Alexander Thomas

4.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
49 papers, 2.4k citations indexed

About

Alexander Thomas is a scholar working on Atmospheric Science, Ecology and Oceanography. According to data from OpenAlex, Alexander Thomas has authored 49 papers receiving a total of 2.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 36 papers in Atmospheric Science, 17 papers in Ecology and 11 papers in Oceanography. Recurrent topics in Alexander Thomas's work include Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (35 papers), Geological formations and processes (10 papers) and Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies (8 papers). Alexander Thomas is often cited by papers focused on Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (35 papers), Geological formations and processes (10 papers) and Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies (8 papers). Alexander Thomas collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Australia and Spain. Alexander Thomas's co-authors include Gideon M. Henderson, Yūsuke Yokoyama, Tim Elliott, Alistair Jeffcoate, Gilbert Camoin, Édouard Bard, Bruno Hamelin, Pierre Deschamps, Jun’ichi Okuno and Yaoling Niu and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Alexander Thomas

48 papers receiving 2.4k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Ice-sheet collapse and sea-level rise at the Bølling warming 14,600 years ago

2012 426 citations Pierre Deschamps, Édouard Bard et al. Nature profile →

Peers

Alexander Thomas

ECOLO

OCEAN

GEOPH

Georg Schettler Germany

Franz Gingele Germany

Katharina Pahnke Germany

Élisabeth Lallier-Vergès France

Kathleen R. Simmons United States

Rik Tjallingii Germany

Philippe Martinez France

Tomohisa Irino Japan

Anna Nele Meckler Norway

Werner Ehrmann Germany

Georg Schettler Germany

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627 ×1.1

265 ×0.6

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390 ×0.9

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Countries citing papers authored by Alexander Thomas

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Fields of papers citing papers by Alexander Thomas

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Alexander Thomas

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Alexander Thomas. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Alexander Thomas based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Alexander Thomas. Alexander Thomas is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

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Mousavi, Zahra, Morteza Fattahi, Mohammad Mahdi Khatib, et al.. (2021). Constant Slip Rate on the Doruneh Strike‐Slip Fault, Iran, Averaged Over Late Pleistocene, Holocene, and Decadal Timescales. Tectonics. 40(6). 3 indexed citations

Scott, Peter, Christina Larkin, Feifei Deng, et al.. (2021). Reversible scavenging and advection – Resolving the neodymium paradox in the South Atlantic. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta. 314. 121–139. 12 indexed citations

Bowyer, Fred, Rachel Wood, Lewis Alcott, et al.. (2020). Regional nutrient decrease drove redox stabilisation and metazoan diversification in the late Ediacaran Nama Group, Namibia. Scientific Reports. 10(1). 2240–2240. 28 indexed citations

Webster, Jody M., Juan C. Braga, Marc Humblet, et al.. (2018). Response of the Great Barrier Reef to sea-level and environmental changes over the past 30,000 years. Nature Geoscience. 11(6). 426–432. 103 indexed citations

Yokoyama, Yūsuke, T. M. Esat, W. G. Thompson, et al.. (2018). Rapid glaciation and a two-step sea level plunge into the Last Glacial Maximum. Nature. 559(7715). 603–607. 169 indexed citations

Charette, Matthew A., Phoebe J. Lam, Maeve C. Lohan, et al.. (2016). Coastal ocean and shelf-sea biogeochemical cycling of trace elements and isotopes: lessons learned from GEOTRACES. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A Mathematical Physical and Engineering Sciences. 374(2081). 20160076–20160076. 72 indexed citations

Wainer, Karine, Mark P. Rowe, Alexander Thomas, et al.. (2016). Speleothem evidence for MIS 5c and 5a sea level above modern level at Bermuda. Earth and Planetary Science Letters. 457. 325–334. 14 indexed citations

Felis, Thomas, Helen McGregor, Braddock K. Linsley, et al.. (2014). Intensification of the meridional temperature gradient in the Great Barrier Reef following the Last Glacial Maximum. Nature Communications. 5(1). 12006–12006. 61 indexed citations

Webster, Jody M., Juan C. Braga, Geraldine Jacobsen, et al.. (2013). Deglacial mesophotic reef demise on the Great Barrier Reef. Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology. 392. 473–494. 29 indexed citations

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Bourne, Mark D., Gideon M. Henderson, Alexander Thomas, & Conall Mac Niocaill. (2012). High-resolution palaeomagnetic records of the Laschamp geomagnetic excursion from ODP Sites 1061 and 1062. AGUFM. 2012. 1 indexed citations

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Deschamps, Pierre, Édouard Bard, Bruno Hamelin, et al.. (2012). Ice-sheet collapse and sea-level rise at the Bølling warming 14,600 years ago. Nature. 483(7391). 559–564. 426 indexed citations breakdown →

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Hsieh, Yu‐Te, Gideon M. Henderson, & Alexander Thomas. (2011). Combining seawater 232Th and 230Th concentrations to determine dust fluxes to the surface ocean. Earth and Planetary Science Letters. 312(3-4). 280–290. 51 indexed citations

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Bourne, Mark D., Conall Mac Niocaill, Gideon M. Henderson, Alexander Thomas, & Mads Faurschou Knudsen. (2010). A New High-Resolution Record of the Blake Geomagnetic Excursion from ODP Site 1062. EGU General Assembly Conference Abstracts. 2010(8). 5896–91. 1 indexed citations

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Durand, Nicolas, Pierre Deschamps, Édouard Bard, et al.. (2010). New insights into the radiocarbon calibration based on 14C and U-Th dating of corals drilled offshore Tahiti (IODP Expedition #310). EGU General Assembly Conference Abstracts. 12689. 2 indexed citations

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Zahn, Rainer, Alexander Thomas, Pere Masqué, et al.. (2010). Reversed flow of Atlantic deep water during the Last Glacial Maximum. Nature. 468(7320). 84–88. 80 indexed citations

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Deschamps, Pierre, Édouard Bard, Bruno Hamelin, et al.. (2009). Synchroneity of Meltwater Pulse 1A and the Bolling onset: New evidence from the IODP "Tahiti Sea-Level" Expedition. EGUGA. 10233. 12 indexed citations

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Thomas, Alexander, Gideon M. Henderson, & I Nick McCave. (2007). Constant bottom water flow into the Indian Ocean for the past 140 ka indicated by sediment ²³¹Pa/²³⁰Th ratios. Paleoceanography. 22(4). 21 indexed citations

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Elliott, Tim, Alexander Thomas, Alistair Jeffcoate, & Yaoling Niu. (2006). Lithium isotope evidence for subduction-enriched mantle in the source of mid-ocean-ridge basalts. Nature. 443(7111). 565–568. 193 indexed citations

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Elliott, Tim, Alexander Thomas, Alistair Jeffcoate, & Yaoling Niu. (2003). Li isotope composition of the upper mantle. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2003. 3 indexed citations

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Thomas, Alexander. (1972). Distribution, Composition and Characteristics of the Surficial Sediments of Lake Ontario. Journal of Sedimentary Research. Vol. 42. 117 indexed citations

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