2012 – CR IRD 2007 – 2012 – post-doc IRD, ATER UPS 2004-2006 – Czech Geological Survey 2000-2004 – PhD thesis
Geodynamics of Precambrian Orogens Dyke swarms and Large Igneous Provinces Responsible Mining in Africa
Peer-Reviewed Publications Antonio, P.Y.J., Baratoux, L., Trindade, R.I.F, Rousse, S., Ayite, A., Lana, C., Macouin, M., Adu E.W.K., Sanchez, C., Silva, M.A.L., Firmin, A-S., Dopico, C.I.M., Proietti, A., Amponsah, P.O., Sakyi, P.A., 2021. West Africa in Rodinia: High quality paleomagnetic pole from the ~ 860 Ma Manso dyke swarm (Ghana). Gondwana Research. Doi: 10.1016/j.gr.2021.02.010 Sagna, I., Quidelleur, X., Dioh, E., Gillot, P.Y., Lefevre, J.C., Baratoux, L., Diallo, D.P., 2021. Proterozoic magmatic events recorded in 40Ar/39Ar data from the northern part of the Kedougou Kenieba Inlier (eastern Senegal). Journal of African Earth Sciences. Doi: 10.1016/j.jafrearsci.2021.104109 Ngom, N.M., Mbaye, M., Baratoux, D., Baratoux, L., Catry, T., Dessay, N., Faye, Sow, E.H., Delaitre, E., 2020. Mapping Artisanal and Small‐Scale Gold Mining in Senegal Using Sentinel 2 Data. GeoHealth. Doi: 10.1029/2020GH000310 Fall, M., Baratoux, D., Jessell, M.W., Ndiaye, P.M., Vanderhaeghe, O., Moyen, J-F., Baratoux, L., Bonzi, W.M.E., 2020. The redistribution of thorium, uranium, potassium by magmatic and hydrothermal processes versus surface processes in the Saraya Batholith (Eastern Senegal): Insights from airborne radiometrics data and topographic roughness. Journal of Geochemical Exploration. Doi: 10.1016/j.gexplo.2020.106633 Kone, J., Vanderhaeghe, O., Diatta, F., Baratoux, L., Thebaud, N., Bruguier, O., Ndiaye, P.M., Duchene, S., Pitra, P., Ganne, J., 2020. Source and deposition age of the Dialé-Daléma metasedimentary series (Kédougou-Kéniéba Inlier, Senegal) constrained by U–Pb geochronology on detrital zircon grains. Journal of African Earth Sciences. Doi: 10.1016/j.jafrearsci.2020.103801 Diallo, M., Baratoux, L., Dufrechou, G., Jessell., M.W., Vanderhaeghe, O., Ly, S., Baratoux, D., 2020. Structure of the Paleoproterozoic Kédougou-Kéniéba Inlier (Senegal-Mali) deduced from gravity and aeromagnetic data. Journal of African Earth Sciences. Doi: 10.1016/j.jafrearsci.2019.103732 Labou, I., Benoit, M., Baratoux, L., Gregoire, M., Ndiaye, P.M., Thebaud, N., Beziat, D., Debat, P., 2020. Petrological and geochemical study of Birimian ultramafic rocks within the West African Craton: Insights from Mako (Senegal) and Loraboué (Burkina Faso) lherzolite/harzburgite/wehrlite associations. Journal of African Earth Sciences. Doi: 10.1016/j.jafrearsci.2019.103677 McFarlane, H., Thébaud, N., Parra-Avila, L.A., Armit, R., Spencer, C., Ganne, J., Aillères, L., Baratoux, L., Betts, P.G., Jessell, M.W., 2019. Onset of the supercontinent cycle: evidence for multiple oceanic arc accretion events in the Paleoproterozoic Sefwi Greenstone Belt of the West African Craton. Precambrian Research, doi: 10.1016/j.precamres.2019.105450 Parra-Avila, L.A., Baratoux, L., Eglinger, A., Fiorentini, M.L., Block, S., 2019. The Eburnean magmatic evolution across the Baoulé-Mossi domain: Geodynamic implications for the West African Craton. Precambrian Research. doi: 