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Reinhold Leinfelder

Reinhold Leinfelder

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Environmental Sciences

D-Index
44
Citations
10359
World Ranking
6624
National Ranking
431

Overview

Reinhold Leinfelder is affiliated with Freie Universität Berlin in Germany and has contributed extensively to research in Environmental Science and Earth and Planetary Sciences. Their scholarly work encompasses diverse subfields such as Global and Planetary Change, Atmospheric Science, Oceanography, General Health Professions, and Museology.

Their research topics notably include:

  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
  • Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics
  • Indigenous Studies and Ecology
  • Marine and environmental studies
  • Climate Change and Geoengineering
  • Global Energy and Sustainability Research
  • Geological and Geochemical Analysis

Leinfelder has published research papers in several scientific journals. Significant recent publications include:

  • Extraordinary human energy consumption and resultant geological impacts beginning around 1950 CE initiated the proposed Anthropocene Epoch, 2020, Communications Earth & Environment
  • The Anthropocene: Comparing Its Meaning in Geology (Chronostratigraphy) with Conceptual Approaches Arising in Other Disciplines, 2021, Earth s Future
  • The Great Acceleration is real and provides a quantitative basis for the proposed Anthropocene Series/Epoch, 2021, Episodes
  • The proposed Anthropocene Epoch/Series is underpinned by an extensive array of mid-20th century stratigraphic event signals, 2022, Journal of Quaternary Science
  • The Anthropocene is a prospective epoch/series, not a geological event, 2022, Episodes

Their frequent co-authors include Jan Zalasiewicz, Colin N. Waters, Alejandro Cearreta, Mark Williams, and Colin Summerhayes.

Leinfelder's work is commonly published in venues such as Episodes, Communications Earth & Environment, Earth s Future, Journal of Quaternary Science, and Earth-Science Reviews.

Best Publications

  • The Anthropocene is functionally and stratigraphically distinct from the Holocene

    Colin N. Waters;Jan Zalasiewicz;Colin Summerhayes;Anthony D. Barnosky

  • When did the Anthropocene begin? A mid-twentieth century boundary level is stratigraphically optimal

    Jan Zalasiewicz;Colin N. Waters;Mark Williams;Anthony D. Barnosky

  • The geological cycle of plastics and their use as a stratigraphic indicator of the Anthropocene

    Jan Zalasiewicz;Colin N. Waters;Juliana A. Ivar do Sul;Patricia L. Corcoran

  • The Working Group on the Anthropocene: Summary of evidence and interim recommendations

    Jan Zalasiewicz;Colin N. Waters;Colin N. Waters;Colin P. Summerhayes;Alexander P. Wolfe

  • Scale and diversity of the physical technosphere: A geological perspective:

    Jan Zalasiewicz;Mark Williams;Colin N. Waters;Colin N. Waters;Anthony D. Barnosky

  • Microbial crusts of the late jurassic: Composition, palaeoecological significance and importance in reef construction

    Reinhold R. Leinfelder;Martin Nose;Dieter U. Schmid;Winfried Werner

  • Stratigraphic and Earth System approaches to defining the Anthropocene

    Will Steffen;Will Steffen;Reinhold Leinfelder;Jan Zalasiewicz;Colin N. Waters

  • Extraordinary human energy consumption and resultant geological impacts beginning around 1950 CE initiated the proposed Anthropocene Epoch

    Jaia Syvitski;Colin N. Waters;John Day;John D. Milliman

  • Jurassic Reef Patterns—The Expression of a Changing Globe

    Reinhold R. Leinfelder;Dieter U. Schmid;Martin Nose;Winfried Werner

  • The origin of Jurassic reefs: Current research developments and results

    Reinhold R. Leinfelder;Manfred Krautter;Ralf Laternser;Martin Nose

  • Paleoecology, Growth Parameters and Dynamics of Coral, Sponge and Microbolite Reefs from the Late Jurassic

    Reinhold Leinfelder;Winfried Werner;Martin Nose

  • Global Boundary Stratotype Section and Point (GSSP) for the Anthropocene Series: Where and how to look for potential candidates

    Colin N. Waters;Jan Zalasiewicz;Colin Summerhayes;Ian J. Fairchild

  • Mud mounds: A polygenetic spectrum of fine-grained carbonate buildups

    Gerd Flajs;Manfred Vigener;Helmut Keupp;Dieter Meischner

  • The Anthropocene: comparing its meaning in geology (chronostratigraphy) with conceptual approaches arising in other disciplines

    Jan Zalasiewicz;Colin N. Waters;Erle C. Ellis;Martin J. Head

  • Making the case for a formal Anthropocene Epoch: an analysis of ongoing critiques

    Jan A. Zalasiewicz;Colin N. Waters;Alexander P. Wolfe;Anthony D. Barnosky

  • Upper Jurassic reef types and controlling factors A preliminary report

    Reinhold R. Leinfelder

  • Jurassic Reef Ecosystems

    Reinhold R. Leinfelder

  • Upper Jurassic thrombolite reservoir play, northeastern Gulf of Mexico

    Ernest A. Mancini;Juan Carlos Llinás;William C. Parcell;Marc Aurell

  • The Great Acceleration is real and provides a quantitative basis for the proposed Anthropocene Series/Epoch

    Martin J. Head;Will Steffen;David Fagerlind;Colin N. Waters

  • Significance of stromatoporoids in Jurassic reefs and carbonate platforms—concepts and implications

    Reinhold R. Leinfelder;Felix Schlagintweit;Winfried Werner;Oskar Ebli

  • Third-Order Sequences in a Upper Jurassic Rift-Related Second Order Sequence, Central Lusitanian Basin, Portugal

    Reinhold R. Leinfelder;R. Chris L. Wilson

  • Oncoids from the river Alz (southern Germany): Tiny ecosystems in a phosphorus-limited environment

    Daniela Hägele;Reinhold Leinfelder;Jürke Grau;Ernst-Gerhard Burmeister

  • Solving the Climate Dilemma: The Budget Approach (Special Report 2009)

    H.J. Schellnhuber;D. Messner;C. Leggewie;R. Leinfelder

Frequent Co-Authors

Colin N. Waters
Colin N. Waters University of Leicester
Will Steffen
Will Steffen Australian National University
Jan Zalasiewicz
Jan Zalasiewicz University of Leicester
Colin Summerhayes
Colin Summerhayes University of Cambridge
Mark Williams
Mark Williams University of Leicester
Alejandro Cearreta
Alejandro Cearreta University of the Basque Country
Michael Wagreich
Michael Wagreich University of Vienna
Anthony D. Barnosky
Anthony D. Barnosky University of California, Berkeley
Nebojsa Nakicenovic
Nebojsa Nakicenovic International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis
Stefan Rahmstorf
Stefan Rahmstorf Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research

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