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Research project

Environmental tipping points during supercontinent breakup

Staff

Lead researcher

Professor Thomas Gernon

Professorial Fellow (Research)

Research interests

  • See personal website: https://www.thomasgernon.co.uk/
  • Solid Earth drivers of Earth's climate state;
  • Earth surface processes;
Connect with Thomas

Email: T.M.Gernon@soton.ac.uk

Other researchers

Professor Martin Palmer

Professor of Geochemistry
Connect with Martin

Email: M.R.Palmer@soton.ac.uk

Collaborating research institutes, centres and groups

Geochemistry

We use advanced facilities to perform the precise and accurate analysis of the chemical and isotopic composition of Earth materials.

Geology and Geophysics

We research a wide range of societally impactful areas of geology and geophysics for a sustainable future. The latest facilities and technology development support our activities.

Research outputs

Neoproterozoic glacial origin of the Great Unconformity
C. Brenhin Keller, Jon. M. Husson, Ross N. Mitchell, William F. Bottke, Thomas Gernon, Patrick Boehnke, Elizabeth A. Bell, Nicholas L. Swanson-Hysell & Shanan E. Peters, 2019, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 116(4), 1136-1145
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1804350116
Type: article
Earth and Moon impact flux increased at the end of the Paleozoic
Sara Mazrouei, Rebecca R. Ghent, William F. Bottke, Alex H. Parker & Thomas M. Gernon, 2019, Science, 363(6424), 253-257
DOI: 10.1126/science.aar4058
Type: article
South Australian U-Pb zircon (CA-ID-TIMS) age supports globally synchronous Sturtian deglaciation
Grant Cox, Vincent Isakson, Paul Hoffman, Thomas Gernon, Mark Schmitz, Sameh Shahin, Alan Collins, Wolfgang Preiss, Morgan Blades, Ross Mitchell & Adam Nordsvan, 2018, Precambrian Research
DOI: 10.1016/j.precamres.2018.07.007
Type: article