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Peter Linke 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 Peter Linke sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 510+

This scientist: 234 publications — 72nd percentile

72% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 510 publications or more.

Peter Linke 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 Peter Linke sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 94+

This scientist: 44 D-Index — 40th percentile

40% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 94 D-Index or more.

Overview

Peter Linke is affiliated with the GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel in Germany. Their research spans the fields of Environmental Science and Earth and Planetary Sciences, with notable contributions to the subfields of Oceanography, Environmental Engineering, Global and Planetary Change, Environmental Chemistry, and Mechanical Engineering.

The scientist's work focuses on several main topics, including:

  • Ocean Acidification Effects and Responses
  • CO2 Sequestration and Geologic Interactions
  • Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena
  • Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics
  • Carbon Dioxide Capture Technologies
  • Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies
  • Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes

Peter Linke has published multiple papers in prominent journals and has contributed to the following recent studies:

  • Towards improved monitoring of offshore carbon storage: A real-world field experiment detecting a controlled sub-seafloor CO2 release (2021, International journal of greenhouse gas control)
  • Tidal Dynamics Control on Cold-Water Coral Growth: A High-Resolution Multivariable Study on Eastern Atlantic Cold-Water Coral Sites (2020, Frontiers in Marine Science)
  • Suitability analysis and revised strategies for marine environmental carbon capture and storage (CCS) monitoring (2021, International journal of greenhouse gas control)
  • Assuring the integrity of offshore carbon dioxide storage (2022, Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews)
  • Water column baseline assessment for offshore Carbon Dioxide Capture and Storage (CCS) sites: Analysis of field data from the Goldeneye storage complex area (2021, International journal of greenhouse gas control)

Frequent co-authors in Peter Linke's collaborative work include:

  • Mark Schmidt
  • Mario Espósito
  • Jonas Gros
  • Dirk Koopmans
  • Stefan Sommer

The scientist regularly publishes in key venues such as:

  • International journal of greenhouse gas control
  • Frontiers in Marine Science
  • Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews
  • Ocean Science
  • CAGE - Centre for Arctic Gas Hydrate Environment and Climate Report Series

Best Publications

  • Microhabitat preferences of benthic foraminifera—a static concept or a dynamic adaptation to optimize food acquisition?

    Peter Linke;G. F. Lutze

  • Gas hydrate destabilization: enhanced dewatering, benthic material turnover and large methane plumes at the Cascadia convergent margin

    Erwin Suess;M. Torres;Gerhard Bohrmann;R. W. Collier

  • Macrofaunal community structure and sulfide flux at gas hydrate deposits from the Cascadia convergent margin, NE Pacific

    Heiko Sahling;Dirk Rickert;Raymond W. Lee;Peter Linke

  • Activity, Distribution, and Diversity of Sulfate Reducers and Other Bacteria in Sediments above Gas Hydrate (Cascadia Margin, Oregon)

    Katrin Knittel;Antje Boetius;Andreas Lemke;Heike Eilers

  • THE ROLE OF BENTHIC FORAMINIFERA IN DEEP-SEA FOOD WEBS AND CARBON CYCLING

    Andrew J. Gooday;Lisa A. Levin;Peter Linke;Thomas Heeger

  • Sea Floor Methane Hydrates at Hydrate Ridge, Cascadia Margin

    E. Suess;M.E. Torres;G. Bohrmann;R.W. Collier

  • U/Th systematics and ages of authigenic carbonates from Hydrate Ridge, Cascadia Margin: recorders of fluid flow variations

    Barbara M. A. Teichert;Anton Eisenhauer;Gerhard Bohrmann;Alexandra Haase-Schramm

  • Fluid venting in the eastern Aleutian Subduction Zone

    Erwin Suess;Gerhard Bohrmann;Roland von Huene;Peter Linke

  • Quantifying fluid flow, solute mixing and biogeochemical turnover at cold vents of the eastern Aleutian subduction zone

    Klaus Wallmann;Peter Linke;Erwin Suess;Gerhard Bohrmann

  • In situ measurement of fluid flow from cold seeps at active continental margins

    Peter Linke;Erwin Suess;M. Torres;V. Martens

  • Methane seepage along the Hikurangi Margin, New Zealand: Overview of studies in 2006 and 2007 and new evidence from visual, bathymetric and hydroacoustic investigations

    J Greinert;J Greinert;K B Lewis;J Bialas;Ingo Andreas Pecher

  • Quantification of seep-related methane gas emissions at Tommeliten, North Sea.

    J.S. Schneider von Deimling;G. Rehder;J. Greinert;D.F. McGinnnis

  • Metabolic adaptations of deep-sea benthic foraminifera to seasonally varying food input

    Peter Linke

  • Hydrothermal studies in the Aegean Sea

    PR Dando;S Aliani;H Arab;CN Bianchi

  • Efficiency of the benthic filter: Biological control of the emission of dissolved methane from sediments containing shallow gas hydrates at Hydrate Ridge

    Stefan Sommer;Olaf Pfannkuche;Peter Linke;R. Luff

  • Estimates of methane output from mud extrusions at the erosive convergent margin off Costa Rica

    S. Mau;H. Sahling;G. Rehder;G. Rehder;E. Suess;E. Suess

  • Gas and fluid venting at the Makran accretionary wedge off Pakistan

    U. von Rad;U. Berner;G. Delisle;H. Doose-Rolinski

  • Methane sources, distributions, and fluxes from cold vent sites at Hydrate Ridge, Cascadia Margin

    Katja U. Heeschen;Katja U. Heeschen;Robert W. Collier;Marie A. de Angelis;Erwin Suess

  • Response of deep-sea benthic foraminifera to a simulated sedimentation event

    Peter Linke;A. V. Altenbach;Gerhard Graf;T. Heeger

  • Acoustic imaging of natural gas seepage in the North Sea: Sensing bubbles controlled by variable currents

    J. Schneider von Deimling;J. Schneider von Deimling;J. Greinert;N. R. Chapman;W. Rabbel

Frequent Co-Authors

Mark Schmidt
Mark Schmidt GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel
Jens Greinert
Jens Greinert GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel
Olaf Pfannkuche
Olaf Pfannkuche GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel
Matthias Haeckel
Matthias Haeckel GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel
Klaus Wallmann
Klaus Wallmann GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel
Tina Treude
Tina Treude University of California, Los Angeles
Daniel Frank Mcginnis
Daniel Frank Mcginnis University of Geneva
Erwin Suess
Erwin Suess GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel
Gerhard Bohrmann
Gerhard Bohrmann University of Bremen
Christian Hensen
Christian Hensen GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel

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