Nicolas Olivier

Maître de conférences - Sédimentologue-Paléontologue
UCA
Équipe de Pétrologie
Axes: Géologie régionale - Terre Primitive -
Bureau: 1.50 - LMV Cezeaux
Téléphone: 04.73.34.67.94
Courriel : Nicolas.olivier@uca.fr

  • Thèmes de recherche

    Reconstructions paléoenvironnementales
    Phases de reconquêtes biologiques post-extinction de masse
    Anciens récifs à coraux
    Anciens dépôts microbiens (microbialites et MISS)
    Traces de vie à l’Archéen

    Informations diverses

    Co-responsable du Master MEEF Parcours SVT

    Responsable pour le LMV de l’Ecole Doctorale des Sciences Fondamentales (EDSF, UCA)

    Membre de la Commission régionale du patrimoine géologique Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes

    Habilitation à Diriger les Recherches (HDR), Université de Bourgogne (2016)

    –> Parcours

  • Publications :

    • Kitoga L.S., Zakharov D., Marin-Carbonne J., Boyet M., Moyen J.F., Di Rocco T., Pack A., Olivier N., Stevens G. (2024). Oxygen and silicon isotopic compositions of Archean silicified lava and cherts of the Onverwacht Group: Implication for seafloor hydrothermalism and the nature of recycled components in the source of granitoids. Chemical Geology - DOI:10.1016/j.chemgeo.2024.122407 - lien HAL .
    • Marin-Carbonne J., Decraene M.N., Havas R., Remusat L., Pasquier V., Alléon J., Zeyen N., Bouton N., Bernard S., Escrig S., Olivier N., Vennin E., Meibom A., Benzerara A., Thomazo C. (2024). Corrigendum to "Early precipitated micropyrite in microbialites: a capsule of microbial sulfur cycling" by Marin-Carbonne et al., 2022. Geochemical Perspectives Letters vol.29, p.43-44, - DOI:10.7185/geochemlet.2209cor - lien HAL .

    • Decraene M.-N., Marin-Carbonne J., Thomazo C., Brayard A., Bouvier A.-S., Bomou B., Adatte T., Olivier N. (2023). Pyrite iron isotope compositions track local sedimentation conditions through the Smithian-Spathian transition (Early Triassic, Utah, USA). Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology vol.617, p.11507, - DOI:10.1016/j.palaeo.2023.111507 - lien HAL .
    • Saucède T., Smith C., Olivier N., Durlet C., Gueriau P., Thoury M., Fara E., Escarguel G., Brayard A. (2023). A new Early Triassic crinoid from Nevada questions the origin and palaeobiogeographical history of dadocrinids. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica vol.68, p.155-166, 1, - DOI:10.4202/app.01042.2022 - lien HAL .
    • Smith C.P.A., Aubier P., Charbonnier S., Laville T, Olivier N., Escarguel G., Jenks J.F., Bylund K.G., Fara E., Brayard A. (2023). Closing a major gap in mantis shrimp evolution – first fossils of Stomatopoda from the Triassic. Bulletin of Geosciences vol.98, p.95-110, 1, - DOI:10.3140/bull.geosci.1864 - lien HAL .

    • Marin-Carbonne J., Decraene M.N., Havas R., Remusat L., Pasquier V., Alléon J., Zeyen N., Bouton A., Bernard S., Escrig S., Olivier N., Vennin E., Meibom A., Benzerara K., Thomazo C. (2022). Early precipitated micropyrite in microbialites: A time capsule of microbial sulfur cycling. Geochemical Perspectives Letters vol.21, p.7-12, - DOI:10.7185/geochemlet.2209.
    • Saitoh M., Olivier N., Garçon M., Boyet M., Thomazo C., Alleon J., Moyen J.F., Motto-Ros, Marin-Carbonne J. (2022). Reply to comment on “Metamorphic origin of anastomosing and wavy laminas overprinting putative microbial deposits from the 3.22 Ga Moodies Group (Barberton Greenstone Belt)”. Precambrian Research vol.373, 106624, - DOI:10.1016/j.precamres.2022.106624 - lien HAL .
    • Smith C.P.A., Charbonnier S., Jenks J.F., Bylund K.G., Escarguel G., Olivier N., Fara E., Brayard A. (2022). The Paris Biota decapod (Arthropoda) fauna and the diversity of Triassic decapods. Journal of Paleontology - DOI:10.1017/jpa.2022.34.

