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Precambrian geobiology and geochemistry
Boyd, S.R., Philippot, P., 1998. Precambrian Amonium Biogeochemistry: a study of the Moine metasediments, Scotland. Chem. Geol. 144, 257-268.
López-García P., Duperron S., Philippot P., Foriel J., Susini J. and Moreira D., 2003, Bacterial diversity in hydrothermal sediment and epsilonproteobacterial dominance in experimental micro-colonisers at the Mid-Atlantic Ridge. Env. Microbiology, 8, 961-976.
Foriel J., Philippot P., Rey P., Somogyi A., Banks D., Ménez B. 2004. Low sulphate concentration and biological control of the Cl/Br ratio in the Early Archaean ocean, Earth Planet Sci Lett., 228, 451-463.
Philippot, P., van Zuilen, M., Lepot, K., Thomazo, C., Farquhar, J., and van Kranendonk, M., 2007. Early Archean microorganisms preferred elemental sulfur, not sulfate. Science 317, 1534-1535.
Lepot, K., Benzerara, K., Brown, G. E., and Philippot, P., 2008. Microbially-influenced formation of 2,724 million-years old stromatolites. NatureGeoscience 1, 118 – 121.
Philippot, P., van Zuilen, M., Lepot, K., Thomazo, C., Farquhar, J., and van Kranendonk, M., 2008. Response to Comment on “Early Archaean Microorganisms Preferred Elemental Sulfur, Not Sulfate”. Science, Downloaded from www.sciencemag.org on March 7, 2008.
Van Kranendonk, M., Philippot, P., Lepot, K., Bodorokos, S., and Pirajno, F., 2008. Geological setting of Earth’s oldest fossils in the c. 3.5 Ga Dresser Formation, Pilbara Craton, Western Australia. Precambrian Research 167, 93–124.
Gérard, E., Moreira, D., Philippot, P., van Kranendonk, M., and López-Garcia, P., 2009. Modern subsurface bacteria in pristine 2.7 Ga-old fossil stromatolite drillcore samples from the Fortescue Group, Western Australia. PLoS One 4, Epub 2009 Apr 27.
Lepot, K., Benzerara, K., Rividi, N., Cotte, M., Brown, G.E., and Philippot, P., 2009, Organic matter heterogeneities in 2.72 Ga stromatolites: alteration versus preservation by sulphur incorporation: Geochimica Cosmochimica Acta, v. 73, p. 6579–6599.
Lepot, K., Philippot, P., Benzerara, K., and Wang, G., 2009, Garnet-filled trails associated with carbonaceous matter mimicking microbial filaments in Archean basalt: Geobiology, v. 7, p. 1-10.
Pinti, D., Hashizume, K., Sugihara, A., Massault, M., and Philippot, P., 2009. Isotopic fractionation of nitrogen and carbon in paleoarchean cherts from Pilbara Craton, Western Australia: origin of 15N depleted organic matter. Geochim. Cosmochim. 3cta 79, 3819-3848.
Philippot, P., Van Kranendonk, M., Van Zuilen, M., Lepot, K., Rividi, N., Teitler, Y., Blanc-Valleron, M.-M., Rouchy, J.-M., Grosch, E., and de Wit, M., 2009, Drilling Archean stratigraphic horizons: Pilbara Craton, Western Australia and Barberton Belt, South Africa: C. R. Palevol, v. 8, p. 649-663.
Pujol, M., Marty, B., Burnard, P.G., and Philippot, P., 2009, Xenon in Archean Barite : weak decay of 130Ba and mass-dependant fractionation: Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta, v. 73, p. 6834-6846.
Thomazo, C., Pinti, D., Busigny, V., Ader, M., Hashizume, K., and Philippot, P., 2009, Biological activity and Earth’s surface evolutions: Insights from carbon, sulfur, nitrogen and iron stable isotopes in the rock record: C.R. Palevol, v. 8, p. 665–678.
Tessalina, S., Bourdon, B., Birk, J.L., van Kranendonk, M., and Philippot, P., 2010, Influence of Hadean mafic crust evident in basalts and cherts from the Pilbara Craton: Nature Geoscience, v. 3, p. 214-217.
Lepland, A., Van Zuilen, M. & Philippot, P. Fluid-deposited graphite and its geobiological implications in early Archean gneiss from Akilia, Greenland, 2011. Geobiology 9, 2-9.
