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Volker Liebetrau 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 Volker Liebetrau sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 510+

This scientist: 255 publications — 78th percentile

78% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 510 publications or more.

Volker Liebetrau 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 Volker Liebetrau sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 94+

This scientist: 43 D-Index — 37th percentile

37% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 94 D-Index or more.

Overview

Volker Liebetrau is affiliated with GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel in Germany. Their research primarily spans the fields of Earth and Planetary Sciences and Environmental Science. Their work includes significant contributions to various subfields such as Geochemistry and Petrology, Oceanography, Atmospheric Science, Environmental Chemistry, and Geophysics.

The scientist's recent publications cover multiple aspects of geochemistry, oceanography, and paleoclimate. Notable papers include:

  • Kinetics of Olivine Weathering in Seawater: An Experimental Study (2022, Frontiers in Climate)
  • Permian-Triassic mass extinction pulses driven by major marine carbon cycle perturbations (2020, Nature Geoscience)
  • Offshore Freshened Groundwater in Continental Margins (2020, Reviews of Geophysics)
  • Ocean acidification during the early Toarcian extinction event: Evidence from boron isotopes in brachiopods (2020, Geology)
  • Recycling and Burial of Biogenic Silica in an Open Margin Oxygen Minimum Zone (2020, Global Biogeochemical Cycles)

Volker Liebetrau frequently collaborates with other researchers, including:

  • Anton Eisenhauer
  • Mark Schmidt
  • Klaus Wallmann
  • Hana Jurikova
  • Marcus Gutjahr

Their work often appears in journals such as Nature Geoscience, Geology, Nature Communications, Biogeosciences, and Chemical Geology, with at least two publications in each of these venues.

Their research topics and main areas of focus are diverse and include:

  • Geochemistry and Elemental Analysis
  • Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena
  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
  • Groundwater and Isotope Geochemistry
  • Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils
  • Marine and coastal ecosystems
  • Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis

This broad range of research topics reflects an interdisciplinary approach combining geochemistry, oceanography, and environmental sciences aimed at understanding complex Earth system processes.

Best Publications

  • Temporal constraints on hydrate-controlled methane seepage off Svalbard.

    Christian Berndt;Tomas Feseker;Tina Treude;Sebastien Krastel

  • Rapid sea-level rise and reef back-stepping at the close of the last interglacial highstand

    Paul Blanchon;Anton Eisenhauer;Jan Fietzke;Volker Liebetrau

  • Early diagenesis of redox-sensitive trace metals in the Peru upwelling area – response to ENSO-related oxygen fluctuations in the water column

    Florian Scholz;Christian Hensen;Anna Noffke;Anne Rohde

  • Microbial nucleation of Mg-rich dolomite in exopolymeric substances under anoxic modern seawater salinity: New insight into an old enigma

    Stefan Krause;Volker Liebetrau;Stanislav Gorb;Mónica Sánchez-Román

  • Thallium isotope variations in seawater and hydrogenetic, diagenetic, and hydrothermal ferromanganese deposits

    M. Rehkämper;Martin Frank;J. R. Hein;D. Porcelli

  • Constraining the marine strontium budget with natural strontium isotope fractionations (87Sr/86Sr∗, δ88/86Sr) of carbonates, hydrothermal solutions and river waters

    André Krabbenhöft;Anton Eisenhauer;Florian Böhm;Hauke Vollstaedt

  • Kinetics of Olivine Weathering in Seawater: An Experimental Study

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  • Determination of radiogenic and stable strontium isotope ratios (87Sr/86Sr; δ88/86Sr) by thermal ionization mass spectrometry applying an 87Sr/84Sr double spike

    André Krabbenhöft;Jan Fietzke;Anton Eisenhauer;Volker Liebetrau

  • An alternative data acquisition and evaluation strategy for improved isotope ratio precision using LA-MC-ICP-MS applied to stable and radiogenic strontium isotopes in carbonates

    Jan Fietzke;Volker Liebetrau;D. Günther;K. Gurs

  • Stable strontium isotopes (δ88/86Sr) in cold-water corals — A new proxy for reconstruction of intermediate ocean water temperatures

    Andres Rüggeberg;Jan Fietzke;Volker Liebetrau;Anton Eisenhauer

  • Permian–Triassic mass extinction pulses driven by major marine carbon cycle perturbations

    Hana Jurikova;Hana Jurikova;Marcus Gutjahr;Klaus Wallmann;Sascha Flögel

  • The Phanerozoic δ88/86Sr record of seawater: New constraints on past changes in oceanic carbonate fluxes

    Hauke Vollstaedt;Anton Eisenhauer;Klaus Wallmann;Florian Böhm

  • Organic carbon production, mineralisation and preservation on the Peruvian margin

    Andrew W. Dale;Stefan Sommer;Ulrike Lomnitz;Ivonne Montes

  • Stable Sr-isotope, Sr/Ca, Mg/Ca, Li/Ca and Mg/Li ratios in the scleractinian cold-water coral Lophelia pertusa

    J. Raddatz;V. Liebetrau;A. Rüggeberg;A. Rüggeberg;E. Hathorne

  • Past methane release events and environmental conditions at the upper continental slope of the South China Sea: constraints by seep carbonates

    Xiqiu Han;Erwin Suess;Erwin Suess;Volker Liebetrau;Anton Eisenhauer

  • Determination of uranium isotope ratios by multi-static MIC-ICP-MS: method and implementation for precise U- and Th-series isotope measurements

    J. Fietzke;V. Liebetrau;A. Eisenhauer;Ch. Dullo

  • Quantification of methane emissions at abandoned gas wells in the Central North Sea

    Lisa Vielstädte;Jens Karstens;Matthias Haeckel;Mark Schmidt

  • Salt marsh accretion and storm tide variation: an example from a Barrier Island in the North Sea

    Mark Schuerch;J. Rapaglia;V. Liebetrau;A. Vafeidis

  • Cold seep carbonates and associated cold-water corals at the Hikurangi Margin, New Zealand: New insights into fluid pathways, growth structures and geochronology

    Volker Liebetrau;Anton Eisenhauer;Peter Linke

  • Factors influencing the distribution of epibenthic megafauna across the Peruvian oxygen minimum zone

    Thomas Mosch;Stefan Sommer;Marcus Dengler;Anna Noffke

  • Offshore freshened groundwater in continental margins

    Aaron Micallef;Mark Person;Christian Berndt;Claudia Bertoni

  • The Phanerozoic δ88/86Sr Record of Seawater: New Constraints on Past Changes in Oceanic Carbonate Fluxes

    Hauke Vollstaedt;Anton Eisenhauer;Klaus Wallmann;Florian Böhm

Frequent Co-Authors

Anton Eisenhauer
Anton Eisenhauer GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel
Christian Hensen
Christian Hensen GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel
Mark Schmidt
Mark Schmidt GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel
Klaus Wallmann
Klaus Wallmann GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel
Jan Fietzke
Jan Fietzke GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel
Florian Scholz
Florian Scholz Universität Hamburg
Tina Treude
Tina Treude University of California, Los Angeles
Christian Berndt
Christian Berndt GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel
Peter Linke
Peter Linke GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel
Stefan Krause
Stefan Krause University of Birmingham

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