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Michael A. Kaminski is affiliated with King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals in Saudi Arabia. The primary field of research is Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a focus on several subfields including Atmospheric Science, Oceanography, Paleontology, Ecology, and Ocean Engineering. Their work covers various topics such as Geology and Paleoclimatology Research, Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils, Marine Biology and Ecology Research, Isotope Analysis in Ecology, Marine and Environmental Studies, Geological Formations and Processes, and Geological and Geophysical Studies.

The research profile of Kaminski includes several recent papers that detail investigations into marine and geological sciences. These papers include:

  • An Entzia-dominated marsh-type agglutinated foraminiferal assemblage from a salt marsh in Tubli Bay, Bahrain (2020), published in Geology Geophysics and Environment
  • Substrate temperature as a primary control on meiofaunal populations in the intertidal zone: A dead zone attributed to elevated summer temperatures in eastern Bahrain (2021), published in Regional Studies in Marine Science
  • The Paleocene of IODP Site U1511, Tasman Sea: A lagerstatte deposit for deep-water agglutinated foraminifera (2021), published in Micropaleontology

Kaminski frequently collaborates with a number of coauthors, including Abduljamiu O. Amao, Asmaa Korin, Syouma Hikmahtiar, Anna Waśkowska, and Fabrizio Frontalini. Each of these collaborators has contributed to multiple joint publications, indicating sustained partnerships in research.

Publication venues commonly associated with Kaminski's work include Micropaleontology, Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research), Stratigraphy, The Journal of Foraminiferal Research, and Marine Micropaleontology. The most prolific number of publications appear in Micropaleontology and Zenodo.

Best Publications

  • Subtropical Arctic Ocean temperatures during the Palaeocene/Eocene thermal maximum

    Appy Sluijs;Stefan Schouten;Mark Pagani;Martijn Woltering

  • The Cenozoic palaeoenvironment of the Arctic Ocean.

    Kathryn Moran;Jan Backman;Henk Brinkhuis;Steven C. Clemens

  • Morphological deformities of benthic foraminiferal tests in response to pollution by heavy metals; implications for pollution monitoring

    Valentina Yanko;Muna Ahmad;Michael Kaminski

  • The Cretaceous-Tertiary biotic transition

    N. Macleod;P. F. Rawson;P. L. Forey;F. T. Banner;F. T. Banner

  • Atlas of Paleogene Cosmopolitan Deep-water Agglutinated Foraminifera

    Michael A. Kaminski;Felix M. Gradstein

  • Last glacial–Holocene paleoceanography of the Black Sea and Marmara Sea: stable isotopic, foraminiferal and coccolith evidence

    A.E. Aksu;R.N. Hiscott;M.A. Kaminski;P.J. Mudie

  • Plate reorganization: a cause of rapid late Neogene subsidence and sedimentation around the North Atlantic?

    S.A.P.L. Cloetingh;F. Gradstein;F. Gradstein;H. Kooi;A. Grant

  • The Year 2000 classification of the agglutinated foraminifera

    M.A. Kaminski

  • Persistent holocene outflow from the Black Sea to the eastern Mediterranean contradicts Noah's flood hypothesis

    Ali E. Aksu;Richard N. Hiscott;Peta J. Mudie;André Rochon

  • Paleoecology, biostratigraphy, paleoceanography and taxonomy of agglutinated foraminifera

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  • Late Glacial to Holocene benthic foraminifera in the Marmara Sea: implications for Black Sea–Mediterranean Sea connections following the last deglaciation

    Michael A. Kaminski;Ali Aksu;Matthew Box;Richard N. Hiscott

  • Evidence for ice-free summers in the late Miocene central Arctic Ocean

    Ruediger Stein;Kirsten Fahl;Michael Schreck;Gregor Knorr

  • A gradual drowning of the southwestern Black Sea shelf: Evidence for a progressive rather than abrupt Holocene reconnection with the eastern Mediterranean Sea through the Marmara Sea Gateway

    Richard N. Hiscott;Ali E. Aksu;Peta J. Mudie;Fabienne Marret

  • Deltas south of the Bosphorus Strait record persistent Black Sea outflow to the Marmara Sea since ∼10 ka

    RN Hiscott;AE Aksu;Doğan Yaşar;MA Kaminski

  • Evidence for control of abyssal agglutinated foraminiferal community structure by substrate disturbance: Results from the HEBBLE Area

    Michael A. Kaminski

  • Cenozoic Biostratigraphy of the North Sea and Labrador Shelf

    F. M. Gradstein;M. A. Kaminski;W. A. Berggren;I. L. Kristiansen

  • Late Cretaceous deep-water agglutinated foraminiferal assemblages from the North Atlantic and its marginal seas

    Wolfgang Kuhnt;Michael A. Kaminski;Michel Moullade

  • Integrated biostratigraphy and palaeoenvironments of an upper Santonian – upper Campanian succession from the southern part of the Eastern Carpathians, Romania

    Claudia G. Cetean;Ramona Bălc;Michael A. Kaminski;Sorin Filipescu

  • Biostratigraphy and paleoceanography of the Cretaceous seaway between Norway and Greenland

    F.M Gradstein;M.A Kaminski;F.P Agterberg

  • Proceedings of the Fourth International Workshop on Agglutinated Foraminifera

    W. A. Berggren;M. A. Kaminski;S. Geroch;M. E. Gasinski

  • The year 2010 classification of the agglutinated foraminifera

    MA Kaminski

  • Erratum: Arctic hydrology during global warming at the Palaeocene/Eocene thermal maximum (Nature (2006) 442 (671-675))

    Mark Pagani;Nikolai Pedentchouk;Matthew Huber;Appy Sluijs

Frequent Co-Authors

Jens Matthiessen
Jens Matthiessen Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research
Felix M. Gradstein
Felix M. Gradstein University of Oslo
Wilfried Jokat
Wilfried Jokat University of Bremen
Fabrizio Frontalini
Fabrizio Frontalini University of Urbino
Frank Niessen
Frank Niessen Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research
Matthias Forwick
Matthias Forwick University of Tromsø - The Arctic University of Norway
Gerrit Lohmann
Gerrit Lohmann University of Bremen
Gregor Knorr
Gregor Knorr Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research
Kirsten Fahl
Kirsten Fahl Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research
Kozo Takahashi
Kozo Takahashi Hokusei Gakuen University

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