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Michael R. Rampino

Michael R. Rampino

Michael R. Rampino publication distribution in Earth Science in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Earth Science in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Michael R. Rampino sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 510+

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Michael R. Rampino D-index placement in Earth Science in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Earth Science scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Michael R. Rampino sits on this spectrum.

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Overview

Michael R. Rampino is affiliated with New York University in the United States. Their research is situated within the broader field of Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a focus on several subfields including Geophysics, Atmospheric Science, Paleontology, Astronomy and Astrophysics, and Geochemistry and Petrology.

Their work covers main topics such as Geological and Geochemical Analysis, Geology and Paleoclimatology Research, Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils, earthquake and tectonic studies, Planetary Science and Exploration, Geochemistry and Elemental Analysis, and Astro and Planetary Science.

Rampino has published across various scientific venues, with frequent publications in Geoscience Frontiers, Historical Biology, Earth-Science Reviews, SSRN Electronic Journal, and Science Advances.

Recent papers authored by Rampino include:

  • A pulse of the Earth: A 27.5-Myr underlying cycle in coordinated geological events over the last 260 Myr, 2021, Geoscience Frontiers
  • A 27.5-My underlying periodicity detected in extinction episodes of non-marine tetrapods, 2020, Historical Biology
  • EXTRATERRESTRIAL IMPACTS AND MASS EXTINCTIONS OF LIFE, 2021, University of Arizona Press eBooks
  • Are Impact Craters and Extinction Episodes Periodic? Implications for Planetary Science and Astrobiology, 2020, Astrobiology

One notable paper on which Rampino is not the primary author is "Felsic volcanism as a factor driving the end-Permian mass extinction," published in 2021 in Science Advances.

Collaborators frequently working with Rampino include K. Caldeira, Yuhong Zhu, Sedelia Rodriguez, Hua Zhang, and Feifei Zhang.

Best Publications

  • Impact Event at the Permian-Triassic Boundary: Evidence from Extraterrestrial Noble Gases in Fullerenes

    Luann Becker;Robert J. Poreda;Andrew G. Hunt;Theodore E. Bunch

  • Volcanic winter and accelerated glaciation following the Toba super-eruption

    Michael R. Rampino;Michael R. Rampino;Stephen Self

  • Flood Basalt Volcanism During the Past 250 Million Years

    Michael R. Rampino;Richard B. Stothers

  • Terrestrial mass extinctions, cometary impacts and the Sun's motion perpendicular to the galactic plane

    Michael R. Rampino;Michael R. Rampino;Richard B. Stothers

  • The 1883 eruption of Krakatau

    Stephen Self;Michael R. Rampino

  • Historic eruptions of Tambora (1815), Krakatau (1883), and Agung (1963), their stratospheric aerosols, and climatic impact

    Michael R. Rampino;Michael R. Rampino;Stephen Self

  • The terminal Paleozoic fungal event: evidence of terrestrial ecosystem destabilization and collapse.

    Henk Visscher;Henk Brinkhuis;David L. Dilcher;William C. Elsik

  • Volcanic eruptions in the Mediterranean before A.D. 630 from written and archaeological sources

    Richard B. Stothers;Michael R. Rampino

  • Sulphur-rich volcanic eruptions and stratospheric aerosols

    Michael R. Rampino;Michael R. Rampino;Stephen Self

  • The possible effects of large 19th and 20th century volcanic eruptions on zonal and hemispheric surface temperatures

    Stephen Self;Michael R Rampino;James J Barbera

  • Climate-Volcanism Feedback and the Toba Eruption of ∼74,000 Years Ago

    Michael R. Rampino;Stephen Self

  • Can Rapid Climatic Change Cause Volcanic Eruptions

    Michael R. Rampino;Stephen Self;Rhodes W. Fairbridge

  • Fungal event and palynological record of ecological crisis and recovery across the Permian-Triassic boundary

    Yoram Eshet;Michael R. Rampino;Henk Visscher

  • Volcanological study of the great Tambora eruption of 1815

    Stephen Self;Michael R. Rampino;M. S. Newton;J. A. Wolff

  • Tempo of the end-Permian event: High-resolution cyclostratigraphy at the Permian-Triassic boundary

    Michael R. Rampino;Andreas Prokoph;Andre Adler

  • The Mid-Cretaceous Super Plume, carbon dioxide, and global warming

    Ken Caldeira;Michael R. Rampino

  • Volcanic winter in the Garden of Eden: The Toba supereruption and the late Pleistocene human population crash

    Michael R. Rampino;Michael R. Rampino;Stanley H. Ambrose

  • Magma volume, volatile emissions, and stratospheric aerosols from the 1815 eruption of Tambora

    S. Self;R. Gertisser;T. Thordarson;M. R. Rampino

  • Geological Rhythms and Cometary Impacts

    Michael R. Rampino;Richard B. Stothers

  • Holocene Transgression in South-Central Long Island, New York

    Michael R. Rampino;John E. Sanders

  • Climate: History, periodicity and predictability

    Michael R. Rampino

Frequent Co-Authors

Ken Caldeira
Ken Caldeira Carnegie Institution for Science
Stephen Self
Stephen Self University of California, Berkeley
John A. Wolff
John A. Wolff Washington State University
Rita Traversi
Rita Traversi University of Florence
Millard F. Coffin
Millard F. Coffin University of Tasmania
Thorvaldur Thordarson
Thorvaldur Thordarson University of Iceland
Margareta Hansson
Margareta Hansson Stockholm University
Mirko Severi
Mirko Severi University of Florence
Silvia Becagli
Silvia Becagli University of Florence
Manuel A. Hutterli
Manuel A. Hutterli British Antarctic Survey

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