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You will find below the scientific publications and video illustrating the research areas of our expert. You can also find some videos of congresses and seminars on natural hydrogen. This work is the result of research programs in which Eric C. Gaucher was a participant or an organizer.

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Natural Hydrogen Science Advances Zwaan 2025

Zwaan, F., Brune S., Glerum A., Vasey D. A., Naliboff J. B., Manatschal G. and Gaucher E. C. (2025). Rift-inversion orogens are potential hotspots for natural H2 generation. Science Advances. DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.adr3418

Gaucher, Eric C., Moretti, Isabelle, Pélissier, Nicolas, Burridge, Glen, & Gonthier, Nicolas. (2023). The place of natural hydrogen in the energy transition: A position paper. European Geologist, 55. DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.8108239

Osselin, F., Soulaine, C., Fauguerolles, C., Gaucher, E.C., Scaillet, B. and Pichavant, M. (2022) Orange hydrogen is the new green. Nature Geoscience. Vol. 15. N°10. P. 765-769. DOI: 10.1038/s41561-022-01043-9

Gaucher, E.C. (2022) Une découverte d’hydrogène naturel dans les Pyrénées-Atlantiques, première étape vers une exploration industrielle. Géologues. Vol 213. P 92-95.

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Lefeuvre, N., Truche, L., Donzé, F.V., Gal, F., Tremosa, J., Fakoury, R.A., Calassou, S. and Gaucher, E.C. (2022) Natural hydrogen migration along thrust faults in foothill basins: The North Pyrenean Frontal Thrust case study. Applied Geochemistry. Vol 145. DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeochem.2022.105396

Gaucher E.C.(2020) New Perspectives in the Industrial Exploration for Native Hydrogen. Elements. Vol. 16, N°1. P. 8-9. DOI: 10.2138/gselements.16.1.8

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Lefeuvre N., Truche L., Donzé F.V., Vandenborre J., Gaucher E.C., Magnin V. (2025) The contribution of mechanoradical reactions to crustal hydrogen generation. Earth and Planetary Science Letters. Volume 660. 119363. ISSN 0012-821X. DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2025.119363.

Zwaan, F., Brune S., Glerum A., Vasey D. A., Naliboff J. B., Manatschal G. and Gaucher E. C. (2025). Rift-inversion orogens are potential hotspots for natural H2 generation. Science Advances. DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.adr3418

Zwaan, F., Pilz, P., Niedermann, S., Zimmer, M., Lefeuvre, N., Petit, V., Vieth-Hillebrand, A., Gaucher, E. C., Schmitt-Hattenberger, C., Brune, S. (2024): Soil and spring water gas data from an area with natural hydrogen (H2) degassing, NW Pyrenean foreland, France. GFZ Data. DOI: 10.5880/GFZ.2.5.2024.001

Gaucher, Eric C., Moretti, Isabelle, Pélissier, Nicolas, Burridge, Glen, & Gonthier, Nicolas. (2023). The place of natural hydrogen in the energy transition: A position paper. European Geologist, 55. DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.8108239

Mangenot, X., Xie, H., Crémière, A., Giunta, T., Lilley, M., Sissmann, O., Orphan, V., Schimmelmann, A., Gaucher, E.C., Girard, J.-P. and Eiler, J. (2023). 2H-2H clumping in molecular hydrogen method and preliminary results. Chemical Geology. Vol 621. P. 105396. DOI: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2022.121278

Mastin, M., Cathalot, C.,Fandino, O., Giunta, T., Donval, JP., Guyader, V., Germain, Y., Scalabrin, C., Dehez, S., Jouenne, S., Gaucher, Eric C., Rouxel, O., Rinnert, E. (2023) Strong geochemical anomalies following active submarine eruption offshore Mayotte. Chemical Geology 121739 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2023.121739

Hänggi, P., Gaucher, Eric C., Wanner, C. (2023) Exploration of natural hydrogen in the Lower Engadine window, Switzerland. Goldschmidt 2023. PDF

Osselin, F., Soulaine, C., Fauguerolles, C., Gaucher, E.C., Scaillet, B. and Pichavant, M. (2022) Orange hydrogen is the new green. Nature Geoscience. Vol. 15. N°10. P. 765-769. DOI: 10.1038/s41561-022-01043-9

Lefeuvre, N., Truche, L., Donzé, F.V., Gal, F., Tremosa, J., Fakoury, R.A., Calassou, S. and Gaucher, E.C. (2022) Natural hydrogen migration along thrust faults in foothill basins: The North Pyrenean Frontal Thrust case study. Applied Geochemistry. Vol 145. DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeochem.2022.105396

Gaucher, E.C. (2022) Une découverte d’hydrogène naturel dans les Pyrénées-Atlantiques, première étape vers une exploration industrielle. Géologues. Vol 213. P 92-95. PDF

Quesnel, B., Truche, L., Cathelineau, M., Boiron, M.-C., Lempart-Drozd, M., Rigaudier, T., Derkowski, A. and Gaucher, E.C. (2022) Significance of H2 and CO release during thermal treatment of natural phyllosilicate-rich rocks. Chemical Geology. Vol. 588. DOI: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2021.120647

Tichadou, C., Godard, M., Muñoz, M., Labaume, P., Vauchez, A., Gaucher, E.C. and Calassou, S. (2021) Mineralogical and geochemical study of serpentinized peridotites from the North-Western Pyrenees: New insights on serpentinization along magma-poor continental passive margins. Lithos. Vol. 406-407, 106521. DOI: 10.1016/j.lithos.2021.106521

Lefeuvre, N., Truche, L., Donzé, F.-V., Ducoux, M., Barré, G., Fakoury, R.-A., Calassou, S. and Gaucher, E.C. (2021) Native H2 Exploration in the Western Pyrenean Foothills. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems 22. DOI: 10.1002/essoar.10507102.1

Gaucher E.C.(2020) New Perspectives in the Industrial Exploration for Native Hydrogen. Elements. Vol. 16, N°1. P. 8-9. DOI: 10.2138/gselements.16.1.8

