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Martin H. Trauth

Martin H. Trauth

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Earth Science

D-Index
47
Citations
8176
World Ranking
4018
National Ranking
280

Overview

Martin H. Trauth is affiliated with the University of Potsdam in Germany. Their research spans multiple disciplines, primarily focusing on Earth and Planetary Sciences, Computer Science, and Environmental Science.

The scientist's work covers several subfields, including:

  • Atmospheric Science
  • Anthropology
  • Environmental Engineering
  • Signal Processing
  • Statistics and Probability

Their main research topics include:

  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
  • Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology
  • Remote Sensing and LiDAR Applications
  • Advanced Statistical Methods and Models
  • Blind Source Separation Techniques
  • Soil Geostatistics and Mapping
  • Evolution and Paleontology Studies

Martin H. Trauth has frequently collaborated with several coauthors. Notable among them are:

  • Verena Foerster
  • Asfawossen Asrat
  • Henry F. Lamb
  • Annett Junginger
  • Stefanie Kaboth-Bahr

The scientist has published in various journals, with frequent venues including:

  • Quaternary Science Reviews
  • Frontiers in Earth Science
  • Nature Geoscience
  • Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology
  • Quaternary Science Advances

Recent papers by Martin H. Trauth include:

  • Northern Hemisphere Glaciation, African climate and human evolution, 2021, Quaternary Science Reviews
  • Past abrupt changes, tipping points and cascading impacts in the Earth system, 2021, Nature Geoscience
  • Paleo-ENSO influence on African environments and early modern humans, 2021, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Hydroclimate changes in eastern Africa over the past 200,000 years may have influenced early human dispersal, 2021, Communications Earth & Environment
  • Pleistocene climate variability in eastern Africa influenced hominin evolution, 2022, Nature Geoscience

In addition to journal articles, Martin H. Trauth has authored books published by Springer International Publishing. Some titles are:

  • MATLAB® Recipes for Earth Sciences (2020)
  • Python Recipes for Earth Sciences (2022)
  • Signal and Noise in Geosciences (2021)
  • Python Recipes for Earth Sciences (2024)
  • MATLAB® Recipes for Earth Sciences (2025)

Best Publications

  • Tectonics and Climate of the Southern Central Andes

    M.R. Strecker;R.N. Alonso;B. Bookhagen;B. Carrapa

  • Late Cenozoic Moisture History of East Africa

    Martin H. Trauth;Mark A. Maslin;Alan Deino;Manfred R. Strecker

  • Matlab recipes for earth sciences

    Martin Trauth

  • Trends, rhythms and events in Plio-Pleistocene African climate

    Martin H. Trauth;Juan C. Larrasoaña;Manfred Mudelsee

  • High- and low-latitude forcing of Plio-Pleistocene East African climate and human evolution.

    Martin H. Trauth;Mark A. Maslin;Alan L. Deino;Manfred R. Strecker

  • Scaling percentages and distributional patterns of benthic Foraminifera with flux rates of organic carbon

    Alexander Volker Altenbach;Uwe Pflaumann;Ralf Schiebel;Andrea Thies

  • East African climate pulses and early human evolution

    Mark A. Maslin;Chris M. Brierley;Alice M. Milner;Susanne Shultz

  • Nonlinear detection of paleoclimate-variability transitions possibly related to human evolution

    Jonathan F. Donges;Reik V. Donner;Martin H. Trauth;Norbert Marwan

  • Human evolution in a variable environment: the amplifier lakes of Eastern Africa

    Martin H. Trauth;Mark A. Maslin;Alan L. Deino;Annett Junginger

  • East African climate change and orbital forcing during the last 175 kyr BP

    Martin H. Trauth;Alan L. Deino;Andreas G.N. Bergner;Manfred R. Strecker

  • Climatic change recorded in the sediments of the Chew Bahir basin, southern Ethiopia, during the last 45,000 years

    Verena Foerster;Annett Junginger;Oliver Langkamp;Tsige Gebru

  • Past abrupt changes, tipping points and cascading impacts in the Earth system

    V. Brovkin;V. Brovkin;Edward Brook;John W. Williams;Sebastian Bathiany

  • Multiple landslide clusters record quaternary climate changes in the northwestern Argentine andes

    Martin H. Trauth;Bodo Bookhagen;Norbert Marwan;Manfred R. Strecker

  • Climate change and mass movements in the NW Argentine Andes

    Martin H. Trauth;Ricardo Narciso Alonso;Kirk R. Haselton;Reginald L. Hermanns

  • A synthesis of the theories and concepts of early human evolution

    Mark A. Maslin;Susanne Shultz;Martin H. Trauth

  • The sensitivity of East African rift lakes to climate fluctuations

    Lydia A. Olaka;Eric O. Odada;Martin H. Trauth;Daniel O. Olago

  • Bioturbational mixing depth and carbon flux at the seafloor

    Martin H. Trauth;Michael Sarnthein;Maurice Arnold

  • The Hominin Sites and Paleolakes Drilling Project : High-Resolution Paleoclimate Records from the East African Rift System and Their Implications for Understanding the Environmental Context of Hominin Evolution

    Christopher J. Campisano;Andrew S. Cohen;J. Ramon Arrowsmith;Asfawossen Asrat

  • Comparing modern and Pleistocene ENSO-like influences in NW Argentina using nonlinear time series analysis methods

    N. Marwan;M. H. Trauth;M. Vuille;J. Kurths

  • The effects of solar irradiation changes on the migration of the Congo Air Boundary and water levels of paleo-Lake Suguta, Northern Kenya Rift, during the African Humid Period (15–5 ka BP)

    Annett Junginger;Sybille Roller;Lydia A. Olaka;Lydia A. Olaka;Martin H. Trauth

  • Correction to “Bioturbational mixing depth and carbon flux at the seafloor”

    Martin H. Trauth;Michael Sarnthein;Maurice Arnold

  • Quaternary Science Reviews Volume 29, Issues 23–24, November 2010, Pages 2981–2988 Cover image Human evolution in a variable environment: the amplifier lakes of Eastern Africa

    Eric O Odada;Lydia A Olaka;Mark A Maslin;Moses Lesoloyia

Frequent Co-Authors

Asfawossen Asrat
Asfawossen Asrat Botswana International University of Science and Technology
Henry F. Lamb
Henry F. Lamb Aberystwyth University
Alan L. Deino
Alan L. Deino Berkeley Geochronology Center
Andrew S. Cohen
Andrew S. Cohen University of Arizona
Manfred R. Strecker
Manfred R. Strecker University of Potsdam
Mark A. Maslin
Mark A. Maslin University College London
Helen M. Roberts
Helen M. Roberts Aberystwyth University
Frank Schäbitz
Frank Schäbitz University of Cologne
Bodo Bookhagen
Bodo Bookhagen University of Potsdam
Melanie J. Leng
Melanie J. Leng University of Nottingham

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