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Polychronis C Tzedakis

Polychronis C Tzedakis

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Earth Science

D-Index
64
Citations
14319
World Ranking
1496
National Ranking
155

Overview

Polychronis C Tzedakis is affiliated with University College London in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily focuses on Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a significant emphasis on Environmental Science. Within these broader fields, their work spans several subfields including Atmospheric Science, Anthropology, Earth-Surface Processes, Ecology, and Paleontology.

Their research topics include:

  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
  • Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology
  • Isotope Analysis in Ecology
  • Geological formations and processes
  • Cryospheric studies and observations
  • Aeolian processes and effects
  • Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena

Polychronis C Tzedakis has contributed to several recent publications, showcasing an engagement with climate science and paleoclimate modeling. Selected papers include:

  • Large-scale features of Last Interglacial climate: results from evaluating the lig127k simulations for the Coupled Model Intercomparison Project (CMIP6)-Paleoclimate Modeling Intercomparison Project (PMIP4), 2021, Climate of the past
  • Evolution of vegetation and climate variability on the Tibetan Plateau over the past 1.74 million years, 2020, Science Advances
  • An ice-climate oscillatory framework for Dansgaard-Oeschger cycles, 2020, Nature Reviews Earth & Environment
  • Marine Isotope Stage 11c: An unusual interglacial, 2022, Quaternary Science Reviews
  • A 1.5-million-year record of orbital and millennial climate variability in the North Atlantic, 2023, Climate of the past

The scientist frequently publishes in venues such as:

  • Quaternary Science Reviews
  • Climate of the past
  • Communications Earth & Environment
  • Science
  • Publishing Network for Geoscientific and Environmental Data (PANGAEA) (Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research)

Their collaboration network includes consistent co-authorship with the following researchers:

  • David A Hodell
  • Vasiliki Margari
  • Laurie Menviel
  • Giovanni Zanchetta
  • Eric Wolff

Best Publications

  • QUATERNARY REFUGIA OF NORTH EUROPEAN TREES

    K. D. Bennett;P. C. Tzedakis;K. J. Willis

  • Buffered tree population changes in a quaternary refugium: evolutionary implications.

    P. C. Tzedakis;I. T. Lawson;M. R. Frogley;G. M. Hewitt

  • Interglacials of the last 800,000 years

    A. Berger;M. Crucifix;D.A. Hodell

  • The last 1.35 million years at Tenaghi Philippon: revised chronostratigraphy and long-term vegetation trends

    P.C. Tzedakis;H. Hooghiemstra;H. Pälike

  • Millennial-scale variability during the last glacial in vegetation records from Europe

    William J. Fletcher;Maria Fernanda Sánchez Goñi;Judy R.M. Allen;Rachid Cheddadi

  • Palaeolithic landscapes of Europe and environs, 150,000-25,000 years ago: An overview

    T.H. Van Andel;P.C. Tzedakis

  • Last Interglacial Climates

    George J. Kukla;Michael L. Bender;Jacques-Louis de Beaulieu;Gerard Bond

  • Cryptic or mystic? Glacial tree refugia in northern Europe

    P.C. Tzedakis;Brent C. Emerson;Brent C. Emerson;Godfrey M Hewitt

  • Seven ambiguities in the Mediterranean palaeoenvironmental narrative

    P.C. Tzedakis

  • Comparison of terrestrial and marine records of changing climate of the last 500,000 years

    P.C. Tzedakis;V. Andrieu;J.-L. de Beaulieu;S. Crowhurst

  • Long-term tree populations in northwest Greece through multiple Quaternary climatic cycles

    P. C. Tzedakis

  • The role of climate in the spread of modern humans into Europe

    Ulrich C. Müller;Jörg Pross;Polychronis C. Tzedakis;Polychronis C. Tzedakis;Clive Gamble

  • Vegetation Change through Glacial-Interglacial Cycles: A Long Pollen Sequence Perspective

    P. C. Tzedakis

  • Volcanic ash layers illuminate the resilience of Neanderthals and early modern humans to natural hazards

    John Lowe;Nick Barton;Simon Blockley;Christopher Bronk Ramsey

  • Late Holocene climate: Natural or anthropogenic?

    W. F. Ruddiman;D. Q. Fuller;J. E. Kutzbach;P. C. Tzedakis

  • The response of NW Iberian vegetation to North Atlantic climate oscillations during the last 65 kyr

    K.H. Roucoux;L. de Abreu;N.J. Shackleton;P.C. Tzedakis

  • The Duration of Forest Stages in Southern Europe and Interglacial Climate Variability

    P. C. Tzedakis;K. H. Roucoux;L. de Abreu;N. J. Shackleton

  • Comparison of changes in vegetation in northeast Greece with records of climate variability on orbital and suborbital frequencies over the last 450 000 years

    P.C. Tzedakis;J.F. McManus;H. Hooghiemstra;D.W. Oppo

  • A review of 2000 years of paleoclimatic evidence in the Mediterranean

    Jürg Luterbacher;Ricardo García-Herrera;Sena Akcer-On;Rob Allan

  • Ecological thresholds and patterns of millennial-scale climate variability: The response of vegetation in Greece during the last glacial period

    P.C. Tzedakis;M.R. Frogley;I.T. Lawson;R.C. Preece

  • The nature of millennial-scale climate variability during the past two glacial periods.

    V. Margari;V. Margari;L. C. Skinner;P. C. Tzedakis;P. C. Tzedakis;P. C. Tzedakis;A. Ganopolski

Frequent Co-Authors

Luke C Skinner
Luke C Skinner University of Cambridge
Henry Hooghiemstra
Henry Hooghiemstra University of Amsterdam
Maria Fernanda Sanchez Goñi
Maria Fernanda Sanchez Goñi University of Bordeaux
Stéphanie Desprat
Stéphanie Desprat University of Bordeaux
Brian Huntley
Brian Huntley Durham University
Judy R M Allen
Judy R M Allen Durham University
William J. Fletcher
William J. Fletcher University of Manchester
David A Hodell
David A Hodell University of Cambridge
Nathalie Combourieu-Nebout
Nathalie Combourieu-Nebout French National Museum of Natural History
Karin F. Helmens
Karin F. Helmens Stockholm University

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