Caroline H. Lear

10.0k total citations · 3 hit papers
65 papers, 5.4k citations indexed

About

Caroline H. Lear is a scholar working on Atmospheric Science, Paleontology and Oceanography. According to data from OpenAlex, Caroline H. Lear has authored 65 papers receiving a total of 5.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 58 papers in Atmospheric Science, 36 papers in Paleontology and 23 papers in Oceanography. Recurrent topics in Caroline H. Lear's work include Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (58 papers), Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils (35 papers) and Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena (17 papers). Caroline H. Lear is often cited by papers focused on Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (58 papers), Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils (35 papers) and Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena (17 papers). Caroline H. Lear collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Germany. Caroline H. Lear's co-authors include Paul A. Wilson, Yair Rosenthal, Henry Elderfield, Helen K. Coxall, Heiko Pälike, Gavin L. Foster, Paul N. Pearson, Jan Backman, Sindia Sosdian and Niall C. Slowey and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Caroline H. Lear

64 papers receiving 5.2k citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

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.

Cenozoic Deep-Sea Temperatures and Global Ice Volumes from Mg/Ca in Benthic Foraminiferal Calcite

2000 855 citations Caroline H. Lear, Paul A. Wilson et al. profile →
Rapid stepwise onset of Antarctic glaciation and deeper calcite compensation in the Pacific Ocean

2005 542 citations Helen K. Coxall, Paul A. Wilson et al. Nature profile →
The Heartbeat of the Oligocene Climate System

2006 495 citations Heiko Pälike, Paul A. Wilson et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Caroline H. Lear United Kingdom	34	4.5k	2.6k	1.5k	1.4k	789	65	5.4k
Steven M. Bohaty United Kingdom	41	5.3k 1.2×	3.0k 1.2×	1.6k 1.0×	1.7k 1.2×	774 1.0×	93	6.3k
Bridget S. Wade United Kingdom	34	3.9k 0.9×	2.4k 0.9×	1.3k 0.8×	1.4k 1.0×	474 0.6×	102	4.9k
Ann Holbourn Germany	40	3.6k 0.8×	1.9k 0.7×	960 0.6×	952 0.7×	776 1.0×	131	4.5k
Thomas Westerhold Germany	35	3.9k 0.9×	2.6k 1.0×	1.0k 0.7×	937 0.7×	513 0.7×	100	4.6k
Jörg Pross Germany	46	4.7k 1.1×	3.7k 1.4×	1.1k 0.7×	1.4k 1.0×	504 0.6×	143	6.5k
Ahuva Almogi‐Labin Israel	40	3.9k 0.9×	1.8k 0.7×	1.8k 1.2×	2.2k 1.6×	600 0.8×	141	6.0k
Heather Stoll Spain	38	3.0k 0.7×	1.8k 0.7×	949 0.6×	1.5k 1.1×	439 0.6×	159	4.6k
Helen K. Coxall Sweden	28	3.1k 0.7×	1.8k 0.7×	1.1k 0.7×	1.1k 0.8×	532 0.7×	76	3.8k
Daniela N. Schmidt United Kingdom	38	3.2k 0.7×	1.7k 0.6×	1.7k 1.1×	1.9k 1.4×	696 0.9×	129	4.8k
Benjamin S. Cramer United States	19	3.2k 0.7×	2.4k 0.9×	919 0.6×	816 0.6×	564 0.7×	24	5.0k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Caroline H. Lear

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20 of 20 papers shown

Jurikova, Hana, Robert C. Steele, S. Barker, et al.. (2024). A Rapid, Simple, and Low‐Blank Pumped Ion‐Exchange Column Chromatography Technique for Boron Purification From Carbonate and Seawater Matrices. Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems. 25(2). 3 indexed citations

Piazolo, Sandra, Eleanor H. John, Richard Walshaw, et al.. (2024). Electron backscatter diffraction analysis unveils foraminiferal calcite microstructure and processes of diagenetic alteration. Biogeosciences. 21(5). 1213–1233.

