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Ala Aldahan 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 Ala Aldahan sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 510+

This scientist: 242 publications — 75th percentile

75% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 510 publications or more.

Ala Aldahan 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 Ala Aldahan sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 94+

This scientist: 40 D-Index — 26th percentile

26% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 94 D-Index or more.

Overview

Ala Aldahan is affiliated with the United Arab Emirates University in the United Arab Emirates. Their research activity centers on Earth and Planetary Sciences and Environmental Science, with a significant emphasis on subfields such as Atmospheric Science, Environmental Engineering, Geochemistry and Petrology, Global and Planetary Change, and Water Science and Technology.

The scientist's body of work reflects a focus on topics including Geology and Paleoclimatology Research, Groundwater and Isotope Geochemistry, Radioactive contamination and transfer, Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies, Radioactivity and Radon Measurements, Groundwater and Watershed Analysis, and Groundwater flow and contamination studies.

Frequent publication venues for Ala Aldahan include:

  • The Science of The Total Environment
  • CATENA
  • Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry
  • Water Research
  • Journal of Hydrology

Among their recent papers are:

  • An unknown source of reactor radionuclides in the Baltic Sea revealed by multi-isotope fingerprints, 2021, Nature Communications
  • Radionuclide wiggle matching reveals a nonsynchronous early Holocene climate oscillation in Greenland and western Europe around a grand solar minimum, 2020, Climate of the past
  • A multi-isotopic evaluation of groundwater in a rapidly developing area and implications for water management in hyper-arid regions, 2021, The Science of The Total Environment
  • Anthropogenic 236U and 233U in the Baltic Sea: Distributions, source terms, and budgets, 2021, Water Research
  • Disentangling runoff generation mechanisms: Combining isotope tracing with integrated surface/subsurface simulation, 2023, Journal of Hydrology

In the course of their research, Ala Aldahan often collaborates with other scientists. Frequent co-authors include Göran Possnert, Xuegao Chen, Xiaolin Hou, Dalal Alshamsi, and Zhongbo Yu.

Best Publications

  • Eemian interglacial reconstructed from a Greenland folded ice core

    D. Dahl-Jensen;M. R. Albert;A. Aldahan;N. Azuma

  • A review on speciation of iodine-129 in the environmental and biological samples

    Xiaolin Hou;Violeta Hansen;Ala Aldahan;Göran Possnert

  • Pleistocene collapse of the west antarctic ice sheet

    Reed P. Scherer;Ala Aldahan;Slawek Tulaczyk;Göran Possnert

  • Multiradionuclide evidence for the solar origin of the cosmic-ray events of ᴀᴅ 774/5 and 993/4.

    Florian Mekhaldi;Raimund Muscheler;Florian Adolphi;Ala Aldahan;Ala Aldahan

  • Regional atmospheric circulation shifts induced by a grand solar minimum

    Celia Martin-Puertas;Katja Matthes;Achim Brauer;Raimund Muscheler

  • A 600‐year annual 10Be record from the NGRIP ice core, Greenland

    A.-M. Berggren;J. Beer;G. Possnert;A. Aldahan

  • 129I anthropogenic budget: Major sources and sinks

    Ala Aldahan;V. Alfimov;Göran Possnert

  • Speciation of 129I and 127I in seawater and implications for sources and transport pathways in the North Sea.

    Xiaolin Hou;Ala Aldahan;Sven P Nielsen;Göran Possnert

  • Distribution of 7Be in surface air of Europe

    Abdulhadi Kulan;Ala Aldahan;Göran Possnert;I Vintersved

  • Global distribution and long‐term fate of anthropogenic 129I in marine and surface water reservoirs

    Glen Snyder;Ala Aldahan;Ala Aldahan;Göran Possnert

  • Persistent link between solar activity and Greenland climate during the Last Glacial Maximum

    Florian Adolphi;Raimund Muscheler;Anders Svensson;Ala Aldahan;Ala Aldahan

  • Multiradionuclide evidence for an extreme solar proton event around 2,610 B.P. (∼660 BC)

    Paschal O’Hare;Florian Mekhaldi;Florian Adolphi;Grant Raisbeck

  • Alteration of detrital Fe-Ti oxides in sedimentary rocks

    Sadoon Morad;Ala Adin Aldahan

  • Time series of 129I and 127I speciation in precipitation from Denmark.

    Xiaolin Hou;Ala Aldahan;Sven P. Nielsen;Göran Possnert

  • Sedimentary facies and climate control on formation of vivianite and siderite microconcretions in sediments of Lake Baikal, Siberia

    Tomasz Sapota;Ala Aldahan;Ihsan S. Al-Aasm

  • Atmospheric interactions at northern high latitudes from weekly Be-isotopes in surface air

    A. Aldahan;G. Possnert;I. Vintersved

  • Distribution of beryllium between solution and minerals (biotite and albite) under atmospheric conditions and variable pH

    A Aldahan;Ye Haiping;G Possnert

  • 129I from the nuclear reprocessing facilities traced in precipitation and runoff in northern Europe.

    Nadia Buraglio;A. L. A. Aldahan;Göran Possnert;Ingemar Vintersved

  • Anthropogenic iodine-129 in seawater along a transect from the Norwegian coastal current to the North Pole

    Vasily Alfimov;Ala Aldahan;Göran Possnert;Peter Winsor

  • Be-10 ages from central east Greenland constrain the extent of the Greenland ice sheet during the Last Glacial Maximum

    Lena Håkansson;Jason Briner;Helena Alexanderson;Ala Aldahan

  • Eemian interglacial reconstructed from a Greenland folded ice core (SCI)

    D Dahl-Jensen;M R Albert;A Aldahan;N Azuma

Frequent Co-Authors

Göran Possnert
Göran Possnert Uppsala University
Raimund Muscheler
Raimund Muscheler Lund University
Zhongbo Yu
Zhongbo Yu Hohai University
Sadoon Morad
Sadoon Morad Khalifa University
Achim Brauer
Achim Brauer University of Potsdam
Anders Svensson
Anders Svensson University of Copenhagen
Jason P. Briner
Jason P. Briner University at Buffalo, State University of New York
Reed P. Scherer
Reed P. Scherer Northern Illinois University
Fritz Schlunegger
Fritz Schlunegger University of Bern
Ilya Usoskin
Ilya Usoskin University of Oulu

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