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Profiles
Dr Stephen Grimes
Associate Professor in Stable Isotope Geochemistry and Climate Change
School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences (Faculty of Science and Engineering)
Dr Stephen Grimes can be contacted through arrangement with our Press Office, to speak to the media on these areas of expertise.
- Palaeoclimatology
- Biomineralisation
- Stable isotope geochemistry
Email publicrelations@plymouth.ac.uk to enquire.
Biography
Biography
SoGEES Senior Tutor
Qualifications
Oct. 1991 – June 1994: Obtained a 2:1 BSc Honours degree in Geochemistry at the University of St. Andrews on the 7/7/1994. During my degree I spent 2 months conducting my 3rd year undergraduate fieldwork project on the South Rurie Carbonatite Complex in western Kenya.
Sept. 1994 – Jan. 1998: Obtained a PhD from Cardiff University on the 14/7/1998. The thesis title was "Studies of geothermal systems, Taupo Volcanic Zone, New Zealand". The work was supervised by Prof. Rickard and showed for the first time how U-series dating of calcite could be used to constrain the age of geothermal alteration (Grimes et al. 1998). Additional work using strontium isotopes as a tool to understand alteration styles within geothermal fields (Grimes et al. 2000) and a study of unique sulphur mounds at the Wiotapu geothermal system explained their process of formation (Grimes et al. 1999).
Jan. 1998 – Jan. 2000: NERC Post Doctorate Research Associate at Cardiff University. The title of the research was "Unlocking the early evolution of land plants and their biogeochemical impact through pyritisation of their remains", grant number GR3/11196. The research was concerned with pyrite formation pathways and the understanding of the process involved in the pyritisation of organic matter. This work involved collaboration between Prof. David Rickard (Cardiff University), Prof. Dianne Edwards (Cardiff University), Prof. John Parkes (Bristol University) and Prof. Derek Briggs (Bristol University). In its initial stage I designed and constructed a novel anoxic chemostatic reaction system for the investigation of pyrite formation pathways and pyritisation of organic matter under strictly controlled environmental and chemical conditions. Using this and other experimental systems I explain the environment and mechanism involved in the pyritisation of plant axes in the London Clay (Grimes et al. 2001a; Grimes et al. 2002a; Grimes et al. 2007). Conference presentations were made at the 9th (1999, Houston) and 10th (2000, Oxford) Annual V.M. Goldschmidt Conferences.
April 2000 – July 2003: NERC Post Doctorate Research Associate at Royal Holloway University of London (RHUL). The title of the research was "Greenhouse-icehouse transitions: testing the use of oxygen isotopes in associated mammal tooth phosphate and freshwater carbonates as an Eocene-Oligocene climate proxy", grant number GRE/12864. The work required me to design a new method for determining the d18OPO4 ratio in rodent tooth enamel so as to constrain the d18O of palaeo-freshwater (Lindars et al. 2001). I have also shown how the mean d18O of palaeo-freshwater can be combined with d18O values from other freshwater proxies (gastropod shells, fish otoliths, fish scales & charophyte gyrogonites) to calculate multiple terrestrial palaeotemperatures which, due to different mineralization times throughout the year, have differing climatic significance (Grimes et al. 2003). This work has culminated in the publication of the first multiple terrestrial palaeotemperature curve (Mean Growing Season Temperature, and Mean Warmest Growing Season Temperature) across the Eocene – Oligocene transition (Grimes et al. 2005). In addition, a paper outlining the application of this multi-palaeoproxy approach to the study of terrestrial climate change in the Quaternary has been published (Grimes et al. 2004b) and a related paper using carbon isotope results to infer the palaeodiet of rodents has also been published (Grimes et al. 2004a). My research techniques have also been used by the BBC program “Meet the Ancestors; Napoleon’s lost Army: The soldiers who fell” (screened on 3/2/2003) as a forensic tool to determine the birthplace of Napoleonic soldiers.
