2026 Thomas M. Marchitto: Earth Science Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Earth Science	37	6686	6199	2344	2079	225	8888

Overview

Thomas M. Marchitto is affiliated with the University of Colorado Boulder in the United States and has contributed extensively to the fields of Earth and Planetary Sciences and Environmental Science. Their work spans multiple subfields, including Atmospheric Science, Oceanography, Ecology, Earth-Surface Processes, and Paleontology.

Their research interests focus on Geology and Paleoclimatology Research, Isotope Analysis in Ecology, Geological formations and processes, Marine and coastal ecosystems, Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils, Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena, and Image Processing and 3D Reconstruction.

They have published frequently in several scientific venues, with the most common being Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology, where they have appeared in seven publications. Other frequent publication venues include Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems, Abstracts with programs - Geological Society of America, Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research), and Geophysical Research Letters.

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Thomas M. Marchitto include:

Central Equatorial Pacific Cooling During the Last Glacial Maximum, 2021, Geophysical Research Letters
Comparison of Laser Ablation and Solution-Based ICP-MS Results for Individual Foraminifer Mg/Ca and Sr/Ca Analyses, 2020, Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems
Forabot: Automated Planktic Foraminifera Isolation and Imaging, 2022, Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems
Late glacial retreat of the Lancaster Sound Ice Stream and early Holocene onset of Arctic/Atlantic throughflow in the Arctic Island channels, 2022, Arctic Antarctic and Alpine Research
Reproducibility of Coral Mn/Ca-Based Wind Reconstructions at Kiritimati Island and Butaritari Atoll, 2021, Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems

Thomas M. Marchitto collaborates frequently with several researchers. Notable co-authors include:

Jean Lynch-Stieglitz
Turner Richmond
Edgar Lobatón
Balaji Rajagopalan
Michael A. Daniele

Best Publications

The Geological Record of Ocean Acidification

Bärbel Hönisch;Andy Ridgwell;Daniela N. Schmidt;Ellen Thomas;Ellen Thomas

1239
Citations
El Niño-Like Pattern in Ice Age Tropical Pacific Sea Surface Temperature

Athanasios Koutavas;Jean Lynch-Stieglitz;Thomas M. Marchitto;Julian P. Sachs

727
Citations
Global climate evolution during the last deglaciation

Peter U. Clark;Jeremy D. Shakun;Paul A. Baker;Patrick J. Bartlein

637
Citations
Enhanced Modern Heat Transfer to the Arctic by Warm Atlantic Water

Robert F. Spielhagen;Kirstin Werner;Steffen Aagaard Sørensen;Katarzyna Zamelczyk

517
Citations
Atlantic meridional overturning circulation during the Last Glacial Maximum.

Jean Lynch-Stieglitz;Jess F. Adkins;William B. Curry;Trond Dokken

486
Citations
Consistently dated Atlantic sediment cores over the last 40 thousand years

Claire Waelbroeck;Bryan C. Lougheed;Natalia Vázquez Riveiros;Natalia Vázquez Riveiros;Lise Missiaen

417
Citations
Marine radiocarbon evidence for the mechanism of deglacial atmospheric CO2 rise.

Thomas M. Marchitto;Scott J. Lehman;Joseph D. Ortiz;Jacqueline Flückiger

345
Citations
Last Glacial Maximum ocean thermohaline circulation: PMIP2 model intercomparisons and data constraints

B.L. Otto-Bliesner;C.D. Hewitt;T.M. Marchitto;E. Brady

259
Citations
Interlaboratory comparison study of Mg/Ca and Sr/Ca measurements in planktonic foraminifera for paleoceanographic research

Yair Rosenthal;Suzanne Perron‐Cashman;Caroline H. Lear;Edouard Bard

250
Citations
Interlaboratory comparison study of calibration standards for foraminiferal Mg/Ca thermometry

M. Greaves;N. Caillon;H. Rebaubier;G. Bartoli

234
Citations
Improved oxygen isotope temperature calibrations for cosmopolitan benthic foraminifera

T.M. Marchitto;T.M. Marchitto;W.B. Curry;J. Lynch-Stieglitz;S.P. Bryan;S.P. Bryan

227
Citations
Deep water mass geometry in the glacial Atlantic Ocean: A review of constraints from the paleonutrient proxy Cd/Ca

Thomas M. Marchitto;Wallace S. Broecker

213
Citations
Dynamical response of the tropical Pacific Ocean to solar forcing during the early Holocene.

Thomas M. Marchitto;Raimund Muscheler;Joseph D. Ortiz;Jose D. Carriquiry

181
Citations
Precise Temporal Correlation of Holocene Mollusk Shells Using Sclerochronology

Thomas M. Marchitto;Glenn A. Jones;Glenn A. Goodfriend;Christopher R. Weidman

179
Citations
Millennial-scale changes in North Atlantic circulation since the last glaciation

Thomas M. Marchitto;William B. Curry;Delia W. Oppo

175
Citations
Enhanced marine productivity off western North America during warm climate intervals of the past 52 k.y.

J.D. Ortiz;S.B. O'Connell;J. DelViscio;W. Dean

167
Citations
Zinc concentrations in benthic foraminifera reflect seawater chemistry

Thomas M. Marchitto;William B. Curry;Delia W. Oppo

164
Citations
Deep Pacific CaCO 3 compensation and glacial-interglacial atmospheric CO 2

Thomas M. Marchitto;Jean Lynch-Stieglitz;Sidney R. Hemming

162
Citations
Dynamical excitation of the tropical Pacific Ocean and ENSO variability by Little Ice Age cooling

Gerald T. Rustic;Athanasios Koutavas;Athanasios Koutavas;Thomas M. Marchitto;Braddock K. Linsley

156
Citations
Mg/Ca–temperature proxy in benthic foraminifera: New calibrations from the Florida Straits and a hypothesis regarding Mg/Li

Sean P. Bryan;Thomas M. Marchitto

155
Citations
Consistently dated Atlantic sediment cores

Claire Waelbroeck;Bryan C Lougheed;Natalia Vázquez Riveiros;Lise Missiaen

2
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Jean Lynch-Stieglitz Georgia Institute of Technology

Delia W Oppo Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

Anders E. Carlson Oregon State University

Trond Dokken NORCE Research

Stéphanie Desprat University of Bordeaux

Maria Fernanda Sanchez Goñi University of Bordeaux

Luke C Skinner University of Cambridge

Konrad A Hughen Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

Frank Peeters University of Konstanz

William E. N. Austin University of St Andrews

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