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Oscar E Romero

Oscar E Romero

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Earth Science

D-Index
42
Citations
6040
World Ranking
5308
National Ranking
373

Overview

Oscar E Romero is affiliated with the University of Bremen in Germany and has contributed extensively to the fields of Earth and Planetary Sciences and Environmental Science. Their research spans multiple subfields including Environmental Chemistry, Geophysics, Oceanography, Atmospheric Science, and Geology.

The scientist's work covers main topics such as Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena, Seismic Imaging and Inversion Techniques, Geology and Paleoclimatology Research, Geological and Geophysical Studies, Marine and coastal ecosystems, Reservoir Engineering and Simulation Methods, and Isotope Analysis in Ecology.

Among the recent papers authored or co-authored by Romero, key publications include:

  • Flux variability of phyto- and zooplankton communities in the Mauritanian coastal upwelling between 2003 and 2008 (2020) in Biogeosciences
  • A 2-decade (1988-2009) record of diatom fluxes in the Mauritanian coastal upwelling: impact of low-frequency forcing and a two-step shift in the species composition (2021) in Biogeosciences
  • Orbital and Suborbital-Scale Variations of Productivity and Sea Surface Conditions in the Gulf of Alaska During the Past 54,000 Years: Impact of Iron Fertilization by Icebergs and Meltwater (2021) in Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Romero include:

  • Juliane Müller
  • Erin L. McClymont
  • Ellen A. Cowan
  • Joseph S. Stoner
  • Matthias Forwick

Publication venues where Romero has frequently contributed research are:

  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Publishing Network for Geoscientific and Environmental Data (PANGAEA) (Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research)
  • Biogeosciences
  • Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology
  • OPAL (Open@LaTrobe) (La Trobe University)

Best Publications

  • Onset of “Hudson Strait” Heinrich events in the eastern North Atlantic at the end of the middle Pleistocene transition (∼640 ka)?

    David A. Hodell;David A. Hodell;James E. T. Channell;Jason H. Curtis;Oscar E. Romero

  • A Cenozoic record of the equatorial Pacific carbonate compensation depth

    Heiko Pälike;Mitchell W. Lyle;Hiroshi Nishi;Isabella Raffi

  • The biogeography of major diatom taxa in Southern Ocean sediments

    Leanne K. Armand;Xavier Crosta;Oscar Romero;Jean-Jacques Pichon

  • The biogeography of major diatom taxa in Southern Ocean sediments: 2. Open ocean related species

    Xavier Crosta;Oscar E Romero;Leanne K Armand;Jean-Jacques Pichon

  • Lateglacial and Holocene palaeohydrology in the western Mediterranean region: the Lake Estanya record (NE Spain)

    Mario Morellón;Blas Valero-Garcés;Teresa Vegas-Vilarrúbia;Penélope González-Sampériz

  • Middle Miocene climate cooling linked to intensification of eastern equatorial Pacific upwelling

    Ann Holbourn;Wolfgang Kuhnt;Mitch Lyle;Leah Schneider

  • Climate changes and human activities recorded in the sediments of Lake Estanya (NE Spain) during the Medieval Warm Period and Little Ice Age

    Mario Morellón;Blas Valero-Garcés;Penélope González-Sampériz;Teresa Vegas-Vilarrúbia

  • A 750-kyr detrital-layer stratigraphy for the North Atlantic (IODP Sites U1302-U1303, Orphan Knoll, Labrador Sea)

    J.E.T. Channell;D.A. Hodell;O. Romero;C. Hillaire-Marcel

  • Impact of climate variability in the western Mediterranean during the last 20,000 years: oceanic and atmospheric responses

    M. Rodrigo-Gámiz;F. Martínez-Ruiz;F.J. Jiménez-Espejo;D. Gallego-Torres;D. Gallego-Torres

  • The biogeography of major diatom taxa in Southern Ocean surface sediments: 3. Tropical/Subtropical species

    Oscar E Romero;Leanne K Armand;Xavier Crosta;Jean-Jacques Pichon

  • Holocene palaeohydrology and climate variability in northeastern Spain: The sedimentary record of Lake Estanya (Pre-Pyrenean range)

    Mario Morellón;Blas Valero-Garcés;Ana Moreno;Ana Moreno;Penélope González-Sampériz

  • Pronounced subsurface cooling of North Atlantic waters off Northwest Africa during Dansgaard–Oeschger interstadials

    Jung-Hyun Kim;Oscar E. Romero;Gerrit Lohmann;Barbara Donner

  • Continental erosion and the Cenozoic rise of marine diatoms

    Pedro Cermeño;Paul G. Falkowski;Oscar E. Romero;Morgan F. Schaller

  • Mid-Pleistocene climate transition drives net mass loss from rapidly uplifting St. Elias Mountains, Alaska

    Sean P. S. Gulick;John M. Jaeger;Alan C. Mix;Hirofumi Asahi

  • Detrital input, productivity fluctuations, and water mass circulation in the westernmost Mediterranean Sea since the Last Glacial Maximum

    F. J. Jimenez-Espejo;F. Martinez-Ruiz;M. Rogerson;J. M. González-Donoso

  • Biogenic silica and diatom thanatocoenosis in surface sediments below the Peru–Chile Current: controlling mechanisms and relationship with productivity of surface waters

    O. Romero;D. Hebbeln

  • Submillennial‐to‐millennial variability of diatom production off Mauritania, NW Africa, during the last glacial cycle

    Oscar E. Romero;Jung-Hyun Kim;Barbara Donner

  • Circum-Antarctic warming events between 4 and 3.5 Ma recorded in marine sediments from the Prydz Bay (ODP Leg 188) and the Antarctic Peninsula (ODP Leg 178) margins.

    C. Escutia;M.A. Bárcena;R.G. Lucchi;O. Romero

  • Late Holocene history of the rainfall in the NW Iberian peninsula—Evidence from a marine record

    P. Bernárdez;P. Bernárdez;R. (Raquel) González-Álvarez;Guillermo Frances;Ricardo Prego

  • Seasonal productivity dynamics in the pelagic central Benguela System inferred from the flux of carbonate and silicate organisms

    Oscar E Romero;Babette Boeckel;Barbara Donner;Gaute Lavik

  • Expedition 320/321 summary.

    H. Palike;M. Lyle;H. Nishi;I. Raffi

Frequent Co-Authors

James E T Channell
James E T Channell University of Florida
Dierk Hebbeln
Dierk Hebbeln University of Bremen
Ann Holbourn
Ann Holbourn Kiel University
Mitchell W Lyle
Mitchell W Lyle Oregon State University
Joseph S. Stoner
Joseph S. Stoner Oregon State University
Bridget S. Wade
Bridget S. Wade University College London
Isabella Raffi
Isabella Raffi University of Chieti-Pescara
Appy Sluijs
Appy Sluijs Utrecht University
Alberto Malinverno
Alberto Malinverno Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory

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