Roles on external bodies
2024 The Geological Society of London - Scientific Theme Lead for Climate and Ecology
Research organisations
1. Full member of the NERC Peer Review College
2. Member of the European Science Foundation Pool of Peer Reviewers
Committee member of the following organisations
1. The Geochemistry Group, a joint special interest group of the Mineralogical Society and the Geological Society. 2010 - 2012
2. The Mineralogical SocietyAwards Committee. 2011 -2012
Peer reviewed research grants for the following international funding councils
1. Natural Environmental Research Council (NERC)
2. National Science Foundation (NSF)
3. Science Foundation Ireland
4. European Science Foundation
5. Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research
Reviewed manuscripts in the following international peer review journals
1. Nature
2. Nature Geoscience
3. Geology
4. Earth and Planetary Science Letters
5. Chemical Geology
6. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta
7. Journal of the Geological Society of London
8. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology
9. Quaternary International
Teaching
Teaching
Teaching interests
- Associate Head of School - Education and Student Experience from 2017 - 2023
- Earth Sciences Programme Manager from 2012 - 2016
- On the 1st November 2004 I was awarded a post-graduate certificate in Learning and Teaching in Higher Education (LTHE).
Staff serving as external examiners
External PhD examinations
6th December 2013. External examiner at the University of Leicester during the PhD viva of Dr Sven Fred Könitzer.
16th December 2008. External examiner at the Universidad Complutense de Madrid during the PhD viva of Dr Laura Domingo Martínez.
6th December 2013. External examiner at the University of Leicester during the PhD viva of Dr Sven Fred Könitzer.
16th December 2008. External examiner at the Universidad Complutense de Madrid during the PhD viva of Dr Laura Domingo Martínez.
Internal PhD examinations
22nd February 2007.Internal examiner at the University of Plymouth during the PhD viva of Dr Elizabeth Nunn.
Research
Research
Research interests
My current research interests include
- Stable isotope mass spectrometry
- Reconstructing terrestrial and marine palaeoenvironments during the Cenozoic
- Understanding past hyperthermal events and their related ocean acidification events
- Micrometeorites
Research degrees awarded to supervised students
Current PhD Students
None
None
Past PhD Students
2019. Dr Camille Dusséaux. PhD studentship entitled Stable Isotope paleoaltimetry reconstruction of the Variscan belt of Western Europe'. Funded by the University of Plymouth. Supervision team: Dr A. Gebelin and Dr S.T. Grimes
2016. Dr Mohammed Chaanda. PhD studentship entitled "Cenozoic terrestrial palaeoenvironmental change: An investigation of the Bovey and Petrockstowe basins, South West United Kingdom" Start date January 2011. Funded by the Nigerian Government. Supervision team: Dr S.T. Grimes, Dr G.D. Price and Dr M. Anderson.
2015. Dr Amadu Tukur. Visiting PhD student from the Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University, Nigeria (Jan 2012- July 2012)
2014. Dr Hayley Manners. PhD studentship entitled "A high resolution compound specific carbon isotope study of the PETM in Northern Spain" Start date October 2009. Funded by the University of Plymouth. Supervision team: Dr S.T. Grimes, Dr P. Sutton, Prof. R.J. Twitchett & Prof. M. Hart.
2011. Dr Muhammad Hanif. PhD studentship entitled "Micropalaeontology and stratigraphy of the Palaeocene / Eocene thermal maximum of Pakistan" Started October 2007. Funded by NCEG University of Peshawar Pakistan. Supervision team: Prof. M. Hart, Dr C. Smart & Dr S.T. Grimes.
2011. DrMelanie Bugler. PhD studentship entitled "An investigation into use of the freshwater gastropod Viviparusas a recorder of past climatic change". Started October 2006, completed March 2011. Funded by Graduate School, University of Plymouth. Supervision team: Dr G.D. Price, Dr S.T. Grimes & Dr C. Smart.
2009. Dr Timothy Kearsey. PhD studentship entitled ‘ Multi-proxy palaeoclimate reconstruction of the Permian–Triassic mass extinction event' . Started 1st October 2005, completed 26th March 2009. Funded by the Faculty of Science, University of Plymouth. Supervision team: Dr R.J. Twitchett, Dr S.T. Grimes, Dr G.D. Price & Prof. M.J. Benton (University of Bristol).
2008. Dr Laura Domingo Martínez. Visiting PhD student from Universidad Complutense de Madrid (August 2006 - October 2006 and September 2007 - November 2007). Supervisor, Prof. Nieves López-Martínez.
2016. Dr Mohammed Chaanda. PhD studentship entitled "Cenozoic terrestrial palaeoenvironmental change: An investigation of the Bovey and Petrockstowe basins, South West United Kingdom" Start date January 2011. Funded by the Nigerian Government. Supervision team: Dr S.T. Grimes, Dr G.D. Price and Dr M. Anderson.
