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Larry C. Peterson 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 Larry C. Peterson sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 510+

This scientist: 141 publications — 31st percentile

31% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Larry C. Peterson 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 Larry C. Peterson sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 94+

This scientist: 47 D-Index — 48th percentile

48% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 94 D-Index or more.

Overview

Larry C. Peterson is affiliated with the University of Miami in the United States. Their research focuses primarily on Earth and Planetary Sciences, with significant contributions to various subfields such as Ocean Engineering, Environmental Chemistry, Atmospheric Science, Geophysics, and Paleontology.

Peterson's work addresses multiple key topics within these fields, notably:

  • Reservoir Engineering and Simulation Methods
  • Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena
  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
  • Seismic Imaging and Inversion Techniques
  • Amazonian Archaeology and Ethnohistory
  • Archaeology and ancient environmental studies
  • Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils

The scientist has published extensively, with 30 papers under the broader Earth and Planetary Sciences umbrella, and has contributed to specialized subfields such as Ocean Engineering with 16 publications and Environmental Chemistry with 11.

Frequent venues for their publications include:

  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Quaternary Science Reviews
  • Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta
  • Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems
  • Communications Earth & Environment

Notable recent papers authored or co-authored by Larry C. Peterson include:

  • "Intercomparison of XRF Core Scanning Results From Seven Labs and Approaches to Practical Calibration" (2020), published in Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems
  • "Sedimentary vanadium isotope signatures in low oxygen marine conditions" (2020), published in Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta
  • "Discovery of the deep-sea NEOM Brine Pools in the Gulf of Aqaba, Red Sea" (2022), published in Communications Earth & Environment
  • "Timescale dependent sedimentary record during the past 130 kyr from a tropical mixed siliciclastic-carbonate shelf edge and slope: Ashmore Trough (southern Gulf of Papua)" (2021), published in Sedimentology
  • "The rise and demise of Iran's Urmia Lake during the Holocene and the Anthropocene: 'what's past is prologue'" (2023), published in Regional Environmental Change

Larry C. Peterson has collaborated frequently with a number of researchers, including:

  • Richard W. Murray
  • André W. Droxler
  • Ann G. Dunlea
  • Ryuji Tada
  • Carlos A. Alvarez Zarikian

Best Publications

  • Southward Migration of the Intertropical Convergence Zone Through the Holocene

    Gerald H. Haug;Konrad A. Hughen;Daniel M. Sigman;Larry C. Peterson

  • On the Structure and Origin of Major Glaciation Cycles 1. Linear Responses to Milankovitch Forcing

    J. Imbrie;E. A. Boyle;S. C. Clemens;A. Duffy

  • On the Structure and Origin of Major Glaciation Cycles .2. the 100,000-year Cycle

    J. Imbrie;A. Berger;E. A. Boyle;S. C. Clemens

  • Climate and the Collapse of Maya Civilization

    Gerald H. Haug;Detlef Günther;Larry C. Peterson;Daniel Mikhail Sigman

  • Influence of the intertropical convergence zone on the East Asian monsoon

    Gergana Yancheva;Norbert R. Nowaczyk;Jens Mingram;Peter Dulski

  • Rapid changes in the hydrologic cycle of the tropical Atlantic during the last glacial.

    Larry C. Peterson;Gerald H. Haug;Konrad A. Hughen;Ursula Röhl

  • Rapid climate changes in the tropical Atlantic region during the last deglaciation

    Konrad A. Hughen;Jonathan T. Overpeck;Jonathan T. Overpeck;Larry C. Peterson;Susan Trumbore

  • Synchroneity of tropical and high-latitude Atlantic temperatures over the last glacial termination.

    David W. Lea;Dorothy K. Pak;Larry C. Peterson;Konrad A. Hughen

  • Links between tropical rainfall and North Atlantic climate during the last glacial period

    Gaudenz Deplazes;Andreas Lückge;Larry C. Peterson;Axel Timmermann

  • Deglacial changes in ocean circulation from an extended radiocarbon calibration

    Konrad A. Hughen;Konrad A. Hughen;Jonathan T. Overpeck;Jonathan T. Overpeck;Scott J. Lehman;Michaele Kashgarian

  • Mechanisms of abrupt climate change of the last glacial period

    Amy C. Clement;Larry C. Peterson

  • Variability in the mean latitude of the Atlantic Intertropical Convergence Zone as recorded by riverine input of sediments to the Cariaco Basin (Venezuela)

    Larry C. Peterson;Gerald H. Haug

  • Climatically sensitive eolian and hemipelagic deposition in the Cariaco Basin, Venezuela, over the past 578,000 years: Results from Al/Ti and K/Al

    K. M. Yarincik;R. W. Murray;L. C. Peterson

  • Eight Centuries of North Atlantic Ocean Atmosphere Variability

    David E. Black;Larry C. Peterson;Jonathan T. Overpeck;Alexey Kaplan

  • A high-resolution late Quaternary upwelling record from the anoxic Cariaco Basin, Venezuela

    L. C. Peterson;Jonathan Overpeck;N. G. Kipp;J. Imbrie

  • Carbonate dissolution in Recent sediments of the eastern equatorial Indian Ocean: Preservation patterns and carbonate loss above the lysocline

    L.C. Peterson;W.L. Prell

  • Bundled turbidite deposition in the central Pandora Trough (Gulf of Papua) since Last Glacial Maximum: Linking sediment nature and accumulation to sea level fluctuations at millennial timescale

    Stéphan J. Jorry;André W. Droxler;Gianni Mallarino;Gerald R. Dickens

  • Abrupt climate variability since the last deglaciation based on a high-resolution, multi-proxy peat record from NW Iran: The hand that rocked the Cradle of Civilization?

    Arash Sharifi;Ali Pourmand;Elizabeth A. Canuel;Erin Ferer-Tyler

  • Oxygenation history of bottom waters in the Cariaco Basin, Venezuela, over the past 578,000 years: Results from redox‐sensitive metals (Mo, V, Mn, and Fe)

    K. M. Yarincik;R. W. Murray;T. W. Lyons;L. C. Peterson

  • Glacial/interglacial variations in production and nitrogen fixation in the Cariaco Basin during the last 580 kyr

    Gerald H. Haug;Thomas F. Pedersen;Daniel M. Sigman;Stephen E. Calvert

  • Climate change in the circum-North Atlantic region during the last deglaciation

    Jonathan T. Overpeck;Larry C. Peterson;Nilva Kipp;John Imbrie

  • Climate and the collapse of Maya civilization

    Larry C. Peterson;Gerald H. Haug

Frequent Co-Authors

Gerald H. Haug
Gerald H. Haug Max Planck Institute for Chemistry
André W. Droxler
André W. Droxler Rice University
Samuel J. Bentley
Samuel J. Bentley Louisiana State University
Bradley N. Opdyke
Bradley N. Opdyke Australian National University
Gerald R. Dickens
Gerald R. Dickens Trinity College Dublin
Jonathan T. Overpeck
Jonathan T. Overpeck University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Daniel M. Sigman
Daniel M. Sigman Princeton University
Konrad A Hughen
Konrad A Hughen Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Robert C. Thunell
Robert C. Thunell University of South Carolina
Richard W. Murray
Richard W. Murray Boston University

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