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Delia W Oppo publication distribution in Earth Science in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Earth Science in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Delia W Oppo sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 603+

This scientist: 376 publications — 93rd percentile

93% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 603 publications or more.

Delia W Oppo D-index placement in Earth Science in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Earth Science scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Delia W Oppo sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 76 D-Index — 93rd percentile

93% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 106 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2014 - Fellow of American Geophysical Union (AGU)

Overview

Delia W Oppo is affiliated with the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution in the United States and has contributed extensively to the fields of Earth and Planetary Sciences and Environmental Science. Their research spans several subfields including Atmospheric Science, Oceanography, Ecology, Environmental Chemistry, and Global and Planetary Change.

Their work addresses a variety of main topics such as Geology and Paleoclimatology Research, Isotope Analysis in Ecology, Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes, Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena, Marine and Coastal Ecosystems, Marine Biology and Ecology Research, and Climate Variability and Models.

Delia W Oppo has published numerous papers in several notable scientific venues. Frequent publication outlets include:

  • Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology
  • Nature Geoscience
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Earth and Planetary Science Letters
  • Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Selected recent papers authored or coauthored by Oppo include:

  • "Assessing the potential capability of reconstructing glacial Atlantic water masses and AMOC using multiple proxies in CESM," 2020, Earth and Planetary Science Letters
  • "Comparing paleo-oxygenation proxies (benthic foraminiferal surface porosity, I/Ca, authigenic uranium) on modern sediments and the glacial Arabian Sea," 2022, Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta
  • "Exceptional 20th Century Ocean Circulation in the Northeast Atlantic," 2020, Geophysical Research Letters
  • "The Impact of Astronomical Forcing on Surface and Thermocline Variability Within the Western Pacific Warm Pool Over the Past 160 kyr," 2020, Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology
  • "Reconstructing the Oxygen Depth Profile in the Arabian Sea During the Last Glacial Period," 2023, Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Oppo include:

  • Wanyi Lu
  • Zhengyu Liu
  • David Thornalley
  • Jean Lynch-Stieglitz
  • Kassandra M Costa

Oppo was recognized with the award of Fellow of the American Geophysical Union (AGU) in 2014.

Best Publications

  • Deepwater source variations during the last climatic cycle and their impact on the global deepwater circulation

    J. C. Duplessy;N. J. Shackleton;R. G. Fairbanks;L. Labeyrie

  • A 0.5-Million-Year Record of Millennial-Scale Climate Variability in the North Atlantic

    Jerry F. McManus;Delia W. Oppo;James L. Cullen

  • Glacial water mass geometry and the distribution of δ13C of ΣCO2 in the western Atlantic Ocean

    William B. Curry;Delia W. Oppo

  • Evolution of Atlantic―Pacific δ13C gradients over the last 2.5 m.y.

    M.E. Raymo;W.F. Ruddiman;N.J. Shackleton;D.W. Oppo

  • The mid-Pleistocene climate transition: a deep sea carbon isotopic perspective

    M.E. Raymo;D.W. Oppo;W. Curry

  • Variability in the deep and intermediate water circulation of the Atlantic Ocean during the past 25,000 years: Northern Hemisphere modulation of the Southern Ocean

    Delia W. Oppo;Richard G. Fairbanks

  • Anomalously weak Labrador Sea convection and Atlantic overturning during the past 150 years

    David J. R. Thornalley;David J. R. Thornalley;Delia W. Oppo;Pablo Ortega;Jon I. Robson

  • Consistently dated Atlantic sediment cores over the last 40 thousand years

    Claire Waelbroeck;Bryan C. Lougheed;Natalia Vázquez Riveiros;Natalia Vázquez Riveiros;Lise Missiaen

  • 2,000-year-long temperature and hydrology reconstructions from the Indo-Pacific warm pool

    Delia W. Oppo;Yair Rosenthal;Braddock K. Linsley

  • Palaeo-oceanography: Deepwater variability in the Holocene epoch

    Delia W. Oppo;Jerry F. McManus;James L. Cullen

  • Rapid early Holocene deglaciation of the Laurentide ice sheet

    Anders E. Carlson;Allegra N. LeGrande;Delia W. Oppo;Rosemarie E. Came

  • Abrupt Climate Events 500,000 to 340,000 Years Ago: Evidence from Subpolar North Atlantic Sediments

    D. W. Oppo;J. F. McManus;J. F. McManus;J. L. Cullen;J. L. Cullen

  • North Atlantic forcing of tropical Indian Ocean climate

    Mahyar Mohtadi;Matthias Prange;Delia W. Oppo;Ricardo De Pol-Holz

  • The amplitude and phasing of climate change during the last deglaciation in the Sulu Sea, western equatorial Pacific

    Yair Rosenthal;Delia W. Oppo;Braddock K. Linsley

  • Mid-depth circulation of the subpolar north atlantic during the last glacial maximum.

    D. W. Oppo;S. J. Lehman

  • Millennial-scale climate instability during the early Pleistocene epoch

    M. E. Raymo;K. Ganley;S. Carter;D. W. Oppo

  • Stability of North Atlantic water masses in face of pronounced climate variability during the Pleistocene

    Maureen E. Raymo;Delia W. Oppo;B. P. Flower;D. A. Hodell

  • Suborbital timescale variability of North Atlantic Deep Water during the past 200,000 years

    Delia W. Oppo;Scott J. Lehman

  • Robust global ocean cooling trend for the pre-industrial Common Era

    Helen V. McGregor;Michael N. Evans;Hugues Goosse;Guillaume Leduc

  • Evolution and demise of the Last Interglacial warmth in the subpolar North Atlantic

    Delia W. Oppo;Jerry F. McManus;James L. Cullen

  • Anomalously weak Labrador Sea convection and Atlantic overturning during the past 150 years, supplement to: Thornalley, David JR; Oppo, Delia W; Ortega, Pablo; Robson, Jon I; Brierley, Chris M; Davis, Renee; Hall, Ian R; Moffa-Sanchez, Paola; Rose, Neil L; Spooner, Peter T; Yashayaev, Igor M; Keigwin, Lloyd D (2018): Anomalously weak Labrador Sea convection and Atlantic overturning during the past 150 years. Nature, 556(7700), 227-230

    David Jr Thornalley;Delia W Oppo;Pablo Ortega;Jon I Robson

Frequent Co-Authors

Antje H L Voelker
Antje H L Voelker Instituto Português do Mar e da Atmosfera
Jerry F. McManus
Jerry F. McManus Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory
Jean Lynch-Stieglitz
Jean Lynch-Stieglitz Georgia Institute of Technology
Thomas M. Marchitto
Thomas M. Marchitto University of Colorado Boulder
Anders E. Carlson
Anders E. Carlson Oregon State University
Konrad A Hughen
Konrad A Hughen Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Maria Fernanda Sanchez Goñi
Maria Fernanda Sanchez Goñi University of Bordeaux
Claire Waelbroeck
Claire Waelbroeck Sorbonne University
Yair Rosenthal
Yair Rosenthal Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Stéphanie Desprat
Stéphanie Desprat University of Bordeaux

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