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Thomas Lüdmann

Thomas Lüdmann

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Earth Science

D-Index
30
Citations
3245
World Ranking
9136
National Ranking
655

Overview

Thomas Lüdmann is affiliated with Universität Hamburg in Germany. Their research primarily focuses on Earth and Planetary Sciences and Environmental Science, reflecting a multidisciplinary approach bridging geology and environmental chemistry.

Their work spans several subfields, notably Geology, Environmental Chemistry, Geophysics, Ecology, and Earth-Surface Processes. These areas provide the foundation for a deeper exploration of various geological phenomena and processes related to marine and sedimentary environments.

The key research topics covered by Thomas Lüdmann include:

  • Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena
  • Geological and Geophysical Studies
  • Seismic Imaging and Inversion Techniques
  • Geological formations and processes
  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
  • Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis
  • Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies

Their recent publications illustrate a focus on carbonate environments and sedimentology. Selected recent papers are:

  • Submarine landsliding in carbonate ooze along low-angle slopes (Inner Sea, Maldives), 2021, Marine and Petroleum Geology
  • The Maldives, a key location of carbonate drifts, 2022, Marine Geology
  • Fragmentation, rafting, and drowning of a carbonate platform margin in a rift-basin setting, 2023, Geology
  • Factors controlling the morphology and internal sediment architecture of moats and their associated contourite drifts, 2023, Sedimentology
  • Current and sea level control the demise of shallow carbonate production on a tropical bank (Saya de Malha Bank, Indian Ocean), 2021, Geology

Thomas Lüdmann frequently collaborates with other researchers in their field. Their common coauthors include:

  • Christian Betzler
  • Or M. Bialik
  • Gregor P. Eberli
  • Carlos A. Alvarez Zarikian
  • Montserrat Alonso-García

Their publications appear regularly in several scientific venues, with multiple contributions to:

  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Marine Geology
  • Geology
  • Sedimentology
  • SSRN Electronic Journal

Best Publications

  • Neotectonic regime on the passive continental margin of the northern South China Sea

    Thomas Lüdmann;How Kin Wong

  • Plio–Quaternary sedimentation processes and neotectonics of the northern continental margin of the South China Sea

    T Lüdmann;How Kin Wong;Pinxian Wang

  • The abrupt onset of the modern South Asian Monsoon winds.

    Christian Betzler;Gregor P. Eberli;Dick Kroon;James D. Wright

  • Upward flow of North Pacific Deep Water in the northern South China Sea as deduced from the occurrence of drift sediments

    Thomas Lüdmann;How Kin Wong;Kai Berglar

  • The Sea of Marmara: a plate boundary sea in an escape tectonic regime

    H.K. Wong;T. Lüdmann;A. Ulug;N. Görür

  • Architecture, development and geological control of the Xisha carbonate platforms, northwestern South China Sea

    Shiguo Wu;Zhen Yang;Dawei Wang;Fuliang Lü

  • Monsoon-induced partial carbonate platform drowning (Maldives, Indian Ocean)

    Christian Betzler;Christian Hübscher;Sebastian Lindhorst;John J.G. Reijmer

  • Sea‐level and ocean‐current control on carbonate‐platform growth, Maldives, Indian Ocean

    Christian Betzler;Jörn Fürstenau;Thomas Lüdmann;Christian Hübscher

  • Gas hydrates associated with gas chimneys in fine-grained sediments of the northern South China Sea

    Yunbao Sun;Yunbao Sun;Shiguo Wu;Dongdong Dong;Thomas Lüdmann

  • The Maldives, a giant isolated carbonate platform dominated by bottom currents

    T. Lüdmann;C. Kalvelage;C. Betzler;J. Fürstenau

  • Refinement of Miocene sea level and monsoon events from the sedimentary archive of the Maldives (Indian Ocean)

    C. Betzler;G. P. Eberli;T. Lüdmann;J. Reolid

  • Periplatform drift: The combined result of contour current and off-bank transport along carbonate platforms

    Christian Betzler;Sebastian Lindhorst;Gregor P. Eberli;Thomas Lüdmann

  • Late Pleistocene forced-regressive deposits on the Sunda Shelf (Southeast Asia)

    Till J.J. Hanebuth;Karl Stattegger;Alexander Schimanski;Thomas Lüdmann

  • Focused fluid flow systems of the Zhongjiannan Basin and Guangle Uplift, South China Sea

    Qiliang Sun;Shiguo Wu;Joseph Cartwright;Thomas Lüdmann

  • Characteristics of gas hydrate occurrences associated with mud diapirism and gas escape structures in the northwestern Sea of Okhotsk

    T Lüdmann;H.K Wong

  • Post-rift uplift and focused fluid flow in the passive margin of northern South China Sea

    Shiguo Wu;Jinwei Gao;Shujuan Zhao;Thomas Lüdmann

  • Bottom current-controlled sedimentation and mass wasting in the northwestern Sea of Okhotsk

    H.K Wong;T Lüdmann;B.V Baranov;B.Ya Karp

  • Heat flow and quantity of methane deduced from a gas hydrate field in the vicinity of the Dnieper Canyon, northwestern Black Sea

    Thomas Lüdmann;How Kin Wong;Philipp Konerding;Matthias Zillmer

  • Morpho-structural evolution of a volcanic island developed inside an active oceanic rift: S. Miguel Island (Terceira Rift, Azores)

    A.L.R. Sibrant;A. Hildenbrand;F.O. Marques;B. Weiss

  • Current and sea-level signals in periplatform ooze (Neogene, Maldives, Indian Ocean)

    Christian Betzler;Thomas Lüdmann;Christian Hübscher;Jörn Fürstenau

  • Sedimentary dynamics along carbonate slopes (Bahamas archipelago)

    Marco Wunsch;Christian Betzler;Sebastian Lindhorst;Thomas Lüdmann

  • Carbonate delta drift: A new sediment drift type

    Thomas Lüdmann;Christian Betzler;Gregor P. Eberli;Jesús Reolid

  • Giant pockmarks in a carbonate platform (Maldives, Indian Ocean)

    Christian Betzler;Sebastian Lindhorst;Christian Hübscher;Thomas Lüdmann

  • Erosion of continental margins in the Western Mediterranean due to sea-level stagnancy during the Messinian Salinity Crisis

    Janna Just;Janna Just;Christian Hübscher;Christian Betzler;Thomas Lüdmann

Frequent Co-Authors

Christian Betzler
Christian Betzler Universität Hamburg
Gregor P. Eberli
Gregor P. Eberli University of Miami
John J. G. Reijmer
John J. G. Reijmer Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Christian Hübscher
Christian Hübscher Universität Hamburg
Luigi Jovane
Luigi Jovane Universidade de São Paulo
Peter K. Swart
Peter K. Swart University of Miami
Dick Kroon
Dick Kroon University of Edinburgh
James D. Wright
James D. Wright Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Jeremy R. Young
Jeremy R. Young University College London
Luca Lanci
Luca Lanci University of Urbino

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