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Adrian Gilli

Adrian Gilli

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Environmental Sciences

D-Index
37
Citations
4993
World Ranking
8935
National Ranking
205

Overview

Adrian Gilli is affiliated with ETH Zurich in Switzerland and has a research focus spanning Earth and Planetary Sciences and Environmental Science. Their work primarily addresses aspects of geology, paleoclimatology, and environmental chemistry, with a substantive emphasis on atmospheric science and related subfields.

The scientist has explored a variety of main research topics, including:

  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
  • Geochemistry and Elemental Analysis
  • Heavy metals in environment
  • Military History and Strategy
  • Geological formations and processes
  • Aquatic Ecosystems and Phytoplankton Dynamics
  • Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena

Gilli's publication record includes contributions to several frequent venues. Notable journals and platforms where their research appears include:

  • The Science of The Total Environment
  • Frontiers in Earth Science
  • Security Studies
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Nature Geoscience

Recent research articles by Adrian Gilli feature a range of environmental and geoscience topics. These include:

  • "Impact of warmer climate periods on flood hazard in the European Alps," published in 2022 in Nature Geoscience
  • "Why Drones Have Not Revolutionized War: The Enduring Hider-Finder Competition in Air Warfare," published in 2022 in International Security
  • "Variations of sedimentary Fe and Mn fractions under changing lake mixing regimes, oxygenation and land surface processes during Late-glacial and Holocene times," published in 2020 in The Science of The Total Environment
  • "Intercomparison of XRF Core Scanning Results From Seven Labs and Approaches to Practical Calibration," published in 2020 in Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems
  • "Early human impact in a 15,000-year high-resolution hyperspectral imaging record of paleoproduction and anoxia from a varved lake in Switzerland," published in 2020 in Quaternary Science Reviews

The scientist frequently collaborates with other researchers, including:

  • Martín Grosjean
  • Mauro Gilli
  • Hendrik Vogel
  • Stefanie B. Wirth
  • Antonio Calcara

Adrian Gilli's work bridges disciplines involving environmental dynamics, paleoclimatic changes, and elements of political science and international relations. Their diverse topics and collaboration network reflect a broad approach to studying both natural systems and aspects of military history and strategy.

Best Publications

  • Tracing bottom water oxygenation with sedimentary Mn/Fe ratios in Lake Zurich, Switzerland

    Sebastian Naeher;Sebastian Naeher;Adrian Gilli;Ryan P. North;Ryan P. North;Yvonne Hamann

  • An 85-ka record of climate change in lowland Central America

    David A. Hodell;Flavio S. Anselmetti;Daniel Ariztegui;Mark Brenner

  • North-south palaeohydrological contrasts in the central Mediterranean during the Holocene: tentative synthesis and working hypotheses

    M. Magny;N. Combourieu-Nebout;J. L. de Beaulieu;V. Bout-Roumazeilles

  • Holocene flood frequency across the Central Alps – solar forcing and evidence for variations in North Atlantic atmospheric circulation

    Stefanie B. Wirth;Lukas Glur;Adrian Gilli;Flavio S. Anselmetti;Flavio S. Anselmetti

  • Investigating hypoxia in aquatic environments: diverse approaches to addressing a complex phenomenon

    J. Friedrich;F. Janssen;F. Janssen;D. Aleynik;Hermann W. Bange

  • Holocene palaeoclimates of southern Patagonia: limnological and environmental history of Lago Cardiel, Argentina:

    Vera Markgraf;J. Platt Bradbury;Antje Schwalb;Stephen J. Burns

  • Redox-dependent niche differentiation provides evidence for multiple bacterial sources of glycerol tetraether lipids in lakes

    Yuki Weber;Jaap S. Sinninghe Damsté;Jakob Zopfi;Cindy De Jonge

  • Mid-Holocene strengthening of the Southern Westerlies in South America — Sedimentological evidences from Lago Cardiel, Argentina (49°S)

