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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2007 - Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences

Overview

Dick Kroon was affiliated with the University of Edinburgh in the United Kingdom. Their research contributions spanned primarily Earth and Planetary Sciences and Engineering, with a particular focus on Ocean Engineering, Atmospheric Science, Geophysics, Paleontology, and Environmental Chemistry. Their work intersected numerous subjects, including Drilling and Well Engineering, Reservoir Engineering and Simulation Methods, Geology and Paleoclimatology Research, Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena, Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils, Geological and Geophysical Studies, and Seismic Imaging and Inversion Techniques.

Kroon's recent publications covered a range of topics within paleoclimatology and earth system sciences. Notable papers included:

  • "An astronomically dated record of Earth's climate and its predictability over the last 66 million years" (2020, Science)
  • "On impact and volcanism across the Cretaceous-Paleogene boundary" (2020, Science)
  • "Monsoons, Upwelling, and the Deoxygenation of the Northwestern Indian Ocean in Response to Middle to Late Miocene Global Climatic Shifts" (2020, Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology)
  • "Climate, cryosphere and carbon cycle controls on Southeast Atlantic orbital-scale carbonate deposition since the Oligocene (30-0 Ma)" (2021, Climate of the past)
  • "Assessing the impact of diagenesis on foraminiferal geochemistry from a low latitude, shallow-water drift deposit" (2020, Earth and Planetary Science Letters)

The scientist collaborated regularly with several co-authors, including:

  • Christian Betzler
  • Peter K. Swart
  • Miriam Katz
  • Judith A. McKenzie
  • Alexandra R. Isern

Kroon's work was frequently published in the following venues:

  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • OPAL (Open@LaTrobe) (La Trobe University)
  • Publishing Network for Geoscientific and Environmental Data (PANGAEA) (Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research)
  • Australian Journal of Earth Sciences
  • Science

The scientist received the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences award in 2007. The scope and diversity of their research reflected a multi-disciplinary approach within geosciences and engineering, contributing substantially to the understanding of Earth's past climate, ocean systems, and geological processes.

Best Publications

  • Proceedings of the Ocean Drilling Program, Scientific Results

    D. Kroon;R.D. Norris;A Klaus

  • An astronomically dated record of Earth's climate and its predictability over the last 66 million years.

    Thomas Westerhold;Norbert Marwan;Norbert Marwan;Anna Joy Drury;Anna Joy Drury;Diederik Liebrand

  • Rapid acidification of the ocean during the Paleocene-Eocene thermal maximum.

    James C. Zachos;Ursula Röhl;Stephen A. Schellenberg;Appy Sluijs

  • Astronomical pacing of late Palaeocene to early Eocene global warming events

    Lucas J. Lourens;Appy Sluijs;Dick Kroon;James C. Zachos

  • 13. ONSET OF MONSOONAL RELATED UPWELLING IN THE WESTERN ARABIAN SEA AS REVEALED BY PLANKTONIC FORAMINIFERS1

    Dick Kroon;Tineke Steens;Simon R. Troelstra

  • Vigorous exchange between the Indian and Atlantic oceans at the end of the past five glacial periods

    Frank J. C. Peeters;Ruth Acheson;Geert-Jan A. Brummer;Wilhelmus P. M. de Ruijter

  • Molecular evidence for genetic mixing of Arctic and Antarctic subpolar populations of planktonic foraminifers

    Kate F. Darling;Christopher M. Wade;Christopher M. Wade;Iain A. Stewart;Dick Kroon

  • A resolution for the coiling direction paradox in Neogloboquadrina pachyderma.

    Kate F. Darling;Michal Kucera;Dick Kroon;Christopher M. Wade

  • On impact and volcanism across the Cretaceous-Paleogene boundary

    Pincelli M. Hull;André Bornemann;Donald E. Penman;Michael J. Henehan;Michael J. Henehan

  • Fossil dripwater in stalagmites reveals Holocene temperature and rainfall variation in Amazonia

    M. R. van Breukelen;M. R. van Breukelen;H. B. Vonhof;J. C. Hellstrom;W. C. G. Wester

  • African monsoon variability during the previous interglacial maximum

    E.-J. Rohling;T.-R. Cane;Steve Cooke;M. Sprovieri

  • Monsoon related variations in Zaire (Congo) sediment load and influence of fluvial silicate supply on marine productivity in the east equatorial Atlantic during the last 200,000 years

    R. R. Schneider;B. Price;P. J. Muller;Dirk Kroon

  • Exploring high-end scenarios for local sea level rise to develop flood protection strategies for a low-lying delta—the Netherlands as an example

    Caroline A. Katsman;A. Sterl;J. J. Beersma;H. W. van den Brink

  • Variations in tropical convection as an amplifier of global climate change at the millennial scale

    Tara S. Ivanochko;Raja S. Ganeshram;Geert-Jan A. Brummer;Gerald Ganssen

  • Sea-Surface Temperatures and the History of Monsoon Upwelling in the Northwest Arabian Sea during the Last 500,000 Years

    Kay-Christian Emeis;David M. Anderson;Heidi Doose;Dick Kroon

  • Reconstructing past planktic foraminiferal habitats using stable isotope data: A case history for Mediterranean sapropel S5

    E.J. Rohling;M. Sprovieri;T. Cane;J.S.L. Casford

  • The 14C age of the icelandic vedde ash: implications for Younger Dryas marine reservoir age corrections

    W. E. N. Austin;Edouard Bard;J. B. Hunt;Dick Kroon

  • Eastern Mediterranean surface water temperatures and d18O composition during deposition of sapropels in the late Quaternary

    Kay-Christian Emeis;Hartmut Schulz;Ulrich Struck;Martine Rossignol-Strick

  • Oxygen isotope and sapropel stratigraphy in the Eastern Mediterranean during the last 3.2 million years

    Dick Kroon;I Alexander;M Little;L J Lourens

  • The abrupt onset of the modern South Asian Monsoon winds.

    Christian Betzler;Gregor P. Eberli;Dick Kroon;James D. Wright

  • Leg 208 Summary

    J.C. Zachos;D. Kroon;P. Blum

Frequent Co-Authors

Lucas Joost Lourens
Lucas Joost Lourens Utrecht University
James C. Zachos
James C. Zachos University of California, Santa Cruz
Richard D. Norris
Richard D. Norris University of California, San Diego
Isabella Raffi
Isabella Raffi University of Chieti-Pescara
Christian Betzler
Christian Betzler Universität Hamburg
Gerald Ganssen
Gerald Ganssen Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Simon J A Jung
Simon J A Jung University of Edinburgh
Heiko Pälike
Heiko Pälike University of Bremen
Steven M Bohaty
Steven M Bohaty University of Southampton
Gregor P. Eberli
Gregor P. Eberli University of Miami

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