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Liviu Giosan is affiliated with the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution in the United States. Their research spans multiple disciplines within earth and planetary sciences as well as engineering, with a strong focus on studies related to geology, paleoclimatology, and ocean engineering.

Their main fields of study include:

  • Earth and Planetary Sciences
  • Engineering

Subfields of specialization cover a range of topics involved in understanding Earth's systems and processes:

  • Atmospheric Science
  • Ocean Engineering
  • Geophysics
  • Environmental Chemistry
  • Earth-Surface Processes

The central topics of Liviu Giosan's work reflect an interest in both theoretical and applied aspects of geoscience:

  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
  • Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena
  • Reservoir Engineering and Simulation Methods
  • Geological formations and processes
  • Drilling and Well Engineering
  • Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis
  • Seismic Imaging and Inversion Techniques

Several recent publications illustrate the scope of their research engagement:

  • "Climate control on terrestrial biospheric carbon turnover", 2021, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • "Remote and local drivers of Pleistocene South Asian summer monsoon precipitation: A test for future predictions", 2021, Science Advances
  • "Large deltas, small deltas: Toward a more rigorous understanding of coastal marine deltas", 2022, Global and Planetary Change
  • "What Can We Learn From X-Ray Fluorescence Core Scanning Data? A Paleomonsoon Case Study", 2020, Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems
  • "Intercomparison of XRF Core Scanning Results From Seven Labs and Approaches to Practical Calibration", 2020, Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems

Frequent collaborators in their research include:

  • Steven C. Clemens
  • Ann Holbourn
  • Tomohisa Irino
  • Ann G. Dunlea
  • Pallavi Anand

Publication venues where their work appears with notable frequency involve platforms that distribute data and research in geosciences and related fields:

  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • OPAL (Open@LaTrobe) (La Trobe University)
  • Publishing Network for Geoscientific and Environmental Data (PANGAEA) (Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research)
  • Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology
  • Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems

Best Publications

  • Sinking deltas due to human activities

    James P. M. Syvitski;Albert J. Kettner;Irina Overeem;Eric W. H. Hutton

  • Wave-influenced deltas: geomorphological implications for facies reconstruction

    Janok P. Bhattacharya;Liviu Giosan

  • Climate change: Protect the world's deltas

    Liviu Giosan;James Syvitski;Stefan Constantinescu;John Day

  • Fluvial landscapes of the Harappan civilization

    Liviu Giosan;Peter D. Clift;Mark G. Macklin;Dorian Q. Fuller

  • Seasonal, interannual, and mesoscale variability of the Black Sea upper layer circulation derived from altimeter data

    Gennady Korotaev;T. Oguz;A. Nikiforov;C. Koblinsky

  • Climatic control of Mississippi River flood hazard amplified by river engineering

    Samuel E. Munoz;Samuel E. Munoz;Liviu Giosan;Matthew D. Therrell;Jonathan W. F. Remo

  • Holocene aridification of India

    Camilo Ponton;Liviu Giosan;Timothy I. Eglinton;Timothy I. Eglinton;Dorian Q. Fuller

  • Holocene erosion of the Lesser Himalaya triggered by intensified summer monsoon

    Peter D. Clift;Liviu Giosan;Jerzy Blusztajn;Ian H. Campbell

  • Recent morphodynamics of the Indus delta shore and shelf

    Liviu Giosan;Stefan Constantinescu;Peter Dominic Clift;All R. Tabrez

  • The Ganges-Brahmaputra Delta

    Steven A. Kuehl;Mead A. Allison;Steven L. Goodbred;Hermann Kudrass

  • Young Danube delta documents stable Black Sea level since the middle Holocene: Morphodynamic, paleogeographic, and archaeological implications

    Liviu Giosan;Jeffrey P. Donnelly;Stefan Constantinescu;Florin Filip

  • River deltas : concepts, models, and examples

    Liviu Giosan;Janok P. Bhattacharya

  • Approaches to defining deltaic sustainability in the 21st century

    John W. Day;Julius Agboola;Zhongyuan Chen;Christopher D’Elia

  • Battling to Save the World's River Deltas

    Charles J. Vörösmarty;James Syvitski;John Day;Alex de Sherbinin

  • Decrease in coccolithophore calcification and CO2 since the middle Miocene.

    Clara T. Bolton;Maria T. Hernandez-Sanchez;Miguel-Ángel Fuertes;Saul Gonzalez-Lemos

  • Evolution of the plankton paleome in the Black Sea from the Deglacial to Anthropocene

    Marco J. L. Coolen;William D. Orsi;Cherel Balkema;Christopher Quince

  • The Geographic, Geological and Oceanographic Setting of the Indus River

    Asif Inam;Peter D. Clift;Liviu Giosan;Ali Rashid Tabrez

  • Climate control on terrestrial biospheric carbon turnover

    Timothy I. Eglinton;Timothy I. Eglinton;Valier V. Galy;Jordon D. Hemingway;Xiaojuan Feng

  • Wave-angle control of delta evolution

    Andrew D. Ashton;Liviu Giosan

  • Early Anthropogenic Transformation of the Danube-Black Sea System

    Liviu Giosan;Marco J. L. Coolen;Jed O. Kaplan;Stefan Constantinescu

  • Was the Black Sea catastrophically flooded in the early Holocene

    Liviu Giosan;Florin Filip;Stefan Constatinescu

  • Longshore Sediment Transport Pattern Along the Romanian Danube Delta Coast

    Liviu Giosan;Henry Bokuniewicz;Nicolae Panin;Julian Postolache

Frequent Co-Authors

Peter D. Clift
Peter D. Clift University College London
Marco J. L. Coolen
Marco J. L. Coolen Curtin University
Joel E. Johnson
Joel E. Johnson University of New Hampshire
Ryuji Tada
Ryuji Tada University of Tokyo
Andrew D. Ashton
Andrew D. Ashton Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Steven C. Clemens
Steven C. Clemens Brown University
Jerzy S. Blusztajn
Jerzy S. Blusztajn Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Ed C Hathorne
Ed C Hathorne GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel
Francien Peterse
Francien Peterse Utrecht University

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