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Wolfram M. Kürschner

Wolfram M. Kürschner

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Earth Science

D-Index
42
Citations
7169
World Ranking
5214
National Ranking
62

Overview

Wolfram M. Kürschner is affiliated with the University of Oslo in Norway. Their research primarily spans the field of Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a total of 37 publications contributing to this area. Within this broad field, Kürschner has made significant contributions to several subfields, including Paleontology (14 publications), Atmospheric Science (9 publications), Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics (9 publications), Geology (6 publications), and Geophysics (5 publications).

The core topics of Kürschner's work include Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils, with 22 publications, Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (16 publications), Plant Diversity and Evolution (12 publications), Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena, Hydrocarbon Exploration and Reservoir Analysis, as well as Geological and Geophysical and Geochemical Studies, each with 8 publications.

Recent papers authored or coauthored by Kürschner cover a range of subjects related to paleoclimate and geological changes. Notable works include The Miocene: The Future of the Past (2020) published in Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology; Toward a Cenozoic history of atmospheric CO 2 (2023) in Science; Massive and rapid predominantly volcanic CO 2 emission during the end-Permian mass extinction (2021) appearing in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences; Palaeovegetation and palaeoclimate changes across the Triassic-Jurassic transition in the Sichuan Basin, China (2020) in Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology; and Macroecological patterns of the terrestrial vegetation history during the end-Triassic biotic crisis in the central European Basin: A palynological study of the Bonenburg section (NW-Germany) and its supra-regional implications (2020) published in Global and Planetary Change.

Kürschner frequently collaborates with a group of coauthors contributing to their research output. These include Yongdong Wang with 6 coauthored works, Ying Cui and Liqin Li each with 4, as well as Margret Steinthorsdottir and Micha Ruhl with 3 collaborations each.

Their publications are often found in specific venues reflective of their interdisciplinary research focus. These journals include Global and Planetary Change (4 publications), Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology (3 publications), Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology, Science, and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, each with at least one publication.

Best Publications

  • The impact of Miocene atmospheric carbon dioxide fluctuations on climate and the evolution of terrestrial ecosystems

    Wolfram M. Kürschner;Zlatko Kvaček;David L. Dilcher

  • The Miocene: The Future of the Past

    M. Steinthorsdottir;M. Steinthorsdottir;H. K. Coxall;A. M. de Boer;M. Huber

  • Paleoatmospheric Signatures in Neogene Fossil Leaves

    Johan Van Der Burgh;Henk Visscher;David L. Dilcher;Wolfram M. Kürschner

  • Oak leaves as biosensors of late Neogene and early Pleistocene paleoatmospheric CO2 concentrations

    Wolfram M. Kürschner;Johan van der Burgh;Henk Visscher;David L. Dilcher

  • Environmental mutagenesis during the end-Permian ecological crisis

    Henk Visscher;Cindy V. Looy;Margaret E. Collinson;Henk Brinkhuis

  • Atmospheric carbon injection linked to end-Triassic mass extinction

    Micha Ruhl;Micha Ruhl;Nina R. Bonis;Nina R. Bonis;Gert-Jan Reichart;Jaap S. Sinninghe Damsté

  • A new chronology for the end-Triassic mass extinction

    M.H.L. Deenen;M. Ruhl;N.R. Bonis;W. Krijgsman

  • Carbon-isotope stratigraphy and palynostratigraphy of the Triassic–Jurassic transition in the Tiefengraben section — Northern Calcareous Alps (Austria)

    Wolfram M. Kuerschner;Nina R. Bonis;Leopold Krystyn

  • The anatomical diversity of recent and fossil leaves of the durmast oak (Quercus petraea Lieblein/Q. pseudocastanea Goeppert) — implications for their use as biosensors of palaeoatmospheric CO2 levels

    Wolfram M. Kürschner

  • Triassic–Jurassic organic carbon isotope stratigraphy of key sections in the western Tethys realm (Austria)

    Micha Ruhl;Wolfram M. Kürschner;Leopold Krystyn

  • Triassic palynology of central and northwestern Europe: a review of palynofloral diversity patterns and biostratigraphic subdivisions

    Wolfram M. Kürschner;G. F. Waldemaar Herngreen

  • The global stratotype sections and point (GSSP) for the base of the jurassic system at kuhjoch (Karwendel Mountains, Northern Calcareous Alps, Tyrol, Austria)

    A. V. Hillebrandt;L. Krystyn;W. M. Kurschner;N. R. Bonis

  • Century-scale shifts in early holocene atmospheric CO2 concentration

    Friederike Wagner;Sjoerd J. P. Bohncke;David L. Dilcher;Wolfram M. Kürschner

  • Astronomical constraints on the duration of the early Jurassic Hettangian stage and recovery rates following the end-Triassic mass extinction (St Audrie's Bay/East Quantoxhead, UK)

    M. Ruhl;M.H.L. Deenen;H.A. Abels;N.R. Bonis

  • Vegetation history, diversity patterns, and climate change across the Triassic/Jurassic boundary

    Nina R. Bonis;Wolfram M. Kürschner

  • A natural experiment on plant acclimation: lifetime stomatal frequency response of an individual tree to annual atmospheric CO2 increase.

    Friederike Wagner;Raimond Below;Pim de Klerk;David L. Dilcher

  • Multiple phases of carbon cycle disturbance from large igneous province formation at the Triassic-Jurassic transition

    M. Ruhl;W.M. Kürschner

  • Stomatal Frequency Change Over Altitudinal Gradients : Prospects for Paleoaltimetry

    Lenny L.R. Kouwenberg;Wolfram M. Kürschner;Jennifer C. McElwain

  • Stomatal frequency adjustment of four conifer species to historical changes in atmospheric CO2.

    Lenny L. R. Kouwenberg;Jennifer C. McElwain;Wolfram M. Kürschner;Friederike Wagner

  • A detailed palynological study of the Triassic–Jurassic transition in key sections of the Eiberg Basin (Northern Calcareous Alps, Austria)

    N.R. Bonis;W.M. Kürschner;L. Krystyn

Frequent Co-Authors

Henk Visscher
Henk Visscher Utrecht University
Micha Ruhl
Micha Ruhl Trinity College Dublin
Jennifer C. McElwain
Jennifer C. McElwain Trinity College Dublin
Sverre Planke
Sverre Planke University of Oslo
André F. Lotter
André F. Lotter University of Bern
Gert-Jan Reichart
Gert-Jan Reichart Utrecht University
Dennis V. Kent
Dennis V. Kent Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory
Wout Krijgsman
Wout Krijgsman Utrecht University
Paul E. Olsen
Paul E. Olsen Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory
David L. Dilcher
David L. Dilcher Indiana University

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