William J. McMahon

974 total citations
39 papers, 663 citations indexed

About

William J. McMahon is a scholar working on Atmospheric Science, Earth-Surface Processes and Paleontology. According to data from OpenAlex, William J. McMahon has authored 39 papers receiving a total of 663 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 30 papers in Atmospheric Science, 23 papers in Earth-Surface Processes and 14 papers in Paleontology. Recurrent topics in William J. McMahon's work include Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (30 papers), Geological formations and processes (23 papers) and Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils (12 papers). William J. McMahon is often cited by papers focused on Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (30 papers), Geological formations and processes (23 papers) and Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils (12 papers). William J. McMahon collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Netherlands and Canada. William J. McMahon's co-authors include Neil S. Davies, Anthony P. Shillito, Maarten G. Kleinhans, Alexander Liu, David Went, Ben J. Slater, F. Salese, V. Ansan, Christopher M. Berry and J. M. Davis and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Nature Communications and Environmental Science & Technology.

In The Last Decade

William J. McMahon

39 papers receiving 643 citations

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
William J. McMahon United Kingdom	16	390	291	236	161	90	39	663
A. A. Kulpecz United States	7	359 0.9×	110 0.4×	139 0.6×	81 0.5×	78 0.9×	11	480
Richard H. T. Callow United Kingdom	17	415 1.1×	359 1.2×	495 2.1×	104 0.6×	173 1.9×	21	842
Marcello Natalicchio Italy	21	600 1.5×	271 0.9×	318 1.3×	97 0.6×	208 2.3×	51	926
Daniel Rodrigues do Nascimento Brazil	12	179 0.5×	179 0.6×	79 0.3×	95 0.6×	48 0.5×	32	412
Adelaide Mastandrea Italy	18	238 0.6×	158 0.5×	598 2.5×	125 0.8×	192 2.1×	49	911
Enrique Dı́az-Martı́nez Spain	14	308 0.8×	172 0.6×	446 1.9×	45 0.3×	299 3.3×	73	854
Václav Cı́lek Czechia	13	353 0.9×	158 0.5×	73 0.3×	55 0.3×	106 1.2×	37	591
Stefanie Kaboth‐Bahr Germany	15	454 1.2×	189 0.6×	155 0.7×	113 0.7×	76 0.8×	51	566
Feng Xian China	11	723 1.9×	272 0.9×	148 0.6×	192 1.2×	56 0.6×	46	795
Vittoria Lauretano United Kingdom	12	444 1.1×	76 0.3×	225 1.0×	136 0.8×	74 0.8×	21	530

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Davies, Neil S., et al.. (2025). Time, space and synoptic topography: how to read outcrops as a granular record of Earth history. Geological Society London Special Publications. 556(1). 15–71. 8 indexed citations

McMahon, William J., et al.. (2025). Remarkable fossils on unremarkable bedding planes? The role of true substrates in the fossil record of the Ediacaran macrobiota. Geological Society London Special Publications. 556(1). 235–260. 4 indexed citations

McMahon, William J., et al.. (2025). Thickness of the stratigraphic record of Britain: How the fidelity of geological and fossil data is unrelated to rock quantity. Earth-Science Reviews. 262. 105045–105045. 1 indexed citations

Spencer, Christopher J., Thomas Gernon, Neil S. Davies, William J. McMahon, & Andrew Merdith. (2025). From plant roots to mountain roots: Impact of land plants on arc magmatism. Geology. 53(8). 679–683. 1 indexed citations

Davies, Neil S., William J. McMahon, & Christopher M. Berry. (2024). Earth's earliest forest: fossilized trees and vegetation-induced sedimentary structures from the Middle Devonian (Eifelian) Hangman Sandstone Formation, Somerset and Devon, SW England. Journal of the Geological Society. 181(4). 14 indexed citations

Davies, Neil S., et al.. (2024). True substrates from a Mississippian wetland: windows into the biogeomorphology of Visean tetrapod habitats (Tyne Limestone Formation, UK). Geological Society London Special Publications. 556(1). 343–372. 2 indexed citations

