Jean-Carlos Montero-Serrano

Archives sédimentaires et
reconstitutions paléoclimatiques

Université du Québec à Rimouski

Institut des sciences de la mer de Rimouski

jeancarlos_monteroserrano [at] uqar.ca (jeancarlos_monteroserrano[at]uqar[dot]ca)

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Thèmes de recherche
Publications
Étudiants

Reconstitutions paléoclimatiques et paléoenvironnementales à partir de l’étude minéralogique et/ou géochimique des sédiments
Compréhension et calibration des traceurs géochimiques.
Traçages de la circulation des masses d’eau océanique par l’étude des isotopes du Nd des coraux profonds – Acquisition et préservation du signal isotopique.
Reconstitutions des interactions atmosphère-océan-continent pendant le dernier cycle glaciaire.
Reconstitution à haute résolution des phases de fonte de la calotte de glace laurentidienne pendant la dernière déglaciation.
Analyse moléculaire de la matière organique sédimentaire (biomarqueurs).
Analyses statistiques des données géochimiques ("compositional data").

Projets en cours

Analyses minéralogiques et géochimiques des sédiments holocènes de la marge continentale de la mer de Chukchi et Beaufort, Océan Arctique : implications paléocéanographiques

Joshi, N., Montero-Serrano, J. C., Lefebvre, C., Saulnier-Talbot, É., 2025. Tracking Pre-and Post-Industrialization Changes in the Bay of Sept-Îles, Canada, Using Foraminifera as Bioindicators. Journal of Coastal Research.

Accès libre Normandeau, A., MacKillop, K., Richards, C., Philibert, G., Montero‐Serrano, J. C., Macquarrie, M., Bennett, R., 2025. Processes and products of turbidity currents and submarine landslides in a glacierized fjord (Southwind Fjord, Baffin Island). Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems 26(4), e2024GC011710.

Accès libre Sousa, I., Hillaire-Marcel, C., de Vernal, A., Montero-Serrano, J. C., Aubry, A., 2025. Cold spells over Greenland during the mid-Pliocene Warm Period. Nature Communications 16, 1877. Données / Data - Données 2 / Data 2 - Données 3 / Data 3 - Données 4 / Data 4

Accès libre Roberts, M. E., Bhatia, M. P., Rowland, E., White, P. L. et al. (incl. J.-C. Montero-Serrano), 2024. Rubisco in high Arctic tidewater glacier‐marine systems: A new window into phytoplankton dynamics. Limnology and Oceanography 69(4), 802-817.

Accès libre Desiage, P. A., St‐Onge, G., Duchesne, M. J., Montero‐Serrano, J. C., Haller, M. J., 2023. Late Pleistocene and Holocene transgression inferred from the sediments of the Gulf of San Jorge, central Patagonia, Argentina. Journal of Quaternary Science 38(5), 629-646.

Accès libre Rodríguez‐Cuicas, M. E., Montero‐Serrano, J. C., St‐Onge, G., Normandeau, A., 2023. A 600‐year marine record associated with the dynamics of the eastern Penny Ice Cap (Baffin Island, Nunavut, Canada). Journal of Quaternary Science 38(7), 1062-1081.

Accès libre Sharpe, H., Gosselin, M., Lalande, C., Normandeau, A., Montero-Serrano, J. C. et al., 2023. Influence of a small submarine canyon on biogenic matter export flux in the lower St. Lawrence Estuary, eastern Canada. Biogeosciences 20(24), 4981-5001.

Belzile, C., Montero-Serrano, J.C., 2022. Quantifying simulated fine sand fraction in muddy sediment using laser diffraction. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences 59(7), 455-461.

Corminboeuf, A., Montero-Serrano, J.C., St-Louis, R., Dalpé, A., Gélinas, Y., 2022. Pre-and post-industrial levels of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in sediments from the Estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence (eastern Canada). Marine Pollution Bulletin 174, 113219.

Normandeau, A., Eamer, J., Bernatchez, P., Didier, D., Lajeunesse, P., Limoges, A., Montero‐Serrano, J. C., 2023. Sediment density flow distribution on wave‐influenced deltas. Sedimentology 70(1), 100-120.

Accès libre Stevenard, N., Montero‐Serrano, J.C., Eynaud, F., St‐Onge, G., Zaragosi, S., Copland, L., 2022. Lateglacial and Holocene sedimentary dynamics in northwestern Baffin Bay as recorded in sediment cores from Cape Norton Shaw Inlet (Nunavut, Canada). Boreas 51(3), 532-552.

