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Overview

Jens O. Herrle is affiliated with Goethe University Frankfurt in Germany and focuses their research on Environmental Science and Earth and Planetary Sciences. Their work extensively covers subfields including Environmental Chemistry, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Oceanography, Geology, and Molecular Biology.

The scientist's research subjects span a range of topics, notably:

  • Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena
  • Astro and Planetary Science
  • Geomagnetism and Paleomagnetism Studies
  • Planetary Science and Exploration
  • Spacecraft and Cryogenic Technologies
  • Seismic Imaging and Inversion Techniques
  • Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils

Among Jens O. Herrle's recent publications are:

  • The early opening of the Equatorial Atlantic gateway and the evolution of Cretaceous peak warming (2023, Geology)
  • Exploring the role of High Arctic Large Igneous Province volcanism on Early Cretaceous Arctic forests (2021, Cretaceous Research)
  • Driving mechanisms of organic carbon burial in the Early Cretaceous South Atlantic Cape Basin (DSDP Site 361) (2021, Climate of the past)
  • Bottom water redox conditions and benthic foraminiferal morphogroup response in the Late Cretaceous Sverdrup Basin, Arctic Canada: Implications for Oceanic Anoxic Event 3 (2020, Cretaceous Research)
  • Macrofauna and biostratigraphy of the Rollrock Section, northern Ellesmere Island, Canadian Arctic Islands - a comprehensive high latitude archive of the Jurassic-Cretaceous transition (2020, Cretaceous Research)

The frequent co-authors with whom Jens O. Herrle has collaborated include:

  • Thomas Westerhold
  • Thomas Wagner
  • Steven M. Bohaty
  • Gabriele Uenzelmann-Neben
  • Laurel B. Childress

The scientist's research contributions have been published in multiple venues, with notable publication counts in:

  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research) - 108 publications
  • Cretaceous Research - 5 publications
  • Geology - 2 publications
  • PLoS ONE - 2 publications
  • Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology - 2 publications

Best Publications

  • The Heartbeat of the Oligocene Climate System

    Heiko Pälike;Richard D. Norris;Jens O. Herrle;Jens O. Herrle;Paul A. Wilson

  • A Cenozoic record of the equatorial Pacific carbonate compensation depth

    Heiko Pälike;Mitchell W. Lyle;Hiroshi Nishi;Isabella Raffi

  • 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

  • Forcing mechanisms for mid-Cretaceous black shale formation: evidence from the Upper Aptian and Lower Albian of the Vocontian Basin (SE France)

    Jens O Herrle;Jörg Pross;Oliver Friedrich;Peter Kößler

  • Calibration of the random settling technique for calculation of absolute abundances of calcareous nannoplankton

    Markus Geisen;Joerg Bollmann;Jens O. Herrle;Joerg Mutterlose

  • Reconstruction of short-term palaeoceanographic changes during the formation of the Late Albian ‘Niveau Breistroffer’ black shales (Oceanic Anoxic Event 1d, SE France)

    André Bornemann;André Bornemann;Jörg Pross;Jörg Pross;Kerstin Reichelt;Jens O. Herrle

  • Calcareous nannofossils from the Aptian–Lower Albian of southeast France: palaeoecological and biostratigraphic implications

    J O. Herrle

  • Mid-Cretaceous High Arctic stratigraphy, climate, and Oceanic Anoxic Events

    Jens O. Herrle;Claudia J. Schröder-Adams;William Davis;Adam T. Pugh

  • Atlantic cooling associated with a marine biotic crisis during the mid-Cretaceous period

    A. McAnena;A. McAnena;Sascha Flögel;Peter Hofmann;Jens O. Herrle

  • Reconstructing nutricline dynamics of mid-Cretaceous oceans: evidence from calcareous nannofossils from the Niveau Paquier black shale (SE France)

    Jens O Herrle

  • Mesozoic calcareous nannofossils — state of the art

    Jörg Mutterlose;André Bornemann;Jens O. Herrle

  • The Aptian – Albian cold snap: Evidence for "mid" Cretaceous icehouse interludes

    Jörg Mutterlose;André Bornemann;Jens Herrle

  • Absence of major vegetation and palaeoatmospheric pCO2 changes associated with oceanic anoxic event 1a (Early Aptian, SE France)

    Ulrich Heimhofer;Peter A Hochuli;Jens O Herrle;Nils Andersen

  • Early Maastrichtian carbon cycle perturbation and cooling event: Implications from the South Atlantic Ocean

    Oliver Friedrich;Oliver Friedrich;Jens O. Herrle;Paul A. Wilson;Matthew J. Cooper

  • Morphological variation of Emiliania huxleyi and sea surface salinity

    Jörg Bollmann;Jörg Bollmann;Jens O. Herrle;Jens O. Herrle

  • Short-term environmental changes in the Cretaceous Tethyan Ocean: micropalaeontological evidence from the Early Albian Oceanic Anoxic Event 1b

    J. O. Herrle;J. Pross;O. Friedrich;Ch. Hemleben

  • Formation of the Late Aptian Niveau Fallot black shales in the Vocontian Basin (SE France): evidence from foraminifera, palynomorphs, and stable isotopes

    Oliver Friedrich;Kerstin Reichelt;Jens O. Herrle;Jens Lehmann

  • Rapid warming and salinity changes of Cretaceous surface waters in the subtropical North Atlantic

    Thomas Wagner;Jens O. Herrle;Jaap S. Sinninghe Damsté;Stefan Schouten

  • Pliocene oceanic seaways and global climate

    Cyrus Karas;Dirk Nürnberg;André Bahr;Jeroen Groeneveld

  • Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian-Maastrichtian) calcareous nannofossils from Goban Spur (DSDP Sites 549, 551): Implications for the palaeoceanography of the proto North Atlantic

    Christian Linnert;Jörg Mutterlose;Jens O. Herrle

Frequent Co-Authors

Christoph Hemleben
Christoph Hemleben University of Tübingen
Jörg Mutterlose
Jörg Mutterlose Ruhr University Bochum
Heiko Pälike
Heiko Pälike University of Bremen
Bridget S. Wade
Bridget S. Wade University College London
Paul A. Wilson
Paul A. Wilson University of Southampton
Jörg Pross
Jörg Pross Heidelberg University
Jörg Bollmann
Jörg Bollmann University of Toronto
Richard D. Norris
Richard D. Norris University of California, San Diego
Aradhna Tripati
Aradhna Tripati University of California, Los Angeles
Helen K. Coxall
Helen K. Coxall Stockholm University

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