Lepot, K., Benzerara, K., and Philippot, P., 2011. Biogenic versus metamorphic origins of diverse microtubes in 2.7 Gyrs old volcanic ashes: multi-scale investigations. . Earth Planetary Science Letters 312, 37–47.
Thomazo, C., Ader, M., and Philippot, P., 2011. Extreme 15N-enrichments in 2.72-Gyr-old sediments: evidence for a turning point in the nitrogen cycle. Geobiology 9, 107-120.
Philippot, P., Van Zuilen, M., and Rollion-bard, C., 2012. Variations in atmospheric sulphur chemistry on early Earth linked to volcanic activity. Nature Geoscience 5, 668-674.
Schoepp-Cothenet, B., van Lis, R., Philippot, P., Magalon, A., Russell, M. J., and Nitschke, W., 2012. The ineluctable requirement for Mo and/or W in the origin of life. Nature, Scientific Reports, 263, 1-5.
Van Zuilen, M., Fliegel, D., Wirth, R., Lepland, A., Y., Q., Schreider, A., Romashkin, A. E., and Philippot, P., 2012. Mineral-templated Growth of Graphene-like Structures in Nature. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta 83, 252-262.
Le Hir, G., Teitler, Y., Fluteau, F., Donnadieu, Y., Philippot, P., 2013. The faint young Sun problem revisited with a 3-D climate–carbon model – Part 1. Clim. Past 10, 697–713.
Marty, B., Zimmermann, L., Pujol, M., Burgess, R. & Philippot, P. Nitrogen isotopic composition and partial pressure in the Archean atmosphere from analysis of pristine inclusion fluids. Science 342, 101-104 (2013).
Pujol, M., Marty, B., Burgess, R., Turner, G. & Philippot, P. Argon isotopic composition of Archaean atmosphere probes early Earth geodynamics. Nature 498, 87-90 (2013).
Teitler, Y., Le Hir, G., Fluteau, F., Philippot, P., Donnadieu, Y., 2013. Investigating the Paleoproterozoic glaciations with 3-D climate modeling. Earth Planet. Sci. Lett. 395, 71-80.
Hardisty, D., Lu, Z., Planavsky, N., Bekker, A., Philippot, P., Zhou, X., Lyons, T., 2014. An iodine record of Paleoproterozoic surface ocean oxygenation. Geology 42, 619–622.
Sforna, M.C., Philippot, P., somogyi, A., van Zuilen, M.A., Medoudji, K., Nitschke, W., Schoepp-Cottenet, B., Visscher, P., 2014. Evidence for arsenic metabolism and cycling by microorganisms 2.7 billion years ago. Nature Geoscience, 7, 811–815.
Sforna, M.C., van Zuilen, M.A., Philippot, P., 2014. Structural characterization by Raman hyperstractral mapping of organic carbon in the 3.46 billion-year-old Apex chert, Western Australia. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 114, 18–33.
van Zuilen, M.A., Philippot, P., Lepland, A., Whitehouse, M.J., 2014. Sulfur Isotope Mass-Independent Fractionation in Impact Deposits of the 3.2 Billion-year-old Mapepe Formation, Barberton Greenstone Belt, South Africa. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta 142, 429-441.
Carlut, J., Isambert, A., Bouquerel, H., Pecoits, P., Philippot, P., Vennin, E., Ader, M., Thomazo, C., Buoncristiani, J.-F., Baton, F., Muller, E., Deldicque, D., 2015. Low Temperature Magnetic Properties of the Late Archean Boolgeeda Iron Formation (Hamersley Group, Western Australia): Environmental Implications. Frontiers in Earth Science. http://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/feart.2015.00018
Pecoits, E., Smith, M.L., Catling, D.C., Philippot, P., Kappler, A., Konhauser, K.O., 2015. Atmospheric Hydrogen Peroxide and Eoarchean Iron Formations. Geobiology 13, 1-14.
Somogyi, A., Medjoubi, K., Baranton, G., V., L.R., Ribbens, M., Polack, F., Philippot, P. and Samama, J.-P. (2015) Optical design and multi-length-scale scanning spectro-microscopy possibilities at the Nanoscopium beamline of Synchrotron Soleil. J. Synchrotron Rad. 22, 1-12.
