Denis Scholz

8.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
160 papers, 5.7k citations indexed

About

Denis Scholz is a scholar working on Atmospheric Science, Earth-Surface Processes and Geophysics. According to data from OpenAlex, Denis Scholz has authored 160 papers receiving a total of 5.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 146 papers in Atmospheric Science, 93 papers in Earth-Surface Processes and 34 papers in Geophysics. Recurrent topics in Denis Scholz's work include Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (144 papers), Karst Systems and Hydrogeology (63 papers) and Geological formations and processes (36 papers). Denis Scholz is often cited by papers focused on Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (144 papers), Karst Systems and Hydrogeology (63 papers) and Geological formations and processes (36 papers). Denis Scholz collaborates with scholars based in Germany, Austria and United States. Denis Scholz's co-authors include Augusto Mangini, Dirk L. Hoffmann, Christoph Spötl, Klaus Peter Jochum, Christian Mühlinghaus, Jens Fohlmeister, Wolfgang Dreybrodt, Daniel Richter, Andrea Schröder‐Ritzrau and Thomas Felis and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Nature Communications and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

Denis Scholz

154 papers receiving 5.6k citations

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StalAge – An algorithm designed for construction of speleothem age models

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Silvia Frisia Australia

Russell N. Drysdale Australia

Dominique Blamart France

Daniel Arizteguí Switzerland

Jan Bloemendal United Kingdom

Andrea Borsato Australia

Jeffrey A. Dorale United States

Michael Staubwasser Germany

Julian E. Andrews United Kingdom

Sebastian F. M. Breitenbach United Kingdom

Silvia Frisia Australia

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20 of 20 papers shown

Jantschke, Anne & Denis Scholz. (2025). Amorphous Intermediate Phases: A Major Contribution to the ‘Vital Effect’?. Elements. 21(2). 118–124. 2 indexed citations

Warken, Sophie, Davide Zanchettin, Amos Winter, et al.. (2024). Northeastern Caribbean Rainfall Variability Linked to Solar and Volcanic Forcing. Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology. 39(4). 1 indexed citations

Weber, Michael, et al.. (2024). Central European warm phases recorded by episodic speleothem growth during MIS 3. Communications Earth & Environment. 5(1). 2 indexed citations

Jacobson, Matthew J., Sakonvan Chawchai, Denis Scholz, et al.. (2024). Speleothem records from western Thailand indicate an early rapid shift of the Indian summer monsoon during the Younger Dryas termination. Quaternary Science Reviews. 330. 108597–108597. 1 indexed citations

Stoll, Heather, Franziska A. Lechleitner, Jakub Śliwiński, et al.. (2023). Distinguishing the combined vegetation and soil component of δ ¹³ C variation in speleothem records from subsequent degassing and prior calcite precipitation effects. Climate of the past. 19(12). 2423–2444. 9 indexed citations

Wörner, Gerhard, Katrina Kremer, Klaus Simon, et al.. (2022). High-resolution stalagmite stratigraphy supports the Late Holocene tephrochronology of southernmost Patagonia. Communications Earth & Environment. 3(1). 8 indexed citations

Hartland, Adam, et al.. (2021). Lignin oxidation products in soil, dripwater and speleothems from four different sites in New Zealand. Biogeosciences. 18(7). 2289–2300. 4 indexed citations

Zirbes, Michael, et al.. (2021). Development of a Method for Anodic Degradation of Lignin for the Analysis of Paleo‐Vegetation Proxies in Speleothems. ChemElectroChem. 9(6). 1 indexed citations

Warken, Sophie, Tobias Kluge, Hubert Vonhof, et al.. (2021). Last glacial millennial-scale hydro-climate and temperature changes in Puerto Rico constrained by speleothem fluid inclusion δ ¹⁸ O and δ ² H values. 1 indexed citations

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Weber, Michael, Bernd R. Schöne, Klaus Peter Jochum, et al.. (2021). Opposite Trends in Holocene Speleothem Proxy Records From Two Neighboring Caves in Germany: A Multi-Proxy Evaluation. Frontiers in Earth Science. 9. 9 indexed citations

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Warken, Sophie, Amos Winter, Christoph Spötl, et al.. (2020). Persistent Link Between Caribbean Precipitation and Atlantic Ocean Circulation During the Last Glacial Revealed by a Speleothem Record From Puerto Rico. Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology. 35(11). 19 indexed citations

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Deininger, Michael, Frank McDermott, Francisco W. Cruz, et al.. (2020). Inter-hemispheric synchroneity of Holocene precipitation anomalies controlled by Earth’s latitudinal insolation gradients. Nature Communications. 11(1). 5447–5447. 25 indexed citations

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Scholz, Denis, et al.. (2019). Lignin oxidation products as a potential proxy for vegetation and environmental changes in speleothems and cave drip water – a first record from the Herbstlabyrinth, central Germany. Climate of the past. 15(3). 1025–1037. 8 indexed citations

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Thomas, Werner, Claudia Hartl, Markus Greule, et al.. (2019). Annually resolved δ<sup>2</sup>H tree-ring chronology of the lignin methoxyl groups from Germany reflects averaged Western European surface air temperature changes. 1 indexed citations

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Felis, Thomas, Paul Gierz, Gerrit Lohmann, et al.. (2018). Last Interglacial Hydroclimate Seasonality Reconstructed From Tropical Atlantic Corals. Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology. 33(2). 198–213. 12 indexed citations

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Scholz, Denis, et al.. (2018). Quantification of lignin oxidation products as vegetation biomarkers in speleothems and cave drip water. Biogeosciences. 15(19). 5831–5845. 9 indexed citations

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Mertz‐Kraus, Regina, et al.. (2017). TERMITE: An R script for fast reduction of laser ablation inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry data and its application to trace element measurements. Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry. 31(13). 1079–1087. 40 indexed citations

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Spötl, Christoph, Paula Reimer, Gernot Rabeder, & Denis Scholz. (2014). Presence of cave bears in western Austria before the onset of the Last Glacial Maximum: new radiocarbon dates and palaeoclimatic considerations. Journal of Quaternary Science. 29(8). 760–766. 9 indexed citations

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Lohmann, Gerrit, Petra M. Langebroek, Martin Werner, et al.. (2013). Simulated European stalagmite record and its relation to a quasi-decadal climate mode. Climate of the past. 9(1). 89–98. 8 indexed citations

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Scholz, Denis, Dirk L. Hoffmann, Christoph Spötl, et al.. (2009). Climate variability during MIS 7, MIS 5 and the Holocene recorded in a stalagmite from western Germany. EGU General Assembly Conference Abstracts. 10275. 1 indexed citations

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