Huot, Sebastien

Visiting Research Scholar, Geochemistry

Address and Contact Information

615 East Peabody Dr.
M/C 650
Champaign, IL  61820

Biography

Laboratory manager for the optically stimulated luminescence dating (OSL) and environmental gamma spectrometry labs

Research Biography

Education

  • PhD in Earth Sciences (2007) - Aarhus University, Århus C (Denmark)
  • MSc in Earth Sciences (2003) - Université du Québec à Montréal, Montréal (Canada)
  • BSc in Geology (2001) - Université du Québec à Montréal, Montréal (Canada)

Selected Publications

Curry, B.B., Kehew, A.E., Antinao, J.L., Esch, J., Huot, S., Caron, O.J., Thomason, J.F., 2021. Deglacial Kankakee Torrent, source to sink, 548. in: Waitt, R.B., Thackray, G.D., Gillespie, A.R. (Eds.), Untangling the Quaternary Period—A Legacy of Stephen C. Porter. Geological Society of America, pp. 317-332, http://doi.org/10.1130/2020.2548(16) 

Shawler, J.L., Hein, C.J., Obara, C.A., Robbins, M.G., Huot, S., Fenster, M.S., 2021. The effect of coastal landform development on decadal-to millennial-scale longshore sediment fluxes: Evidence from the Holocene evolution of the central mid-Atlantic coast, USA. Quaternary Science Reviews 267, 107096, http://doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2021.107096

Softa, M., Spencer, J.Q.G., Sözbİlİr, H., Huot, S., Emre, T., 2021. Luminescence dating of Quaternary marine terraces from the coastal part of Eastern Black Sea and their tectonic implications for the Eastern Pontides, Turkey. Turkish Journal of Earth Sciences 30, 359-378. http://doi.org/10.3906/yer-2005-21

Balescu, S., Jordanova, D., Forget Brisson, L., Hardy, F., Huot, S., Lamothe, M., 2020. Luminescence chronology of the northeastern Bulgarian loess-paleosol sequences (Viatovo and Kaolinovo). Quaternary International 552, 15-24. http://doi.org/10.1016/j.quaint.2019.04.020

Gao, C., Huot, S., McDonald, A.M., Crabtree, D.C., Turton, C.L., 2020. Subtill nonglacial deposits and their climatic implications for the Last Interglacial (MIS 5e), Hudson Bay Lowlands, Canada. Quaternary Science Reviews 248, 106590. http://doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2020.106590

Young, R.A., Gordon, L.M., Owen, L.A., Huot, S., Zerfas, T.D., 2020. Evidence for a late glacial advance near the beginning of the Younger Dryas in western New York State: An event postdating the record for local Laurentide ice sheet recession. Geosphere 17, 271-305. http://doi.org/10.1130/GES02257.1

Zurbuchen, J., Simms, A.R., Huot, S., 2020. Episodic coastal progradation of the Oxnard Plain, Southern California, USA. Journal of Coastal Research 36, 1130-1144. http://doi.org/10.2112/JCOASTRES-D-19-00125.1

Spencer, J.Q.G., Huot, S., Archer, A.W., Caldas, M.M., 2019. Testing luminescence dating methods for small samples from very young fluvial deposits. Methods and Protocols 2, 90. https://www.mdpi.com/2409-9279/2/4/90

Grimley, D.A., Curry, B.B., Nash, T.A., Huot, S., 2019. Comment on “Holocene loess in Illinois revealed by OSL dating: Implications for stratigraphy and archeology of the Midwest United States”. Quaternary Science Reviews 216, 116-118. http://doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2019.06.008

Frouin, M., Huot, S., Kreutzer, S., Lahaye, C., Lamothe, M., Philippe, A., Mercier, N., 2017. An improved radiofluorescence single-aliquot regenerative dose protocol for K-feldspars. Quaternary Geochronology 38, 13-24, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.quageo.2016.11.004.

Grimley, D.A., Anders, A.M., Bettis III, E.A., Bates, B.L., Wang, J.J., Butler, S.K., Huot, S., 2017. Using magnetic fly ash to identify post-settlement alluvium and its record of atmospheric pollution, central USA. Anthropocene 17, 84-98, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ancene.2017.02.001.

Poujol, A., Ritz, J.-F., Vernant, P., Huot, S., Maate, S., Tahayt, A., 2017. Which fault destroyed Fes city (Morocco) in 1755? A new insight from the Holocene deformations observed along the southern border of Gibraltar arc. Tectonophysics 712-713, 303-311, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tecto.2017.05.036.

