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Henk Brinkhuis 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 Henk Brinkhuis sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 510+

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

Henk Brinkhuis 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 Henk Brinkhuis 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 Netherlands Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Earth Science in Netherlands Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Earth Science in Netherlands Leader Award
  • 2016 - Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences

Overview

Henk Brinkhuis is affiliated with Utrecht University in the Netherlands. Their research spans a range of topics related to Earth and Planetary Sciences, with particular focus on Environmental Science and its subfields. Brinkhuis's work covers Environmental Chemistry, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Geophysics, Atmospheric Science, and Molecular Biology.

The main topics addressed in their research include:

  • Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena
  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
  • Astro and Planetary Science
  • Seismic Imaging and Inversion Techniques
  • Geomagnetism and Paleomagnetism Studies
  • Geological Modeling and Analysis
  • Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils

Frequent co-authors in their research collaborations include Joost Frieling, Carlos A. Alvarez Zarikian, Reed P. Scherer, Dustin T. Harper, and Christian Berndt.

Brinkhuis has contributed publications to several venues, often disseminating research through components of open and environmental sciences. Notable publication venues include:

  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Journal of Micropalaeontology
  • Climate of the Past
  • Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology
  • Newsletters on Stratigraphy

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Brinkhuis include the following:

  • Shallow-water hydrothermal venting linked to the Palaeocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum, 2023, Nature Geoscience
  • Late Eocene-early Miocene evolution of the southern Australian subtropical front: a marine palynological approach, 2021, Journal of Micropalaeontology
  • A Warm, Stratified, and Restricted Labrador Sea Across the Middle Eocene and Its Climatic Optimum, 2020, Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology
  • Temperate Oligocene surface ocean conditions offshore of Cape Adare, Ross Sea, Antarctica, 2021, Climate of the Past
  • Deoxygenation and organic carbon sequestration in the Tethyan realm associated with the middle Eocene climatic optimum, 2022, Geological Society of America Bulletin

In 2016, Brinkhuis was recognized by the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences.

Best Publications

  • Subtropical Arctic Ocean temperatures during the Palaeocene/Eocene thermal maximum

    Appy Sluijs;Stefan Schouten;Mark Pagani;Martijn Woltering

  • Global cooling during the eocene-oligocene climate transition.

    Zhonghui Liu;Zhonghui Liu;Mark Pagani;David Zinniker;Robert DeConto

  • The Cenozoic palaeoenvironment of the Arctic Ocean.

    Kathryn Moran;Jan Backman;Henk Brinkhuis;Steven C. Clemens

  • A Paleolatitude Calculator for Paleoclimate Studies

    Douwe J. J. van Hinsbergen;Lennart V. de Groot;Sebastiaan J. van Schaik;Wim Spakman

  • Arctic hydrology during global warming at the Palaeocene/Eocene thermal maximum

    Mark Pagani;Nikolai Pedentchouk;Matthew Huber;Appy Sluijs

  • From greenhouse to icehouse; organic-walled dinoflagellate cysts as paleoenvironmental indicators in the Paleogene

    Appy Sluijs;Jörg Pross;Jörg Pross;Jörg Pross;Henk Brinkhuis

  • Extreme warming of mid-latitude coastal ocean during the Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum: Inferences from TEX86 and isotope data

    J.C. Zachos;S. Schouten;S. Bohaty;T. Quattlebaum

  • Episodic fresh surface waters in the Eocene Arctic Ocean

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

  • Early Palaeogene temperature evolution of the southwest Pacific Ocean

    Peter K. Bijl;Stefan Schouten;Appy Sluijs;Gert-Jan Reichart

  • Southern Ocean and Global Dinoflagellate Cyst Events Compared: Index Events for the Late Cretaceous–Neogene

    G.L. Williams;H. Brinkhuis;M.A. Pearce;R.A. Fensome

  • Environmental precursors to rapid light carbon injection at the Palaeocene/Eocene boundary

    Appy Sluijs;Henk Brinkhuis;Stefan Schouten;Steven M. Bohaty

  • Late Eocene to Early Oligocene dinoflagellate cysts from the Priabonian type-area (Northeast Italy): biostratigraphy and paleoenvironmental interpretation

    Henk Brinkhuis

  • Global dinoflagellate event associated with the late Paleocene thermal maximum

    Erica M. Crouch;Claus Heilmann-Clausen;Henk Brinkhuis;Hugh E.G. Morgans

  • Persistent near-tropical warmth on the Antarctic continent during the early Eocene epoch

    Jörg Pross;Lineth Contreras;Peter K. Bijl;David R. Greenwood

  • Dinoflagellate cysts, sea level changes and planktonic foraminifers across the Cretaceous-Tertiary boundary at El Haria, northwest Tunisia

    H. Brinkhuis;W.J. Zachariasse

  • 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

  • Timing and nature of the deepening of the Tasmanian Gateway

    Catherine E. Stickley;Henk Brinkhuis;Stephen A. Schellenberg;Appy Sluijs

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

    Martin Jakobsson;Jan Backman;Bert Rudels;Jonas Nycander

  • Eocene circulation of the Southern Ocean: Was Antarctica kept warm by subtropical waters?

    Matthew Huber;Henk Brinkhuis;Catherine E. Stickley;Kristofer Döös

  • Late Jurassic to earliest Cretaceous palaeoclimatic evolution of the southern North Sea

    Oscar Abbink;Jordi Targarona;Henk Brinkhuis;Henk Visscher

  • The terminal Paleozoic fungal event: evidence of terrestrial ecosystem destabilization and collapse.

    Henk Visscher;Henk Brinkhuis;David L. Dilcher;William C. Elsik

  • Eocene cooling linked to early flow across the Tasmanian Gateway

    Peter K. Bijl;James A. P. Bendle;Steven M. Bohaty;Jörg Pross

Frequent Co-Authors

Appy Sluijs
Appy Sluijs Utrecht University
Peter K Bijl
Peter K Bijl Utrecht University
Francesca Sangiorgi
Francesca Sangiorgi Utrecht University
Jörg Pross
Jörg Pross Heidelberg University
Steven M Bohaty
Steven M Bohaty University of Southampton
Gert-Jan Reichart
Gert-Jan Reichart Utrecht University
Stefan Schouten
Stefan Schouten Utrecht University
Lisa Tauxe
Lisa Tauxe University of California, San Diego
Matthew Huber
Matthew Huber Purdue University West Lafayette
Graham L. Williams
Graham L. Williams Bedford Institute of Oceanography

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