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Aaron E. Putnam publication distribution in Earth Science in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Earth Science in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Aaron E. Putnam sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 510+

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Aaron E. Putnam D-index placement in Earth Science in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Earth Science scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Aaron E. Putnam sits on this spectrum.

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Overview

Aaron E. Putnam is affiliated with the University of Maine in the United States and has contributed to research primarily in Earth and Planetary Sciences and Environmental Science. Their work focuses on subfields including Atmospheric Science, Earth-Surface Processes, Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law, Anthropology, and Paleontology.

The scientist's research topics encompass several key areas such as Geology and Paleoclimatology Research, Cryospheric studies and observations, Landslides and related hazards, Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology, Geological formations and processes, Climate change and permafrost, and Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena.

Recent publications authored or co-authored by Aaron E. Putnam include:

  • The Zealandia Switch: Ice age climate shifts viewed from Southern Hemisphere moraines, 2021, Quaternary Science Reviews
  • Seismic observations, numerical modeling, and geomorphic analysis of a glacier lake outburst flood in the Himalayas, 2020, Science Advances
  • Heinrich summers, 2022, Quaternary Science Reviews
  • Lateglacial Shifts in Seasonality Reconcile Conflicting North Atlantic Temperature Signals, 2023, Journal of Geophysical Research Earth Surface
  • A 10Be chronology of the Esmark Moraine and Lysefjorden region, southwestern Norway: Evidence for coeval glacier resurgence in both polar hemispheres during the Antarctic Cold Reversal, 2023, Quaternary Science Reviews

Aaron E. Putnam has collaborated frequently with several researchers, including:

  • George H. Denton
  • Joerg M. Schaefer
  • Brenda L. Hall
  • Thomas V. Lowell
  • J. L. Russell

Their work commonly appears in scientific venues such as:

  • Quaternary Science Reviews
  • Abstracts with programs - Geological Society of America
  • Science Advances
  • Journal of Geophysical Research Earth Surface
  • Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology

Best Publications

  • The last glacial termination.

    G. H. Denton;R. F. Anderson;R. F. Anderson;J. R. Toggweiler;R. L. Edwards

  • 800,000 Years of Abrupt Climate Variability

    Stephen Barker;Gregor Knorr;R. Lawrence Edwards;Frédéric Parrenin

  • High-Frequency Holocene Glacier Fluctuations in New Zealand Differ from the Northern Signature

    Joerg M. Schaefer;George H. Denton;Michael Kaplan;Aaron Putnam

  • Putting the Younger Dryas cold event into context

    Wallace S. Broecker;George H. Denton;R. Lawrence Edwards;Hai Cheng

  • In situ cosmogenic 10Be production-rate calibration from the Southern Alps, New Zealand

    A.E. Putnam;J.M. Schaefer;D.J.A. Barrell;M. Vandergoes

  • Glacier advance in southern middle-latitudes during the Antarctic Cold Reversal

    Aaron E. Putnam;George H. Denton;Joerg M. Schaefer;Joerg M. Schaefer;David J. A. Barrell

  • Glacier fluctuations during the past 2000 years

    Olga N. Solomina;Raymond S. Bradley;Vincent Jomelli;Aslaug Geirsdottir

  • In-situ cosmogenic 10Be production rate at Lago Argentino, Patagonia: Implications for late-glacial climate chronology

    Michael R. Kaplan;Jorge A. Strelin;Joerg M. Schaefer;Joerg M. Schaefer;George H. Denton

  • Glacier retreat in New Zealand during the Younger Dryas stadial

    Michael R. Kaplan;Joerg M. Schaefer;Joerg M. Schaefer;George H. Denton;David J. A. Barrell

  • The Last Glacial Maximum at 44°S documented by a 10Be moraine chronology at Lake Ohau, Southern Alps of New Zealand

    Aaron E. Putnam;Aaron E. Putnam;Joerg M. Schaefer;Joerg M. Schaefer;George H. Denton;David J.A. Barrell

  • Radiocarbon chronology of the last glacial maximum and its termination in northwestern Patagonia

    Patricio I. Moreno;George H. Denton;Hugo Moreno;Thomas V. Lowell

  • Regional climate control of glaciers in New Zealand and Europe during the pre-industrial Holocene

    Aaron E. Putnam;Aaron E. Putnam;Joerg M. Schaefer;Joerg M. Schaefer;George H. Denton;David J. A. Barrell

  • Human-induced changes in the distribution of rainfall

    Aaron Ervin Putnam;Aaron Ervin Putnam;Wallace S. Broecker

  • Warming and glacier recession in the Rakaia valley, Southern Alps of New Zealand, during Heinrich Stadial 1

    Aaron Ervin Putnam;Aaron Ervin Putnam;Joerg M. Schaefer;Joerg M. Schaefer;George H. Denton;David J. A. Barrell

  • Radiocarbon chronology of the late-glacial Puerto Bandera moraines, Southern Patagonian Icefield, Argentina

    J.A. Strelin;G.H. Denton;M.J. Vandergoes;U.S. Ninnemann;U.S. Ninnemann

  • The Southern Glacial Maximum 65,000 years ago and its Unfinished Termination

    Joerg M. Schaefer;Joerg M. Schaefer;Aaron Ervin Putnam;George H. Denton;Michael R. Kaplan

  • South Pacific Split Jet, ITCZ shifts, and atmospheric North–South linkages during abrupt climate changes of the last glacial period

    John C.H. Chiang;John C.H. Chiang;Shih-Yu Lee;Aaron E. Putnam;Aaron E. Putnam;Xianfeng Wang

  • The Zealandia Switch: Ice age climate shifts viewed from Southern Hemisphere moraines

    George H. Denton;Aaron E. Putnam;Joellen L. Russell;David J.A. Barrell

  • Hydrologic impacts of past shifts of Earth's thermal equator offer insight into those to be produced by fossil fuel CO2.

    Wallace S. Broecker;Aaron Ervin Putnam;Aaron Ervin Putnam

  • How did the hydrologic cycle respond to the two-phase mystery interval?

    Wallace S. Broecker;Aaron Ervin Putnam

  • Seismic observations, numerical modeling, and geomorphic analysis of a glacier lake outburst flood in the Himalayas.

    J. M. Maurer;J. M. Maurer;J. M. Schaefer;J. M. Schaefer;J. B. Russell;J. B. Russell;S. Rupper

Frequent Co-Authors

Joerg M. Schaefer
Joerg M. Schaefer Columbia University
George H. Denton
George H. Denton University of Maine
Michael R. Kaplan
Michael R. Kaplan Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory
Bjørn G. Andersen
Bjørn G. Andersen University of Oslo
Robert C. Finkel
Robert C. Finkel Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Wallace S. Broecker
Wallace S. Broecker Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory
Brenda L. Hall
Brenda L. Hall University of Maine
Christian Schlüchter
Christian Schlüchter University of Bern
Andrew Mackintosh
Andrew Mackintosh Monash University

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