2015. Dr Amadu Tukur. Visiting PhD student from the Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University, Nigeria (Jan 2012- July 2012)
2014. Dr Hayley Manners. PhD studentship entitled "A high resolution compound specific carbon isotope study of the PETM in Northern Spain" Start date October 2009. Funded by the University of Plymouth. Supervision team: Dr S.T. Grimes, Dr P. Sutton, Prof. R.J. Twitchett & Prof. M. Hart.
2011. Dr Muhammad Hanif. PhD studentship entitled "Micropalaeontology and stratigraphy of the Palaeocene / Eocene thermal maximum of Pakistan" Started October 2007. Funded by NCEG University of Peshawar Pakistan. Supervision team: Prof. M. Hart, Dr C. Smart & Dr S.T. Grimes.
2011. DrMelanie Bugler. PhD studentship entitled "An investigation into use of the freshwater gastropod Viviparusas a recorder of past climatic change". Started October 2006, completed March 2011. Funded by Graduate School, University of Plymouth. Supervision team: Dr G.D. Price, Dr S.T. Grimes & Dr C. Smart.
2009. Dr Timothy Kearsey. PhD studentship entitled ‘ Multi-proxy palaeoclimate reconstruction of the Permian–Triassic mass extinction event' . Started 1st October 2005, completed 26th March 2009. Funded by the Faculty of Science, University of Plymouth. Supervision team: Dr R.J. Twitchett, Dr S.T. Grimes, Dr G.D. Price & Prof. M.J. Benton (University of Bristol).
2008. Dr Laura Domingo Martínez. Visiting PhD student from Universidad Complutense de Madrid (August 2006 - October 2006 and September 2007 - November 2007). Supervisor, Prof. Nieves López-Martínez.
MGeol, MSc and MRes Student
Ms Lucy Full. MGeol 2013/14.A multi-proxy geochemical investigation into the palaeosols at Esplugafreda, northern Spain; Palaeoclimatic changes through the PETM.
Ms Charis Vale. MGeol 2013/14. A facies and stable isotope investigation of the London Clay Formation, Whitecliff Bay, Isle of Wight.
Ms Lucy Joy. MGeol 2012/13. A facies and stable isotope investigation of the London Clay Formation, Whitecliff Bay, Isle of Wight.
Ms Cara Parker. MSc 20010/11. Reconstruction of atmospheric carbon dioxide δ13C ratios across the Eocene / Oligocene transition.
Ms Leah-Marie Foster. MGeol 20010/11. A micro-palaeontological and geochemical investigation of the transition through the Reading - Harwich - London Clay formations, UK.
Ms Emma Hodgson. MGeol 2009/2010. Geochemical and palynological evidence for the Paleocene / Eocene Thermal Maximum from the Hampshire Basin, UK. Dr S.T. Grimes & Prof. M. Hart.
Ms Tracey Aze. MRes 2006/2007. MRes thesis entitled "A study of ocean acidification and its effect upon past and future foraminiferal communities". Supervision team: Dr S.T. Grimes, Prof. M. Hart & Dr. C. Smart.
Mr Gavin McIntosh. MRes 2005/2006. MRes thesis entitled "Unravelling seasonal Pliocene climates in the Mediterranean ~3.0Ma through the use of sclerochronology of Crassostrea longirostrisfrom the Vera Basin S.E. Spain". Supervision team: Dr S.T. Grimes & Dr M. Stokes.
Mr Matthew Sharples. MSc 2004/2005. MSc thesis entitled "Testing the isotope signal from fossil Crassostrea longirostrisoysters as a palaeoclimate reconstruction tool". Supervision team: Dr S.T. Grimes & Dr M. Stokes.
Ms Lucy Full. MGeol 2013/14.A multi-proxy geochemical investigation into the palaeosols at Esplugafreda, northern Spain; Palaeoclimatic changes through the PETM.
Ms Charis Vale. MGeol 2013/14. A facies and stable isotope investigation of the London Clay Formation, Whitecliff Bay, Isle of Wight.
Ms Lucy Joy. MGeol 2012/13. A facies and stable isotope investigation of the London Clay Formation, Whitecliff Bay, Isle of Wight.
Ms Cara Parker. MSc 20010/11. Reconstruction of atmospheric carbon dioxide δ13C ratios across the Eocene / Oligocene transition.
Ms Leah-Marie Foster. MGeol 20010/11. A micro-palaeontological and geochemical investigation of the transition through the Reading - Harwich - London Clay formations, UK.
