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Torbjörn E. Törnqvist

Torbjörn E. Törnqvist publication distribution in Earth Science in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Earth Science in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Torbjörn E. Törnqvist sits on this spectrum.

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Torbjörn E. Törnqvist D-index placement in Earth Science in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Earth Science scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Torbjörn E. Törnqvist sits on this spectrum.

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Overview

Torbjörn E. Törnqvist is affiliated with Tulane University in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Earth and Planetary Sciences and Environmental Science, with a notable focus on subfields such as Earth-Surface Processes, Ecology, Atmospheric Science, Oceanography, and Global and Planetary Change.

Their work addresses several main topics including Coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics, Coastal and Marine Dynamics, Geological formations and processes, Geology and Paleoclimatology Research, Geophysics and Gravity Measurements, Climate variability and models, and Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes.

Notable recent papers authored or co-authored by Törnqvist include:

  • "Global-scale human impact on delta morphology has led to net land area gain" (2020, Nature)
  • "Measuring, modelling and projecting coastal land subsidence" (2020, Nature Reviews Earth & Environment)
  • "Tipping points of Mississippi Delta marshes due to accelerated sea-level rise" (2020, Science Advances)
  • "Widespread retreat of coastal habitat is likely at warming levels above 1.5 °C" (2023, Nature)
  • "Acceleration of U.S. Southeast and Gulf coast sea-level rise amplified by internal climate variability" (2023, Nature Communications)

Törnqvist frequently collaborates with other researchers. Their frequent co-authors are:

  • Jaap H. Nienhuis
  • Sönke Dangendorf
  • W. Kim
  • Guandong Li
  • Andrew D. Ashton

Publication outlets that regularly feature Törnqvist's research include:

  • Nature
  • Nature Communications
  • Journal of Geophysical Research Earth Surface
  • Abstracts with programs - Geological Society of America
  • Nature Reviews Earth & Environment

Best Publications

  • Fluvial responses to climate and sea‐level change: a review and look forward

    Michael D. Blum;Torbjörn E. Törnqvist

  • Mississippi Delta subsidence primarily caused by compaction of Holocene strata

    Torbjörn E. Törnqvist;Davin J. Wallace;Davin J. Wallace;Joep E. A. Storms;Joep E. A. Storms;Jakob Wallinga;Jakob Wallinga

  • Global-scale human impact on delta morphology has led to net land area gain

    J. H. Nienhuis;A. D. Ashton;D. A. Edmonds;A. J. F. Hoitink

  • Vulnerability of Louisiana's coastal wetlands to present-day rates of relative sea-level rise

    Krista L. Jankowski;Torbjörn E Törnqvist;Anjali M Fernandes

  • Measuring, modelling and projecting coastal land subsidence

    Manoochehr Shirzaei;Jeffrey Freymueller;Torbjörn E. Törnqvist;Devin L. Galloway

  • Deciphering Holocene sea-level history on the U.S. Gulf Coast: A high-resolution record from the Mississippi Delta

    Torbjörn E. Törnqvist;Juan L. González;Lee A. Newsom;Klaas van der Borg

  • Spatial variability of late Holocene and 20th century sea-level rise along the Atlantic coast of the United States

    Simon E. Engelhart;Benjamin P. Horton;Bruce C. Douglas;W. Richard Peltier

  • Accurate Dating of Organic Deposits by AMS 14C Measurement of Macrofossils

    Torbjörn E. Törnqvist;Arie F. M. de Jong;Wilma A. Oosterbaan;Klaas Van Der Borg

  • Holocene Alternation of Meandering and Anastomosing Fluvial Systems in the Rhine-Meuse Delta (Central Netherlands) Controlled by Sea-Level Rise and Subsoil Erodibility

    Torbjorn E. Tornqvist

  • Spatial variation of overbank aggradation rate and its influence on avulsion frequency

    Torbjörn E. Törnqvist;John S. Bridge

  • A Revised Chronology for Mississippi River Subdeltas

    Torbjörn E. Törnqvist;Tristram R. Kidder;Whitney J. Autin;Klaas van der Borg

  • Links between early Holocene ice-sheet decay, sea-level rise and abrupt climate change

    Torbjörn E. Törnqvist;Marc P. Hijma

  • Middle and late Holocene avulsion history of the River Rhine (Rhine-Meuse delta, Netherlands)

    Torbjörn E. Törnqvist

  • Testing optically stimulated luminescence dating of sand-sized quartz and feldspar from fluvial deposits

    J. Wallinga;J. Wallinga;J. Wallinga;A.S. Murray;G.A.T. Duller;T.E. Törnqvist

  • Inception of a global atlas of sea levels since the Last Glacial Maximum

    Nicole S Khan;Nicole S Khan;Benjamin P Horton;Simon E. Engelhart;Alessio Rovere

  • HOLOCENE CENTURY-SCALE TEMPERATURE VARIABILITY FROM WEST GREENLAND LAKE RECORDS

    Nico W. Willemse;Torbjörn E. Törnqvist

  • How stable is the Mississippi Delta

    Torbjörn E. Törnqvist;Scott J. Bick;Klaas van der Borg;Arie F.M. de Jong

  • Tracking the sea‐level signature of the 8.2 ka cooling event: New constraints from the Mississippi Delta

    Torbjörn E. Törnqvist;Scott J. Bick;Juan L. González;Klaas van der Borg

  • A protocol for a geological sea-level database

    Marc P. Hijma;Simon E. Engelhart;Torbjörn E. Törnqvist;Benjamin P. Horton;Benjamin P. Horton

  • Tipping points of Mississippi Delta marshes due to accelerated sea-level rise.

    Torbjörn E. Törnqvist;Krista L. Jankowski;Yong-Xiang Li;Yong-Xiang Li;Juan L. González;Juan L. González

  • Episodic overbank deposition as a dominant mechanism of floodplain and delta-plain aggradation

    Zhixiong Shen;Torbjörn E. Törnqvist;Barbara Mauz;Elizabeth L. Chamberlain

Frequent Co-Authors

Benjamin P. Horton
Benjamin P. Horton City University of Hong Kong
Jakob Wallinga
Jakob Wallinga Wageningen University & Research
Simon E. Engelhart
Simon E. Engelhart Durham University
Glenn A. Milne
Glenn A. Milne University of Ottawa
Andrea Dutton
Andrea Dutton University of Florida
Yongxiang Li
Yongxiang Li RMIT University
Lev Tarasov
Lev Tarasov Memorial University of Newfoundland
Douglas A. Edmonds
Douglas A. Edmonds Indiana University
W. R. Peltier
W. R. Peltier University of Toronto
Albert J. Kettner
Albert J. Kettner University of Colorado Boulder

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