Bernard Lauriol
Full Professor, Department of Geography
Member of the Faculty of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies and thereby authorized to supervise theses.
Office: Simard 05
Telephone: 613-562-5800, ext. 1050
E-mail: blauriol@uOttawa.ca
University degrees
1981 – PhD, Géographie, Université de Montréal
1972 – MS, Géographie, Université de Lyon
1971 – BA, Géographie, Université de Lyon
Fields of interest
- Underground ice
- Karst geomorphology
- Quaternary of eastern Beringia (northern Yukon)
Courses taught
Selected publications
Lauriol B., Lacelle, D., St-Jean, M., Clark I.D. and Zazula, G. 2010. Late Quaternary paleoenvironments and growth of intrusive ice revealed by a thaw slump in the Eagle River Valley, northern Yukon, Canada. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences. 47: 941-955. PDF Version (Lauriol et al., 2010)
Cumbaa, S., Lauriol, B, Noel, A., Ross, M., and Mott, R. 2010 A new whitefish from the early Pleistocene of Bluefish Basin , Yukon Territory, Canada. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences. 47: 221-235. PDF Version (Cumbaa et al., 2010)
Kennedy, K.E., Froese, D.G., Zazula, G.D., and Lauriol, B. 2010 LGM age for the northwest Laurentide maximum from the Eagle River spillway and braid delta complex, northern Yukon. Quaternary Sciences Reviews. 19: 1288-1300
St-Jean, M., Lauriol, B, Clark, I.D, Lacelle, D., and Zdanowicz, C. 2010. Understanding the filling process in ice wedges using crystallography, stable O-H isotopes and gas composition (O2, N2, Ar). Permafrost and Periglacial Processes. DOI: 10.1002/PPP680. PDF Version (St-Jean et al., 2010)
Lacelle, D., Bjornson, J., Lauriol, B. 2010. Climatic and erosional controls affecting contemporary (1950-2004) retrogressive thaw slump activities in the Willow River valley, Richardson Mountains, NWT., Canada. Permafrost and Periglacial Processes 21: 1-15 – DOI:10.1002/PPP666. PDF Version (Lacelle et al., 2010)
Denis Lacelle, Melanie St-Jean, Bernard Lauriol, Ian D. Clark, Antoni Lewkowicz, Duane G. Froese, Stephen C. Kuehn, Grant Zazula. 2009. Burial and preservation of a 30,000 year old perennial snowbank in Red Creek valley, Ogilvie Mountains, central Yukon, Canada. Quaternary Science Reviews 28 (2009): 3401-3413. PDF Version (Lacelle et al., 2009) b
Pellerin, A., Lacelle, D.,Clark, I.D., Lauriol, B., Fortin, D. 2009. Microbial diversity in endostromatolites and the surrounding landscape, Haughton impact crater, Devon Island, Canada. Astrobiology. Volume 9, Number 9. Version pdf (Pellerin et al., 2009) b
Lacelle, D., Lauriol, B., Clark, I.D. 2009. Formation of seasonal cave ice and associated cryogenic carbonates in Caverne de l'Ours, Québec, Canada. Kinetic isotope effects and pseudo-biogenic crystal structures. Journal of Cave and Karst Studies, v. 71, no. 1, p. 48-62. Version pdf (Lacelle et al., 2009) a
Labrecque, S., Lacelle, D., Duguay, C.R., Lauriol, B., Hawkings, J. S. 2009. Contemporary (1951-2001) evolution of lakes in the Old Crow region, northern Yukon : remote sensing, numerical modelling and stable isotope analysis: Climatic or geomorphological effects? Arctic, 62 (2) : 225-238. PDF Version (Labrecque et al., 2009)
Lauriol, B., Lacelle, D., Labrecque, S., Duguay, C.R., Telka, 2009. Holocene evolution of lakes in the Bluefish Basin, northern Yukon. Arctic 62 (1) : 212-214. PDF Version (Lauriol et al., 2009)
Lacelle, D., Pellerin, A. Clark, I.D., Lauriol, B., Fortin, D. 2009. (Micro)morphological, inorganic, and organic isotope geochemistry and microbial populations in endostromatolites (cf. fissure calcretes), Haughton impact crater, Devon Island, Canada.: the influence of geochemiocal pathways on the preservation of isotopic biomarkers. Earth and Planetary Science Letters. 281 : 202-214. PDF Version (Lacelle et al., 2009)