Ms Emma Hodgson. MGeol 2009/2010. Geochemical and palynological evidence for the Paleocene / Eocene Thermal Maximum from the Hampshire Basin, UK. Dr S.T. Grimes & Prof. M. Hart.
Ms Tracey Aze. MRes 2006/2007. MRes thesis entitled "A study of ocean acidification and its effect upon past and future foraminiferal communities". Supervision team: Dr S.T. Grimes, Prof. M. Hart & Dr. C. Smart.
Mr Gavin McIntosh. MRes 2005/2006. MRes thesis entitled "Unravelling seasonal Pliocene climates in the Mediterranean ~3.0Ma through the use of sclerochronology of Crassostrea longirostrisfrom the Vera Basin S.E. Spain". Supervision team: Dr S.T. Grimes & Dr M. Stokes.
Mr Matthew Sharples. MSc 2004/2005. MSc thesis entitled "Testing the isotope signal from fossil Crassostrea longirostrisoysters as a palaeoclimate reconstruction tool". Supervision team: Dr S.T. Grimes & Dr M. Stokes.
Nuffield Foundation Students
Miss Molly Harrison. 2014 Nuffield Foundation Research Placement for Schools & Colleges scheme. Research entitled 'Understanding past climate change events'
Mr Philip Martin. 2011. Nuffield Foundation Undergraduate Science bursary scheme. Research entitled 'A micropalaeontological and geochemical investigation of the late Paleocene / early Eocene sediments from Ermua (Northern Spain)'
Mr Robin Hayward. 2011. Nuffield Foundation Science Bursaries for Schools & Colleges scheme. Research entitled 'A micropalaeontological investigation of a past greenhouse climate event'
Miss Molly Harrison. 2014 Nuffield Foundation Research Placement for Schools & Colleges scheme. Research entitled 'Understanding past climate change events'
Mr Philip Martin. 2011. Nuffield Foundation Undergraduate Science bursary scheme. Research entitled 'A micropalaeontological and geochemical investigation of the late Paleocene / early Eocene sediments from Ermua (Northern Spain)'
Mr Robin Hayward. 2011. Nuffield Foundation Science Bursaries for Schools & Colleges scheme. Research entitled 'A micropalaeontological investigation of a past greenhouse climate event'
Part-Time Voluntary Research Assistants
Ms Melanie Bizet. Summer 2014
Ms Jo Torres.Summer 2013
Mr Phil Martin.Summer 2013.
Ms Emma Hodgson. Summer 2011
Grants & contracts
Research Grants
2012
1. Awarded £396,429.NERC standard grant, with a 3 year PDRA. Project entitled 'Carbonate clumped-isotopic constraints on marine temperatures during the Cretaceous'. Start date 1st December 2012. PI: Greg Price, Co-I Stephen Grimes.
2. Awarded £68,628. Funded jointly by Plymouth University and the British Geological Survey University Funding Initiative (BUFI). PhD studentship entitled 'Palaeohydrology of a rapid climate change event at the Palaeocene-Eocene boundary'. Supervision team: S.T. Grimes, M. Ellis (BGS, Keyworth) R. Duller (Liverpool), S. Kender, (BGS, Keyworth), M. Stokes, M. Watkinson.
2011
1. Awarded £1,440. Nuffield Foundation Undergraduate Research Bursary scheme. Funding to employ Mr Philip Martin, a stage 2 Geology undergraduate student, to undertake a project entitled 'A micropaleontological and stable isotope investigation of Late Paleocene to Early Eocene sediments from Ermua, Northern Spain'
2. Awarded £4,740. Marine Institute small collaborative research grant scheme, in conjunction with Prof. Roland Gehrels. Funding to undertake a project entitled 'Constraining the magnitude and timing of the rapid sea-level jumps associated with the 8.2ka climate event'
2010
1. Awarded £40,304. NERC Life Sciences Mass Spectrometry Facility. Funding for compound specific carbon and hydrogen isotope analyses as part of a PhD studentship entitled "A high resolution compound specific carbon isotope study of the PETM in Northern Spain".
1. Awarded £40,304. NERC Life Sciences Mass Spectrometry Facility. Funding for compound specific carbon and hydrogen isotope analyses as part of a PhD studentship entitled "A high resolution compound specific carbon isotope study of the PETM in Northern Spain".
