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Pieter Meiert Grootes

Pieter Meiert Grootes

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Earth Science
Germany
2025

D-Index & Metrics

Earth Science

D-Index
85
Citations
56287
World Ranking
371
National Ranking
16

Pieter Meiert Grootes 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 Pieter Meiert Grootes sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 510+

This scientist: 421 publications — 95th percentile

95% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Pieter Meiert Grootes 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 Pieter Meiert Grootes sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 94+

This scientist: 85 D-Index — 96th percentile

96% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2025 - Research.com Earth Science in Germany Leader Award

Overview

Pieter Meiert Grootes is affiliated with Kiel University in Germany and has contributed extensively to the fields of Earth and Planetary Sciences and Environmental Science. Their research spans several important subfields, including Atmospheric Science, Paleontology, Ecology, Archeology, and Environmental Chemistry.

The primary focus of Grootes's work addresses topics such as Geology and Paleoclimatology Research, Archaeology and ancient environmental studies, Isotope Analysis in Ecology, Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena, Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology, Geological and Geochemical Analysis, and Marine and environmental studies.

Grootes's recent publications include the following:

  • The IntCal20 Northern Hemisphere Radiocarbon Age Calibration Curve (0-55 cal kBP), 2020, Radiocarbon
  • Marine20-The Marine Radiocarbon Age Calibration Curve (0-55,000 cal BP), 2020, Radiocarbon
  • 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
  • Earthworms, Darwin and prehistoric agriculture-Chernozem genesis reconsidered, 2021, Geoderma
  • Marine20 - the marine radiocarbon age calibration curve (0 - 55,000 cal BP), simulated data for IntCal20, 2020, Publishing Network for Geoscientific and Environmental Data (PANGAEA) (Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research)

Frequent collaborators include:

  • Marie-Josée Nadeau
  • Paula Reimer
  • Édouard Bard
  • Christopher Bronk Ramsey
  • Martin Butzin

Grootes has published primarily in the journal Radiocarbon, with 11 publications, along with contributions to venues such as Climate of the past, Geoderma, DAI, and the Publishing Network for Geoscientific and Environmental Data (PANGAEA) associated with the Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research.

Best Publications

  • IntCal13 and Marine13 radiocarbon age calibration curves 0-50,000 years cal BP

    Paula J Reimer;Edouard Bard;Alex Bayliss;J Warren Beck

  • The IntCal20 Northern Hemisphere Radiocarbon Age Calibration Curve (0-55 cal kBP)

    Paula J Reimer;William E N Austin;Edouard Bard;Alex Bayliss

  • IntCal09 and Marine09 Radiocarbon Age Calibration Curves, 0–50,000 Years cal BP

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  • Comparison of oxygen isotope records from the GISP2 and GRIP Greenland ice cores

    P. M. Grootes;M. Stuiver;J. W. C. White;S. Johnsen;S. Johnsen

  • Marine20—The Marine Radiocarbon Age Calibration Curve (0–55,000 cal BP)

    Timothy J Heaton;Peter Köhler;Martin Butzin;Edouard Bard

  • Abrupt increase in Greenland snow accumulation at the end of the Younger Dryas event

    R. B. Alley;D. A. Meese;C. A. Shuman;A. J. Gow

  • The GISP2 δ18O Climate Record of the Past 16,500 Years and the Role of the Sun, Ocean, and Volcanoes

    Minze Stuiver;Pieter M. Grootes;Thomas F. Braziunas

  • Radiocarbon calibration curve spanning 0 to 50,000 years BP based on paired 230 Th/ 234 U/ 238 U and 14 C dates on pristine corals

    Richard G. Fairbanks;Richard G. Fairbanks;Richard A. Mortlock;Tzu-Chien Chiu;Tzu-Chien Chiu;Li Cao;Li Cao

  • Rapid flooding of the sunda shelf: A late-glacial sea-level record

    Till Hanebuth;Karl Stattegger;Pieter M. Grootes

  • 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

  • Oxygen 18/16 variability in Greenland snow and ice with 10 -3- to 105-year time resolution

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  • How relevant is recalcitrance for the stabilization of organic matter in soils

    Bernd Marschner;Sonja Brodowski;Alexander Dreves;Gerd Gleixner

  • GISP2 Oxygen Isotope Ratios

    Minze Stuiver;Pieter M. Grootes

  • The ‘flickering switch’ of late Pleistocene climate change

    K. C. Taylor;G. W. Lamorey;G. A. Doyle;R. B. Alley

  • Validity of the temperature reconstruction from water isotopes in ice cores

    J. Jouzel;R. B. Alley;K. M. Cuffey;W. Dansgaard

  • 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

  • The Greenland Ice Sheet Project 2 depth-age scale : Methods and results

    D. A. Meese;A. J. Gow;R. B. Alley;G. A. Zielinski

  • The Little Ice Age as Recorded in the Stratigraphy of the Tropical Quelccaya Ice Cap

    L. G. Thompson;E. Mosley-Thompson;W. Dansgaard;P. M. Grootes

  • Climate correlations between Greenland and Antarctica during the past 100,000 years

    Michael Bender;Todd Sowers;Mary Lynn Dickson;Joseph Orchardo

  • 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

  • Changes in Atmospheric Circulation and Ocean Ice Cover over the North Atlantic During the Last 41,000 Years

    P. A. Mayewski;L. D. Meeker;S. Whitlow;M. S. Twickler

  • The Accumulation Record from the GISP2 Core as an Indicator of Climate Change Throughout the Holocene.

    D. A. Meese;A. J. Gow;P. Grootes;M. Stuiver

Frequent Co-Authors

Helmut Erlenkeuser
Helmut Erlenkeuser Kiel University
Michael Sarnthein
Michael Sarnthein Kiel University
Uwe Pflaumann
Uwe Pflaumann Kiel University
Carles Pelejero
Carles Pelejero Institute of Marine Sciences
Joan O. Grimalt
Joan O. Grimalt Spanish National Research Council
Markus Kienast
Markus Kienast Dalhousie University
Minze Stuiver
Minze Stuiver University of Washington
Paul Andrew Mayewski
Paul Andrew Mayewski University of Maine
Nils Andersen
Nils Andersen Kiel University
Wolfgang Kuhnt
Wolfgang Kuhnt Kiel University

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