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Christoph Mayr is affiliated with the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg in Germany. Their research spans multiple areas within Earth and Planetary Sciences and Environmental Science, with significant contributions in Atmospheric Science, Ecology, Paleontology, Anthropology, and Earth-Surface Processes. The profile of their work is marked by a combination of geological, climatological, and archaeological investigations.

Their main research topics include:

  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
  • Isotope Analysis in Ecology
  • Archaeology and ancient environmental studies
  • Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology
  • Geological formations and processes
  • Tree-ring climate responses
  • Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics

Mayr has published numerous papers, with prominent recent works including:

  • "Diagnostik und Therapie der Syphilis," 2020, published in Der Hautarzt
  • "A 4000-year debris flow record based on amphibious investigations of fan delta activity in Plansee (Austria, Eastern Alps)," 2021, Earth Surface Dynamics
  • "Cultural evolution and environmental change in Central Europe between 40 and 15 ka," 2020, Quaternary International
  • "First indications of seasonal and spatial variations of water sources in pine trees along an elevation gradient in a Mediterranean ecosystem derived from δ18O," 2020, Chemical Geology
  • "A one-million-year isotope record from siderites formed in modern ferruginous sediments," 2022, Geological Society of America Bulletin

Their frequent co-authors include:

  • Philipp Stojakowits
  • Bernd Zolitschka
  • Andreas Maier
  • Matthias López Correa
  • Kerstin Pasda

Mayr regularly publishes in key academic venues such as:

  • Quaternary International
  • The Science of The Total Environment
  • Publishing Network for Geoscientific and Environmental Data (PANGAEA) (Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research)
  • Der Hautarzt
  • Journal of Quaternary Science

The scope of their work integrates detailed isotope studies in ecological contexts, geological and paleoclimatic research, as well as archaeological and ancient environmental studies. Through these avenues, Mayr contributes to the understanding of long-term environmental changes and processes, with interdisciplinary approaches connecting geological formations, climatic responses observed in tree rings, and plant water and carbon dynamics.

Best Publications

  • Climatically induced lake level changes during the last two millennia as reflected in sediments of Laguna Potrok Aike, southern Patagonia (Santa Cruz, Argentina)

    Torsten Haberzettl;Michael Fey;Andreas Lücke;Nora Maidana

  • Lateglacial and Holocene wet-dry cycles in southern Patagonia: chronology, sedimentology and geochemistry of a lacustrine record from Laguna Potrok Aike, Argentina

    Torsten Haberzettl;Hugo Corbella;Michael Fey;Stephanie Janssen

  • Precipitation origin and evaporation of lakes in semi-arid Patagonia (Argentina) inferred from stable isotopes (δ18O, δ2H)

    Christoph Mayr;Andreas Lücke;Willibald Stichler;Peter Trimborn

  • Holocene variability of the Southern Hemisphere westerlies in Argentinean Patagonia (52°S)

    Christoph Mayr;Michael Wille;Torsten Haberzettl;Michael Fey

  • Inhibition of LTβR signalling activates WNT-induced regeneration in lung.

    Thomas M. Conlon;Gerrit John-Schuster;Danijela Heide;Dominik Pfister

  • Organic matter release by dominant hermatypic corals of the Northern Red Sea

    M. S. Naumann;A. Haas;U. Struck;C. Mayr

  • Crater lakes of the Pali Aike Volcanic Field as key sites for paleoclimatic and paleoecological reconstructions in southern Patagonia, Argentina

    Bernd Zolitschka;Frank Schäbitz;Andreas Lücke;Hugo Corbella

  • Palaeoenvironmental changes in southern Patagonia during the last millennium recorded in lake sediments from Laguna Azul (Argentina)

    Christoph Mayr;Michael Fey;Torsten Haberzettl;Stephanie Janssen

  • Vegetation and climate dynamics in southern South America: The microfossil record of Laguna Potrok Aike, Santa Cruz, Argentina

    Michael Wille;Nora I. Maidana;Frank Schäbitz;Michael Fey

  • Organic matter release by coral reef associated benthic algae in the Northern Red Sea

    Andreas F. Haas;Malik S. Naumann;Ulrich Struck;Christoph Mayr

  • Organic matter release by cold water corals and its implication for fauna–microbe interaction

    Christian Wild;Christoph Mayr;Laura Wehrmann;Sandra Schöttner

  • Late Pleistocene dust deposition in the Patagonian steppe - extending and refining the paleoenvironmental and tephrochronological record from Laguna Potrok Aike back to 55 ka

    Torsten Haberzettl;Flavio S. Anselmetti;Sabine W. Bowen;Michael Fey

  • Hydrological variability in southeastern Patagonia and explosive volcanic activity in the southern Andean Cordillera during Oxygen Isotope Stage 3 and the Holocene inferred from lake sediments of Laguna Potrok Aike, Argentina

    Torsten Haberzettl;Torsten Haberzettl;Barbara Kück;Sabine Wulf;Flavio S. Anselmetti

  • Association of p53 and MSH2 with recombinative repair complexes during S phase.

    Daniele Zink;Christoph Mayr;Christine Janz;Lisa Wiesmüller

  • A new approach for the isolation of cellulose from aquatic plant tissue and freshwater sediments for stable isotope analysis

    Holger Wissel;Christoph Mayr;Andreas Lücke

  • Isotopic fingerprints on lacustrine organic matter from Laguna Potrok Aike (southern Patagonia, Argentina) reflect environmental changes during the last 16,000 years

    Christoph Mayr;Andreas Lücke;Nora I. Maidana;Michael Wille

  • Transient simulations, empirical reconstructions and forcing mechanisms for the Mid-holocene hydrological climate in southern Patagonia

    Sebastian Wagner;Martin Widmann;Julie Jones;Torsten Haberzettl

  • Palaeoenvironmental changes during the last 1600 years inferred from the sediment record of a cirque lake in southern Patagonia (Laguna Las Vizcachas, Argentina)

    Michael Fey;Christian Korr;Nora I. Maidana;María L. Carrevedo

  • Nitrogen and carbon isotope variability in the green-algal lichen Xanthoria parietina and their implications on mycobiont-photobiont interactions.

    Andreas Beck;Christoph Mayr

  • Reconstruction of palaeoprecipitation based on pollen transfer functions – the record of the last 16 ka from Laguna Potrok Aike, southern Patagonia

    Frank Schäbitz;Michael Wille;Jean-Pierre Francois;Torsten Haberzettl

  • Precipitation origin and evaporation of lakes in semi-arid Patagonia (Argentina) inferred from

    Christoph Mayr;Willibald Stichler;Peter Trimborn;Bettina Ercolano

Frequent Co-Authors

Bernd Zolitschka
Bernd Zolitschka University of Bremen
Christian Ohlendorf
Christian Ohlendorf University of Bremen
Andreas Lücke
Andreas Lücke Forschungszentrum Jülich
Frank Schäbitz
Frank Schäbitz University of Cologne
Torsten Haberzettl
Torsten Haberzettl Friedrich Schiller University Jena
Gerhard H. Schleser
Gerhard H. Schleser Forschungszentrum Jülich
Sabine Wulf
Sabine Wulf University of Portsmouth
Christian Wild
Christian Wild University of Bremen
Paula J. Reimer
Paula J. Reimer Queen's University Belfast
Ulrich Struck
Ulrich Struck Museum für Naturkunde

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