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Áslaug Geirsdóttir

Áslaug Geirsdóttir

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6413
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6091
National Ranking
15

Overview

Áslaug Geirsdóttir is affiliated with the University of Iceland in Iceland. Their research primarily focuses on Earth and Planetary Sciences and Environmental Science, with a particular emphasis on Atmospheric Science, Earth-Surface Processes, Molecular Biology, Ecology, and Oceanography.

The scientific work by Geirsdóttir covers a range of topics relevant to geology and climatology, including:

  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
  • Geological formations and processes
  • Climate change and permafrost
  • Isotope Analysis in Ecology
  • Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena
  • Geomagnetism and Paleomagnetism Studies
  • Marine and environmental studies

The scientist has contributed to numerous publications, frequently publishing in venues such as Climate of the Past, Geophysical Research Letters, and Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research). Other notable publication venues include eLife and Biogeosciences.

Some of the recent research papers by Áslaug Geirsdóttir include:

  • Holocene history of landscape instability in Iceland: Can we deconvolve the impacts of climate, volcanism and human activity? (2020, Quaternary Science Reviews)
  • Recurrent outburst floods and explosive volcanism during the Younger Dryas-Early Holocene deglaciation in south Iceland: evidence from a lacustrine record (2021, Journal of Quaternary Science)
  • Revised fractional abundances and warm-season temperatures substantially improve brGDGT calibrations in lake sediments (2021, Biogeosciences)
  • Near-universal trends in brGDGT lipid distributions in nature (2022, Science Advances)
  • Lipid Biomarkers Quantify Holocene Summer Temperature and Ice Cap Sensitivity in Icelandic Lakes (2020, Geophysical Research Letters)

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Geirsdóttir include:

  • Gifford H. Miller
  • David J. Harning
  • Julio Sepúlveda
  • Jonathan H. Raberg
  • T. Thórdarson

Best Publications

  • Holocene thermal maximum in the western Arctic (0-180°W)

    D. S. Kaufman;T.A. Ager;N.J. Anderson;P.M. Anderson

  • Abrupt onset of the Little Ice Age triggered by volcanism and sustained by sea‐ice/ocean feedbacks

    Gifford H. Miller;Gifford H. Miller;Áslaug Geirsdóttir;Yafang Zhong;Darren J. Larsen;Darren J. Larsen

  • Glacier fluctuations during the past 2000 years

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

  • Holocene and latest Pleistocene climate and glacier fluctuations in Iceland

    Áslaug Geirsdóttir;Gifford H. Miller;Yarrow Axford;Yarrow Axford;Sædís Ólafsdóttir

  • Centennial-scale climate change from decadally-paced explosive volcanism: a coupled sea ice-ocean mechanism

    Y. Zhong;G. H. Miller;B. L. Otto-Bliesner;M. M. Holland

  • A 3000-year varved record of glacier activity and climate change from the proglacial lake Hvítárvatn, Iceland

    Darren J. Larsen;Darren J. Larsen;Gifford H. Miller;Gifford H. Miller;Áslaug Geirsdóttir;Thorvaldur Thordarson

  • Abrupt Holocene climate transitions in the northern North Atlantic region recorded by synchronized lacustrine records in Iceland

    Áslaug Geirsdóttir;Gifford H. Miller;Gifford H. Miller;Darren J. Larsen;Darren J. Larsen;Sædís Ólafsdóttir

  • Non-linear Holocene climate evolution in the North Atlantic: a high-resolution, multi-proxy record of glacier activity and environmental change from Hvítárvatn, central Iceland

    Darren J. Larsen;Darren J. Larsen;Gifford H. Miller;Gifford H. Miller;Áslaug Geirsdóttir;Sædís Ólafsdóttir

  • The N and W Iceland Shelf: insights into Last Glacial Maximum ice extent and deglaciation based on acoustic stratigraphy and basal radiocarbon AMS dates

    John T Andrews;Jórunn Hardardóttir;Jórunn Hardardóttir;Gudrún Helgadóttir;Anne E. Jennings

  • Growth of an Intermittent Ice Sheet in Iceland during the Late Pliocene and Early Pleistocene

    Áslaug Geirsdóttir;Jón Eiríksson

  • Glaciation, erosion, and landscape evolution of Iceland

    Áslaug Geirsdóttir;Gifford H. Miller;John T. Andrews

  • Holocene tephra from Iceland and Alaska in SE Greenland Shelf Sediments

    Anne Jennings;Thorvaldur Thordarson;Thorvaldur Thordarson;Kate Zalzal;Kate Zalzal;Joseph Stoner

  • A 2000 year record of climate variations reconstructed from Haukadalsvatn, West Iceland

    Áslaug Geirsdóttir;Gifford H. Miller;Thorvaldur Thordarson;Kristín B. Ólafsdóttir

  • Revised fractional abundances and warm-season temperatures substantially improve brGDGT calibrations in lake sediments

    J.H. Raberg;J.H. Raberg;D.J. Harning;D.J. Harning;S.E. Crump;S.E. Crump;G. De Wet;G. De Wet

  • Efstadalsvatn – a multi-proxy study of a Holocene lacustrine sequence from NW Iceland

    Chris Caseldine;Áslaug Geirsdóttir;Peter Langdon

  • Variability in drift ice export from the Arctic Ocean to the North Icelandic Shelf over the last 8000 years: A multi-proxy evaluation

    Patricia Cabedo-Sanz;Simon T. Belt;Anne E. Jennings;John T. Andrews

  • Chronology and paleoenvironments during the late Weichselian deglaciation of the southwest Iceland shelf

    Anne Jennings;James Syvitski;Linda Gerson;Karl Grönvold

  • Holocene temperature history of northern Iceland inferred from subfossil midges

    Yarrow Axford;Gifford H. Miller;Áslaug Geirsdóttir;Peter G. Langdon

  • Holocene climate conditions and glacier variation in central Iceland from physical modelling and empirical evidence

    Gwenn E. Flowers;Helgi Björnsson;Áslaug Geirsdóttir;Gifford H. Miller

  • Holocene variability of the North Atlantic Irminger current on the south- and northwest shelf of Iceland

    Sædís Ólafsdóttir;Anne E. Jennings;Áslaug Geirsdóttir;John Andrews

  • A 36 Ky record of iceberg rafting and sedimentation from north-west Iceland

    Áslaug Geirsdóttir;John T. Andrews;Saedís Ólafsdóttir;Gudrún Helgadóttir

Frequent Co-Authors

Gifford H. Miller
Gifford H. Miller University of Colorado Boulder
John T. Andrews
John T. Andrews University of Colorado Boulder
Anne E. Jennings
Anne E. Jennings University of Colorado Boulder
Thorvaldur Thordarson
Thorvaldur Thordarson University of Iceland
Jón Eiríksson
Jón Eiríksson University of Iceland
Yarrow Axford
Yarrow Axford Northwestern University
Gwenn E. Flowers
Gwenn E. Flowers Simon Fraser University
Darrell S. Kaufman
Darrell S. Kaufman Northern Arizona University
Helgi Björnsson
Helgi Björnsson University of Iceland
Simon T. Belt
Simon T. Belt Plymouth University

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