What is he best known for?
The fields of study he is best known for:
- Oceanography
- Ecology
- Paleontology
Gerold Wefer mainly focuses on Oceanography, Foraminifera, Glacial period, Continental shelf and Holocene.
His research on Oceanography frequently links to adjacent areas such as Sediment.
His work carried out in the field of Foraminifera brings together such families of science as Abundance, Hydrography, Water column and Plankton.
His Glacial period research is multidisciplinary, incorporating perspectives in North Atlantic Deep Water and Ice core.
His Continental shelf research includes themes of Climatology, Last Glacial Maximum and Terrigenous sediment.
His Holocene research is multidisciplinary, incorporating elements of Westerlies and Global warming.
His most cited work include:
- Isotope paleontology: growth and composition of extant calcareous species (473 citations)
- The South Atlantic: Present and Past Circulation (467 citations)
- Use of proxies in paleoceanography : examples from the South Atlantic (431 citations)
What are the main themes of his work throughout his whole career to date?
Gerold Wefer mostly deals with Oceanography, Sediment core, Mineralogy, Foraminifera and Table.
His research integrates issues of Glacial period and Sediment in his study of Oceanography.
Glacial period connects with themes related to Continental shelf in his study.
His study in Sediment core is interdisciplinary in nature, drawing from both Environmental chemistry, Geochemistry and Oxygen isotope ratio cycle.
His research in Foraminifera intersects with topics in Paleontology, Isotopes of carbon, Isotopes of oxygen and Plankton.
Much of his study explores Upwelling relationship to Total organic carbon.
He most often published in these fields:
- Oceanography (42.90%)
- Sediment core (19.97%)
- Mineralogy (11.93%)
What were the highlights of his more recent work (between 2011-2020)?
- Oceanography (42.90%)
- Sediment core (19.97%)
- Pollen (4.29%)
In recent papers he was focusing on the following fields of study:
Oceanography, Sediment core, Pollen, Geochemistry and Table are his primary areas of study.
Upwelling, Stadial, Sea surface temperature, Alkenone and Holocene are the primary areas of interest in his Oceanography study.
His study focuses on the intersection of Alkenone and fields such as Glacial period with connections in the field of Climatology.
His studies in Sediment core integrate themes in fields like Geotechnical engineering and Mineralogy.
His Pollen research includes elements of Paleontology, Spore and Vegetation.
The various areas that Gerold Wefer examines in his Geochemistry study include Trench, Hadal zone and Sediment.
Between 2011 and 2020, his most popular works were:
- The role of fire in Miocene to Pliocene C4 grassland and ecosystem evolution (103 citations)
- Estimating the hydrogen isotopic composition of past precipitation using leaf-waxes from western Africa (66 citations)
- Abrupt shifts of the Sahara-Sahel boundary during Heinrich stadials (52 citations)
In his most recent research, the most cited papers focused on:
- Oceanography
- Ecology
- Paleontology
Gerold Wefer focuses on Oceanography, Trench, Upwelling, Vegetation and Sediment.
Gerold Wefer combines subjects such as Late Miocene, River mouth and Fluvial with his study of Oceanography.
His Trench research integrates issues from Paleoseismology, Seafloor spreading, Seismology, Tephra and Slip.
Gerold Wefer has included themes like Atmosphere, Paleontology, Seasonality, Sediment trap and Bathyal zone in his Upwelling study.
His Vegetation study incorporates themes from Climatology, Atmospheric circulation, Climate change and Pollen.
His biological study spans a wide range of topics, including Sedimentary rock, Geochemistry and Hadal zone.
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