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Andrei V. Kurbatov

Andrei V. Kurbatov

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Earth Science

D-Index
35
Citations
3191
World Ranking
7789
National Ranking
2636

Overview

Andrei V. Kurbatov is affiliated with the University of Maine in the United States and has a research focus primarily rooted in Earth and Planetary Sciences. Their work encompasses a variety of specialized subfields including Atmospheric Science, Ecology, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, Geography, Planning and Development, and Environmental Chemistry.

Their research topics include:

  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
  • Cryospheric studies and observations
  • Polar Research and Ecology
  • Winter Sports Injuries and Performance
  • Isotope Analysis in Ecology
  • Pacific and Southeast Asian Studies
  • Adhesion, Friction, and Surface Interactions

Kurbatov has contributed to the scientific literature through various papers, some of which are recent and notable:

  • Community established best practice recommendations for tephra studies-from collection through analysis, 2022, Scientific Data
  • Geochemical ice-core constraints on the timing and climatic impact of Aniakchak II (1628 BCE) and Thera (Minoan) volcanic eruptions, 2022, PNAS Nexus
  • The Impact of a Six-Year Climate Anomaly on the "Spanish Flu" Pandemic and WWI, 2020, GeoHealth
  • Enhanced moisture delivery into Victoria Land, East Antarctica, during the early Last Interglacial: implications for West Antarctic Ice Sheet stability, 2021, Climate of the past
  • Ice core evidence for atmospheric oxygen decline since the Mid-Pleistocene transition, 2021, Science Advances

The venues where Kurbatov frequently publishes include:

  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Antiquity
  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Scientific Data
  • PNAS Nexus

Frequent collaborators in Kurbatov's work are Paul A. Mayewski, Kristi L. Wallace, Marcus Bursik, Stephen C. Kuehn, and Siwan M. Davies. These collaborations have contributed to a consistent output of research across interdisciplinary themes within the environmental and Earth sciences community.

Best Publications

  • Atmospheric composition 1 million years ago from blue ice in the Allan Hills, Antarctica.

    John A. Higgins;Andrei V. Kurbatov;Nicole E. Spaulding;Ed Brook

  • Two-million-year-old snapshots of atmospheric gases from Antarctic ice.

    Yuzhen Yan;Michael L. Bender;Michael L. Bender;Edward J. Brook;Heather M. Clifford

  • Snow chemistry across Antarctica

    N. Bertler;P.A. Mayewski;A. Aristarain;P. Barrett

  • The interaction of ash flows with ridges

    Andrew W. Woods;Marcus I. Bursik;Andrei V. Kurbatov

  • A 12,000 Year Record of Explosive Volcanism in the Siple Dome Ice Core, West Antarctica

    A. V. Kurbatov;G. A. Zielinski;N. W. Dunbar;P. A. Mayewski

  • Tsunami sedimentation associated with the 1923 Kamchatka earthquake

    K. Minoura;V.G. Gusiakov;A. Kurbatov;S. Takeuti

  • Extraordinary Biomass-Burning Episode and Impact Winter Triggered by the Younger Dryas Cosmic Impact ∼12,800 Years Ago. 2. Lake, Marine, and Terrestrial Sediments

    Wendy S. Wolbach;Joanne P. Ballard;Paul A. Mayewski;Andrew C. Parnell

  • Extraordinary Biomass-Burning Episode and Impact Winter Triggered by the Younger Dryas Cosmic Impact ∼12,800 Years Ago. 1. Ice Cores and Glaciers

    Wendy S. Wolbach;Joanne P. Ballard;Paul A. Mayewski;Victor Adedeji

  • Next-generation ice core technology reveals true minimum natural levels of lead (Pb) in the atmosphere: Insights from the Black Death

    Alexander F. More;Alexander F. More;Nicole E. Spaulding;Pascal Bohleber;Pascal Bohleber;Michael J. Handley

  • Dating the Siple Dome (Antarctica) Ice Core By Manual and Computer Interpretation of Annual Layering

    Kendrick C. Taylor;Richard B. Alley;Debra A. Meese;Matthew K. Spencer

  • New Zealand supereruption provides time marker for the Last Glacial Maximum in Antarctica

    Nelia W. Dunbar;Nels A. Iverson;Alexa R. Van Eaton;Michael Sigl;Michael Sigl

  • Centennial-scale variability of the Southern Hemisphere westerly wind belt in the eastern Pacific over the past two millennia

    Bess G. Koffman;Bess G. Koffman;K. J. Kreutz;D. J. Breton;D. J. Breton;E. J. Kane

  • Discovery of a nanodiamond-rich layer in the Greenland ice sheet

    Andrei V. Kurbatov;Paul Andrew Mayewski;Jorgen P. Steffensen;Allen West

  • A 2700-year annual timescale and accumulation history for an ice core from Roosevelt Island, West Antarctica

    Mai Winstrup;Mai Winstrup;Paul Vallelonga;Helle A. Kjær;Tyler J. Fudge

  • New LA-ICP-MS cryocell and calibration technique for sub-millimeter analysis of ice cores

    Sharon B. Sneed;Paul A. Mayewski;W.G. Sayre;Michael J. Handley

  • The Ross Sea Dipole – temperature, snow accumulation and sea ice variability in the Ross Sea region, Antarctica, over the past 2700 years

    Nancy A. N. Bertler;Nancy A. N. Bertler;Howard Conway;Dorthe Dahl-Jensen;Daniel B. Emanuelsson;Daniel B. Emanuelsson

  • Advancements and best practices for analysis and correlation of tephra and cryptotephra in ice

    Nels A. Iverson;Donna Kalteyer;Nelia W. Dunbar;Andrei Kurbatov

  • Tephrochronology of the Siple Dome ice core, West Antarctica: correlations and sources

    Nelia W. Dunbar;Andrei V. Kurbatov

  • A 2000 Year Saharan Dust Event Proxy Record from an Ice Core in the European Alps

    Heather M. Clifford;Nicole E. Spaulding;Andrei V. Kurbatov;Alexander More;Alexander More;Alexander More

  • Ice core and climate reanalysis analogs to predict Antarctic and Southern Hemisphere climate changes

    PA Mayewski;AM Carleton;SD Birkel;D Dixon

  • Holocene warming marked by abrupt onset of longer summers and reduced storm frequency around Greenland

    P. A. Mayewski;S. B. Sneed;S. D. Birkel;A. V. Kurbatov

Frequent Co-Authors

Paul Andrew Mayewski
Paul Andrew Mayewski University of Maine
Nelia W. Dunbar
Nelia W. Dunbar New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology
Kirk A. Maasch
Kirk A. Maasch University of Maine
Karl J. Kreutz
Karl J. Kreutz University of Maine
Edward J. Brook
Edward J. Brook Oregon State University
Nancy A. N. Bertler
Nancy A. N. Bertler Victoria University of Wellington
John A. Higgins
John A. Higgins Princeton University
Michael L. Bender
Michael L. Bender Princeton University
Marcus Bursik
Marcus Bursik University at Buffalo, State University of New York
Howard Conway
Howard Conway University of Washington

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