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Micha Ruhl is affiliated with Trinity College Dublin in Ireland and specializes in Earth and Planetary Sciences. Their research primarily spans paleontology, geophysics, atmospheric science, geochemistry and petrology, and mechanics of materials. Within these fields, they have contributed extensively to topics including paleontology and stratigraphy of fossils, geology and paleoclimatology research, geological and geochemical analysis, geochemistry and elemental analysis, hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis, and geological and geophysical studies.

The scientist has authored papers published in several venues, frequently contributing to:

  • Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology
  • Abstracts with programs - Geological Society of America
  • Global and Planetary Change
  • Earth-Science Reviews
  • Geological Society London Special Publications

Notable recent publications by Micha Ruhl include:

  • On the onset of Central Atlantic Magmatic Province (CAMP) volcanism and environmental and carbon-cycle change at the Triassic-Jurassic transition (Neuquén Basin, Argentina), 2020, Earth-Science Reviews
  • Orbital pacing and secular evolution of the Early Jurassic carbon cycle, 2020, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (authored by Marisa Storm; Micha Ruhl is associated)
  • Palaeovegetation and palaeoclimate changes across the Triassic-Jurassic transition in the Sichuan Basin, China, 2020, Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology (authored by Liqin Li; Micha Ruhl is associated)
  • An Early Jurassic (Sinemurian-Toarcian) stratigraphic framework for the occurrence of Organic Matter Preservation Intervals (OMPIs), 2021, Earth-Science Reviews (authored by Ricardo Silva; Micha Ruhl is associated)
  • New age constraints on the Lower Jurassic Pliensbachian-Toarcian Boundary at Chacay Melehue (Neuquén Basin, Argentina), 2022, Scientific Reports (authored by Aisha Al Suwaidi; Micha Ruhl is associated)

The scientist collaborates frequently with other researchers, including:

  • Stephen P. Hesselbo
  • Hugh C. Jenkyns
  • Alexander J. Dickson
  • Tamsin A. Mather
  • Yongdong Wang

Best Publications

  • Globally enhanced mercury deposition during the end-Pliensbachian extinction and Toarcian OAE: A link to the Karoo–Ferrar Large Igneous Province

    L.M.E. Percival;M.L.I. Witt;T.A. Mather;M. Hermoso

  • Jurassic climate mode governed by ocean gateway

    Christoph Korte;Stephen P. Hesselbo;Clemens V. Ullmann;Clemens V. Ullmann;Gerd Dietl

  • Atmospheric carbon injection linked to end-Triassic mass extinction

    Micha Ruhl;Micha Ruhl;Nina R. Bonis;Nina R. Bonis;Gert-Jan Reichart;Jaap S. Sinninghe Damsté

  • Carbon sequestration in an expanded lake system during the Toarcian oceanic anoxic event

    Weimu Xu;Micha Ruhl;Hugh C. Jenkyns;Stephen P. Hesselbo

  • Mercury evidence for pulsed volcanism during the end-Triassic mass extinction

    Lawrence M E Percival;Micha Ruhl;Stephen P Hesselbo;Hugh C Jenkyns

  • A new chronology for the end-Triassic mass extinction

    M.H.L. Deenen;M. Ruhl;N.R. Bonis;W. Krijgsman

  • Basalt‐seawater interaction, the Plenus Cold Event, enhanced weathering and geochemical change: deconstructing Oceanic Anoxic Event 2 (Cenomanian–Turonian, Late Cretaceous)

    Hugh C. Jenkyns;Alexander J. Dickson;Micha Ruhl;Sander H. J. M. van den Boorn

  • Triassic–Jurassic organic carbon isotope stratigraphy of key sections in the western Tethys realm (Austria)

    Micha Ruhl;Wolfram M. Kürschner;Leopold Krystyn

  • Evolution of the Toarcian (Early Jurassic) carbon-cycle and global climatic controls on local sedimentary processes (Cardigan Bay Basin, UK)

    Weimu Xu;Micha Ruhl;Hugh C. Jenkyns;Melanie J. Leng;Melanie J. Leng

  • The global stratotype sections and point (GSSP) for the base of the jurassic system at kuhjoch (Karwendel Mountains, Northern Calcareous Alps, Tyrol, Austria)

    A. V. Hillebrandt;L. Krystyn;W. M. Kurschner;N. R. Bonis

  • Astronomical constraints on the duration of the early Jurassic Hettangian stage and recovery rates following the end-Triassic mass extinction (St Audrie's Bay/East Quantoxhead, UK)

    M. Ruhl;M.H.L. Deenen;H.A. Abels;N.R. Bonis

  • Does large igneous province volcanism always perturb the mercury cycle? Comparing the records of Oceanic Anoxic Event 2 and the end-Cretaceous to other Mesozoic events

    Lawrence M.E. Percival;Lawrence M.E. Percival;Hugh C. Jenkyns;Tamsin A. Mather;Alexander J. Dickson;Alexander J. Dickson

  • Orbital pacing and secular evolution of the Early Jurassic carbon cycle

    Marisa S. Storm;Marisa S. Storm;Stephen P. Hesselbo;Hugh C. Jenkyns;Micha Ruhl;Micha Ruhl

  • Astronomical constraints on the duration of the Early Jurassic Pliensbachian Stage and global climatic fluctuations

    Micha Ruhl;Stephen P. Hesselbo;Stephen P. Hesselbo;Linda Hinnov;Hugh C. Jenkyns

  • The Jurassic Period

    S.P. Hesselbo;J.G. Ogg;M. Ruhl;L.A. Hinnov

  • Multiple phases of carbon cycle disturbance from large igneous province formation at the Triassic-Jurassic transition

    M. Ruhl;W.M. Kürschner

  • Climate change driven black shale deposition during the end-Triassic in the western Tethys.

    N.R. Bonis;M. Ruhl;W.M. Kürschner

  • Sedimentary Mercury Enrichments as a Marker for Submarine Large Igneous Province Volcanism? Evidence From the Mid-Cenomanian Event and Oceanic Anoxic Event 2 (Late Cretaceous)

    J. D. Scaife;M. Ruhl;A. J. Dickson;T. A. Mather

  • A candidate GSSP for the base of the Jurassic in the Northern Calcareous Alps (Kuhjoch section; Karwendel Mountains, Tyrol, Austria).

    AV Hillebrandt;L Krystyn;WM Kuerschner;PR Bown

  • Tracing euxinia by molybdenum concentrations in sediments using handheld x-ray fluorescence spectroscopy (HHXRF)

    Tais Wittchen Dahl;Tais Wittchen Dahl;Micha Ruhl;Emma Hammarlund;Donald Eugene Canfield

  • A new chronology for the end-Triassic mass extinction

    Martijn H. L. Deenen;Micha Ruhl;Nina R. Bonis;Wout Krijgsman

Frequent Co-Authors

Stephen P. Hesselbo
Stephen P. Hesselbo University of Exeter
Hugh C. Jenkyns
Hugh C. Jenkyns University of Oxford
Clemens V. Ullmann
Clemens V. Ullmann University of Exeter
Wolfram M. Kürschner
Wolfram M. Kürschner University of Oslo
Christoph Korte
Christoph Korte University of Copenhagen
Nicolas Thibault
Nicolas Thibault University of Copenhagen
James B. Riding
James B. Riding British Geological Survey
Wout Krijgsman
Wout Krijgsman Utrecht University
Melanie J. Leng
Melanie J. Leng University of Nottingham
Tamsin A. Mather
Tamsin A. Mather University of Oxford

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