JOIN US AS A MASTERS STUDENT (MSc)
The members of the “Paleoclimates et Sedimentary Dynamics” team contribute to the “Sedimentary basins, Resources and Paleoclimates” (BSRP) component of the STePE MASTERS Programme. The course aims to train young experts to work in socially and economically challenging fields of research, such as natural and anthropic climate change and the exploration and prospection of natural mineral and energy resources (hydrocarbons, geothermal energy). This training, which is based on the study of very varied sedimentary archives, allows students to tackle numerous issues in the field of sedimentology, such as the origin and evolution of sedimentary basins and past variability of the earth’s climate system.
Students interested in the theme of climate dynamics will participate in a one-month research placement in M1, and a five-month placement in M2, within the GEOPS lab. Most of the placements offer collaborations with other regional (including those belonging to the IPSL federation), national and international labs.
Furthermore, students interested in paleoclimatology may have the opportunity to participate in a scientific research mission on board the Marion Dufresne, the Pourquoi Pas and the Atalante, which are part of the IFREMER fleet. These missions give the students an opportunity to carry out sampling analyses, geophysical measurements and to handle the various pieces of equipment used.
AMÉLIE P. TELLS OF HER EXPERIENCE
“I began my education at the University of Paris South by completing the first year of a BSc in biology during which I took courses in geology. Fascinated by this subject I decided to do a degree in geology and eventually entered the Sedimentary Basin, Resources and Paleoclimate (BSRP) Masters programme. In my second year as a Masters student, and thanks to Prof. Colin, I had the opportunity to avail of a collaborative internship between the Orsay laboratory (GEOPS) and the laboratory of excellence at Tonghji University in China; the subject of my research was the paleohydrology of the Rockall Trough in the North Atlantic. This exchange allowed me to become familiar with research work abroad and to forge new contacts, both professional and human. The placement also allowed me to prepare a thesis which was co-supervised by the French and Chinese labs”.
JOFFREY B. TELLS OF HIS EXPERIENCE
“I carried out my third level studies at the University of Paris South between 2014 and 2019, first by doing Year 1 of a BCST degree and then Years 2 and 3 in Geosciences. This was followed by the two year STeP Masters in which I followed the “Sedimentary Basins, Resources and Paleoclimates” programme. It was through this route that I made contact with Christophe Colin, a member of the Paleoclimates and Sedimentary Dynamics team who also took part in the GEOPS Hydrosed mission undertaken in collaboration with the laboratory of excellence at the University of Tongji in Shanghai. I thus had the opportunity to spend three months at Tongji to study the sedimentary dynamics in the northern part of the South China Sea since the Last Glacial Maximum; this study involved sedimentological and mineralogical analysis of a core collected during the Hydrosed mission. This was a unique opportunity that allowed me to discover a culture and a world of research that differed from anything I had encountered before. In addition, it opens the possibility of my writing a thesis in collaboration with researchers in China and France”.
LIST OF PROJECTS
2018-2019
Chloé Radice (M1): The study and preparation for micropaleontological analysis of modern sediments from the South China Sea.
Supervisor: S. Sepulcre (100%)
Chiara Guarnieri (M1): Major changes in biospheric productivity during glaciations and their impacts on the carbon and oxygen cycles: The contribution of Model-Data comparisons.
Supervisors: S. Duchamp-Alphonse (50%) and Amaelle Landais (50%, LSCE) – 4 month course
2017-2018
Océane Grajwoda (M1): Study of a sedimentary core collected in the Rockall Trough.
Supervisor: C. Colin (100%)
Ludovic Lelandais (M1): Reconstruction of the paleotemperatures of surface waters of the Southern Ocean since the Last Glacial Maximum.
Supervisors: G. Siani (50%) and E. Michel (50%)
2016-2017
Maxime Leblanc (M1): Coccolithophore productivity on the margins of southern Chile since the Last Glacial Maximum– Micropaleontological and geochemical approaches.
Supervisor: S. Duchamp-Alphonse (100%)
2015-2016
Héloïse Abrial (M1): Study of the variability of the Indian monsoon over the course of the past 20 ka, based on a sedimentary core from the Bay of Bengal: A micropaleontological and geochemical approach.
Supervisor: S. Duchamp-Alphonse (50%) and S. Sepulcre (50%)
2014-2015
Cassandre Di Pascale (M1): Changes in Coccolithophore paleoproductivity on the margins of southern Chile (Pacific Ocean) since the Last Glacial Maximum.
Supervisor: S. Duchamp-Alphonse (100%)
Oriane Nguyen-Thuyet (M1): Reconstruction of bottom water temperatures in the Atlantic Ocean based on geochemical analyses of benthic foraminifera.
Supervisor: S. Sepulcre (100%)
2018-2019
Joffrey Bertaz (M2): Sedimentological and mineralogical study of a sedimentary core from the Northern South China Sea.
Supervisors: C. Colin (34%), S. Sepulcre (33%) (GEOPS) and Z. Liu (33%) (Key State Laboratory of Marine Geology de Tongji University).
Funding: Research projects.
Amélie Plautre (M2): Study of the paleohydrology of the Rockall Straight based on a sedimentary core.
Supervisors: C. Colin (34%), S. Sepulcre (33%) (GEOPS) and Z. Liu (33%) (Key State Laboratory of Marine Geology de Tongji University).
Funding: Research projects.
2017-2018
Maxime Leblanc (M2): Reconstruction of Saharan dust inputs in the western Mediterranean (Corsica) during the Holocene: links between atmospheric circulation and the Saharan hydrological cycle.
Supervisors: C. Skonieczny (90%) (GEOPS) and Pierre Sabatier (10%) (EDYTEM, Université Savoie Mont-Blanc)
Martin Levier (M2): Study of the paleo-hydrology of the Rockall Trough based on geochemical and sedimentary analyses of a sedimentary core.
Supervisors: C. Colin (50%) (GEOPS) and A. Morley (50%) (School of Geography and Archaeology at University College Galway)
2016-2017
Margaux Brandon (M2): Biological productivity during the last deglaciation.
Supervisor(s): S. Duchamp-Alphonse (100%).
Funding: LABEX-IPSL
2015-2016
Violaine Favre (M2): Biological productivity during the last deglaciation.
Supervisor(s): LSCE: A. Landais (33%) and M. Kageyama (33%).
Funding: FATES project
2014-2015
Marion Tribondeau (M2): Distribution and geochemistry of benthic foraminifera in sediments from the Gulf of Gascogne.
GEOPS Supervisor: S. Sepulcre (33%)
LSCE supervisor: F. Bassinot (33%)
BBIAF supervisor(s): M.Mojtahid (17%) and M.P. Nardelli (17%)
Funding: FATES project