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Michael Sarnthein

Michael Sarnthein

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Earth Science

D-Index
79
Citations
26279
World Ranking
558
National Ranking
28

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2005 - Fellow of American Geophysical Union (AGU)

Overview

Michael Sarnthein is affiliated with Kiel University in Germany and has contributed extensively to the fields of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Environmental Science, and Engineering. Their research spans several subfields, notably Atmospheric Science, Earth-Surface Processes, Ocean Engineering, Environmental Chemistry, and Ecology.

The main topics in their research include:

  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
  • Geological formations and processes
  • Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena
  • Isotope Analysis in Ecology
  • Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology
  • Reservoir Engineering and Simulation Methods
  • Drilling and Well Engineering

Michael Sarnthein's recent publications include:

  • "Active Nordic Seas deep-water formation during the last glacial maximum," 2022, Nature Geoscience
  • "Plateaus and jumps in the atmospheric radiocarbon record - potential origin and value as global age markers for glacial-to-deglacial paleoceanography, a synthesis," 2020, Climate of the past
  • "Glacial-to-deglacial reservoir and ventilation ages on the southwest Iberian continental margin," 2021, Quaternary Science Reviews
  • "One million years of seasonal seesaw in East Asian monsoon winds," 2021, Quaternary Science Reviews
  • "Surface ocean reservoir ages in the SW Iberian margin from 11 to 23 kyr," 2020, Publishing Network for Geoscientific and Environmental Data (PANGAEA) (Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research)

The scientist has frequently published in venues such as:

  • Quaternary Science Reviews
  • Nature Geoscience
  • Climate of the past
  • Publishing Network for Geoscientific and Environmental Data (PANGAEA) (Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research)
  • International Journal of Earth Sciences

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Michael Sarnthein include:

  • Blanca Ausín
  • Pieter Meiert Grootes
  • Timothy I. Eglinton
  • Negar Haghipour
  • William F Ruddiman

Among professional recognitions, Michael Sarnthein was named a Fellow of the American Geophysical Union (AGU) in 2005.

Best Publications

  • Abrupt onset and termination of the African Humid Period:rapid climate responses to gradual insolation forcing

    Peter deMenocal;Joseph D Ortiz;Tom Guilderson;Jess Adkins

  • Molecular stratigraphy: a new tool for climatic assessment

    S. C. Brassell;G. Eglinton;I. T. Marlowe;U. Pflaumann

  • East Asian monsoon climate during the Late Pleistocene: high-resolution sediment records from the south China Sea

    L. Wang;M. Sarnthein;H. Erlenkeuser;JO Grimalt

  • Coherent high- and low-latitude climate variability during the holocene warm period

    Peter deMenocal;Joseph D Ortiz;Tom Guilderson;Michael Sarnthein

  • Astronomic timescale for the Pliocene Atlantic δ18O and dust flux records of Ocean Drilling Program Site 659

    Ralf Tiedemann;Michael Sarnthein;Nicholas J. Shackleton

  • Century-scale events in monsoonal climate over the past 24,000 years

    F. Sirocko;M. Sarnthein;H. Erlenkeuser;H. Lange

  • Changes in East Atlantic Deepwater Circulation over the last 30,000 years: Eight time slice reconstructions

    Michael Sarnthein;Kyaw Winn;Simon J. A. Jung;Jean-Claude Duplessy

  • Sand deserts during glacial maximum and climatic optimum

    Michael Sarnthein

  • Evolution and variability of the Asian monsoon system: state of the art and outstanding issues.

    Pinxian Wang;Steven Clemens;Luc Beaufort;Pascale Braconnot

  • Global variations of surface ocean productivity in low and mid latitudes: Influence on CO2 reservoirs of the deep ocean and atmosphere during the last 21,000 years

    Michael Sarnthein;Kyaw Winn;Jean-Claude Duplessy;Michael R. Fontugne

  • Glacial and interglacial wind regimes over the eastern subtropical Atlantic and North-West Africa

    M. Sarnthein;G. Tetzlaff;B. Koopmann;K. Wolter

  • Geology of the northwest African continental margin

    Ulrich von Rad;Karl Hinz;Michael Sarnthein;Eugen Seibold

  • Final closure of Panama and the onset of northern hemisphere glaciation

    G. Bartoli;M. Sarnthein;M. Weinelt;H. Erlenkeuser

  • Atmospheric and Oceanic Circulation Patterns off Northwest Africa During the Past 25 Million Years

    Michael Sarnthein;Jörn Thiede;Uwe Pflaumann;H. Erlenkeuser

  • Correlation of marine 14C ages from the nordic seas with the GISP2 isotope record : Implications for 14C calibration beyond 25 ka BP

    Antje H. L. Voelker;Michael Sarnthein;Pieter M. Grootes;Helmut Erlenkeuser

  • Paleoclimatology and paleometeorology : modern and past patterns of global atmospheric transport

    Margaret Leinen;M. Sarnthein

  • Surface salinity reconstruction of the north-atlantic ocean during the last glacial maximum

    J.-C. Duplessy;L. Labeyrie;A. Juillet-Leclerc;F. Maitre

  • Benthic foraminiferal δ13C and accumulation rates of organic carbon: Uvigerina Peregrina group and Cibicidoides Wuellerstorfi

    Rainer Zahn;Kyaw Winn;Michael Sarnthein

  • Potential links between surging ice sheets, circulation changes, and the Dansgaard-Oeschger cycles in the Irminger Sea, 60-18 kyr

    S van Kreveld;M Sarnthein;H Erlenkeuser;P Grootes

  • Glacial North Atlantic: Sea-surface conditions reconstructed by GLAMAP 2000

    U. Pflaumann;M. Sarnthein;M. Chapman;L. d'Abreu

Frequent Co-Authors

Uwe Pflaumann
Uwe Pflaumann Kiel University
Helmut Erlenkeuser
Helmut Erlenkeuser Kiel University
Pieter Meiert Grootes
Pieter Meiert Grootes Kiel University
Markus Kienast
Markus Kienast Dalhousie University
Joan O. Grimalt
Joan O. Grimalt Spanish National Research Council
Carles Pelejero
Carles Pelejero Institute of Marine Sciences
Wolfgang Kuhnt
Wolfgang Kuhnt Kiel University
Pinxian Wang
Pinxian Wang Tongji University
Ralf Tiedemann
Ralf Tiedemann Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research
Simon J A Jung
Simon J A Jung University of Edinburgh

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