Geoffrey O. Seltzer

8.8k total citations · 3 hit papers
62 papers, 6.6k citations indexed

About

Geoffrey O. Seltzer is a scholar working on Atmospheric Science, Anthropology and Earth-Surface Processes. According to data from OpenAlex, Geoffrey O. Seltzer has authored 62 papers receiving a total of 6.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 57 papers in Atmospheric Science, 22 papers in Anthropology and 20 papers in Earth-Surface Processes. Recurrent topics in Geoffrey O. Seltzer's work include Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (55 papers), Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology (22 papers) and Geological formations and processes (19 papers). Geoffrey O. Seltzer is often cited by papers focused on Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (55 papers), Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology (22 papers) and Geological formations and processes (19 papers). Geoffrey O. Seltzer collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and Germany. Geoffrey O. Seltzer's co-authors include Donald T. Rodbell, David M. Anderson, Christopher M. Moy, Paul A. Baker, Sherilyn C. Fritz, Bryan G. Mark, Robert B. Dunbar, Pedro M. Tapia, Scott Cross and Harry Rowe and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Journal of Hydrology.

In The Last Decade

Geoffrey O. Seltzer

62 papers receiving 6.3k 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.

Variability of El Niño/Southern Oscillation activity at millennial timescales during the Holocene epoch

2002 1.3k citations Christopher M. Moy, Geoffrey O. Seltzer et al. Nature profile →
The History of South American Tropical Precipitation for the Past 25,000 Years

2001 594 citations Paul A. Baker, Geoffrey O. Seltzer et al. Science profile →
An ~15,000-Year Record of El Niño-Driven Alluviation in Southwestern Ecuador

1999 555 citations Donald T. Rodbell, Geoffrey O. Seltzer et al. Science profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Geoffrey O. Seltzer United States	40	5.5k	1.9k	1.5k	1.5k	1.4k	62	6.6k
Marco Spurk Germany	15	4.9k 0.9×	1.5k 0.8×	1.8k 1.2×	1.2k 0.8×	1.4k 1.0×	17	5.7k
Megan J. Kelly United States	11	5.5k 1.0×	1.7k 0.9×	1.2k 0.8×	1.4k 0.9×	2.1k 1.5×	13	5.9k
Blas L. Valero‐Garcés Spain	56	6.4k 1.2×	1.7k 0.9×	2.3k 1.5×	1.8k 1.3×	2.1k 1.5×	240	8.6k
Rewi M. Newnham New Zealand	46	4.7k 0.8×	2.0k 1.0×	1.3k 0.8×	1.4k 0.9×	1.1k 0.7×	117	6.7k
Peter Kershaw Australia	49	5.1k 0.9×	2.4k 1.3×	1.8k 1.2×	2.1k 1.4×	1.4k 0.9×	148	7.8k
Donald T. Rodbell United States	31	3.9k 0.7×	1.3k 0.7×	925 0.6×	949 0.7×	939 0.7×	75	4.6k
Qinghai Xu China	44	4.9k 0.9×	1.4k 0.7×	1.5k 1.0×	1.6k 1.1×	1.3k 0.9×	148	5.9k
Paul A. Baker United States	45	3.9k 0.7×	2.0k 1.1×	2.2k 1.4×	847 0.6×	1.2k 0.8×	105	6.7k
Andrew Dugmore United Kingdom	43	4.0k 0.7×	1.3k 0.7×	1.8k 1.2×	805 0.6×	1.2k 0.8×	160	5.6k
Karin Holmgren Sweden	34	5.1k 0.9×	1.1k 0.6×	1.6k 1.0×	1.2k 0.8×	1.4k 1.0×	73	6.3k

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Fritz, Sherilyn C., Paul A. Baker, Geoffrey O. Seltzer, et al.. (2007). Quaternary glaciation and hydrologic variation in the South American tropics as reconstructed from the Lake Titicaca drilling project. Quaternary Research. 68(3). 410–420. 105 indexed citations

Shulmeister, James, et al.. (2006). Inter-hemispheric linkages in climate change: paleo-perspectives for future climate change. Climate of the past. 2(2). 167–185. 25 indexed citations