2017

Messabeb, H., Contamine, F., Cézac, P., Serin, J.P., Pouget, C. and Gaucher, E.C. (2017) Experimental Measurement of CO2 Solubility in Aqueous CaCl2 Solution at Temperature from 323.15 to 423.15 K and Pressure up to 20 MPa Using the Conductometric Titration. Journal of Chemical and Engineering Data 62, 4228-4234. DOI: 10.1021/acs.jced.7b00591

Brosse, É, Bachaud, P., Richard, L., Michel, A., Guichet, X., Rossi, T., Blanke, R., Gaucher, E.C., Parra, T. (2017) Quantification of carbon dioxide sourced by mineral reactions in ultradeep sedimentary basins Marine and Petroleum Geology, 81, pp. 112-133. DOI: 10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2016.12.013

Teboul, P.-A., Kluska, J.-M., Marty, N.C.M., Debure, M., Durlet, C., Virgone, A., Gaucher, E.C. (2017) Volcanic rock alterations of the Kwanza Basin, offshore Angola – Insights from an integrated petrological, geochemical and numerical approach. Marine and Petroleum Geology, 80, pp. 394-411. DOI: 10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2016.12.020

2016

Messabeb, H., Contamine, F., Cézac, P., Serin, J.P., Gaucher, E.C. (2016) Experimental Measurement of CO2 Solubility in Aqueous NaCl Solution at Temperature from 323.15 to 423.15 K and Pressure of up to 20 MPa. Journal of Chemical and Engineering Data, 61 (10), pp. 3573-3584. DOI: 10.1021/acs.jced.6b00505

2015

Gapillou C., Pourtoy D., Thibeau S., Girard, J-P. & Gaucher EC., & Lescanne M., Mouronval G., Hy-Billot J. (2015). Chap 3: Geological characterization and modelling, in: Monne, J. (Ed.), CARBON CAPTURE AND STORAGE – The Lacq pilot – Project and injection period 2006 – 2013. PDF

Julcour, C., Bourgeois, F., Bonfils, B., Benhamed, I., Guyot, F., Bodénan, F., Petiot, C., Gaucher, E.C. (2015) Development of an attrition-leaching hybrid process for direct aqueous mineral carbonation. Chemical Engineering Journal, 262, pp. 716-726. DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2014.10.031

2014

Bodénan, F., Bourgeois, F., Petiot, C., Augé, T., Bonfils, B., Julcour-Lebigue, C., Guyot, F., Boukary, A., Tremosa, J., Lassin, A., Gaucher, E.C., Chiquet, P. (2014) Ex situ mineral carbonation for CO2 mitigation: Evaluation of mining waste resources, aqueous carbonation processability and life cycle assessment (Carmex project). Minerals Engineering, 59, pp. 52-63. DOI: 10.1016/j.mineng.2014.01.011

Corvisier, J., El-Ahmar, E., Coquelet, C., Sterpenich, J., Privat, R., Jaubert, J.-N., Ballerat-Busserolles, K., Coxam, J.-Y., Cézac, P., Contamine, F., Serin, J.-P., Lachet, V., Creton, B., Parmentier, M., Blanc, P., André, L., De Lary, L., Gaucher, E.C. (2014) Simulations of the impact of co-injected gases on CO2 storage, the SIGARRR project: First results on water-gas interactions modeling. Energy Procedia, 63, pp. 3160-3171. DOI: 10.1016/j.egypro.2014.11.341

2012

Gherardi, F., Audigane, P., Gaucher, E.C. (2012) Predicting long-term geochemical alteration of wellbore cement in a generic geological CO 2 confinement site: Tackling a difficult reactive transport modeling challenge. Journal of Hydrology, 420-421, pp. 340-359. DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2011.12.026

2011

Garnier, C., Finqueneisel, G., Zimny, T., Pokryszka, Z., Lafortune, S., Défossez, P.D.C., Gaucher, E.C. (2011) Selection of coals of different maturities for CO2 Storage by modelling of CH4 and CO2 adsorption isotherms. International Journal of Coal Geology, 87 (2), pp. 80-86. DOI: 10.1016/j.coal.2011.05.001

Gaucher, E.C., Defossez, P.D.C., Bizi, M., Bonijoly, D., Disnar, J.-R., Laggoun-Defarge, F., Garnier, C., Finqueneisel, G., Zimny, T., Grgic, D., Pokryszka, Z., Lafortune, S., Vidal-Gilbert, S. (2011) Coal laboratory characterisation for CO2 geological storage. Energy Procedia, 4, pp. 3147-3154. DOI: 10.1016/j.egypro.2011.02.229

2024

Gaucher, E., L. Aschwanden, L. Camesi, T. Gimmi, A. Jenni, M. Kiczka, U. Mäder, M. Mazurek, D. Rufer and H. Waber (2023). “TBO Bachs 1-1–Data report, Dossier VIII: Rock properties, porewater characterisation and natural tracer profiles.” Nagra Arbeitsbericht NAB: 22-04. PDF

2023

Wersin, P., Gimmi, T., Ma, J., Mazurek, M., Zwahlen, C., Aschwanden, L., Gaucher, E., Traber, D. (2023) Porewater profiles of Cl and Br in boreholes penetrating the Mesozoic sequence in northern Switzerland. Applied Geochemistry. DOI : 10.1016/j.apgeochem.2023.105845

Gimmi, T., Aschwanden, L., Niklaus Waber, H., Gaucher, E.C., Ma, J., Traber, D. (2023) Profiles of δ18O and δ2H in porewater of a Mesozoic rock sequence: Regional variability and relation to large-scale transport regimes. Applied Geochemistry. DOI : 10.1016/j.apgeochem.2023.105846

M Mazurek, T Gimmi, C Zwahlen, L Aschwanden, EC Gaucher, M Kiczka, D Rufer, P Wersin, M Marques Fernandes, M Glaus, L Van Loon, D Traber, M Schnellmann, T Vietor (2023) Swiss deep drilling campaign 2019–2022: Geological overview and rock properties with focus on porosity and pore-space architecture. Applied Geochemistry. DOI : 10.1016/j.apgeochem.2023.105839

