Publications (2019 – 2024) – African Initiative for Planetary and Space Sciences

Baratoux, D., Chennaoui-Aoudjehane, H., Gibson, R., Lamali, A., Reimold, W., Sapah, M., Chabou, M., Habarulema, J., Jessell, M., Mogessie, A., Benkhaldoun, Z., Nkhonjera, E., Mukosi, N., Kaire, M., Rochette, P., Sickafoose, A., Martínez-Frías, J., Hofmann, A., Folco, L., Rossi, A., Faye, G., Kolenberg, K., Tekle, K., Belhai, D., Elyajouri, M., Koeberl, C., Abdeen, M., 2017a. Africa Initiative for Planetary and Space Sciences. Eos. https://doi.org/10.1029/2017EO075935

Baratoux, D., Chennaoui-Aoudjehane, H., Gibson, R., Lamali, A., Reimold, W., Sapah, M., Chabou, M., Habarulema, J., Jessell, M., Mogessie, A., Benkhaldoun, Z., Nkhonjera, E., Mukosi, N., Kaire, M., Rochette, P., Sickafoose, A., Martínez-Frías, J., Hofmann, A., Folco, L., Rossi, A., Faye, G., Kolenberg, K., Tekle, K., Belhai, D., Elyajouri, M., Koeberl, C., Abdeen, M., 2017b. The State of Planetary and Space Sciences in Africa. Eos. https://doi.org/10.1029/2017EO075833

Baratoux, D., Folco, L., 2024. Impact Structures and Meteorites in North Africa, in: Hamimi, Z., Chabou, M.C., Errami, E., Fowler, A.-R., Fello, N., Masrouhi, A., Leprêtre, R. (Eds.), The Geology of North Africa, Regional Geology Reviews. Springer International Publishing, Cham, pp. 591–630. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-48299-1_20

Baratoux, D., Niang, C.A.B., Reimold, W.U., Sapah, M.S., Jessell, M.W., Boamah, D., Faye, G., Bouley, S., Vanderhaeghe, O., 2019a. Bosumtwi impact structure, Ghana: Evidence for fluidized emplacement of the ejecta. Meteorit & Planetary Science 54, 2541–2556. https://doi.org/10.1111/maps.13253

Baratoux, D., Niang, C.A.B., Reimold, W.U., Sapah, M.S., Jessell, M.W., Boamah, D., Faye, G., Bouley, S., Vanderheaghe, O., 2019b. Bosumtwi impact structure, Ghana: Evidence for fluidized emplacement of the ejecta. Meteorit Planet Science. https://doi.org/10.1111/maps.13253