Balescu, S., Weisrock, A., Huot, S., Lamothe, M., Ghaleb, B., Ouammou, A., Rousseau, L., Abdessadok, S., 2017. Les hauts niveaux marins interglaciaires pléistocènes enregistrés dans la région d’Agadir : bilan des données chronologiques. L'Anthropologie 121, 102-111, http://dx.doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1016/j.anthro.2017.03.010.

Bejjit, L., Haddad, M., Belaabed, R., Charroud, M., Benkdad, A., Bounakhla, M., Huot, S., Falguères, C., Lamothe, M., 2017. Développement de la méthode de datation par luminescence (TL/OSL) au Maroc. L'Anthropologie 121, 25-34, http://dx.doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1016/j.anthro.2017.03.002.

Frouin, M., Guérin, G., Lahaye, C., Mercier, N., Huot, S., Aldeias, V., Bruxelles, L., Chiotti, L., Dibble, H.L., Goldberg, P., Madelaine, S., McPherron, S.J.P., Sandgathe, D., Steele, T.E., Turq, A., 2017. New luminescence dating results based on polymineral fine grains from the Middle and Upper Palaeolithic site of La Ferrassie (Dordogne, SW France). Quaternary Geochronology 39, 131-141, http://doi.org/10.1016/j.quageo.2017.02.009.

Ritz, J.F., Avagyan, A., Mkrtchyan, M., Nazari, H., Blard, P.H., Karakhanian, A., Philip, H., Balescu, S., Mahan, S., Huot, S., Münch, P., Lamothe, M., 2016. Active tectonics within the NW and SE extensions of the Pambak-Sevan-Syunik fault: Implications for the present geodynamics of Armenia. Quaternary International 395, 61-78.

Weisrock, A., Balescu, S., Ouammou, A., Abdessadok, S., Ghaleb, B., Rousseau, L., Huot, S., Lamothe, M., Falguères, C., 2016. Géomorphologie, stratigraphie, géochronologie et oscillations glacio‑eustatiques dans le domaine de la basse terrasse côtière, à l’embouchure de l’Assif Tamraght (Baie de Tarhazout, Agadir, Maroc) pendant le MIS 5 et le MIS 4. Géomorphologie : relief, processus, environnement 22, 265-286. http://dx.doi.org/10.4000/geomorphologie.11439.

Balescu, S., Huot, S., Mejri, H., Barré, M., Forget Brisson, L., Lamothe, M., Oueslati, A., 2015. Luminescence dating of Middle Pleistocene (MIS 7) marine shoreline deposits along the eastern coast of Tunisia: A comparison of K-feldspar and Na-feldspar IRSL ages. Quaternary Geochronology 30, Part B, 288-293. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.quageo.2015.05.019.

Forget Brisson, L., Lamothe, M., Huot, S., Hardy, F., Chapdelaine, C., 2015. Optical dating of St. Lawrence Iroquoian ceramics from the Mailhot-Curran site, southern Québec. Quaternary Geochronology 30, Part B, 392-397. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.quageo.2015.01.010.

Frouin, M., Huot, S., Mercier, N., Lahaye, C., Lamothe, M., 2015. The issue of laboratory bleaching in the infrared-radiofluorescence dating method. Radiation Measurements 81, 212-217. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.radmeas.2014.12.012.

Gribenski, N., Preusser, F., Greilich, S., Huot, S., Mittelstraß, D., 2015. Investigation of cross talk in single grain luminescence measurements using an EMCCD camera. Radiation Measurements 81, 163-170. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.radmeas.2015.01.017.

Huot, S., Frouin, M., Lamothe, M., 2015. Evidence of shallow TL peak contributions in infrared radiofluorescence. Radiation Measurements 81, 237-241. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.radmeas.2015.05.009.

Forget-Brisson, L., Lamothe, M., Huot, S., Chapdelaine, C. (2015) La datation par luminescence optique (IRSL) de l’occupation du site Mailhot-Curran, Saint-Anicet (Québec). Recherches amérindiennes au Québec.

Greilich, S., Gribenski, N., Mittelstraß, D., Dornich, K., Huot, S., Preusser, F. (2015) Single-grain dose-distribution measurements by optically stimulated luminescence using an integrated EMCCD-based system. Quaternary Geochronology 29, 70-79.