Kinnard, C. Koerner, R.M., Zdanowicz, C., Fisher, D., Zheng J., Sharp, M,.J., Nicholson, L. and Lauriol, B. 2008. Stratigraphic analysis of an ice core from the Prince of Wales Icefield, Ellesmere Island, Arctic Canada, using digital image analysis: high-resolution density, past summer warmth reconstruction, and melt effect on ice core solid conductivity. Journal of Geophysical Research, Vol. 113, D24120. PDF Version (Kinnard et al., 2008)
Lacelle, D., Juneau, V. , Pellerin, A., Lauriol, B., Clark, ID. 2008. Weathering regime and geochemical evolution in a polar desert environment, Haughton impact structure region, Devon Island, Canada. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences, 45: 1139-1157. PDF Version (Lacelle et al., 2008)
Lacelle, D, Lauriol, B., Clark, I.D., Cardyn R., Zdanowicz, C. 2007 Middle Pleistocene-age glacier ice exposed in the headwall of a retrogressive thaw flow near Chapman Lake, central Yukon Territory, Canada. Quaternary Research Volume 68 (2) pp 249-260. PDF Version (Lacelle et al., 2007) a
Cardyn, R., Clark, I.D., Lacelle, D., Lauriol, B., Zdanowicz, C., Calmels F. 2007. Molar gas ratios of air entrapped in ice: A new tool to determine the nature and origin of relict massive ground ice bodies in permafrost. Quaternary Research, volume 68 (2) p. 239-248. PDF Version (Cardyn et al., 2007)
Lacelle, D., Doucet, A., Clark, I.D. Lauriol, B. 2007. Acid drainage generation and seasonal recycling in disturbed permafrost near Eagle Plains, northern Yukon Territory, Canada. Chemical Geology volume 243 numero 1-2, pp 157-177. PDF Version (Lacelle et al., 2007) b
St-Jean, M., Lauriol, B., Clark, I.D., Utting D. 2007. Croissance et fonte de glaciers de l’Holocène dans la région de la rivière Keel, Ile de Baffin. Nunavut, Canada. Recherche en cours. Bureau Geoscientifique du Nunavut, Canada. Iqaluit Nunavut.
Lacelle, B, Lauriol, B., Clark, I.D. 2007. Origin, age and environmental significance of carbonate precipitates from a crystalline environment (Askayuk Pass, southern Baffin Island, Canada). Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences 44: 61-79. PDF Version (Lacelle et al., 2007) c
Lauriol, B., Prévost, C., Lacelle, D. 2006. The diatom flora in caves of the northern Yukon Territory, Canada: relation with air circulation dynamics and freezing. Journal International of Speleology. Volume 35 (2): 83-92. PDF Version (Lauriol et al., 2006) b
Lauriol, B., Lamirande, I., Lalonde, A. 2006. The Giant Steps of Bug Creek, Richardson Mountains, N.W.T., Canada. Permafrost and Periglacial Processes. Volume 17 (3): 267-275. PDF Version (Lauriol et al., 2006)
Lacelle, D., Lauriol, B., Clark, I.D. 2006. Effect of chemical composition of water on the oxygen-18 and carbon-13 signature preserved in oxygenic carbonates, arctic Canada: implications in paleoclimatic studies. Chemical Geology, 234: 1-16. PDF Version (Lacelle et al., 2006)
Clark, I.D., Lauriol, B., Marshner, M., Sabourin, N., Chauret, Y., Desrocher, A. 2004. Endostromatolites from permafrost karst, Yukon, Canada: paleoclimatic proxies for the Holocene hypsithermal, Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences, 41: 387-399. PDF Version (Clark et al., 2004)
Lacelle, D., Lauriol, B., Clark, I.D. 2004. Seasonal isotopic imprint in moonmilk from Caverne de l’Ours (Quebec, Canada): implications for climatic reconstruction. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences, 41: 1411-1423. PDF Version (Lacelle et al., 2004) a
Lacelle, D., Bjornson, J., Lauriol, B., Clark, I.D., Troutet, Y. 2004. Segregated-intrusive ice of subglacial meltwater origin in retrogressive thaw-flow headwalls, Richardson Mountains, NWT, Canada. Quaternary Sciences Reviews, 23: 681-696. PDF Version (Lacelle et al., 2004) b
Lauriol, B., Deschamps, E., Carrier, L., Grimm, W., et Talon, B.. 2003. Cave infill and associated biotic remains as indicators of Holocene environment in Gatineau Park (Québec, Canada), Journal Canadien des Sciences de la Terre, 40: 789-803. PDF Version (Lauriol et al., 2003)
Lauriol, B., Duguay, C., Riel, A. 2002. Responses of the Porcupine and Old Crow Rivers in Northern Yukon to Holocene climate change. The Holocene, 12,1, 27-34. PDF Version (Lauriol et al., 2002)