Corminboeuf, A., Montero-Serrano, J. C., St-Louis, R., 2021. Spatial and temporal distributions of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in sediments from the Canadian Arctic Archipelago. Marine Pollution Bulletin 171, 112729.

Fabris, A.S., Larouche, P., Montero-Serrano, J.C., 2021. Characterization of suspended matter size and composition in the St. Lawrence Estuary (eastern Canada). Regional Studies in Marine Science 45, 101838.

Accès libre Kutos, O., Rochon, A., Montero‐Serrano, J.C., 2021. Evolution of palaeo‐sea‐surface conditions and sediment dynamics over the last 2700 years on the Mackenzie Slope, Beaufort Sea (Canadian Arctic). Boreas 50(3), 893-914.

Accès libre Letaief, S., Montero-Serrano, J.C., St-Onge, G., 2021. Sedimentary processes within the Canadian Arctic Archipelago: relationships among sedimentological, geochemical and magnetic sediment properties. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems 22(7), e2021GC009719.

Accès libre Caron, M., Montero‐Serrano, J.C., St‐Onge, G., Rochon, A., 2020. Quantifying provenance and transport pathways of Holocene sediments from the northwestern Greenland margin. Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology 35(5), e2019PA003809.

Rodríguez-Cuicas, M.E., Montero-Serrano, J.C., Garbán, G., 2020. Geochemical and mineralogical records of late Albian oceanic anoxic event 1d (OAE-1d) in the La Grita member (southwestern Venezuela): Implications for weathering and provenance. Journal of South American Earth Sciences 97, 102408.

Accès libre Caron, M., Rochon, A., Montero‐Serrano, J.C., St‐Onge, G., 2019. Evolution of sea‐surface conditions on the northwestern Greenland margin during the Holocene. Journal of Quaternary Science 34(7), 569-580.

Casse, M., Montero-Serrano, J.C., St-Onge, G., Poirier, A., 2019. REE distribution and Nd isotope composition of estuarine waters and bulk sediment leachates tracing lithogenic inputs in eastern Canada. Marine Chemistry 211, 117-130.

Deschamps, C.E., Montero‐Serrano, J.C., St‐Onge, G., Poirier, A., 2019. Holocene changes in deep‐water circulation inferred from authigenic Nd and Hf isotopes in sediment records from the Chukchi‐Alaskan and Canadian Beaufort margins. Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology 34(7), 1038-1056.

Rodríguez-Cuicas, M.E., Montero-Serrano, J.C., Garbán, G., 2019. Paleoenvironmental changes during the late Albian oceanic anoxic event 1d: An example from the Capacho Formation, southwestern Venezuela. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 521, 10-29.

Caron, M., St‐Onge, G., Montero‐Serrano, J.C., Rochon, A., Georgiadis, E., Giraudeau, J., Massé, G., 2019. Holocene chronostratigraphy of northeastern Baffin Bay based on radiocarbon and palaeomagnetic data. Boreas 48 (1), 147-165.

Deschamps, C.E., Montero‐Serrano, J.C. and St‐Onge, G., 2018. Sediment provenance changes in the western Arctic Ocean in response to ice‐rafting, sea‐level and oceanic circulation variations since the last deglaciation. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems 19 (7), 2147-2165. DOI: 10.1029/2017GC007411

Deschamps, C.-E., St-Onge, G., Montero-Serrano, J.-C., Polyak, L., 2018. Chronostratigraphy and spatial distribution of magnetic sediments in the Chukchi and Beaufort seas since the last deglaciation. Boreas 47 (2), 544-564. DOI: 10.1111/bor.12296

Desiage, P.A., Montero-Serrano, J.C., St-Onge, G., Crespi-Abril, A.C., Giarratano, E., Gil, M.N., Haller, M.J., 2018. Quantifying sources and transport pathways of surface sediments in the Gulf of San Jorge, central Patagonia (Argentina). Oceanography 31(4), 92-103.

Fantasia, A., Föllmi, K.B., Adatte, T., Spangenberg, J.E., Montero-Serrano, J.C., 2018. The Early Toarcian oceanic anoxic event: Paleoenvironmental and paleoclimatic change across the Alpine Tethys (Switzerland). Global and Planetary Change 162, 53-68.