John, Eleanor H., et al.. (2023). Revealing Their True Stripes: Mg/Ca Banding in the Paleogene Planktonic Foraminifera GenusMorozovellaand Implications for Paleothermometry. Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology. 38(9). 6 indexed citations

Staudigel, Philip, Eleanor H. John, Ben Buse, Paul N. Pearson, & Caroline H. Lear. (2022). Apparent preservation of primary foraminiferal Mg/Ca ratios and Mg-banding in recrystallized foraminifera. Geology. 50(7). 760–764. 7 indexed citations

Lear, Caroline H., et al.. (2021). Tropical Sea Surface Temperatures Following the Middle Miocene Climate Transition From Laser‐Ablation ICP‐MS Analysis of Glassy Foraminifera. Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology. 36(3). 7 indexed citations

Bradshaw, Catherine P., Petra M. Langebroek, Caroline H. Lear, et al.. (2021). Hydrological impact of Middle Miocene Antarctic ice-free areas coupled to deep ocean temperatures. Nature Geoscience. 14(6). 429–436. 13 indexed citations

Modestou, Sevasti, Thomas Jan Leutert, Álvaro Fernández, Caroline H. Lear, & Anna Nele Meckler. (2020). Warm Middle Miocene Indian Ocean Bottom Water Temperatures: Comparison of Clumped Isotope and Mg/Ca‐Based Estimates. Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology. 35(11). 37 indexed citations

Simon, M.H., S. L. Goldstein, Yue Cai, et al.. (2020). Sequential extraction procedure to obtain the composition of terrigenous detritus in marine sediments. MethodsX. 7. 100888–100888. 2 indexed citations

Bowen, Gabriel J., et al.. (2020). Joint inversion of proxy system models to reconstruct paleoenvironmental time series from heterogeneous data. Climate of the past. 16(1). 65–78. 9 indexed citations

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Edgar, Kirsty M., Steven M. Bohaty, Helen K. Coxall, et al.. (2020). New composite bio- and isotope stratigraphies spanning the Middle Eocene Climatic Optimum at tropical ODP Site 865 in the Pacific Ocean. Journal of Micropalaeontology. 39(2). 117–138. 15 indexed citations

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Greenop, Rosanna, Sindia Sosdian, Michael J. Henehan, et al.. (2019). Orbital Forcing, Ice Volume, and CO₂ Across the Oligocene‐Miocene Transition. Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology. 34(3). 316–328. 40 indexed citations

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Belt, Simon T., Sindia Sosdian, Lukas Smik, et al.. (2018). Sea ice dynamics across the Mid-Pleistocene transition in the Bering Sea. Nature Communications. 9(1). 941–941. 36 indexed citations

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Coxall, Helen K., Claire E Huck, Matthew Huber, et al.. (2018). Export of nutrient rich Northern Component Water preceded early Oligocene Antarctic glaciation. Nature Geoscience. 11(3). 190–196. 70 indexed citations

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Greenop, Rosanna, Mathis P. Hain, Sindia Sosdian, et al.. (2017). A record of Neogene seawater δ ¹¹ B reconstructed from paired δ ¹¹ B analyses on benthic and planktic foraminifera. Climate of the past. 13(2). 149–170. 35 indexed citations

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Jones, Tom Dunkley, Paul R. Bown, Paul N. Pearson, et al.. (2008). Major shifts in calcareous phytoplankton assemblages through the Eocene‐Oligocene transition of Tanzania and their implications for low‐latitude primary production. Paleoceanography. 23(4). 75 indexed citations

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DeConto, Robert M., David Pollard, Paul A. Wilson, et al.. (2008). Thresholds for Cenozoic bipolar glaciation. Nature. 455(7213). 652–656. 319 indexed citations

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Andreasen, Dyke, et al.. (2006). Fidelity of radially viewed ICP‐OES and magnetic‐sector ICP‐MS measurement of Mg/Ca and Sr/Ca ratios in marine biogenic carbonates: Are they trustworthy together?. Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems. 7(10). 13 indexed citations

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Coxall, Helen K., Paul A. Wilson, Heiko Pälike, Caroline H. Lear, & Jan Backman. (2005). Rapid stepwise onset of Antarctic glaciation and deeper calcite compensation in the Pacific Ocean. Nature. 433(7021). 53–57. 542 indexed citations breakdown →

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Lear, Caroline H., Yair Rosenthal, & James D. Wright. (2003). The closing of a seaway: ocean water masses and global climate change. Earth and Planetary Science Letters. 210(3-4). 425–436. 127 indexed citations

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Lear, Caroline H.. (2001). Middle to Late Miocene Benthic Foraminiferal Mg/Ca, a new Tracer for NADW?. AGUSM. 2001. 1 indexed citations

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