    • Alleon J., Bernard S., Olivier N., Thomazo C., Marin-Carbonne J. (2021). Inherited geochemical diversity of 3.4 Ga organicfilms from the Buck Reef Chert, South Africa. Communications Earth & Environment vol.2, 6, - DOI:10.1038/s43247-020-000 - lien HAL .
    • Brayard A., Jenks J.F., Bylund K.G., Olivier N., Vennin N., Stephen D.A., Escarguel G., Fara E. (2021). Latest Smithian (Early Triassic) ammonoid assemblages in Utah (western USA basin) and their implications for regional biostratigraphy, biogeography and placement of the Smithian/Spathian boundary. Geobios - DOI:10.1016/j.geobios.2021.05.003.
    • Decraene M.N., Marin-Carbonne J., Thomazo C., Olivier N., Philippot P., Strauss H., Deloule E. (2021). Intense biogeochemical iron cycling revealed in Neoarchean micropyrites from stromatolites. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta vol.312, p.299-320, - DOI:10.1016/j.gca.2021.07.020 - lien HAL .
    • Saitoh M., Olivier N., Garçon M., Boyet M., Thomazo Ch., Alleon J., Moyen J.F., Motto-Ros V., Marin-Carbonne J. (2021). Metamorphic origin of anastomosing and wavy laminas overprinting putative microbial deposits from the 3.22 Ga Moodies Group (Barberton Greenstone Belt). Precambrian Research vol.362, p.106306, - DOI:10.1016/j.precamres.2021.106306 - lien HAL .
    • Smith C.P.A., Laville T., Fara E., Escarguel G., Olivier N., Vennin E., Goudemand N., Bylund K.G., Jenks J.F., Stephen D.A., Hautmann M., Charbonnier S., Krumenacker L.J., Brayard A. (2021). Exceptional fossil assemblages confirm the existence of complex Early Triassic ecosystems during the early Spathian. Scientific Reports vol.11, p.19657, - DOI:10.1038/s41598-021-99056-8 - lien HAL .

    • Brayard A., Olivier N., Vennin E., Jenks J.F., Bylund K.G., Stephen D.A., McShinsky D., Goudemand N., Fara E., Escarguel G. (2020). New middle and late Smithian ammonoid faunas from the Utah/Arizona border: New evidence for calibrating Early Triassic transgressive-regressive trends and paleobiogeographical signals in the western USA basin. Global and Planetary Change vol.192, p.103251, - DOI:10.1016/j.gloplacha.2020.103251 - lien HAL .
    • Carpentier C., Vennin E., Rouchy J.M., Cornée J.J., Melinte-Dobrinescu M., Hibsch C., Olivier N., Caruso A., Bartier D. (2020). Ages and stratigraphical architecture of late Miocene deposits in the Lorca Basin (Betics, SE Spain): New insights for the salinity crisis in marginal basins. Sedimentary geology vol.405, p.105700, - DOI:10.1016/j.sedgeo.2020.105700 - lien HAL .
    • Saitoh M., Nabhan S., Thomazo C., Olivier N., Moyen J.F., Ueno Y., Marin-Carbonne J. (2020). Multiple Sulfur Isotope Records of the 3.22 Ga Moodies Group, Barberton Greenstone Belt. Geosciences vol.10, 145, - DOI:10.3390/geosciences10040145 - lien HAL .

