Publications 

2022

16. Millennial-scale quantitative estimates of climate dynamics in central Europe from earthworm calcite granules in loess deposits

 Prud’homme C.,  Fischer P., Jöris O., Gromov, S., Vinnepand M., Hatté C., Vonhof H., Moine O., Vött A., 

Fitzsimmons K.

Communications Earth & Environment 3, 267 — doi:10.1038/s43247-022-00595-3


15. Decoding geochemical signals of the Schwalbenberg loess records — A key to Upper Pleistocene ecosystem responses through climate changes in western Central Europe. 

Vinnepand M., Fischer P., Zeeden C., Schulte P., Fiedler S., Jöris O., Hambach U., Fitzsimmons K., Prud’homme C.,  Péric Z., Schirmer W., Lehmkuhl F., Vött A. 

Catena 212, 106076 - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.catena.2022.106076


14. Sensitivity of Rhine Valley Loess: Indicators of Source Variability? 

Fitzsimmons K., Perić Z., Nowatzki M., Lindauer S., Vinnepand M., Prud'homme C., Dave A.K., Voett A., Fischer P.  

Quaternary  5, 1 -  https://doi.org/10.3390/quat5010001



2021


13. Central Asian modulation of Northern Hemisphere moisture transfer over the Late Cenozoic

Prud’homme, C., Scardia, G., Vonhof, H., Guinoiseau, D., Nigmatova, S., Fiebig, J., Gerdes, A., Janssen, R., and Fitzsimmons, K.
Communications Earth & Environment  2, 106 - https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-021-00173-z
Here the press release of the Max Planck Institute of Chemistry

12.  Dust deposits: Loess.
Fenn, K. & Prud’homme, C

In Treatise on Geomorphology (eds J.F. Shroder, N. Lancaster, D.J. Sherman & A.C.W. Baas). Second editions. Academic Press. - https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-818234-5.00028-6

11. Millennial-scale terrestrial ecosystem responses to Upper Pleistocene climatic changes: 4D-reconstruction of the Schwalbenberg Loess-Palaeosol-Sequence (Middle Rhine Valley, Germany). 

Fischer, P., Jöris, O., Fitzsimmons, K. E., Vinnepand, M., Prud’homme, C., Schulte, P. , Hatté, C.,Hambach, U., Lindauer, S., Zeeden, C., Peric, Z., Lehmkuhl, F., Wunderlich, T., Wilken, D., Schirmer, W., Vött, A.

Catena. 196, 104913 - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.catena.2020.104913


2020

10. Origin of loess deposits in the North Tian Shan piedmont, Central Asia.
Li, Y., Song, Y., Fitzsimmons, K. E., Chen, X., Prud’homme, C.,  Zong, X.
Palaeogeogr. Palaeoclimatol. Palaeoecol. 559, 109972 - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.palaeo.2020.109972

9.  Paired 10Be sampling of polished bedrock and erratic boulders to improve dating of glacial landforms: an example from the Western Alps
Prud’homme, C., Vassallo, R., Crouzet, C., Carcaillet, J., Mugnier, J.L., Cortes, J.
Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, 45, 1168–1180 - https://doi.org/10.1002/esp.4790

2019

8. High-resolution quantification of earthworm calcite granules from western European loess sequences reveals stadial–interstadial climatic variability during the Last Glacial.
Prud’homme, C., Moine, O., Mathieu, J., Saulnier-Copard, S., Antoine, P.
Boreas, 48(1), 257–268 - https://doi.org/10.1111/bor.12359

2018

7.   Approaches and challenges to the study of loess - Introduction to the LoessFest Special Issue.
Schaetzl, R.J., Bettis, E.A., Crouvi, O., Fitzsimmons, K.E., Grimley, D.A., Hambach, U., Lehmkuhl, F., Marković, S.B., Mason, J.A., Owczarek, P., Roberts, H.M., Rousseau, D.-D., Stevens, T., Vandenberghe, J., Zárate, M., Veres, D., Yang, S., Zech, M., Conroy, J.L., Dave, A.K., Faust, D., Hao, Q., Obreht, I., Prud’homme, C., Smalley, I., Tripaldi, A., Zeeden, C., Zech, R.
Quaternary Research (United States), 89(3), 563–618 - https://doi.org/10.1017/qua.2018.15

6.  δ13C signal of earthworm calcite granules: a new proxy for palaeoprecipitation reconstructions during the Last Glacial in Western Europe.
Prud’homme, C., Lécuyer, C., Antoine, P., Moine, O., Hatté, C., Fourel, F., Amiot, R., Martineau, F., Rousseau, D. D. (2018).
Quaternary Science Reviews, 179, 158–166 - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2017.11.017

2017

5.  The impact of Last Glacial climate variability in west-European loess revealed by radiocarbon dating of fossil earthworm granules.
Moine O., Antoine, P., Hatté, C., Landais, A., Mathieu J., Prud’homme, C., Rousseau, D.D.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 114(24), 6209-6214 - doi.org/10.1073/PNAS.1614751114

2016

4.   Palaeotemperature reconstruction during the Last Glacial from δ18O of earthworm calcite granules from Nussloch loess sequence, Germany.
Prud’homme, C., Lécuyer, C., Antoine, P., Moine, O., Hatté, C., Fourel, F., Martineau, F.,  Rousseau, D. D.
Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 442, 13–20 - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2016.02.045

2015

3. Les biosphéroïdes calcitiques de vers de terre : un nouvel indicateur paléoenvironnemental et paléoclimatique des séries loessiques.
Prud’homme, C., Antoine, P., Moine, O., Turpin, E., Huguenard, L., Robert, V., & Degeai, J. P.
Les Nouvelles de l’Archéologie, 142, 5–8.

2.   Earthworm calcite granules: a new tracker of millennial-timescale environmental changes in Last Glacial loess deposits
Prud’homme, C., Antoine, P., Moine, O., Turpin, E., Huguenard, L., Robert, V., & Degeai, J.-P.
Journal of Quaternary Science, 30(6), 529–536 - https://doi.org/10.1002/jqs.2797

1.   Improved discrimination of subglacial and periglacial erosion using 10Be concentration measurements in subglacial and supraglacial sediment load of the Bossons glacier (Mont Blanc massif, France
Guillon, H., Mugnier, J.-L., Buoncristiani, J.-F., Carcaillet, J., Godon, C., Prud’homme, C., Vanderbeek, P.,  Vassallo, R.
Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, 40(9) - https://doi.org/10.1002/esp.3713