2009
1. Awarded £14,030. NERC Isotope Geosciences Facilities Steering Committe. Funding for carbon isotope analyses associated with a PhD studentship entitled "A high resolution compound specific carbon isotope study of the PETM in Northern Spain".
2. Awarded ~£42,000. Graduate School, University of Plymouth. PhD studentship entitled "A high resolution compound specific carbon isotope study of the PETM in Northern Spain". Supervision team: S.T. Grimes, P. Sutton, R.J. Twitchett & M. Hart.
3. Recognised researcher on a €170,000 Spanish (Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación) funded grant. Grant entitled ‘Estudio de episodios criticos del registro geologico mediante multi-indicadores de procesos geobiologicos’. Lead investigator, Prof. Nieves Lopez Martinez, Universidad Complutense de Madrid.
1. Awarded £14,030. NERC Isotope Geosciences Facilities Steering Committe. Funding for carbon isotope analyses associated with a PhD studentship entitled "A high resolution compound specific carbon isotope study of the PETM in Northern Spain".
2. Awarded ~£42,000. Graduate School, University of Plymouth. PhD studentship entitled "A high resolution compound specific carbon isotope study of the PETM in Northern Spain". Supervision team: S.T. Grimes, P. Sutton, R.J. Twitchett & M. Hart.
3. Recognised researcher on a €170,000 Spanish (Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación) funded grant. Grant entitled ‘Estudio de episodios criticos del registro geologico mediante multi-indicadores de procesos geobiologicos’. Lead investigator, Prof. Nieves Lopez Martinez, Universidad Complutense de Madrid.
2008
1. Awarded £12,750. NERC Isotope Geoscience Facility. Funding for carbonate and water stable isotope analyses associated with a PhD studentship entitled "Is seasonal climate variability a key factor in biotic extinctions? ".
2. Awarded £19,840. NERC Life Sciences Mass Spectrometry Facility. Funding for carbon and hydrogen isotope analyses on a project entiled "Quantifying the nature of the Paleocene/Eocene thermal maximum in southern Europe".
1. Awarded £12,750. NERC Isotope Geoscience Facility. Funding for carbonate and water stable isotope analyses associated with a PhD studentship entitled "Is seasonal climate variability a key factor in biotic extinctions? ".
2. Awarded £19,840. NERC Life Sciences Mass Spectrometry Facility. Funding for carbon and hydrogen isotope analyses on a project entiled "Quantifying the nature of the Paleocene/Eocene thermal maximum in southern Europe".
2007
1. Awarded £5,863.University of Plymouth Research and Innovation Fellowship Award Scheme. Funding to undertake a project entitled 'Compound specific carbon isotope analysis of terrestrial organic matter: The next generation tool for the study of climate change'.
1. Awarded £5,863.University of Plymouth Research and Innovation Fellowship Award Scheme. Funding to undertake a project entitled 'Compound specific carbon isotope analysis of terrestrial organic matter: The next generation tool for the study of climate change'.
2006
1. Awarded ~£42,000.Graduate School, University of Plymouth. PhD studentship entitled "Is seasonal climate variability a key factor in biotic extinctions? ". Supervision team: S.T. Grimes, G.D. Price & C. Smart.
2. Awarded £2,200. NERC Isotope Geoscience Facility. Carbon isotope analyses associated with "Quantifying the extent to which the initial Eocene thermal maximum affected the continental climate of Europe".
2005
1. Awarded £7,150. British Academy. 18 month small grant to undertake research entitled 'Nomadic or sedentary? Using oxygen and carbon isotopes in tooth enamel to ascertain the life style of a past population in Central Asia'.
2. Awarded ~£42,000 Faculty of Science, University of Plymouth. PhD studentship entitled ‘Global climate change during the Permian-Triassic mass extinction event’. Supervision team: R.J. Twitchett, S.T. Grimes, G.D. Price & M.J. Benton (University of Bristol).
2004
1. Awarded £47,312. NERC. 2 year New Investigators Grant. Project title "Quantifying the extent to which the initial Eocene thermal maximum affected the continental climate of Europe"
Travel Grants
1999
1. Awarded £1,120. Royal Society. For attendance at The 9th Annual V.M. Goldschmidt Conference. August 22nd – 27th, 1999. Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA.
Teaching Grants
2008
1. Awarded £2,955. Experiential Learning in Environmental and Natural Sciences CETL at the University of Plymouth. Purpose is to develop material for the practical teaching of palaeoclimatology.
