Aaron E. Putnam

6.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
67 papers, 4.4k citations indexed

About

Aaron E. Putnam is a scholar working on Atmospheric Science, Anthropology and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, Aaron E. Putnam has authored 67 papers receiving a total of 4.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 64 papers in Atmospheric Science, 19 papers in Anthropology and 10 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in Aaron E. Putnam's work include Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (59 papers), Cryospheric studies and observations (36 papers) and Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology (19 papers). Aaron E. Putnam is often cited by papers focused on Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (59 papers), Cryospheric studies and observations (36 papers) and Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology (19 papers). Aaron E. Putnam collaborates with scholars based in United States, New Zealand and Norway. Aaron E. Putnam's co-authors include George H. Denton, Joerg M. Schaefer, David Barrell, Roseanne Schwartz, Robert C. Finkel, Michael R. Kaplan, Wallace S. Broecker, Robert F. Anderson, R. L. Edwards and J. R. Toggweiler and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Aaron E. Putnam

67 papers receiving 4.3k citations

Hit Papers

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

The Last Glacial Termination

2010 681 citations George H. Denton, Robert F. Anderson et al. Science profile →

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Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Aaron E. Putnam United States	32	4.1k	1.1k	925	903	539	67	4.4k
Thomas V. Lowell United States	39	4.5k 1.1×	1.2k 1.1×	1.1k 1.2×	1.1k 1.2×	578 1.1×	149	4.9k
Christine S. Hvidberg Denmark	21	4.6k 1.1×	1.0k 1.0×	1.1k 1.2×	872 1.0×	745 1.4×	67	5.1k
Frédéric Parrenin France	35	5.0k 1.2×	1.2k 1.1×	1.4k 1.5×	637 0.7×	908 1.7×	90	5.3k
Kumiko Goto‐Azuma Japan	24	3.8k 0.9×	806 0.7×	970 1.0×	595 0.7×	568 1.1×	82	4.1k
Timothy T. Barrows Australia	32	2.8k 0.7×	909 0.8×	1.1k 1.2×	885 1.0×	450 0.8×	70	3.5k
Jule Xiao China	29	3.9k 0.9×	982 0.9×	990 1.1×	1.7k 1.9×	295 0.5×	74	4.3k
Youfeng Ning China	28	3.8k 0.9×	920 0.8×	1.1k 1.1×	1.3k 1.5×	406 0.8×	75	4.3k
Patricio I. Moreno Chile	42	4.6k 1.1×	1.8k 1.6×	1.2k 1.3×	1.3k 1.4×	328 0.6×	109	5.2k
Donald T. Rodbell United States	31	3.9k 1.0×	949 0.9×	1.3k 1.4×	939 1.0×	267 0.5×	75	4.6k
Didier M. Roche France	34	3.6k 0.9×	635 0.6×	920 1.0×	704 0.8×	927 1.7×	133	4.0k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Aaron E. Putnam

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Hall, Brenda L., Thomas V. Lowell, Gordon Bromley, Aaron E. Putnam, & Katherine A. Allen. (2025). Rapid deglaciation of eastern Maine, northeastern North America, during Heinrich Stadial 1. Quaternary Science Reviews. 363. 109444–109444. 2 indexed citations

Winski, Dominic, K. J. Kreutz, B. G. Koffman, et al.. (2023). Non-spherical microparticle shape in Antarctica during the last glacial period affects dust volume-related metrics. Climate of the past. 19(2). 477–492. 2 indexed citations

Bromley, Gordon, et al.. (2023). Lateglacial Shifts in Seasonality Reconcile Conflicting North Atlantic Temperature Signals. Journal of Geophysical Research Earth Surface. 128(1). 13 indexed citations

Putnam, Aaron E., et al.. (2022). A¹⁰Be Moraine Chronology of the Last Glaciation and Termination at 49°N in the Mongolian Altai of Central Asia. Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology. 37(5). 13 indexed citations

