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Christoph Korte is affiliated with the University of Copenhagen in Denmark and specializes in Earth and Planetary Sciences. Their academic output focuses extensively on paleontology, stratigraphy, geochemistry, and paleoclimatology, with a substantial number of publications addressing the interactions between geological formations and past climate conditions.

The primary fields of study associated with Korte comprise Earth and Planetary Sciences, with significant contributions to several subfields, including:

  • Paleontology
  • Atmospheric Science
  • Geophysics
  • Geochemistry and Petrology
  • Earth-Surface Processes

The main topics in their research include:

  • Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils
  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
  • Geological and Geochemical Analysis
  • Geochemistry and Elemental Analysis
  • Geological formations and processes
  • Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis
  • Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena

Korte's recent publications cover a variety of subjects within these domains. Notable papers include:

  • Persistent late Permian to Early Triassic warmth linked to enhanced reverse weathering, 2022, Nature Geoscience
  • Unravelling Middle to Late Jurassic palaeoceanographic and palaeoclimatic signals in the Hebrides Basin using belemnite clumped isotope thermometry, 2020, Earth and Planetary Science Letters
  • Reconstructing the magnitude of Early Toarcian (Jurassic) warming using the reordered clumped isotope compositions of belemnites, 2020, Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta
  • Cold spells in the Nordic Seas during the early Eocene Greenhouse, 2020, Nature Communications
  • Factors controlling accumulation of organic carbon in a rift-lake, Oligocene Vietnam, 2020, Scientific Reports

The scientist collaborates frequently with several co-authors, indicating a network of ongoing academic partnerships. Frequent co-authors include Clemens V. Ullmann, Nicolas Thibault, Madeleine L. Vickers, Alcídes N. Sial, and Jiubin Chen.

Publication venues where Korte's work appears often feature journals dedicated to geological and paleontological research. These venues include:

  • Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology
  • Newsletters on Stratigraphy
  • Nature Geoscience
  • Scientific Reports
  • Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Best Publications

  • 87Sr/86Sr, δ13C and δ18O evolution of Phanerozoic seawater

    Ján Veizer;Ján Veizer;Davin Ala;Karem Azmy;Peter Bruckschen

  • 87 Sr/ 86 Sr,δ 13 Candδ 18 Oevolution of Phanerozoic seawater

    Ján Veizer;Davin Ala;Karem Azmy;Peter Bruckschen

  • Strontium isotope evolution of Late Permian and Triassic seawater

    Christoph Korte;Heinz W Kozur;Peter Bruckschen;Ján Veizer;Ján Veizer

  • Carbon-isotope stratigraphy across the Permian–Triassic boundary: A review

    Christoph Korte;Heinz W. Kozur

  • δ13C and δ18O values of Triassic brachiopods and carbonate rocks as proxies for coeval seawater and palaeotemperature

    Christoph Korte;Heinz W. Kozur;Ján Veizer;Ján Veizer

  • Shallow marine carbon and oxygen isotope and elemental records indicate icehouse-greenhouse cycles during the Early Jurassic

    Christoph Korte;Christoph Korte;Stephen P. Hesselbo

  • δ18O and δ13C of Permian brachiopods: A record of seawater evolution and continental glaciation

    Christoph Korte;Torsten Jasper;Heinz W. Kozur;Ján Veizer;Ján Veizer

  • Oxygen isotope evolution of Phanerozoic seawater

    Ján Veizer;Ján Veizer;Peter Bruckschen;Frank Pawellek;Andreas Diener

  • Jurassic climate mode governed by ocean gateway

    Christoph Korte;Stephen P. Hesselbo;Clemens V. Ullmann;Clemens V. Ullmann;Gerd Dietl

  • Strontium isotope stratigraphy: potential resolution and event correlation

    Ján Veizer;Ján Veizer;Dieter Buhl;Andreas Diener;Stefan Ebneth

  • 87Sr/86Sr record of Permian seawater

    Christoph Korte;Torsten Jasper;Heinz W. Kozur;Ján Veizer;Ján Veizer

  • Carbon, sulfur, oxygen and strontium isotope records, organic geochemistry and biostratigraphy across the Permian/Triassic boundary in Abadeh, Iran

    Christoph Korte;Heinz W. Kozur;Michael M. Joachimski;Harald Strauss

  • Onset of main Phanerozoic marine radiation sparked by emerging Mid Ordovician icehouse

    Christian M. Ø. Rasmussen;Clemens V. Ullmann;Kristian G. Jakobsen;Anders Lindskog

  • Palaeoenvironmental significance of carbon- and oxygen-isotope stratigraphy of marine Triassic–Jurassic boundary sections in SW Britain

    Christoph Korte;Stephen P. Hesselbo;Hugh C. Jenkyns;Rosalind E.M. Rickaby

  • Massive volcanism at the Permian–Triassic boundary and its impact on the isotopic composition of the ocean and atmosphere

    Christoph Korte;Prabhas Pande;P. Kalia;Heinz W. Kozur

  • Palaeotethys seawater temperature rise and an intensified hydrological cycle following the end-Permian mass extinction

    Martin Schobben;Michael M. Joachimski;Dieter Korn;Lucyna Leda

  • Mercury enrichment and Hg isotopes in Cretaceous–Paleogene boundary successions: Links to volcanism and palaeoenvironmental impacts

    A.N. Sial;Jiubin Chen;L.D. Lacerda;R. Frei

  • Diagenetic alteration in low-Mg calcite from macrofossils: a review

    Clemens V. Ullmann;Christoph Korte

  • Oxygen isotope values from high-latitudes: Clues for Permian sea-surface temperature gradients and Late Palaeozoic deglaciation

    Christoph Korte;Peter J. Jones;Uwe Brand;Dorothee Mertmann

  • Effect of a Jurassic oceanic anoxic event on belemnite ecology and evolution.

    Clemens Vinzenz Ullmann;Nicolas Thibault;Micha Ruhl;Micha Ruhl;Stephen P. Hesselbo

  • Flourishing ocean drives the end-Permian marine mass extinction.

    Martin Schobben;Alan Stebbins;Abbas Ghaderi;Harald Strauss

  • 87 Srr 86 Sr, d 13 C and d 18 O evolution of Phanerozoic seawater

    Jan Veizer;Davin Ala;Karem Azmy;Peter Bruckschen

Frequent Co-Authors

Clemens V. Ullmann
Clemens V. Ullmann University of Exeter
Nicolas Thibault
Nicolas Thibault University of Copenhagen
Ján Veizer
Ján Veizer University of Ottawa
Stephen P. Hesselbo
Stephen P. Hesselbo University of Exeter
Robert Frei
Robert Frei University of Copenhagen
Micha Ruhl
Micha Ruhl Trinity College Dublin
Dieter Korn
Dieter Korn Museum für Naturkunde
Harald Strauss
Harald Strauss University of Münster
Alcides N. Sial
Alcides N. Sial Federal University of Pernambuco

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