1. Awarded ~£42,000.Graduate School, University of Plymouth. PhD studentship entitled "Is seasonal climate variability a key factor in biotic extinctions? ". Supervision team: S.T. Grimes, G.D. Price & C. Smart.
2. Awarded £2,200. NERC Isotope Geoscience Facility. Carbon isotope analyses associated with "Quantifying the extent to which the initial Eocene thermal maximum affected the continental climate of Europe".
2005
1. Awarded £7,150. British Academy. 18 month small grant to undertake research entitled 'Nomadic or sedentary? Using oxygen and carbon isotopes in tooth enamel to ascertain the life style of a past population in Central Asia'.
2. Awarded ~£42,000 Faculty of Science, University of Plymouth. PhD studentship entitled ‘Global climate change during the Permian-Triassic mass extinction event’. Supervision team: R.J. Twitchett, S.T. Grimes, G.D. Price & M.J. Benton (University of Bristol).
2004
1. Awarded £47,312. NERC. 2 year New Investigators Grant. Project title "Quantifying the extent to which the initial Eocene thermal maximum affected the continental climate of Europe"
Travel Grants
1999
1. Awarded £1,120. Royal Society. For attendance at The 9th Annual V.M. Goldschmidt Conference. August 22nd – 27th, 1999. Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA.
Teaching Grants
2008
1. Awarded £2,955. Experiential Learning in Environmental and Natural Sciences CETL at the University of Plymouth. Purpose is to develop material for the practical teaching of palaeoclimatology.
Publications
Publications
Key publications
Key publications are highlighted
Journals
Articles
(2023) 'Terrestrial carbon isotope stratigraphy of the Eocene–Oligocene transition, Petrockstowe and Bovey basins, Devon, UK' Proceedings of the Geologists' Association , DOI Open access
(2019) 'Palaeoenvironmental and tectonic significance of Miocene lacustrine and palustrine carbonates (Ait Kandoula Formation) in the Ouarzazate Foreland Basin, Morocco' Sedimentary Geology 383, 195-195 Publisher Site , DOI Open access
(2019) 'Delayed sedimentary response to abrupt climate change at the Paleocene-Eocene boundary, northern Spain' Geology , DOI Open access
(2018) 'A high-resolution belemnite geochemical analysis of Early Cretaceous (Valanginian-Hauterivian) environmental and climatic perturbations' Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems , DOI Open access
(2018) 'Dynamics of sediment flux to a bathyal continental margin section through the Paleocene–Eocene Thermal Maximum' Climate of the Past 14, (7) 1035-1049 , DOI Open access
(2015) 'Coupling of marine and continental oxygen isotope records during the Eocene-Oligocene transition' Geological Society of America Bulletin 128, (3-4) 502-510 , DOI Open access
(2015) 'A paleoclimatic and paleoatmospheric record from peatlands accumulating during the Cretaceous-Paleogene boundary event, Western Interior Basin, Canada' GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA BULLETIN 127, (11-12) 1564-1582 , DOI Open access
(2015) 'Two member subdivision of the Bima Sandstone, Upper Benue Trough, Nigeria: Based on sedimentological data' JOURNAL OF AFRICAN EARTH SCIENCES 104, 140-158 , DOI
(2014) 'A Multi-Proxy Study of the PETM at the Zumaia Section, northern Spain' Rendiconti online della Società Geologica Italiana 31, 147-148 , DOI
(2014) 'Initial paleohydrological observations from the Paleocene-Eocene boundary at Esplugafreda and Berganuy in northern Spain' Rendiconti online della Società Geologica Italiana 31, 54-55 , DOI
(2014) 'Reply to comment on "Magnitude and profile of organic carbon isotope records from the Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum: Evidence from northern Spain" by Manners et al. [Earth Planet. Sci. Lett. 376 (2013) 220-230]' EARTH AND PLANETARY SCIENCE LETTERS 395, 294-295 , DOI
(2013) 'Magnitude and profile of organic carbon isotope records from the Paleocene–Eocene Thermal Maximum: Evidence from northern Spain' Earth and Planetary Science Letters 376, 220-230 , DOI