Buie, M.W., Porter, S.B., Tamblyn, P., Terrell, D., Parker, A.H., Baratoux, D., Kaire, M., Leiva, R., Verbiscer, A.J., Zangari, A.M., Colas, F., Diop, B.D., Samaniego, J.I., Wasserman, L.H., Benecchi, S.D., Caspi, A., Gwyn, S., Kavelaars, J.J., Ocampo Uría, A.C., Rabassa, J., Skrutskie, M.F., Soto, A., Tanga, P., Young, E.F., Stern, S.A., Andersen, B.C., Arango Pérez, M.E., Arredondo, A., Artola, R.A., Bâ, A., Ballet, R., Blank, T., Bop, C.T., Bosh, A.S., Camino López, M.A., Carter, C.M., Castro-Chacón, J.H., Caycedo Desprez, A., Caycedo Guerra, N., Conard, S.J., Dauvergne, J.-L., Dean, B., Dean, M., Desmars, J., Dieng, A.L., Bousso Dieng, M.D., Diouf, O., Dorego, G.S., Dunham, D.W., Dunham, J., Durantini Luca, H.A., Edwards, P., Erasmus, N., Faye, G., Faye, M., Ferrario, L.E., Ferrell, C.L., Finley, T.J., Fraser, W.C., Friedli, A.J., Galvez Serna, J., Garcia-Migani, E.A., Genade, A., Getrost, K., Gil-Hutton, R.A., Gimeno, G.N., Golub, E.J., González Murillo, G.F., Grusin, M.D., Gurovich, S., Hanna, W.H., Henn, S.M., Hinton, P.C., Hughes, P.J., Josephs Jr, J.D., Joya, R., Kammer, J.A., Keeney, B.A., Keller, J.M., Kramer, E.A., Levine, S.E., Lisse, C.M., Lovell, A.J., Mackie, J.A., Makarchuk, S., Manzano, L.E., Mbaye, S.S., Mbaye, M., Melia, R.R., Moreno, F., Moss, S.K., Ndaiye, D., Ndiaye, M., Nelson, M.J., Olkin, C.B., Olsen, A.M., Ospina Moreno, V.J., Pasachoff, J.M., Pereyra, M.B., Person, M.J., Pinzón, G., Pulver, E.A., Quintero, E.A., Regester, J.R., Resnick, A.C., Reyes-Ruiz, M., Rolfsmeier, A.D., Ruhland, T.R., Salmon, J., Santos-Sanz, P., Santucho, M.A., Sepúlveda Niño, D.K., Sickafoose, A.A., Silva, J.S., Singer, K.N., Skipper, J.N., Slivan, S.M., Smith, R.J.C., Spagnotto, J.C., Stephens, A.W., Strabala, S.D., Tamayo, F.J., Throop, H.B., Torres Cañas, A.D., Toure, L., Traore, A., Tsang, C.C.C., Turner, J.D., Vanegas, S., Venable, R., Wilson, J.C., Zuluaga, C.A., Zuluaga, J.I., 2020. Size and Shape Constraints of (486958) Arrokoth from Stellar Occultations. AJ 159, 130. https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-3881/ab6ced

Chennaoui Aoudjehane, H., El Kerni, H., Reimold, W.U., Baratoux, D., Koeberl, C., Bouley, S., Aoudjehane, M., 2016. The Agoudal (High Atlas Mountains, Morocco) shatter cone conundrum: A recent meteorite fall onto the remnant of an impact site. Meteorit Planet Sci 51, 1497–1518. https://doi.org/10.1111/maps.12661

El Kerni, H., Chennaoui Aoudjehane, H., Baratoux, D., Aoudjehane, M., Charrière, A., Ibouh, H., Rochette, P., Quesnel, Y., Uehara, M., Kenkmann, T., Wulf, G., Poelchau, M., Nguyen, V.B., Aboulahris, M., Makhoukhi, S., Aumaître, G., Bourlès, D., Keddadouche, K., 2019a. Geological and geophysical studies of the Agoudal impact structure (Central High Atlas, Morocco): New evidence for crater size and age. Meteorit Planet Sci 54, 2483–2509. https://doi.org/10.1111/maps.13347

El Kerni, H., Chennaoui Aoudjehane, H., Baratoux, D., Aoudjehane, M., Charrière, A., Ibouh, H., Rochette, P., Quesnel, Y., Uehara, M., Kenkmann, T., Wulf, G., Poelchau, M., Nguyen, V.B., Aboulahris, M., Makhoukhi, S., Aumaître, G., Bourlès, D., Keddadouche, K., 2019b. Geological and geophysical studies of the Agoudal impact structure (Central High Atlas, Morocco): New evidence for crater size and age. Meteorit Planet Sci maps.13347. https://doi.org/10.1111/maps.13347

Guennoun, M., Vaubaillon, J., Benkhaldoun, Z., Daassou, A., Baratoux, D., Rudawska, R., Leroy, A., 2019. Meteor Detection from the Fireball Moroccan Network: First Orbital Results and Links to Parent Bodies. Astron. Rep. 63, 619–632. https://doi.org/10.1134/S106377291908002X

Ifejika Speranza, C., Akinyemi, F.O., Baratoux, D., Benveniste, J., Ceperley, N., Driouech, F., Helmschrot, J., 2022. Enhancing the Uptake of Earth Observation Products and Services in Africa Through a Multi-level Transdisciplinary Approach. Surv Geophys. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10712-022-09724-1

