René Letolle

3.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
77 papers, 2.8k citations indexed

About

René Letolle is a scholar working on Ecology, Atmospheric Science and Oceanography. According to data from OpenAlex, René Letolle has authored 77 papers receiving a total of 2.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 19 papers in Ecology, 15 papers in Atmospheric Science and 14 papers in Oceanography. Recurrent topics in René Letolle's work include Isotope Analysis in Ecology (18 papers), Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (15 papers) and Groundwater and Isotope Geochemistry (13 papers). René Letolle is often cited by papers focused on Isotope Analysis in Ecology (18 papers), Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (15 papers) and Groundwater and Isotope Geochemistry (13 papers). René Letolle collaborates with scholars based in France, Belgium and Russia. René Letolle's co-authors include André Mariotti, J. C. Germon, P. Hubert, P Tardieux, C. Jusserand, Wei Huang, A. Chestérikoff, Monique Mainguet, Muriel Bergé‐Nguyen and May Balabane and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Analytical Chemistry and Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta.

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René Letolle

74 papers receiving 2.7k citations

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Experimental determination of nitrogen kinetic isotope fractionation: Some principles; illustration for the denitrification and nitrification processes

1981 1.4k citations André Mariotti, René Letolle et al. profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	History of Aral Sea level variability and current scientific debates 2013 ·Global and Planetary Change ·(unknown), René Letolle, Muriel Bergé‐Nguyen	88
2	Géochimie isotopique du soufre des gîtes plombo-zincifères belges 2010 ·Annales de la Société géologique de Belgique ·(unknown), Léon Dejonghe, René Letolle	0
3	Preliminary data on chemical changes in the Aral Sea during low-level periods from the last 9000 years 2005 ·Comptes Rendus Géoscience ·Laurence Le Callonnec, Alain Person, Maurice Renard, René Letolle, Nathalie Combourieu‐Nebout, (unknown), (unknown)	13
4	Histoire des rivières d’Asie centrale depuis deux millions d’années : certitudes et spéculations 2003 ·OpenEdition (OpenEdition) ·René Letolle, Monique Mainguet	2
5	Désertification dans les aires sèches endoréiques du Sud du bassin de l'Aral 2002 ·Science et changements planétaires / Sécheresse ·Monique Mainguet, (unknown), René Letolle, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown)	0
6	Le système régional d'action éolienne (SRAE) du bassin de l'Aral (Kazakhstan, Ouzbékistan et Turkménistan) 2002 ·Comptes Rendus Géoscience ·Monique Mainguet, René Letolle, (unknown)	4
7	Les expéditions de Bekovitch-Tcherkassy en Turkestan (1714-1717) et le début de l’infiltration russe en Asie centrale 1998 ·OpenEdition (OpenEdition) ·René Letolle	2
8	Histoires d'une mer au Sahara : utopies et politiques 1997 ·Harmattan eBooks ·René Letolle, H. Bendjoudi	6
9	The Ecological Crisis of the Aral Sea* Basin in the Frame of a New Time Scale: The "Anthropo-Geological Scale" 1997 ·Die Naturwissenschaften ·Monique Mainguet, René Letolle	7
10	Aridité et sécheresses dans la région aralo-caspienne 1995 ·Science et changements planétaires / Sécheresse ·Monique Mainguet, René Letolle, (unknown)	1
11	L’assèchement de l’Aral : une crise épisodique ? 1992 ·Science et changements planétaires / Sécheresse ·René Letolle	2
12	Polychlorinated biphenyls partitioning in waters from river, filtration plant and wastewater plant: the case for paris (france) 1990 ·Water Research ·Marc Chevreuil, (unknown), A. Chestérikoff, René Letolle	34
13	Kinetic fractionation of13C and18O between CO2 and calcite at very high pH 1988 ·Chemical Geology ·René Letolle, Thierry Bariac	1
14	Isotopic composition (18O) of water in the continuum soil-plant-atmosphere (an example in a wheat crop experimental site at Versailles, France, June 1984) 1987 ·CATENA ·Thierry Bariac, (unknown), C. Jusserand, René Letolle	1
15	Hydrogen and carbon isotope fractionation during experimental production of bacterial methane 1987 ·Organic Geochemistry ·May Balabane, Э. М. Галимов, M. Hermann, René Letolle	80
16	PCB pollution behaviour in the River Seine 1987 ·Water Research ·Mathilde Chevreuil, A. Chestérikoff, René Letolle	29
17	Oxygen 18 in estuaries 1979 ·Nature ·J.M. Martín, René Letolle	20
18	Nitrogen isotopic analysis at the natural levels 1978 ·Analusis ·André Mariotti, René Letolle, Joannès Guillemot	10
19	A Preliminary Approach to the Use of the Isotopic Ratio ¹³C/¹²C for the Evaluation of Mineralization in Aquatic Environments 1974 ·Internationale Revue der gesamten Hydrobiologie und Hydrographie ·Roberto Bertoni, (unknown), René Letolle, (unknown), (unknown)	2
20	Carbon isotope composition of suspended organic matter in two European estuaries 1970 ·René Letolle, J.M. Martin	9

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