10.1016/j.precamres.2019.105392 McFarlane, H.B., Ailleres, L., Betts, P., Ganne, J., Baratoux, L., Jessell, M.W., Block, S., 2019. Episodic collisional orogenesis and lower crust exhumation during the Palaeoproterozoic Eburnean Orogeny: Evidence from the Sefwi Greenstone Belt, West African Craton. PrecambrianResearch. doi: 10.1016/j.precamres.2019.02.012 Baratoux, L., Soderlund, U., Ernst, R.E., de Roever, E., Jessell, M.W., Kamo, S., Naba, S., Perrouty, S., Metelka, V., Yatte, D., Grenholm, M., Diallo, D.P., Ndiaye, P.M., Dioh, E., Cournède, C., Benoit, M., Baratoux, D., Youbi, N., Rousse, S., Bendaoud, A., 2018; in press. New U-Pb baddeleyite ages of mafic dyke swarms of the West African and Amazonian Cratons: implication for their configuration in supercontinents through time. In: Srivastava, R.K., Ernst, R.E., Peng, P. (eds.) Dyke Swarms of the World – A Modern Perspective. Springer book volume. 263-319. Metelka, V., Baratoux, L., Jessell, M.W., Barth, A., Jezek, J., Naba, S., 2018. Automated regolith landform mapping using airborne geophysics and remote sensing data, Burkina Faso, West Africa. Remote Sensing of Environment. Doi 10.1016/j.rse.2017.08.004 Fall, M., Baratoux, D., Ndiaye, P.M., Jessell, M., Baratoux, L., 2018. Multi-scale distribution of Potassium. Thorium and Uranium in Paleoproterozoic granites from eastern Senegal. Journal of African Earth Sciences. Doi: 10.1016/j.jafrearsci.2018.03.026. Jessell, M., Baratoux, D., Siebenaller, L., Hein, K., Maduekwe, A., Ouedraogo, F.M., Baratoux, L., Diagne, M., Cucuzza, J., Seymon, A., Sow, E.H., 2018. New models for geoscience higher education in West Africa. Journal of African Earth Sciences. doi: 10.1016/j.jafrearsci.2017.12.011 Le Pape, F., Jones, A.G., Jessell, M.W., Perrouty, S., Gallardo, L.A., Baratoux, L., Hogg, C., Siebenaller, L., Touré, A., Ouiya, P., Boren G., 2017. Crustal structure of southern Burkina Faso inferred from magnetotelluric, gravity and magnetic data. Precambrian Research. doi: 10.1016/j.precamres.2017.08.013 Parra-Avila, L.A., Kemp, A.I.S., Fiorentini, M.L., Belousova, E., Baratoux, L., Block, S., Jessell, M.W., Bruguier, O., Begg, G.C., Miller, J., Davis, J., McCuaig, T.C., 2017. The geochronological evolution of the Paleoproterozoic Baoulé-Mossi domain of the Southern West African Craton. Precambrian Research. doi: 10.1016/j.precamres.2017.07.036 Metelka, V., Baratoux, L., Jessell, M.W., Barth, A., Ježek, J., Naba, S., 2017. Automated regolith landform mapping using airborne geophysics and remote sensing data, Burkina Faso, West Africa. Remote Sensing of Environnement. doi: 10.1016/j.rse.2017.08.004 Block, S., Baratoux, L., Zeh, A., Laurent, O., Bruguier, O., Jessell, M., Aillères, L., Sagna, R., Parra-Avila, L., Bosch, D., 2016. Paleoproterozoic juvenile crust formation and stabilisation in the south-eastern West African Craton (Ghana); New insights from U-Pb-Hf zircon data and geochemistry. Precambrian Research. Doi: 10.1016/j.precamres.2016.10.011 Baratoux D., Bouley, S., Reymold, U., Baratoux, L., 2016. Morphometric Analysis and Classification of the three-dimensional geometry of shatter cones. Meteoritics & Planetary Science. Doi: 10.1111/maps.12610 