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Sune Olander Rasmussen

Sune Olander Rasmussen

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Earth Science

D-Index
51
Citations
23877
World Ranking
3143
National Ranking
31

Overview

Sune Olander Rasmussen is affiliated with the University of Copenhagen in Denmark. Their research primarily focuses on Earth and Planetary Sciences, with significant contributions in Environmental Science as well. Within these fields, their work bridges several subfields including Atmospheric Science, Anthropology, Environmental Chemistry, Global and Planetary Change, and Ecology.

The scientist's research topics cover extensive areas such as Geology and Paleoclimatology Research, Cryospheric studies and observations, Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology, Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena, Isotope Analysis in Ecology, Climate variability and models, and Climate change and permafrost.

They have published extensively with significant papers including:

  • "Synchronous timing of abrupt climate changes during the last glacial period" (2020, Science)
  • "Bipolar volcanic synchronization of abrupt climate change in Greenland and Antarctic ice cores during the last glacial period" (2020, Climate of the past)
  • "Atmospheric CO2 control of spontaneous millennial-scale ice age climate oscillations" (2022, Nature Geoscience)
  • "Magnitude, frequency and climate forcing of global volcanism during the last glacial period as seen in Greenland and Antarctic ice cores (60-9 ka)" (2022, Climate of the past)
  • "The anatomy of past abrupt warmings recorded in Greenland ice" (2021, Nature Communications)

Frequent co-authors in their research include:

  • Anders Svensson
  • Bo Vinther
  • Vasileios Gkinis
  • Dorthe Dahl-Jensen
  • Giulia Sinnl

Their work is often published in notable scientific venues such as:

  • Climate of the past
  • Publishing Network for Geoscientific and Environmental Data (PANGAEA) (Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research)
  • Nature Communications
  • The Cryosphere
  • Journal of Glaciology

Sune Olander Rasmussen's research contributions predominantly examine climate dynamics during glacial periods, ice core data interpretation, and related environmental changes, with a strong emphasis on synchronizing data between Greenland and Antarctic ice cores to understand abrupt climate events. Their multidisciplinary approach integrates climate modeling, isotope geochemistry, and paleoenvironmental reconstruction within a broader Earth system context.

Best Publications

  • High-resolution record of Northern Hemisphere climate extending into the last interglacial period.

    K. K. Andersen;N. Azuma;J.-M. Barnola;M. Bigler

  • A stratigraphic framework for abrupt climatic changes during the Last Glacial period based on three synchronized Greenland ice-core records: refining and extending the INTIMATE event stratigraphy

    Sune O. Rasmussen;Matthias Bigler;Simon P. Blockley;Thomas Blunier

  • A new Greenland ice core chronology for the last glacial termination

    S. O. Rasmussen;Katrine Krogh Andersen;A. M. Svensson;J. P. Steffensen

  • A 60 000 year Greenland stratigraphic ice core chronology

    A. Svensson;K. K. Andersen;M. Bigler;H. B. Clausen

  • High-Resolution Greenland Ice Core Data Show Abrupt Climate Change Happens in Few Years

    Jørgen Peder Steffensen;Katrine K. Andersen;Matthias Bigler;Matthias Bigler;Henrik B. Clausen

  • The Greenland Ice Core Chronology 2005, 15-42 ka. Part 1: constructing the time scale

    Katrine K. Andersen;Anders Svensson;Sigfus J. Johnsen;Sune O. Rasmussen

  • Formal definition and dating of the GSSP (Global Stratotype Section and Point) for the base of the Holocene using the Greenland NGRIP ice core, and selected auxiliary records

    Mike Walker;Sigfus Johnsen;Sune Olander Rasmussen;Trevor Popp;Trevor Popp

  • A synchronized dating of three Greenland ice cores throughout the Holocene

    B. M. Vinther;H. B. Clausen;S. J. Johnsen;S. O. Rasmussen

  • Synchronisation of palaeoenvironmental events in the North Atlantic region during the Last Termination: a revised protocol recommended by the INTIMATE group

    John J Lowe;Sune O Rasmussen;Svante Björck;Wim Z Hoek

  • Eemian interglacial reconstructed from a Greenland folded ice core

    D. Dahl-Jensen;M. R. Albert;A. Aldahan;N. Azuma

  • Millennial-scale variability during the last glacial: The ice core record

    Eric W. Wolff;J. Chappellaz;T. Blunier;S.O. Rasmussen

  • The Antarctic ice core chronology (AICC2012): an optimized multi-parameter and multi-site dating approach for the last 120 thousand years

    D. Veres;D. Veres;L. Bazin;A. Landais;H. Toyé Mahamadou Kele

  • Holocene thinning of the Greenland ice sheet

    B. M. Vinther;S. L. Buchardt;H. B. Clausen;D. Dahl-Jensen

  • The Greenland Ice Core Chronology 2005, 15-42 ka. Part 2: comparison to other records

    Anders Svensson;Katrine Krogh Andersen;Matthias Bigler;Henrik B. Clausen

  • An optimized multi-proxy, multi-site Antarctic ice and gas orbital chronology (AICC2012): 120--800 ka

    L. Bazin;A. Landais;B. Lemieux-Dudon;H. Toyé Mahamadou Kele

  • Early Holocene climate oscillations recorded in three Greenland ice cores

    S. O. Rasmussen;B. M. Vinther;H. B. Clausen;Katrine Krogh Andersen

  • Consistently dated records from the Greenland GRIP, GISP2 and NGRIP ice cores for the past 104 ka reveal regional millennial-scale δ18O gradients with possible Heinrich event imprint

    Inger K. Seierstad;Peter M. Abbott;Matthias Bigler;Matthias Bigler;Thomas Blunier

  • Formal ratification of the subdivision of the Holocene Series/Epoch (Quaternary System/Period) : two new Global Boundary Stratotype Sections and Points (GSSPs) and three new stages/subseries.

    Mike Walker;Mike Walker;Martin J. Head;Max Berkelhammer;Svante Björck

  • Synchronization of the NGRIP, GRIP, and GISP2 ice cores across MIS 2 and palaeoclimatic implications

    S.O. Rasmussen;I.K. Seierstad;K.K. Andersen;M. Bigler

  • Synchronisation of palaeoenvironmental records over the last 60,000 years, and an extended INTIMATE event stratigraphy to 48,000 b2k

    Simon P.E. Blockley;Christine S. Lane;Mark Hardiman;Sune Olander Rasmussen

  • Eemian interglacial reconstructed from a Greenland folded ice core (SCI)

    D Dahl-Jensen;M R Albert;A Aldahan;N Azuma

Frequent Co-Authors

Anders Svensson
Anders Svensson University of Copenhagen
Bo M Vinther
Bo M Vinther University of Copenhagen
Dorthe Dahl-Jensen
Dorthe Dahl-Jensen University of Copenhagen
Matthias Bigler
Matthias Bigler University of Bern
Emilie Capron
Emilie Capron Grenoble Alpes University
Sigfus J Johnsen
Sigfus J Johnsen University of Copenhagen
Jørgen Peder Steffensen
Jørgen Peder Steffensen University of Copenhagen
Henrik Clausen
Henrik Clausen University of Copenhagen
Hubertus Fischer
Hubertus Fischer University of Bern
Frank Wilhelms
Frank Wilhelms Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research

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