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Leopold Krystyn

Leopold Krystyn

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Earth Science

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6417
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Overview

Leopold Krystyn is affiliated with the University of Vienna in Austria and conducts research primarily within the field of Earth and Planetary Sciences. Their work covers a range of subfields, including Paleontology, Geophysics, Atmospheric Science, Geochemistry and Petrology, as well as Earth-Surface Processes.

Their research topics notably include Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils, Geological and Geochemical Analysis, Geology and Paleoclimatology Research, Paleontology and Evolutionary Biology, Geochemistry and Elemental Analysis, Geological formations and processes, and Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping.

Krystyn has contributed extensively to several prominent scientific journals and publication venues. These include:

  • Global and Planetary Change
  • Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology
  • Comptes Rendus Géoscience
  • Science
  • Frontiers in Earth Science

Selected recent papers authored or coauthored by Krystyn are as follows:

  • Integrated bio-chemostratigraphy of Lower and Middle Triassic marine successions at Spiti in the Indian Himalaya: Implications for the Early Triassic nutrient crisis (2020, Global and Planetary Change)
  • "Short" or "long" Rhaetian? Astronomical calibration of Austrian key sections (2020, Global and Planetary Change)
  • Mega El Niño instigated the end-Permian mass extinction (2024, Science)
  • Smithian and Spathian (Early Triassic) conodonts from Oman and Croatia and their depth habitat revealed (2020, Global and Planetary Change)
  • Development of early calcareous nannoplankton in the late Triassic (Northern Calcareous Alps, Austria) (2020, Global and Planetary Change)

Frequent collaborators in their research include:

  • Sylvain Richoz
  • Isaline Demangel
  • Zsófia Kovács
  • Andre Baldermann
  • Michael M. Joachimski

Best Publications

  • Significance of Late Permian-Triassic facies zones in terrane reconstructions in the Alpine-North Pannonian domain

    J. Haas;S. Kovács;L. Krystyn;R. Lein

  • Rapid marine recovery after the end-Permian mass-extinction event in the absence of marine anoxia

    R.J. Twitchett;L. Krystyn;A. Baud;J.R. Wheeley

  • Late Permian to Late Triassic palaeomagnetic data from Iran: constraints on the migration of the Iranian block through the Tethyan Ocean and initial destruction of Pangaea

    J. Besse;F. Torcq;Y. Gallet;L. E. Ricou

  • Carbon-isotope stratigraphy and palynostratigraphy of the Triassic–Jurassic transition in the Tiefengraben section — Northern Calcareous Alps (Austria)

    Wolfram M. Kuerschner;Nina R. Bonis;Leopold Krystyn

  • Triassic–Jurassic organic carbon isotope stratigraphy of key sections in the western Tethys realm (Austria)

    Micha Ruhl;Wolfram M. Kürschner;Leopold Krystyn

  • Towards accurate numerical calibration of the Late Triassic: High- precision U-Pb geochronology constraints on the duration of the Rhaetian

    Joern Frederik Wotzlaw;Jean Guex;Annachiara Bartolini;Yves Gallet

  • A unique Permian^Triassic boundary section from the Neotethyan Hawasina Basin, Central Oman Mountains

    Leo Krystyn;Sylvain Richoz;Aymon Baud;Richard J. Twitchett

  • The global stratotype sections and point (GSSP) for the base of the jurassic system at kuhjoch (Karwendel Mountains, Northern Calcareous Alps, Tyrol, Austria)

    A. V. Hillebrandt;L. Krystyn;W. M. Kurschner;N. R. Bonis

  • Evidence for recurrent changes in Lower Triassic oceanic circulation of the Tethys: The δ13C record from marine sections in Iran

    Micha Horacek;Sylvain Richoz;Sylvain Richoz;Rainer Brandner;Leopold Krystyn

  • Permian–Triassic boundary interval in the Middle East (Iran and N. Oman): Progressive environmental change from detailed carbonate carbon isotope marine curve and sedimentary evolution

    Sylvain Richoz;Leopold Krystyn;Aymon Baud;Rainer Brandner

  • Mirdita Zone ophiolites and associated sediments in Albania reveal Neotethys Ocean origin

    Hans-Jürgen Gawlick;Wolfgang Frisch;Lirim Hoxha;Paulian Dumitrica

  • CONODONTS OF THE LOWERMOST TRIASSIC OF SPITI, AND NEW ZONATION BASED ON NEOGONDOLELLA SUCCESSIONS

    Michael J. Orchard;Leopold Krystyn

  • A detailed palynological study of the Triassic–Jurassic transition in key sections of the Eiberg Basin (Northern Calcareous Alps, Austria)

    N.R. Bonis;W.M. Kürschner;L. Krystyn

  • A Tethys-wide mid-Carnian (Upper Triassic) carbonate productivity crisis: Evidence for the Alpine Reingraben Event from Spiti (Indian Himalaya)?

    Thomas Hornung;Leopold Krystyn;Rainer Brandner

  • Sequencing events across the Permian–Triassic boundary, Guryul Ravine (Kashmir, India)

    Thomas J. Algeo;Robyn Hannigan;Harold D Rowe;Michael Brookfield

  • Dynamic anoxic ferruginous conditions during the end-Permian mass extinction and recovery.

    M O Clarkson;R A Wood;Simon W Poulton;S Richoz

  • MULTISTRATIGRAPHIC CONSTRAINTS ON THE NW TETHYAN "CARNIAN CRISIS"

    Thomas Hornung;Rainer Brandner;Leopold Krystyn;Michael M. Joachimski

  • Climate variability during the Carnian Pluvial Phase — A quantitative palynological study of the Carnian sedimentary succession at Lunz am See, Northern Calcareous Alps, Austria

    Steven Mueller;Leopold Krystyn;Wolfram M. Kürschner

  • Magnetostratigraphy of the Late Triassic Bolücektasi Tepe section (southwestern Turkey): implications for changes in magnetic reversal frequency

    Yves Gallet;Jean Besse;Leopold Krystyn;Jean Marcoux

  • A new high-resolution δ13C record for the Early Triassic: Insights from the Arabian Platform

    M. O. Clarkson;S. Richoz;R. A. Wood;Florian Maurer

  • New constraints on the End-Triassic (Upper Norian–Rhaetian) magnetostratigraphy

    Yves Gallet;Leopold Krystyn;Jean Marcoux;Jean Besse

Frequent Co-Authors

Sylvain Richoz
Sylvain Richoz Lund University
Yves Gallet
Yves Gallet Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris
Jean Besse
Jean Besse Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris
Aymon Baud
Aymon Baud University of Lausanne
Jean Marcoux
Jean Marcoux Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris
Werner E. Piller
Werner E. Piller University of Graz
Jörn Peckmann
Jörn Peckmann Universität Hamburg
Hugo Bucher
Hugo Bucher University of Zurich
Annachiara Bartolini
Annachiara Bartolini French National Museum of Natural History
Michael J. Orchard
Michael J. Orchard Geological Survey of Canada

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