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Gerald Ganssen is affiliated with Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam in the Netherlands. Their research primarily focuses on Earth and Planetary Sciences and Environmental Science, with subfields including Atmospheric Science, Ecology, and Earth-Surface Processes.

Their work covers topics such as:

  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
  • Isotope Analysis in Ecology
  • Geological formations and processes

One recent publication by Gerald Ganssen is titled Modal shift in North Atlantic seasonality during the last deglaciation, published in 2020 in the journal Climate of the Past.

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Ganssen include:

  • Geert-Jan A Brummer
  • Brett Metcalfe
  • W. Feldmeijer
  • Maarten A. Prins
  • Jasmijn van 't Hoff

Their publications appear primarily in the journal Climate of the Past.

Best Publications

  • Past temperature and d18O of surface ocean waters inferred from foraminiferal Mg/Ca ratios.

    H. Elderfield;G.M. Ganssen

  • Changes in East Atlantic Deepwater Circulation over the last 30,000 years: Eight time slice reconstructions

    Michael Sarnthein;Kyaw Winn;Simon J. A. Jung;Jean-Claude Duplessy

  • Magnitudes of sea-level lowstands of the past 500,000 years

    E.J. Rohling;M. Fenton;F.J. Jorissen;P. Bertrand

  • Evolution and variability of the Asian monsoon system: state of the art and outstanding issues.

    Pinxian Wang;Steven Clemens;Luc Beaufort;Pascale Braconnot

  • 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

  • Carbon outwelling from a mangrove forest with adjacent seagrass beds and coral reefs (Gazi Bay, Kenya)

    M.A. Hemminga;F.J. Slim;J. Kazungu;G.M. Ganssen

  • Sea surface temperature and productivity records for the past 240 kyr in the Arabian Sea

    Frauke Rostek;Edouard Bard;Luc Beaufort;Corinne Sonzogni

  • 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

  • The effect of upwelling on the distribution and stable isotope composition of Globigerina bulloides and Globigerinoides ruber (planktic foraminifera) in modern surface waters of the NW Arabian Sea

    Frank J.C Peeters;Geert-Jan A Brummer;Gerald Ganssen

  • NORTHERN INDIAN-OCEAN UPWELLING CELLS AND THE STABLE ISOTOPE COMPOSITION OF LIVING PLANKTONIC FORAMINIFERS

    Dirk Kroon;G Ganssen

  • Origin and Significance of Isotope Shifts in Pennsylvanian Carbonates (Asturias, NW Spain)

    Adrian Immenhauser;Jeroen A.M. Kenter;Gerald Ganssen;Juan R. Bahamonde

  • Oxygen isotope/salinity relationship in the northern Indian Ocean

    Gilles Delaygue;Edouard Bard;Claire Rollion;Jean Jouzel

  • Planktic foraminiferal shell thinning in the Arabian Sea due to anthropogenic ocean acidification

    H. de Moel;G. M. Ganssen;F. J. C. Peeters;Simon Jung;Simon Jung

  • Stable isotope ‘vital effects’ in coccolith calcite

    P. Ziveri;H. M. Stoll;I. Probert;Christine Klaas

  • The isotopic signature of planktonic foraminifera from NE Atlantic surface sediments: implications for the reconstruction of past oceanic conditions

    G. M. Ganssen;Dirk Kroon

  • Coupled sea surface temperature–seawater δ18O reconstructions in the Arabian Sea at the millennial scale for the last 35 ka

    Pallavi Anand;Pallavi Anand;Dick Kroon;Arun Deo Singh;Raja S. Ganeshram

  • Stepwise Holocene aridification in NE Africa deduced from dust-borne radiogenic isotope records

    Simon Jung;G. R. Davies;G. M. Ganssen;Dirk Kroon

  • Reconstruction of the Miocene western Amazonian aquatic system using molluscan isotopic signatures.

    H.B Vonhof;F.P Wesselingh;G.M Ganssen

  • Mechanisms forcing abrupt fluctuations of the Indian Ocean Summer Monsoon during the last deglaciation

    Karin A.F. Zonneveld;Gerald Ganssen;Simon Troelstra;Gerald J.M. Versteegh

  • Stable-Isotope Composition of Foraminifers: The Surface and Bottom Water Record of Coastal Upwelling

    Gerald Ganssen;Michael Sarnthein

Frequent Co-Authors

Simon J A Jung
Simon J A Jung University of Edinburgh
Dick Kroon
Dick Kroon University of Edinburgh
Frank Peeters
Frank Peeters University of Konstanz
Geert-Jan A. Brummer
Geert-Jan A. Brummer Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research
Henry Elderfield
Henry Elderfield University of Cambridge
Patrizia Ziveri
Patrizia Ziveri Autonomous University of Barcelona
Richard E. Zeebe
Richard E. Zeebe University of Hawaii at Manoa
Gareth R. Davies
Gareth R. Davies Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Hubert B. Vonhof
Hubert B. Vonhof Max Planck Institute for Chemistry
Gert-Jan Reichart
Gert-Jan Reichart Utrecht University

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