Amponsah, P.O., Salvi, S., Béziat, D., Baratoux, L., Siebenaller, L., Nude, P.M., Nyarko, R.S., Jessell, M.W., 2016. The Bepkong gold deposit, Northwestern Ghana. Ore Geology Reviews. DOI: 10.1016/j.oregeorev.2015.06.022 Amponsah, P.O., Salvi, S., Béziat, D., Baratoux, L., Siebenaller, L., Jessell, M.W., Nude, P.M., Gyawu, E.A.., 2016. Multistage gold mineralization in the Wa-Lawra greenstone belt, NW Ghana: The Bepkong deposit. Journal of African Earth Sciences. Doi: 10.1016/j.jafrearsci.2016.05.005 Block, S., Jessell, M.W., Ailleres, L., Baratoux, L., Bruguier, O., Zeh, A., Bosch, D., Caby, R., Mensah, E., 2016. Lower crust exhumation during Paleoproterozoic (Eburnean) orogeny, NW Ghana, West African Craton: interplay of coeval contractional deformation and extensional gravitational collapse. Precambrian Research. Doi: 10.1016/j.precamres.2015.10.014 Perrouty, S. Jessell, M.W., Bourassa, Y., Miller, J., Apau, D., Parra-Avila, L.A., Le Mignot, E., Velásquez, G., Ganne, J., Siebenaller, L., Baratoux, L., Aillères, L., André-Mayer, A.S., Béziat, D., Salvi, S., 2016. Geological setting of the Wassa gold deposit, SW Ghana. Ore Geology Reviews, doi: 10.1016/j.oregeorev.2015.09.024 Ouiya, P., Siebenaller, L., Salvi, S., Béziat, D., Naba, S., Baratoux, L., Naré, A., Franceschi, G., 2016. The Nassara gold prospect, Gaoua District, southwestern Burkina Faso. Ore Geology Reviews. Doi: 10.1016/j.oregeorev.2015.11.026 Woodman, K., Baratoux, L., Somda, A., Siebenaller, L., 2016. The Youga gold deposit, Burkina Faso. Ore Geology Reviews. Doi: 10.1016/j.oregeorev.2015.11.015 Salvi, S., Amponsah, P.O., Siebenaller, L., Béziat, D., Baratoux, L., Jessell, M.W., 2016. Shear-related gold mineralization in Northwest Ghana: The Julie deposit. Ore Geology Reviews. DOI: 10.1016/j.oregeorev.2015.08.008 Baratoux, L., Metelka, V., Naba, S., Ouiya, P., Siebenaller, L., Jessell, M.W., Naré, A., Salvi, S., Béziat, D., Franceschi, G., 2015. Tectonic evolution of the Gaoua region, Burkina Faso: implications for mineralization. Journal of African Earth Sciences. doi:10.1016/j.jafrearsci.2015.10.004 Parra-Avila, L.A., Belousova, E., Fiorentini, M., Baratoux, L., Davis, J., Miller, J., McCuaig, T.C., 2015. Crustal evolution of the Paleoproterozoic Birimian terranes of the Baoulé-Mossi domain, southern West African Craton: U–Pb and Hf-isotope studies of detrital zircons. Precambrian Research. Doi: 10.1016/j.precamres.2015.09.005 Block, S., Ganne, J., Baratoux, L., Zeh, A., Parra-Avila, L.A, Jessell, M.W., Ailleres, L., Siebenaller, L., 2015. Petrological and geochronological constraints on lower crust exhumation during Paleoproterozoic (Eburnean) orogeny, NW Ghana, West African Craton. Journal of Metamorphic Geology. doi:10.1111/jmg.12129 Metelka, V., Baratoux, L., Jessell, M.W., Naba, S., 2015. Visible and infrared properties of unaltered to weathered rocks from Precambrian granite-greenstone terrains of the West African Craton. Journal of African Earth Sciences. doi:10.1016/j.jafrearsci.2015.10.003 Amponsah, P.O., Salvi, S., Béziat, D., Siebenaller, L., Baratoux, L., Jessell, M.W., 2015. Geology and geochemistry of the shear-hosted Julie gold deposit, NW Ghana. Journal of African