    • Botting J.P., Brayard A., the Paris Biota Team (2019). A late-surviving Triassic protomonaxonid sponge from the Paris Biota (Bear Lake County, Idaho, USA). Geobios vol.54, p.5-11, - DOI:10.1016/j.geobios.2019.04.006.
    • Brayard A., Gueriau P., Thoury M., Escarguel G., the Paris Biota Team (2019). Glow in the dark: Use of synchrotron mXRF trace elemental mapping and multispectral macro-imaging on fossils from the Paris Biota (Bear Lake County, Idaho, USA). Geobios vol.54, p.71-79, - DOI:10.1016/j.geobios.2019.04.008.
    • Brayard A., Jenks J.F., Bylund K.G., the Paris Biota Team (2019). Ammonoids and nautiloids from the earliest Spathian Paris Biota and other early Spathian localities in southeastern Idaho, USA. Geobios vol.54, p.13-36, - DOI:10.1016/j.geobios.2019.04.007.
    • Charbonnier S., Brayard A., the Paris Biota Team (2019). New thylacocephalans from the Early Triassic Paris Biota (Bear Lake County, Idaho, USA). Geobios vol.54, p.37-43, - DOI:10.1016/j.geobios.2019.04.005.
    • Iniesto M., Thomazo C., Fara E., the Paris Biota Team (2019). Deciphering the exceptional preservation of the Early Triassic Paris Biota (Bear Lake County, Idaho, USA). Geobios vol.54, p.81-93, - DOI:10.1016/j.geobios.2019.04.002.
    • Olivier N. (2019). Distribution of coral-microbialite reefs along the French Jura platform during the Bimammatum Zone (Oxfordian, Late Jurassic). Bulletin of Geosciences vol.94, p.255-277, 3, - DOI:10.3140/bull.geosci.1747.
    • Romano C., Argyriou T., Krumenacker L.J., the Paris Biota Team (2019). Chondrichthyan teeth from the Early Triassic Paris Biota (Bear Lake County, Idaho, USA). Geobios vol.54, p.63-70, - DOI:10.1016/j.geobios.2019.04.001.
    • Saucède T., Vennin E., Fara E., Olivier N., The Paris Biota Team (2019). A new holocrinid (Articulata) from the Paris Biota (Bear Lake County, Idaho, USA) highlights the high diversity of Early Triassic crinoids. Geobios vol.54, p.45-53, - DOI:10.1016/j.geobios.2019.04.003.
    • Thomazo C., Brayard A., Elmeknassi S., Vennin E., Olivier N., Caravaca G., Escarguel G., Fara E., Bylund K.G., Jenks J.F., Stephen D.A., Killingsworth B., Sansjofre P., Cartigny P. (2019). Multiple sulfur isotope signals associated with the late Smithian event andthe Smithian/Spathian boundary. Earth Sciences Reviews vol.195, p.96-113, - DOI:10.1016/j.earscirev.2018.06.019.
    • Thuy B., Escarguel G., the Paris Biota Team (2019). A new brittle star (Ophiuroidea: Ophiodermatina) from theEarly Triassic Paris Biota (Bear Lake County, Idaho, USA). Geobios vol.54, p.55-61, - DOI:10.1016/j.geobios.2019.04.004.

    • Boivin S., Gretz M., Lathuilière B., Olivier N., Bartolini A., Martini R. (2018). Coral- and oyster-microbialite patch reefs in the aftermath of the Triassic–Jurassic biotic crisis (Sinemurian, Southeast France). Swiss Journal of Geosciences - DOI:10.1007/s00015-018-0310-y - lien HAL .
    • Caravaca G., Brayard A., Vennin E., Guiraud M., Le Pourhiet L., Grosjean S., Thomazo C., Olivier N., Fara E., Escarguel G., Bylund K.G., Jenks J.F., Stephen D.A. (2018). Controlling factors for differential subsidence in the Sonoma Foreland Basin (Early Triassic, western USA). Geological Magazine vol.155, p.1305-1329, 6, - DOI:10.1017/S0016756817000164.
    • Doguzhaeva L.A., Brayard A., Goudemand N., Krumenacker L.J., Jenks J.F., Bylund K.G., Fara E., Olivier N., Vennin E., Escarguel G. (2018). An Early Triassic gladius associated with soft tissue remains from Idaho, USA—a squid-like coleoid cephalopod at the onset of Mesozoic Era. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica vol.63, p.341-355, 2, - DOI:10.4202/app.00393.2017.
    • Grosjean A.S., Vennin E., Olivier N., Caravaca G., Thomazo C., Fara E., Escarguel G., Bylund K.G., Jenks J.F., Stephen D.A., Brayard A. (2018). Early Triassic environmental dynamics and microbial development during the Smithian–Spathian transition (Lower Weber Canyon, Utah, USA). Sedimentary geology vol.363, p.136-151, - DOI:10.1016/j.sedgeo.2017.11.009.
    • Olivier N., Fara E., Vennin E., Bylund K.G., Jenks J.F., Escarguel G., Stephen D.A., Goudemand N., Snyder D., Thomazo C., Brayard A. (2018). Late Smithian microbial deposits and their lateral marine fossiliferous limestones (Early Triassic, Hurricane Cliffs, Utah, USA). Facies vol.64, p.13, - DOI:10.1007/s10347-018-0526-3.
    • Roche A., Vennin E., Bouton A., Olivier N., Wattinne A., Bundeleva I., Deconinck J.F., Virgone A., Gaucher E.C. (2018). Oligo-Miocene lacustrine microbial and metazoan buildups from the Limagne Basin (French Massif Central). Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology vol.504, p.34-59, - DOI:10.1016/j.palaeo.2018.05.001.
    • Villier L., Brayard A., Bylund K.G., Jenks J.F., Escarguel G., Olivier N., Stephen D.A., Vennin E., Fara E. (2018). Superstesaster promissor gen. et sp. nov., a new starfish (Echinodermata, Asteroidea) from the Early Triassic of Utah, USA, filling a major gap in the phylogeny of asteroids. Journal of Systematic Palaeontology vol.16, 5, - DOI:10.1080/14772019.2017.1308972.

