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Bogdan P. Onac is affiliated with the University of South Florida in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a significant number of publications in Atmospheric Science, Earth-Surface Processes, Oceanography, Archeology, and Geophysics.

Their recent papers reflect a broad engagement with topics related to geology, paleoclimatology, and planetary exploration. Notable publications include:

  • Brazilian cave heritage under siege, 2022, published in Science
  • A roadmap for planetary caves science and exploration, 2021, published in Nature Astronomy
  • Sea-level stands from the Western Mediterranean over the past 6.5 million years, 2021, published in Scientific Reports
  • Fundamental Science and Engineering Questions in Planetary Cave Exploration, 2022, published in Journal of Geophysical Research Planets
  • Last interglacial sea-level history from speleothems: a global standardized database, 2021, published in Earth system science data

The scientist frequently collaborates with several co-authors, including Victor J. Polyak, Yemane Asmerom, Francesco Sauro, Ana Z. Miller, and Joan J. Fornós. These collaborations indicate a sustained research network primarily within their fields of study.

Publication venues where Bogdan P. Onac has contributed multiple works include Scientific Reports, Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research), The Science of The Total Environment, Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology, and Communications Earth & Environment.

The main fields of study and subfields reflect an interdisciplinary approach encompassing:

  • Earth and Planetary Sciences
  • Atmospheric Science
  • Earth-Surface Processes
  • Oceanography
  • Archeology
  • Geophysics

Main research topics covered by their work include:

  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
  • Maritime and Coastal Archaeology
  • Karst Systems and Hydrogeology
  • Marine and Environmental Studies
  • Planetary Science and Exploration
  • Earthquake and Tectonic Studies
  • Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena

Best Publications

  • Climate Variability and Associated Vegetation Response throughout Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) between 60 and 8 ka

    A. Feurdean;A. Perşoiu;I. Tanţău;T. Stevens

  • Sea-Level Highstand 81,000 Years Ago in Mallorca

    Jeffrey A. Dorale;Bogdan P. Onac;Joan J. Fornós;Joaquin Ginés

  • Impact of climate change on the transition of Neanderthals to modern humans in Europe

    Michael Staubwasser;Virgil Drăgușin;Bogdan P. Onac;Bogdan P. Onac;Sergey Assonov;Sergey Assonov

  • Constraints on global mean sea level during Pliocene warmth.

    Oana-Alexandra Dumitru;Jacqueline Austermann;Victor J Polyak;Joan J Fornós

  • Minerogenetic mechanisms occurring in the cave environment: an overview

    Bogdan P. Onac;Paolo Forti

  • Holocene winter climate variability in Central and Eastern Europe

    Aurel Perșoiu;Bogdan P. Onac;Bogdan P. Onac;Jonathan G. Wynn;Maarten Blaauw

  • Isotopic climate record in a Holocene stalagmite from Ursilor Cave (Romania)

    Bogdan Petroniu Onac;Silviu Constantin;Joyce Lundberg;Stein-Erik Lauritzen

  • Cryogenic carbonates in cave environments: A review

    Karel Žák;Bogdan P. Onac;Bogdan P. Onac;Aurel Perşoiu

  • Lateglacial-Middle Holocene Stable Isotope Records in Two Coeval Stalagmites from the Bihor Mountains, NW Romania

    Tudor Tămaş;Bogdan P. Onac;Ana-Voica Bojar

  • ASSESSING THE PALAEOCLIMATE POTENTIAL OF CAVE GLACIERS: THE EXAMPLE OF THE SCǍRIŞOARA ICE CAVE (ROMANIA)

    Per Holmlund;Bogdan P. Onac;Margareta Hansson;Karin Holmgren

  • Tracing the sources of cave sulfates: a unique case from Cerna Valley, Romania

    Bogdan P. Onac;Bogdan P. Onac;Jonathan G. Wynn;Jonathan B. Sumrall

  • Stable isotope behavior during cave ice formation by water freezing in Scărişoara ice cave, Romania

    Aurel Perşoiu;Bogdan P. Onac;Bogdan P. Onac;Jonathan G. Wynn;Ana-Voica Bojar;Ana-Voica Bojar

  • Younger Dryas to mid-Holocene environmental history of the lowlands of NW Transylvania, Romania

    Angelica N Feurdean;Volker Mosbrugger;Bogdan P. Onac;Victor J. Polyak

  • A highly resolved record of relative sea level in the western Mediterranean Sea during the last interglacial period

    Victor J. Polyak;Bogdan P. Onac;Joan J. Fornós;Carling Hay

  • Constraining Holocene hydrological changes in the Carpathian–Balkan region using speleothem δ 18 O and pollen-based temperature reconstructions

    Virgil Dragusin;Virgil Dragusin;Virgil Dragusin;Michael Staubwasser;Dirk L. Hoffmann;Vasile Ersek;Vasile Ersek

  • Reconstruction of climatic and environmental changes in NW Romania during the early part of the last deglaciation (∼15,000–13,600 cal yr BP)

    Barbara Wohlfarth;Gina Hannon;Angelica Feurdean;Lucretia Ghergari

  • Sulfur isotopic composition and the source of dissolved sulfur species in thermo-mineral springs of the Cerna Valley, Romania

    Jonathan G. Wynn;Jonathan B. Sumrall;Jonathan B. Sumrall;Bogdan P. Onac;Bogdan P. Onac

  • Evaluating the Palaeoecological Potential of Pollen Recovered from Ice in Caves: A Case Study from Scărişoara Ice Cave, Romania

    Angelica Feurdean;Aurel Perşoiu;Anna Pazdur;Bogdan P. Onac

  • The Campanian Ignimbrite/Y5 tephra layer – A regional stratigraphic marker for Isotope Stage 3 deposits in the Lower Danube region, Romania

    Daniel Veres;Daniel Veres;Christine S. Lane;Alida Timar-Gabor;Ulrich Hambach

  • Sequence of secondary phosphates deposition in a karst environment evidence from Mǎgurici Cave (Romania)

    Bogdan P. Onac;Daniel S. Vereş

Frequent Co-Authors

Jonathan G. Wynn
Jonathan G. Wynn National Science Foundation
Victor J. Polyak
Victor J. Polyak University of New Mexico
Yemane Asmerom
Yemane Asmerom University of New Mexico
Daniel Veres
Daniel Veres Romanian Academy
Karin Holmgren
Karin Holmgren Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
William B. White
William B. White University of Connecticut
Angelica Feurdean
Angelica Feurdean Goethe University Frankfurt
David W. Peate
David W. Peate University of Iowa
Barbara Wohlfarth
Barbara Wohlfarth Stockholm University
Maarten Blaauw
Maarten Blaauw Queen's University Belfast

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