2017

Gailhanou, H., Lerouge, C., Debure, M., Gaboreau, S., Gaucher, E.C., Grangeon, S., Grenèche, J.-M., Kars, M., Madé, B., Marty, N.C.M., Warmont, F., Tournassat, C. (2017) Effects of a thermal perturbation on mineralogy and pore water composition in a clay-rock: An experimental and modeling study. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 197, pp. 193-214. DOI: 10.1016/j.gca.2016.10.004

2016

Lassin, A., Marty, N.C.M., Gailhanou, H., Henry, B., Trémosa, J., Lerouge, C., Madé, B., Altmann, S., Gaucher, E.C. (2016) Equilibrium partial pressure of CO2 in Callovian-Oxfordian argillite as a function of relative humidity: Experiments and modelling. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 186, pp. 91-104. DOI: 10.1016/j.gca.2016.04.028

2015

Marty, N.C.M., Bildstein, O., Blanc, P., Claret, F., Cochepin, B., Gaucher, E.C., Jacques, D., Lartigue, J.-E., Liu, S., Mayer, K.U., Meeussen, J.C.L., Munier, I., Pointeau, I., Su, D., Steefel, C.I. (2015) Benchmarks for multicomponent reactive transport across a cement/clay interface. Computational Geosciences, 19 (3), pp. 635-653. DOI : 10.1007/s10596-014-9463-6

Tournassat, C., Vinsot, A., Gaucher, E.C., Altmann, S. (2015) Chemical Conditions in Clay-Rocks. Developments in Clay Science, 6, pp. 71-100. DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-08-100027-4.00003-6

2014

Fernández, A.M., Sánchez-Ledesma, D.M., Tournassat, C., Melón, A., Gaucher, E.C., Astudillo, J., Vinsot (2014) A. Applying the squeezing technique to highly consolidated clayrocks for pore water characterisation: Lessons learned from experiments at the Mont Terri Rock Laboratory. Applied Geochemistry, 49, pp. 2-21. DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeochem.2014.07.003

Marty, N.C.M., Munier, I., Gaucher, E.C., Tournassat, C., Gaboreau, S., Vong, C.Q., Giffaut, E., Cochepin, B., Claret, F. (2014) Simulation of Cement/Clay Interactions: Feedback on the Increasing Complexity of Modelling Strategies. Transport in Porous Media, 104 (2), pp. 385-405. DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeochem.2014.07.003

Lerouge, C., Grangeon, S., Claret, F., Gaucher, E., Blanc, P., Guerrot, C., Flehoc, C., Wille, G., Mazurek, M. (2014) Mineralogical and isotopic record of diagenesis from the Opalinus Clay formation at Benken, Switzerland: Implications for the modeling of pore-water chemistry in a clay formation. Clays and Clay Minerals, 62 (4), pp. 286-312. DOI: 10.1346/CCMN.2014.0620404

2012

Gaboreau, S., Lerouge, C., Dewonck, S., Linard, Y., Bourbon, X., Fialips, C.I., Mazurier, A., Prêt, D., Borschneck, D., Montouillout, V., Gaucher, E.C., Claret, F. (2012) In-situ interaction of cement paste and shotcrete with claystones in a deep disposal context. American Journal of Science, 312 (3), pp. 314-356. DOI: 10.2475/03.2012.03

Tremosa, J., Arcos, D., Matray, J.M., Bensenouci, F., Gaucher, E.C., Tournassat, C., Hadi, J. (2012) Geochemical characterization and modelling of the Toarcian/Domerian porewater at the Tournemire underground research laboratory. Applied Geochemistry, 27 (7), pp. 1417-1431. DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeochem.2012.01.005

2011

Claret, F., Tournassat, C., Crouzet, C., Gaucher, E.C., Schäfer, T., Braibant, G., Guyonnet, D. (2011) Metal speciation in landfill leachates with a focus on the influence of organic matter. Waste Management, 31 (9-10), pp. 2036-2045. DOI: 10.1016/j.wasman.2011.05.014

Pearson, F.J., Tournassat, C., Gaucher, E.C. (2011) Biogeochemical processes in a clay formation in situ experiment: Part E – Equilibrium controls on chemistry of pore water from the Opalinus Clay, Mont Terri Underground Research Laboratory, Switzerland. Applied Geochemistry, 26 (6), pp. 990-1008. DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeochem.2011.03.008

Koroleva, M., Lerouge, C., Mäder, U., Claret, F., Gaucher, E. (2011) Biogeochemical processes in a clay formation in situ experiment: Part B – Results from overcoring and evidence of strong buffering by the rock formation. Applied Geochemistry, 26 (6), pp. 954-966. DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeochem.2011.03.005

Tournassat, C., Alt-Epping, P., Gaucher, E.C., Gimmi, T., Leupin, O.X., Wersin, P. (2011) Biogeochemical processes in a clay formation in situ experiment: Part F – Reactive transport modelling. Applied Geochemistry, 26 (6), pp. 1009-1022. DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeochem.2011.03.009

Wersin, P., Leupin, O.X., Mettler, S., Gaucher, E.C., Mäder, U., De Cannière, P., Vinsot, A., Gäbler, H.E., Kunimaro, T., Kiho, K., Eichinger, L. (2011) Biogeochemical processes in a clay formation in situ experiment: Part A – Overview, experimental design and water data of an experiment in the Opalinus Clay at the Mont Terri Underground Research Laboratory, Switzerland. Applied Geochemistry, 26 (6), pp. 931-953. DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeochem.2011.03.004

Lerouge, C., Grangeon, S., Gaucher, E.C., Tournassat, C., Agrinier, P., Guerrot, C., Widory, D., Fléhoc, C., Wille, G., Ramboz, C., Vinsot, A., Buschaert, S. (2011) Mineralogical and isotopic record of biotic and abiotic diagenesis of the Callovian-Oxfordian clayey formation of Bure (France). Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 75 (10), pp. 2633-2663. DOI: 10.1016/j.gca.2011.02.025