    Adrian Gilli;Daniel Ariztegui;Flavio S. Anselmetti;Judith A. McKenzie

  • Lake Sediments as Archives of Recurrence Rates and Intensities of Past Flood Events

    Adrian Gilli;Flavio S. Anselmetti;Flavio S. Anselmetti;Lukas Glur;Stefanie B. Wirth

  • Impact of warmer climate periods on flood hazard in the European Alps

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  • High-resolution late-glacial chronology for the Gerzensee lake record (Switzerland): δ18O correlation between a Gerzensee-stack and NGRIP

    Ulrike J. van Raden;Daniele Colombaroli;Adrian Gilli;Jakob Schwander

  • A ∼43-ka record of paleoenvironmental change in the Central American lowlands inferred from stable isotopes of lacustrine ostracods

    Jaime Escobar;Jaime Escobar;Jaime Escobar;David A. Hodell;Mark Brenner;Jason H. Curtis

  • Late Quaternary climate-induced lake level variations in Lake Peten Itza´, Guatemala, inferred from seismic stratigraphic analysis

    Flavio Anselmetti;D. Ariztegui;D.A. Hodell;M.B. Hillesheim

  • Tracking abrupt climate change in the Southern Hemisphere: a seismic stratigraphic study of Lago Cardiel, Argentina (49°S)

    Adrian Gilli;Flavio S. Anselmetti;Daniel Ariztegui;J. Platt Bradbury

  • Frequent floods in the European Alps coincide with cooler periods of the past 2500 years

    Lukas Glur;Stefanie B. Wirth;Ulf Büntgen;Ulf Büntgen;Adrian Gilli

  • Late Glacial temperature and precipitation changes in the lowland Neotropics by tandem measurement of δ18O in biogenic carbonate and gypsum hydration water

    David A. Hodell;Alexandra V. Turchyn;Camilla J. Wiseman;Jaime Escobar;Jaime Escobar

  • Combining sedimentological, trace metal (Mn, Mo) and molecular evidence for reconstructing past water-column redox conditions: The example of meromictic Lake Cadagno (Swiss Alps)

    Stefanie B. Wirth;Adrian Gilli;Helge Niemann;Tais W. Dahl

  • Mass-movement and flood-induced deposits in Lake Ledro, southern Alps, Italy: implications for Holocene palaeohydrology and natural hazards

    A. Simonneau;A. Simonneau;E. Chapron;B. Vannière;S. B. Wirth

  • Impact of recent lake eutrophication on microbial community changes as revealed by high resolution lipid biomarkers in Rotsee (Switzerland)

    Sebastian Naeher;Sebastian Naeher;Rienk H. Smittenberg;Adrian Gilli;Emiliya P. Kirilova

  • Orbital changes, variation in solar activity and increased anthropogenic activities: controls on the Holocene flood frequency in the Lake Ledro area, Northern Italy

    Boris Vannière;M. Magny;S. Joannin;S. Joannin;Anaëlle Simonneau

  • Seismic stratigraphy, buried beach ridges and contourite drifts: the Late Quaternary history of the closed Lago Cardiel basin, Argentina (49°S)

    Adrian Gilli;Flavio S. Anselmetti;Daniel Ariztegui;Milan Beres

Frequent Co-Authors

Flavio S. Anselmetti
Flavio S. Anselmetti University of Bern
Daniel Ariztegui
Daniel Ariztegui University of Geneva
Willy Tinner
Willy Tinner University of Bern
Mark Brenner
Mark Brenner University of Florida
Michel Magny
Michel Magny Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Emmanuel Chapron
Emmanuel Chapron University of Toulouse-Jean Jaurès
Jason H. Curtis
Jason H. Curtis University of Florida
Boris Vannière
Boris Vannière Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
David A Hodell
David A Hodell University of Cambridge
Carsten J. Schubert
Carsten J. Schubert Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology

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