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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2020 - Geochemistry Fellow Honor, Geochemical Society and the European Association of Geochemistry
  • 2018 - Fellow of American Geophysical Union (AGU)
  • Fellow of the Geological Society of America
  • Fellow of the Geological Society of America

Overview

Sidney R. Hemming is affiliated with the Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory in the United States. Their research primarily spans the field of Earth and Planetary Sciences, with specific focus on subfields including Atmospheric Science, Environmental Chemistry, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Geophysics, and Earth-Surface Processes.

The scientist's work covers several main topics such as Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena, Geology and Paleoclimatology Research, Astro and Planetary Science, Geological formations and processes, Geomagnetism and Paleomagnetism Studies, Cryospheric studies and observations, and Geological and Geochemical Analysis.

Sidney R. Hemming has published extensively in various venues. Frequent publication outlets include:

  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Abstracts with programs - Geological Society of America
  • OPAL (Open@LaTrobe) (La Trobe University)
  • Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology
  • Geological Society of America Bulletin

Recent publications include:

  • Interpreting and reporting 40Ar/39Ar geochronologic data, 2020, Geological Society of America Bulletin
  • Ancient marine sediment DNA reveals diatom transition in Antarctica, 2022, Nature Communications
  • New radiometric 40Ar-39Ar dates and faunistic analyses refine evolutionary dynamics of Neogene vertebrate assemblages in southern South America, 2021, Scientific Reports
  • A large West Antarctic Ice Sheet explains early Neogene sea-level amplitude, 2021, Nature
  • Persistent influence of precession on northern ice sheet variability since the early Pleistocene, 2022, Science

The scientist has frequently collaborated with other researchers including Suzanne O'Connell, Stefanie Brachfeld, Brendan T. Reilly, Maureen E. Raymo, and Trevor Williams.

Sidney R. Hemming has been recognized by multiple professional organizations. Awards include:

  • Geochemistry Fellow Honor, Geochemical Society and the European Association of Geochemistry, 2020
  • Fellow of American Geophysical Union (AGU), 2018
  • Fellow of the Geological Society of America

Best Publications

  • Geochemical approaches to sedimentation, provenance, and tectonics

    S. M. McLennan;S. Hemming;D. K. McDaniel;G. N. Hanson

  • Heinrich events: Massive late Pleistocene detritus layers of the North Atlantic and their global climate imprint

    Sidney R. Hemming

  • Climate change and the collapse of the Akkadian empire: Evidence from the deep sea

    H. M. Cullen;P. B. deMenocal;S. Hemming;G. Hemming

  • Early Proterozoic crustal evolution: Geochemical and NdPb isotopic evidence from metasedimentary rocks, southwestern North America

    S.M. McLennan;S.R. Hemming;S.R. Taylor;K.A. Eriksson

  • Long-lived Isotopic Tracers in Oceanography, Paleoceanography, and Ice-sheet Dynamics

    S.L. Goldstein;S.R. Hemming

  • Temporal relationships of carbon cycling and ocean circulation at glacial boundaries.

    Alexander M. Piotrowski;Steven L. Goldstein;Sidney R. Hemming;Richard G. Fairbanks

  • Initiation of the western branch of the East African Rift coeval with the eastern branch

    Eric M Roberts;N. J Stevens;Patrick M O'Connor;P.H.G.M Dirks

  • Reduced North Atlantic Deep Water flux to the glacial Southern Ocean inferred from neodymium isotope ratios

    Randye L. Rutberg;Sidney R. Hemming;Steven L. Goldstein

  • Dynamic behaviour of the East Antarctic ice sheet during Pliocene warmth

    Carys P. Cook;Tina van de Flierdt;Trevor Williams;Sidney R. Hemming;Sidney R. Hemming

  • Mid-Miocene cooling and the extinction of tundra in continental Antarctica

    Adam R. Lewis;David R. Marchant;Allan C. Ashworth;Lars Hedenäs

  • Intensification and variability of ocean thermohaline circulation through the last deglaciation

    Alexander M. Piotrowski;Steven L. Goldstein;Sidney R. Hemming;Richard G. Fairbanks

  • Interpreting and reporting 40Ar/39Ar geochronologic data

    Allen J. Schaen;Brian R. Jicha;Kip V. Hodges;Pieter Vermeesch

  • Major middle Miocene global climate change: Evidence from East Antarctica and the Transantarctic Mountains

    A.R. Lewis;D.R. Marchant;A.C. Ashworth;S.R. Hemming

  • Towards explaining the Nd paradox using reversible scavenging in an ocean general circulation model

    Mark Siddall;Samar Khatiwala;Tina van de Flierdt;Tina van de Flierdt;Kevin Jones;Kevin Jones

  • Samarium/neodymium elemental and isotopic systematics in sedimentary rocks

    S.M. McLennan;S. Hemming

  • Abrupt changes in Antarctic Intermediate Water circulation over the past 25,000 years

    Katharina Pahnke;Steven L. Goldstein;Steven L. Goldstein;Sidney R. Hemming;Sidney R. Hemming

  • Provenance of icebergs during Heinrich Event 3 and the contrast to their sources during other Heinrich episodes

    R. H. Gwiazda;S. R. Hemming;W. S. Broecker

  • The relationship of Heinrich events and their European precursors over the past 60 ka BP: a multi-proxy ice-rafted debris provenance study in the North East Atlantic

    Victoria Louise Peck;Ian Robert Hall;Rainer Zahn;Rainer Zahn;F. Grousset

  • Provenance of Heinrich layers in core V28-82, northeastern Atlantic: 40Ar/39Ar ages of ice-rafted hornblende, Pb isotopes in feldspar grains, and Nd–Sr–Pb isotopes in the fine sediment fraction

    S.R. Hemming;W.S. Broecker;W.D. Sharp;G.C. Bond

  • High resolution evidence for linkages between NW European ice sheet instability and Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation

    Victoria Louise Peck;Ian Robert Hall;R. Zahn;H. Elderfield

  • Late Pleistocene sea level variations derived from the Argentine Shelf

    T. P. Guilderson;T. P. Guilderson;L. Burckle;S. Hemming;W. R. Peltier

Frequent Co-Authors

Steven L. Goldstein
Steven L. Goldstein Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory
Trevor Williams
Trevor Williams Texas A&M University
Tina van de Flierdt
Tina van de Flierdt Imperial College London
Stefanie Brachfeld
Stefanie Brachfeld Montclair State University
Ian Hall
Ian Hall Griffith University
Stephen Barker
Stephen Barker Cardiff University
Wallace S. Broecker
Wallace S. Broecker Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory
Stuart N. Thomson
Stuart N. Thomson University of Arizona
Francisco J Jiménez-Espejo
Francisco J Jiménez-Espejo Spanish National Research Council
Scott M. McLennan
Scott M. McLennan Stony Brook University

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