    • Brayard A., Krumenacker L.J., Botting J.P., Jenks J.F., Bylund K.G., Fara E., Vennin E., Olivier N., Goudemand N., Saucède T., Charbonnier S., Romano C., Doguzhaeva L., Thuy B., Hautmann M., Stephen D.A., Thomazo C., Escarguel G. (2017). Unexpected Early Triassic marine ecosystem and the rise of the Modern evolutionary fauna. Science Advances vol.3, - DOI:e1602159.
    • Caravaca G., Thomazo C., Vennin E., Olivier N., Cocquerez T., Escarguel G., Fara E., Jenks J.F., Bylund K.G., Stephen D.A., Brayard A. (2017). Early Triassic fluctuations of the global carbon cycle: New evidence from paired carbon isotopes in the western USA basin. Global and Planetary Change vol.154, p.10-22, - DOI:10.1016/j.gloplacha.2017.05.005.
    • Mazin J.-M., Hantzpergue P., Olivier N. (2017). The dinosaur tracksite of Plagne (early Tithonian, Late Jurassic: Jura Mountains, France): the longest known sauropod trackway. Geobios vol.50, p.279-301, - DOI:10.1016/j.geobios.2017.06.004.
    • Sorrel P., Eymard I., Leloup P., Mahéo G., Olivier N., Sterb M., Goubert L., Wang G., Jing W., Lu H., Li H., Yadong X., Zhang K., Cao K., Chevalier M.-L., Replumaz A. (2017). Wet tropical climate in SE Tibet during the Late Eocene. Scientific Reports - DOI:10.1038/s41598-017-07766-9.

    • Olivier N., Brayard A., Vennin E., Escarguel G., Fara E., Bylund K.G., Jenks J.F., Caravaca, G., Stephen D.A. (2016). Evolution of depositional settings in the Torrey area during the Smithian (Early Triassic, Utah, USA) and their significance for the biotic recovery. Geological Journal vol.51, p.600-626, - DOI:10.1002/gj.2663.
    • Thomazo C., Vennin E., Brayard A., Bour I., Mathieu O., Elmeknassi S., Olivier N., Escarguel G., Bylund K.G., Jenks J., Stephen D.A., Fara E. (2016). A diagenetic control on the Early Triassic Smithian–Spathian carbon isotopic excursions recorded in the marine settings of the Thaynes Group (Utah, USA). Geobiology vol.14, p.220-236, - DOI:10.1111/gbi.12174.

    • Brayard A., Meier M., Escarguel G., Fara E., Nützel A., Olivier N., Bylund K.G., Jenks J.F., Stephen D.A., Hautmann M., Vennin E., Bucher H. (2015). Early Triassic Gulliver gastropods: Spatio-temporal distribution and significance for biotic recovery after the end-Permian mass extinction. Earth-Science Reviews vol.146, p.31-64, - DOI:10.1016/j.earscirev.2015.03.005.
    • Olivier N., Cariou E., Hantzpergue P. (2015). Evolution of a Late Oxfordian - Early Kimmeridgian carbonate platform, French Jura Mountains. Swiss Journal of Geosciences vol.108, p.273-288, - DOI:10.1007/s00015-015-0189-9 - lien HAL .
    • Vennin E., Olivier N., Brayard A., Bour I., Thomazo C., Escarguel G., Fara E., Bylund K.G., Jenks J.F., Stephen D.A., Hofmann R. (2015). Microbial deposits in the aftermath of the end-Permian mass extinction: a diverging case from the Mineral Mountains (Utah, USA). Sedimentology vol.62, p.753-792, - DOI:10.1111/sed.12166.

