2026 Tim K. Lowenstein: 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	54	2693	2453	1117	992	180	10728

Overview

Tim K. Lowenstein is affiliated with Binghamton University in the United States. Their primary field of study is Earth and Planetary Sciences, with significant contributions spanning several subfields, including Atmospheric Science, Paleontology, Geochemistry and Petrology, Ecology, and Earth-Surface Processes. Their research engages extensively with topics related to geology and paleoclimatology, paleontology and stratigraphy of fossils, and various aspects of geochemistry and geological formations.

Their work covers a range of main topics, specifically:

Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils
Geological formations and processes
Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology
Groundwater and Isotope Geochemistry
Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping
Geochemistry and Elemental Analysis

Tim K. Lowenstein has published frequently in several academic venues. The most prolific publication venues include:

Abstracts with programs - Geological Society of America
Sedimentology
Geological Society of America Bulletin
Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology
Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology

Some of their recent papers demonstrate the breadth of their research interests and collaboration. Notable works include:

"Toward a Cenozoic history of atmospheric CO ₂", 2023, Science
"The role of hydrothermal fluids in sedimentation in saline alkaline lakes: Evidence from Nasikie Engida, Kenya Rift Valley", 2020, Sedimentology
"Brine: Genesis and Sustainable Resource Recovery Worldwide", 2023, Annual Review of Environment and Resources
"Identifying plant wax inputs in lake sediments using machine learning", 2021, Organic Geochemistry
"Sedimentology and stratigraphy of a modern halite sequence formed under Dead Sea level fall", 2020, Sedimentology

Their research collaborations include frequent co-authorship with the following researchers:

Kristian J. Olson
Mebrahtu Weldeghebriel
R. Bernhart Owen
Robin W. Renaut
Andrew S. Cohen

Best Publications

Oscillations in Phanerozoic Seawater Chemistry: Evidence from Fluid Inclusions

Tim K. Lowenstein;Michael N. Timofeeff;Sean T. Brennan;Lawrence A. Hardie

677
Citations
Tropical climate changes at millennial and orbital timescales on the Bolivian Altiplano

Paul A. Baker;Catherine A. Rigsby;Geoffrey O. Seltzer;Sherilyn C. Fritz

589
Citations
Criteria for the recognition of salt-pan evaporites

Tim K. Lowenstein;Lawrence A. Hardie

526
Citations
Melting behavior of fluid inclusions in laboratory-grown halite crystals in the systems NaClH2O, NaClKClH2O, NaClMgCl2H2O, and NaClCaCl2H2O☆

Daniel W Davis;Tim K Lowenstein;Ronald J Spencer

457
Citations
Chemistry and mineralogy of outcrops at Meridiani Planum

Benton C. Clark;R. V. Morris;S. M. McLennan;R. Gellert

429
Citations
Secular variation in seawater chemistry and the origin of calcium chloride basinal brines

Tim K. Lowenstein;Lawrence A. Hardie;Michael N. Timofeeff;Robert V. Demicco

429
Citations
Seawater chemistry and the advent of biocalcification

Sean T. Brennan;Tim K. Lowenstein;Juske Horita

305
Citations
Hydrologic variation during the last 170,000 years in the southern hemisphere tropics of South America

Sherilyn C. Fritz;Paul A. Baker;Tim K. Lowenstein;Geoffrey O. Seltzer

281
Citations
A 106ka paleoclimate record from drill core of the Salar de Atacama, northern Chile

Andrew L. Bobst;Tim K. Lowenstein;Teresa E. Jordan;Linda V. Godfrey

274
Citations
200 k.y. paleoclimate record from Death Valley salt core

Tim K. Lowenstein;Jianren Li;Christopher Brown;Sheila M. Roberts

210
Citations
Elevated Eocene Atmospheric CO2 and Its Subsequent Decline

Tim K. Lowenstein;Robert V. Demicco

209
Citations
Diagenesis of saline pan halite; comparison of petrographic features of modern, Quaternary and Permian halites

Enrique Casas;Tim K. Lowenstein

194
Citations
Chapter 3 Depositional Environments of Non-Marine Evaporites

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194
Citations
Secular variation in the major-ion chemistry of seawater: Evidence from fluid inclusions in Cretaceous halites

Michael N. Timofeeff;Tim K. Lowenstein;Maria Augusta Martins da Silva;Nicholas B. Harris

188
Citations
Closed Basin Brine Evolution and the Influence of Ca–Cl Inflow Waters: Death Valley and Bristol Dry Lake California, Qaidam Basin, China, and Salar de Atacama, Chile

Tim K. Lowenstein;François Risacher

180
Citations
Microbial communities in fluid inclusions and long-term survival in halite

Tim K. Lowenstein;Brian A. Schubert;Michael N. Timofeeff

176
Citations
Model of seawater composition for the Phanerozoic

Robert V. Demicco;Tim K. Lowenstein;Lawrence A. Hardie;Ronald J. Spencer

175
Citations
Toward a Cenozoic history of atmospheric CO2

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174
Citations
Origin of ancient potash evaporites: clues from the modem nonmarine qaidam basin of Western china.

Tim K. Lowenstein;Ronald J. Spencer;Zhang Pengxi

166
Citations
The major-ion composition of Permian seawater

Tim K. Lowenstein;Michael N. Timofeeff;Volodymyr M. Kovalevych;Juske Horita

156
Citations
U-series chronology of lacustrine deposits in Death Valley, California

Teh Lung Ku;Shangde Luo;Shangde Luo;Shangde Luo;Tim K. Lowenstein;Tim K. Lowenstein;Tim K. Lowenstein;Jianren Li;Jianren Li;Jianren Li

145
Citations
The Geologic History of Seawater

T. K. Lowenstein;B. Kendall;Ariel Anbar

123
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Robin W. Renaut University of Saskatchewan

Andrew S. Cohen University of Arizona

R. Bernhart Owen Hong Kong Baptist University

Alan L. Deino Berkeley Geochronology Center

Alan R. Carroll University of Wisconsin–Madison

Teh-Lung Ku University of Southern California

Dioni I. Cendón Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation

Lawrence A. Hardie Johns Hopkins University

Henry F. Lamb Aberystwyth University

Teresa E. Jordan Cornell University

External Links

Personal website of Tim K. Lowenstein

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