Rainer Zahn

8.0k citations

68 papers · 5.9k indexed · 1 hit paper · h-index 40

Co-authors: I.R. Hall Katharina Pahnke Joan O. Grimalt Michael Sarnthein Joachim Schönfeld Isabel Cacho L. Diester‐Haass Miquel Canals
Topics: Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (63 papers)Isotope Analysis in Ecology (33 papers)Geological formations and processes (19 papers)
Cited by: Atmospheric Science Earth-Surface Processes Oceanography
Journals: Nature Science Nature Communications
Partner nations: Spain United Kingdom Germany

In The Last Decade

Rainer Zahn

68 papers receiving 5.6k citations

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On the role of the Agulhas system in ocean circulation and climate

2011 450 citations Lisa M. Beal, Wilhelmus P. M. de Ruijter et al. Nature profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Ocean currents generate large footprints in marine palaeoclimate proxies 2015 ·Nature Communications ·Erik van Sebille,Paolo Scussolini,Jonathan V. Durgadoo,Frank J C Peeters,Arne Biastoch,Wilbert Weijer,Chris Turney,Claire B. Paris,Rainer Zahn	64
2	Effects of midlatitude westerlies on the paleoproductivity at the Agulhas Bank slope during the penultimate glacial cycle: Evidence from coccolith Sr/Ca ratios 2014 ·Paleoceanography ·Luz María Mejía,Patrizia Ziveri,(unknown),Clara T Bolton,Rainer Zahn,Gianluca Marino,Gema Martínez Méndez,Heather Stoll	17
3	Development of Middle Stone Age innovation linked to rapid climate change 2013 ·Nature Communications ·Martin Ziegler,M.H. Simon,I.R. Hall,S. Barker,Chris Stringer,Rainer Zahn	153
4	On the role of the Agulhas system in ocean circulation and climatebreakdown → 2011 ·Nature ·Lisa M. Beal,Wilhelmus P. M. de Ruijter,Arne Biastoch,Rainer Zahn,(unknown),Meghan F. Cronin,Juliet Hermes,Johann R. E. Lütjeharms,Graham D. Quartly,Tomoki Tozuka,S. Baker‐Yeboah,Thomas G. Bornman,Paolo Cipollini,Henk A. Dijkstra,I.R. Hall,Wonsun Park,Frank J C Peeters,Pierrick Penven,H. Ridderinkhof,Jens Zinke	450
5	Reversed flow of Atlantic deep water during the Last Glacial Maximum 2010 ·Nature ·(unknown),Rainer Zahn,Alexander Thomas,Pere Masqué,Gideon M. Henderson,Gema Martínez Méndez,I.R. Hall,J.L. Mas	80
6	Upper-ocean-to-atmosphere radiocarbon offsets imply fast deglacial carbon dioxide release 2010 ·Nature ·Kathryn Rose,Elisabeth L. Sikes,T. P. Guilderson,Phil Shane,Tessa M. Hill,Rainer Zahn,Howard J. Spero	69
7	Contrasting multiproxy reconstructions of surface ocean hydrography in the Agulhas Corridor and implications for the Agulhas Leakage during the last 345,000 years 2010 ·Paleoceanography ·Gema Martínez Méndez,Rainer Zahn,I.R. Hall,Frank J C Peeters,Leopoldo D. Pena,Isabel Cacho,(unknown)	59
8	Millennial scale evolution of the Southern Ocean chemical divide 2010 ·Quaternary Science Reviews ·C.D. Charles,Katharina Pahnke,Rainer Zahn,P. Graham Mortyn,Ulysses S. Ninnemann,David A Hodell	26
9	Variable water column structure of the South Atlantic on glacial–interglacial time scales 2009 ·Quaternary Science Reviews ·Gema Martínez Méndez,(unknown),I.R. Hall,Rainer Zahn	11
10	Signatures of rapid climatic changes in organic matter records in the western Mediterranean Sea during the last glacial period 2007 ·Bulletin de la Société Géologique de France ·François Baudin,Nathalie Combourieu‐Nebout,Rainer Zahn	15
11	Multidecadal ocean variability and NW European ice sheet surges during the last deglaciation 2002 ·Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems ·Paul Cornils Knutz,I.R. Hall,Rainer Zahn,Tine L. Rasmussen,Antoon Kuijpers,Matthias Moros,Nicholas J Shackleton	31
12	Upper ocean circulation in the glacial North Atlantic from benthic foraminiferal isotope and trace element fingerprinting 2000 ·Paleoceanography ·(unknown),Rainer Zahn	33
13	39. PLANKTONIC δ 18 O AND U k '37 TEMPERATURE ESTIMATES FROM ORGANIC-RICH SEDIMENTS AT SITES 974 AND 975, TYRRHENIAN SEA AND BALEARIC RISE 1 1999 ·Heidi Doose,Rainer Zahn,Stefano M. Bernasconi,(unknown),(unknown),Catherine Pierre,Paul E. Belanger	7
14	37. PLANKTONIC δ18O RECORDS AT SITES 976 AND 977, ALBORAN SEA: STRATIGRAPHY, FORCING, AND PALEOCEANOGRAPHIC IMPLICATIONS 1 1999 ·(unknown),Rainer Zahn,Ralf Tiedemann,(unknown)	38
15	Palaeoclimatology; core correlations 1994 ·Nature ·Rainer Zahn	7
16	Core correlations 1994 ·Nature ·Rainer Zahn	10
17	Late-Glacial to Holocene Changes in Winds, Upwelling, and Seasonal Production of the Northern California Current System 1992 ·Quaternary Research ·Constance Sancetta,M. Lyle,Linda E. Heusser,Rainer Zahn,J. Platt Bradbury	54
18	Paleoproductivity and carbon burial across the California Current: The multitracers transect, 42°N 1992 ·Paleoceanography ·Mitchell W Lyle,Rainer Zahn,Frederick G Prahl,Jack Dymond,Robert Collier,Nicklas G. Pisias,Erwin Suess	103
19	Carbonate Variations in the Northeast Pacific during the Late Quaternary 1992 ·Paleoceanography ·Robert Karlin,Mitchell W Lyle,Rainer Zahn	40
20	Benthic isotope evidence for changes of the Mediterranean outflow during the Late Quaternary 1987 ·Paleoceanography ·Rainer Zahn,Michael Sarnthein,Helmut Erlenkeuser	127

About Rainer Zahn

Rainer Zahn is a scholar working on Atmospheric Science, Earth-Surface Processes and Oceanography, having authored 68 papers that have together received 5.9k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (63 papers), Isotope Analysis in Ecology (33 papers) and Geological formations and processes (19 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Atmospheric Science (5.1k citations), Earth-Surface Processes (1.5k citations) and Oceanography (1.9k citations). Rainer Zahn has collaborated with scholars based in Spain, United Kingdom and Germany. Frequent co-authors include I.R. Hall, Katharina Pahnke, Joan O. Grimalt, Michael Sarnthein, Joachim Schönfeld, Isabel Cacho, L. Diester‐Haass, Miquel Canals, Helmut Erlenkeuser and Belén Martrat. Their work appears in journals such as Nature, Science and Nature Communications.

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