Marty, N.C.M., Cama, J., Sato, T., Chino, D., Villiéras, F., Razafitianamaharavo, A., Brendlé, J., Giffaut, E., Soler, J.M., Gaucher, E.C., Tournassat, C. (2011) Dissolution kinetics of synthetic Na-smectite. An integrated experimental approach. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 75 (20), pp. 5849-5864. DOI: 10.1016/j.gca.2011.06.037

2010

Claret, F., Gaboreau, S., Lerouge, C., Gaucher, E.C., Linard, Y., Dewonck, S., Bourbon, X., Mazurier, A., Parneix, J.C., Pret, D., Borschneck, D. (2010) Concrete/clay reactivity in the Bure Underground Research Laboratory. Water-Rock Interaction – Proceedings of the 13th International Conference on Water-Rock Interaction, WRI-13, pp. 707-711.

Lerouge, C., Gaboreau, S., Claret, C., Crouzet, C., Flehoc, C., Gautier, A., Guerrot, C., Gaucher, E.C., Linard, Y., Dewonck, S., Bourbon, X., Agrinier, P. (2010) Concrete/clay reactivity: Constraints given by C, O and Sr isotopes. Water-Rock Interaction – Proceedings of the 13th International Conference on Water-Rock Interaction, WRI-13, pp. 733-737.

Gaucher, E.C., Lassin, A., Lerouge, C., Fléhoc, Ch., Marty, N.C.M., Henry, B., Tournassat, Ch., Altmann, S., Vinsot, A., Buschaert, S., Matray, J.-M., Leupin, O.X., De Craen, M. (2010) CO2 partial pressure in clayrocks: A general model . Water-Rock Interaction – Proceedings of the 13th International Conference on Water-Rock Interaction, WRI-13, pp. 855-858. PDF

Grasset, L., Brevet, J., Schäfer, T., Claret, F., Gaucher, E.C. (2010) Albrecht, A., Amblès, A. Sequential extraction and spectroscopic characterisation of organic matter from the Callovo-Oxfordian formation. Organic Geochemistry, 41 (3), pp. 221-233. DOI: 10.1016/j.orggeochem.2009.12.003

Claret, F., Lerouge, C., Laurioux, T., Bizi, M., Conte, T., Ghestem, JP., Wille, G., Sato, T., Gaucher, E.C., Giffaut, E., Tournassat, C. (2010) Natural iodine in a clay formation: Implications for iodine fate in geological disposals. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 74 (1), pp. 16-29. DOI: 10.1016/j.gca.2009.09.030

Lerouge, C., Claret, F., Denecke, M.A., Wille, G., Falkenberg, G., Ramboz, C., Beny, C., Giffaut, E., Schäfer, T., Gaucher, E.C., Tournassat, C. (2010) Comparative EPMA and μ-XRF methods for mapping micro-scale distribution of iodine in biocarbonates of the Callovian-Oxfordian clayey formation at Bure, Eastern part of the Paris Basin. Physics and Chemistry of the Earth, 35 (6-8), pp. 271-277. DOI: 10.1016/j.pce.2010.04.003

2009

Gaucher, E.C., Tournassat, C., Pearson, F.J., Blanc, P., Crouzet, C., Lerouge, C., Altmann, S. (2009). A robust model for pore-water chemistry of clayrock. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta. Vol. 73. N°21. P. 6470-6487. DOI: 10.1016/j.gca.2009.07.021

Melkior, T., Gaucher, E.C., Brouard, C., Yahiaoui, S., Thoby, D., Clinard, Ch., Ferrage, E., Guyonnet, D., Tournassat, C. Coelho, D. (2009) Na+ and HTO diffusion in compacted bentonite: Effect of surface chemistry and related texture. Journal of Hydrology, 370 (1-4), pp. 9-20. DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2009.02.035

Tournassat, C., Gailhanou, H., Crouzet, C., Braibant, G., Gautier, A., Gaucher, E.C. (2009) Cation Exchange Selectivity Coefficient Values on Smectite and Mixed-Layer lllite/Smectite Minerals. Soil Science Society of America Journal, 73 (3), pp. 928-942. DOI: 10.2136/sssaj2008.0285

Marty, N.C.M., Tournassat, C., Burnol, A., Giffaut, E., Gaucher, E.C. (2009) Influence of reaction kinetics and mesh refinement on the numerical modelling of concrete/clay interactions. Journal of Hydrology, 364 (1-2), pp. 58-72. DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2008.10.013

2008

Tournassat, C., Lerouge, C., Blanc, P., Brendlé, J., Greneche, J.-M., Touzelet, S., Gaucher, E.C. (2008) Cation exchanged Fe(II) and Sr compared to other divalent cations (Ca, Mg) in the bure Callovian-Oxfordian formation: Implications for porewater composition modelling. Applied Geochemistry, 23 (4), pp. 641-654. DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeochem.2007.11.002

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Tournassat, C., Gaucher, E.C., Fattahi, M., Grambow, B. (2007) On the mobility and potential retention of iodine in the Callovian-Oxfordian formation. Physics and Chemistry of the Earth, 32 (8-14), pp. 539-551. DOI: 10.1016/j.pce.2005.12.004

Blanc, P., Legendre, O., Gaucher, E.C. (2007) Estimate of clay minerals amounts from XRD pattern modeling: The Arquant model. Physics and Chemistry of the Earth, 32 (1-7), pp. 135-144. DOI: 10.1016/j.pce.2006.03.004

Tournassat, C., Gailhanou, H., Crouzet, C., Braibant, G., Gautier, A., Lassin, A., Blanc, P., Gaucher, E.C. (2007) Two cation exchange models for direct and inverse modelling of solution major cation composition in equilibrium with illite surfaces. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 71 (5), pp. 1098-1114. DOI: 10.1016/j.gca.2006.11.018

2006

Gaucher, E.C. and Blanc, P. (2006) Cement/clay interactions – A review: Experiments, natural analogues, and modeling. Waste Management. Vol. 26. P. 776-788. 10.1016/j.wasman.2006.01.027

