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Martin Melles is a researcher affiliated with the University of Cologne in Germany, focusing primarily on Earth and Planetary Sciences. Their work spans several subfields, notably Atmospheric Science, Oceanography, Ecology, Geology, and Paleontology. The main topics they explore include Geology and Paleoclimatology Research, Climate change and permafrost, Marine and environmental studies, Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena, Archaeology and ancient environmental studies, Geological Studies and Exploration, and Environmental DNA in Biodiversity Studies.

They have contributed extensively to academic literature, with numerous publications appearing in journals such as the Journal of Quaternary Science, Boreas, Global and Planetary Change, and others associated with cold region and environmental research.

Recent publications include:

  • Organic matter mineralization in modern and ancient ferruginous sediments (2021, Nature Communications)
  • The late quaternary tectonic, biogeochemical, and environmental evolution of ferruginous Lake Towuti, Indonesia (2020, Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology)
  • Climatic and environmental changes in the Yana Highlands of north-eastern Siberia over the last c. 57 000 years, derived from a sediment core from Lake Emanda (2020, Boreas)
  • Chronological Assessment of the Balta Alba Kurgan Loess-Paleosol Section (Romania) - A Comparative Study on Different Dating Methods for a Robust and Precise Age Model (2021, Frontiers in Earth Science)
  • Increased petrogenic and biospheric organic carbon burial in sub-Antarctic fjord sediments in response to recent glacier retreat (2021, Limnology and Oceanography)

Martin Melles has a history of collaboration with several researchers, including Bernd Wagner, Grigory Fedorov, Volker Wennrich, Marlene M. Lenz, and Luidmila A. Pestryakova, with whom they have co-authored multiple publications.

The frequent venues for their publications reveal a focus on quaternary science and paleoclimate research, highlighting a dedicated engagement with environmental and geological data interpretation within various regional and global contexts.

Best Publications

  • 2.8 Million Years of Arctic Climate Change from Lake El’gygytgyn, NE Russia

    Martin Melles;Julie Brigham-Grette;Pavel S. Minyuk;Norbert R. Nowaczyk

  • Maximum extent of the Eurasian ice sheets in the Barents and Kara Sea region during the Weichselian

    John Inge Svendsen;Valery I. Astakhov;Dimitri Yu. Bolshiyanov;Igor Demidov

  • A community-based geological reconstruction of Antarctic Ice Sheet deglaciation since the Last Glacial Maximum

    Michael J Bentley;Colm Ó Cofaigh;John B Anderson;Howard Conway

  • Pliocene Warmth, Polar Amplification, and Stepped Pleistocene Cooling Recorded in NE Arctic Russia

    Julie Brigham-Grette;Martin Melles;Pavel Minyuk;Andrei Andreev

  • Antarctic Glacial History Since the Last Glacial Maximum: An Overview of the Record on Land

    Ólafur Ingólfsson;Christian Hjort;Paul A. Berkman;Svante Björck

  • Land-ocean systems in the Siberian Arctic: Dynamics and History.

    Heidemarie Kassens;H. A. Bauch;J. A. Dmitrenko;H. Eicken

  • Significance of clay mineral assemblages in the Antarctic Ocean

    Werner U Ehrmann;Martin Melles;Gerhard Kuhn;Hannes Grobe

  • Sedimentary geochemistry of core PG1351 from Lake El’gygytgyn—a sensitive record of climate variability in the East Siberian Arctic during the past three glacial–interglacial cycles

    Martin Melles;Julie Brigham-Grette;Olga Yu. Glushkova;Pavel S. Minyuk

  • Mediterranean winter rainfall in phase with African monsoons during the past 1.36 million years

    Bernd Wagner;Hendrik Vogel;Alexander Francke;Alexander Francke;Tobias Friedrich

  • Glacial forcing of central Indonesian hydroclimate since 60,000 y B.P.

    James M. Russell;Hendrik Vogel;Bronwen L. Konecky;Satria Bijaksana

  • Late Pleistocene and Holocene Vegetation and Climate on the Taymyr Lowland, Northern Siberia

    Andrei A. Andreev;Christine Siegert;Vladimir A. Klimanov;Aleksandr Yu. Derevyagin

  • Reconstruction of changes in the Weddell Sea sector of the Antarctic Ice Sheet since the Last Glacial Maximum

    Claus-Dieter Hillenbrand;Michael J. Bentley;Travis D. Stolldorf;Andrew S. Hein

  • CologneAMS, a dedicated center for accelerator mass spectrometry in Germany

    A. Dewald;S. Heinze;J. Jolie;A. Zilges

  • Magnetostratigraphic results from impact crater Lake El'gygytgyn, northeastern Siberia: a 300 kyr long high-resolution terrestrial palaeoclimatic record from the Arctic

    N. R. Nowaczyk;P. Minyuk;M. Melles;J. Brigham-Grette

  • Inorganic geochemistry of El’gygytgyn Lake sediments (northeastern Russia) as an indicator of paleoclimatic change for the last 250 kyr

    P. S. Minyuk;J. Brigham-Grette;M. Melles;V. Ya. Borkhodoev

  • The postglacial environmental development of Raffles Sø, East Greenland: inferences from a 10,000 year diatom record

    Holger Cremer;Bernd Wagner;Martin Melles;Hans-Wolfgang Hubberten

  • Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, a new cost-effective tool for quantitative analysis of biogeochemical properties in long sediment records

    Hendrik Vogel;Peter Rosén;Bernd Wagner;Martin Melles

  • Holocene climate history of Geographical Society Ø, East Greenland — evidence from lake sediments

    Bernd Wagner;Martin Melles;Jürgen Hahne;Frank Niessen

  • Late Weichselian glaciation of the Russian High Arctic

    Martin J. Siegert;Julian A. Dowdeswell;Martin Melles

  • Late Pleistocene and Holocene vegetation and climate on the northern Taymyr Peninsula, Arctic Russia

    Andrei A. Andreev;Pavel E. Tarasov;Christine Siegert;Tobias Ebel

Frequent Co-Authors

Volker Wennrich
Volker Wennrich University of Cologne
Andrei Andreev
Andrei Andreev Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research
Julie Brigham-Grette
Julie Brigham-Grette University of Massachusetts Amherst
Hendrik Vogel
Hendrik Vogel University of Bern
Pavel E. Tarasov
Pavel E. Tarasov Freie Universität Berlin
Bernd Wagner
Bernd Wagner University of Cologne
Robert M. DeConto
Robert M. DeConto University of Massachusetts Amherst
Catalina Gebhardt
Catalina Gebhardt Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research
James M. Russell
James M. Russell Brown University
Hans-Wolfgang Hubberten
Hans-Wolfgang Hubberten Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research

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