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Steffen Mischke

Steffen Mischke

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Earth Science
Iceland
2026

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Earth Science

D-Index
48
Citations
6929
World Ranking
3892
National Ranking
7

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Earth Science in Iceland Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Earth Science in Iceland Leader Award

Overview

Steffen Mischke is affiliated with the University of Iceland in Iceland and specializes in Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a focus on several subfields including Atmospheric Science, Ecology, Oceanography, Paleontology, and Anthropology.

The scientist's research spans multiple main topics, including:

  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
  • Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology
  • Marine and environmental studies
  • Geological formations and processes
  • Isotope Analysis in Ecology
  • Species Distribution and Climate Change
  • Archaeology and ancient environmental studies

Among recent papers authored or co-authored by Steffen Mischke are:

  • "Sedimentary ancient DNA reveals a threat of warming-induced alpine habitat loss to Tibetan Plateau plant diversity," 2021, Nature Communications
  • "Major and trace-element geochemistry of Late Cretaceous clastic rocks in the Jitai Basin, southeast China," 2021, Scientific Reports
  • "Lake Balkhash (Kazakhstan): Recent human impact and natural variability in the last 2900 years," 2020, Journal of Great Lakes Research
  • "Föhn, fire and grazing in Southern Tibet? A 20,000-year multi-proxy record in an alpine ecotonal ecosystem," 2021, Quaternary Science Reviews
  • "Climate History of Southern Mongolia Since 17 ka: The Ostracod, Gastropod and Charophyte Record From Lake Ulaan," 2020, Frontiers in Earth Science

Frequent co-authors associated with Steffen Mischke include:

  • Ulrike Herzschuh
  • Chengjun Zhang
  • Sisi Liu
  • Kathleen R. Stoof-Leichsenring
  • Kai Yan

The scientist has published frequently in several venues, with multiple publications in:

  • Frontiers in Earth Science
  • Quaternary Science Reviews
  • Nature Communications
  • Quaternary Research
  • Journal of Paleolimnology

Steffen Mischke has also contributed to book publications, including the title Lake Records of Environmental and Climate Change on the Tibetan Plateau, published in 2022 by Frontiers Media.

Best Publications

  • Quantitative climate and vegetation trends since the late glacial on the northeastern Tibetan Plateau deduced from Koucha Lake pollen spectra.

    Ulrike Herzschuh;Ulrike Herzschuh;Annette Kramer;Steffen Mischke;Chengjun Zhang

  • Reduced early Holocene moisture availability in the Bayan Har Mountains, northeastern Tibetan Plateau, inferred from a multi-proxy lake record

    Steffen Mischke;Michael Kramer;Chengjun Zhang;Huaming Shang

  • A Holocene sedimentary record from Bosten Lake, China

    Bernd Wünnemann;Steffen Mischke;Fahu Chen

  • A modern pollen-climate calibration set based on lake sediments from the Tibetan Plateau and its application to a Late Quaternary pollen record from the Qilian Mountains.

    Ulrike Herzschuh;H. J. B. Birks;Steffen Mischke;Chengjun Zhang

  • Holocene cold events on the Tibetan Plateau

    Steffen Mischke;Chengjun Zhang

  • Holocene treeline shifts and monsoon variability in the Hengduan Mountains (southeastern Tibetan Plateau), implications from palynological investigations

    Annette Kramer;Annette Kramer;Ulrike Herzschuh;Ulrike Herzschuh;Steffen Mischke;Chengjun Zhang

  • The Holocene salinity history of Bosten Lake (Xinjiang, China) inferred from ostracod species assemblages and shell chemistry: Possible palaeoclimatic implications

    S. Mischke;B. Wünnemann

  • Reconstructing climate variability on the northeastern Tibetan Plateau since the last Lateglacial a multi-proxy, dual-site approach comparing terrestrial and aquatic signals

    Juliane Wischnewski;Juliane Wischnewski;Steffen Mischke;Yongbo Wang;Ulrike Herzschuh;Ulrike Herzschuh

  • A late Quaternary lake record from the Qilian Mountains (NW China): evolution of the primary production and the water depth reconstructed from macrofossil, pollen, biomarker, and isotope data

    Ulrike Herzschuh;Ulrike Herzschuh;Chengjun Zhang;Steffen Mischke;Rainer Herzschuh

  • Temperature variability and vertical vegetation belt shifts during the last ∼50,000 yr in the Qilian Mountains (NE margin of the Tibetan Plateau, China)

    Ulrike Herzschuh;Ulrike Herzschuh;Harald Kürschner;Steffen Mischke

  • An ostracod-conductivity transfer function for Tibetan lakes

    Steffen Mischke;Ulrike Herzschuh;Gudrun Massmann;Chengjun Zhang

  • Quantitative reconstruction of precipitation changes on the NE Tibetan Plateau since the Last Glacial Maximum – extending the concept of pollen source area to pollen-based climate reconstructions from large lakes

    Yongbo Wang;Yongbo Wang;Ulrike Herzschuh;Ulrike Herzschuh;Lyudmila S. Shumilovskikh;Steffen Mischke;Steffen Mischke

  • Paleoenvironmental implications of new OSL dates on the formation of the "Shell Bar" in the Qaidam Basin, northeastern Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau

    ZhongPing Lai;Steffen Mischke;Steffen Mischke;David Madsen

  • A Lateglacial and Holocene lake record from the Nianbaoyeze Mountains and inferences of lake, glacier and climate evolution on the eastern Tibetan Plateau

    Chengjun Zhang;Steffen Mischke

  • Ostracods and stable isotopes of a late glacial and Holocene lake record from the NE Tibetan Plateau

    Steffen Mischke;Bernhard Aichner;Bernhard Diekmann;Ulrike Herzschuh

  • Spatial variability of 14C reservoir effects in Tibetan Plateau lakes

    Steffen Mischke;Steffen Mischke;Marc Weynell;Chengjun Zhang;Uwe Wiechert

  • Lateglacial and Holocene variation in aeolian sediment flux over the northeastern Tibetan Plateau recorded by laminated sediments of a saline meromictic lake

    Steffen Mischke;Chengjun Zhang;Anko Börner;Ulrike Herzschuh

  • Moisture-advection feedback supports strong early-to-mid Holocene monsoon climate on the eastern Tibetan Plateau as inferred from a pollen-based reconstruction

    Ulrike Herzschuh;Ulrike Herzschuh;Janett Borkowski;Jacob Schewe;Steffen Mischke;Steffen Mischke

  • Atlantic forcing of Western Mediterranean winter rain minima during the last 12,000 years

    Christoph Zielhofer;William J. Fletcher;Steffen Mischke;Marc De Batist

  • Late glacial vegetation and climate oscillations on the southeastern Tibetan Plateau inferred from the Lake Naleng pollen profile

    Annette Kramer;Annette Kramer;Ulrike Herzschuh;Steffen Mischke;Chengjun Zhang

Frequent Co-Authors

Ulrike Herzschuh
Ulrike Herzschuh University of Potsdam
Chengjun Zhang
Chengjun Zhang Lanzhou University
Bernd Wünnemann
Bernd Wünnemann Freie Universität Berlin
Bernhard Diekmann
Bernhard Diekmann Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research
Frank Lehmkuhl
Frank Lehmkuhl RWTH Aachen University
Birgit Plessen
Birgit Plessen University of Potsdam
William J. Fletcher
William J. Fletcher University of Manchester
ZhongPing Lai
ZhongPing Lai Shantou University
Uwe Wiechert
Uwe Wiechert Freie Universität Berlin
Sarah J. Feakins
Sarah J. Feakins University of Southern California

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