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Jörg Mutterlose

Jörg Mutterlose

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Earth Science

D-Index
51
Citations
8201
World Ranking
3290
National Ranking
221

Overview

Jörg Mutterlose is affiliated with Ruhr University Bochum in Germany and has made significant contributions to the field of Earth and Planetary Sciences. Their research spans multiple subfields including Paleontology, Geology, Geophysics, Atmospheric Science, and Ocean Engineering.

The primary focus of their work is on Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils, followed by research in Geology and Paleoclimatology, Geological and Geochemical Analysis, Geological Studies and Exploration, Hydrocarbon Exploration and Reservoir Analysis, Reservoir Engineering and Simulation Methods, and Geological and Geophysical Studies.

The scientist has collaborated frequently with several coauthors, including:

  • François Baudin
  • Felix M. Gradstein
  • James G. Ogg
  • William W. Sager
  • Edward L. Winterer

Mutterlose's recent papers reflect a focus on Cretaceous period studies and paleoenvironmental reconstructions. Notable publications include:

  • "Biogeodynamics of Cretaceous marine carbonate production," 2023, Earth-Science Reviews
  • "Climate and paleoceanography controlled size variations of calcareous nannofossils during the Valanginian Weissert Event (Early Cretaceous)," 2020, Marine Micropaleontology
  • "The Global Boundary Stratotype Section and Point (GSSP) for the base of the Hauterivian Stage (Lower Cretaceous), La Charce, southeast France," 2020, Episodes
  • "Geochronology of late Albian-Cenomanian strata in the U.S. Western Interior," 2020, Geological Society of America Bulletin
  • "Paleoecology of Late Cretaceous Coccolithophores: Insights From the Shallow-Marine Record," 2021, Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology

Their research has been published in various scientific venues, notably:

  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Cretaceous Research
  • Geological Society London Special Publications
  • Marine Micropaleontology
  • Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology

This body of work reflects contributions across several aspects of Earth sciences, with a strong emphasis on stratigraphy, marine fossils, paleoceanography, and geological time scales related to the Cretaceous period.

Best Publications

  • Cretaceous sea-surface temperature evolution: Constraints from TEX86 and planktonic foraminiferal oxygen isotopes

    Charlotte L. O'Brien;Stuart A. Robinson;Richard D. Pancost;Jaap S. Sinninghe Damsté

  • The Cenomanian - Turonian of the Wunstorf section - (North Germany): global stratigraphic reference section and new orbital time scale for Oceanic Anoxic Event 2

    Silke Voigt;Jochen Erbacher;Jörg Mutterlose;Wolfgang Weiss

  • Stable organic carbon isotope stratigraphy across Oceanic Anoxic Event 2 of Demerara Rise, western tropical Atlantic

    Jochen Erbacher;Oliver Friedrich;Paul A. Wilson;Heather Birch

  • Isotopic evidence for Late Jurassic-Early Cretaceous climate change

    Darren R Gröcke;Darren R Gröcke;Gregory D Price;Alastair H Ruffell;Jörg Mutterlose

  • Large igneous provinces and organic carbon burial: Controls on global temperature and continental weathering during the Early Cretaceous

    Stéphane Bodin;Philipp Meissner;Nico M.M. Janssen;Thomas Steuber

  • The Upper Valanginian (Early Cretaceous) positive carbon–isotope event recorded in terrestrial plants

    Darren R. Gröcke;Gregory D. Price;Stuart A. Robinson;Evgenij Y. Baraboshkin

  • 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

  • Early Cretaceous calcareous nannofossils from high latitudes: implications for palaeobiogeography and palaeoclimate

    Jörg Mutterlose;Kai Kessels

  • The impact of calcareous nannofossils on the pelagic carbonate accumulation across the Jurassic-Cretaceous boundary

    André Bornemann;Ute Aschwer;Jörg Mutterlose

  • Migration and evolution patterns of floras and faunas in marine Early Cretaceous sediments of NW Europe

    J. Mutterlose

  • TEX86 and stable δ18O paleothermometry of early Cretaceous sediments: Implications for belemnite ecology and paleotemperature proxy application

    Jörg Mutterlose;Matthias Malkoc;Stefan Schouten;Jaap S. Sinninghe Damsté

  • Isotopic signals from late Jurassic–early Cretaceous (Volgian–Valanginian) sub-Arctic belemnites, Yatria River, Western Siberia

    G.D. Price;J. Mutterlose

  • Belemnites of Valanginian, Hauterivian and Barremian age: Sr-isotope stratigraphy, composition (87Sr/86Sr, δ13C, δ18O, Na, Sr, Mg), and palaeo-oceanography

    J.M McArthur;J Mutterlose;G.D Price;P.F Rawson

  • Crystallographic texture and microstructure of terebratulide brachiopod shell calcite: An optimized materials design with hierarchical architecture

    Erika Griesshaber;Wolfgang W. Schmahl;Rolf Neuser;Thomas Pettke

  • Isotopic evidence for temperature variation during the early Cretaceous (late Ryazanian-mid-Hauterivian)

    Gregory D. Price;Alastair H. Ruffell;Charles E. Jones;Robert M. Kalin

  • Mesozoic calcareous nannofossils — state of the art

    Jörg Mutterlose;André Bornemann;Jens O. Herrle

  • Biostratigraphy and palaeobiogeography of Early Cretaceous calcareous nannofossils

    Jörg Mutterlose

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

    Jörg Mutterlose;André Bornemann;Jens Herrle

  • U–Pb and Re–Os geochronology of the Aptian/Albian and Cenomanian/Turonian stage boundaries: Implications for timescale calibration, osmium isotope seawater composition and Re–Os systematics in organic-rich sediments

    David Selby;Jörg Mutterlose;Daniel J. Condon

  • Stable isotope records from Sepia officinalis—a key to understanding the ecology of belemnites?

    A. Rexfort;J. Mutterlose

  • A Valanginian (Early Cretaceous) `boreal nannoplankton excursion' in sections from Romania

    Mihaela Melinte;Jörg Mutterlose

Frequent Co-Authors

Jens O. Herrle
Jens O. Herrle Goethe University Frankfurt
André Bornemann
André Bornemann Federal Institute for Geosciences and Natural Resources
Markus Wilmsen
Markus Wilmsen Senckenberg Museum für Naturkunde Görlitz
Alastair Ruffell
Alastair Ruffell Queen's University Belfast
James G. Ogg
James G. Ogg Chengdu University of Technology
Paul R. Bown
Paul R. Bown University College London
Gregory D. Price
Gregory D. Price Plymouth University
Ulrich Heimhofer
Ulrich Heimhofer University of Hannover
Paul A. Wilson
Paul A. Wilson University of Southampton
Darren R. Gröcke
Darren R. Gröcke Durham University

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