Benn, Douglas I., Lewis A. Owen, Henry Osmaston, et al.. (2005). Reconstruction of equilibrium-line altitudes for tropical and sub-tropical glaciers. Quaternary International. 138-139. 8–21. 202 indexed citations

Seltzer, Geoffrey O. & Donald T. Rodbell. (2005). Delta progradation and Neoglaciation, Laguna Parón, Cordillera Blanca, Peru. Journal of Quaternary Science. 20(7-8). 715–722. 11 indexed citations

Mark, Bryan G. & Geoffrey O. Seltzer. (2005). Evaluation of recent glacier recession in the Cordillera Blanca, Peru (AD 1962–1999): spatial distribution of mass loss and climatic forcing. Quaternary Science Reviews. 24(20-21). 2265–2280. 104 indexed citations

Ramage, J. M., Jacqueline A. Smith, Donald T. Rodbell, & Geoffrey O. Seltzer. (2005). Comparing reconstructed Pleistocene equilibrium‐line altitudes in the tropical Andes of central Peru. Journal of Quaternary Science. 20(7-8). 777–788. 34 indexed citations

Baker, Peter, et al.. (2003). Late Quaternary Paleoclimatic History of Tropical South America From Drilling Lake Titicaca and the Salar de Uyuni. AGUFM. 2003. 1 indexed citations

Fritz, Sherilyn C., Paul A. Baker, Tim K. Lowenstein, et al.. (2003). Hydrologic variation during the last 170,000 years in the southern hemisphere tropics of South America. Quaternary Research. 61(1). 95–104. 173 indexed citations

Tapia, Pedro M., Sherilyn C. Fritz, Paul A. Baker, Geoffrey O. Seltzer, & Robert B. Dunbar. (2003). A Late Quaternary diatom record of tropical climatic history from Lake Titicaca (Peru and Bolivia). Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology. 194(1-3). 139–164. 126 indexed citations

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Smith, J. A., et al.. (2002). Chronology of Tropical Glaciation from Cosmogenic Dating. AGUFM. 2002. 3 indexed citations

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Moy, Christopher M., Geoffrey O. Seltzer, Donald T. Rodbell, & David M. Anderson. (2002). Variability of El Niño/Southern Oscillation activity at millennial timescales during the Holocene epoch. Nature. 420(6912). 162–165. 1343 indexed citations breakdown →

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Seltzer, Geoffrey O., Donald T. Rodbell, Paul A. Baker, et al.. (2002). Early Warming of Tropical South America at the Last Glacial-Interglacial Transition. Science. 296(5573). 1685–1686. 133 indexed citations

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Seltzer, Geoffrey O., et al.. (2001). Evidence that the Piora Aquifer sustains the alpine springs of Pian Segno in the Santa Maria Valley, Switzerland. AGUFM. 2001. 1 indexed citations

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Baker, Paul A., Sherilyn C. Fritz, & Geoffrey O. Seltzer. (2001). Lake Titicaca: An archive of South American paleoclimate. 46(12). 20–21. 7 indexed citations

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Baker, Paul A., et al.. (2001). Tropical climate changes at millennial and orbital timescales on the Bolivian Altiplano. Nature. 409(6821). 698–701. 377 indexed citations

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Rodbell, Donald T., et al.. (2001). Subdivision of Glacial Deposits in Southeastern Peru Based on Pedogenic Development and Radiometric Ages. Quaternary Research. 56(1). 31–50. 33 indexed citations

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Seltzer, Geoffrey O.. (2001). Paleoclimates of the Central Andes. PAGES news. 9(1). 16–16. 2 indexed citations

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Seltzer, Geoffrey O., Donald T. Rodbell, & Stephen Burns. (2000). Isotopic evidence for late Quaternary climatic change in tropical South America. Geology. 28(1). 35–38. 14 indexed citations

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Seltzer, Geoffrey O.. (2000). Late Quaternary glaciation in the tropics: future research directions. Quaternary Science Reviews. 20(10). 1063–1066. 15 indexed citations

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Hansen, Barbara C. S., Geoffrey O. Seltzer, & H. E. Wright. (1994). Late Quaternary vegetational change in the central Peruvian Andes. Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology. 109(2-4). 263–285. 67 indexed citations

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