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Ruediger Stein

Ruediger Stein

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Earth Science

D-Index
74
Citations
19027
World Ranking
762
National Ranking
43

Overview

Ruediger Stein is affiliated with the University of Bremen in Germany and has a robust scientific output primarily in the fields of Earth and Planetary Sciences and Environmental Science. Their research encompasses a range of subfields, including Atmospheric Science, Environmental Chemistry, Ocean Engineering, Geology, and Geophysics.

The scientist's work addresses diverse topics, such as Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena, Geology and Paleoclimatology Research, Reservoir Engineering and Simulation Methods, Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics, Climate change and permafrost, Geological Studies and Exploration, and Drilling and Well Engineering.

Publications by Ruediger Stein include both original research papers and contributions to book projects. Some notable recent papers are:

  • A multi-model CMIP6-PMIP4 study of Arctic sea ice at 127 ka: sea ice data compilation and model differences (2021, Climate of the past)
  • Holocene changes in sea-ice cover and polynya formation along the eastern North Greenland shelf: New insights from biomarker records (2020, Quaternary Science Reviews)
  • A global climatology of the ocean surface during the Last Glacial Maximum mapped on a regular grid (GLOMAP) (2021, Climate of the past)
  • Biomarker Distributions in (Sub)-Arctic Surface Sediments and Their Potential for Sea Ice Reconstructions (2020, Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems)
  • Glacial episodes of a freshwater Arctic Ocean covered by a thick ice shelf (2021, Nature)

In addition to journal articles, Stein contributed to book publications, including the "Expedition 377 Scientific Prospectus: Arctic Ocean Paleoceanography (ArcOP)" published in 2021 by Scientific prospectus.

The scientist frequently publishes in venues such as Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research), Climate of the past, Quaternary Science Reviews, Publishing Network for Geoscientific and Environmental Data (PANGAEA) from the Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research, and OPAL (Open@LaTrobe) from La Trobe University.

Ruediger Stein collaborates with a number of frequent co-authors including Kirsten Fahl, John V. Firth, Michel Cremer, Anne de Vernal, and Jens Matthießen. These collaborations reflect ongoing research partnerships across related fields and topics.

Best Publications

  • Late quaternary ice sheet history of northern Eurasia

    John Inge Svendsen;Helena Alexanderson;Valery I Astakhov;Igor Demidov

  • The organic carbon cycle in the Arctic Ocean

    Ruediger Stein;Robie W. Macdonald

  • Subtropical Arctic Ocean temperatures during the Palaeocene/Eocene thermal maximum

    Appy Sluijs;Stefan Schouten;Mark Pagani;Martijn Woltering

  • The Cenozoic palaeoenvironment of the Arctic Ocean.

    Kathryn Moran;Jan Backman;Henk Brinkhuis;Steven C. Clemens

  • Episodic fresh surface waters in the Eocene Arctic Ocean

    Henk Brinkhuis;Stefan Schouten;Margaret E Collinson;Appy Sluijs

  • Accumulation of organic carbon in marine sediments : results from the Deep Sea Drilling Project/Ocean Drilling Program (DSDP/ODP)

    Ruediger Stein

  • Arctic Ocean glacial history

    Martin Jakobsson;Martin Jakobsson;Karin Andreassen;Lilja Rún Bjarnadóttir;Dayton Dove

  • Holocene cooling culminates in sea ice oscillations in Fram Strait

    Juliane Müller;Kirstin Werner;Ruediger Stein;Kirsten Fahl

  • Variability of sea-ice conditions in the Fram Strait over the past 30,000 years

    Juliane Müller;Guillaume Massé;Guillaume Massé;Rüdiger Stein;Simon T. Belt

  • Towards quantitative sea ice reconstructions in the northern North Atlantic: A combined biomarker and numerical modelling approach

    Juliane Müller;Axel Wagner;Axel Wagner;Kirsten Fahl;Ruediger Stein

  • Organic carbon, carbonate, and clay mineral distributions in eastern central Arctic Ocean surface sediments

    Ruediger Stein;Hannes Grobe;Monika Wahsner

  • Organic carbon content/sedimentation rate relationship and its paleoenvironmental significance for marine sediments

    Ruediger Stein

  • Towards a better (litho-) stratigraphy and reconstruction of Quaternary paleoenvironment in the Amerasian Basin (Arctic Ocean)

    Rüdiger Stein;Jens Matthießen;Frank Niessen;A. Krylov

  • Repeated Pleistocene glaciation of the East Siberian continental margin

    Frank Niessen;Jong Kuk Hong;Anne Hegewald;Jens Matthiessen

  • Modern seasonal variability and deglacial/Holocene change of central Arctic Ocean sea-ice cover: New insights from biomarker proxy records

    Kirsten Fahl;Ruediger Stein

  • Clay‐mineral distribution in surface sediments of the Eurasian Arctic Ocean and continental margin as indicator for source areas and transport pathways — a synthesis

    Monika Wahsner;Claudia Müller;Ruediger Stein;Gennadij Ivanov

  • Late Cenozoic History of the Polar North Atlantic: Results from Ocean Drilling

    Jörn Thiede;Amelie Winkler;Thomas Wolf-Welling;Olav Eldholm

  • History of a Stable Ice MARGIN—EAST Greenland during the Middle and Upper Pleistocene

    Svend Funder;Christian Hjort;Jon Y. Landvik;Seung-Il Nam

  • Millennial-scale ice rafting events and Hudson Strait Heinrich(-like) Events during the late Pliocene and Pleistocene: a review

    B D A Naafs;Jens Hefter;Ruediger Stein

  • Late Pliocene changes in the North Atlantic Current

    B. David A. Naafs;B. David A. Naafs;Ruediger Stein;Jens Hefter;Nabil Khélifi

  • Arctic warming interrupts the Transpolar Drift and affects long-range transport of sea ice and ice-rafted matter

    Thomas Krumpen;H. Jakob Belter;Antje Boetius;Ellen Damm

  • Erratum: Arctic hydrology during global warming at the Palaeocene/Eocene thermal maximum (Nature (2006) 442 (671-675))

    Mark Pagani;Nikolai Pedentchouk;Matthew Huber;Appy Sluijs

Frequent Co-Authors

Kirsten Fahl
Kirsten Fahl Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research
Christoph Vogt
Christoph Vogt University of Bremen
Carsten J. Schubert
Carsten J. Schubert Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology
Antje H L Voelker
Antje H L Voelker Instituto Português do Mar e da Atmosfera
Ralf Littke
Ralf Littke RWTH Aachen University
Jochen Knies
Jochen Knies University of Tromsø - The Arctic University of Norway
Frank Niessen
Frank Niessen Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research
Gerald H. Haug
Gerald H. Haug Max Planck Institute for Chemistry
Gerrit Lohmann
Gerrit Lohmann University of Bremen
Jens Matthiessen
Jens Matthiessen Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research

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