Lisé-Pronovost, A., Salomon, F., Goiran, J.-P., St-Onge, G., Herries, A.I.R., Montero-Serrano, J.-C., Heslop, D., Roberts, A.P., Levchenko, V., Zawadzki, A., Heijnis, H., 2019. Dredging and canal gate technologies in Portus, the ancient harbour of Rome, reconstructed from event stratigraphy and multi-proxy sediment analysis. Quaternary International 511, 78-93.

Casse, M., Montero-Serrano, J.-C., St-Onge, G., 2017. Influence of the Laurentide Ice Sheet and relative sea-level changes on sediment dynamics in the Estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence since the last deglaciation. Boreas 46 (3), 541-561.

Gamboa, A., Montero-Serrano, J.-C., St-Onge, G., Rochon, A., Desiage, P.-A., 2017. Mineralogical, geochemical, and magnetic signatures of surface sediments from the Canadian Beaufort Shelf and Amundsen Gulf (Canadian Arctic). Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems 18 (2), 488-512.

Dubois-Dauphin, Q., Bonneau, L., Colin, C., Montero-Serrano, J.-C., Montagna, P., Blamart, D., Hebbeln, D., Van Rooij, D., Pons-Branchu, E., Hemsing, F., Wefing, A.-M., Frank, N., 2016. South Atlantic intermediate water advances into the North-east Atlantic with reduced Atlantic meridional overturning circulation during the last glacial period. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems 17 (6), 2336-2353.

Montero-Serrano, J.-C., Föllmi, K.B., Adatte, T., Spangenberg, J.E., Tribovillard, N., Fantasia, A., Suan, G., 2015. Continental weathering and redox conditions during the early Toarcian Oceanic Anoxic Event in the northwestern Tethys: Insight from the Posidonia Shale section in the Swiss Jura Mountains. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 429, 83-99.

Montero-Serrano, J.-C., Frank, N., Tisnérat-Laborde, N., Colin, C., Wu, C.-C., Lin, K., Shen, C.-C., Copard, K., Orejas, C., Gori, A., De Mol, L., Van Rooij, D., Reverdin, G., Douville, E. 2013, Decadal changes in the mid-depth water mass dynamic of the Northeastern Atlantic margin (Bay of Biscay), Earth and Planetary Science Letters, vol. 364, pp. 134-144.

Montero-Serrano, J.-C., Frank, N., Colin, C., Wienberg, C., Eisele, M. 2011. The climate influence on the mid-depth Northeast Atlantic gyres viewed by cold-water corals. Geophysical Research Letters, doi: 10.1029/2011GL048733.

Montero-Serrano, J.C., Bout-Roumazeilles, V., Carlson, A., Tribovillard, N., Bory, A., Meunier, G., Flower, B., Sionneau, T., Martinez, P., Billy I., Riboulleau A. 2011. Contrasting rainfall patterns over North America during the Holocene and Last Interglacial as recorded by sediments of the northern Gulf of Mexico. Geophysical Research Letters, doi: 10.1029/2011GL048194.

Copard, K., Colin, C., Frank, N., Jeandel, C., Montero-Serrano, J.C., Reverdin, G., Ferron, B., 2011. Nd isotopic composition of water masses and dilution of the Mediterranean outflow along South-West European margin. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, Q06020, doi:10.1029/2011GC003529.

Montero-Serrano, J.C., Bout-Roumazeilles, V., Sionneau, T., Tribovillard, N., Bory, A., Flower, B., Riboulleau, A., Martinez, P., Billy, I., 2010. Changes in precipitation regimes over North America during the Holocene as recorded by mineralogy and geochemistry of Gulf of Mexico sediments. Global and Planetary Change 74, 132–143.

Montero-Serrano, J.C., Palarea-Albaladejo, J., Martín-Fernández, J., Martínez, M., Gutiérrez, J.V. 2010. Sedimentary chemofacies characterization by means of multivariate analysis. Sedimentary Geology 228, 218-228.

Montero-Serrano, J.-C., Martínez, M., Riboulleau, A., Tribovillard, N., Márquez, G., Gutiérrez, J. V. 2010. Assessment of the oil source-rock potential of the Pedregoso Formation (Early Miocene) in the Falcón Basin of Northwestern Venezuela. Marine and Petroleum Geology 27, 1107-1118.

Sionneau, T., Bout-Roumazeilles, V., Flower, B., Bory, A., Tribovillard, N., Kissel, C., Van Vliet-Lanoe, B., Montero-Serrano, J.C. 2010. Provenance of freshwater pulses in the Gulf of Mexico during the last deglaciation. Quaternary Research 74, 235–245.