Bjornson, J., Lauriol, B. 2001. Météorisation de blocs rocheux sur les pédiments dans le nord Yukon. Permafrost and Periglacial Processes, 12, 289-298. PDF Version (Bjornson and Lauriol, 2001)
Lauriol, B., Cabana, Y., Cinq-Mars, J., Geurts, M.A., Grimm, W.T. 2001. Cliff-top eolian deposits and associated molluscan assemblages as indicators of Late Pleistocene and Holocene environments in Beringia. Quaternary International 87, 59-79. PDF Version (Lauriol et al., 2001) a
Lauriol, B., Cinq-Mars, J., Deschamps, E., Prévost, C., Labrecque,S. 2001. Faunal and archeological remains as evidence of climate change in freezing caverns, Yukon Territory, Canada, Arctic, 54, 135-141. PDF Version (Lauriol et al., 2001) b
Clark, I.D., Lauriol, B., Harwood, L., Marshner, M. 2001. Groundwater discharge and baseflow in a permafrost setting : Big Fish River, N.W.T. Arctic, Antarctic and Alpine Research, 33: 62-69. PDF Version (Clark et al., 2001)
Lamirande, I., Lauriol, B., Lalonde A.E., Clark, I.D. 1999. La production de limon sur les terrasses de cryoplanation dans les monts Richardson. Journal Canadien des Sciences de la Terre 36: 1645-1654. PDF Version (Lamirande et al., 1999)
Lauriol, B., Clark.I..D. 1999. Fissure calcretes in the Arctic: a paleohydrologic indicator. Applied geochemistry 14: 1645-1654. PDF Version (Lauriol and Clark, 1999)
Lauriol, B., Ford, D.C., Cinq-Mars, J., Morris, W.A. 1997. The chronology of speleothem deposition in Northern Yukon and its relationship to permafrost. Canadian Journal of Earth Science; 23:.902-911. PDF Version (Lauriol et al., 1997) a
Clark, I.D., Lauriol, B. 1997. Aufeis of the Firth River basin, Northern Yukon: insights to permafrost hydrogeology and karst. Arctic and Alpine Research. 29: 240-252. PDF Version (Clark and Lauriol, 1997)
Lauriol, B., Gray, J.T. 1997. Composition isotopique des mollusques modernes et holocènes le long des littoraux de la Péninsule d'Ungava, Canada. Géographie Physique et Quaternaire, 51: 185-199. PDF Version (Lauriol and Gray, 1997)
Lauriol, B., Lalonde, A., Dewez, V. 1997. Weathering of quartzite blocks on a cryoplanation terrasses in Northern Yukon. Canada. Permafrost and Periglacial Processes.8: 152-160. PDF Version (Lauriol et al., 1997) b
Lauriol, B., Clark, I., Cinq-Mars, J. 1997. Hydrologie kastique en région de pergélisol: l'exemple du Yukon septentrional. Congrès International de Spéléologie, La Chaux-de Fonds, Suisse. Août 1997, Proccedings Volume 2, pages 287-290.
In Press
Lauriol B., Lacelle, D., St-Jean, M., Clark I.D. and Zazula, G. 2010. Late Quaternary paleoenvironments and growth of intrusive ice revealed by a thaw slump in the Eagle River Valley, northern Yukon, Canada. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences.
Cumbaa, S., Lauriol, B, Noel, A., Ross, M., and Mott, R. 2010 A new whitefish from the early Pleistocene of Bluefish Basin , Yukon Territory, Canada. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences.
Kennedy, K.E., Froese, D.G., Zazula, G.D., and Lauriol, B. 2010 LGM age for the northwest Laurentide maximum from the Eagle River spillway and braid delta complex, northern Yukon. Quaternary Sciences Reviews.
St-Jean, M., Lauriol, B, Clark, I.D, Lacelle, D., and Zdanowicz, C. 2010. Understanding the filling process in ice wedges using crystallography, stable O-H isotopes and gas composition (O2, N2, Ar). Permafrost and Periglacial Processes.
Lacelle, D., Bjornson, J., Lauriol, B. 2010. Climatic and erosional controls affecting contemporary (1950-2004) retrogressive thaw slump activities in the Willow River valley, Richardson Mountains, NWT., Canada. Permafrost and Periglacial Processes.
Thesis supervision
Mélanie Coté. MA. Impacts géomorphologiques, sédimentologiques et géochimiques des glissements de terrain de la région de McPherson (TNW) sur la dynamique fluviale.
Lisa Tellier, M.Sc.
Kamille Ali Poirier Mémoire de baccalauréat
Nicholas C. Utting PhD co-supervised
