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Stefanie Brachfeld is affiliated with Montclair State University in the United States and has a primary research focus within Earth and Planetary Sciences. Their work spans several subfields, including Atmospheric Science, Environmental Chemistry, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Molecular Biology, and Ecology.

The scientist's main topics of research cover a range of specialized areas such as Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena, Geology and Paleoclimatology Research, Geomagnetism and Paleomagnetism Studies, Astro and Planetary Science, Cryospheric studies and observations, Polar Research and Ecology, and Planetary Science and Exploration.

Stefanie Brachfeld's recent published papers include the following:

  • "Ancient marine sediment DNA reveals diatom transition in Antarctica," 2022, Nature Communications
  • "Antiphased dust deposition and productivity in the Antarctic Zone over 1.5 million years," 2022, Nature Communications
  • "Miocene to present oceanographic variability in the Scotia Sea and Antarctic ice sheets dynamics: Insight from revised seismic-stratigraphy following IODP Expedition 382," 2020, Earth and Planetary Science Letters
  • "The geochemical and mineralogical fingerprint of West Antarctica's weak underbelly: Pine Island and Thwaites glaciers," 2020, Chemical Geology
  • "New Magnetostratigraphic Insights From Iceberg Alley on the Rhythms of Antarctic Climate During the Plio-Pleistocene," 2021, Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology

Frequent co-authors of Stefanie Brachfeld include Sidney R. Hemming, Brendan T. Reilly, Suzanne O'Connell, Maureen E. Raymo, and Lisa Tauxe, with collaborative publication counts exceeding 110 works with each.

The scientist regularly publishes in venues such as Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research), Abstracts with programs - Geological Society of America, Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems, Nature Communications, and Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology. The largest number of publications appear in Zenodo, with over 100 contributions.

Best Publications

  • Chronology of the Palmer Deep site, Antarctic Peninsula: a Holocene palaeoenvironmental reference for the circum-Antarctic

    E. Domack;A. Leventer;R. Dunbar;F. Taylor

  • Productivity cycles of 200–300 years in the Antarctic Peninsula region: Understanding linkages among the sun, atmosphere, oceans, sea ice, and biota

    Amy Leventer;Eugene W. Domack;Scott E. Ishman;Stefanie Brachfeld

  • Mechanisms of Holocene palaeoenvironmental change in the Antarctic Peninsula region

    M. J. Bentley;D. A. Hodgson;J. A. Smith;C. Ó. Cofaigh

  • Holocene history of the Larsen-A Ice Shelf constrained by geomagnetic paleointensity dating

    Stefanie Brachfeld;Eugene Domack;Catherine Kissel;Carlo Laj

  • Marine sediment record from the East Antarctic margin reveals dynamics of ice sheet recession

    Amy Leventer;Eugene Domack;Robert Dunbar;Jennifer Pike

  • Subglacial morphology and glacial evolution of the Palmer deep outlet system, Antarctic Peninsula

    Eugene Domack;David Amblàs;Robert Gilbert;Stefanie Brachfeld

  • Deglacial ocean and climate seasonality in laminated diatom sediments, Mac.Robertson Shelf, Antarctica

    Catherine Emma Stickley;Jennifer Pike;A. Leventer;R. Dunbar

  • A new high-resolution geomagnetic relative paleointensity record for the North American Holocene: A comparison of sedimentary and absolute intensity data

    Stefanie A. Brachfeld;Subir K. Banerjee

  • Glacial morphology and post-glacial contourites in northern Prince Gustav Channel (NW Weddell Sea, Antarctica)

    Angelo Camerlenghi;Eugene Domack;Michele Rebesco;Robert Gilbert

  • A 13 200 year history of century to millennial-scale paleoenvironmental change magnetically recorded in the Palmer Deep, western Antarctic Peninsula

    Stefanie A Brachfeld;Subir K Banerjee;Yohan Guyodo;Gary D Acton

  • Impacts of post-glacial lake drainage events and revised chronology of the Champlain Sea episode 13-9 ka

    T.M. Cronin;P.L. Manley;S. Brachfeld;T.O. Manley

  • Paleomagnetic constraints on the Holocene stratigraphy of the Arctic Alaskan margin

    Agathe Lisé-Pronovost;Guillaume St-Onge;Stefanie Brachfeld;Francesco Barletta

  • Glacial morphology and sediment formation in the Mertz Trough, East Antarctica

    Katherine McMullen;Eugene Domack;Amy Leventer;Caroline Olson

  • Post-glacial seasonal diatom record of the Mertz Glacier Polynya, East Antarctica

    Eleanor J. Maddison;Jennifer Pike;Amy Leventer;Robert Dunbar

  • Physical processes in Subglacial Lake Whillans, West Antarctica: Inferences from sediment cores

    T.O. Hodson;R.D. Powell;S.A. Brachfeld;S. Tulaczyk

  • Cruise reveals history of Holocene Larsen Ice Shelf

    Eugene Domack;Amy Leventer;Robert Gilbert;Stefanie Brachfeld

  • Antiphased dust deposition and productivity in the Antarctic Zone over 1.5 million years

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  • Geochemical fingerprints of glacially eroded bedrock from West Antarctica: Detrital thermochronology, radiogenic isotope systematics and trace element geochemistry in Late Holocene glacial-marine sediments

    Patric Simões Pereira;Tina van de Flierdt;Sidney R. Hemming;Sidney R. Hemming;Samantha J. Hammond

  • Boundary condition of grounding lines prior to collapse, Larsen-B Ice Shelf, Antarctica

    M. Rebesco;E. Domack;E. Domack;F. Zgur;C. Lavoie

  • Characterizing the sediment provenance of East Antarctica's weak underbelly: The Aurora and Wilkes sub‐glacial basins

    Elizabeth L. Pierce;Trevor Williams;Tina van de Flierdt;Sidney R. Hemming;Sidney R. Hemming

  • Late Holocene glacial advance and ice shelf growth in Barilari Bay, Graham Land, west Antarctic Peninsula

    Andrew J. Christ;Manique Talaia-Murray;Natalie Elking;Eugene W. Domack

  • A comparison of detrital U–Pb zircon, 40Ar/39Ar hornblende, 40Ar/39Ar biotite ages in marine sediments off East Antarctica: Implications for the geology of subglacial terrains and provenance studies

    E. L. Pierce;S. R. Hemming;S. R. Hemming;T. Williams;T. van de Flierdt

  • Neogene tectonic and climatic evolution of the Western Ross Sea, Antarctica — Chronology of events from the AND-1B drill hole

    Gary S. Wilson;Richard H. Levy;Tim R. Naish;Ross D. Powell

Frequent Co-Authors

Amy Leventer
Amy Leventer Colgate University
Sidney R. Hemming
Sidney R. Hemming Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory
Eugene W. Domack
Eugene W. Domack University of South Florida
Trevor Williams
Trevor Williams Texas A&M University
Gary D. Acton
Gary D. Acton Texas A&M University
Robert B. Dunbar
Robert B. Dunbar Stanford University
Steven L. Goldstein
Steven L. Goldstein Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory
Michael E Weber
Michael E Weber University of Bonn
Maureen E. Raymo
Maureen E. Raymo Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory
Tina van de Flierdt
Tina van de Flierdt Imperial College London

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