Les C. Cwynar

11.2k total citations · 3 hit papers
91 papers, 7.5k citations indexed

About

Les C. Cwynar is a scholar working on Atmospheric Science, Ecology and Anthropology. According to data from OpenAlex, Les C. Cwynar has authored 91 papers receiving a total of 7.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 83 papers in Atmospheric Science, 34 papers in Ecology and 30 papers in Anthropology. Recurrent topics in Les C. Cwynar's work include Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (79 papers), Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology (29 papers) and Isotope Analysis in Ecology (21 papers). Les C. Cwynar is often cited by papers focused on Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (79 papers), Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology (29 papers) and Isotope Analysis in Ecology (21 papers). Les C. Cwynar collaborates with scholars based in Canada, United States and United Kingdom. Les C. Cwynar's co-authors include Glen M. MacDonald, J. John Lowe, Svante Björck, Ian R. Walker, André J. Levesque, Robert C. Spear, Francis E. Mayle, S. J. Johnsen, M. J. C. Walker and Mike Walker and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Ecology.

In The Last Decade

Les C. Cwynar

90 papers receiving 6.9k citations

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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.

An event stratigraphy for the Last Termination in the North Atlantic region based on the Greenland ice-core record: a proposal by the INTIMATE group

1998 742 citations Svante Björck, M. J. C. Walker et al. Journal of Quaternary Science profile →
Formal subdivision of the Holocene Series/Epoch: a Discussion Paper by a Working Group of INTIMATE (Integration of ice‐core, marine and terrestrial records) and the Subcommission on Quaternary Stratigraphy (International Commission on Stratigraphy)

2012 663 citations Mike Walker, Max Berkelhammer et al. Journal of Quaternary Science profile →
Formal ratification of the subdivision of the Holocene Series/Epoch (Quaternary System/Period): two new Global Boundary Stratotype Sections and Points (GSSPs) and three new stages/subseries

2018 281 citations Mike Walker, Martin J. Head et al. profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Increasing Tephra Deposition in Northeastern North America Points to Atmospheric Circulation Changes at the Early Mid Holocene Transition 2025 ·Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres ·Alistair Monteath, Britta J.L. Jensen, Lauren J. Davies, (unknown), Paul Hughes, Helen Mackay, Mary E. Edwards, Matthew S. Finkenbinder, Robert K. Booth, Les C. Cwynar, (unknown), Sean Pyne-O’Donnell, (unknown), Duane Froese, Gunnar Mallon, Matthew J. Amesbury, (unknown)	1
2	A Holocene fire history from Terra Nova National Park, Newfoundland, Canada: vegetation and climate change both influenced the fire regime 2024 ·Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution ·(unknown), André Arsenault, Les C. Cwynar	1
3	Impact of extreme coastal events on a brackish lake on the Burin Peninsula, Newfoundland, Canada 2024 ·The Science of The Total Environment ·(unknown), Les C. Cwynar, Piotr Kołaczek, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Mikołaj Kokociński	1
4	A latest Pleistocene and Holocene composite tephrostratigraphic framework for northeastern North America 2021 ·Quaternary Science Reviews ·Britta J.L. Jensen, Lauren J. Davies, Connor Nolan, Sean Pyne-O’Donnell, Alistair Monteath, В. В. Пономарева, Maxim Portnyagin, Robert K. Booth, Marcus Bursik, Eliza Cook, Gill Plunkett, James W. Vallance, Yan Luo, Les C. Cwynar, Paul Hughes, D. Graham Pearson	15
5	Dung analysis of the East Milford mastodons: dietary and environmental reconstructions from central Nova Scotia at ∼75 ka years BP 2021 ·Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences ·(unknown), Michael F. J. Pisaric, Francine M.G. McCarthy, Jesse C. Vermaire, (unknown), Les C. Cwynar	4
6	Subdividing the Holocene Series/Epoch: formalization of stages/ages and subseries/subepochs, and designation of GSSPs and auxiliary stratotypes 2019 ·Journal of Quaternary Science ·Mike Walker, Martin J. Head, J. John Lowe, Max Berkelhammer, Svante Björck, Hai Cheng, Les C. Cwynar, David Fisher, Vasileios Gkinis, Antony J. Long, Rewi M. Newnham, Sune Olander Rasmussen, Harvey Weiss	144
7	Southern Westerly Winds submit to the ENSO regime: A multiproxy paleohydrology record from Lake Dobson, Tasmania 2015 ·Quaternary Science Reviews ·Andrew Rees, Les C. Cwynar, Michael‐Shawn Fletcher	31
8	Chironomid-based water depth reconstructions: an independent evaluation of site-specific and local inference models 2012 ·Journal of Paleolimnology ·Stefan Engels, Les C. Cwynar, Andrew Rees, Bryan N. Shuman	34
9	Effects of within-lake gradients on the distribution of fossil chironomids from maar lakes in western Alaska: implications for environmental reconstructions 2008 ·Hydrobiologia ·Joshua Kurek, Les C. Cwynar	40
10	Midges and palaeotemperature reconstruction—the North American experience 2006 ·Quaternary Science Reviews ·Ian R. Walker, Les C. Cwynar	113
11	A midge-based late-glacial temperature reconstruction from southwestern Nova Scotia 2005 ·Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences ·Bronwen S. Whitney, (unknown), Les C. Cwynar	9
12	Lateglacial climate change in the White Mountains of New Hampshire 2001 ·Quaternary Science Reviews ·Les C. Cwynar, Robert C. Spear	37
13	Isotopic ‘events’ in the GRIP ice core: a stratotype for the Late Pleistocene 1999 ·Quaternary Science Reviews ·M. J. C. Walker, Svante Björck, J. John Lowe, Les C. Cwynar, S. J. Johnsen, Karen Luise Knudsen, Barbara Wohlfarth, (unknown)	258
14	Richness, diversity and succession of late-glacial chironomid assemblages in New Brunswick, Canada 1996 ·Journal of Paleolimnology ·André J. Levesque, Les C. Cwynar, Ian R. Walker	26
15	A review of multi-proxy data for the younger dryas in Atlantic Canada 1995 ·Quaternary Science Reviews ·Francis E. Mayle, Les C. Cwynar	31
16	Wisconsinan Late‐glacial environmental chage in New Brunswick: A regional synthesis 1994 ·Journal of Quaternary Science ·Les C. Cwynar, André J. Levesque, Francis E. Mayle, Ian R. Walker	30
17	Late Quaternary history of black spruce and grasslands in southwest Yukon Territory 1992 ·Canadian Journal of Botany ·(unknown), Les C. Cwynar	23
18	Late Quaternary vegetation history of Kettlehole Pond, southwestern Yukon 1988 ·Canadian Journal of Forest Research ·Les C. Cwynar	43
19	Arctic Steppe-Tundra: A Yukon Perspective 1980 ·Science ·Les C. Cwynar, J. C. Ritchie	107
20	The recent fire history of Barron Township, Algonquin Park 1977 ·Canadian Journal of Botany ·Les C. Cwynar	46

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