M. A. J. Williams

1.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
15 papers, 898 citations indexed

About

M. A. J. Williams is a scholar working on Atmospheric Science, Anthropology and Earth-Surface Processes. According to data from OpenAlex, M. A. J. Williams has authored 15 papers receiving a total of 898 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 9 papers in Atmospheric Science, 6 papers in Anthropology and 6 papers in Earth-Surface Processes. Recurrent topics in M. A. J. Williams's work include Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (9 papers), Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology (6 papers) and Geological formations and processes (5 papers). M. A. J. Williams is often cited by papers focused on Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (9 papers), Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology (6 papers) and Geological formations and processes (5 papers). M. A. J. Williams collaborates with scholars based in Australia, United Kingdom and United States. M. A. J. Williams's co-authors include J. Scott Keogh, Remko Leys, J. M. Bowler, Leo Joseph, David K. Yeates, K.‐H. Wyrwoll, Stephen C. Donnellan, Michael Kearney, Steven J. Cooper and Daniel J. Murphy and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Molecular Ecology and Quaternary Science Reviews.

In The Last Decade

M. A. J. Williams

15 papers receiving 854 citations

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Birth of a biome: insights into the assembly and maintenance of the Australian arid zone biota

2008 580 citations Margaret Byrne, David K. Yeates et al. Molecular Ecology profile →

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of M. A. J. Williams

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15 of 15 papers shown

#	Work	Indexed citations
1	A century of research reconstructing Quaternary environments in East and North Africa and its global legacy 2023 ·Journal of African Earth Sciences ·M. A. J. Williams	1
2	Causal links between Nile floods and eastern Mediterranean sapropel formation during the past 125 kyr confirmed by OSL and radiocarbon dating of Blue and White Nile sediments 2015 ·Quaternary Science Reviews ·M. A. J. Williams, G.A.T. Duller, Frances M. Williams, Jamie Woodward, Mark G. Macklin, (unknown), R. Neil Munro, (unknown), Timothy T. Barrows	48
3	Late Quaternary floods and droughts in the Nile valley, Sudan: new evidence from optically stimulated luminescence and AMS radiocarbon dating 2010 ·Quaternary Science Reviews ·M. A. J. Williams, Frances M. Williams, G.A.T. Duller, R. Neil Munro, (unknown), Timothy T. Barrows, Mark G. Macklin, Jamie Woodward, Michael R. Talbot, David Haberlah	78
4	Birth of a biome: insights into the assembly and maintenance of the Australian arid zone biota breakdown → 2008 ·Molecular Ecology ·Margaret Byrne, David K. Yeates, Leo Joseph, Michael Kearney, J. M. Bowler, M. A. J. Williams, Steven J. Cooper, Stephen C. Donnellan, J. Scott Keogh, Remko Leys, Jane Melville, Daniel J. Murphy, Nick Porch, K.‐H. Wyrwoll	580
5	New radiocarbon dates from sapropels in three Holocene lakes of the Coorong coastal plain, southeastern Australia 2007 ·Australian Journal of Earth Sciences ·(unknown), David M. McKirdy, M. A. J. Williams, Evelyn S. Krull	8
6	The paleoecology and paleogeographic contet of Lemudong'o locality 1, a late Miocene terrestrial fossil site in southern Kenya 2007 ·(unknown), Stanley H. Ambrose, (unknown), Raymond L. Bernor, Jean‐Renaud Boisserie, Christyann M. Darwent, David Degusta, Alan L. Deino, Nuria Garcı́a, Yohannes Haile‐Selassie, Jason J. Head, F. Clark Howell, (unknown), (unknown), Haruo Saegusa, Thomas A. Stidham, M. A. J. Williams, Leslea J. Hlusko	13
7	Plio-Pleistocene volcanism and sedimentary facies changes at Gadeb prehistoric site, Ethiopia 1988 ·International Journal of Earth Sciences ·(unknown), Frances M. Williams, M. A. J. Williams	5
8	Quaternary landforms, sediments, depositional environments and gastropod isotope ratios at Adrar Bous, Tenere Desert of Niger, south-central Sahara 1987 ·Geological Society London Special Publications ·M. A. J. Williams, Paul I. Abell, B. W. Sparks	12
9	Geological setting of Pliocene rifting and deposition in the Afar Depression of Ethiopia 1987 ·Journal of Human Evolution ·Donald Adamson, M. A. J. Williams	14
10	A wetter climate in eastern Sudan 2,000 years ago? 1984 ·Nature ·Ruth Mawson, M. A. J. Williams	28
11	Evolution tectonique et climatique de l'Afar central d'apres les sediments plio-pleistocenes 1980 ·Bulletin de la Société Géologique de France ·Françoise Gasse, (unknown), (unknown), Pierre Rognon, M. A. J. Williams	16
12	Plio–Pleistocene environments at Gadeb prehistoric site, Ethiopia 1979 ·Nature ·M. A. J. Williams, Frances M. Williams, Françoise Gasse, Garniss H. Curtis, Donald Adamson	47
13	Late Pleistocene desiccation along the White Nile 1974 ·Nature ·M. A. J. Williams, Donald Adamson	36
14	A Note on Upper Quaternary Sub-Fossil Mollusca West of Jebel Aulia 1973 ·M. A. J. Williams, (unknown), John A. Talent, Ruth Mawson	6
15	Geomorphology and Quaternary Geology of Adrar bous 1971 ·Geographical Journal ·M. A. J. Williams	6

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