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Gerold Wefer

Gerold Wefer

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Earth Science
Germany
2026

Gerold Wefer publication distribution in Earth Science in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Earth Science in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Gerold Wefer sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 510+

The last bar groups every scientist with 510 publications or more.

Gerold Wefer D-index placement in Earth Science in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Earth Science scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Gerold Wefer sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 94+

The last bar groups every scientist with 94 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Earth Science in Germany Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Earth Science in Germany Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Earth Science in Germany Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Earth Science in Germany Leader Award

Overview

Gerold Wefer is affiliated with Marum in Germany, where their research focuses on interdisciplinary studies within engineering and earth sciences. The scientist has contributed extensively to fields such as engineering and earth and planetary sciences, with a particular emphasis on ocean engineering and mechanical engineering. Their work also encompasses subfields like geophysics, paleontology, and oceanography, reflecting a broad engagement with geoscientific disciplines.

They have published papers on multiple topics related to reservoir engineering and simulation methods, drilling and well engineering, as well as hydraulic fracturing and reservoir analysis. Additionally, their research involves geological and paleoclimatological studies, geological and geochemical analysis, paleontology and fossil stratigraphy, and earthquake and tectonic studies.

Recent publication venues include:

  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • OPAL (Open@LaTrobe) (La Trobe University)
  • Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems
  • Minerals
  • Frontiers in Earth Science

Some notable recent papers authored or co-authored by them are:

  • Long-Term Changes of Particle Flux in the Canary Basin Between 1991 and 2009 and Comparison to Sediment Trap Records Off Mauritania, 2020, Frontiers in Earth Science
  • Piacenzian Environmental Change and the Onset of Cool and Dry Conditions in Tropical South America, 2020, Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology
  • Calcium Carbonate Hexahydrate (Ikaite): History of Mineral Formation as Recorded by Stable Isotopes, 2022, Minerals
  • Multivariate Statistical and Multiproxy Constraints on Earthquake-Triggered Sediment Remobilization Processes in the Central Japan Trench, 2020, Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems
  • Multivariate Statistical and Multiproxy Constraints on Earthquake-Triggered Sediment Remobilization Processes in the Central Japan Trench, 2020, Repository for Publications and Research Data (ETH Zurich)

Frequent co-authors in their research collaborations include:

  • Wolfgang Berger
  • Carl Richter
  • Donald D. Adams
  • Linda Davis Anderson
  • Dyke J. Andreasen

Best Publications

  • Isotope paleontology: growth and composition of extant calcareous species

    Gerold Wefer;Wolfgang H. Berger

  • Use of proxies in paleoceanography : examples from the South Atlantic

    Gerhard Fischer;G. Wefer

  • Ocean productivity and paleoproductivity - an overview

    W. H. Berger;Victor Smetacek;Gerold Wefer

  • Ocean Margin Systems

    G. Wefer;D. Billett;D. Hebbeln;B.B. Joergensen

  • The South Atlantic: Present and Past Circulation

    G. Wefer;W.H. Berger;Gerold Siedler;D.J. Webb

  • Early diagenesis of organic matter from sediments of the eastern subtropical Atlantic: evidence from stable nitrogen and carbon isotopes

    Tim Freudenthal;Thomas Wagner;Frank Wenzhöfer;Matthias Zabel

  • Holocene rainfall variability in southern Chile: a marine record of latitudinal shifts of the Southern Westerlies

    Frank Lamy;Dierk Hebbeln;Ursula Röhl;Gerold Wefer

  • Upwelling intensification as part of the Pliocene-Pleistocene climate transition.

    Jeremy R. Marlow;Carina B. Lange;Gerold Wefer;Antoni Rosell-Melé

  • Warming of the tropical Atlantic Ocean and slowdown of thermohaline circulation during the last deglaciation

    Carsten Rühlemann;Stefan Mulitza;Peter J. Müller;Gerold Wefer

  • New chronology for the late Paleocene thermal maximum and its environmental implications

    U. Röhl;T.J. Bralower;R.D. Norris;G. Wefer

  • Correlated Millennial-Scale Changes in Surface Hydrography and Terrigenous Sediment Yield Inferred from Last-Glacial Marine Deposits off Northeastern Brazil

    Helge W. Arz;Jürgen Pätzold;Gerold Wefer

  • Late Quaternary vegetational and climate dynamics in northeastern Brazil, inferences from marine core GeoB 3104-1

    Hermann Behling;Helge W. Arz;Jürgen Pätzold;Gerold Wefer

  • The South Atlantic in the Late Quaternary: Reconstruction of Material Budgets and Current Systems

    Gerold Wefer;Stefan Mulitza;Volker Ratmeyer

  • Seasonal variability of particle flux in the Weddell Sea and its relation to ice cover

    Gerhard Fischer;Dieter Fütterer;Rainer Gersonde;Susumu Honjo

  • High-Resolution Marine Record of Climatic Change in Mid-latitude Chile during the Last 28,000 Years Based on Terrigenous Sediment Parameters

    Frank Lamy;Dierk Hebbeln;Gerold Wefer

  • Seasonal particle flux in the Bransfield Strait, Antartica

    Gerold Wefer;Gerhard Fischer;Dieter Füetterer;Rainer Gersonde

  • Sahel megadroughts triggered by glacial slowdowns of Atlantic meridional overturning

    Stefan Mulitza;Matthias Prange;Jan Berend Stuut;Matthias Zabel

  • Seasonal patterns of vertical particle flux in equatorial and coastal upwelling areas of the eastern Atlantic

    G. Wefer;G. Fischer

  • A coral oxygen isotope record from the northern Red Sea documenting NAO, ENSO, and North Pacific teleconnections on Middle East climate variability since the year 1750

    Thomas Felis;Jürgen Pätzold;Yossi Loya;Maoz Fine

  • Planktonic foraminifera as recorders of past surface-water stratification

    Stefan Mulitza;Anke Dürkoop;Walter Hale;Gerold Wefer

Frequent Co-Authors

Jürgen Pätzold
Jürgen Pätzold University of Bremen
Stefan Mulitza
Stefan Mulitza University of Bremen
Wolfgang H Berger
Wolfgang H Berger Scripps Institution of Oceanography
Gerhard Fischer
Gerhard Fischer University of Colorado Boulder
Peter J Müller
Peter J Müller University of Bremen
Lydie M Dupont
Lydie M Dupont University of Bremen
Ralph R Schneider
Ralph R Schneider Kiel University
Dierk Hebbeln
Dierk Hebbeln University of Bremen
Torsten Bickert
Torsten Bickert University of Bremen
Enno Schefuß
Enno Schefuß University of Bremen

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