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Robert C. Thunell 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 Robert C. Thunell sits on this spectrum.

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Robert C. Thunell 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 Robert C. Thunell sits on this spectrum.

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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2009 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
  • 2006 - Fellow of American Geophysical Union (AGU)

Overview

Robert C. Thunell was affiliated with the University of South Carolina in the United States. Their research contributed extensively to the fields of Earth and Planetary Sciences as well as Environmental Science.

Their work spanned multiple subfields, including Ecology, Atmospheric Science, Oceanography, Water Science and Technology, and Global and Planetary Change. Thunell's research also covered a range of main topics such as Geology and Paleoclimatology Research, Isotope Analysis in Ecology, Marine Biology and Ecology Research, Water Quality and Resources Studies, Marine and Coastal Ecosystems, Groundwater and Isotope Geochemistry, and Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology.

Some of the notable recent papers authored by or involving Thunell include:

  • Trace Element Heterogeneity Across Individual Planktic Foraminifera from the Modern Cariaco Basin, 2020, The Journal of Foraminiferal Research
  • Sea surface temperature across the Subarctic North Pacific and marginal seas through the past 20,000 years: A paleoceanographic synthesis, 2020, Quaternary Science Reviews
  • A Sediment Trap Evaluation of B/Ca as a Carbonate System Proxy in Asymbiotic and Nondinoflagellate Hosting Planktonic Foraminifera, 2020, Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology
  • PALEONTOLOGICAL AND GEOCHEMICAL ANALYSIS OF THREE LAMINATED SEDIMENTARY UNITS OF LATE PLIOCENE-EARLY PLEISTOCENE AGE FROM THE MONTE SAN NICOLA SECTION IN SICILY, 2020, RIVISTA ITALIANA DI PALEONTOLOGIA E STRATIGRAFIA
  • The Impacts of Flood, Drought, and Turbidites on Organic Carbon Burial Over the Past 2,000 years in the Santa Barbara Basin, California, 2020, Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology

Frequent co-authors in Thunell's research included:

  • Eric Tappa
  • Catherine V. Davis
  • Claudia R. Benitez-Nelson
  • Caitlyn T Sarno
  • Lori A. Ziolkowski

The scientist published often in venues such as:

  • Publishing Network for Geoscientific and Environmental Data (PANGAEA) (Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research)
  • Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology
  • The Journal of Foraminiferal Research
  • Quaternary Science Reviews
  • Journal of Geophysical Research Biogeosciences

Recognition for their contributions included being awarded Fellowship honors from major scientific organizations. Robert C. Thunell was named a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 2009 and a Fellow of the American Geophysical Union (AGU) in 2006.

Best Publications

  • Super ENSO and Global Climate Oscillations at Millennial Time Scales

    Lowell Stott;Christopher Poulsen;Steve Lund;Robert Thunell

  • Decline of surface temperature and salinity in the western tropical Pacific Ocean in the Holocene epoch

    Lowell Stott;Kevin Cannariato;Robert Thunell;Gerald H. Haug

  • The importance of continental margins in the global carbon cycle

    Frank E. Muller‐Karger;Ramon Varela;Robert Thunell;Remy Luerssen

  • The nitrogen isotope biogeochemistry of sinking particles from the margin of the Eastern North Pacific

    Mark A. Altabet;Cynthia Pilskaln;Robert Thunell;Carol Pride

  • Magnitude and timing of temperature change in the Indo-Pacific warm pool during deglaciation

    Katherine Visser;Robert Thunell;Lowell Stott

  • A review of nitrogen isotopic alteration in marine sediments

    Rebecca S. Robinson;Markus Kienast;Ana Luiza Albuquerque;Mark Altabet

  • Southern Hemisphere and deep-sea warming led deglacial atmospheric CO2 rise and tropical warming.

    Lowell Stott;Lowell Stott;Lowell Stott;Axel Timmermann;Axel Timmermann;Axel Timmermann;Robert Thunell;Robert Thunell;Robert Thunell

  • Chronology of the pleistocene oxygen isotope record: 0–1.88 m.y. B.P

    Douglas F. Williams;Robert C. Thunell;Eric Tappa;Domenico Rio

  • Chemoautotrophy in the redox transition zone of the Cariaco Basin: A significant midwater source of organic carbon production

    Gordon T. Taylor;Maria Iabichella;Tung-Yuan Ho;Mary I. Scranton

  • Sedimentation of planktonic foraminifera; seasonal changes in species flux in the Panama Basin

    Robert C. Thunell;Leslie A. Reynolds

  • Interlaboratory comparison study of Mg/Ca and Sr/Ca measurements in planktonic foraminifera for paleoceanographic research

    Yair Rosenthal;Suzanne Perron‐Cashman;Caroline H. Lear;Edouard Bard

  • Planktonic foraminiferal response to upwelling and seasonal hydrographic conditions; sediment trap results from San Pedro Basin, Southern California Bight

    Leslie Reynolds Sautter;Robert C. Thunell

  • Isotopic constraints on glacial/interglacial changes in the oceanic nitrogen budget

    Curtis Deutsch;Curtis Deutsch;Daniel M. Sigman;Robert C. Thunell;Anna Nele Meckler

  • Nitrogen Isotope Dynamics of the Cariaco Basin, Venezuela

    Robert C. Thunell;Daniel M. Sigman;Frank E. Muller-Karger;Yrene Astor

  • Glacial‐Holocene Biogenic Sedimentation Patterns in the South China Sea: Productivity Variations and Surface Water pCO2

    R. C. Thunell;Miao Qingmin;S. E. Calvert;T. F. Pedersen

  • Interlaboratory comparison study of calibration standards for foraminiferal Mg/Ca thermometry

    M. Greaves;N. Caillon;H. Rebaubier;G. Bartoli

  • Global Increase in Quaternary Explosive Volcanism

    James P. Kennett;Robert C. Thunell

  • Seasonal succession of planktonic foraminifera in the subpolar North Pacific

    Leslie Reynolds;Robert C. Thunell

  • Annual cycle of primary production in the Cariaco Basin: Response to upwelling and implications for vertical export

    Frank E. Muller-Karger;Ramon Varela;Robert Thunell;Mary Scranton

  • A study of the TEX86 paleothermometer in the water column and sediments of the Santa Barbara Basin, California

    Carme Huguet;Arndt Schimmelmann;Robert Thunell;Lucas J. Lourens

  • Magnitude and Timing of Temperature Change in the Indo-Pacific Warm Pool During Deglaciation

    R. Thunell;K. Visser;L. Stott

Frequent Co-Authors

Yrene Astor
Yrene Astor Biological and Chemical Oceanography Data Management Office
Frank E. Muller-Karger
Frank E. Muller-Karger University of South Florida
Claudia R. Benitez-Nelson
Claudia R. Benitez-Nelson University of South Carolina
Lowell D. Stott
Lowell D. Stott University of Southern California
Gordon T. Taylor
Gordon T. Taylor Stony Brook University
Zunli Lu
Zunli Lu Syracuse University
Eric D. Galbraith
Eric D. Galbraith McGill University
Douglas F. Williams
Douglas F. Williams University of South Carolina
Rosalind E. M. Rickaby
Rosalind E. M. Rickaby University of Oxford
Miguel A. Goñi
Miguel A. Goñi Oregon State University

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