Gaucher, E.C., Blanc, Ph., Bardot, F., Braibant, G., Buschaert, S., Crouzet, C., Gautier, A., Girard, J.-P., Jacquot, E., Lassin, A., Negrel, G., Tournassat, C., Vinsot, A., Altmann, S.(2006) Modelling the porewater chemistry of the Callovian-Oxfordian formation at a regional scale. Comptes Rendus – Geoscience, 338 (12-13), pp. 917-930. DOI: 10.1016/j.crte.2006.06.002

2005

Guyonnet, D., Gaucher, E., Gaboriau, H., Pons, C.-H., Clinard, C., Norotte, V., Didier, G. (2005) Geosynthetic clay liner interaction with leachate: Correlation between permeability, microstructure, and surface chemistry. Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering, 131 (6), pp. 740-749. DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)1090-0241(2005)131:6(740) – PDF

Girard, J.-P., Fléhoc, C., Gaucher, E. (2005) Stable isotope composition of CO2 outgassed from cores of argillites: A simple method to constrain δ18O of porewater and δ13C of dissolved carbon in mudrocks. Applied Geochemistry, 20 (4 SPEC. ISS.), pp. 713-725. PDF

2004

Gaucher, E., Robelin, C., Matray, J.M., Negrel, G., Gros, Y., Heitz, J.F., Vinsot, A., Rebours, H., Cassabagnere, A. and Bouchet, A. (2004) ANDRA underground research laboratory: Interpretation of the mineralogical and geochemical data acquired in the Callovian-Oxfordian Formation by investigative drilling. Physics and chemistry of the earth. Vol. 29. N°1. P. 55-77.DOI: 10.1016/j.pce.2003.11.006

Gaucher, E.C., Blanc, P., Matray, J.-M., Michau, N. (2004) Modeling diffusion of an alkaline plume in a clay barrier. Applied Geochemistry, 19 (10), pp. 1505-1515. DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeochem.2004.03.007

2023

D. Laurent, G. Barré, C. Durlet, P. Cartigny, C. Carpentier, G. Paris, P. Collon, J. Pironon, E.C. Gaucher (2023) Unravelling biotic versus abiotic processes in the development of large sulfuric-acid karsts. Geology. 51 (3). p. 262–267. DOI: 10.1130/G50658.1

2022

Muller, E., Ader, M., Aloisi, G., Bougeault, C., Durlet, C., Vennin, E., Benzerara, K., Gaucher, E.C., Virgone, A., Chavez, M., Souquet, P. and Gérard, E. (2022) Successive Modes of Carbonate Precipitation in Microbialites along the Hydrothermal Spring of La Salsa in Laguna Pastos Grandes (Bolivian Altiplano). Geosciences. Vol 12. N°2. P 88. DOI: 10.3390/geosciences12020088

2021

Vennin, E., Bouton, A., Roche, A., Gérard, E., Bundeleva, I., Boussagol, P., Wattinne, A., Kolodka, C., Gaucher, E.C., Virgone, A. and Visscher, P.T. (2021) The Limagne Basin: a journey through modern and fossil microbial deposits. BSGF – Earth Science Bulletin. Vol. 192. N°41. P.35. DOI: 10.1051/bsgf/2021030

Motte G., Hoareau G., Callot J.-P., Révillon S., Piccoli F., Calassou S. and Gaucher E.C. (2021) Rift and salt-related multi-phase dolomitization: example from the northwestern Pyrenees. Marine and Petroleum Geology. Vol. 126 . DOI: 10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2021.104932

Virgone, A., Gaucher, E.C., Teboul, P.-A., Kolodka, C. and Poli, E. (2021) A discussion on South Atlantic pre-salt continental carbonates: A mosaic of sedimentary facies and processes. AAPG – Memoir 124: The Supergiant Lower Cretaceous Pre-Salt Petroleum Systems of the Santos Basin, Brazil. P. 193-214. DOI: 10.1306/13722320MSB.8.1853

2020

Bougeault, C.; Durlet, C.; Vennin, E.; Muller, E.; Ader, M.; Ghaleb, B.; Gérard, E.; Virgone, A.; Gaucher, E.C. (2020) Variability of Carbonate Isotope Signatures in a Hydrothermally Influenced System: Insights from the Pastos Grandes Caldera (Bolivia). Minerals. Vol. 10. N°11. P. 989. DOI: 10.3390/min10110989

Bouton A., Vennin E., Amiotte-Suchet P., Thomazo C., Sizun J.-P., Virgone A., Gaucher E.C. and Visscher P. T. (2020) Prediction of the calcium carbonate budget in a sedimentary basin: A “source-to-sink” approach applied to Great Salt Lake, Utah, USA. Basin Research. Vol. 32. N°7. P. 1015–1034. DOI: 10.1111/bre.12412

Larrey, M., Mouthereau, F., Masini, E., Huyghe, D., Gaucher, E.C., Virgone, A. and Miegebielle, V. (2020) Quaternary tectonic and climate changes at the origin of travertine and calcrete in the eastern Betics (Almería region, SE Spain). Journal of the Geological Society. Vol.177. P. 939-954. DOI: 10.1144/jgs2020-025

Muller E., Gaucher E.C., Durlet C., Moquet J.S., Moreira M., Rouchon V., Louvat P., Bardoux G., Noirez S., Bougeault C., Vennin E., Gérard E., Chavez M., Virgone A. and Ader M. (2020) The origin of continental carbonates in Andean salars: A multi-tracer geochemical approach in Laguna Pastos Grandes (Bolivia). Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta. Vol. 279. P. 220-237. DOI: 10.1016/j.gca.2020.03.020

