Johan W.H. Weijers

8.7k citations

43 papers · 6.6k indexed · 4 hit papers · h-index 34

Co-authors: Jaap S. Sinninghe Damsté Stefan Schouten Ellen C. Hopmans Enno Schefuß Richard D. Pancost Lydie Herfort Otto Spaargaren W. Irene C. Rijpstra
Topics: Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (31 papers)Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis (14 papers)Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena (13 papers)
Cited by: Atmospheric Science Environmental Chemistry Paleontology
Journals: Science Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences Nature Communications
Partner nations: Netherlands United Kingdom United States

In The Last Decade

Johan W.H. Weijers

42 papers receiving 6.4k citations

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A novel proxy for terrestrial organic matter in sediments based on branched and isoprenoid tetraether lipids

2004 967 citations Ellen C. Hopmans, Johan W.H. Weijers et al. profile →
Environmental controls on bacterial tetraether membrane lipid distribution in soils

2006 742 citations Johan W.H. Weijers, Stefan Schouten et al. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta profile →
Occurrence and distribution of tetraether membrane lipids in soils: Implications for the use of the TEX86 proxy and the BIT index

2006 576 citations Johan W.H. Weijers, Stefan Schouten et al. Organic Geochemistry profile →
Revised calibration of the MBT–CBT paleotemperature proxy based on branched tetraether membrane lipids in surface soils

