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Postdoctoral Fellow
Marine Chemistry & Geochemistry
Contact Information:
Work: 508 289 3217
sbertrand@whoi.edu
Building: Clark 413
http://www.whoi.edu/science/MCG/dept
Mailing Address:
Mailstop 25
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Woods Hole, MA 02543
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Research Interests
• Sedimentary record of climate and environmental change (lake, fjord and continental margin)
• Paleoclimatology of southern South America
• Sedimentary geochemistry (inorganic and bulk organic), grain-size, mineralogy, physical properties of sediments
Education
Ph.D. University of Liege, Belgium, 2005, Sedimentology of lake systems and Paleoclimatology
M.Sc. University of Liege, Belgium, 2002, Geology
Publications
** Science Daily press release: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/03/120330081739.htm **
1. Bertrand, S., & Baeteman, C. (2005) — Sequence mapping of Holocene coastal lowlands. The application of the Streif’s classification system in the Belgian coastal plain. Quaternary International. 133-134, 151-158.
2. Bertrand, S. , Boës, X., Castiaux, J., Charlet, F., Urrutia, R., Espinoza, C., Charlier, B., Lepoint, G. & Fagel, N. (2005) — Temporal evolution of sediment supply in Lago Puyehue (Southern Chile) during the last 600 years and its climatic significance. Quaternary Research, 64/2, 163-175.
3. Chirinos, L., Urrutia, R., Fagel, N., Bertrand, S., Gamboa, N., Araneda, A. & Zaror, C. (2005) — Chemical profiles in lake sediment of Laguna Chica de San Pedro (Bio-Bio Region, Chile). Journal of the Chilean Chemical Society, 50 (4), 697-710.
4. Cruces, F., Urrutia, R., Parra, O., Araneda, A., Treutler, H., Bertrand, S. , Fagel, N., Torres, L., Barra, R., Chirinos, L. (2006) — Changes in diatom assemblages in an Andean lake in response to a recent volcanic event. Archiv für Hydrobiologie, 165 (1), 23-35.
5. Arnaud, F., Magand, O., Chapron, E., Bertrand, S. , Boës, X., Charlet, F. & Mélières, M.A. (2006) — Radionuclides dating (210Pb, 137Cs, 241Am) of recent lake sediments in a highly active geodynamic setting (Lakes Puyehue and Icalma, Chilean Lake District). Science of the Total Environment, 366, 837-850.
6. Urrutia, R., Araneda, A., Cruces, F., Torres, L., Chirinos, L., Treutler, H., Fagel, N., Bertrand, S. , Alvial, I., Barra, R., Chapron, E. (2007) — Changes in diatom, pollen and chironomid assemblages in response to a recent volcanic event in Lake Galletue (Chilean Andes). Limnologica, 37, 49-62.
7. Araneda, A., Cruces, F., Torres, L., Bertrand, S., Fagel, N., Treutler, H., Chirinos, L., Barra, R., Urrutia, R. (2007)— Changes of sub-fossil chironomid assemblages associated with volcanic sediment deposition on an Andean lake (38°S), Chile. Revista Chilena de Historia Natural, 80, 141-156.
8. Chapron, E., Juvigne, E., Mulsow, S., Ariztegui, D., Magand, O., Bertrand, S., Pino, M., Chapron, O. — Recent clastic sedimentation in Lake Puyehue (Chilean Lake District, 40.5°S). Sedimentary Geology, 201 (3-4), 368-385.
9. Bertrand, S ., Charlet, F., Charlier, B., Renson, V. & Fagel, N. (2008) — Climate variability of Southern Chile since the Last Glacial Maximum: a continuous sedimentological record from Lago Puyehue (40°S). Journal of Paleolimnology, 39, 179-195.
10. Sterken, M., Verleyen, E., Sabbe, K., Terryn, G., Charlet, F., Bertrand, S ., Boës, X., Fagel, X., De Batist, M., Vyverman, W. (2008) — Late Quaternary climatic changes in Southern Chile, as recorded in a diatom sequence of Lago Puyehue (40°40’S). Journal of Paleolimnology, 39, 219-235.
11. Charlet F., De Batist M., Chapron E., Bertrand, S ., Pino M. & Urrutia R. (2008) — Seismic-stratigraphy of Lago Puyehue (Chilean Lake District): new views on its deglacial and Holocene evolution. Journal of Paleolimnology, 39, 163-177.
12. Bertrand, S. & Fagel, N. (2008) — Nature, origin, transport and deposition of andosol parent material in south-central Chile (36-42°S). Catena, 73 (1), 10-22.
13. Bertrand, S., Charlet, F., Chapron, E., Fagel, N. & De Batist, M. (2008) — Reconstruction of the Holocene seismotectonic activity of the Southern Andes from seismites recorded in Lago Icalma, Chile, 39°S. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 259 (2-3), 301-322.