Milesi VP, M Debure, NCM Marty, M Capano, D Jézéquel, C Stefel, Virgile Rouchon, Patrick Albéric, Edouard Bard, Gérard Sarazin, François Guyot, Aurélien Virgone, Éric C. Gaucher, and Magali Ader (2020) Early Diagenesis of Lacustrine Carbonates in Volcanic Settings: The Role of Magmatic CO2 (Lake Dziani Dzaha, Mayotte, Indian Ocean). ACS Earth and Space Chemistry 2020, 4 (3), 363-378. DOI: 10.1021/acsearthspacechem.9b00279

AE Bahnan, C Carpentier, J Pironon, M Ford, M Ducoux, G Barre, EC Gaucher (2020) Impact of geodynamics on fluid circulation and diagenesis of carbonate reservoirs in a foreland basin: Example of the Upper Lacq reservoir (Aquitaine basin, SW France). Marine and Petroleum Geology. 111, 676-694. DOI: doi.org/10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2019.08.047

2019

Bougeault C., Vennin E., Durlet C., Muller E., Mercuzot M., Chavez M., Gérard E., Ader M., Virgone A. and Gaucher E. C. (2019) Biotic–Abiotic Influences on Modern Ca–Si-Rich Hydrothermal Spring Mounds of the Pastos Grandes Volcanic Caldera (Bolivia). Minerals. 9, 380. DOI: 10.3390/min9060380

Milesi V. P., Jézéquel D., Debure M., Cadeau P., Guyot F., Sarazin G., Claret F., Vennin E., Chaduteau C., Virgone A., Gaucher E. C. and Ader M. (2019) Formation of magnesium-smectite during lacustrine carbonates early diagenesis: Study case of the volcanic crater lake Dziani Dzaha (Mayotte – Indian Ocean). Sedimentology 66, 983–1001. DOI: 10.1111/sed.12531 – PDF

Renard S., Pironon J., Sterpenich J., Carpentier C., Lescanne M. and Gaucher E. C. (2019) Diagenesis in Mesozoic carbonate rocks in the North Pyrénées (France) from mineralogy and fluid inclusion analysis: Example of Rousse reservoir and caprock. Chemical Geology 508, 30–46. DOI: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2018.06.017

Roche A., Vennin E., Bundeleva I., Bouton A., Payandi-Rolland D., Amiotte-Suchet P., Gaucher E. C., Courvoisier H. and Visscher P. T. (2019) The Role of the Substrate on the Mineralization Potential of Microbial Mats in A Modern Freshwater River (Paris Basin, France). Minerals 9, 359. DOI: 10.3390/min9060359

Teboul P. A., Durlet C., Girard J. P., Dubois L., San Miguel G., Virgone A., Gaucher E. C. and Camoin G. (2019) Diversity and origin of quartz cements in continental carbonates. Applied Geochemistry 100, 22–41. DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeochem.2018.10.019

Vennin E., Bouton A., Bourillot R., Pace A., Roche A., Brayard A., Thomazo C., Virgone A., Gaucher E. C., Desaubliaux G. and Visscher P. T. (2019) The lacustrine microbial carbonate factory of the successive Lake Bonneville and Great Salt Lake, Utah, USA. Sedimentology 66, 165–204.DOI: 10.1111/sed.12499

2018

Roche, A., Vennin, E., Bouton, A., Olivier, N., Wattinne, A., Bundeleva, I., Deconinck, J.F., Virgone, A., Gaucher, E.C. and Visscher, P.T. (2018) Oligo-Miocene lacustrine microbial and metazoan buildups from the Limagne Basin (French Massif Central). Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 504, 34-59. DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2018.05.001

2016

Teboul, P.-A., Durlet, C., Gaucher, E.C., Virgone, A., Girard, J.-P., Curie, J., Lopez, B., Camoin, G.F. (2016) Origins of elements building travertine and tufa: New perspectives provided by isotopic and geochemical tracers. Sedimentary Geology, 334, pp. 97-114. DOI: 10.1016/j.sedgeo.2016.01.004

Virgone, A., Masini, M., Gaucher, E., Massonnat, G., Pellerin, M. (2016) Impact of geodynamics on diagenetic byproducts – An input to petro-acoustic modeling of pre-salt carbonates. 3rd EAGE/SBGf Workshop 2016: Quantitative Seismic Interpretation of Lacustrine Carbonates, pp. 14-17. DOI: 10.3997/2214-4609.201600046

2010

Lerouge, C., Gaucher, E.C., Tournassat, C., Negrel, P., Crouzet, C., Guerrot, C., Gautier, A., Michel, P., Vinsot, A., Buschaert, S. (2010) Strontium distribution and origins in a natural clayey formation (Callovian-Oxfordian, Paris Basin, France): A new sequential extraction procedure. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 74 (10), pp. 2926-2942. DOI: 10.1016/j.gca.2010.02.013

2021

P. Blanc, F. Gherardi, P. Vieillard, N.C.M. Marty, H. Gailhanou, S. Gaboreau, B. Letat, C. Geloni, E.C. Gaucher, B. Madé, (2021) Thermodynamics for clay minerals: Calculation tools and application to the case of illite/smectite interstratified minerals, Applied Geochemistry.Vol. 130. DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeochem.2021.104986.

2020

Tremosa J., H Gailhanou, C Chiaberge, R Castilla, EC Gaucher, A Lassin (2020) Effects of smectite dehydration and illitisation on overpressures in sedimentary basins: A coupled chemical and thermo-hydro-mechanical modelling approach. Marine and Petroleum Geology 111, 166-178. DOI: 10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2019.08.021

2019

Gailhanou H., Blanc P., Rogez J., Mikaelian G., Kawaji H., Olives J., v. Montouillout, Grenèche J.-M., Vieillard P., Gaucher E. C., Fialips C. I. and Madé B. (2019) Thermodynamic properties of mixed-layer illite-smectite by calorimetric methods: Acquisition of the enthalpies of mixing of illite and smectite layers. The Journal of Chemical Thermodynamics 138, 78–97. DOI: 10.1016/j.jct.2019.06.004

2015

Blanc, P., Vieillard, P., Gailhanou, H., Gaboreau, S., Gaucher, E., Fialips, C.I., Madé, B., Giffaut, E. (2015) A generalized model for predicting the thermodynamic properties of clay minerals. American Journal of Science, 315 (8), pp. 734-780. DOI: 10.2475/08.2015.02

