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Helmut Erlenkeuser

Helmut Erlenkeuser

D-Index & Metrics

Earth Science

D-Index
74
Citations
20416
World Ranking
751
National Ranking
42

Helmut Erlenkeuser 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 Helmut Erlenkeuser sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 603+

This scientist: 597 publications — 99th percentile

99% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 603 publications or more.

Helmut Erlenkeuser 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 Helmut Erlenkeuser sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 106+

This scientist: 74 D-Index — 92nd percentile

92% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 106 D-Index or more.

Overview

Helmut Erlenkeuser is affiliated with Kiel University in Germany. Their academic profile is characterized by work conducted within this institution. The available data does not specify particular research papers, co-authors, or publication venues linked to their name.

No information is provided regarding Helmut Erlenkeuser's specific fields of study, subfields, or main research topics. Similarly, there are no records of book publications or awarded honors associated with this scientist.

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Best Publications

  • Correlation between Arabian Sea and Greenland climate oscillations of the past 110,000 years

    Hartmut Schulz;Ulrich von Rad;Helmut Erlenkeuser

  • East Asian monsoon climate during the Late Pleistocene: high-resolution sediment records from the south China Sea

    L. Wang;M. Sarnthein;H. Erlenkeuser;JO Grimalt

  • A mid-european decadal isotope-climate record from 15,500 to 5000 years B.P

    Ulrich von Grafenstein;Helmut Erlenkeuser;Achim Brauer;Jean Jouzel

  • Century-scale events in monsoonal climate over the past 24,000 years

    F. Sirocko;M. Sarnthein;H. Erlenkeuser;H. Lange

  • 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

  • The cold event 8200 years ago documented in oxygen isotope records of precipitation in Europe and Greenland

    U. von Grafenstein;H. Erlenkeuser;J. Müller;J. Jouzel

  • Final closure of Panama and the onset of northern hemisphere glaciation

    G. Bartoli;M. Sarnthein;M. Weinelt;H. Erlenkeuser

  • Atmospheric and Oceanic Circulation Patterns off Northwest Africa During the Past 25 Million Years

    Michael Sarnthein;Jörn Thiede;Uwe Pflaumann;H. Erlenkeuser

  • Correlation of marine 14C ages from the nordic seas with the GISP2 isotope record : Implications for 14C calibration beyond 25 ka BP

    Antje H. L. Voelker;Michael Sarnthein;Pieter M. Grootes;Helmut Erlenkeuser

  • Temperature and salinity variations of Mediterranean Sea surface waters over the last 16,000 years from records of planktonic stable oxygen isotopes and alkenone unsaturation ratios

    Kay-Christian Emeis;Ulrich Struck;Hans-Martin Schulz;Reinhild Rosenberg

  • Arctic Ocean deep-sea record of northern Eurasian ice sheet history

    Robert F. Spielhagen;Robert F. Spielhagen;Karl-Heinz Baumann;Helmut Erlenkeuser;Norbert R. Nowaczyk

  • Modulation and amplification of climatic changes in the Northern Hemisphere by the Indian summer monsoon during the past 80 k.y

    H.R. Kudrass;A. Hofmann;H. Doose;K. Emeis

  • Impacts of orbital forcing and atmospheric carbon dioxide on Miocene ice-sheet expansion

    Ann E L Holbourn;Wolfgang Kuhnt;Michael Schulz;Helmut Erlenkeuser

  • Potential links between surging ice sheets, circulation changes, and the Dansgaard-Oeschger cycles in the Irminger Sea, 60-18 kyr

    S van Kreveld;M Sarnthein;H Erlenkeuser;P Grootes

  • High-resolution carbon isotope records of the Aptian to Lower Albian from SE France and the Mazagan Plateau (DSDP Site 545): a stratigraphic tool for paleoceanographic and paleobiologic reconstruction

    Jens O. Herrle;Jens O. Herrle;Peter Kößler;Oliver Friedrich;Helmut Erlenkeuser

  • Variations in Atlantic surface ocean paleoceanography, 50°-80°N: A time-slice record of the last 30,000 years

    Michael Sarnthein;Eystein Jansen;Mara Weinelt;Maurice Arnold

  • Mediterranean outflow strengthening during northern hemisphere coolings: A salt source for the glacial Atlantic?

    Antje H.L. Voelker;S.M. Lebreiro;J. Schönfeld;I. Cacho

  • Paired δ18O signals of Neogloboquadrina pachyderma (s) and Turborotalita quinqueloba show thermal stratification structure in Nordic Seas

    Johannes Simstich;Michael Sarnthein;Helmut Erlenkeuser

  • Active growth of the Bengal Fan during sea-level rise and highstand

    Michael E. Weber;Michael H. Wiedicke;Hermann R. Kudrass;Christian Hübscher

  • Atmospheric summer circulation and coastal upwelling in the Arabian Sea during the Holocene and the last glaciation

    Frank Sirocko;Michael Sarnthein;Heinz Lange;Helmut Erlenkeuser

  • Thermohaline instability in the North Atlantic during meltwater events: Stable isotope and ice-rafted detritus records from Core SO75-26KL, Portuguese Margin

    Rainer Zahn;Joachim Schönfeld;Hermann-Rudolf Kudrass;Myong-Ho Park

Frequent Co-Authors

Michael E Weber
Michael E Weber University of Bonn
Pieter Meiert Grootes
Pieter Meiert Grootes Kiel University
Michael Sarnthein
Michael Sarnthein Kiel University
Uwe Pflaumann
Uwe Pflaumann Kiel University
Robert F Spielhagen
Robert F Spielhagen GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel
Carles Pelejero
Carles Pelejero Institute of Marine Sciences
Joan O. Grimalt
Joan O. Grimalt Spanish National Research Council
Markus Kienast
Markus Kienast Dalhousie University
Jörn Thiede
Jörn Thiede Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research
Jan Heinemeier
Jan Heinemeier Aarhus University

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