O’Connell, Brennan, et al.. (2024). Transport of ‘Nama’‐type biota in sediment gravity and combined flows: Implications for terminal Ediacaran palaeoecology. Sedimentology. 72(2). 365–407. 3 indexed citations

McMahon, William J., et al.. (2023). Mud retention in hydrologically closed basins promoted pre-vegetation meandering: evidence from the Neoproterozoic Diabaig Formation, Scotland. Geological Society London Special Publications. 540(1). 75–101. 6 indexed citations

Davies, Neil S., et al.. (2023). Biogeomorphology of Ireland's oldest fossil forest: Plant-sediment and plant-animal interactions recorded in the Late Devonian Harrylock Formation, Co. Wexford. Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology. 621. 111579–111579. 10 indexed citations

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Mitchell, R. L., Paul Kenrick, Silvia Pressel, et al.. (2023). Terrestrial surface stabilisation by modern analogues of the earliest land plants: A multi‐dimensional imaging study. Geobiology. 21(4). 454–473. 7 indexed citations

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McMahon, William J., Neil S. Davies, Maarten G. Kleinhans, & R. L. Mitchell. (2022). Paleozoic vegetation increased fine sediment in fluvial and tidal channels: Evidence from secular changes to the mudrock content of ancient point bars. Geology. 51(2). 136–140. 12 indexed citations

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McMahon, William J., Neil S. Davies, Alexander Liu, & David Went. (2021). Enigma variations: characteristics and likely origin of the problematic surface textureArumberia, as recognized from an exceptional bedding plane exposure and the global record. Geological Magazine. 159(1). 1–20. 22 indexed citations

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Davies, Neil S., Russell J. Garwood, William J. McMahon, Jörg W. Schneider, & Anthony P. Shillito. (2021). The largest arthropod in Earth history: insights from newly discovered Arthropleura remains (Serpukhovian Stainmore Formation, Northumberland, England). Journal of the Geological Society. 179(3). 12 indexed citations

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Salese, F., Maarten G. Kleinhans, N. Mangold, et al.. (2020). Estimated Minimum Life Span of the Jezero Fluvial Delta (Mars). Astrobiology. 20(8). 977–993. 17 indexed citations

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Salese, F., William J. McMahon, M. R. Balme, et al.. (2020). Sustained fluvial deposition recorded in Mars’ Noachian stratigraphic record. Nature Communications. 11(1). 2067–2067. 36 indexed citations

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Freedman, Vicky L., et al.. (2019). A multiple lines of evidence approach for identifying geologic heterogeneities in conceptual site models for performance assessments. The Science of The Total Environment. 692. 450–464. 4 indexed citations

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McMahon, William J. & Neil S. Davies. (2017). High-energy flood events recorded in the Mesoproterozoic Meall Dearg Formation, NW Scotland; their recognition and implications for the study of pre-vegetation alluvium. Journal of the Geological Society. 175(1). 13–32. 18 indexed citations

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Davies, Neil S., Anthony P. Shillito, & William J. McMahon. (2017). SHORT-TERM EVOLUTION OF PRIMARY SEDIMENTARY SURFACE TEXTURES (MICROBIAL, ABIOTIC, ICHNOLOGICAL) ON A DRY STREAM BED: MODERN OBSERVATIONS AND ANCIENT IMPLICATIONS. Palaios. 32(3). 125–134. 25 indexed citations

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McMahon, William J., Neil S. Davies, & David Went. (2017). Negligible microbial matground influence on pre-vegetation river functioning: Evidence from the Ediacaran-Lower Cambrian Series Rouge, France. Precambrian Research. 292. 13–34. 24 indexed citations

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McMahon, William J., et al.. (1995). LONG TERM MONITORING OF A REINFORCED EARTH BRIDGE ABUTMENT AT CARMARTHEN: 1984 TO 1994. 2 indexed citations

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