Rachel Flecker

4.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
71 papers, 3.3k citations indexed

About

Rachel Flecker is a scholar working on Atmospheric Science, Geophysics and Oceanography. According to data from OpenAlex, Rachel Flecker has authored 71 papers receiving a total of 3.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 53 papers in Atmospheric Science, 31 papers in Geophysics and 22 papers in Oceanography. Recurrent topics in Rachel Flecker's work include Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (53 papers), Geological formations and processes (22 papers) and earthquake and tectonic studies (19 papers). Rachel Flecker is often cited by papers focused on Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (53 papers), Geological formations and processes (22 papers) and earthquake and tectonic studies (19 papers). Rachel Flecker collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Netherlands and Spain. Rachel Flecker's co-authors include Wout Krijgsman, Paul J. Valdes, F.J. Hilgen, Francisco Javier Sierro, Stephen J. Vincent, Mark B. Allen, Daniel J. Lunt, Paul Meijer, Tanja J. Kouwenhoven and Marco Roveri and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres, Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta and Scientific Reports.

In The Last Decade

Rachel Flecker

68 papers receiving 3.2k 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.

The Messinian Salinity Crisis: Past and future of a great challenge for marine sciences

2014 468 citations Marco Roveri, Rachel Flecker et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Rachel Flecker United Kingdom	32	2.0k	1.6k	936	636	612	71	3.3k
Vinicio Manzi Italy	34	2.5k 1.2×	1.7k 1.1×	1.4k 1.5×	693 1.1×	507 0.8×	81	3.6k
Marco Roveri Italy	36	3.1k 1.5×	2.0k 1.3×	2.0k 2.1×	787 1.2×	635 1.0×	94	4.5k
Jean‐François Ghienne France	36	2.1k 1.0×	1.3k 0.8×	1.7k 1.8×	1.3k 2.0×	248 0.4×	105	3.7k
Richard N. Hiscott Canada	35	2.0k 1.0×	1.2k 0.8×	1.7k 1.8×	852 1.3×	1.0k 1.7×	81	3.6k
José M. Martı́n Spain	36	2.1k 1.1×	1.5k 0.9×	1.4k 1.5×	1.5k 2.3×	661 1.1×	70	3.4k
Marina Rabineau France	28	1.5k 0.7×	1.4k 0.9×	1.5k 1.6×	326 0.5×	241 0.4×	98	2.8k
David De Vleeschouwer Germany	27	1.7k 0.9×	857 0.5×	568 0.6×	1.3k 2.1×	332 0.5×	89	3.0k
Alessandra Asioli Italy	34	2.0k 1.0×	612 0.4×	1.1k 1.2×	551 0.9×	504 0.8×	57	2.7k
Eliana Fornaciari Italy	28	2.7k 1.3×	919 0.6×	710 0.8×	1.7k 2.7×	813 1.3×	93	3.5k
Christian Hübscher Germany	33	1.9k 0.9×	2.1k 1.3×	1.7k 1.8×	306 0.5×	343 0.6×	141	3.8k

Countries citing papers authored by Rachel Flecker

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Rachel Flecker

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Krijgsman, Wout, Eelco J. Rohling, Dan V. Palcu, et al.. (2024). Causes and consequences of the Messinian salinity crisis. Nature Reviews Earth & Environment. 5(5). 335–350. 16 indexed citations

Flecker, Rachel, Emmanuelle Ducassou, & Trevor Williams. (2023). Expedition 401 Scientific Prospectus: Mediterranean–Atlantic Gateway Exchange. 3 indexed citations

Krijgsman, Wout, Iuliana Vasiliev, Anouk Beniest, et al.. (2022). Mediterranean–Black Sea gateway exchange: scientific drilling workshop on the BlackGate project. Scientific Drilling. 31. 93–110. 3 indexed citations

Hernández‐Molina, F. Javier, et al.. (2020). Late Miocene contourite channel system reveals intermittent overflow behavior. Geology. 48(12). 1194–1199. 51 indexed citations

Sachsenhofer, Reinhard F., et al.. (2019). Source rock potential and depositional environment of the Lower Oligocene İhsaniye Formation in NW Turkey (Thrace, Karaburun). TURKISH JOURNAL OF EARTH SCIENCES. 29(SI-1). 64–84. 5 indexed citations

