a case study from Pima County (Arizona, USA)	16
Morphology, chemical composition and origin of 2:1 phyllosilicates in Bw horizons of latosols of the Brazilian Central Plateau: contribution to the discussion of the microgranular structure origin	15
Automatic picking and probabilistic location for earthquake assessment in the Lesser Antilles subduction zone (1972–2012)	15
Modelling the coupled heterogeneities of the lacustrine microbialite-bearing carbonate reservoir of the Yacoraite Formation (Salta, Argentina)	14
Studying cold regions with ground-penetrating radar: a review	14
A synthesis of copper isotope data for major continental and marine reservoirs	14

Scaling of fractured rock flow. Proposition of indicators for selection of DFN based flow models	13
Tl-rich pyrite and Sb-rich melnikovite in Montlouis pyrite veins (central armorican domain, Janze, Ille-et-Vilaine; France)	13
Triassic evolution of the Adriatic-Dinaridic platform’s continental margins—insights from rare dolerite subvolcanic intrusions in External Dinarides, Croatia	12
New insights from an enhancement of hydrogeological archives of a French karst watershed over the last 50 years	12
Special issue Comptes-Rendus Geoscience: The Mayotte seismo-volcanic crisis of 2018–2021 in the eastern Comoros archipelago (Mozambique channel)	11
Reconstruction of the volcanic history of Grande Comore and volcano-tectonic implications for the Comoros Archipelago	11
Early carbonatite magmatism at Oldoinyo Lengai volcano (Tanzania): carbonatite–silicate melt immiscibility in Lengai I melt inclusions	11
Hydrogen and hydrogen sulphide in volcanic gases: abundance, processes, and atmospheric fluxes	11
The East-Mayotte new volcano in the Comoros Archipelago: structure and timing of magmatic phases inferred from seismic reflection data	10
Special issue Comptes-Rendus Geosciences for the 100 years of the BCSF “Seismicity in France”	10
Challenges and opportunities in atomistic simulations of glasses: a review	10
Effects of oxidative weathering on Raman spectra of charcoal and bone chars: consequences in archaeology and paleothermometry	10
Volcanism and tectonics unveiled in the Comoros Archipelago between Africa and Madagascar	10
Integrated stratigraphy of the Jurassic and the Cretaceous: a tribute to Jacques Rey (1940–2018)	10
Dating volcanic materials through biochronostratigraphic methods applied to hosting strata (example from the Iberian Chain, eastern Spain)	9
Köppen–Geiger climate classification across France based on an ensemble of high-resolution climate projections	9
Volcano-tectonic structures of Mayotte’s upper submarine slope: insights from high-resolution bathymetry and in-situ imagery from a deep-towed camera	9
Reactive transport modelling to analyse groundwater flow path in the young oceanic hotspot volcano of Piton des Neiges, Reunion Island (France)	9
From subduction to collision and subduction again, the drivers of crustal-scale deformation in the Hellenides-Aegean region	9
Metamorphism and linked deformation in understanding tectonic processes at varied scales	9
Unusual open-system behaviour revealed by LA-MC-ICP-MS U–Th dating of coral and coralline algae bio-carbonates	9
Reflections on the role of chemical osmosis mechanisms on the long-term behavior of a collapsed salt cavity	8
Iodine speciation in basaltic melts at depth	8
The Brécy depocenter as part of a new northern Massif Central Carboniferous–Permian Basin (France)	8
Hard rock aquifer architecture and water circulation levels in the Strengbach critical zone observatory (France)	8
Experimental simulation of high mobility processes and exotic pseudolevitation	8
Assessing the salinization mechanisms of coastal brackish springs	8
Molecular fossils of Aptian–Albian blue marls of the Vocontian Basin (France), depositional conditions and connections to the Tethys Ocean	8
Toward the calibration of 2D thermomechanical simulations of magma poor passive continental margins: method, validation and case example	8
Seismicity of La Réunion island	8
Extensional forearc structures at the transition from Alaska to Aleutian Subduction Zone: slip partitioning, terranes and large earthquakes	8
Revisiting shallow glauconite factories: intertwined fates of glauconite and iron	8
Analogue modelling of sedimentary breccias in a talus slope with or without extension—comparison with a natural case	7
Volcanological evolution of Pantelleria Island (Strait of Sicily) peralkaline volcano: a review	7
Foreword to New developments in passive seismic imaging and monitoring	7
Ground deformation monitoring of the eruption offshore Mayotte	7
Fluvial terrace formation in mountainous areas: (1) Influence of climate changes during the last glacial cycle in Albania	7
Did the first inhabitants of the Caune de l’Arago between 700,000 and 400,000 years BP have domesticated fire? Did they know how to light the fire at will?	7
Vitrification of wastes: from unwanted to controlled crystallization, a review	7
No direct effect of F, Cl and P on REE partitioning between carbonate and alkaline silicate melts	7
Unprecedented seismic swarm in the Maurienne valley (2017–2019) observed by the SISmalp Alpine seismic network: operational monitoring and management	7
Alternative crossings into and out of Africa since 30,000 BP	6
Thirty years of paleoseismic research in metropolitan France	6
The Iriba alkaline basalts, an expression of mantle-derived Cretaceous magmatism of the Cameroon-Chad volcanic line along the Central Africa Rift System	6