Montero-Serrano, J.C., Bout-Roumazeilles, V., Tribovillard, N., Sionneau, T., Riboulleau, A., Bory, A., Flower, B., 2009. Sedimentary evidence of deglacial megafloods in the northern Gulf of Mexico (Pigmy Basin). Quaternary Science Reviews 28, 3333–3347.

Montero-Serrano, J.C., Martínez, M., Tribovillard, N., Riboulleau, A,, Garbán, G. 2009. Geochemical behavior of molybdenum and its isotopes in the sedimentary environment - A bibliographic review. Revista de Biología Marina y Oceanografía 44(2), 263-275.

Tribovillard, N., Bout-Roumazeilles, V., Sionneau, T., Montero-Serrano, J.C., Riboulleau, A., Baudin, F. 2009. Does a strong pycnocline impact organic-matter preservation and accumulation in an anoxic setting? The case of the Orca Basin, Gulf of Mexico. C.R. Geoscience 341, 1-9.

Tribovillard, N., Bout-Roumazeilles, V., Algeo, T., Lyons, T., Sionneau, T., Montero-Serrano, J.C., Riboulleau, A., Baudin, F. 2008. Paleodepositional conditions in the Orca Basin as inferred from organic matter and trace metal contents. Marine Geology 254, 62-72.

Bompas, Romain : Doctorat en océanographie
Institut des sciences de la mer de Rimouski, Université du Québec à Rimouski
Codirection : Guillaume St-Onge
Sujet de recherche : Dynamique sédimentaire et paléocéanographie le long du détroit de M’Clure et le golfe d'Amundsen (Océan Arctique) depuis la dernière déglaciation

Bracquart, Élodie : Doctorat en océanographie
Institut des sciences de la mer de Rimouski, Université du Québec à Rimouski
Codirection : André Rochon; P. Lajeunesse (U. Laval), L. Copland (U. Ottawa)
Sujet de recherche : Histoire holocène de la baie de Smith (Manson Icefield, Nunavut, Canada) - comparaison entre traceurs sédimentologiques, données hydroacoustiques et historiques.

Brice, Camille : Doctorat en océanographie
Institut des sciences de la mer de Rimouski, Université du Québec à Rimouski
Codirection : Richard St-Louis
Sujet de recherche : Variations spatio-temporelles des métaux lourds dans les sédiments de l'Archipel Arctique canadien.

Casanova, Fernanda : Maîtrise en géologie
Universidad Central de Venezuela
Sujet de recherche : Seafloor composition and Holocene dynamics on the Canadian Arctic continental margins.

Firmin, Pauline : Maîtrise en océanographie
Institut des sciences de la mer de Rimouski, Université du Québec à Rimouski
Codirection : Richard St-Louis, UQAR

Jacques, Florian : Doctorat en océanographie
Institut des sciences de la mer de Rimouski, Université du Québec à Rimouski
Codirection : Guillaume St-Onge; André Rochon; Audrey Limoges, Université du Nouveau-Brunswick
Sujet de recherche : Dynamique sédimentaire de canyons.

Le Ménec, Maëla : Doctorat en océanographie
Institut des sciences de la mer de Rimouski, Université du Québec à Rimouski
Codirection : Guillaume St-Onge
Sujet de recherche : Variabilité de la dynamique sédimentaire et des conditions océaniques de surface à proximité des glaciers qui drainent l'île de Devon (Nunavut, Canada) au cours de l'Holocène tardif

Reitano, Adriana : Maîtrise en chimie
Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, Concordia University
Codirection : Yves Gélinas; Violaine Ponsin
Sujet de recherche : Évolution temporelle de la quantité, des sources et de la contamination par les pesticides de la matière organique dissoute et particulaire de l’estuaire du St-Laurent aux cours des 19 dernières années : une analyse élémentaire, moléculaire et isotopique.

Song, Tengfei : Stage postdoctoral
Institut des sciences de la mer de Rimouski, Université du Québec à Rimouski
Codirection : Guillaume St-Onge
Sujet de recherche : Bering Strait openings during warm intervals of the Late Quaternary

Velásquez Delgado, Mariacarolina : Doctorat en océanographie
Institut des sciences de la mer de Rimouski, Université du Québec à Rimouski
Codirection : Viviane Roumazeilles (U. Lille) Sylvie Philippe (ULCO)Richard St-Louis (UQAR) Gabriel Billon (U. Lille)
Sujet de recherche : Distribution spatiale et évaluation de la contamination des métaux dans les sédiments de grain fin de l’estuaire et le golfe du Saint-Laurent (Canada)