(2013) 'Terrestrial cooling in Northern Europe during the Eocene–Oligocene transition' Proceedings of the National Academy of Science 110, (19) 7562-7567 , DOI
(2012) 'Revised late Paleocene-early Eocene planktonic foraminiferal biostratigraphy of the Indus Basin, Pakistan' Journal of Nepal Geological Society 44, 23-32 , DOI
(2012) 'Integrated stratigraphy and palaeoenvironment of the P/E boundary interval, Rakhi Nala section, Indus Basin (Pakistan)' ARABIAN JOURNAL OF GEOSCIENCES 7, (1) 323-339 , DOI
(2012) '004 Applied palynodebris associations : Inferred systems tracts, palaeoenvironmental reconstructions and implications from the EA-DP-C Gravity Core, EA field, shallow offshore Niger Delta, Nigeria' 日本花粉学会会誌 58, (Special) 3-4 , DOI
(2012) 'Trace element analyses indicative of paleodiets in Middle Miocene mammals from the Somosaguas site (Madrid, Spain)' GEOLOGICA ACTA 10, (3) 239-+ , DOI
(2012) 'Isotopic paleoecology of mammals and the Middle Miocene Cooling event in the Madrid Basin (Spain)' PALAEOGEOGRAPHY PALAEOCLIMATOLOGY PALAEOECOLOGY 339, 98-113 , DOI
(2011) 'Middle Eocene diatoms from Whitecliff Bay, Isle of Wight, England: stratigraphy and preservation' PROCEEDINGS OF THE GEOLOGISTS ASSOCIATION 122, (3) 472-483 , DOI
(2011) 'Paleogene carbon isotope excursions in the Bunkers Hill borehole: Hampshire Basin, UK' Proceedings of the Geologists' Association 122, (3) 460-471 , DOI
(2011) 'THE ISOTOPIC ECOLOGY OF MIDDLE MIOCENE HERBIVORES FROM THE MADRID BASIN (SPAIN)' JOURNAL OF VERTEBRATE PALEONTOLOGY 31, 100-100
(2009) 'Microfaunal analysis of the wattonensis beds (upper bathonian) of south dorset' Geoscience in South-West England 12, (2) 134-139
(2009) 'Experimental determination of a Viviparus contectus thermometry equation' Rapid Commun Mass Spectrom 23, (18) 2939-2951 , DOI
(2009) 'Isotope excursions and palaeotemperature estimates from the Permian/Triassic boundary in the Southern Alps (Italy)' PALAEOGEOGRAPHY PALAEOCLIMATOLOGY PALAEOECOLOGY 279, (1-2) 29-40 , DOI
(2009) 'The Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum record in the organic matter of the Claret and Tendruy continental sections (South-central Pyrenees, Lleida, Spain)' EARTH AND PLANETARY SCIENCE LETTERS 281, (3-4) 226-237 , DOI
(2009) 'Analysis of the geochemical variability in lepisosteid scales from the Fontllonga-3 site (early Danian, Tremp Formation, South Central Pyrenees, Spain): Implications for palaeoenvironmental studies' PALAEOGEOGRAPHY PALAEOCLIMATOLOGY PALAEOECOLOGY 274, (3-4) 204-214 , DOI
(2009) 'Paleoenvironmental conditions in the Spanish Miocene-Pliocene boundary: isotopic analyses of <i>Hipparion</i> dental enamel' NATURWISSENSCHAFTEN 96, (4) 503-511 , DOI
(2009) 'Isotopic analysis of coexisting Late Jurassic fish otoliths and molluscs: Implications for upper-ocean water temperature estimates' GEOLOGY 37, (3) 215-218 , DOI
(2009) 'ISOTOPIC ANALYSES OF <i>HIPPARION</i> DENTAL ENAMEL FROM THE IBERIAN PENINSULA ACROSS THE MIOCENE-PLIOCENE BOUNDARY' JOURNAL OF VERTEBRATE PALEONTOLOGY 29, 88A-89A
(2008) 'Is small beautiful? A review of the advantages and limitations of using small mammal teeth and the direct laser fluorination analysis technique in the isotope reconstruction of past continental climate change' PALAEOGEOGRAPHY PALAEOCLIMATOLOGY PALAEOECOLOGY 266, (1-2) 39-50 , DOI
(2007) 'Application of trace elements (Ba, Sr, Zn) to paleoecological reconstruction of Middle Miocene herbivores at Somosaguas Site (Madrid, Spain)' Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 27, (3) 69A-69A
(2007) 'Botanical constraints on pyrite formation' Chemical Geology 236, (3-4) 228-246
(2007) 'Discussion on the Eocene-Oligocene boundary in the UK - Journal, Vol. 163, 2006, pp. 401-415' Journal of the Geological Society 164, 685-688