2012 388 citations Francien Peterse, Stefan Schouten et al. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Sedimentary diterpane origins—inferences from oils of varying source depositional environment and age 2023 ·S.D. Killops,A. N. Bishop,Erik Tegelaar,(unknown),(unknown),Johan W.H. Weijers	0
2	Molecular and petrographical evidence for lacustrine environmental and biotic change in the palaeo-Sichuan mega-lake (China) during the Toarcian Oceanic Anoxic Event 2021 ·Geological Society London Special Publications ·Weimu Xu,Johan W.H. Weijers,Micha Ruhl,Erdem Idiz,Hugh C. Jenkyns,James B. Riding,(unknown),Stephen P. Hesselbo	2
3	Molecular and petrographical evidence for lacustrine environmental and biotic change in the palaeo-Sichuan mega-lake (China) during the Toarcian Oceanic Anoxic Event 2021 ·Geological Society London Special Publications ·Weimu Xu,Johan W.H. Weijers,Micha Ruhl,Erdem Idiz,Hugh C. Jenkyns,James B. Riding,(unknown),Stephen P. Hesselbo	13
4	Bisnorgammacerane traces predatory pressure and the persistent rise of algal ecosystems after Snowball Earth 2019 ·Nature Communications ·(unknown),Pierre Sansjofre,Johan W.H. Weijers,Klaus Wolkenstein,Paul K. Strother,(unknown),Jens Hefter,Benjamin J. Nettersheim,Yosuke Hoshino,Stefan Schouten,Jaap S. Sinninghe Damsté,Nilamoni Nath,Christian Griesinger,Н. Б. Кузнецов,Marcel Élie,Marcus Elvert,Erik Tegelaar,Gerd Gleixner,Christian Hallmann	32
5	Land–sea coupling of early Pleistocene glacial cycles in the southern North Sea exhibit dominant Northern Hemisphere forcing 2018 ·Climate of the past ·Timme H. Donders,Niels A. G. M. van Helmond,Roel Verreussel,Dirk K. Munsterman,Johan ten Veen,Robert P. Speijer,Johan W.H. Weijers,Francesca Sangiorgi,Francien Peterse,Gert‐Jan Reichart,Jaap S. Sinninghe Damsté,Lucas Joost Lourens,Gesa Kuhlmann,Henk Brinkhuis	16
6	Molecular fossils from phytoplankton reveal secular P co ₂ trend over the Phanerozoic 2018 ·Science Advances ·Caitlyn Witkowski,Johan W.H. Weijers,Brian S. Blais,Stefan Schouten,Jaap S. Sinninghe Damsté	102
7	Interannual and (multi-)decadal variability in the sedimentary BIT index of Lake Challa, East Africa, over the past 2200 years: assessment of the precipitation proxy 2016 ·Climate of the past ·(unknown),Dirk Verschuren,Johan W.H. Weijers,Christine Cocquyt,Maarten Blaauw,Jaap S. Sinninghe Damsté	36
8	Multiple water isotope proxy reconstruction of extremely low last glacial temperatures in Eastern Beringia (Western Arctic) 2016 ·Quaternary Science Reviews ·Trevor J. Porter,Duane Froese,Sarah J. Feakins,Ilya N. Bindeman,(unknown),Brent G. Pautler,Gert‐Jan Reichart,Paul Sanborn,Myrna J. Simpson,Johan W.H. Weijers	39
9	Comparison of soil derived tetraether membrane lipid distributions and plant-wax δD compositions for reconstruction of Canadian Arctic temperatures 2014 ·Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology ·Brent G. Pautler,Gert‐Jan Reichart,Paul Sanborn,Myrna J. Simpson,Johan W.H. Weijers	16
10	Mechanistic controls on diverse fates of terrestrial organic components in the East China Sea 2013 ·Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta ·Chun Zhu,Thomas Wagner,Helen M. Talbot,Johan W.H. Weijers,Jianming Pan,Richard D. Pancost	68
11	Tracing soil organic carbon in the lower Amazon River and its tributaries using GDGT distributions and bulk organic matter properties 2012 ·Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta ·Jung-Hyun Kim,Claudia Zell,Patricia Moreira‐Turcq,Marcela A.P. Pérez,Gwénaël Abril,Jean‐Michel Mortillaro,Johan W.H. Weijers,Tarik Meziane,Jaap S. Sinninghe Damsté	93
12	Bacterial tetraether membrane lipids in peat and coal: Testing the MBT–CBT temperature proxy for climate reconstruction 2011 ·Organic Geochemistry ·Johan W.H. Weijers,Philipp Steinmann,Ellen C. Hopmans,Stefan Schouten,Jaap S. Sinninghe Damsté	57
13	Sources and distributions of tetraether lipids in surface sediments across a large river-dominated continental margin 2011 ·Organic Geochemistry ·Chun Zhu,Johan W.H. Weijers,Thomas Wagner,(unknown),Jianfang Chen,Richard D. Pancost	173
14	Biogeochemical controls on glycerol dialkyl glycerol tetraether lipid distributions in sediments characterized by diffusive methane flux 2011 ·Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems ·Johan W.H. Weijers,(unknown),Alfred Aquilina,Jaap S. Sinninghe Damsté,Richard D. Pancost	81
15	Carbon isotopic composition of branched tetraether membrane lipids in soils suggest a rapid turnover and a heterotrophic life style of their source organism(s) 2010 ·Biogeosciences ·Johan W.H. Weijers,Guido L. B. Wiesenberg,Roland Bol,Ellen C. Hopmans,Richard D. Pancost	155
16	Constraints on the Biological Source(s) of the Orphan Branched Tetraether Membrane Lipids 2009 ·Geomicrobiology Journal ·Johan W.H. Weijers,(unknown),Judith van Bleijswijk,Stefan Schouten,W. Irene C. Rijpstra,Melike Balk,Alfons J. M. Stams,Jaap S. Sinninghe Damsté	199
17	Disentangling marine, soil and plant organic carbon contributions to continental margin sediments: A multi-proxy approach in a 20,000 year sediment record from the Congo deep-sea fan 2008 ·Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta ·Johan W.H. Weijers,Stefan Schouten,Enno Schefuß,Ralph R Schneider,Jaap S. Sinninghe Damsté	120
18	Characterization of transport and deposition of terrestrial organic matter in the southern North Sea using the BIT index 2006 ·Limnology and Oceanography ·Lydie Herfort,Stefan Schouten,J.P. Boon,Martijn Woltering,Marianne Baas,Johan W.H. Weijers,Jaap S. Sinninghe Damsté	91
19	Membrane lipids of mesophilic anaerobic bacteria thriving in peats have typical archaeal traits 2005 ·Environmental Microbiology ·Johan W.H. Weijers,Stefan Schouten,Ellen C. Hopmans,Jan A. J. Geenevasen,Olivier David,(unknown),Richard D. Pancost,Jaap S. Sinninghe Damsté	434
20	Water table related variations in the abundance of intact archaeal membrane lipids in a Swedish peat bog 2004 ·FEMS Microbiology Letters ·Johan W.H. Weijers,Stefan Schouten,M. van der Linden,B. van Geel,Jaap S. Sinninghe Damsté	83

About Johan W.H. Weijers

Johan W.H. Weijers is a scholar working on Atmospheric Science, Paleontology and Environmental Chemistry, having authored 43 papers that have together received 6.6k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (31 papers), Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis (14 papers) and Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena (13 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Atmospheric Science (4.8k citations), Environmental Chemistry (2.1k citations) and Paleontology (1.2k citations). Johan W.H. Weijers has collaborated with scholars based in Netherlands, United Kingdom and United States. Frequent co-authors include Jaap S. Sinninghe Damsté, Stefan Schouten, Ellen C. Hopmans, Enno Schefuß, Richard D. Pancost, Lydie Herfort, Otto Spaargaren, W. Irene C. Rijpstra, Henk Brinkhuis and Francien Peterse. Their work appears in journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Nature Communications.

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