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Rachel Flecker is affiliated with the University of Bristol in the United Kingdom. Their research focuses primarily on Earth and Planetary Sciences, with an emphasis on Atmospheric Science, Geophysics, Ocean Engineering, Oceanography, and Earth-Surface Processes.

Their work covers diverse topics including Geology and Paleoclimatology Research, Marine and Environmental Studies, Geological Formations and Processes, Isotope Analysis in Ecology, Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena, Earthquake and Tectonic Studies, and Hydrocarbon Exploration and Reservoir Analysis.

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Flecker include Wout Krijgsman, Andrew P. Roberts, Kay-Christian Emeis, Alastair H.F. Robertson, and Carl Richter.

Publications by Flecker have appeared regularly in various scientific venues. The most frequent publication outlets include:

  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology
  • Earth-Science Reviews
  • Geology
  • Nature Reviews Earth & Environment

Recent papers authored by Flecker include:

  • Freshening of the Mediterranean Salt Giant: controversies and certainties around the terminal (Upper Gypsum and Lago-Mare) phases of the Messinian Salinity Crisis, 2021, Earth-Science Reviews
  • Late Miocene contourite channel system reveals intermittent overflow behavior, 2020, Geology
  • Causes and consequences of the Messinian salinity crisis, 2024, Nature Reviews Earth & Environment
  • High Mediterranean water-level during the Lago-Mare phase of the Messinian Salinity Crisis: insights from the Sr isotope records of Spanish marginal basins (SE Spain), 2020, Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology
  • Climate-driven connectivity changes of the Black Sea since 430 ka: Testing a dual palynological and geochemical approach, 2020, Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology

Flecker has contributed to book publications primarily linked to oceanographic expeditions and reports. These include works published by Scientific Prospectus and Preliminary Report, as well as the Proceedings of the International Ocean Discovery Program. Titles include:

  • Expedition 401 Scientific Prospectus: Mediterranean-Atlantic Gateway Exchange, 2023
  • Expedition 401 Preliminary Report: Mediterranean-Atlantic Gateway Exchange, 2024
  • Mediterranean-Atlantic Gateway Exchange, 2025

Best Publications

  • The Messinian Salinity Crisis: Past and future of a great challenge for marine sciences

    Marco Roveri;Rachel Flecker;Wout Krijgsman;Johanna Lofi

  • Insights from the Talysh of Azerbaijan into the Paleogene evolution of the South Caspian region

    Stephen J. Vincent;Mark B. Allen;Arif D. Ismail-Zadeh;Rachel Flecker

  • Late Cenozoic deformation in the South Caspian region: effects of a rigid basement block within a collision zone

    Mark B Allen;Stephen J Vincent;G.Ian Alsop;Arif Ismail-zadeh

  • Evolution of the Late Miocene Mediterranean–Atlantic gateways and their impact on regional and global environmental change

    Rachel Flecker;Wout Krijgsman;Walter Capella;Cesar de Castro Martíns

  • Quaternary time scales for the Pontocaspian domain : Interbasinal connectivity and faunal evolution

    W. Krijgsman;A. Tesakov;T. Yanina;S. Lazarev

  • The Messinian Salinity Crisis from mega-deposits to microbiology – A consensus report

    M Roveri;J Anton;M N Cagatay;G J De Lange

  • The onset of the Messinian salinity crisis in the Eastern Mediterranean (Pissouri Basin, Cyprus)

    W Krijgsman;MM Blanc-Valleron;Rachel Flecker;FJ Hilgen

  • Modelling the oxygen isotope distribution of ancient seawater using a coupled ocean–atmosphere GCM: Implications for reconstructing early Eocene climate

    Julia Tindall;Rachel Flecker;Paul Valdes;Daniela N. Schmidt

  • The Gibraltar Corridor: Watergate of the Messinian Salinity Crisis

    Wout Krijgsman;Walter Capella;Dirk Simon;Frits J. Hilgen

  • The Mediterranean hydrologic budget from a Late Miocene global climate simulation