Intertwined fates of iron-bearing, authigenic minerals during early diagenesis of sandy marine deposits: glauconite, pyrite and magnetite as a fleeting memory of the early days	6
Pitfalls of space-time trading when parametrizing a land use dependent hydrological model	6
Hydrodynamic relationships between gravel pit lakes and aquifers: brief review and insights from numerical investigations	6
Insights on the Permian tuff beds from the Saint-Affrique Basin (Massif Central, France): an integrated geochemical and geochronological study	6
Alkali magmatism on Mars: an unexpected diversity	6
Initial results from a hydroacoustic network to monitor submarine lava flows near Mayotte Island	6

Enhanced continental weathering ( δ	5
Seismic activity in the Ubaye Region (French Alps): a specific behaviour highlighted by mainshocks and swarm sequences	5
Glass, an ubiquitous material	5
Constraining the point source parameters of the 11 November 2019 Mw 4.9 Le Teil earthquake using multiple relocation approaches, first motion and full waveform inversions	5
A hydrogeological acrostic: in honour of Ghislain de Marsily	5
The historical seismogram collection in Strasbourg	5
How the origin of sedimentary organic matter impacts the benthic nutrient fluxes in shallow coastal mudflats	5
Multiscale modeling of reservoir systems using geostatistical methods	5
Pliensbachian ammonites from Southern Vendée (France). Toward the individualization of an Atlantic paleobiogeographic region	5
Peralkaline silicic extrusive rocks: magma genesis, evolution, plumbing systems and eruption	5
Rivers help us to quantify the socio-ecological functioning of their basin at the Anthropocene: the Seine example (1850–2020)	5
Perspectives on alkaline magmas	5
Reply to comment by El Ouardi et al. on The Cu–Pb–Zn-bearing veins of the Bou Skour deposit (Eastern Anti-Atlas, Morocco): structural control and tectonic evolution	5
Scientific response to the 2021–2022 seismic swarm in the Monts Dore volcanic province (France): structural insights from punctual surveys (1/2)	5
Water solution mechanism in calcium aluminosilicate glasses and melts: insights from in and ex situ Raman and	4
Literature & Geosciences: Jules Verne’s geological novels, from the 19th to the 21st century	4
Automatic detection for a comprehensive view of Mayotte seismicity	4
Geology and construction: survey of archaeological sites and their natural environments (Gulf of Corinth, Greece)	4
Methodological advances in seismic noise imaging of the Alpine area	4
Water cycle modelling strengthened by probabilistic integration of field data for groundwater management of a quite unknown tropical volcanic hydrosystem	4
Data and models reveal humid environmental conditions during MIS 3 in two of the world’s largest deserts	4
Compositional changes of dissolved organic matter during high flow events in headwater catchments along a gradient of climate and land use	4
Rapid response to the M	4
The composition of gas emissions at Petite Terre (Mayotte, Comoros): inference on magmatic fingerprints	4
Synthesis of micropaleontological age constraints for the reconstruction of the Tethyan realm in the Lesser Caucasus (Armenia, Karabagh)	4
The Asselian palynoflora from the Autunian series (Muse oil-shale beds, Autun Basin, France): new insights on early Permian equatorial palaeoflora and palaeoenvironments	4
Estimating theoretical stress regime for engineered geothermal energy systems in an arctic community (Kuujjuaq, Canada)	4
Petrogenetic constraints on the felsic vein magmatism in northern Portugal based on petrological and geochemical data	4
First evidence of sinter and travertine in Cameroon: fault reactivation and geothermal implications	4
Recent advances in petrochronology: from dates to ages and rates of deep orogenic processes	4
Heat flow measurements in the Northern Mozambique Channel	3
Sea-level scenarios aligned with the 3rd adaptation plan in France	3
History of probabilistic seismic hazard assessment studies and seismic zonations in mainland France	3
Influence of volatiles (H	3
Alpine, Variscan, eo-Variscan belts: comparison between hot and cold orogens from the examples of French segments	3
The Provence Coalfield: trajectory, assessment and prospective	3
Dynamic regimes in planetary cores: τ	3
Experimental evidence for the shallow production of phonolitic magmas at Mayotte	3
Coastal karst aquifers and submarine springs: what future for their water resources?	3
Seismicity patterns in southwestern France	3
The interplay of geology, climate and tectonics on river incision: the example of the High Verdon Gorges, Southwestern French Alps	3
Comparison of three recent discrete stochastic inversion methods and influence of the prior choice	3
Plastics on the rocks: the invisible but harmful footprint of shoe soles	3
Constraining sulphur yields of trachytic and phonolitic volcanic eruptions: Tambora, Vesuvius, Laacher See and Campi Flegrei	3
The metabasalts from the greenstone belt of the Lebzenia group in the Tasiast complex, Mauritania, and their geodynamic implications	3
Methodology for updating magnitudes assigned to historical earthquakes: application to the La Tour-du-Pin 1889 earthquake	3
Rifting and seafloor spreading in the South China sea: a subduction-related extension on the down-going plate?	3
Predictability of water resources with global climate models. Case of Northern Tunisia	3
Seismotectonics in Northeastern France and neighboring regions	3