Teitler, Y., Philippot, P., Gérard, M., Le Hir, G., Fluteau, F. and Ader, M. (2015) Ubiquitous occurrence of basaltic-derived paleosols in the Late Archaean Fortescue Group, Western Australia. Precamb. Res. 267, 1-27.
Morag, N., Williford, K.H., Kitajima, K., Philippot, P., Van Kranendonk, M.J., Lepot, K. and Valley, J.W. (2016) Microstructure -specific carbon isotopic signature of organic matter from ~3.5 Ga cherts of the Pilbara Craton support biologic origin. Precamb. Res. 275, 429–449.
Muller, E., Philippot, P., Rollion-Bard, C. and Cartigny, P. (2016) Multiple sulfur-isotope signatures in Archean sulfates and their implications for the chemistry and dynamics of the early atmosphere. Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci. 113, 7432–7437.
Pecoits, E., Aubet, N.R., Heaman, L.M., Philippot, P., Rosiere, C., Veroslavsky, G. and Konhauser, K.O. (2016) U-Pb detrital zircon ages from some Neoproterozoic successions of Uruguay: provenance, stratigraphy and tectonic evolution. Journal of South American Earth Sciences 71, 108-130.
Busigny, V., Marin-Carbonne, J., Muller, E., Cartigny, P., Rollion-Bard, C., Assayag, N. and Philippot, P. (2017) Iron and sulfur isotope constraints on redox conditions associated with barite deposits from the 3.2 Ga Mapepe Formation (Barberton Greenstone Belt, South Africa) Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta, in press.
Sforna, M.C., Daye, M., Philippot, P., somogyi, A., van Zuilen, M.A., Medjoubi, K., Gérard, M., Jamme, F., Dupraz, C., Braissant, O., Glunk, C. and Visscher, P. (2017) Patterns of metal distribution in hypersaline microbialites during early diagenesis: Implications for the fossil record. Geobiology, 15:259–279.
Alpine and Archean Geodynamics
Philippot P, Caby R (1986) Des éclogites à la rétromorphose : aspects cinématiques. Exemple du Monviso, Alpes occidentales. C.R. Acad. Sc. Paris 303 : 957-962
Monié P, Philippot P (1989) 39Ar-40Ar dating of high-pressure metamorphism in the Monviso ophiolitic complex, Western Alps: evidence for a Middle-Eocene age. C.R. Acad. Sci. de Paris : 245-251
Philippot P (1990) Opposite vergence of nappe and crustal extension in the Western Alps. Tectonics 9 : 1143-1164
Philippot P, van Roermund HLM (1992) Deformation processes in eclogitic rocks: evidence for the rheological delamination of the oceanic crust in deeper levels of subduction zones. J. Struct. Geol. 14: 1059-1077
Perchuk A, Philippot P (1996) Criteria of preservation of growth-zoning in eclogitic garnets. Doklady Russian Academy of Sciences. 18, 24-29.
Perchuk A., Gerasimov V. and Philippot P. (1996). Theoretical modelling of eclogite uplift. Petrology, 4, 480-492.
Perchuk A. and Philippot P. (1997). Rapid cooling and exhumation of eclogitic rocks from the Great Caucasus, Russia. J. Metam. geol, 15, 299-310.
Ruffet G, Gruau G, Ballèvre M, Féraud G and Philippot P (1997). Rb-Sr and 40Ar-39Ar laser probe dating of high-pressure phengites from the Sesia zone (western Alps): underscoring of excess argon and new age constraints on the high-pressure metamorphism. Chem. Geol., 141, 1-18.
Mauler A., Kunze K., Burg JP and Philippot P., (1998) Identification of electron backscatter diffraction patterns in a monoclinic solid-state solution series: example of omphacite. Materials Science Forum, 273-275, 705-710.
Mauler A., Burlini L., Kunze K., Burg JP, Philippot P. (2000). P-Wave anisotropy in eclogites and relationship to the omphacite crystallographic fabric. Phys. Chem. Earth, 25 (2): 119-126.
Perchuk A., Philippot P., Erdmer P. and Fialin M., 1999. Rates of thermal equilibration at the onset of subduction deduced from diffusion modeling of eclogitic garnets, Yukon-Tanana terrane, Canada, Geology, 27, 531-534.
