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Michael Staubwasser

Michael Staubwasser

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Earth Science

D-Index
30
Citations
7452
World Ranking
9034
National Ranking
650

Overview

Michael Staubwasser is affiliated with the University of Cologne in Germany. Their research focuses primarily on Earth and Planetary Sciences, with significant work also in Environmental Science.

Their subfields of study include Geochemistry and Petrology, Atmospheric Science, Ecology, Paleontology, and Environmental Chemistry. The main topics covered in their work encompass Groundwater and Isotope Geochemistry, Geology and Paleoclimatology Research, Isotope Analysis in Ecology, Geochemistry and Elemental Analysis, Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena, Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils, and Environmental DNA in Biodiversity Studies.

Staubwasser's recent publications highlight several research themes. Notable papers include:

  • Triple Oxygen Isotope Systematics in the Hydrologic Cycle, 2021, published in Reviews in Mineralogy and Geochemistry
  • Triple oxygen isotope systematics of evaporation and mixing processes in a dynamic desert lake system, 2021, Hydrology and Earth System Sciences
  • Sulfate sources, biologic cycling, and mobility in Atacama Desert soils revealed by isotope signatures, 2023, Global and Planetary Change
  • High diversity and isolated distribution of aquatic heterotrophic protists in salars of the Atacama Desert at different salinities, 2023, European Journal of Protistology
  • Silicon Isotopic Composition of Dry and Wet-Based Glaciers in Antarctica, 2020, Frontiers in Earth Science

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Staubwasser include:

  • Daniel Herwartz
  • Claudia Voigt
  • Swea Klipsch
  • Susann Henkel
  • Carsten Münker

Staubwasser's work has been published in various venues, with multiple contributions to:

  • Chemical Geology
  • Scientific Reports
  • Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Goldschmidt2021 Abstracts

Best Publications

  • Holocene climate variability

    Paul A. Mayewski;Eelco E. Rohling;J. Curt Stager;Wibjörn Karlén

  • Climate change at the 4.2 ka BP termination of the Indus valley civilization and Holocene south Asian monsoon variability

    M. Staubwasser;F. Sirocko;P. M. Grootes;M. Segl

  • Holocene climate and cultural evolution in late prehistoric-early historic West Asia

    Michael Staubwasser;Harvey Weiss

  • The stable Cr isotope inventory of solid Earth reservoirs determined by double spike MC-ICP-MS

    R. Schoenberg;S. Zink;M. Staubwasser;F. von Blanckenburg

  • Effect of mineralogy, salinity, and temperature on Li/Ca and Li isotope composition of calcium carbonate

    Caedmon S. Marriott;Gideon M. Henderson;Rebecca Crompton;Michael Staubwasser

  • Palaeoenvironmental changes in the arid and sub arid belt (Sahara-Sahel-Arabian Peninsula) from 150 kyr to present

    Philipp Hoelzmann;Françoise Gasse;Lydie M. Dupont;Ulrich Salzmann

  • Isotopic fractionation and reaction kinetics between Cr(III) and Cr(VI) in aqueous media

    Sonja Zink;Ronny Schoenberg;Michael Staubwasser

  • The use of foraminifera as a record of the past neodymium isotope composition of seawater

    Derek Vance;Adam E. Scrivner;Patricia Beney;Michael Staubwasser

  • Impact of climate change on the transition of Neanderthals to modern humans in Europe

    Michael Staubwasser;Virgil Drăgușin;Bogdan P. Onac;Bogdan P. Onac;Sergey Assonov;Sergey Assonov

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

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

  • South Asian monsoon climate change and radiocarbon in the Arabian Sea during early and middle Holocene

    Michael Staubwasser;Frank Sirocko;Pieter M. Grootes;Helmut Erlenkeuser

  • Iron isotopes in the early marine diagenetic iron cycle

    M. Staubwasser;F. von Blanckenburg;R. Schoenberg

  • 226Ra and Ba concentrations in the Ross Sea measured with multicollector ICP mass spectrometry

    Deborah A Foster;Michael Staubwasser;Gideon M Henderson

  • Determining the stable Fe isotope signature of plant-available iron in soils

    Monika Guelke;Friedhelm von Blanckenburg;Ronny Schoenberg;Michael Staubwasser

  • Determination of the stable iron isotopic composition of sequentially leached iron phases in marine sediments

    Susann Henkel;Susann Henkel;Sabine Kasten;Simon W. Poulton;Michael Staubwasser

  • The evolution of 17O-excess in surface water of the arid environment during recharge and evaporation

    Jakub Surma;Sergey Assonov;Sergey Assonov;Daniel Herwartz;Claudia Voigt

  • Constraining Holocene hydrological changes in the Carpathian–Balkan region using speleothem δ 18 O and pollen-based temperature reconstructions

    Virgil Dragusin;Virgil Dragusin;Virgil Dragusin;Michael Staubwasser;Dirk L. Hoffmann;Vasile Ersek;Vasile Ersek

  • Triple oxygen and hydrogen isotopes of gypsum hydration water for quantitative paleo-humidity reconstruction

    Fernando Gázquez;Mario Morellón;Thomas Bauska;Daniel Herwartz

  • The spatial distribution of soluble salts in the surface soil of the Atacama Desert and their relationship to hyperaridity

    Claudia Voigt;Swea Klipsch;Daniel Herwartz;Guillermo Chong

  • Triple Oxygen Isotope Systematics in the Hydrologic Cycle

    Jakub Surma;Jakub Surma;Sergey Assonov;Michael Staubwasser

  • Triple oxygen isotope signatures in evaporated water bodies from the Sistan Oasis, Iran

    J. Surma;S. Assonov;S. Assonov;M. J. Bolourchi;M. Staubwasser

Frequent Co-Authors

Sabine Kasten
Sabine Kasten University of Bremen
Simon W. Poulton
Simon W. Poulton University of Leeds
Ronny Schoenberg
Ronny Schoenberg University of Tübingen
Gideon M. Henderson
Gideon M. Henderson University of Oxford
Derek Vance
Derek Vance ETH Zurich
Frank Sirocko
Frank Sirocko Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz
Bogdan P. Onac
Bogdan P. Onac University of South Florida
David A Hodell
David A Hodell University of Cambridge
Helen M. Williams
Helen M. Williams University of Cambridge
Paul R.D. Mason
Paul R.D. Mason Utrecht University

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