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Cristiano Mazur Chiessi

Cristiano Mazur Chiessi

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Earth Science

D-Index
39
Citations
4997
World Ranking
6242
National Ranking
40

Overview

Cristiano Mazur Chiessi is affiliated with the Universidade de São Paulo in Brazil. Their research primarily focuses on Earth and Planetary Sciences, with significant contributions in Environmental Science. Within these fields, the subfields of Atmospheric Science, Ecology, Earth-Surface Processes, Global and Planetary Change, and Oceanography form the core of their scientific inquiry.

The scientist's work encompasses several major topics including Geology and Paleoclimatology Research, Isotope Analysis in Ecology, Geological formations and processes, Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena, Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils, Marine and coastal ecosystems, and Climate variability and models.

Publication activity is concentrated in several key venues. These include Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology, Quaternary Science Reviews, Global and Planetary Change, Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research), and Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology.

Among recent papers authored or coauthored by Cristiano Mazur Chiessi are:

  • Climate tipping point interactions and cascades: a review (2024) published in Earth System Dynamics
  • Subsurface ocean warming preceded Heinrich Events (2022) in Nature Communications
  • Insolation and Greenhouse Gas Forcing of the South American Monsoon System Across Three Glacial-Interglacial Cycles (2020) in Geophysical Research Letters
  • Mid- to Late Holocene Contraction of the Intertropical Convergence Zone Over Northeastern South America (2021) in Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology
  • Brazilian biomes distribution: Past and future (2021) in Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology

Cristiano Mazur Chiessi has frequently collaborated with other researchers, including Ana Luíza Spadano Albuquerque, Stefano Crivellari, André Oliveira Sawakuchi, Stefan Mulitza, and Dailson José Bertassoli. These collaborations have contributed to an extensive network of coauthorship and scientific exchange.

Best Publications

  • Brazilian montane rainforest expansion induced by Heinrich Stadial 1 event

    Jorge L. D. Pinaya;Francisco W. Cruz;Gregorio C. T. Ceccantini;Pedro L. P. Correa

  • Distribution of major elements in Atlantic surface sediments (36°N–49°S): Imprint of terrigenous input and continental weathering

    Aline Govin;Ulrike Holzwarth;David Heslop;Lara Ford Keeling

  • North Atlantic Deep Water Production during the Last Glacial Maximum

    Jacob N.W. Howe;Alexander Matthew Piotrowski;Taryn L. Noble;Taryn L. Noble;Stefan Mulitza

  • Timing and structure of Mega-SACZ events during Heinrich Stadial 1

    Nicolás M Stríkis;Cristiano Mazur Chiessi;Francisco W Cruz;Mathias Vuille

  • Synchronous and proportional deglacial changes in Atlantic meridional overturning and northeast Brazilian precipitation

    Stefan Mulitza;Cristiano M. Chiessi;Enno Schefuß;Jörg Lippold

  • Possible impact of the Atlantic Multidecadal Oscillation on the South American summer monsoon.

    Cristiano Mazur Chiessi;Cristiano Mazur Chiessi;Stefan Mulitza;Jürgen Pätzold;Gerold Wefer

  • Terrigenous input off northern South America driven by changes in Amazonian climate and the North Brazil Current retroflection during the last 250 ka

    Aline Govin;Cristiano Mazur Chiessi;Matthias Zabel;André Oliveira Sawakuchi

  • Origin of increased terrigenous supply to the NE South American continental margin during Heinrich Stadial 1 and the Younger Dryas

    Yancheng Zhang;Cristiano Mazur Chiessi;Stefan Mulitza;Matthias Zabel

  • Climate tipping point interactions and cascades: a review

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  • Mg/Ca of Globorotalia inflata as a recorder of permanent thermocline temperatures in the South Atlantic

    Jeroen Groeneveld;Jeroen Groeneveld;Cristiano Mazur Chiessi;Cristiano Mazur Chiessi

  • Chronology of Terra Firme formation in Amazonian lowlands reveals a dynamic Quaternary landscape

    F. N. Pupim;F. N. Pupim;André Oliveira Sawakuchi;Renato Paes de Almeida;Camila Cherem Ribas

  • Signature of the Brazil-Malvinas Confluence (Argentine Basin) in the isotopic composition of planktonic foraminifera from surface sediments

    Cristiano Mazur Chiessi;Shannon Ulrich;Shannon Ulrich;Stefan Mulitza;Jürgen Pätzold

  • Luminescence of quartz and feldspar fingerprints provenance and correlates with the source area denudation in the Amazon River basin

    A. O. Sawakuchi;M. Jain;T. D. Mineli;L. Nogueira

  • Response of the Amazon rainforest to late Pleistocene climate variability

    Christoph Häggi;Cristiano Mazur Chiessi;Ute Merkel;Stefan Mulitza

  • Prolonged warming of the Brazil Current precedes deglaciations

    Thiago P Santos;Douglas O Lessa;Igor M Venancio;Cristiano Mazur Chiessi

  • Origin, transport and deposition of leaf-wax biomarkers in the Amazon Basin and the adjacent Atlantic

    Christoph Häggi;André O Sawakuchi;Cristiano Mazur Chiessi;Stefan Mulitza

  • Variability of the Brazil Current during the late Holocene

    Cristiano Mazur Chiessi;Stefan Mulitza;Jeroen Groeneveld;Juliana B Silva

  • Interaction of the South American Monsoon System and the Southern Westerly Wind Belt during the last 14kyr

    Sebastian Razik;Cristiano Mazur Chiessi;Oscar E Romero;Tilo von Dobeneck

  • Holocene shifts of the southern westerlies across the South Atlantic

    Ines Voigt;Cristiano Mazur Chiessi;Matthias Prange;Stefan Mulitza

  • Millennial- to Orbital-Scale Responses of Western Equatorial Atlantic Thermocline Depth to Changes in the Trade Wind System Since the Last Interglacial

    I. M. Venancio;I. M. Venancio;S. Mulitza;A. Govin;T. P. Santos

  • Increased Amazon freshwater discharge during late Heinrich Stadial 1

    Stefano Crivellari;Cristiano Mazur Chiessi;Henning Kuhnert;Christoph Häggi

  • The high-supply, current-dominated continental margin of southeastern South America during the late Quaternary

    Hendrik Lantzsch;Till J. J. Hanebuth;Cristiano Mazur Chiessi;Tilmann Schwenk

  • A submarine canyon as a climate archive — Interaction of the Antarctic Intermediate Water with the Mar del Plata Canyon (Southwest Atlantic)

    Ines Voigt;Ruediger Henrich;Benedict M Preu;Alberto R Piola

Frequent Co-Authors

Stefan Mulitza
Stefan Mulitza University of Bremen
André Oliveira Sawakuchi
André Oliveira Sawakuchi Universidade de São Paulo
Matthias Zabel
Matthias Zabel University of Bremen
Enno Schefuß
Enno Schefuß University of Bremen
Matthias Prange
Matthias Prange University of Bremen
Gesine Mollenhauer
Gesine Mollenhauer Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research
Torsten Bickert
Torsten Bickert University of Bremen
André Paul
André Paul University of Bremen
Andreas Mackensen
Andreas Mackensen Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research

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