- High-precision geochronology
- Noble gas mass spectrometry and technology development
- Clumped isotope mass spectrometry and applications
- Terrestrial volcanism
- Quaternary climate change and human evolution
- Geomagnetism and dynamo processes
- Planetary science
- Tortelli, Gianmaria, Gioncada, Anna, Pagli, Carolina, Barfod, Dan N. , Corti, Giacomo, Sani, Federico, Mark, Darren F. , Dymock, Ross C. , Gebru, Ermias F. and Keir, Derek (2025) Volcanism records plate thinning driven rift localization in Afar (Ethiopia) since 2-2.5 million years ago. Communications Earth and Environment, 6(1), 395. (doi: 10.1038/s43247-025-02356-4).
- Tremblay, M.M., Mark, D.F. , Barfod, D.N. , Cohen, B.E. , Ickert, R.B., Lee, M.R. , Tomkinson, T. and Smith, C.L. (2024) Dating recent aqueous activity on Mars. Geochemical Perspectives Letters, 32, pp. 58-62. (doi: 10.7185/geochemlet.2443).
- Neofitu, Roland, Mark, Chris, O'Connell, Suzanne, Zack, Thomas, Rösel, Delia, Mark, Darren , Barfod, Dan , Flowerdew, Michael J., Kelley, Samuel and Daly, J. Stephen (2024) Dynamic collapse and regrowth of the Antarctic Ice Sheet in the Weddell Sea sector during the middle Miocene: a novel multi-proxy sedimentary provenance approach using in-situ 87Rb/87Sr dating of detrital K-feldspar. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 641, 118824. (doi: 10.1016/j.epsl.2024.118824).
- Clog, Matthieu , Lindgren, Paula, Modestou, Sevasti , McDonald, Alex, Tait, Andrew, Donnelly, Terry, Mark, Darren and Lee, Martin (2024) Clumped isotope and Δ17O measurements of carbonates in CM carbonaceous chondrites: new insights into parent body thermal and fluid evolution. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 369, pp. 1-16. (doi: 10.1016/j.gca.2024.01.023).
- Cohen, Benjamin E. , Mark, Darren F. , Cassata, William S., Kalnins, Lara M., Lee, Martin , Smith, Caroline L. and Shuster, David L. (2023) Synchronising rock clocks of Mars’ history: resolving the shergottite 40Ar/39Ar age paradox. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 621, 118373. (doi: 10.1016/j.epsl.2023.118373).
- Kasbohm, Jennifer, Schoene, Blair, Mark, Darren F. , Murray, Joshua, Reidel, Stephen, Szymanowski, Dawid, Barfod, Dan and Barry, Tiffany (2023) Eruption history of the Columbia River Basalt Group constrained by high-precision U-Pb and 40Ar/39Ar geochronology. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 617, 118269. (doi: 10.1016/j.epsl.2023.118269).
- Ball, P.W., Roberts, G.G., Mark, Darren F. , Barfod, Dan N. , White, N.J., Lodhia, B.H., Nahdi, M.M. and Garni, S. (2023) Geochemical and geochronological analysis of Harrat Rahat, Saudi Arabia: An example of plume related intraplate magmatism. Lithos, 446-47, 107112. (doi: 10.1016/j.lithos.2023.107112).
- van Zalinge, M.E., Mark, D.E. , Sparks, R.S.J., Tremblay, M.M., Keller, C.B., Cooper, F.J. and Rust, A. (2022) Timescales for pluton growth, magma-chamber formation and super-eruptions. Nature, 608(7921), pp. 87-92. (doi: 10.1038/s41586-022-04921-9) (PMID:35922502).
- Vidal, C. M. et al. (2022) Age of the oldest known Homo sapiens from eastern Africa. Nature, 601(7894), pp. 579-583. (doi: 10.1038/s41586-021-04275-8) (PMID:35022610).
- Sunyé-Puchol, I. et al. (2022) Reconstructing the middle to late Pleistocene explosive eruption histories of Popocatépetl, Iztaccíhuatl and Tláloc-Telapón volcanoes in Central México. Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research, 421, 107413. (doi: 10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2021.107413).
- Casetta, F., Ickert, R.B. , Mark, D.F. , Giacomoni, P.P., Bonadiman, C., Ntaflos, T., Zanetti, A. and Coltorti, M. (2021) The Variscan subduction inheritance in the Southern Alps Sub-Continental Lithospheric Mantle: clues from the Middle Triassic shoshonitic magmatism of the Dolomites (NE Italy). Lithos, 380-81, 105856. (doi: 10.1016/j.lithos.2020.105856).
- Catlos, Elizabeth J., Mark, Darren F. , Suarez, Stephanie, Brookfield, Michael E., Miller, C. Giles, Schmitt, Axel K., Gallagher, Vincent and Kelly, Anne (2021) Late Silurian zircon U–Pb ages from the Ludlow and Downton bone beds, Welsh Basin, UK. Journal of the Geological Society, 178(1), jgs2020-107. (doi: 10.1144/jgs2020-107).
