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Thomas Westerhold

Thomas Westerhold

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Earth Science

D-Index
45
Citations
10048
World Ranking
4365
National Ranking
304

Overview

Thomas Westerhold is affiliated with the University of Bremen in Germany. Their research primarily spans the field of Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a focus on Environmental Chemistry, Atmospheric Science, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Paleontology, and Geophysics. Westerhold's work engages with multiple specialized topics including Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena, Geology and Paleoclimatology Research, Geological and Geophysical Studies, Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils, Isotope Analysis in Ecology, Astro and Planetary Science, and Geomagnetism and Paleomagnetism Studies.

Westerhold has published extensively in scientific venues such as Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research), Publishing Network for Geoscientific and Environmental Data (PANGAEA) hosted by the Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research, Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology, Abstracts with programs - Geological Society of America, and Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology.

Among their notable recent papers are:

  • An astronomically dated record of Earth's climate and its predictability over the last 66 million years, 2020, Science
  • On impact and volcanism across the Cretaceous-Paleogene boundary, 2020, Science
  • Continental-scale geographic change across Zealandia during Paleogene subduction initiation, 2020, Geology
  • Astronomically controlled aridity in the Sahara since at least 11 million years ago, 2022, Nature Geoscience
  • Organic carbon burial in Mediterranean sapropels intensified during Green Sahara Periods since 3.2 Myr ago, 2022, Communications Earth & Environment

Their frequent co-authors include Edoardo Dallanave, Donald E. Penman, Jens O. Herrle, Steven M. Bohaty, and Sietske J. Batenburg.

The scope of Westerhold's research integrates geological and atmospheric processes over geological time scales, contributing to a nuanced understanding of climate predictability and environmental dynamics. Their publication record demonstrates interdisciplinary engagement with topics related to paleoclimate, stratigraphy, and geophysical phenomena.

Best Publications

  • An astronomically dated record of Earth's climate and its predictability over the last 66 million years.

    Thomas Westerhold;Norbert Marwan;Norbert Marwan;Anna Joy Drury;Anna Joy Drury;Diederik Liebrand

  • On the duration of the Paleocene-Eocene thermal maximum (PETM)

    Ursula Röhl;Thomas Westerhold;Timothy J. Bralower;James C. Zachos

  • A Cenozoic record of the equatorial Pacific carbonate compensation depth

    Heiko Pälike;Mitchell W. Lyle;Hiroshi Nishi;Isabella Raffi

  • Tempo and scale of late Paleocene and early Eocene carbon isotope cycles: Implications for the origin of hyperthermals

    James C Zachos;Heather K McCarren;Brandon Murphy;Ursula Röhl

  • Astronomical calibration of the Paleocene time

    Thomas Westerhold;Ursula Röhl;Isabella Raffi;Eliana Fornaciari

  • Eocene global warming events driven by ventilation of oceanic dissolved organic carbon

    Philip F. Sexton;Philip F. Sexton;Philip F. Sexton;Richard D. Norris;Paul A. Wilson;Heiko Pälike

  • On impact and volcanism across the Cretaceous-Paleogene boundary

    Pincelli M. Hull;André Bornemann;Donald E. Penman;Michael J. Henehan;Michael J. Henehan

  • On the duration of magnetochrons C24r and C25n and the timing of early Eocene global warming events: Implications from the Ocean Drilling Program Leg 208 Walvis Ridge depth transect

    Thomas Westerhold;Ursula Röhl;Jacques Laskar;Isabella Raffi

  • The DeepMIP contribution to PMIP4: methodologies for selection, compilation and analysis of latest Paleocene and early Eocene climate proxy data, incorporating version 0.1 of the DeepMIP database

    Christopher J Hollis;Tom Dunkley Jones;Eleni Anagnostou;Eleni Anagnostou;Peter K Bijl

  • Two massive, rapid releases of carbon during the onset of the Palaeocene–Eocene thermal maximum

    Gabriel J. Bowen;Bianca J. Maibauer;Mary J. Kraus;Ursula Röhl

  • Middle to late Miocene oxygen isotope stratigraphy of ODP site 1085 (SE Atlantic): new constrains on Miocene climate variability and sea-level fluctuations

    Thomas Westerhold;Torsten Bickert;Ursula Röhl

  • The Cenomanian - Turonian of the Wunstorf section - (North Germany): global stratigraphic reference section and new orbital time scale for Oceanic Anoxic Event 2

    Silke Voigt;Jochen Erbacher;Jörg Mutterlose;Wolfgang Weiss

  • Latest on the absolute age of the Paleocene–Eocene Thermal Maximum (PETM): New insights from exact stratigraphic position of key ash layers + 19 and − 17

    Thomas Westerhold;Ursula Röhl;Heather K. McCarren;James C. Zachos

  • A complete high‐resolution Paleocene benthic stable isotope record for the central Pacific (ODP Site 1209)

    Thomas Westerhold;Ursula Röhl;Barbara Donner;Heather K. McCarren

  • Global Extent of Early Eocene Hyperthermal Events: A New Pacific Benthic Foraminiferal Isotope Record From Shatsky Rise (ODP Site 1209)

    Thomas Westerhold;Ursula Röhl;Barbara Donner;James C Zachos

  • A high-resolution benthic stable-isotope record for the South Atlantic: Implications for orbital-scale changes in Late Paleocene–Early Eocene climate and carbon cycling

    Kate Littler;Ursula Röhl;Thomas Westerhold;James C. Zachos

  • A 3 million year index for North African humidity/aridity and the implication of potential pan-African Humid periods

    Katharine M Grant;Eelco J Rohling;Eelco J Rohling;Thomas Westerhold;Matthias Zabel

  • Astronomical calibration of the Ypresian timescale: implications for seafloor spreading rates and the chaotic behavior of the solar system?

    Thomas Westerhold;Ursula Röhl;Thomas Frederichs;Claudia Agnini

  • Time scale controversy: Accurate orbital calibration of the early Paleogene

    Thomas Westerhold;Ursula Röhl;Jacques Laskar

  • A High-Fidelity Benthic Stable Isotope Record of Late Cretaceous-Early Eocene Climate Change and Carbon-cycling

    James S K Barnet;Kate Littler;Thomas Westerhold;Dick Kroon

Frequent Co-Authors

Roy H Wilkens
Roy H Wilkens University of Hawaiʻi Sea Grant
James C. Zachos
James C. Zachos University of California, Santa Cruz
Mitchell W Lyle
Mitchell W Lyle Oregon State University
Isabella Raffi
Isabella Raffi University of Chieti-Pescara
Jun Tian
Jun Tian Tongji University
Ursula Röhl
Ursula Röhl University of Bremen
Heiko Pälike
Heiko Pälike University of Bremen
Steven M Bohaty
Steven M Bohaty University of Southampton
Jacques Laskar
Jacques Laskar Université Paris Cité
Lucas Joost Lourens
Lucas Joost Lourens Utrecht University

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