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Overview

Bernd Kromer is affiliated with Heidelberg University in Germany. Their research primarily focuses on Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a significant emphasis on Atmospheric Science, Paleontology, Anthropology, Archeology, and Global and Planetary Change as subfields of study.

The scientist's work covers several main topics, including:

  • Archaeology and ancient environmental studies
  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
  • Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology
  • Tree-ring climate responses
  • Pacific and Southeast Asian Studies
  • Forensic Anthropology and Bioarchaeology Studies
  • Maritime and Coastal Archaeology

Among their recent papers are:

  • The IntCal20 Northern Hemisphere Radiocarbon Age Calibration Curve (2020), published in Radiocarbon
  • Marine20-The Marine Radiocarbon Age Calibration Curve (0-55,000 cal BP) (2020), published in Radiocarbon
  • Initial Upper Palaeolithic Homo sapiens from Bacho Kiro Cave, Bulgaria (2020), published in Nature
  • Eleven-year solar cycles over the last millennium revealed by radiocarbon in tree rings (2021), published in Nature Geoscience
  • A 14C chronology for the Middle to Upper Palaeolithic transition at Bacho Kiro Cave, Bulgaria (2020), published in Nature Ecology & Evolution

Their frequent co-authors include:

  • Lukas Wacker, with 18 joint publications
  • Sahra Talamo, with 11 joint publications
  • Michael Friedrich, with 10 joint publications
  • Édouard Bard, with 9 joint publications
  • Timothy Heaton, with 7 joint publications

Bernd Kromer has contributed extensively to several scientific journals. The most frequent venues for their publications are:

  • Radiocarbon, with 15 publications
  • Scientific Reports, with 2 publications
  • Nature, with 1 publication
  • Nature Geoscience, with 1 publication
  • Nature Ecology & Evolution, with 1 publication

Best Publications

  • IntCal13 and Marine13 radiocarbon age calibration curves 0-50,000 years cal BP

    Paula J Reimer;Edouard Bard;Alex Bayliss;J Warren Beck

  • The IntCal20 Northern Hemisphere Radiocarbon Age Calibration Curve (0-55 cal kBP)

    Paula J Reimer;William E N Austin;Edouard Bard;Alex Bayliss

  • INTCAL98 Radiocarbon Age Calibration, 24,000-0 cal BP

    M Stuiver;P.J Reimer;E Bard;J.W Beck

  • IntCal04 terrestrial radiocarbon age calibration, 0-26 cal kyr BP

    Paula J. Reimer;Mike G.L. Baillie;Edouard Bard;Alex Bayliss

  • Persistent Solar Influence on North Atlantic Climate During the Holocene

    Gerard Bond;Bernd Kromer;Juerg Beer;Raimund Muscheler

  • IntCal09 and Marine09 Radiocarbon Age Calibration Curves, 0–50,000 Years cal BP

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  • Marine20—The Marine Radiocarbon Age Calibration Curve (0–55,000 cal BP)

    Timothy J Heaton;Peter Köhler;Martin Butzin;Edouard Bard

  • Marine04 marine radiocarbon age calibration, 0-26 cal kyr BP

    Konrad A Hughen;Mike G L Baillie;Edouard Bard;J Warren Beck

  • Unusual activity of the Sun during recent decades compared to the previous 11,000 years

    S. K. Solanki;I. G. Usoskin;B. Kromer;M. Schüssler

  • Formal definition and dating of the GSSP (Global Stratotype Section and Point) for the base of the Holocene using the Greenland NGRIP ice core, and selected auxiliary records

    Mike Walker;Sigfus Johnsen;Sune Olander Rasmussen;Trevor Popp;Trevor Popp

  • Synchronized terrestrial-atmospheric deglacial records around the North Atlantic

    Svante Björck;Bernd Kromer;Sigfus Johnsen;Ole Bennike

  • The Tropospheric 14CO2 Level in Mid-Latitudes of the Northern Hemisphere (1959–2003)

    Ingeborg Levin;Bernd Kromer

  • A 7400-year tree-ring chronology in northern Swedish Lapland: natural climatic variability expressed on annual to millennial timescales

    Håkan Grudd;Keith R. Briffa;Wibjorn Karlén;Thomas S. Bartholin

  • Santorini eruption radiocarbon dated to 1627-1600 B.C.

    Walter L. Friedrich;Bernd Kromer;Michael Friedrich;Jan Heinemeier

  • Climatic, Solar, Oceanic, and Geomagnetic Influences on Late-Glacial and Holocene Atmospheric 14C/12C Change

    Minze Stuiver;Thomas F. Braziunas;Bernd Becker;Bernd Kromer

  • Observations and modelling of the global distribution and long-term trend of atmospheric 14CO2

    Ingeborg Levin;Tobias Naegler;Bernd Kromer;Moritz Diehl

  • The 12,460-year Hohenheim Oak and pine tree-ring chronology from central Europe: A unique annual record for radiocarbon calibration and paleoenvironment reconstructions

    Michael Friedrich;Sabine Remmele;Bernd Kromer;Jutta Hofmann

  • Possible solar origin of the 1,470-year glacial climate cycle demonstrated in a coupled model

    Holger Braun;Marcus Christl;Stefan Rahmstorf;Andrey Ganopolski

  • A novel approach for independent budgeting of fossil fuel CO2 over Europe by 14CO2 observations

    Ingeborg Levin;Bernd Kromer;Martina Schmidt;Hartmut Sartorius

  • Twenty Years of Atmospheric 14CO2 Observations at Schauinsland Station, Germany

    Ingeborg Levin;Bernd Kromer

  • Synchronized terrestrial-atmospheric deglacial records around the North Atlantic

    S. Bjorck;B. Kromer;S. Johnsen

Frequent Co-Authors

Christopher Bronk Ramsey
Christopher Bronk Ramsey University of Oxford
Konrad A Hughen
Konrad A Hughen Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Edouard Bard
Edouard Bard Aix-Marseille University
Ingeborg Levin
Ingeborg Levin Heidelberg University
Paula J. Reimer
Paula J. Reimer Queen's University Belfast
Minze Stuiver
Minze Stuiver University of Washington
Peter Schlosser
Peter Schlosser Arizona State University
Lukas Wacker
Lukas Wacker ETH Zurich
Alan G. Hogg
Alan G. Hogg University of Waikato
Raimund Muscheler
Raimund Muscheler Lund University

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