Putnam, Aaron E., J. L. Russell, Andrew M. Lorrey, et al.. (2022). Correspondence Among Mid‐Latitude Glacier Equilibrium Line Altitudes, Atmospheric Temperatures, and Westerly Wind Fields. Geophysical Research Letters. 49(23). 4 indexed citations

Gajurel, Ananta Prasad, Mary S. Hubbard, Aurora C. Elmore, et al.. (2021). Climatic and tectonic significance of Taboche Lake, Khumbu Region, Nepal. iScience. 24(5). 102418–102418. 3 indexed citations

Gajurel, Ananta Prasad, Mary S. Hubbard, Patrick A. Rafter, et al.. (2020). Sedimentology of Glacial Lake Core from Gokyo Valley, Everest Region, Nepal. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2020. 1 indexed citations

Schaefer, Joerg M., et al.. (2020). Seismic observations, numerical modeling, and geomorphic analysis of a glacier lake outburst flood in the Himalayas. Science Advances. 6(38). 49 indexed citations

Koffman, Tobias, Joerg M. Schaefer, Aaron E. Putnam, et al.. (2017). A beryllium-10 chronology of late-glacial moraines in the upper Rakaia valley, Southern Alps, New Zealand supports Southern-Hemisphere warming during the Younger Dryas. Quaternary Science Reviews. 170. 14–25. 21 indexed citations

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Putnam, Aaron E., Joerg M. Schaefer, Summer Rupper, et al.. (2016). ¹⁰BE SURFACE-EXPOSURE CHRONOLOGY OF HOLOCENE GLACIER FLUCTUATIONS IN THE BHUTANESE HIMALAYA. Abstracts with programs - Geological Society of America. 1 indexed citations

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Putnam, Aaron E.. (2015). A glacial zephyr. Nature Geoscience. 8(3). 175–176. 9 indexed citations

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Kelley, Samuel E., Michael R. Kaplan, Joerg M. Schaefer, et al.. (2014). High-precision 10 Be chronology of moraines in the Southern Alps indicates synchronous cooling in Antarctica and New Zealand 42,000 years ago. Earth and Planetary Science Letters. 405. 194–206. 49 indexed citations

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Broecker, Wallace S. & Aaron E. Putnam. (2013). Hydrologic impacts of past shifts of Earth’s thermal equator offer insight into those to be produced by fossil fuel CO ₂. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 110(42). 16710–16715. 75 indexed citations

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Schaefer, Joerg M., George H. Denton, Alice M. Doughty, et al.. (2013). The anatomy of long-term warming since 15 ka in New Zealand based on net glacier snowline rise. Geology. 41(8). 887–890. 54 indexed citations

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Ackert, Robert P., Aaron E. Putnam, Sujoy Mukhopadhyay, et al.. (2013). Controls on interior West Antarctic Ice Sheet Elevations: inferences from geologic constraints and ice sheet modeling. Quaternary Science Reviews. 65. 26–38. 21 indexed citations

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Schaefer, Joerg M., George H. Denton, M. R. Kaplan, et al.. (2010). Transformative progress in glacial chronology by systematic advances in cosmogenic nuclide dating. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2010. 1 indexed citations

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Kaplan, Michael R., Joerg M. Schaefer, George H. Denton, et al.. (2010). Glacier retreat in New Zealand during the Younger Dryas stadial. Nature. 467(7312). 194–197. 138 indexed citations

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Denton, George H., Robert F. Anderson, J. R. Toggweiler, et al.. (2010). The Last Glacial Termination. Science. 328(5986). 1652–1656. 681 indexed citations breakdown →

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Putnam, Aaron E., Joerg M. Schaefer, David Barrell, et al.. (2009). In situ cosmogenic 10Be production-rate calibration from the Southern Alps, New Zealand. Quaternary Geochronology. 5(4). 392–409. 228 indexed citations

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Schaefer, Joerg M., George H. Denton, David Barrell, et al.. (2007). Be-10 dating of historical glaciations in the Southern Alps of New Zealand. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2007. 1 indexed citations

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