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Francesca Sangiorgi

Francesca Sangiorgi

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Earth Science

D-Index
39
Citations
7871
World Ranking
6030
National Ranking
102

Overview

Francesca Sangiorgi is affiliated with Utrecht University in the Netherlands and has a substantial publication record in Earth and Environmental Sciences. Their work spans several specialized subfields including Atmospheric Science, Oceanography, Ecology, Environmental Chemistry, and Paleontology.

Their research primarily addresses topics such as Geology and Paleoclimatology Research, Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena, Marine and Coastal Ecosystems, Isotope Analysis in Ecology, Cryospheric Studies and Observations, Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils, and Geological Studies and Exploration.

Recent significant publications by Sangiorgi include:

  • A large West Antarctic Ice Sheet explains early Neogene sea-level amplitude, 2021, Nature
  • Late Paleocene-early Eocene Arctic Ocean sea surface temperatures: reassessing biomarker paleothermometry at Lomonosov Ridge, 2020, Climate of the Past
  • Early and middle Miocene ice sheet dynamics in the Ross Sea: Results from integrated core-log-seismic interpretation, 2021, Geological Society of America Bulletin
  • Evaluating isoprenoidal hydroxylated GDGT-based temperature proxies in surface sediments from the global ocean, 2023, Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta
  • Climatic and tectonic drivers of late Oligocene Antarctic ice volume, 2022, Nature Geoscience

Frequent coauthors in Sangiorgi's work include Francien Peterse, Peter K. Bijl, Appy Sluijs, Robert M. McKay, and Laura De Santis, with each collaborator contributing to multiple projects.

Their research is often published in recurring venues such as Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research), Publishing Network for Geoscientific and Environmental Data (PANGAEA) (Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research), Climate of the Past, Journal of Micropalaeontology, and Quaternary Science Reviews.

Best Publications

  • New indices and calibrations derived from the distribution of crenarchaeal isoprenoid tetraether lipids: Implications for past sea surface temperature reconstructions

    Jung-Hyun Kim;Jaap van der Meer;Stefan Schouten;Peer Helmke

  • Atlas of modern dinoflagellate cyst distribution based on 2405 data points

    Karin A.F. Zonneveld;Fabienne Marret;Gerard J.M. Versteegh;Kara Bogus

  • Episodic fresh surface waters in the Eocene Arctic Ocean

    Henk Brinkhuis;Stefan Schouten;Margaret E Collinson;Appy Sluijs

  • Dynamic behaviour of the East Antarctic ice sheet during Pliocene warmth

    Carys P. Cook;Tina van de Flierdt;Trevor Williams;Sidney R. Hemming;Sidney R. Hemming

  • The early Miocene onset of a ventilated circulation regime in the Arctic Ocean

    Martin Jakobsson;Jan Backman;Bert Rudels;Jonas Nycander

  • Age model and core-seismic integration for the Cenozoic Arctic Coring Expedition sediments from the Lomonosov Ridge

    Jan Backman;Martin Jakobsson;Martin Frank;Francesca Sangiorgi

  • Antarctic and Southern Ocean influences on Late Pliocene global cooling.

    Robert McKay;Tim Naish;Lionel Carter;Christina Riesselman

  • Warm and wet conditions in the Arctic region during Eocene Thermal Maximum 2

    Appy Sluijs;Stefan Schouten;Timme H. Donders;Petra L. Schoon

  • Arctic late Paleocene-early Eocene paleoenvironments with special emphasis on the Paleocene-Eocene thermal maximum (Lomonosov Ridge, Integrated Ocean Drilling Program Expedition 302)

    Appy Sluijs;Ursula Röhl;Stefan Schouten;Hans-Jürgen Brumsack

  • Antarctic ice sheet sensitivity to atmospheric CO2 variations in the early to mid-Miocene.

    Richard Levy;David Harwood;Fabio Florindo;Francesca Sangiorgi

  • Determining the absolute abundance of dinoflagellate cysts in recent marine sediments: the Lycopodium marker-grain method put to the test

    Kenneth Neil Mertens;Koen Verhoeven;Thomas Verleye;Stephen Louwye

  • Process length variation in cysts of a dinoflagellate, Lingulodinium machaerophorum, in surface sediments: Investigating its potential as salinity proxy

    Kenneth N. Mertens;Sofia Ribeiro;Sofia Ribeiro;Ilham Bouimetarhan;Hulya Caner

  • Early and middle Holocene in the Aegean Sea: interplay between high and low latitude climate variability

    Gianluca Marino;Gianluca Marino;Eelco J. Rohling;Francesca Sangiorgi;Angela Hayes

  • Influence of deep-water derived isoprenoid tetraether lipids on the TEXH86 paleothermometer in the Mediterranean Sea

    Jung-Hyun Kim;Stefan Schouten;Marta Rodrigo-Gámiz;Sebastiaan Rampen

  • Reorganization of southern ocean plankton ecosystem at the onset of Antarctic glaciation

    Alexander J. P. Houben;Peter K. Bijl;Jörg Pross;Steven M. Bohaty

  • Southern Ocean warming and Wilkes Land ice sheet retreat during the mid-Miocene

    Francesca Sangiorgi;Peter K. Bijl;Sandra Passchier;Ulrich Salzmann

  • Reconstructing 150 years of eutrophication in the north-western Adriatic Sea (Italy) using dinoflagellate cysts, pollen and spores

    Francesca Sangiorgi;Timme H Donders

  • Arctic vegetation, temperature, and hydrology during Early Eocene transient global warming events

    Debra A. Willard;Timme H. Donders;Tammo Reichgelt;David R. Greenwood

  • Molecular isotopic and dinoflagellate evidence for Late Holocene freshening of the Black Sea

    Marcel T.J. van der Meer;Francesca Sangiorgi;Marianne Baas;Henk Brinkhuis

  • The Eocene Arctic Azolla bloom: environmental conditions, productivity and carbon drawdown.

    E. N. Speelman;M. M. L. Van Kempen;J. Barke;H. Brinkhuis

  • Pyrolysis-GC-MS to trace terrigenous organic matter in marine sediments: a comparison between pyrolytic and lipid markers in the Adriatic Sea

    Daniele Fabbri;Francesca Sangiorgi;Ivano Vassura

Frequent Co-Authors

Henk Brinkhuis
Henk Brinkhuis Utrecht University
Peter K Bijl
Peter K Bijl Utrecht University
Jörg Pross
Jörg Pross Heidelberg University
Appy Sluijs
Appy Sluijs Utrecht University
Gert-Jan Reichart
Gert-Jan Reichart Utrecht University
Stefan Schouten
Stefan Schouten Utrecht University
Lisa Tauxe
Lisa Tauxe University of California, San Diego
Carlota Escutia
Carlota Escutia University of Granada
Robert M. McKay
Robert M. McKay Victoria University of Wellington
Steven M Bohaty
Steven M Bohaty University of Southampton

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