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Duane G. Froese

Duane G. Froese

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Earth Science

D-Index
56
Citations
11350
World Ranking
2423
National Ranking
114

Overview

Duane G. Froese is affiliated with the University of Alberta in Canada and has an extensive publication record in Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a strong focus on Atmospheric Science, Ecology, Environmental Chemistry, and Paleontology. Their research spans numerous subfields and topics, primarily centered on geological and paleoclimatological investigations.

The main topics of Froese's work include:

  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
  • Climate change and permafrost
  • Cryospheric studies and observations
  • Indigenous Studies and Ecology
  • Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena
  • Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology
  • Archaeology and ancient environmental studies

Froese has contributed significantly to various scientific journals and conference proceedings, with frequent publications in venues such as:

  • Abstracts with programs - Geological Society of America
  • Quaternary Research
  • Quaternary Science Reviews
  • The Cryosphere
  • Permafrost and Periglacial Processes

Recent notable papers authored or co-authored by Froese include:

  • "Late Quaternary dynamics of Arctic biota from ancient environmental genomics," 2021, Nature
  • "Circum-Arctic Map of the Yedoma Permafrost Domain," 2021, Frontiers in Earth Science
  • "Collapse of the mammoth-steppe in central Yukon as revealed by ancient environmental DNA," 2021, Nature Communications
  • "Optimizing extraction and targeted capture of ancient environmental DNA for reconstructing past environments using the PalaeoChip Arctic-1.0 bait-set," 2020, Quaternary Research
  • "Deglaciation of the north American ice sheet complex in calendar years based on a comprehensive database of chronological data: NADI-1," 2023, Quaternary Science Reviews

Duane G. Froese has collaborated extensively with various researchers, with frequent co-authors including:

  • Martin Margold
  • Alistair Monteath
  • Sophie L. Norris
  • Joseph M. Young
  • Britta J.L. Jensen

Best Publications

  • Recalibrating Equus evolution using the genome sequence of an early Middle Pleistocene horse.

    Ludovic Orlando;Aurelien Ginolhac;Guojie Zhang;Duane Froese

  • Rise and Fall of the Beringian Steppe Bison

    Beth Shapiro;Alexei J. Drummond;Andrew Rambaut;Michael C. Wilson

  • Species-specific responses of Late Quaternary megafauna to climate and humans

    Eline D. Lorenzen;David Nogués-Bravo;Ludovic Orlando;Jaco Weinstock

  • Fifty thousand years of Arctic vegetation and megafaunal diet

    Eske Willerslev;John Davison;Mari Moora;Martin Zobel

  • Ancient DNA reveals late survival of mammoth and horse in interior Alaska

    James Haile;Duane G. Froese;Ross D. E. MacPhee;Richard G. Roberts

  • Ancient bacteria show evidence of DNA repair

    Sarah Stewart Johnson;Martin B. Hebsgaard;Torben R. Christensen;Mikhail Mastepanov

  • The INTAV intercomparison of electron-beam microanalysis of glass by tephrochronology laboratories: Results and recommendations

    Stephen C. Kuehn;Duane G. Froese;Phil A. R. Shane

  • Evolution, Systematics, and Phylogeography of Pleistocene Horses in the New World: A Molecular Perspective

    Jaco Weinstock;Eske Willerslev;Andrei Sher;Wenfei Tong

  • PERMAFROST AND PERIGLACIAL FEATURES | Yedoma: Late Pleistocene Ice-Rich Syngenetic Permafrost of Beringia

    Lutz Schirrmeister;D. Froese;V. Tumskoy;Guido Grosse

  • Late Quaternary dynamics of Arctic biota from ancient environmental genomics

    Yucheng Wang;Yucheng Wang;Mikkel Winther Pedersen;Inger Greve Alsos;Bianca De Sanctis

  • Bison phylogeography constrains dispersal and viability of the Ice Free Corridor in western Canada

    Peter D. Heintzman;Duane Froese;John W. Ives;André E. R. Soares

  • Transatlantic distribution of the Alaskan White River Ash

    Britta J.L. Jensen;Britta J.L. Jensen;Sean Pyne-O’Donnell;Sean Pyne-O’Donnell;Gill Plunkett;Duane G. Froese

  • Ancient Permafrost and a Future, Warmer Arctic

    Duane G. Froese;John A. Westgate;Alberto V. Reyes;Randolph J. Enkin

  • Non-destructive sampling of ancient insect DNA.

    Philip Francis Thomsen;Scott Elias;M. Thomas P. Gilbert;James Haile

  • Out of America: Ancient DNA Evidence for a New World Origin of Late Quaternary Woolly Mammoths

    Regis Debruyne;Genevieve Chu;Christine E. King;Kirsti Bos

  • Timing and causes of mid-Holocene mammoth extinction on St. Paul Island, Alaska

    Russell W. Graham;Soumaya Belmecheri;Soumaya Belmecheri;Kyungcheol Choy;Brendan J. Culleton

  • Circum-Arctic Map of the Yedoma Permafrost Domain

    Jens Strauss;Sebastian Laboor;Lutz Schirrmeister;Alexander N. Fedorov

  • Electrical resistivity ground imaging (ERGI): a new tool for mapping the lithology and geometry of channel-belts and valley-fills

    Dave Baines;Derald G. Smith;Duane G. Froese;Paul Bauman

  • Airborne Petcoke Dust is a Major Source of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons in the Athabasca Oil Sands Region

    Yifeng Zhang;William Shotyk;Claudio Zaccone;Tommy Noernberg

  • Palaeobotany: Ice-age steppe vegetation in east Beringia

    Grant D. Zazula;Duane G. Froese;Charles E. Schweger;Rolf W. Mathewes

Frequent Co-Authors

Grant D. Zazula
Grant D. Zazula Simon Fraser University
John A. Westgate
John A. Westgate University of Toronto
Beth Shapiro
Beth Shapiro University of California, Santa Cruz
Eske Willerslev
Eske Willerslev University of Copenhagen
Ross D. E. MacPhee
Ross D. E. MacPhee American Museum of Natural History
Ludovic Orlando
Ludovic Orlando Paul Sabatier University
Nicholas J. G. Pearce
Nicholas J. G. Pearce Aberystwyth University
John C. Gosse
John C. Gosse Dalhousie University
Richard G. Roberts
Richard G. Roberts University of Wollongong
Hendrik N. Poinar
Hendrik N. Poinar McMaster University

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