Fouache, E., Besenval, R., Cosandey, C., Coussot, C., Ghilardi, M., Huot, S., Lamothe, M. (2012) Palaeochannels of the Balkh river (northern Afghanistan) and human occupation since the Bronze Age period. Journal of Archaeological Science 39: 3415-3427. 

Huot, S., Lamothe, M. (2012) The implication of sodium-rich plagioclase minerals contaminating K-rich feldspars aliquots in luminescence dating. Quaternary Geochronology 10: 334-339. 

Lamothe, M., Barré, M., Huot, S., Ouimet, S. (2012) Natural luminescence and anomalous fading in K-feldspar. Radiation Measurements 47: 682-687.

Fouache, E., Cosandey, C., Coussot, C., Ghilardi, M., Huot, S., Lamothe, M., Besenval, R., Marquis, P. (2011) Recherche des Paléo-chenaux de la rivière de Balkh (Afghanistan). Comptes Rendus de l'Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres, 1019-1061.

Buylaert, J.-P., Huot, S., Murray, A.S., Van Den Haute, P. (2011) Infrared stimulated luminescence dating of an Eemian (MIS 5e) site in Denmark using K-feldspar. Boreas 40, 46-56.

Martins, A.A., Cunha, P.P., Buylaert, J.-P., Huot, S., Murray, A.S., Dinis, P., Stokes, M. (2010) K-feldspar IRSL dating of a Pleistocene river terrace staircase sequence of the Lower Tejo River (Portugal, western Iberia). Quaternary Geochronology 5, 176-180.

Martins, A.A., Cunha, P.P., Huot, S., Murray, A.S., Buylaert, J.P. (2009) Geomorphological correlation of the tectonically displaced Tejo River terraces (Gavião-Chamusca area, central Portugal) supported by luminescence dating. Quaternary International 199, 75-91.

Cunha, P.P., Martins, A.A., Huot, S., Murray, A., Raposo, L. (2008) Dating the Tejo river lower terraces in the Ródão area (Portugal) to assess the role of tectonics and uplift. Geomorphology 102: 43-54.

Buylaert, J.P., Murray, A.S., Huot, S. (2008) Optical dating of an Eemian site in Northern Russia using K-feldspar Radiation Measurements 43: 715-720.

Buylaert, J.P., Vandenberghe, D., Murray, A.S., Huot, S., De Corte, F., Van den Haute, P. (2007) Luminescence dating of old (>70 ka) Chinese loess: A comparison of single-aliquot OSL and IRSL techniques. Quaternary Geochronology. 2: 9-14.

Tsukamoto, S., Murray, A.S., Huot, S., Watanuki, T., Denby, P.M., Bøtter-Jensen, L. (2007) Luminescence property of volcanic quartz and the use of red isothermal TL for dating tephras. Radiation Measurements. 42: 190-197.

Buylaert, J.P., Murray, A.S., Huot, S., Vriend, M.G.A., Vandenberghe, D., De Corte, F., Van den Haute, P. (2006) A comparison of quartz OSL and isothermal TL measurements on Chinese loess. Radiation Protection Dosimetry. 119: 474-478.

Feathers, J.K., Rhodes, E.J., Huot, S., McAvoy, J.M. (2006) Luminescence dating of sand deposits related to late Pleistocene human occupation at the Cactus Hill Site, Virginia, USA. Quaternary Geochronology. 1: 167-187.

Huot, S., Buylaert, J.P., Murray, A.S. (2006) Isothermal thermoluminescence signals from quartz. Radiation Measurements. 41: 796-802.

Lai, Z., Murray, A.S., Bailey, R.M., Huot, S., Bøtter-Jensen, L. (2006) Quartz red TL SAR equivalent dose overestimation for Chinese loess. Radiation Measurements. 41: 114-119.

Auclair, M., Lamothe, M., Huot, S. (2003) Measurement of anomalous fading for feldspar IRSL using SAR. Radiation Measurements. 37: 487-492.

Balescu, S., Lamothe, M., Mercier, N., Huot, S., Balteanu, D., Billard, A., Hus, J. (2003) Luminescence chronology of Pleistocene loess deposits from Romania: testing methods of age correction for anomalous fading in alkali feldspars. Quaternary Science Reviews. 22: 967-973.

Huot, S. and Lamothe, M. (2003) Variability of infrared stimulated luminescence properties from fractured feldspar grains. Radiation Measurements. 37: 499-503.

Lamothe, M., Auclair, M., Hamzaoui, C., Huot, S. (2003) Towards a prediction of long-term anomalous fading of feldspar IRSL. Radiation Measurements. 37: 493-498.

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