André Poirier

Géochimie des isotopes radiogéniques
Traçage des métaux lourds dans l'environnement

Université du Québec à Montréal

poirier.andre [at] uqam.ca (poirier[dot]andre[at]uqam[dot]ca)

Tél./Ph. : 514-987-3000 poste/ext. 1718

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Géochimie des isotopes radiogéniques
Traçage des métaux lourds dans l'environnement

Accès libre Papapavlou, K., Moukhsil, A., Poirier, A., Davies, J., 2022. The Pre-Grenvillian assembly of the southeastern Laurentian margin through the U–Pb–Hf detrital zircon record of Mesoproterozoic supracrustal sequences (Central Grenville Province, Quebec, Canada). Geological Magazine 159(2), 199-211.

Nadeau, O., Leybourne, M. I., Voinot, A., Poirier, A., 2025. Metamorphic remobilization of Archean Au: Insights from the world-class Hemlo deposit, Canada. Precambrian Research 419, 107710.

Accès libre Pinti, D., Haut-Labourdette, M., Poirier, A., Saby, M., Hinsberg, V., Berlo, K., Castro, M.C., Gautason, B., Sigurðardóttir, Á., 2022. 87Sr/86Sr Ratios and Atmospheric Noble Gases in Theistareykir Geothermal Fluids: A Record of Glacial Water. Geosciences 12, 119.

Veron, A., Dell'Anno, A., Angelidis, M.O., Aloupi, M., Danovaro, R., Radakovitch, O., Poirier, A., Heussner, S., 2022. Pollutant Pb burden in Mediterranean Centroscymnus coelolepis deep-sea sharks. Marine Pollution Bulletin 174, 113245.

Arteau, J., Boucher, É., Poirier, A., Widory, D., 2020. Historical smelting activities in Eastern Canada revealed by Pb concentrations and isotope ratios in tree rings of long-lived white cedars (Thuja occidentalis L.). Science of The Total Environment 740, 139992.

Doré J., Chaillou G., Poitevin P., Lazure P., Poirier A., Chauvaud L., Archambault, P., Thébault J., 2020. Assessment of Ba/Ca in Arctica islandica shells as a proxy for phytoplankton dynamics in the Northwestern Atlantic Ocean. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science 237, 106628.

Gibson, T.M., Kunzmann, M., Poirier, A., Schumann, D., Tosca, N.J., Halverson, G.P., 2020. Geochemical signatures of transgressive shale intervals from the 811 Ma Fifteenmile Group in Yukon, Canada: Disentangling sedimentary redox cycling from weathering alteration. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 280, 161-184.

Guibourdenche, L., Stevenson, R., Pedneault, K., Poirier, A., Widory, D., 2020. Characterizing nutrient pathways in Quebec (Canada) vineyards: Insight from stable and radiogenic strontium isotopes. Chemical Geology 532, 119375.

Méjean, P., Pinti, D.L., Kagoshima, T., Roulleau, E., Demarets, L., Poirier, A., Takahata, N., Sano, Y., Larocque, M., 2020. Mantle helium in Southern Quebec groundwater: A possible fossil record of the New England hotspot. Earth and Planetary Science Letters 545, 116352.

Brown, L., Rosabal, M., Sorais, M., Poirier, A., Widory, D. and Verreault, J., 2019. Habitat use strategy influences the tissue signature of trace elements including rare earth elements in an urban-adapted omnivorous bird. Environmental Research 168, 261-269.

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.

Rizo, H., Andrault, D., Bennett, N.R., Humayun, M., Brandon, A., Vlastelic, I., Moine, B., Poirier, A., Bouhifd, M.A., Murphy, D.T., 2019. 182 W evidence for core-mantle interaction in the source of mantle plumes. Geochemical Perspective Letters 11, 6-11.

Widory, D., Vautour, G., Poirier, A., 2018. Atmospheric dispersion of trace metals between two smelters: An approach coupling lead, strontium and osmium isotopes from bioindicators. Ecological Indicators 84, 497-506.

Véron, A., Morhange, C., Poirier, A., Angeletti, B., Bertoncello, F., 2018. Geochemical markers of human occupation in the lower Argens valley (Fréjus, France): from protohistory to Roman times. Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports 17, 242-249.

Cox, G., Jarrett, A., Edwards, D., Crockford, P., Halverson, G., Collins, A., Poirier, A., Li, Z.X., 2016. Basin redox and primary productivity within the Mesoproterozoic Roper Seaway. Chemical Geology 440, 101-114.

Kunzmann, M., Gibson, T.M., Halverson, G.P., Hodgskiss, M.S.W., Bui, T.H., Carozza, D.A., Sperling, E.A., Poirier, A., Cox, G.M., Wing, B.A., 2017. Iron isotope biogeochemistry of Neoproterozoic marine shales. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 209, 85-105.