    • Olivier N., Brayard A., Fara E., Bylund K.G., Jenks J.F., Vennin E., Stephen D.A., Escarguel G. (2014) – Smithian shoreline migrations and depositional settings in Timpoweap Canyon (Early Triassic, Utah, USA). Geological Magazine 151, 938-955.
    • Hofmann R., Hautmann M., Brayard A., Nützel A., Bylund K.G., Jenks J.F., Vennin E., Olivier N., Bucher H. (2014) – Recovery of benthic marine communities from the end-Permian mass extinction at the low-latitudes of Eastern Panthalassa. Palaeontology 57, 547-589.
    • Cariou, E., Olivier, N.,  Pittet, B., Mazin, J.M. et Hantzpergue, P. (2014) – Dinosaur track record on a shallow carbonate-dominated ramp (Loulle section, Late Jurassic, French Jura). Facies 60, 229-253.
    • Brayard A., Bylund K.G., Jenks J.F., Stephen D.A., Olivier N., Escarguel G., Fara E. Vennin E. (2013) – Smithian ammonoid faunas from Utah: implications for Early Triassic biostratigraphy, correlations and basinal paleogeography. Swiss Journal of Palaeontology 132, 141-219.
    • Olivier, N., Martin-Garin B., Colombié C., Cornée J.J., Giraud F., Schnyder J., Kabbachi B., Ezaidi K. (2012) – Ecological succession in an Upper Jurassic coral reef system (Izwarn section, High Atlas, Morocco). Geobios 45, 555-572.
    • Olivier, N., Dromart, G., Coltice, N., Flament, N., Rey, P., Sauvestre, R. (2012) – A deep subaqueous fan depositional model for the Palaeoarchaean (3.46 Ga) Marble Bar Cherts, Warrawoona Group, Western Australia. Geological Magazine 149, 743-749.
    • Flament N., Rey P.F., Coltice N., Dromart G., Olivier N. (2011) – Lower crustal flow kept Archean continental flood basalts at sea level. Geology, 39, 1159-1162.
    • Brayard A., Vennin E., Olivier N., Bylund K.G., Jenks J., Stephen D.A., Bucher H., Hofmann R., Goudemand N. et Escarguel G. (2011) – Transient metazoan reefs in the aftermath of the end‐Permian mass extinction. Nature Geoscience 4, 693-697.
    • Donnadieu, Y., G. Dromart, Y. Goddéris, E. Pucéat, B. Brigaud, G. Dera, C. Dumas et Olivier, N. (2011) – A mechanism for brief glacial episodes in the Mesozoic greenhouse, Paleoceanography 26, PA3212, doi:10.1029/2010PA002100.
    • Mattioli, E., Colombié, C., Giraud, F., Olivier, N. et Pittet, B. (2011) – Comment on « Orbitally forced climate and sea‐level changes in the Paleoceanic Tethyan domain (marl‐limestone alternations, Lower Kimmeridgian, SE France) » By Boulila, S., de Rafélis, M., Hinnov, L.A., Gardin, S., Galbrun, B., Collin, P.Y. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 306, 249-251.
    • Olivier, N., Colombier, C., Pittet, B. et Lathuilière, B. (2011) – Microbial carbonates and corals on the marginal French Jura platform (Late Oxfordian, Molinges section). Facies 57, 469-492.
    • Olivier, N., Pittet, B., Werner, W., Hantzpergue, P. et Gaillard, C. (2008) – Facies distribution and coral-microbialite reef development on a low-energy carbonate ramp (Chay Peninsula, Kimmeridgian, western France). Sedimentary Geology 205, 14-33.
    • Olivier, N., Pittet, B., Gaillard, C. et Hantzpergue, P. (2007) – High-frequency palaeoenvironmental fluctuations recorded in Jurassic coral- and sponge-microbialite bioconstructions. Comptes Rendus Palevol. 6, 21-36.
    • Olivier, N. et Boyet, M. (2006) – Rare earth and trace elements of microbialites in Upper Jurassic coral- and sponge-microbialite reefs. Chemical Geology 230, 105-123.
    • Olivier, N., Lathuilière, B. et Thiry-Bastien, P. (2006) – Growth models of Bajocian coral-microbialite reefs of Chargey-lès-Port (eastern France) : palaeoenvironmental interpretations. Facies 52, 113-127.
    • Olivier, N., Pittet, B. et Mattioli E. (2004) – Palaeoenvironmental control on sponge-reefs and contemporaneous deep-shelf marl-limestone deposition (Late Oxfordian, southern Germany). Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 212, 233-263.
    • Olivier, N., Carpentier C., Martin-Garin B., Lathuilière B., Gaillard C., Ferry S., Hantzpergue P. et Geister J. (2004) – Coral-microbialite reefs in pure carbonate versus mixed carbonate-siliciclastic depositional environments : the example of the Pagny-sur-Meuse section (Upper Jurassic, Northeastern France). Facies 50, 229-255.
    • Olivier, N., Hantzpergue, P., Gaillard, C., Pittet, B., Leinfelder, R., Schmid, D.U. et Werner, W. (2003) – Microbialite morphology, structure and growth : a model of the Upper Jurassic reefs of the Chay Peninsula (Western France). Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 193, 383-404.
    • Olivier, N. (2001) – Les Microbialites dans les Recifs de la Pointe du Chay (Kimméridgien, France) : Morphologie, Structure et Ecologie. Géochronique 78, 29.