2014

Blanc, P., Gailhanou, H., Rogez, J., Mikaelian, G., Kawaji, H., Warmont, F., Gaboreau, S., Grangeon, S., Grenèche, J.-M., Vieillard, P., Fialips, C.I., Giffaut, E., Gaucher, E.C., Claret, F. (2014) Thermodynamic properties of chlorite and berthierine derived from calorimetric measurements. Physics and Chemistry of Minerals, 41 (8), pp. 603-615. DOI: 10.1007/s00269-014-0683-z

2013

Gailhanou, H., Blanc, P., Rogez, J., Mikaelian, G., Horiuchi, K., Yamamura, Y., Saito, K., Kawaji, H., Warmont, F., Grenèche, J.-M., Vieillard, P., Fialips, C.I., Giffaut, E., Gaucher, E.C. (2013) Thermodynamic properties of saponite, nontronite, and vermiculite derived from calorimetric measurements. American Mineralogist, 98 (10), pp. 1834-1847. DOI: 10.2138/am.2013.4344

2012

Blanc, P., Lassin, A., Piantone, P., Azaroual, M., Jacquemet, N., Fabbri, A., Gaucher, E.C. (2012)Thermoddem: A geochemical database focused on low temperature water/rock interactions and waste materials. Applied Geochemistry, 27 (10), pp. 2107-2116. DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeochem.2012.06.002

Gailhanou, H., Blanc, P., Rogez, J., Mikaelian, G., Kawaji, H., Olives, J., Amouric, M., Denoyel, R., Bourrelly, S., Montouillout, V., Vieillard, P., Fialips, C.I., Michau, N., Gaucher, E.C. (2012) Thermodynamic properties of illite, smectite and beidellite by calorimetric methods: Enthalpies of formation, heat capacities, entropies and Gibbs free energies of formation. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 89, pp. 279-301. DOI: 10.1016/j.gca.2012.04.048

2010

Blanc, P., Bourbon, X., Lassin, A., Gaucher, E.C. (2010) Chemical model for cement-based materials: Thermodynamic data assessment for phases other than C-S-H. Cement and Concrete Research, 40 (9), pp. 1360-1374. DOI: 10.1016/j.cemconres.2010.04.003

Blanc, Ph., Bourbon, X., Lassin, A., Gaucher, E.C. (2010) Chemical model for cement-based materials: Temperature dependence of thermodynamic functions for nanocrystalline and crystalline C-S-H phases. Cement and Concrete Research, 40 (6), pp. 851-866. DOI: 10.1016/j.cemconres.2009.12.004

2009

Gailhanou, H., Rogez, J., Miltenburg, J.C.v., Genderen, A.C.G.v., Grenèche, J.M., Gilles, C., Jalabert, D., Michau, N., Gaucher, E.C., Blanc, P. (2009) Thermodynamic properties of chlorite CCa-2. Heat capacities, heat contents and entropies. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 73 (16), pp. 4738-4749. DOI: 10.1016/j.gca.2009.04.040

20O7

Gailhanou, H., van Miltenburg, J.C., Rogez, J., Olives, J., Amouric, M., Gaucher, E.C., Blanc, P. (2007) Thermodynamic properties of anhydrous smectite MX-80, illite IMt-2 and mixed-layer illite-smectite ISCz-1 as determined by calorimetric methods. Part I: Heat capacities, heat contents and entropies. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 71 (22), pp. 5463-5473. PDF

2023

Osselin, F., Gaucher, E.C., Baldony-Andrey, P., Kloppman, W., Mayer, B. (2023) Water-rock interactions and self-remediation: Lessons from a hydraulic fracturing operation in the Vaca Muerta formation, Argentina. Geoenergy Science and Engineering. Vol 224. DOI: 10.1016/j.geoen.2023.211496 – PDF

2022

Naumenko-Dèzes, M., Kloppmann, W., Blessing, M., Bondu, R., Gaucher, E.C. and Mayer, B. (2022) Natural gas of radiolytic origin: An overlooked component of shale gas. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 119, DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2114720119

2018

Lerat, J.G., Sterpenich, J., Mosser-Ruck, R., Lorgeoux, C., Bihannic, I., Fialips, C.I., Schovsbo, N.H., Pironon, J. and Gaucher, E.C. (2018) Metals and radionuclides (MaR) in the Alum Shale of Denmark: Identification of MaR-bearing phases for the better management of hydraulic fracturing waters. Journal of Natural Gas Science and Engineering 53, 139-152. DOI: 10.1016/j.jngse.2018.02.015

Osselin, F., Nightingale, M., Hearn, G., Kloppmann, W., Gaucher, E., Clarkson, C.R. and Mayer, B. (2018) Quantifying the extent of flowback of hydraulic fracturing fluids using chemical and isotopic tracer approaches. Applied Geochemistry 93, 20-29. DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeochem.2018.03.008

2017

Sterpenich, J., Gaucher, E.C., Schovsbo, N.H., Lerat, J.G., Mosser-Ruck, R. and Pironon, J. (2017) Geochemistry of Aquifer in Contact with Alum Shale: Evidence of Limited Contaminant Transfers. Procedia Earth and Planetary Science 17, 786-789. DOI: 10.1016/j.proeps.2017.01.029

2016

Gaucher, E.C., Lerat, J., Garnier, A., Derbez, E., Vidal-Gilbert, S., Stepernich, J., Mosser-Ruck, R., Pironon, J. (2016) Toxic metals in shales: Questions and methods for a better management of flow-back waters. Society of Petroleum Engineers – SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference.

2015

Arning, E.T., Gaucher, E.C., van Berk, W., Schulz, H.-M. (2015) Hydrogeochemical models locating sulfate-methane transition zone in marine sediments overlying black shales: A new tool to locate biogenic methane? Marine and Petroleum Geology, 59, pp. 563-574. DOI: 10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2014.10.004

2024

Pichat, A., Delhaye‐Prat, V., Guiraud, M., Gindre-Chanu, L. and Gaucher Eric C. (2024) Palaeogeography and tectono‐stratigraphic evolution of the Aptian Ezanga‐Loémé evaporites along the proximal domain of the south Gabon‐Congo‐Cabinda margin. Bassin Research. Vol 36 Issue 4. DOI: 10.1111/bre.12893.

