Kurt M. Cuffey

7.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
77 papers, 5.2k citations indexed

About

Kurt M. Cuffey is a scholar working on Atmospheric Science, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, Kurt M. Cuffey has authored 77 papers receiving a total of 5.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 71 papers in Atmospheric Science, 18 papers in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine and 18 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in Kurt M. Cuffey's work include Cryospheric studies and observations (62 papers), Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (52 papers) and Winter Sports Injuries and Performance (18 papers). Kurt M. Cuffey is often cited by papers focused on Cryospheric studies and observations (62 papers), Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (52 papers) and Winter Sports Injuries and Performance (18 papers). Kurt M. Cuffey collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and United Kingdom. Kurt M. Cuffey's co-authors include Richard B. Alley, Gary D. Clow, Jeanette K. Howard, Shawn J. Marshall, Eric J. Steig, Jeffrey L. Kavanaugh, Edwin D. Waddington, Françoise Vimeux, James W. C. White and Pieter Meiert Grootes and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Kurt M. Cuffey

77 papers receiving 5.0k 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.

Centennial-scale changes in the global carbon cycle during the last deglaciation

2014 370 citations Christo Buizert, Eric J. Steig et al. Nature profile →

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Kurt M. Cuffey

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Edwin D. Waddington United States

Niels Reeh Denmark

Christopher A. Shuman United States

Lev Tarasov Canada

Claus‐Dieter Hillenbrand United Kingdom

Kumiko Goto‐Azuma Japan

Eugene W. Domack United States

Kurt H. Kjær Denmark

Christo Buizert United States

Massimo Frezzotti Italy

Edwin D. Waddington United States

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1.0k ×0.9

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441 ×0.6

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399 ×0.5

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1.1k ×1.6

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Citations per year, relative to Kurt M. Cuffey Kurt M. Cuffey (= 1×) peers Edwin D. Waddington

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Fields of papers citing papers by Kurt M. Cuffey

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Kurt M. Cuffey

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Sue, Christian, Pierre G. Valla, Pietro Sternai, et al.. (2024). Geodynamic and Climatic Forcing on Late‐Cenozoic Exhumation of the Southern Patagonian Andes (Fitz Roy and Torres del Paine massifs). Tectonics. 43(7). 1 indexed citations

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Fox, Matthew, et al.. (2023). Antarctic Peninsula glaciation patterns set by landscape evolution and dynamic topography. Nature Geoscience. 17(1). 73–78. 2 indexed citations

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Buizert, Christo, Kurt M. Cuffey, Jeffrey P. Severinghaus, et al.. (2015). The WAIS Divide deep ice core WD2014 chronology – Part 1: Methane synchronization (68–31 ka BP) and the gas age–ice age difference. Climate of the past. 11(2). 153–173. 174 indexed citations

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Steen‐Larsen, Hans Christian, Valérie Masson‐Delmotte, Motohiro Hirabayashi, et al.. (2014). What controls the isotopic composition of Greenland surface snow?. Climate of the past. 10(1). 377–392. 129 indexed citations

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Steen‐Larsen, Hans Christian, Valérie Masson‐Delmotte, Motohiro Hirabayashi, et al.. (2013). What controls the isotopic composition of Greenland surface snow?. 1 indexed citations

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Clow, Gary D., Kurt M. Cuffey, & Edwin D. Waddington. (2012). High Heat-Flow Beneath the Central Portion of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet. AGUFM. 2012. 17 indexed citations

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Sanders, J. W., Kurt M. Cuffey, K. R. MacGregor, Jeffrey L. Kavanaugh, & Christine F. Dow. (2010). Dynamics of an alpine cirque glacier. American Journal of Science. 310(8). 753–773. 19 indexed citations

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Cuffey, Kurt M. & W. S. B. Paterson. (2010). The Physics of Glaciers Ed. 4. Elsevier eBooks. 2 indexed citations

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Alley, Richard B., Ian Joughin, Huw Horgan, et al.. (2007). A first calving law for ice shelves: spreading-rate control of calving rate. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2007. 2 indexed citations

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Johnson, Kathleen R., B. Lynn Ingram, Kurt M. Cuffey, & James W. Kirchner. (2001). Spatial and Temporal Variability in the Stable Isotope Systematics of Modern Precipitation in China: Implications for Paleoclimate Reconstructions. eScholarship (California Digital Library). 2001. 1 indexed citations

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Vimeux, Françoise, Kurt M. Cuffey, Myriam Khodri, & J. Jouzel. (2001). New Insights Into Southern Hemisphere Temperature Changes From Vostok ice Cores Using Deuterium Excess Correction Over the Last 420,000 Years. AGUFM. 2001. 7 indexed citations

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Alley, Richard B. & Kurt M. Cuffey. (2001). Oxygen- and Hydrogen-Isotopic Ratios of Water in Precipitation: Beyond Paleothermometry. Reviews in Mineralogy and Geochemistry. 43(1). 527–553. 59 indexed citations

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Cuffey, Kurt M., H. Conway, A. M. Gades, et al.. (2000). Deformation properties of subfreezing glacier ice: Role of crystal size, chemical impurities, and rock particles inferred from in situ measurements. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 105(B12). 27895–27915. 52 indexed citations

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Cuffey, Kurt M. & Shawn J. Marshall. (2000). Substantial contribution to sea-level rise during the last interglacial from the Greenland ice sheet. Nature. 404(6778). 591–594. 196 indexed citations

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Cuffey, Kurt M. & Eric J. Steig. (1998). Isotopic diffusion in polar firn: implications for interpretation of seasonal climate parameters in ice-core records, with emphasis on central Greenland. Journal of Glaciology. 44(147). 273–284. 29 indexed citations

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Cuffey, Kurt M. & Eric J. Steig. (1998). Isotopic diffusion in polar firn: implications for interpretation of seasonal climate parameters in ice-core records, with emphasis on central Greenland. Journal of Glaciology. 44(147). 273–284. 67 indexed citations

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Cuffey, Kurt M. & Richard B. Alley. (1996). Is erosion by deforming subglacial sediments significant? (Toward till continuity). Annals of Glaciology. 22. 17–24. 55 indexed citations

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Cuffey, Kurt M. & Richard B. Alley. (1996). Is erosion by deforming subglacial sediments significant? (Toward till continuity). Annals of Glaciology. 22. 17–24. 38 indexed citations

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Cuffey, Kurt M., et al.. (1994). Calibration of the δ¹⁸O isotopic paleothermometer for central Greenland, using borehole temperatures. Journal of Glaciology. 40(135). 341–349. 6 indexed citations

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Cuffey, Kurt M., et al.. (1994). Calibration of the δ18O isotopic paleothermometer for central Greenland, using borehole temperatures. Journal of Glaciology. 40(135). 341–349. 101 indexed citations

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