What is he best known for?
The fields of study he is best known for:
- Sedimentary rock
- Petroleum
- Paleontology
His main research concerns Mineralogy, Posidonia Shale, Source rock, Maturity and Maceral.
His research brings together the fields of Paleozoic and Mineralogy.
His Posidonia Shale research integrates issues from Kerogen and Syncline.
His Source rock study combines topics from a wide range of disciplines, such as Reservoir engineering and Oil shale.
The study incorporates disciplines such as Siltstone, Fractionation and Mass spectrometry in addition to Maturity.
The Maceral study combines topics in areas such as Vitrinite, Sporinite, Alginite and Analytical chemistry.
His most cited work include:
- Aromatic components of coal: relation of distribution pattern to rank (390 citations)
- Composition of soluble organic matter in coals: relation to rank and liptinite fluorescence (165 citations)
- Quantification of loss of calcite, pyrite, and organic matter due to weathering of Toarcian black shales and effects on kerogen and bitumen characteristics (158 citations)
What are the main themes of his work throughout his whole career to date?
Detlev Leythaeuser mainly focuses on Mineralogy, Source rock, Geochemistry, Oil shale and Sedimentary rock.
His research in Mineralogy intersects with topics in Petroleum reservoir, Petroleum geochemistry and Maturity.
His work carried out in the field of Source rock brings together such families of science as Petroleum, Petrology and Permeability.
His Geochemistry research incorporates elements of Geomorphology, Petroleum system, Posidonia Shale and Carboniferous.
His Oil shale study combines topics in areas such as Fractionation and Deep sea.
His Sedimentary rock research is multidisciplinary, incorporating elements of Residual oil and Paleogene.
He most often published in these fields:
- Mineralogy (46.27%)
- Source rock (49.25%)
- Geochemistry (41.79%)
What were the highlights of his more recent work (between 1997-2016)?
- Geochemistry (41.79%)
- Sedimentary rock (28.36%)
- Oceanography (5.97%)
In recent papers he was focusing on the following fields of study:
Detlev Leythaeuser mainly investigates Geochemistry, Sedimentary rock, Oceanography, Deep sea and Paleontology.
Detlev Leythaeuser has researched Geochemistry in several fields, including Posidonia Shale, Geomorphology and Source rock.
His study connects API gravity and Source rock.
His Sedimentary rock research includes elements of Residual oil, Petroleum and Maturity.
His work deals with themes such as Fault, Submarine pipeline, Geologic time scale and Mineralogy, which intersect with Residual oil.
His Deep sea research is multidisciplinary, incorporating perspectives in Total organic carbon, Maceral and Terrigenous sediment.
Between 1997 and 2016, his most popular works were:
- Temperature dependency of long-chain alkenone distributions in recent to fossil limnic sediments and in lake waters (115 citations)
- Carbon–sulfur–iron relationships and δ13C of organic matter for late Albian sedimentary rocks from the North Atlantic Ocean: paleoceanographic implications (64 citations)
- Geochemistry, origin and correlation of crude oils in Lower Cretaceous sedimentary sequences of the southern Mesopotamian Basin, southern Iraq (34 citations)
In his most recent research, the most cited papers focused on:
- Sedimentary rock
- Petroleum
- Cretaceous
His primary areas of study are Sedimentary rock, Geochemistry, Oceanography, Kerogen and API gravity.
His Sedimentary rock research incorporates themes from Total organic carbon, Maceral, Oil shale and Pyrite.
His Geochemistry study frequently draws parallels with other fields, such as Deep sea.
His work on Holocene, Water column and Younger Dryas as part of general Oceanography research is frequently linked to δ18O and Surface water, bridging the gap between disciplines.
His Kerogen study introduces a deeper knowledge of Source rock.
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