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Alexander M Piotrowski

Alexander M Piotrowski

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Earth Science

D-Index
36
Citations
6086
World Ranking
7127
National Ranking
729

Overview

Alexander M Piotrowski is affiliated with the University of Cambridge in the United Kingdom. Their primary research contributions lie within the fields of Earth and Planetary Sciences as well as Environmental Science. Focused subfields include Atmospheric Science, Geochemistry and Petrology, Environmental Chemistry, Ecology, and Paleontology.

Their work addresses several interconnected scientific topics such as Geology and Paleoclimatology Research, Geochemistry and Elemental Analysis, Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena, Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils, Isotope Analysis in Ecology, Marine and Coastal Ecosystems, and Groundwater and Isotope Geochemistry.

Alexander M Piotrowski has published in numerous venues, with frequent contributions to:

  • Quaternary Science Reviews
  • Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta
  • Earth and Planetary Science Letters
  • Goldschmidt2021 abstracts
  • Aktuelle Urologie

The recent papers authored by or involving Piotrowski include:

  • Last glacial atmospheric CO2 decline due to widespread Pacific deep-water expansion, 2020, Nature Geoscience
  • Rare earth element and neodymium isotope tracing of sedimentary rock weathering, 2020, Chemical Geology
  • New insights from multi-proxy data from the West Antarctic continental rise: Implications for dating and interpreting Late Quaternary palaeoenvironmental records, 2021, Quaternary Science Reviews
  • Reversible scavenging and advection - Resolving the neodymium paradox in the South Atlantic, 2021, Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta
  • Facile preparation of alveolate biochar derived from seaweed biomass with potential removal performance for cationic dye, 2022, Journal of Molecular Liquids

Frequent collaborators in their research include:

  • Christina Larkin
  • Ruixue Wang
  • Claus-Dieter Hillenbrand
  • Josephine A. Clegg
  • Rong Hu

Best Publications

  • Evolution of Ocean Temperature and Ice Volume Through the Mid-Pleistocene Climate Transition

    H Elderfield;P Ferretti;M Greaves;S Crowhurst

  • Escape of methane gas from the seabed along the West Spitsbergen continental margin

    Graham K. Westbrook;Kate E. Thatcher;Eelco J. Rohling;Alexander M. Piotrowski

  • North Atlantic ocean circulation and abrupt climate change during the last glaciation.

    L. G. Henry;J. F. McManus;W. B. Curry;W. B. Curry;N. L. Roberts

  • Temporal relationships of carbon cycling and ocean circulation at glacial boundaries.

    Alexander M. Piotrowski;Steven L. Goldstein;Sidney R. Hemming;Richard G. Fairbanks

  • Synchronous deglacial overturning and water mass source changes.

    Natalie L. Roberts;Alexander M. Piotrowski;Jerry F. McManus;Lloyd D. Keigwin

  • Intensification and variability of ocean thermohaline circulation through the last deglaciation

    Alexander M. Piotrowski;Steven L. Goldstein;Sidney R. Hemming;Richard G. Fairbanks

  • The co-evolution of Black Sea level and composition through the last deglaciation and its paleoclimatic significance

    Candace O. Major;Steven L. Goldstein;William B.F. Ryan;Gilles Lericolais

  • North Atlantic Deep Water Production during the Last Glacial Maximum

    Jacob N.W. Howe;Alexander Matthew Piotrowski;Taryn L. Noble;Taryn L. Noble;Stefan Mulitza

  • Reactivity of neodymium carriers in deep sea sediments: Implications for boundary exchange and paleoceanography

    David J. Wilson;Alexander M. Piotrowski;Albert Galy;Josephine A. Clegg

  • Indian Ocean Circulation and Productivity during the Last Glacial Cycle

    Alexander M. Piotrowski;Virupaxa K. Banakar;Adam E. Scrivner;Henry Elderfield

  • Seawater carbonate ion-δ13C systematics and application to glacial–interglacial North Atlantic ocean circulation

    Jimin Yu;Henry Elderfield;Alexander M. Piotrowski

  • Oscillating glacial northern and southern deep water formation from combined neodymium and carbon isotopes

    Alexander M. Piotrowski;Steven L. Goldstein;R. Hemming Sidney;Richard G. Fairbanks

  • Rare earth element association with foraminifera

    Natalie L. Roberts;Alexander M. Piotrowski;Henry Elderfield;Timothy I. Eglinton

  • GEOTRACES intercalibration of neodymium isotopes and rare earth element concentrations in seawater and suspended particles. Part 1: reproducibility of results for the international intercomparison

    Tina van de Flierdt;Katharina Pahnke;Katharina Pahnke;Hiroshi Amakawa;Hiroshi Amakawa;Per Andersson

  • Reconstructing deglacial North and South Atlantic deep water sourcing using foraminiferal Nd isotopes

    Alexander Piotrowski;A Galy;J A L Nicholl;N Roberts

  • The large-scale evolution of neodymium isotopic composition in the global modern and Holocene ocean revealed from seawater and archive data

    Kazuyo Tachikawa;Thomas Arsouze;Germain Bayon;Aloys Bory

  • Neodymium associated with foraminiferal carbonate as a recorder of seawater isotopic signatures

    Kazuyo Tachikawa;Alexander M. Piotrowski;Germain Bayon

  • Regional variability of ice core dust composition and provenance in Greenland

    A. J.-M. Bory;A. J.-M. Bory;P. E. Biscaye;A. M. Piotrowski;J. P. Steffensen

  • Testing the extraction of past seawater Nd isotopic composition from North Atlantic deep sea sediments and foraminifera

    A. C. Elmore;A. M. Piotrowski;J. D. Wright;A. E. Scrivner

  • A boundary exchange influence on deglacial neodymium isotope records from the deep western Indian Ocean

    David J. Wilson;Alexander M. Piotrowski;Albert Galy;I. Nicholas McCave

Frequent Co-Authors

David A Hodell
David A Hodell University of Cambridge
Henry Elderfield
Henry Elderfield University of Cambridge
Albert Galy
Albert Galy University of Lorraine
Lloyd D Keigwin
Lloyd D Keigwin Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Mervyn Greaves
Mervyn Greaves University of Cambridge
Werner Ehrmann
Werner Ehrmann Leipzig University
Francisco Javier Hernandéz-Molina
Francisco Javier Hernandéz-Molina Royal Holloway University of London
Alastair G C Graham
Alastair G C Graham University of South Florida
Robert D Larter
Robert D Larter British Antarctic Survey
Jerry F. McManus
Jerry F. McManus Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory

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