Capella, Walter, Rachel Flecker, F. Javier Hernández‐Molina, et al.. (2019). Mediterranean isolation preconditioning the Earth System for late Miocene climate cooling. Scientific Reports. 9(1). 3795–3795. 46 indexed citations

Meilijson, Aaron, F.J. Hilgen, Julio Sepúlveda, et al.. (2019). Chronology with a pinch of salt: Integrated stratigraphy of Messinian evaporites in the deep Eastern Mediterranean reveals long-lasting halite deposition during Atlantic connectivity. Earth-Science Reviews. 194. 374–398. 57 indexed citations

Capella, Walter, Nadia Barhoun, Rachel Flecker, et al.. (2018). Data on lithofacies, sedimentology and palaeontology of South Rifian Corridor sections (Morocco). Data in Brief. 19. 712–736. 6 indexed citations

Flecker, Rachel, et al.. (2017). Precession driven changes in terrestrial organic matter input to the Eastern Mediterranean leading up to the Messinian Salinity Crisis. Earth and Planetary Science Letters. 462. 199–211. 21 indexed citations

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Simon, Dirk, Alice Marzocchi, Rachel Flecker, et al.. (2016). Multi-Model approach to reconstruct the Mediterranean Freshwater Evolution. EGUGA.

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Marzocchi, Alice, Daniel J. Lunt, Rachel Flecker, et al.. (2015). Orbital control on late Miocene climate and the North African monsoon: insight from an ensemble of sub-precessional simulations. Climate of the past. 11(10). 1271–1295. 50 indexed citations

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Camerlenghi, Angelo, Johanna Lofi, Christian Hübscher, et al.. (2014). Uncovering a Salt Giant. Deep-Sea Record of Mediterranean Messinian Events (DREAM) multi-phase drilling project. EGU General Assembly Conference Abstracts. 7443. 1 indexed citations

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Martins, César C., et al.. (2014). Biomarker-based salinity reconstruction immediately prior to the Messinian Salinity Crisis (Sorbas Basin, Spain). EGUGA. 13567. 1 indexed citations

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Ivanovic, Ruza, Paul J. Valdes, Rachel Flecker, & Marcus Gutjahr. (2014). Modelling global-scale climate impacts of the late Miocene Messinian Salinity Crisis. Climate of the past. 10(2). 607–622. 36 indexed citations

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Bradshaw, Catherine P., Daniel J. Lunt, Rachel Flecker, et al.. (2012). The relative roles of CO ₂ and palaeogeography in determining late Miocene climate: results from a terrestrial model–data comparison. Climate of the past. 8(4). 1257–1285. 54 indexed citations

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Flecker, Rachel, et al.. (2011). A box model of the Late Miocene Mediterranean Sea: Implications from combined ⁸⁷Sr/⁸⁶Sr and salinity data. Paleoceanography. 26(3). 51 indexed citations

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Flecker, Rachel, Stephanie de Villiers, I. M. Méndez Sánchez, & Antonio Caruso. (2002). Deducing marginal marine seawater composition from biogenic carbonate and evaporites. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta. 66. 1 indexed citations

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Krijgsman, Wout, Marie‐Madeleine Blanc‐Valleron, Rachel Flecker, et al.. (2002). The onset of the Messinian salinity crisis in the Eastern Mediterranean (Pissouri Basin, Cyprus). Earth and Planetary Science Letters. 194(3-4). 299–310. 126 indexed citations

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Kopf, Achim, Michael B. Clennell, & Rachel Flecker. (1998). Relationship between the variation of undrained shear strength, organic carbon content, and the origin and frequencey of enigmatic normal faults in fine-grained sediments from advanced piston cores from the Eastern Mediterranean. Bristol Research (University of Bristol). 160. 645–661.

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Flecker, Rachel, et al.. (1998). Structural evidence for the nature of hiatal gaps in the Late Cretaceous to Recent succession recovered from the Eratosthenes Seamount. Bristol Research (University of Bristol). 160. 517–526. 1 indexed citations

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