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Overview

Christopher R. German is affiliated with the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution in the United States. Their research spans several intersecting disciplines, with a primary focus on Earth and Planetary Sciences and Environmental Science. This work encompasses subfields such as Oceanography, Environmental Chemistry, Atmospheric Science, Astronomy and Astrophysics, and Ecology.

The main topics covered in their publications include Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena, Geology and Paleoclimatology Research, Marine Biology and Ecology Research, Astro and Planetary Science, Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology, Planetary Science and Exploration, and Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils.

Christopher R. German has contributed to a number of recent papers, among them:

  • "The Enceladus Orbilander Mission Concept: Balancing Return and Resources in the Search for Life," 2021, The Planetary Science Journal
  • "Global Ocean Sediment Composition and Burial Flux in the Deep Sea," 2021, Global Biogeochemical Cycles
  • "Science Goals and Mission Architecture of the Europa Lander Mission Concept," 2022, The Planetary Science Journal
  • "A Blueprint for an Inclusive, Global Deep-Sea Ocean Decade Field Program," 2020, Frontiers in Marine Science
  • "Scientific Challenges and Present Capabilities in Underwater Robotic Vehicle Design and Navigation for Oceanographic Exploration Under-Ice," 2020, Remote Sensing

Their research output is frequently published in venues such as Frontiers in Marine Science, The Planetary Science Journal, Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, Global Biogeochemical Cycles, and Earth and Planetary Science Letters.

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Christopher R. German include Julie A. Huber, Jeffrey S. Seewald, Sean P. Sylva, Antje Boëtius, and William J. Jenkins.

Best Publications

  • Hf isotope ratio analysis using multi-collector inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry: an evaluation of isobaric interference corrections

    Nan-Chin Chu;Rex N. Taylor;Valérie Chavagnac;Robert W. Nesbitt

  • Deep, diverse and definitely different: unique attributes of the world's largest ecosystem

    E. Ramirez-Llodra;A. Brandt;R. Danovaro;B. De Mol

  • Application of the Ce anomaly as a paleoredox indicator: The ground rules

    Christopher R. German;Henry Elderfield

  • Evolution and Biogeography of Deep-Sea Vent and Seep Invertebrates

    C. L. Van Dover;C. R. German;K. G. Speer;L. M. Parson

  • Rare earth element distributions in anoxic waters of the Cariaco Trench

    Hein J.W de Baar;Christopher R German;Henry Elderfield;Pauline van Gaans

  • Basin-scale transport of hydrothermal dissolved metals across the South Pacific Ocean

    Joseph A. Resing;Peter N. Sedwick;Christopher R. German;William J. Jenkins

  • Hydrothermal scavenging of rare-earth elements in the ocean

    C. R. German;G. P. Klinkhammer;J. M. Edmond;A. Mura

  • Impact of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill on a deep-water coral community in the Gulf of Mexico

    Helen K. White;Pen Yuan Hsing;Walter Cho;Timothy M. Shank

  • Redox cycling of rare earth elements in the suboxic zone of the Black Sea

    Christopher R. German;Brenda P. Holliday;Henry Elderfield

  • On the Global Distribution of Hydrothermal Vent Fields

    Edward T. Baker;Christopher R. German

  • An improved method for extracting marine sediment fractions and its application to Sr and Nd isotopic analysis

    G. Bayon;C.R. German;R.M. Boella;J.A. Milton

  • Pathways for abiotic organic synthesis at submarine hydrothermal fields

    Jill M. McDermott;Jeffrey S. Seewald;Christopher R. German;Sean P. Sylva

  • The NASA Roadmap to Ocean Worlds

    Amanda R. Hendrix;Terry A. Hurford;Laura M. Barge;Michael T. Bland

  • The Discovery of New Deep-Sea Hydrothermal Vent Communities in the Southern Ocean and Implications for Biogeography

    Alex D. Rogers;Paul A. Tyler;Douglas P. Connelly;Jonathan T. Copley

  • Iron persistence in a distal hydrothermal plume supported by dissolved-particulate exchange

    Jessica N. Fitzsimmons;Jessica N. Fitzsimmons;Seth G. John;Seth G. John;Christopher M. Marsay;Christopher M. Marsay;Colleen L. Hoffman

  • The distribution and stabilisation of dissolved Fe in deep-sea hydrothermal plumes

    Sarah A. Bennett;Eric P. Achterberg;Douglas P. Connelly;Peter J. Statham

  • Discovery of abundant hydrothermal venting on the ultraslow-spreading Gakkel ridge in the Arctic Ocean

    H. N. Edmonds;P. J. Michael;E. T. Baker;D. P. Connelly

  • First active hydrothermal vents on an ultraslow-spreading center: Southwest Indian Ridge

    Chunhui Tao;Jian Lin;Shiqin Guo;Yongshun John Chen

  • Hydrothermal scavenging at the Mid-Atlantic Ridge: Modification of trace element dissolved fluxes

    C.R. German;A.C. Campbell;J.M. Edmond

  • Rare earth elements in Saanich Inlet, British Columbia, a seasonally anoxic basin

    Christopher R German;Henry Elderfield

Frequent Co-Authors

Dana R. Yoerger
Dana R. Yoerger Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Olivier Rouxel
Olivier Rouxel French Research Institute for Exploitation of the Sea
Douglas P. Connelly
Douglas P. Connelly National Oceanography Centre
Brandy M. Toner
Brandy M. Toner University of Minnesota
Edward T. Baker
Edward T. Baker Joint Institute for the Study of the Atmosphere and Ocean
Antje Boetius
Antje Boetius Max Planck Society
Jeffrey S. Seewald
Jeffrey S. Seewald Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Timothy M. Shank
Timothy M. Shank Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Louis L. Whitcomb
Louis L. Whitcomb Johns Hopkins University
Eva Ramirez-Llodra
Eva Ramirez-Llodra Norwegian Institute for Water Research

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