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Axel Munnecke is affiliated with the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg in Germany and has contributed extensively to the field of Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a particular focus on Paleontology. Their research covers several subfields including Paleontology, Atmospheric Science, Geophysics, Geochemistry and Petrology, and Mechanics of Materials.

Their recent publications reflect a strong engagement with topics such as paleontology and stratigraphy of fossils, geology and paleoclimatology research, geological and geochemical analysis, geochemistry and elemental analysis, hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis, marine biology and ecology research, and geological and geophysical studies worldwide.

  • No (Cambrian) explosion and no (Ordovician) event: A single long-term radiation in the early Palaeozoic, 2023, Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology
  • Osmium and lithium isotope evidence for weathering feedbacks linked to orbitally paced organic carbon burial and Silurian glaciations, 2021, Earth and Planetary Science Letters
  • The origins and transformation of carbonate mud during early marine burial diagenesis and the fate of aragonite: A stratigraphic sedimentological perspective, 2023, Earth-Science Reviews
  • Keratose sponges in ancient carbonates - A problem of interpretation, 2022, Sedimentology
  • Palaeozoic stromatoporoid diagenesis: a synthesis, 2021, Facies

Their frequent co-authors include Emilia Jarochowska, Theresa Nohl, Matthias López Correa, Salim Belkhedim, and Shenyang Yu, indicating active collaborative research across multiple projects and studies.

Munnecke has published frequently in several academic venues. The most common publication venues include:

  • Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology
  • Facies
  • Sedimentary Geology
  • Abstracts with programs - Geological Society of America
  • Sedimentology

Their research mainly focuses on comprehensive geological and geochemical studies with an emphasis on both ancient marine environments and sedimentological processes. This is evident from the topics dealt with in their work as well as in the range of journals and venues where research has been published.

Best Publications

  • Ordovician and Silurian sea–water chemistry, sea level, and climate: A synopsis

    Axel Munnecke;Mikael Calner;David A.T. Harper;Thomas Servais

  • The Great Ordovician Biodiversification Event (GOBE): The palaeoecological dimension

    Thomas Servais;Alan W. Owen;David A.T. Harper;Björn Kröger;Björn Kröger

  • Questioning carbonate diagenetic paradigms: evidence from the Neogene of the Bahamas

    L.A Melim;H Westphal;P.K Swart;G.P Eberli

  • Calcium isotope record of Phanerozoic oceans: Implications for chemical evolution of seawater and its causative mechanisms

    Juraj Farkaš;Florian Böhm;Klaus Wallmann;John Blenkinsop

  • Revised correlation of Silurian Provincial Series of North America with global and regional chronostratigraphic units and delta 13C(carb) chemostratigraphy

    Bradley D. Cramer;Carlton E. Brett;Michael J. Melchin;Peep Männik

  • The Ireviken Event in the lower Silurian of Gotland, Sweden – relation to similar Palaeozoic and Proterozoic events

    Axel Munnecke;Christian Samtleben;Torsten Bickert

  • The Ordovician Biodiversification: revolution in the oceanic trophic chain

    Thomas Servais;Oliver Lehnert;Jun Li;Gary L. Mullins

  • Paleoenvironmental changes in the Silurian indicated by stable isotopes in brachiopod shells from Gotland, Sweden

    Torsten Bickert;Jürgen Pätzold;Christian Samtleben;Axel Munnecke

  • The formation of micritic limestones and the development of limestone-marl alternations in the Silurian of Gotland, Sweden

    Axel Munnecke;Christian Samtleben

  • The Silurian of Gotland (Sweden): facies interpretation based on stable isotopes in brachiopod shells

    Chr Samtleben;A. Munnecke;T. Bickert;J. Pätzold

  • Understanding the great ordovician biodiversification event (GOBE): influences of paleogeography, paleoclimate, or paleoecology

    Thomas Servais;David A.T. Harper;Axel Munnecke;Alan W. Owen

  • The onset of the ‘Ordovician Plankton Revolution’ in the late Cambrian

    Thomas Servais;Vincent Perrier;Vincent Perrier;Taniel Danelian;Christian Klug

  • Microspar development during early marine burial diagenesis : A comparison of Pliocene carbonates from the Bahamas with Silurian limestones from Gotland (Sweden)

    Axel Munnecke;Hildegard Westphal;John J. G. Reijmer;Christian Samtleben

  • Development of facies and C/O-isotopes in transects through the Ludlow of Gotland: Evidence for global and local influences on a shallow-marine environment

    Christian Samtleben;Axel Munnecke;Torsten Bickert

  • Stable carbon isotope stratigraphy in the Ordovician of South China

    Axel Munnecke;Yuandong Zhang;Xiao Liu;Junfeng Cheng

  • Graptoloid evolutionary rates track Ordovician–Silurian global climate change

    Roger A. Cooper;Peter M. Sadler;Axel Munnecke;James S. Crampton

  • Testing the limits of Paleozoic chronostratigraphic correlation via high-resolution (<500 k.y.) integrated conodont, graptolite, and carbon isotope (δ13Ccarb) biochemostratigraphy across the Llandovery–Wenlock (Silurian) boundary: Is a unified Phanerozoic time scale achievable?

    Bradley D. Cramer;David K. Loydell;Christian Samtleben;Axel Munnecke

  • An assessment of the suitability of individual rhythmic carbonate successions for astrochronological application

    Hildegard Westphal;Frederik J Hilgen;Axel Munnecke

  • Metal-induced malformations in early Palaeozoic plankton are harbingers of mass extinction

    Thijs R. A. Vandenbroucke;Thijs R. A. Vandenbroucke;Poul Emsbo;Axel Munnecke;Nicolas Nuns

  • Differential Diagenesis of Rhythmic Limestone Alternations Supported by Palynological Evidence

    Hildegard Westphal;Martin J. Head;Axel Munnecke

  • Shell succession, assemblage and species dependent effects on the C/O-isotopic composition of brachiopods — examples from the Silurian of Gotland

    Christian Samtleben;Axel Munnecke;Torsten Bickert;Jürgen Pätzold

Frequent Co-Authors

Thomas Servais
Thomas Servais University of Lille
Hildegard Westphal
Hildegard Westphal Leibniz Center for Tropical Marine Ecology
Daniel Vachard
Daniel Vachard University of Lille
Torsten Bickert
Torsten Bickert University of Bremen
David A. T. Harper
David A. T. Harper Durham University
Melanie J. Leng
Melanie J. Leng University of Nottingham
Emmanuelle Vennin
Emmanuelle Vennin University of Burgundy
Yuansheng Du
Yuansheng Du China University of Geosciences, Wuhan
Giacomo Prosser
Giacomo Prosser University of Basilicata
Marco Vecoli
Marco Vecoli Saudi Aramco (United States)

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