- Pickersgill, Annemarie E. , Mark, Darren F. , Lee, Martin R. , Kelley, Simon P. and Jolley, David W. (2021) The Boltysh impact structure: An early Danian impact event during recovery from the K-Pg mass extinction. Science Advances, 7(25), eabe6530. (doi: 10.1126/sciadv.abe6530) (PMID:34144979) (PMCID:PMC8213223).
- Carter, Jack, Ickert, Ryan B. , Mark, Darren F. , Tremblay, Marissa M. , Cresswell, Alan J. and Sanderson, David C.W. (2020) Production of 40Ar by an overlooked mode of 40K decay with implications for K-Ar geochronology. Geochronology, 2, pp. 355-365. (doi: 10.5194/gchron-2-355-2020).
- Carter, John N., Tremblay, Marissa M. and Mark, Darren F. (2020) A Bayesian approach to the deconvolution of 40Ar/39Ar data from mineral mixtures. Chemical Geology, 554, 119784. (doi: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2020.119784).
- Mark, Darren F. , Rice, Clive M., Hole, Malcolm and Condon, Dan (2020) Multi-chronometer dating of the Souter Head Complex: rapid exhumation terminates the Grampian Event of the Caledonian Orogeny. Earth and Environmental Science Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, 111(2), pp. 95-108. (doi: 10.1017/S1755691020000043).
- Pickersgill, Annemarie , Mark, Darren , Lee, Martin and Osinski, Gordon (2020) 40Ar/39Ar systematics of melt lithologies and target rocks from the Gow Lake impact structure, Canada. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 274, pp. 317-332. (doi: 10.1016/j.gca.2020.01.025).
- Casetta, Federico, Ickert, Ryan B. , Mark, Darren F. , Bonadiman, Costanza, Giacomoni, Pier Paulo, Ntaflos, Theodoros and Coltorti, Massimo (2019) The alkaline lamprophyres of the Dolomitic Area (Southern Alps, Italy): markers of the Late Triassic change from orogenic-like to anorogenic magmatism. Journal of Petrology, 60(6), pp. 1263-1298. (doi: 10.1093/petrology/egz031).
- Albert, P.G. et al. (2019) Evidence for a large-magnitude eruption from Campi Flegrei caldera (Italy) at 29 ka. Geology, 47(7), pp. 595-599. (doi: 10.1130/G45805.1).
- Preece, Katie, Mark, Darren F. , Barclay, Jenni, Cohen, Benjamin E. , Chamberlain, Katy J., Jowitt, Claire, Vye-Brown, Charlotte, Brown, Richard J. and Hamilton, Scott (2018) Bridging the gap: 40Ar/39Ar dating of volcanic eruptions from the 'Age of Discovery'. Geology, 46(12), pp. 1035-1038. (doi: 10.1130/G45415.1).
- Lee, M.R. , Daly, L. , Cohen, B.E. , Hallis, L.J. , Griffin, S. , Trimby, P., Boyce, A. and Mark, D.F. (2018) Aqueous alteration of the Martian meteorite Northwest Africa 817: Probing fluid–rock interaction at the nakhlite launch site. Meteoritics and Planetary Science, 53(11), pp. 2395-2412. (doi: 10.1111/maps.13136).
- Cassata, William S., Cohen, Benjamin E. , Mark, Darren F. , Trappitsch, Reto, Crow, Carolyn A., Wimpenny, Joshua, Lee, Martin R. and Smith, Caroline L. (2018) Chronology of martian breccia NWA 7034 and the formation of the martian crustal dichotomy. Science Advances, 4(5), eaap8306. (doi: 10.1126/sciadv.aap8306) (PMID:29806017) (PMCID:PMC5966191).
- Parnell, John, Bowden, Stephen and Mark, Darren (2018) Petroleum generation and migration in the Cambro-Ordovician Laurentian margin succession of NW Scotland. Journal of the Geological Society, 175(1), pp. 33-42. (doi: 10.1144/jgs2017-059).
- Singh, A. et al. (2017) Counter-intuitive influence of Himalayan river morphodynamics on Indus Civilisation urban settlements. Nature Communications, 8, 1617. (doi: 10.1038/s41467-017-01643-9) (PMID:29184098) (PMCID:PMC5705636).
- Cohen, Benjamin E. , Mark, Darren F. , Cassata, William S., Lee, Martin R. , Tomkinson, Tim and Smith, Caroline L. (2017) Taking the pulse of Mars via dating of a plume-fed volcano. Nature Communications, 8, 640. (doi: 10.1038/s41467-017-00513-8) (PMID:28974682) (PMCID:PMC5626741).