Earth Sciences. DOI: 10.1016/j.jafrearsci.2015.06.013 Perrouty, S. Jessell, M.W., Bourassa, Y., Miller, J., Apau, D., Siebenaller, L., Velásquez, G., Baratoux, L., Aillères, L., Béziat, D., Salvi, S., 2015. The Wassa deposit: A poly-deformed orogenic gold system in southwest Ghana – Implications for regional exploration. Journal of African Earth Sciences, DOI: 10.1016/j.jafrearsci.2015.03.003 Jessell,M.W., Santoul, J., Baratoux, L., Youbi, N., Ernst, R.E., Metelka, V., Miller, J., Perrouty, S., 2015. An updated map of West African mafic dykes. Journal of African Earth Sciences. DOI: 10.1016/j.jafrearsci.2015.01.007 Jessell, M.W., Amponsah, P., Baratoux, L., Asiedu, D. Ganne, J., 2012. Crustal-scale transcurrent shearing in the Paleoproterozoic Sefwi-Sunyani-Comoé region, West Africa.Precambrian Research. DOI: 10.1016/j.precamres.2012.04.015 Perrouty, S., Aillères, L., Jessell, M.W., Baratoux, L., Bourassa, Y., Crawford B., 2012. Revised Eburnean geodynamic evolution of the gold-rich southern Ashanti Belt, Ghana, with new field and geophysical evidence of pre-Tarkwaian deformations.Precambrian Research, DOI: 10.1016/j.precamres.2012.01.003 Ganne, J., De Andrade, J., Weinberg, R.F. Vidal, O., Dubacq, B., Kagambèga, N., Naba, S., Baratoux, L., Jessell M.W., Allibon J., 2012. Modern-style plate subduction preserved in the Palaeoproterozoic West African craton.Nature Geoscience, DOI: 10.1038/NGEO1321 Baratoux, L. Metelka, V., Naba, S., Jessell, M.W., Gregoire, M., Ganne, J., 2011. Juvenile Paleoproterozoic crust evolution during the Eburnean orogeny(∼2.2–2.0 Ga), western Burkina Faso.Precambrian Research, 191, 18-45. DOI:10.1016/j.precamres.2011.08.010 Metelka, V., Baratoux, L., Naba, S., Jessell, M.W., 2011. A geophysically constrained litho-structural analysis of the Eburnean greenstonebelts and associated granitoid domains, Burkina Faso, West Africa.Precambrian Research, 190, 48-69. DOI:10.1016/j.precamres.2011.08.002 Lexa, O., Štípská, P., Schulmann, K., Baratoux, L., and Kröner, A. 2005. Contrasting textural record of two distinct metamorphic events of similar P-T conditions and different durations, Journal of Metamorphic Geology, 23 (8), 649-666. DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-1314.2005.00601.x Baratoux, L., Lexa, O., Cosgrove, J.W., Schulmann, K., 2005. The quantitative link between fold geometry, mineral fabric and mechanical anisotropy: as exemplified by the deformation of amphibolites across a regional metamorphic gradient.Journal of Structural Geology, 27, 707-730. DOI: 10.1016/j.jsg.2005.01.001, Baratoux, L., Schulmann, K., Ulrich, S., Lexa, O., 2005. Microstructures, deformation mechanisms, and rheology of metagabbros deformed in different thermal gradients.Special Publication of the Geological Society London, 243, 97-125. DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-1314.2005.00601.x Book Chapters Baratoux, L., Jessell, M., Bamba, O., Baratoux, D., Siebenaller, L., Itard, Y. 2018. Politiques publiques en géosciences en Afrique de l’Ouest. L’état rehabilité en Afrique : Réinventer les politiques publiques à l’ère néolibérale. Eds. E. Grégoire, J.F. Kobiané, M.F. Lange. Editions Karthala. 356 pp.