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Ursula Röhl is affiliated with the University of Bremen in Germany and is engaged in research primarily within the field of Earth and Planetary Sciences. Their work encompasses various subfields, including Atmospheric Science, Ocean Engineering, Paleontology, Geophysics, and Environmental Chemistry.

The scientist's research spans multiple topics, among which are:

  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
  • Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils
  • Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena
  • Reservoir Engineering and Simulation Methods
  • Geological and Geophysical Studies
  • Drilling and Well Engineering
  • Hydrocarbon Exploration and Reservoir Analysis

Ursula Röhl has contributed significantly to the scientific literature with notable publications including:

  • "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
  • "Astronomically controlled aridity in the Sahara since at least 11 million years ago," 2022, Nature Geoscience
  • "Holocene tephra record of Lake Veliko jezero, Croatia: implications for the central Mediterranean tephrostratigraphy and sea level rise," 2020, Boreas
  • "Past climate variations recorded in needle-like aragonites correlate with organic carbon burial efficiency as revealed by lake sediments in Croatia," 2021, Scientific Reports

In addition to journal articles, their contributions extend to book publications, including works such as:

  • Expedition 378 Preliminary Report: South Pacific Paleogene Climate, 2020, published by Preliminary report
  • Volume 378 South Pacific Paleogene Climate, 2022, published by Proceedings of the International Ocean Discovery Program. Expedition reports

Ursula Röhl's research has appeared frequently in venues such as:

  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology
  • OPAL (Open@LaTrobe) (La Trobe University)
  • Science
  • Geological Society of America Bulletin

The scientist has collaborated extensively with a number of frequent co-authors, which include:

  • Timothy J. Bralower
  • Thomas Westerhold
  • James C. Zachos
  • Daniel Clay Kelly
  • Stephen A. Schellenberg

Best Publications

  • Southward Migration of the Intertropical Convergence Zone Through the Holocene

    Gerald H. Haug;Konrad A. Hughen;Daniel M. Sigman;Larry C. Peterson

  • 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

  • Rapid acidification of the ocean during the Paleocene-Eocene thermal maximum.

    James C. Zachos;Ursula Röhl;Stephen A. Schellenberg;Appy Sluijs

  • Rapid changes in the hydrologic cycle of the tropical Atlantic during the last glacial.

    Larry C. Peterson;Gerald H. Haug;Konrad A. Hughen;Ursula Röhl

  • Astronomical pacing of late Palaeocene to early Eocene global warming events

    Lucas J. Lourens;Appy Sluijs;Dick Kroon;James C. Zachos

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

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

  • Influence of the water content on X-ray fluorescence core-scanning measurements in soft marine sediments

    Rik Tjallingii;Ursula Röhl;Martin Kölling;Torsten Bickert

  • Links between tropical rainfall and North Atlantic climate during the last glacial period

    Gaudenz Deplazes;Andreas Lückge;Larry C. Peterson;Axel Timmermann

  • Holocene rainfall variability in southern Chile: a marine record of latitudinal shifts of the Southern Westerlies

    Frank Lamy;Dierk Hebbeln;Ursula Röhl;Gerold Wefer

  • Carbon cycling and chronology of climate warming during the Palaeocene/Eocene transition

    Richard D Norris;Ursula Röhl

  • Onset of “Hudson Strait” Heinrich events in the eastern North Atlantic at the end of the middle Pleistocene transition (∼640 ka)?

    David A. Hodell;David A. Hodell;James E. T. Channell;Jason H. Curtis;Oscar E. Romero

  • New chronology for the late Paleocene thermal maximum and its environmental implications

    U. Röhl;T.J. Bralower;R.D. Norris;G. Wefer

  • 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

  • Persistent near-tropical warmth on the Antarctic continent during the early Eocene epoch

    Jörg Pross;Lineth Contreras;Peter K. Bijl;David R. Greenwood

  • Astronomical calibration of the Paleocene time

    Thomas Westerhold;Ursula Röhl;Isabella Raffi;Eliana Fornaciari

  • Dynamic behaviour of the East Antarctic ice sheet during Pliocene warmth

    Carys P. Cook;Tina van de Flierdt;Trevor Williams;Sidney R. Hemming;Sidney R. Hemming

  • Timing and nature of the deepening of the Tasmanian Gateway

    Catherine E. Stickley;Henk Brinkhuis;Stephen A. Schellenberg;Appy Sluijs

  • Coherent high- and low-latitude control of the northwest African hydrological balance

    Rik Tjallingii;Rik Tjallingii;Martin Claussen;Martin Claussen;Jan Berend W Stuut;Jens Fohlmeister

  • 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

  • Synchronous tropical and polar temperature evolution in the Eocene

    Margot J Cramwinckel;Matthew Huber;Ilja J Kocken;Claudia Agnini

Frequent Co-Authors

Thomas Westerhold
Thomas Westerhold University of Bremen
Francisco J Jiménez-Espejo
Francisco J Jiménez-Espejo Spanish National Research Council
Henk Brinkhuis
Henk Brinkhuis Utrecht University
André Bornemann
André Bornemann Federal Institute for Geosciences and Natural Resources
James C. Zachos
James C. Zachos University of California, Santa Cruz
Carlota Escutia
Carlota Escutia University of Granada
Steven M Bohaty
Steven M Bohaty University of Southampton
Richard D. Norris
Richard D. Norris University of California, San Diego
Heiko Pälike
Heiko Pälike University of Bremen

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