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Markus Kienast

Markus Kienast

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Earth Science

D-Index
38
Citations
6561
World Ranking
6402
National Ranking
331

Overview

Markus Kienast is affiliated with Dalhousie University in Canada and specializes in research within Earth and Planetary Sciences as well as Environmental Science. Their scholarly work extensively covers several interconnected fields including Atmospheric Science, Oceanography, Ecology, Environmental Chemistry, and Earth-Surface Processes.

The scientist's studies focus primarily on topics such as:

  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
  • Isotope Analysis in Ecology
  • Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena
  • Marine and Coastal Ecosystems
  • Geological Formations and Processes
  • Arctic and Antarctic Ice Dynamics
  • Climate Change and Permafrost

Markus Kienast's recent publications demonstrate the scope and diversity of their research interests. Selected papers include:

  • "Long-term ocean and resource dynamics in a hotspot of climate change," 2022, published in FACETS
  • "The Impact of Astronomical Forcing on Surface and Thermocline Variability Within the Western Pacific Warm Pool Over the Past 160 kyr," 2020, published in Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology
  • "Atlantic water inflow to Labrador Sea and its interaction with ice sheet dynamics during the Holocene," 2021, published in Quaternary Science Reviews
  • "Surface and subsurface Labrador Shelf water mass conditions during the last 6000 years," 2020, published in Climate of the past
  • "Stable isotope ratios in seawater nitrate reflect the influence of Pacific water along the northwest Atlantic margin," 2021, published in Biogeosciences

The frequent publication venues for their work include:

  • Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology
  • Nature Communications
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Quaternary Science Reviews
  • Biogeosciences

Collaborations form an important aspect of Kienast's research output. Frequent co-authors are:

  • Owen A. Sherwood
  • Nadine Lehmann
  • Carolyn Buchwald
  • Christopher K. Algar
  • Moritz F. Lehmann

Best Publications

  • East Asian monsoon climate during the Late Pleistocene: high-resolution sediment records from the south China Sea

    L. Wang;M. Sarnthein;H. Erlenkeuser;JO Grimalt

  • Constraints on the magnitude and patterns of ocean cooling at the Last Glacial Maximum

    C. Waelbroeck;A. Paul;M. Kucera;A. Rosell-Melé

  • A review of nitrogen isotopic alteration in marine sediments

    Rebecca S. Robinson;Markus Kienast;Ana Luiza Albuquerque;Mark Altabet

  • Synchronous tropical South China Sea SST change and Greenland warming during deglaciation.

    M. Kienast;Stephan Steinke;K. Stattegger;S. E. Calvert

  • High-resolution UK 37 temperature reconstructions in the South China Sea over the past 220 kyr

    Carles Pelejero;Joan O. Grimalt;Stephanie Heilig;Markus Kienast

  • Eastern Pacific cooling and Atlantic overturning circulation during the last deglaciation

    Markus Kienast;Stephanie S. Kienast;Stephen E. Calvert;Timothy I. Eglinton

  • Nitrogen isotopes in bulk marine sediment: linking seafloor observations with subseafloor records

    J.-E. Tesdal;J.-E. Tesdal;E. D. Galbraith;M. Kienast

  • Patterns of deglacial warming in the Pacific Ocean: a review with emphasis on the time interval of Heinrich event 1

    T. Kiefer;M. Kienast

  • Benthic foraminiferal paleoceanography of the South China Sea over the last 40,000 years

    Zhimin Jian;Luejiang Wang;Markus Kienast;Michael Sarnthein

  • The flooding of Sundaland during the last deglaciation: imprints in hemipelagic sediments from the southern South China Sea

    Carles Pelejero;Markus Kienast;Markus Kienast;Luejiang Wang;Luejiang Wang;Joan O. Grimalt

  • An evaluation of 14C age relationships between co‐occurring foraminifera, alkenones, and total organic carbon in continental margin sediments

    Gesine Mollenhauer;Markus Kienast;Markus Kienast;Frank Lamy;Helge Meggers

  • The acceleration of oceanic denitrification during deglacial warming

    Eric D. Galbraith;Markus Kienast

  • Unchanged nitrogen isotopic composition of organic matter in the South China Sea during the last climatic cycle: Global implications

    Markus Kienast

  • On the significance of sea-level variations and shelf paleo-morphology in governing sedimentation in the southern South China Sea during the last deglaciation

    Stephan Steinke;Markus Kienast;Till Hanebuth

  • Proxy dependence of the temporal pattern of deglacial warming in the tropical South China Sea: toward resolving seasonality

    Stephan Steinke;Markus Kienast;Jeroen Groeneveld;Li-Chuan Lin

  • Origin of the deep Bering Sea nitrate deficit : Constraints from the nitrogen and oxygen isotopic composition of water column nitrate and benthic nitrate fluxes

    Moritz F. Lehmann;Moritz F. Lehmann;Daniel Mikhail Sigman;Daniel C. McCorkle;Brigitte G. Brunelle

  • Glacial-interglacial modulation of the marine nitrogen cycle by high-latitude O2 supply to the global thermocline

    Eric D. Galbraith;Markus Kienast;Markus Kienast;Thomas F. Pedersen;Thomas F. Pedersen;Stephen E. Calvert

  • Constraints on the magnitude and patterns of ocean cooling at the Last Glacial Maximum: report of the MARGO Project

    A. Abelmann;L. Armand;E. Bard;S. Barker

  • Consistent relationship between global climate and surface nitrate utilization in the western subarctic Pacific throughout the last 500 ka

    Eric D. Galbraith;Eric D. Galbraith;Markus Kienast;Samuel L. Jaccard;Thomas F. Pedersen

  • Thorium‐230 normalized particle flux and sediment focusing in the Panama Basin region during the last 30,000 years

    S. S. Kienast;M. Kienast;Alan C. Mix;S. E. Calvert

Frequent Co-Authors

Michael Sarnthein
Michael Sarnthein Kiel University
Stephan Steinke
Stephan Steinke Xiamen University
Uwe Pflaumann
Uwe Pflaumann Kiel University
Carles Pelejero
Carles Pelejero Institute of Marine Sciences
Mahyar Mohtadi
Mahyar Mohtadi University of Bremen
Joan O. Grimalt
Joan O. Grimalt Spanish National Research Council
Jeroen Groeneveld
Jeroen Groeneveld University of Bremen
Pieter Meiert Grootes
Pieter Meiert Grootes Kiel University
Helmut Erlenkeuser
Helmut Erlenkeuser Kiel University
Ed C Hathorne
Ed C Hathorne GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel

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