Mauler A., Burlini L., Kunze K., Burg JP, Philippot P. (2000). P-Wave anisotropy in eclogites and relationship to the omphacite crystallographic fabric. Phys. Chem. Earth, 25 (2): 119-126.
Perchuk A., Philippot P., 2000. Geospeedometry and timescales of HP metamorphism. Internat. Geol. Review, 12, 207-223.
Perchuk AL & Philippot P. 2000 Nascent subduction: record in Yukon eclogites. Petrology. 8: 1-18.
Philippot P., J.Blichert-Toft, A. Perchuk, S. Costa, V. Gerasimov, 2001. Lu-Hf and Ar-Ar chronometry supports extreme rate of subduction zone metamorphism deduced from geospeedometry, Tectonophysics, 342, 23-38.
Rey P., Philippot P. and Thébaut N. 2003. Contribution of mantle plumes, crustal thickening, and greenstone blanketing to the 2.75-2.65 global crisis. Precamb. Res., 127, 43-60.
Famin, V., P. Philippot, L. Jolivet, and P. Agard, 2004. Evolution of hydrothermal regime along a crustal shear zone, Tinos island, Greece, Tectonics, 23, 1-23.
Jolivet, L., V. Famin, C. Mehl, T. Parra, C. Aubourg, R. Hébert, and P. Philippot, 2004. Progressive strain localisation, boudinage and extensional metamorphic complexes, the Aegean Sea case, in Gneiss domes in orogeny, vol. in press, Geological Society of America Special Paper 380, edited by D.L. Whitney, C. Teyssier and C.S. Siddoway, pp. 185-210, Geological Society of America, Boulder, Colorado.
Famin, V., Hébert, R., Philippot, P., and Jolivet, L., 2005. Ion probe and fluid inclusion evidence for co-seismic fluid infiltration in a crustal detachment. Contrib. Mineral. Petrol. 150, 354-367.
Malusà M.G., Philippot P., Zattin M., Martin S., 2006, Late stages of exhumation constrained by structural, fluid inclusion and fission track analyses (Sesia-Lanzo unit, Western European Alps), Earth Planet Sci. Lett., 243, 565-580
Thébaud N, Philippot P, Rey P, Cauzid, J, 2006. Composition and origin of fluids associated with lode gold deposits in a mid Archaean greenstone belt (Warrawoona Syncline, Pilbara Craton, Western Australia) using Synchrotron Radiation X-Ray Fluorescence. Contrib. Mineral. Petrol., 152, 485-503
Thébaud, N., Philippot, P., Rey, P., Brugger, J., Van Kranendonk, M., and Grassineau, N., 2008. Protracted fluid-rock interaction in the mid-Archaean and implication for gold mineralization: Example from the Warrawoona Syncline (WA). Earth Planetary Science Letters 272, 639-655.
François, C., Philippot, P., Rey, P., Rubatto, E., 2014. Burial and exhumation during Archean sagduction in the East Pilbara Granite-GreenstoneTerrane. Earth Planet. Sci. Lett , 396, 235-251.
Fluids in subduction zones
Philippot P (1987) Crack-seal vein geometry in eclogitic rocks. Geodin. Acta 1 : 171-181
Philippot P, Kienast JR (1989) Chemical-microstructural changes in eclogitic shear zones, Monviso (Western Alps), as indicators of strain history, mechanisms and scales of mass transfer. Lithos 23 : 179-200
Burg JP, Philippot P (1991) Asymmetric compositional layering of syntectonic metamorphic veins as way-up criterion. Geology 19 : 1112-1115
Philippot P, Selverstone J (1991) Trace-element rich brines in eclogitic veins; Implications for fluid composition and transport during subduction. Contrib. Mineral. Petrol. 106 : 417-430
Nadeau S, Philippot P, Pineau F (1993) Fluid inclusion and mineral isotopic compositions (H-C-O) in eclogitic rocks as tracers of local fluid migration during high pressure metamorphism. Earth Planet. Sci. Lett. 114 : 431-448
Philippot P (1993) Fluid-melt-rock interaction in mafic eclogites and coesite-bearing metasediments: Constraints on volatile recycling during subduction. Chem. Geol. 108 : 93-112
Philippot P, Chevallier P, Chopin C, Dubessy J (1995) Fluid composition and evolution in coesite-bearing rocks (Dora-Maira massif, Western Alps): Implications for element recycling during subduction. Contrib. Mineral. Petrol., 121, 29-44.