2021

Tremosa, J., Gaucher, E.C. and Gailhanou, H. (2021) Overpressure generation by smectite dehydration in sedimentary basins constrained by salinity dilution and stable isotopes. Applied Geochemistry. Vol. 131. DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeochem.2021.105035

Laurent D., Durlet C., Barré G., Sorriaux P., Audra P., Cartigny P., Carpentier C., Paris G., Collon P., Rigaudier T., Pironon J. and Gaucher E. C. (2021) Epigenic vs. hypogenic speleogenesis governed by H₂S/CO₂ hydrothermal input and Quaternary icefield dynamics (NE French Pyrenees). Geomorphology. Vol 387. DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2021.107769

Barré G., Fillon C., Ducoux M., Mouthereau F., Gaucher EC., Calassou S. (2021) The North Pyrenean Frontal Thrust: structure, timing and late fluid circulation inferred from seismic and thermal-geochemical analyses of well data. BSGF-Earth Sciences Bulletin 192 (1), 52. DOI: 10.1051/bsgf/2 021046

2020

Laurent D., Lopez M., Combes P.J., Guerrot C., Spangenberg J.E., Gaucher E.C. (2020) Synsedimentary to early diagenetic rejuvenation of barite-sulfides ore deposits: Example of the Triassic intrakarstic mineralization in the Lodève basin (France). Marine and Petroleum Geology. Vol. 119. DOI: 10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2020.104464

2019

Debure M., Lassin A., Marty N. C., Claret F., Virgone A., Calassou S. and Gaucher E. C. (2019) Thermodynamic evidence of giant salt deposit formation by serpentinization: an alternative mechanism to solar evaporation. Scientific Reports. Vol. 9. P. 1-11. DOI: 10.1038/s41598-019-48138-9

Quesnel B., Boiron M.-C., Cathelineau M., Truche L., Rigaudier T., Bardoux G., Agrinier P., Saint Blanquat M. de, Masini E. and Gaucher E. C. (2019) Nature and Origin of Mineralizing Fluids in Hyperextensional Systems: The Case of Cretaceous Mg Metasomatism in the Pyrenees. Geofluids 2019. DOI: 10.1155/2019/7213050

2018

Gaucher, E. C., Calassou, S., Virgone, A. & Chaboureau, A.C. (2018) Du nouveau du côté des évaporites. Géosciences 22, 16-18. PDF

2015

Levitt, D.B., Wheatherl, R.K., Harris, H.W., McNeil, R.I., Didier, M., Loriau, M., Gaucher, E.C. and Bourrel, M. (2015) Adsorption of EOR Chemicals under Laboratory and Reservoir Conditions, Part 1 – Iron Abundance and Oxidation state. 18th European Symposium on Improved Oil Recovery, Dresden, Germany (14-16 April). DOI: 10.3997/2214-4609.201412159

2004

Bodénan, F., Baranger, P., Piantone, P., Lassin, A., Azaroual, M., Gaucher, E., Braibant, G. (2004) Arsenic behaviour in gold-ore mill tailings, Massif Central, France: Hydrogeochemical study and investigation of in situ redox signatures. Applied Geochemistry, 19 (11), pp. 1785-1800. DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeochem.2004.03.012

2022

Leclere, B., Derluyn, H., Gaucher, E.C., Calassou, S., Diaz, J., Callot, J.-P. and Grégoire, D. (2022, 15th November) Diffusion driven barite front nucleation and crystallisation in sedimentary rocks. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta Vol 337. P. 49-60. DOI: 10.1016/j.gca.2022.09.039
Soetaert, F., Wanke, H., Dupuy, A., Lusuekikio, V., Gaucher, E.C., Bordmann, V., Fleury, J.-M. and Franceschi, M. (2022) Toward the Sustainable Use of Groundwater Springs: A Case Study from Namibia. Sustainability. Vol 14. N°7. P 3995. DOI 10.3390/su14073995
Strydom, J., Sterpenich, J., Grgic, D., Richard, A., Eggenkamp, H.G.M., Agrinier, P., Louvat, P., Mosser-Ruck, R., Gaire, P. and Gaucher, E.C. (2022, May) Experimental study of chemical evolution and isotope fractionation of Cl and Br in pore water expelled during strong clay compaction. Applied Geochemistry. Vol 140. DOI: doi.org/10.1016/j.apgeochem.2022.105274

Video of Natural Hydrogen Congresses

(en) Natural hydrogen & IEA TCP49 – IPHE webinar – March 2025

In March 2025, IPHE (International Partnership for Hydrogen and Fuel Cells in the Economy) invited Dr. Eric C. Gaucher (LH2G) and Dr. Olivier Sissmann (IFPEN) to present basics of natural hydrogen as well as activities of the IEA H2 TCP 49 focusing on natural hydrogen.
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(en) Exploring Synergies Between Natural Hydrogen and Geothermal Prospecting – PIVOT 2023 – September 2023

The panel features:
– Helen Doran, Lead Geologist (Project InnerSpace) – Presenter
– Geoffrey Ellis, Research Geologist (USGS) – An Introduction to Natural Hydrogen Resources
– Eric Gaucher – CEO (LH2G) – Bridging Natural Hydrogen and Geothermal Energy (15min 40s)
– Gabriel Pasquet, Post Doctorate (UPPA) – Unraveling Natural Hydrogen Production in Geothermal Systems (29min 40s)
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(fr) Quel potentiel pour l’Hydrogène naturel dit “Blanc” ? – MIX-E – April 2022
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(en) Rift and Rifted Margins Online Seminar – August 2021
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(fr) Fluids project synthesis – Convergence: Orogen, Source to Sink, Fluids – février 2021