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Johan C. Varekamp is affiliated with Wesleyan University in the United States. Their research focuses on several main fields including oceanography, global and planetary change, and environmental chemistry.

Their scholarly output includes publications in a variety of scientific venues, with a notable concentration in "Abstracts with programs - Geological Society of America," where they have contributed nine papers. Additional publications appear in "Geology" and "Science Advances."

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Johan C. Varekamp include Christina Cauley, Ellen Thomas, Haley Brumberger, Sabrina Koetter, and Hilary Brumberg.

Main topics of their research encompass marine and coastal ecosystems, atmospheric and environmental gas dynamics, methane hydrates and related phenomena, marine ecology and invasive species, marine biology and ecology research, and marine and coastal plant biology.

Selected recent papers authored or coauthored by Varekamp include:

  • "Volcanic carbon cycling in East Lake, Newberry Volcano, Oregon, USA," 2021, published in Geology
  • "Foraminifera as indicators of species invasion: Ammonia confertitesta in Long Island Sound," 2025, published in Science Advances
  • "RESILIENCE OF LIFE IN A VOLCANIC LAKE: THE OSTRACOD RECORD OF PAULINA LAKE, NEWBERRY VOLCANO, OR," 2020, published in Abstracts with programs - Geological Society of America
  • "ENVIRONMENTAL EVOLUTION OF PAULINA LAKE (NEWBERRY, OR) OVER THE LAST 15,000 YEARS," 2021, published in Abstracts with programs - Geological Society of America
  • "THE LIFE AND CAREER OF JELLE ZEILINGA DE BOER," 2021, published in Abstracts with programs - Geological Society of America

Best Publications

  • The 1982 eruptions of El Chichón Volcano, Chiapas, Mexico: Mineralogy and petrology of the anhydritebearing pumices

    James F. Luhr;Ian S.E. Carmichael;Johan C. Varekamp

  • The 1982 eruptions of El Chichón Volcano (Chiapas, Mexico): Character of the eruptions, ash-fall deposits, and gasphase

    Johan C. Varekamp;James F. Luhr;Karen L. Prestegaard

  • Volcanic lake systematics I. Physical constraints

    Gregory B. Pasternack;Johan C. Varekamp

  • Global mercury flux from volcanic and geothermal sources

    Johan C. Varekamp;Peter R. Buseck

  • Volcanic lake systematics II. Chemical constraints

    J.C. Varekamp;G.B. Pasternack;G.L. Rowe

  • Sr-Nd-Pb isotope systematics of the Banda Arc, Indonesia: Combined subduction and assimilation of continental material

    P. Z. Vroon;M. J. van Bergen;W. M. White;J. C. Varekamp

  • Hydrogeochemistry and rare earth element behavior in a volcanically acidified watershed in Patagonia, Argentina

    Christopher H. Gammons;Scott A. Wood;Fernando Pedrozo;Johan C. Varekamp

  • The speciation of mercury in hydrothermal systems, with applications to ore deposition

    Johan C Varekamp;Peter R Buseck

  • Hydrothermal element fluxes from Copahue, Argentina: A "beehive" volcano in turmoil

    Johan C. Varekamp;Andrew P. Ouimette;Scott W. Herman;Adriana Bermúdez

  • Relative sea‐level rise and climate change over the last 1500 years

    J.C. Varekamp;E. Thomas;O. Plassche

  • Effects of mercury on visible/near-infrared reflectance spectra of mustard spinach plants (Brassica rapa P.)

    Sarah C. Dunagan;Martha S. Gilmore;Johan C. Varekamp

  • Naturally acid waters from Copahue volcano, Argentina

    J.C. Varekamp;A.P. Ouimette;S.W. Herman;K.S. Flynn

  • Carbon sources in arc volcanism, with implications for the carbon cycle

    J.C. Varekamp;R. Kreulen;R.P.E. Poorter;M.J. Bergen

  • U-series, SrNdPb isotope and trace-element systematics across an active island arc-continent collision zone: Implications for element transfer at the slab-wedge interface

    Jurian A. Hoogewerff;M. J. Van Bergen;P. Z. Vroon;P. Z. Vroon;J. Hertogen

  • Benthic Foraminifera and Environmental Changes in Long Island Sound

    E. Thomas;T. Gapotchenko;J. C. Varekamp;E. L. Mecray

  • Complex zoning of clinopyroxenes in the lavas of vulsini, latium, Italy: Evidence for magma mixing

    Michael Barton;Johan C. Varekamp;Manfred J. Van Bergen

  • A sea-level rise curve from Guilford, Connecticut, USA

    Koren R. Nydick;Alison B. Bidwell;Ellen Thomas;Ellen Thomas;Johan C. Varekamp

  • Crystal retention, fractionation and crustal assimilation in a convecting magma chamber, Nisyros Volcano, Greece

    L. Francalanci;J. C. Varekamp;G. Vougioukalakis;M. J. Delant

  • Mercury emissions from Mount St Helens during September 1980

    Johan C. Varekamp;Peter R. Buseck

  • Young pumice deposits on Nisyros, Greece

    Ellen M Limburg;Johan C Varekamp

Frequent Co-Authors

Ellen Thomas
Ellen Thomas Yale University
Peter R. Buseck
Peter R. Buseck Arizona State University
Gregory B. Pasternack
Gregory B. Pasternack University of California, Davis
Thomas M. Cronin
Thomas M. Cronin United States Geological Survey
Manfred J. van Bergen
Manfred J. van Bergen Utrecht University
Nemesio M. Pérez
Nemesio M. Pérez Instituto Volcanológico de Canarias (INVOLCAN)
Pieter Z. Vroon
Pieter Z. Vroon Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Christopher H. Gammons
Christopher H. Gammons Montana Tech of the University of Montana
James F. Luhr
James F. Luhr Smithsonian Institution
Piero Manetti
Piero Manetti University of Florence

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