Philippot P (1996). The composition of high-pressure fluids from the Alps: Natural observations vs experimentl constraints. Earth Science Frontiers, 3, 39-52.
Philippot P and Scambelluri M (1996) The composition and behaviour of fluids in high-pressure rocks from the Alps. Boll. M. Reg. Sci. Nat., 13, 2, 75-102.
Scambelluri M, Piccardo G, Philippot P, Robbiano A and Negretti L (1997). High-salinity brines from recycled seawater in deeply subducted serpentinite. Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., 148, 485-499.
Philippot P, Agrinier P and Scambelluri M., 1998. Chlorine cycling during subduction of the altered oceanic crust. Earth & Planet. Sci. Lett., 161, 33-44.
Scambelluri M, Pennacchioni G and Philippot P 1998. Salt rich aqueous fluids formed during eclogitisation of metabasites in the alpine continental crust (Austroalpine Mt. Emilius unit, Italian Alps), Lithos, 43, 151-167.
Philippot P., Rumble III, D., 2000. Fluid rock interactions in HP and UHP rocks. Internat. Geol. Review, 42, 312-327.
Scambelluri M. and Philippot P., 2001. Deep cycling of fluids in subduction zones. In: “Fluid inclusion studies at the turn of the century”, Andersen, Burke, Diamond & Frezzotti editors, Lithos, 55, 213-228.
Busigny V., Cartigny P., Philippot P. et Javoy M., 2003. Ammonium quantification in muscovite by infrared spectroscopy. Chemical Geology, 198, 21-31.
Busigny V., Cartigny P., Philippot P., Ader M. et Javoy M., 2003. Massive recycling of nitrogen and other fluid-mobile elements (K, Rb, Cs, H) in a cold slab environment: Evidences from HP to UHP oceanic metasediments of the Schistes Lustrés nappe (Western Alps, Europe). Earth and Planet Res. Lett., 215, 27-42.
Sanchez-Valle C., Martinez I., Daniel I., Philippot P., Bohic S., Simionovici A., 2003. Dissolution of strontianite at high P-T conditions: an in situ Synchrotron X-ray fluorescence study. Am. Mineralogist, 88, 978-985.
Busigny V., Cartigny P., Philippot P., and Javoy M. (2004). Quantitative analysis of ammonium in biotite using infrared spectroscopy. Am. Mineral. 89: 1625-1630.
Famin, V., S. Nakashima, L. Jolivet, and P. Philippot, 2004. Mobility of metamorphic fluids inferred from Infrared microspectroscopy on natural fluid-inclusions: the example from Tinos Island, Greece. Contrib. Mineral. Petrol., 146: 736-749.
Scambelluri M. and Philippot, P. 2004. Volatile and mobile element recycling during subduction of the oceanic lithosphere. Insights from metasediments and serpentinites from the Alps. Periodico di Mineralogia, 73, 221-233.
Philippot, P., Busigny, V., Scambelluri, M., and Cartigny, P., 2007. Oxygen and nitrogen isotopes as tracers of fluid activities in serpentinites and metasediments during subduction. Mineralogy and Petrology 91, 11-24.
Bonifacie, M., Busigny, V., Mével, C., Philippot, P., Agrinier, P., Jendrzejewski, N., Scambelluri, M., and Javoy, M., 2008. Chlorine isotopic composition in seafloor serpentinites and high pressure metaperidotites. Insights into oceanic serpentinization and subduction processes. Geochimica Cosmochimica Acta 72, 126-139.
Busigny, V., Cartigny P., and Philippot, P., 2011. Nitrogen isotopes in ophiolitic metagabbros: A re-evaluation of modern fluxes in subduction zones and implication for the early Earth atmosphere. Geochim. Cosmochim. 3cta 75, 7502-7521.
Synchrotron techniques applied to the analysis of individual fluid inclusions and microfossils
Philippot P, Ménez B, Chevallier P, Gibert F, Legrand F & Populus, P (1998) Absorption corrections procedures for quantitative analysis of fluid inclusions using synchrotron radiation X-ray fluorescence. Chem. Geol., 144, 121-136.