    Rupert Gladstone;Rachel Flecker;Paul Valdes;Dan Lunt;Dan Lunt

  • Modelling the effect of evaporation on the salinity- 87 Sr/ 86 Sr relationship in modern and ancient marginal-marine systems: the Mediterranean Messinian Salinity Crisis

    Rachel Flecker;S de Villiers;RM Ellam

  • Proceedings of the Ocean Drilling Program ODP, Scientific Results, College Station, TX, Ocean Drilling Program

    Rachel Flecker;A Kopf;MJ Jurado

  • Identifying Late Miocene episodes of connection and isolation in the Mediterranean-Paratethyan realm using Sr isotopes

    Rachel Flecker;RM Ellam

  • The Early Eocene equable climate problem: can perturbations of climate model parameters identify possible solutions?

    Navjit Sagoo;Paul J Valdes;Rachel Flecker;Lauren J Gregoire

  • Paratethyan-Mediterranean connectivity in the Sea of Marmara region (NW Turkey) during the Messinian

    M. Namık Çağatay;Naci Görür;Rachel Flecker;Mehmet Sakınç

  • Mechanisms of mud extrusion on the Mediterranean Ridge Accretionary Complex

    A. Kopf;Alastair Robertson;M. B. Clennell;R. Flecker

  • The relative roles of CO2 and palaeogeography in determining late Miocene climate: results from a terrestrial model–data comparison

    Catherine D. Bradshaw;Daniel J. Lunt;Rachel Flecker;Ulrich Salzmann

  • Palaeogeographic evolution of the late Miocene Rifian Corridor (Morocco): Reconstructions from surface and subsurface data

    W. Capella;N. Barhoun;R. Flecker;F. J. Hilgen

  • Application of Sr isotope stratigraphy and sedimentary analysis to the origin and evolution of the Neogene basins in the Isparta Angle, southern Turkey

    Rachel Flecker;RM Ellam;C Muller;A Poisson

  • Facies and palaeogeographic evidence for the Miocene evolution of the Isparta Angle in its regional eastern Mediterranean context

    R. Flecker;A. Poisson;Alastair Robertson

  • Chronology with a pinch of salt: Integrated stratigraphy of Messinian evaporites in the deep Eastern Mediterranean reveals long-lasting halite deposition during Atlantic connectivity

    Aaron Meilijson;Aaron Meilijson;Frits Hilgen;Julio Sepúlveda;Josh Steinberg

  • Sandy contourite drift in the late Miocene Rifian Corridor (Morocco): Reconstruction of depositional environments in a foreland-basin seaway

    W. Capella;Francisco-Javier Hernández-Molina;Rachel Flecker;F. J. Hilgen

  • Facies and tectonic significance of two contrasting Miocene basins in south coastal Turkey

    Rachel Flecker;Ahf Robertson;A Poisson;C Muller

  • Geodynamic implications of paleomagnetic data from Tertiary sediments in Sakhalin, Russia (NW Pacific)

    Richard Weaver;Andrew P. Roberts;Rachel Flecker;David I. M. Macdonald

Frequent Co-Authors

Wout Krijgsman
Wout Krijgsman Utrecht University
Marcus Gutjahr
Marcus Gutjahr GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel
Daniel J. Lunt
Daniel J. Lunt University of Bristol
Paul J. Valdes
Paul J. Valdes University of Bristol
Rob M. Ellam
Rob M. Ellam Tianjin University
Francisco Javier Sierro
Francisco Javier Sierro University of Salamanca
Francisco J Jiménez-Espejo
Francisco J Jiménez-Espejo Spanish National Research Council
Frederik J Hilgen
Frederik J Hilgen Utrecht University
Stefano Lugli
Stefano Lugli University of Modena and Reggio Emilia
Ulrich Salzmann
Ulrich Salzmann Northumbria University

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