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38
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6431
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2286

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2020 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
  • 2019 - Fellow of American Geophysical Union (AGU)
  • 2002 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
  • Fellow of the Geological Society of America
  • Fellow of the Geological Society of America

Overview

Margaret Leinen is affiliated with the Scripps Institution of Oceanography in the United States. Their research primarily spans the field of Engineering, with a strong emphasis on Ocean Engineering and Mechanical Engineering. They also contribute to Ecology, Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law, and Oceanography as subfields of study. Their main topics of work include Drilling and Well Engineering, Hydraulic Fracturing and Reservoir Analysis, Oil and Gas Production Techniques, Reservoir Engineering and Simulation Methods, Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology, Coastal and Marine Management, and Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies.

They have coauthored multiple papers with frequent collaborators such as Larry A. Mayer, Nicklas G. Pisias, Thomas R. Janecek, Jack G. Baldauf, and Kathleen A. Dadey.

Recent papers authored or coauthored by Margaret Leinen include:

  • The founding charter of the Omic Biodiversity Observation Network (Omic BON), 2022, GigaScience
  • Integrating Biology into Ocean Observing Infrastructure: Society Depends on It, 2021, Oceanography
  • The Ocean Biomolecular Observing Network (OBON), 2022, Marine Technology Society Journal
  • Ocean Decade Vision 2030 White Papers - Challenge 2: Protect and Restore Ecosystems and Biodiversity., 2024, HAL (Le Centre pour la Communication Scientifique Directe)
  • Removing carbon dioxide: first, do no harm, 2022, Nature

Margaret Leinen's publications are frequently featured in venues such as Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research), Oceanography, ICES Journal of Marine Science, OPAL (Open@LaTrobe) (La Trobe University), and GigaScience.

The scientist has been recognized with several fellowships, including:

  • Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 2020
  • Fellow of American Geophysical Union (AGU), 2019
  • Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), 2002
  • Fellow of the Geological Society of America

Best Publications

  • Paleoclimatology and paleometeorology : modern and past patterns of global atmospheric transport

    Margaret Leinen;M. Sarnthein

  • Scavenged excess aluminum and its relationship to bulk titanium in biogenic sediment from the central equatorial Pacific Ocean

    R.W. Murray;M. Leinen

  • Geologic Approach to the Long-Term History of Atmospheric Circulation

    David K. Rea;Margaret Leinen;Thomas R. Janecek

  • Chemical transport to the seafloor of the equatorial Pacific Ocean across a latitudinal transect at 135°W: Tracking sedimentary major, trace, and rare earth element fluxes at the Equator and the Intertropical Convergence Zone

    Richard W Murray;Margaret Leinen

  • Cenozoic sedimentation history of the central North Pacific: Inferences from the elemental geochemistry of core LL44-GPC3

    Frank T. Kyte;Margaret Leinen;G. Ross Heath;Lei Zhou

  • Biogenic flux of Al to sediment in the central equatorial Pacific ocean: evidence for increased productivity during glacial periods

    R. W. Murray;M. Leinen;A. R. Isern

  • Distribution of biogenic silica and quartz in recent deep-sea sediments

    Margaret Leinen;Douglas Cwienk;G. Ross Heath;Pierre E. Biscaye

  • Major Asian aeolian inputs indicated by the mineralogy of aerosols and sediments in the western North Pacific

    Marsha Blank;Margaret Leinen;Joseph M. Prospero

  • Asian aridity and the zonal westerlies: Late Pleistocene and Holocene record of eolian deposition in the northwest Pacific Ocean

    David K. Rea;Margaret Leinen

  • An objective technique for determining end-member compositions and for partitioning sediments according to their sources

    Margaret Leinen;Nicklas Pisias

  • Sedimentary indicators of atmospheric activity in the northern hemisphere during the cenozoic

    Margaret Leinen;Margaret Leinen;G.Ross Heath;G.Ross Heath

  • Barium in equatorial Pacific carbonate sediment: Terrigenous, oxide, and biogenic associations

    J. O. Schroeder;R. W. Murray;M. Leinen;R. C. Pflaum

  • Mineralogy of aeolian dust reaching the North Pacific Ocean: 1. Sampling and analysis

    Margaret Leinen;Joseph M. Prospero;Eve Arnold;Marsha Blank

  • Export production and carbonate dissolution in the central equatorial Pacific Ocean over the past 1 Myr

    R. W. Murray;Christopher W. Knowlton;M. Leinen;A. C. Mix

  • Biogenic budgets of particle rain, benthic remineralization and sediment accumulation in the equatorial Pacific

    W.M. Berelson;R.F. Anderson;J. Dymond;D. Demaster

  • Biogenic silica accumulation in the central equatorial Pacific and its implications for Cenozoic paleoceanography: Summary

    Margaret Leinen

  • Mineralogy of aeolian dust reaching the North Pacific Ocean: 2. Relationship of mineral assemblages to atmospheric transport patterns

    John Merrill;Eve Arnold;Margaret Leinen;Clark Weaver

  • Benthic organic carbon degradation and biogenic silica dissolution in the central equatorial Pacific

    W.R. Martin;M. Bender;M. Leinen;J. Orchardo

  • Ecosystem impacts of geoengineering: a review for developing a science plan.

    Lynn M. Russell;Philip J. Rasch;Georgina M. Mace;Robert B. Jackson

  • A normative calculation technique for determining opal in deep-sea sediments

    Margaret Leinen

  • Proceedings of the Ocean Drilling Program. VOLUME 13 8 INITIAL REPORTS PARTI EASTERN EQUATORIAL PACIFIC Covering Leg 138 of the cruises of the Drilling Vessel JOIDES Resolution, Balboa, Panama, to San Diego, California, Sites 844-854, 6 May 1991-5 July 1991

    Larry A. Mayer;Nicklas G. Pisias;Thomas R. Janecek;Jack G. Baldauf

Frequent Co-Authors

David K. Rea
David K. Rea University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Richard W. Murray
Richard W. Murray Boston University
Nicklas G Pisias
Nicklas G Pisias Oregon State University
G. Ross Heath
G. Ross Heath Oregon State University
Alan C. Mix
Alan C. Mix Oregon State University
Keir Becker
Keir Becker University of Miami
John W. Farrington
John W. Farrington Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
John W. King
John W. King University of Rhode Island
Robert M. Owen
Robert M. Owen University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Wenju Cai
Wenju Cai Ocean University of China

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