Ménez B, Philippot P., Mosbah M., Gibert F., 1999, Fluid inclusion depth and thickness estimates using resonance of Na nuclear reaction and Si elastic scattering, NIMB, B158, 533-537.
Philippot P., MénezB., A. Simionovici, Cuney, M., Chabiron, A., Snigirev A., 2000. X-ray imaging of uranium in a single inclusion. Terra Nova, 12, pp. 84 – 89
Ménez B., Simionovici A., Philippot P., Bohic, S., Gibert, A, Chukalina M., 2001. Insight to X-ray fluorescence micro-tomography of an individual fluid inclusion using a third generation synchrotron light source. NIMB 181 (1-4), 749-754
Philippot P., Ménez B., Drakopoulos, M., A. Simionovici, Snigirev A., Snigireva I., 2001. Mapping trace-metal (Cu, Zn, As) distribution in a single fluid inclusion using a 3rd generation synchrotron light source. Chem. Geol., 173, 151-158.
Vanko, D., Mosbah, M., Philippot P., Roedder, E. and Sutton, S., 2001, Fluids inclusions in quartz from oceanic hydrothermal specimens and the Bingham, Utah, Porphyry-Cu deposit: A study with PIXE and SXRF,Chem. Geol., 173, 227-238.
Ménez B., Philippot P., Bonnin-Mosbah M., Simionovici A., Gibert, F., 2002. Analysis of individual fluid inclusions using synchrotron X-ray fluorescence microprobe: progress towards calibration of trace elements. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 66, 561-576.
Foriel J., Philippot P., Ménez B., Simionovici A., and Bohic S. 2003. Trace element content and distribution in a single fluid inclusion from Dunbar Oil Field, North Sea. Journal de Physique IV 104, 385-390.
Philippot P., Foriel V., Susini J., Khodja H, Grassineau, N., Fouquet Y. 2003. High-resolution imaging of sulfur-redox state in individual microfossils, J. Phys. IV, 104, 381-384.
Cauzid J., Philippot P., Somogyi A., Somionovici A., Bleuet P., 2004. Quantification of single fluid inclusions by combining Synchrotron radiation induced ｵ-X-Ray Fluorescence and transmission, Analytical Chemistry, 76, 3988-3994.
Foriel V., Philippot P., Cauzid, J., Susini J., Dumas P., Khodja H, Ménez, B., Somogyi, A., Moreira D., Fouquet Y. and Lopez-Garcia P. 2004. High resolution synchrotron-based imaging of trace element, sulfur oxidation states and organic molecule distribution in individual microfossils and contemporary microbial filaments. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta. 68, 1561-1569.
Gérard E., Guyot F., Philippot P., López-García P., 2005, Fluorescence in situ hybridisation coupled to ultra-small immunogold detection to identify prokaryoticcells using transmission and scanning electron microscopy. Journal of Microbiological Methods, 63, 20-28.
Cauzid, J., Philippot, P., Somogyi, A., Ménez, B., Simionovici, A., and Bleuet, P., 2006. Standardless quantification of single fluid inclusions using synchrotron radiation induced X-ray fluorescence. Chem. Geol. 227, 165-183.
Cauzid, J., Philippot, P., Martinez-Criado, G., Ménez, B., and Labouré, S., 2007. Contrasting Cu-complexing behaviour in vapour and liquid fluid inclusions from the Yankee Lode tin deposit, Mole Granite, Australia. Chemical Geology 246, 39-54.
Cauzid, J., Philippot, P., Bleuet, P., Simionovici, a., Somogyi, A., and Golosio, B., 2007. 3D imaging of vapour and liquid inclusions from the Mole Granite, Australia, using helical fluorescence tomography. Spectrochimica Acta 62, 799-806.
Ménez, B., Rommevaux-Jestin, C., Salomé, M., Wang, Y., Philippot, P., Bonneville, A., and Gérard, E., 2007. Detection and phylogenetic identification of labeled prokaryotic cells on mineral surfaces using Scanning X-ray Microscopy. Chemical Geology 240, 182-192.
James-smith, J., Cauzid, J., Testemale, D., Liu, W., Hazemann, J. L., Proux, O., Etschmann, B., Philippot, P., Banks, D., Williams, P., and Brugger, J., 2010. Arsenic speciation in fluid inclusions using micro-beam X-ray absorption spectroscopy. Amer. Mineralogist 95, 921-932.
