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Christian Zeeden is affiliated with the Leibniz Institute for Applied Geophysics in Germany. Their research primarily focuses on Earth and Planetary Sciences, with substantial contributions in various subfields and topics related to geology, paleoclimatology, and environmental studies.

Their main fields of study include:

  • Earth and Planetary Sciences

Within these fields, the prominent subfields covered are:

  • Atmospheric Science
  • Earth-Surface Processes
  • Paleontology
  • Molecular Biology
  • Anthropology

The key topics Christian Zeeden has worked on encompass:

  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
  • Geological formations and processes
  • Geomagnetism and Paleomagnetism Studies
  • Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology
  • Marine and environmental studies
  • Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils
  • Archaeology and ancient environmental studies

Christian Zeeden has contributed to research published in multiple venues, with a focus on Earth sciences and geological publications. Frequent publication venues include:

  • Frontiers in Earth Science
  • Quaternary Science Reviews
  • E&G Quaternary Science Journal
  • Earth-Science Reviews
  • Publishing Network for Geoscientific and Environmental Data (PANGAEA) (Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research)

Some of the recent papers by Christian Zeeden are:

  • Loess landscapes of Europe - Mapping, geomorphology, and zonal differentiation (2020, Earth-Science Reviews)
  • Organic carbon burial is paced by a ~173-ka obliquity cycle in the middle to high latitudes (2021, Science Advances)
  • Millennial-scale terrestrial ecosystem responses to Upper Pleistocene climatic changes: 4D-reconstruction of the Schwalbenberg Loess-Palaeosol-Sequence (Middle Rhine Valley, Germany) (2020, CATENA)
  • Paleoclimate records reveal elusive ~200-kyr eccentricity cycle for the first time (2020, Global and Planetary Change)
  • A tale of shifting relations: East Asian summer and winter monsoon variability during the Holocene (2021, Scientific Reports)

They have collaborated frequently with a number of co-authors, including:

  • Ulrich Hambach
  • Frank Lehmkuhl
  • Slobodan B. Marković
  • Thomas Wonik
  • Stefanie Kaboth-Bahr

Best Publications

  • Loess landscapes of Europe-Mapping, geomorphology, and zonal differentiation

    Frank Lehmkuhl;Janina J. Nett;Stephan Pötter;Philipp Schulte

  • A Refined Astronomically Calibrated 40Ar/39Ar Age for Fish Canyon Sanidine

    Tiffany A. Rivera;Michael Storey;Christian Zeeden;Frederik J. Hilgen

  • Stratigraphic continuity and fragmentary sedimentation: the success of cyclostratigraphy as part of integrated stratigraphy

    Frederik J. Hilgen;Linda A. Hinnov;Hayfaa Abdul Aziz;Hemmo A. Abels

  • Shift of large-scale atmospheric systems over Europe during late MIS 3 and implications for Modern Human dispersal

    Igor Obreht;Ulrich Hambach;Ulrich Hambach;Daniel Veres;Daniel Veres;Christian Zeeden

  • Approaches and challenges to the study of loess - Introduction to the LoessFest Special Issue

    Randall J. Schaetzl;E. Arthur Bettis;Onn Crouvi;Kathryn E. Fitzsimmons

  • Tracing the influence of Mediterranean climate on Southeastern Europe during the past 350,000 years

    Igor Obreht;Christian Zeeden;Ulrich Hambach;Daniel Veres

  • Organic carbon burial is paced by a ~173-ka obliquity cycle in the middle to high latitudes.

    He Huang;Yuan Gao;Chao Ma;Matthew M. Jones

  • The Cyclostratigraphy Intercomparison Project (CIP): consistency, merits and pitfalls

    Matthias Sinnesael;Matthias Sinnesael;David De Vleeschouwer;Christian Zeeden;Sietske J. Batenburg

  • Demographic estimates of hunter–gatherers during the Last Glacial Maximum in Europe against the background of palaeoenvironmental data

    Andreas Maier;Andreas Maier;Frank Lehmkuhl;Patrick Ludwig;Martin Melles

  • A critical reevaluation of palaeoclimate proxy records from loess in the Carpathian Basin

    Igor Obreht;Christian Zeeden;Christian Zeeden;Ulrich Hambach;Daniel Veres

  • Three climatic cycles recorded in a loess-palaeosol sequence at Semlac (Romania) – Implications for dust accumulation in south-eastern Europe

    Christian Zeeden;Holger Kels;Ulrich Hambach;Ulrich Hambach;Philipp Schulte

  • Quartz OSL dating of late quaternary Chinese and Serbian loess: A cross Eurasian comparison of dust mass accumulation rates

    Zoran Perić;Emma Lagerbäck Adolphi;Thomas Stevens;Gábor Újvári;Gábor Újvári

  • Testing astronomically tuned age models

    Christiaan Zeeden;Christiaan Zeeden;Stephen R. Meyers;Lucas J. Lourens;Frederik J. Hilgen

  • Millennial scale climate oscillations recorded in the Lower Danube loess over the last glacial period

    Christian Zeeden;Ulrich Hambach;Ulrich Hambach;Daniel Veres;Daniel Veres;Kathryn E. Fitzsimmons

  • Revised Miocene splice, astronomical tuning and calcareous plankton biochronology of ODP Site 926 between 5 and 14.4 Ma

    Christian Zeeden;Frederik J Hilgen;Thomas Westerhold;Lucas J Lourens

  • Aeolian dynamics at the Orlovat loess–paleosol sequence, northern Serbia, based on detailed textural and geochemical evidence

    Igor Obreht;Christian Zeeden;Philipp Schulte;Ulrich Hambach

  • The Crvenka loess-paleosol sequence: A record of continuous grassland domination in the southern Carpathian Basin during the Late Pleistocene

    Slobodan B. Marković;Pál Sümegi;Thomas Stevens;Thomas Stevens;Randall J. Schaetzl

  • A Multi-Proxy Analysis of two Loess-Paleosol Sequences in the Northern Harz Foreland, Germany

    Lydia Krauß;Joerg Zens;Christian Zeeden;Philipp Schulte

  • The Miocene astronomical time scale 9–12 Ma: New constraints on tidal dissipation and their implications for paleoclimatic investigations

    Christian Zeeden;Christian Zeeden;Frederik J. Hilgen;Silja K. Hüsing;Lucas L. Lourens

  • Prevailing surface winds in Northern Serbia in the recent and past time periods; modern- and past dust deposition

    Milivoj B. Gavrilov;Slobodan B. Marković;Randall J. Schaetzl;Ivana Tošić

  • Extending the tephra and palaeoenvironmental record of the Central Mediterranean back to 430 ka: A new core from Fucino Basin, central Italy

    Biagio Giaccio;Niklas Leicher;Giorgio Mannella;Lorenzo Monaco

Frequent Co-Authors

Frank Lehmkuhl
Frank Lehmkuhl RWTH Aachen University
Ulrich Hambach
Ulrich Hambach University of Bayreuth
Slobodan B. Marković
Slobodan B. Marković University of Novi Sad
Daniel Veres
Daniel Veres Romanian Academy
Frederik J Hilgen
Frederik J Hilgen Utrecht University
Wei Chu
Wei Chu Sichuan University
Lucas Joost Lourens
Lucas Joost Lourens Utrecht University
Pál Sümegi
Pál Sümegi University of Szeged
Kuo-Yen Wei
Kuo-Yen Wei National Chung Hsing University
Chuan-Chou Shen
Chuan-Chou Shen National Taiwan University

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