(2007) 'A multi-proxy geochemical investigation of the early Paleocene (Danian) continental palaeoclimate at the Fontllonga-3 site (South Central Pyrenees, Spain)' Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology 256, (1-2) 71-85
(2005) 'Summer temperatures of late Eocene to early Oligocene freshwaters' Geology 33, (3) 189-192
(2004) 'Discrimination of palaeodiet in coexisting Theridomyid and Glirid rodents using carbon isotopes. , 103-119' Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 208, 103-119
(2004) 'Distinguishing the diets of coexisting fossil theridomyid and glirid rodents using carbon isotopes' Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology 208, (1-2) 103-119
(2004) 'Testing the concordance of oxygen isotope palaeotemperatures obtained from mammal tooth phosphate and freshwater carbonate and phosphate palaeoproxies: an Eocene example from the Hampshire Basin, UK' Quaternary Science Reviews 23, 967-976
(2004) 'Using mammal tooth phosphate with freshwater carbonate and phosphate palaeoproxies to obtain mean paleotemperatures' Quaternary Science Reviews 23, (7-8) 967-976
(2003) 'Nucleation and growth of pyrite on pyrite seeds' Abstracts of Papers of the American Chemical Society 225, U912-U913
(2003) 'Paleogene paleoclimate reconstruction using oxygen isotopes from land and freshwater organisms: the use of multiple paleoproxies' Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 67, (21) 4033-4047
(2002) 'Fossil plants from the Eocene London Clay: the use of pyrite textures to determine the mechanism of pyritization' Journal of the Geological Society 159, 493-501
(2002) 'Testing concordance of oxygen isotope palaeotemperatures obtained from associated rodent tooth phosphate and freshwater carbonate: an Eocene example from the Hampshire Basin' Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 66, (15A) A493-A493
(2001) 'Phosphate delta O-18 determination of modern rodent teeth by direct laser fluorination: An appraisal of methodology and potential application to palaeoclimate reconstruction' Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 65, (15) 2535-2548
(2001) 'Understanding fossilization: Experimental pyritization of plants' Geology 29, (2) 123-126
(2000) 'The Broadlands-Ohaaki geothermal system, New Zealand Part 1. Strontium isotope distribution in well BrO-29' CHEMICAL GEOLOGY 163, (1-4) 247-265 , DOI
(1998) 'A U-Th calcite isochron age from an active geothermal field in New Zealand' JOURNAL OF VOLCANOLOGY AND GEOTHERMAL RESEARCH 81, (3-4) 327-333 , DOI
Reviews
(2009) 'Multiproxy reconstruction of the palaeoclimate and palaeoenvironment of the Middle Miocene Somosaguas site (Madrid, Spain) using herbivore dental enamel' PALAEOGEOGRAPHY PALAEOCLIMATOLOGY PALAEOECOLOGY 272, (1-2) 53-68 , DOI
Chapters
(2009) 'Refined correlation of the UK Late Eocene–
Early Oligocene Solent Group and timing of its climate history' in Koeberl C; Montanari A The Late Eocene Earth—Hothouse, Icehouse, and Impacts The Geological Society of America 179-195
(2007) 'New approaches for quantifying the Cretaceous terrestrial climate record' in Williams M; Haywood AM; Gregory FJ; Schmidt DN Deep-Time Perspectives on Climate Change Geological Society Publishing House 225- 234
Conference Papers
(2021) 'COMPARATIVE PLANETOLOGY OF THE INNER SOLAR SYSTEM; USING FLOOD BASALTS ON THE MOON (LUNAR MARIA), MARS (THARSIS & ELYSIUM), AND EARTH TO INVESTIGATE THE MAGMATIC EVOLUTION OF OUR SOLAR SYSTEM' Open access
(2008) 'APPLICATION AND INTERPRETATION OF BA/CA AND δ<SUP>18</SUP>O<sub>PO4</sub> PALAEOTHERMOMETERS IN LEPISOSTEID SCALES' 72A-72A
Presentations and posters
'Botanical constraints on pyrite formation'
'Palaeoenvironmental and tectonic significance of Miocene lacustrine and palustrine carbonates (Ait Kandoula Formation, Ouarzazate Foreland Basin, Morocco): insights into the development of the High Atlas Mountains'
'A New Terrestrial Analogue for Martian Volcanism; An Unexpected Match for the Shergottite Meteorites' , DOI
Other Publications
FW230330_Willcocksetal_SupplementaryData. Open access