14. Juvigne, E, Bertrand, S., Heuschen, B., & Tallier, E. — Tephrostratigraphy of lake sediments located in geodynamically active areas: Lessons from Lake Icalma (Chile, Southern Volcanic Zone, 38°S). Quaternaire, 19 (2), 179-193.
15. Bertrand, S., Castiaux, J., & Juvigne, E. — Tephrostratigraphy of the Late Glacial and Holocene sediments of Puyehue Lake (Southern Volcanic Zone, Chile, 40°S). Quaternary Research, 70 (3), 343-357.
16. Rebolledo, L., Sepulveda, J., Lange, C., Pantoja, S., Bertrand, S ., Hughen, K., & Figueroa, D. — Late Holocene marine productivity changes in Northern Patagonia-Chile inferred from a multi-proxy analysis of Jacaf channel sediments. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Sciences, 80 (3), 314-322.
17. Schwab, M., Werner, P., Dulski, P., McGee, E., Nowaczyk, N., Bertrand, S., & Leroy, S. — Palaeolimnology of Lake Sapanca: identification of historic earthquake signals at the Northern Anatolian Fault Zone (Turkey). Quaternary Science Reviews, in press. DOI:10.1016/j.quascirev.2009.02.018
18. Sepúlveda, J., Pantoja, S., Hughen, K., Bertrand, S., Figueroa, D., Léon, T., Drenzek, N., & Lange, C. (2009) — Late Holocene sea-surface temperature and precipitation variability in Northern Patagonia, Chile (Jacaf Fjord, 44°S). Quaternary Research, 72, 400-409.
19. Bertrand, S., Sterken, M., Vargas-Ramirez, L., De Batist, M., Vyverman, W., Lepoint, G., & Fagel, N. (2010) — Bulk organic geochemistry of sediments from Puyehue Lake and its watershed (Chile, 40°S): Implications for paleoenvironmental reconstructions. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 294 (1-2), 56-71.
20. Fagel, N., Bertrand, S., Mattielli, N., Gilson, D., Chirinos, L., Lepoint, G., Urrutia, R. (2010) — Geochemical evidence (C, N and Pb isotopes) of recent anthropogenic impact in South-Central Chile from two environmentally distinct lake sediment records. Journal of Quaternary Science, 25(7), 1100-1112.
21. Bertrand, S., Doner, L., Cagatay, N., Akcer, S., Sancar, U., Schudack, U., Mischke, S., Leroy, S. (2011) — Sedimentary record of coseismic subsidence in Hersek coastal lagoon (Izmit Bay, Turkey) and the Late Holocene activity of the North Anatolian Fault. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, 12, Q06002, doi:10.1029/2011GC003511. Open access: http://www.agu.org/pubs/crossref/2011/2011GC003511.shtml
22. Bertrand, S., Hughen, K., Sepúlveda, J., Pantoja, S. (2012) — Geochemistry of surface sediments from the fjords of Northern Chilean Patagonia (44-47°S): Spatial variability and implications for paleoclimate reconstructions. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 76 (1), 125-146.
23. Fernandez, R., Anderson, J., Bertrand, S., Wellner, J. (2012) — Gualas Glacier sedimentary record of climate and environmental change, Golfo Elefantes,Western Patagonia (46.5°S). The Holocene, 22 (4), 451-463.
24. Bertrand, S., Hughen, K., Lamy, F., Stuut, J.-B., Torrejon, F., Lange, C. (2012) — Precipitation as the main driver of Neoglacial fluctuations of Gualas glacier, Northern Patagonian Icefield. Climate of the Past, 8, 519-534. Open access: http://www.clim-past.net/8/519/2012/
25. Mischke, S., Schudack, U., Bertrand, S., Leroy, S. (2012) — Ostracods from a Marmara Sea lagoon (Turkey) as tsunami indicators. Quaternary International, 261, 156-161.
26. Bertrand, S., Araneda, A., Vargas, P., Jana, P., Fagel, N., Urrutia, R. — Using N/C ratios to correct bulk radiocarbon ages from lake sediments: Insights from Chilean Patagonia. Submitted to Quaternary Geochronology.
27. Araneda, A., Ortega, C., Jana, P., Torrejón, F., Bertrand, S., Vargas, P., Fagel, N., Alvarez, D., Urrutia, R. — Changes in sub-fossil chironomid assemblages in two Northern Patagonian lake systems associated to the occurrence of historical fires. Submitted to Journal of Paleolimnology
28. Vargas, P., Torres, L., Araneda, A., Bertrand, S., Torrejón, F., Jana, P., Fagel, N., Urrutia, R. — Reconstructing the environmental history of Lake Thompson watershed (Northern Chilean Patagonia) during the last millennium: Interactions between climate, vegetation, and anthropogenic fires. Submitted to Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology.
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