Daniel O. Breecker

3.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
79 papers, 2.6k citations indexed

About

Daniel O. Breecker is a scholar working on Atmospheric Science, Earth-Surface Processes and Geophysics. According to data from OpenAlex, Daniel O. Breecker has authored 79 papers receiving a total of 2.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 49 papers in Atmospheric Science, 25 papers in Earth-Surface Processes and 20 papers in Geophysics. Recurrent topics in Daniel O. Breecker's work include Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (48 papers), Groundwater and Isotope Geochemistry (14 papers) and Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils (14 papers). Daniel O. Breecker is often cited by papers focused on Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (48 papers), Groundwater and Isotope Geochemistry (14 papers) and Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils (14 papers). Daniel O. Breecker collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and France. Daniel O. Breecker's co-authors include Z. D. Sharp, L. D. McFadden, Jay Quade, C. I. Wong, John M. Eiler, Mathieu Daëron, Jay L. Banner, Junsheng Nie, T. E. Larson and Gregory J. Retallack and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Nature Communications and Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta.

In The Last Decade

Daniel O. Breecker

76 papers receiving 2.6k 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.

Loess Plateau storage of Northeastern Tibetan Plateau-derived Yellow River sediment

2015 346 citations Junsheng Nie, Thomas Stevens et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Daniel O. Breecker United States	26	1.8k	834	753	672	539	79	2.6k
Steven G. Driese United States	35	2.0k 1.1×	939 1.1×	1.6k 2.1×	598 0.9×	720 1.3×	142	3.6k
Lee C. Nordt United States	33	1.8k 1.0×	883 1.1×	1.5k 2.0×	514 0.8×	515 1.0×	80	3.1k
Xiaoke Qiang China	30	2.3k 1.3×	977 1.2×	801 1.1×	661 1.0×	233 0.4×	116	3.0k
M. Pilar Mata Spain	27	1.6k 0.9×	653 0.8×	561 0.7×	721 1.1×	187 0.3×	81	2.6k
Bassam Ghaleb Canada	36	2.4k 1.3×	915 1.1×	750 1.0×	841 1.3×	323 0.6×	144	4.0k
Hong Chang China	32	2.3k 1.3×	877 1.1×	708 0.9×	876 1.3×	213 0.4×	88	3.3k
Hongbo Zheng China	37	3.0k 1.7×	1.5k 1.8×	802 1.1×	1.4k 2.1×	507 0.9×	127	4.6k
E. Gibert France	22	1.8k 1.0×	787 0.9×	455 0.6×	253 0.4×	369 0.7×	47	2.5k
John S. Compton South Africa	31	1.1k 0.6×	601 0.7×	776 1.0×	361 0.5×	437 0.8×	67	2.1k
Ivan Martini Italy	28	1.4k 0.8×	1.1k 1.3×	624 0.8×	1.1k 1.7×	205 0.4×	112	3.1k

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20 of 20 papers shown

Gallagher, Timothy M., et al.. (2025). The Onset of Summer Drought on the Iberian Peninsula Following Pliocene Global Cooling. Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology. 40(10).

Breecker, Daniel O., et al.. (2025). A new approach to continuous monitoring of carbon use efficiency and biosynthesis in soil microbes from measurement of CO ₂ and O ₂. Biogeosciences. 22(1). 87–101. 5 indexed citations

Li, Fangliang, Shouye Yang, Daniel O. Breecker, et al.. (2024). Large river expansion and global cooling controlled the Plio-Pleistocene weathering intensity records in East Asian margin. Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology. 655. 112517–112517. 3 indexed citations

Cowan, Don A., Alfred Botha, Daniel O. Breecker, et al.. (2024). Oxalate and oxalotrophy: an environmental perspective. 1(1). 7 indexed citations

Cassel, Elizabeth J., et al.. (2024). Abrupt Geographic Shift in Hydrogen Isotope Ratios of Meteoric Water Across the Western Andes, Peru. Geophysical Research Letters. 51(5). 1 indexed citations

Li, Gen, et al.. (2024). Particle‐Size‐Specific Radiocarbon Constraints Imply an Active Subsoil Organic Carbon Pool. Journal of Geophysical Research Biogeosciences. 129(5). 1 indexed citations

Breecker, Daniel O., et al.. (2023). A Humid East Asia During the Early Pliocene Indicated by Calcite Nodules From the Chinese Loess Plateau. Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology. 38(7). 1 indexed citations

Valdez, Fred, et al.. (2023). Ancient Maya movement in the Rio Bravo Conservation and Management Area, NW Belize. Journal of Archaeological Science Reports. 49. 104052–104052. 4 indexed citations

Nie, Junsheng, et al.. (2022). Similar Magnetic Enhancement Mechanisms Between Chinese Loess and Alluvial Sediments From the Teruel Basin, NE Spain, and Paleoclimate Implications. Geophysical Research Letters. 49(6). 9 indexed citations

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Breecker, Daniel O., Jaime D. Barnes, Fangliang Li, et al.. (2022). Swift Weathering Response on Floodplains During the Paleocene‐Eocene Thermal Maximum. Geophysical Research Letters. 49(6). 18 indexed citations

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Zhang, Hanzhi, Huayu Lu, Hanlin Wang, et al.. (2022). Large-number detrital zircon U-Pb ages reveal global cooling caused the formation of the Chinese Loess Plateau during Late Miocene. Science Advances. 8(41). eabq2007–eabq2007. 51 indexed citations

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Gallagher, Timothy M., Hanzhi Zhang, Hanlin Wang, et al.. (2021). Regional Patterns in Miocene‐Pliocene Aridity Across the Chinese Loess Plateau Revealed by High Resolution Records of Paleosol Carbonate and Occluded Organic Matter. Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology. 36(12). 9 indexed citations

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Nordt, Lee C., Daniel O. Breecker, & Joseph D. White. (2021). Jurassic greenhouse ice-sheet fluctuations sensitive to atmospheric CO2 dynamics. Nature Geoscience. 15(1). 54–59. 35 indexed citations

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Li, Fangliang, Shouye Yang, Daniel O. Breecker, et al.. (2021). Responses of silicate weathering intensity to the Pliocene-Quaternary cooling in East and Southeast Asia. Earth and Planetary Science Letters. 578. 117301–117301. 36 indexed citations

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Hawkes, Christine V., et al.. (2020). Soil Water Content and Soil Respiration Rates Are Reduced for Years Following Wildfire in a Hot and Dry Climate. Global Biogeochemical Cycles. 34(12). 10 indexed citations

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Gallagher, Timothy M. & Daniel O. Breecker. (2020). The Obscuring Effects of Calcite Dissolution and Formation on Quantifying Soil Respiration. Global Biogeochemical Cycles. 34(12). 24 indexed citations

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Rosen, Michael R., et al.. (2019). The importance of groundwater flow to the formation of modern thrombolitic microbialites. Geobiology. 17(5). 536–550. 13 indexed citations

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Breecker, Daniel O., et al.. (2013). Geochemical reactivity in the mixing zone of a coastal salt lake and its effect on microbialite formation, Lake Clifton, Western Australia. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2013. 2 indexed citations

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Quade, Jay, Daniel O. Breecker, Mathieu Daëron, & John M. Eiler. (2011). The paleoaltimetry of Tibet: An isotopic perspective. American Journal of Science. 311(2). 77–115. 203 indexed citations

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Breecker, Daniel O., Z. D. Sharp, & L. D. McFadden. (2009). Atmospheric CO ₂ concentrations during ancient greenhouse climates were similar to those predicted for A.D. 2100. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 107(2). 576–580. 164 indexed citations

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