Somogyi, A., Medjoubi, K., Baranton, G., V., L.R., Ribbens, M., Polack, F., Philippot, P., Samama, J.-P., 2015. Optical design and multi-length-scale scanning spectro-microscopy possibilities at the Nanoscopium beamline of Synchrotron Soleil. J. Synchrotron Rad. 22, 1-12.
Proceedings & non-peer-reviewed articles
Philippot P., Foriel V., Cauzid, J., Susini J., Ménez, B., Somogyi, A. 2002, Imaging sulfur-metabolising activities in individual filamentous bacteria and microfossils. Highlights ESRF, 85-87.
Philippot, P., Cauzid, J., Foriel, J., Somogyi, A., Ménez B. and Rey, P., 2004, Modern Composition of 3,500 Million year- old Seawater: Implications for Life on the Primitive Earth, ESRF Highlights, 111-112.
Tessalina, S. G., Philippot, P., and Van Kranendonk, M., 2009. Genesis of chert-barite-sulphide deposits from the North Pole Dome, Australia In: Williams, P. J. (Ed.),Proceedings of the Tenth Biennial SGA Meeting “Smart Science for Exploration and Mining”, Townsville
PhD Thesis and Habilitation Thesis
Philippot P (1988) Déformation et éclogitisation progressives d’une croûte océanique subductée: l’exemple du Monviso, Alpes occidentales. Contraintes cinématiques durant la collision alpine. Thèse d’Université, Documents & Travaux du Centre Géologique et Géophysique de Montpellier, 19, pp 270
Philippot (1996). Les fluides dans la plaque subuctée: nature et comportement. Partie 1. Thèse d’habilitation à diriger des recherches, Université Paris 7, 164 pp.
Geological map and report
BRGM 2005, 1/25000e geological map of the Monviso, French-Italian Alps, Sheet Aiguille
Van Kranendonk, M J, Philippot, P, and Lepot, K. 2006. The Pilbara Drilling Project: c.2.72 Ga Tumbiana Formation and c. 3.49 Ga Dresser Formation, Pilbara Carton, Western Australia. Western Australia Geological Survey, Record 2006/14, 25 p.
News & views Nature, Science, Nature Geoscience
- Science, Sept. 2007, New Players in an Ancient Cycle, Bo Thamdrup, 317, 1508-1509
- Nature, Jan. 2008. Shining a light on ancient stromatolites. Strong microscope techniques show microbes from 2.7 billion years ago. http://www.nature.com/news/2008/080125/full/news.2008.529.html
- Nature Geoscience, Jan 2008, Backstory « Drilling the Outback », 1, p. E1. http://www.nature.com/ngeo/journal/v1/n2/index.html#bkstory
- Nature Geoscience, March 2010, Leftover lithosphere, Steve Mojzsis, 3, 148
- Nature Geoscience, Sept. 2012, Unexpectedly abiotic, Bozwell Wing, 5, 598-599
- Nature Geoscience, Oct. 2014, Arsenic and Primordial Life, Tom Kulp, 7, 785–786
Press release
- Le Figaro, Paris, 29 septembre 2007, Des Formes de vie de 3,5 milliards d’années.
http://www.lefigaro.fr/sciences/20070929.FIG000000602_des_formes_de_vie_de_milliards_d_annees.html
- Le Figaro, Paris, 28 janvier 2008, Des traces de bactéries dans des roches de 2,7 milliards d’années
http://www.lefigaro.fr/sciences/2008/01/28/01008-20080128ARTFIG00324-des-traces-de-bacteries-dans-des-roches-de-milliards-d-annees.php
- Le Figaro, Paris, 9 septembre 2011, Les plus vieux fossiles auraient 3,4 milliards d’années.
