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Earth Science
New Zealand
2022

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Earth Science

D-Index
57
Citations
11147
World Ranking
2276
National Ranking
11

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2022 - Research.com Earth Science in New Zealand Leader Award

Overview

David J. Lowe is affiliated with the University of Waikato in New Zealand. Their research primarily spans the fields of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Agricultural and Biological Sciences, and Environmental Science, with a substantial focus on subfields such as Atmospheric Science, Soil Science, Geophysics, Civil and Structural Engineering, and Ecology.

The scientist's work covers a range of interdisciplinary topics, including:

  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
  • Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics
  • Geological and Geochemical Analysis
  • Earthquake and tectonic studies
  • Pacific and Southeast Asian Studies
  • Archaeology and ancient environmental studies
  • Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping

David J. Lowe has published extensively, with documented frequent contributions to key scientific journals. Prominent publication venues include:

  • Quaternary Science Reviews
  • New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics
  • Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research
  • Journal of Quaternary Science
  • Geochronology

Recent selected publications exemplify the diverse themes in this research portfolio:

  • "Sub-millennial eruptive recurrence in the silicic Mangaone Subgroup tephra sequence, New Zealand, from Bayesian modelling of zircon double-dating and radiocarbon ages" (2020, Quaternary Science Reviews)
  • "Crossing new frontiers: extending tephrochronology as a global geoscientific research tool" (2020, Journal of Quaternary Science)
  • "Rapid carbon accumulation in a peatland following Late Holocene tephra deposition, New Zealand" (2020, Quaternary Science Reviews)
  • "TephraNZ: a major- and trace-element reference dataset for glass-shard analyses from prominent Quaternary rhyolitic tephras in New Zealand and implications for correlation" (2021, Geochronology)
  • "Tephrochronology in Aotearoa New Zealand" (2021, New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics)

Co-authorship frequently includes collaboration with the following researchers:

  • Allan E. Hewitt
  • Megan R. Balks
  • Vicki G. Moon
  • Max Oke Kluger
  • Jordanka Chaneva

In addition to journal articles, David J. Lowe has contributed to book publications. Notably, they have authored a book published by Springer Nature (Netherlands) titled The Soils of Aotearoa New Zealand (2021), which has been cited multiple times.

Best Publications

  • Tephrochronology and its application: A review

    David J. Lowe

  • Formal definition and dating of the GSSP (Global Stratotype Section and Point) for the base of the Holocene using the Greenland NGRIP ice core, and selected auxiliary records

    Mike Walker;Sigfus Johnsen;Sune Olander Rasmussen;Trevor Popp;Trevor Popp

  • A review of late Quaternary silicic and some other tephra formations from New Zealand: Their stratigraphy, nomenclature, distribution, volume, and age

    Paul C. Froggatt;David J. Lowe

  • Towards a climate event stratigraphy for New Zealand over the past 30 000 years (NZ‐INTIMATE project)

    Brent V. Alloway;David J. Lowe;David J.A. Barrell;Rewi M. Newnham

  • Fingerprints and age models for widespread New Zealand tephra marker beds erupted since 30,000 years ago: a framework for NZ-INTIMATE

    David J. Lowe;Phil A.R. Shane;Brent V. Alloway;Rewi M. Newnham

  • Alteration, formation, and occurrence of minerals in soils

    G. Jock Churchman;David J. Lowe

  • Quaternary environmental change in New Zealand: a review:

    Rewi M. Newnham;David J. Lowe;Paul W. Williams

  • A revised age for the Kawakawa/Oruanui tephra, a key marker for the Last Glacial Maximum in New Zealand

    Marcus J. Vandergoes;Marcus J. Vandergoes;Alan G. Hogg;David J. Lowe Lowe;Rewi M. Newnham

  • A wiggle-match date for Polynesian settlement of New Zealand

    Alan G. Hogg;Thomas F.G. Higham;David J. Lowe;Jonathan G. Palmer

  • Stratigraphy, age, composition, and correlation of late Quaternary tephras interbedded with organic sediments in Waikato lakes, North Island, New Zealand

    David J. Lowe

  • Palynology, vegetation and climate of the Waikato lowlands, North Island, New Zealand, since c. 18,000 years ago

    Rewi M. Newnham;David J. Lowe;John D. Green

  • Revised calendar date for the Taupo eruption derived by 14C wiggle-matching using a New Zealand kauri 14C calibration data set

    Alan G. Hogg;David J. Lowe;Jonathan G. Palmer;Gretel Boswijk

  • Ages of 24 widespread tephras erupted since 30,000 years ago in New Zealand, with re-evaluation of the timing and palaeoclimatic implications of the Lateglacial cool episode recorded at Kaipo bog

    David J. Lowe;Maarten Blaauw;Alan G. Hogg;Rewi M. Newnham

  • Holocene vegetation, climate and history of a raised bog complex, northern New Zealand based on palynology, plant macrofossils and tephrochronology

    R.M. Newnham;P.J. de Lange;D.J. Lowe

  • Using palaeoenvironmental DNA to reconstruct past environments: progress and prospects

    Nicolas J. Rawlence;David J. Lowe;Jamie R. Wood;Jennifer M. Young

  • Tephrochronology of last termination sequences in Europe: a protocol for improved analytical precision and robust correlation procedures (a joint SCOTAV-INTIMATE proposal)

    Chris S.M. Turney;J. John Lowe;Siwan M. Davies;Valerie Hall

  • The Kaharoa Tephra as a Critical Datum for Earliest Human Impact in Northern New Zealand

    R.M. Newnham;D.J. Lowe;M.S. McGlone;J.M. Wilmshurst

  • Correlating tephras and cryptotephras using glass compositional analyses and numerical and statistical methods: review and evaluation

    David J. Lowe;Nicholas J.G. Pearce;Murray A. Jorgensen;Stephen C. Kuehn

  • Rerewhakaaitu Tephra, a land-sea marker for the Last Termination in New Zealand, with implications for global climate change

    Rewi M. Newnham;Dennis N. Eden;David J. Lowe;Chris H. Hendy

  • A summary of terminology used in tephra-related studies

    David J. Lowe;John B. Hunt

  • A composite pollen-based stratotype for inter-regional evaluation of climatic events in New Zealand over the past 30,000 years (NZ-INTIMATE project)

    David J.A. Barrell;Peter C. Almond;Marcus J. Vandergoes;David J. Lowe

Frequent Co-Authors

Rewi M. Newnham
Rewi M. Newnham Victoria University of Wellington
Alan G. Hogg
Alan G. Hogg University of Waikato
Brent Alloway
Brent Alloway University of Auckland
Campbell S. Nelson
Campbell S. Nelson University of Waikato
Louis A. Schipper
Louis A. Schipper University of Waikato
Jonathan G. Palmer
Jonathan G. Palmer University of New South Wales
Phil Shane
Phil Shane University of Auckland
Alan Cooper
Alan Cooper Charles Sturt University

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