Stevenson, R., Moffatt, E., Corbeil, M.C., Poirier, A., 2016. Pb and Sr Isotopes and the Provenance of the Painting Materials of Cornelius Krieghoff in 19th-Century Canada. Archaeometry 58 (4), 673-687.

Thibodeau, B., Migon, C., Dufour, A., Poirier, A., Mari, X., Ghaleb, B., Legendre, L., 2017. Low sedimentary accumulation of lead caused by weak downward export of organic matter in Hudson Bay, northern Canada. Biogeochemistry 136 (3), 279-291.

Cox, G.M., Halverson, G.P., Poirier, A., Le Heron, D., Strauss, J.V., Stevenson, R., 2016. A model for Cryogenian iron formation. Earth and Planetary Science Letters 433, 280-292.

Cox, G.M., Halverson, G.P., Stevenson, R.K., Vokatya, M., Poirier, A., Kunzmann, M., Li, Z.-X., Denyszyn, S.W., Strausse, J.V., Macdonald, F.A., 2016. Continental flood basalt weathering as a trigger for Neoproterozoic Snowball Earth. Earth and Planetary Science Letters 446, 89-99.

Vinciguerra, V., Stevenson, R., Pedneault, K., Poirier, A., Hélie, J.-F., Widory, D., 2016. Strontium isotope characterization of wines from Quebec, Canada. Food Chemistry 210, 121-128.

Gogot, J., Poirier, A., Boullemant, A., 2015. Osmium isotopic tracing of atmospheric emissions from an aluminum smelter. Comptes Rendus - Geoscience 347 (5-6), 277-283.

Petit, D., Véron, A., Flament, P., Deboudt, K., Poirier, A., 2015. Review of pollutant lead decline in urban air and human blood: A case study from northwestern Europe. Comptes Rendus - Geoscience 347 (5-6), 247-256.

Stevenson, R., Poirier, A., Véron, A., Carignan, J., Hillaire-Marcel, C., 2015. Late Eocene to present isotopic (Sr-Nd-Pb) and geochemical evolution of sediments from the Lomonosov Ridge, Arctic Ocean: Implications for continental sources and linkage with the North Atlantic Ocean. Comptes Rendus - Geoscience 347 (5-6), 227-235.

Vautour, G., Poirier, A., Widory, D., 2015, Tracking mobility using human hair: What can we learn from lead and strontium isotopes?, Science & Justice, vol.55, no.1, pp. 63-71

Hillaire-Marcel, C., Maccali, J., Not, C., Poirier, A. 2013, Geochemical and isotopic tracers of Arctic sea ice sources and export with special attention to the Younger Dryas interval, Quaternary Science Reviews.

Véron, A.J., Flaux, C., Marriner, N., Poirier, A., Rigaud, S., Morhange, C., Empereur, J.-Y. 2013, A 6000-year geochemical record of human activities from Alexandria (Egypt), Quaternary Science Reviews, vol. 81, pp. 138-147.

Véron, A., Leroux, G., Poirier, A., Baque, D., 2011. Origin of copper used in bronze artefacts from middle bronze age burials in Sidon: a synthesis from lead isotope imprints and chemical analyses, Archaeology & History in Lebanon, 34/35, 68-78.

Poirier, A., Hillaire-Marcel, C., 2011. Improved Os-isotope stratigraphy of the Arctic Ocean, Geophysical Research Letters, 38(14), L14607.

Poirier, A., Hillaire-Marcel, C., 2009. Os-isotope insights into major environmental changes of the Arctic Ocean during the Cenozoic, Geophysical Research Letters, 36, L11602, doi:10.1029/2009GL037422, GEOTOP publication n°2009-0005.

Poirier, A., Doucelance, R., 2009. Effective Correction of Mass Bias for Rhenium Measurements by MC-ICP-MS, Geostandards and Geoanalytical Research, 33 (2), 195-204, GEOTOP publication n°2009-0001, DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-908X.2009.00017.x.

Véron, A., Poirier, A., Leroux, G., 2009. Lead isotopes reveal the origin of Middle Bronze Age artefacts found in Sidon, Archeology & History in Lebanon, 29, 68-74.

Poirier, A., 2006. Re-Os and Pb isotope systematics in reduced fjord sediments from Saanich Inlet (Western Canada), Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 249, 119-131.

Poirier, A., Gariépy, C., 2005. Isotopic Signature and Impact of Car Catalysts on the Anthropogenic Osmium budget, Environmental Science and Technology, 39(12), 4431-4434.

Poirier, A., Doucelance, R., Gariépy, C., 2004. Radiogenic isotope investigation of the St-Robert H5 fall, Meteoritics and Planetary Science, 39 (11), 1983-1993.

Mareschal, J.C., Poirier, A., Rolandone, F, Bienfait, G., Gariépy, C., Lapointe, R., Jaupart,C., 2000. Low mantle heat flow at the edge of the North American continent, Voisey’s Bay, Geophysical Research Letters, 27, 823-826.