http://www.lefigaro.fr/sciences/2011/09/09/01008-20110909ARTFIG00630-les-plus-vieux-fossiles-auraient-34milliards-d-annees.php
- Le Monde, Paris, 27 janvier 2008, Découverte d’activité microbienne remontant à près de 3 milliards d’années. http://www.lemonde.fr/web/depeches/texte/0,14-0,39-34078412,0.html
- Daily Telegraph, Londres, 27/01/2008, Scientist finds traces of life from billions of years ago
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/main.jhtml?xml=/earth/2008/01/28/scilife128.xml
- American Association of Chemistry, Septembre 2007, ”New fodder for ancient life”
- CNRS, 13 septembre 2007. Un métabolisme bactérien vieux de 3,5 milliards d’années. http://www.insu.cnrs.fr/terre-solide/terre-et-vie/un-metabolisme-bacterien-vieux-de-35-milliards-d-annees
- CNRS, 25 janvier 2008. Découverte des plus anciennes traces de minéralisation induites par des microorganismes
http://www.insu.cnrs.fr/terre-solide/terre-et-vie/decouverte-des-plus-anciennes-traces-de-mineralisation-induites-par-des-mi
- CNRS, 23 February 2010. Des témoins d’une lithosphère vieille d’au moins 4,3 milliards d’années identifiés en Australie
http://www.insu.cnrs.fr/terre-solide/origine-evolution-histoire/des-temoins-d-une-lithosphere-vieille-d-au-moins-43-milliard
- CNRS, Paris 9 aout 2012, De gigantesques panaches volcaniques ont recouvert la Terre à trois reprises entre 3,5 et 3,2 milliards d’années
http://www.insu.cnrs.fr/terre-solide/origine-evolution-histoire/de-gigantesques-panaches-volcaniques-ont-recouvert-la-terre-
- CNRS, 6 juin 2013, L’essentiel de la croûte continentale formée entre 3,8 et 2,7 milliards d’années, http://www.insu.cnrs.fr/node/4391
- CNRS, 22 septembre 2013, L’atmosphère entre 3,8 et 2,4 milliards d’années, http://www.insu.cnrs.fr/node/4503
- CNRS, 26 October, 2014, Des micro-organismes métabolisaient l’arsenic dans des lacs salins il y a plus de 2,7 milliards d’années
http://www.insu.cnrs.fr/node/5044
- Science Daily, 4 October 2013, Climate Puzzle Over Origins of Life On Earth,
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/10/131004090307.htm?utm_sour
- INSU-CNRS, juin 2016, Les panaches volcaniques, à l’origine des dépôts de sulfate il y a 3,5 milliards d’années ? http://www.insu.cnrs.fr/node/5890?utm_source=DNI&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=DNI
Popular science, film and radio broadcasts
Radio – TV
- June 2012 : Film “La valse des continents”; Y. Roose & C. Hooke, ARTE production
- Radio broadcast, France Culture “Continents Sciences”, April 2005 ” Origine de la Vie sur Terre”
- Radio broadcast, France Culture “Continents Sciences”, May 2006 ” Stromatolites”
Popular Science
- Sciences & Vie, Dec. 2004, Les archives australiennes des débuts de la vie, Hors série 229.
- Sciences & Vie, Nov. 2007, Une roche dévoile les bactéries primitives, p.36
- Sciences & Avenir, Sept 2007, Dans la roche, la vie, p.64-66.
- Science News, 15 Sept. 2007, Grazing on the Periodic Table: Some ancient microorganisms lived on a diet of pure sulphur, 11, p.172.
- Pour la Science, 2008, L’eau et la planète: au plus profond de la Terre, 58, Jolivet, Famin, Philippot, Agard.
- La Recherche, May 2006, Controverse sur les premières bactéries, 397, p.18.
- La Recherche, Nov. 2007, Les bactéries de la discorde, 413, p.12.
- La Recherche, Jan. 2009, Les plus vieilles bactéries productrices d’oxygène rajeunissent, 426, 17
- La Recherche, April 2010, Vieille croûte, 440, p.17
- La Recherche, Oct. 2012, Des éruptions gigantesques sur la Terre Primitive, 468, 16-17
- La Recherche, Dec. 2013 Des bulles d’eau révèlent l’atmosphère de la Terre primitive, 482, 8-9.
- CNRS, International Magazine, Avril 2012, The Origins of Life, 25, p 21-23
- Journées Science en Fête de l’IPGP, L’origine de la vie sur Terre. 2012.
- Festival Pariscience, Conférencier invité pour le débat du film « Comment faire pousser une planète ? », 7 octobre 2013, Museum d’Histoire Naturelle.
- Exobiology school for PhD students, Origin of life on Earth, Teich, 2014, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8a8stZhxs4o