Loutfi, A., Pitout, F., Bounhir, A., Benkhaldoun, Z., Makela, J.J., Abamni, S., Zyane, K., Elfakhiri, A., 2022. Interhemispheric Asymmetry of the Equatorial Ionization Anomaly (EIA) on the African Sector Over 3 Years (2014–2016): Effects of Thermospheric Meridional Winds. JGR Space Physics 127, e2021JA029902. https://doi.org/10.1029/2021JA029902

Niang, C.A.B., Baratoux, D., Diallo, D.P., Rochette, P., Jessell, M.W., Reimold, W.U., Bouley, S., Vanderhaeghe, O., Faye, G., Lambert, P., 2021. Systematic survey of K, Th, and U signatures in airborne radiometric data from Australian meteorite impact structures: Possible causes of circular features and implications, in: Reimold, W.U., Koeberl, C. (Eds.), Large Meteorite Impacts and Planetary Evolution VI. Geological Society of America, pp. 373–405. https://doi.org/10.1130/2021.2550(15)

Niang, C.A.B., Baratoux, D., Rochette, P., Braucher, R., Reimold, W.U., Lambert, P., Diallo, D.P., Regard, V., Carretier, S., Jessell, M.W., Faye, G., Koeberl, C., 2022. The origin of the potassium‐rich annular zones at the Bosumtwi impact structure, Ghana, investigated by field study, radiometric analysis, and first cosmogenic nuclide data. Meteorit & Planetary Scien 57, 702–729. https://doi.org/10.1111/maps.13788

Ould Mohamed Navee, E., Chennaoui Aoudjehane, H., Baratoux, D., Ferrière, L., Ould Sabar, M.S., Si Mhamdi, H., 2024. Aouelloul impact crater, Mauritania: New structural, lithological, and petrographic data. Journal of African Earth Sciences 214, 105210. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jafrearsci.2024.105210

Pović, M., Backes, M., Baki, P., Baratoux, D., Tessema, S.B., Benkhaldoun, Z., Bode, M., Klutse, N.A.B., Charles, P., Govender, K., van Groningen, E., Jurua, E., Mamo, A., Manxoyi, S., McBride, V., Mimouni, J., Nemaungani, T., Nkundabakura, P., Okere, B., Saad, S., Simpemba, P.C., Walwa, T., Yilma, A., 2018. Development in astronomy and space science in Africa. Nat Astron 2, 507–510. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41550-018-0525-x

Quesnel, Y., Rochette, P., Baratoux, D., Niang, C.A.B., Cavosie, A.J., Fall, M., Kouame, N.L., Wade, S., Kaire, M., Faye, G., Champollion, C., Evans, N.J., McDonald, B.J., 2024. New geophysical and zircon data support an impact hypothesis for the Velingara structure (Senegal). Journal of African Earth Sciences 209, 105121. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jafrearsci.2023.105121

Rochette, P., Baratoux, D., Braucher, R., Cornec, J., Debaille, V., Devouard, B., Gattacceca, J., Gounelle, M., Jourdan, F., Moustard, F., Nomade, S., 2023. Linking a distal ejecta with its source crater: a probabilistic approach applied to tektites. Comptes Rendus. Géoscience 355, 145–155. https://doi.org/10.5802/crgeos.206

Soro, P., Rochette, P., Baratoux, D., Kouamelan, A.N., Andrieu, V., Monda, O., 2023. Revisiting the Côte d’Ivoire tektite strewn field. Journal of African Earth Sciences 205, 104990. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jafrearsci.2023.104990

Yazidi, M.E., Orgel, C., Sefton-Nash, E., Marchi, G.D., Rickbir, B., Baratoux, D., Bouley, S., Filiberto, J., D’Incecco, P., Leone, G., Shimi, N.S., Srarfi, F., Bradák, B., 2024. Analysis of faults and pit chains in Noctis Labyrinthus: Implications for early extension and possible magmatic plumbing. Icarus 415, 116075. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.icarus.2024.116075

Ould Mohamed Navee, E., Baratoux, D., Chennaoui Aoudjehane, H., Si Mhamdi, H., Raji, M., 2024. Systematic search of circular structures using satellite imagery to identify potential new impact structures in Mauritania. Journal of African Earth Sciences 105303. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jafrearsci.2024.105303