- de Dopesta, Michael, Mark, Darren , Dymock, Ross , Underwood, Robin, Bacquart, Thomas, Sutton, Gavin, Davidson, Stuart and Machin, Graham (2017) Re-estimation of argon isotope ratios leading to a revised estimate of the Boltzmann constant. Metrologia, 54(5), pp. 683-692. (doi: 10.1088/1681-7575/aa7880).
- Mark, Darren , Channell, J.E.T. and Hodell, D.A. (2017) Comment on Mark et al. (2017): High-precision 40Ar/39Ar dating of Pleistocene tuffs and temporal anchoring of the Matuyama-Brunhes boundary. Quaternary Geochronology, 39, 1-23. Quaternary Geochronology, 42, pp. 56-59. (doi: 10.1016/j.quageo.2017.08.002).
- Mark, Darren F. , Renne, Paul R., Dymock, Ross C. , Smith, Victoria C., Simon, Justin I., Morgan, Leah E., Staff, Richard A. and Ellis, Ben S. (2017) ‘Radical interpretations’ preclude the use of climatic wiggle matching for resolution of event timings at the highest levels of attainable precision. Quaternary Geochronology, 42, pp. 60-62. (doi: 10.1016/j.quageo.2017.08.003).
- Morgan, Leah E., Munk, Madicken, Davidheiser-Kroll, Brett, Warner, Nicholas H., Gupta, Sanjeev, Slaybaugh, Rachel, Harkness, Patrick and Mark, Darren F. (2017) Instrumentation development for planetary in situ 40Ar/39Ar geochronology. Geostandards and Geoanalytical Research, 41(3), pp. 381-396. (doi: 10.1111/ggr.12170).
- Cohen, Benjamin E. , Mark, Darren F. , Lee, Martin R. and Simpson, Sarah L. (2017) A new high-precision 40Ar/39Ar age for the Rochechouart impact structure: at least 5 Ma older than the Triassic-Jurassic boundary. Meteoritics and Planetary Science, 52(8), pp. 1600-1611. (doi: 10.1111/maps.12880).
- Ellis, B.S., Mark, D.F. , Troch, J., Bachmann, O., Guillong, M., Kent, A.J.R. and von Quadt, A. (2017) Split-grain 40Ar/39Ar dating: Integrating temporal and geochemical data from crystal cargoes. Chemical Geology, 457, pp. 15-23. (doi: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2017.03.005).
- Cohen, Benjamin E. , Mark, Darren F. , Fallon, Stewart J. and Stephenson, P. Jon (2017) Holocene-Neogene volcanism in northeastern Australia: chronology and eruption history. Quaternary Geochronology, 39, pp. 79-91. (doi: 10.1016/j.quageo.2017.01.003).
- Mark, Darren F. , Renne, Paul R., Dymock, Ross , Smith, Victoria C., Simon, Justin I., Morgan, Leah E., Staff, Richard A. , Ellis, Ben S. and Pearce, Nicholas J.G. (2017) High-precision 40Ar/39Ar dating of Pleistocene Tuffs and temporal anchoring of the Matuyama-Brunhes Boundary. Quaternary Geochronology, 39, pp. 1-23. (doi: 10.1016/j.quageo.2017.01.002).
- Troch, Juliana, Ellis, Ben S., Mark, Darren F. , Bindeman, Ilya N., Kent, Adam J.R., Guillong, Marcel and Bachmann, Olivier (2017) Rhyolite generation prior to a Yellowstone supereruption: insights from the Island Park-Mount Jackson rhyolite series. Journal of Petrology, 58(1), pp. 29-52. (doi: 10.1093/petrology/egw071).
- Prave, A. R., Bates, C. R., Donaldson, C. H., Toland, H., Condon, D. J. and Mark, D. (2016) Geology and geochronology of the Tana Basin, Ethiopia: LIP volcanism, super eruptions and Eocene-Oligocene environmental change. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 443, pp. 1-8. (doi: 10.1016/j.epsl.2016.03.009).
- Lee, Martin T. , Tomkinson, Tim, Mark, Darren F. and Smith, Caroline L. (2016) Carbon sequestration on Mars. Geology, 44(6), e388. (doi: 10.1130/G37617C.1).
- Stuart, Finlay M. , Mark, Darren F. , Gandanger, Pierre and McConville, Paul (2016) Earth-atmosphere evolution based on the new determination of Devonian atmosphere Ar isotopic composition. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 446, pp. 21-26. (doi: 10.1016/j.epsl.2016.04.012).
- Rice, C. M., Mark, D. F. , Selby, D., Neilson, J. E. and Davidheiser-Kroll, B. (2016) The age and geological setting of quartz vein-hosted gold mineralisation at Curraghinalt, Northern Ireland: implications for genesis and classification. Economic Geology, 111(1), pp. 127-150. (doi: 10.2113/econgeo.111.1.127).
- Diez-Martin, F. et al. (2015) The origin of the Acheulean: the 1.7 million-year-old site of FLK West, Olduvai Gorge (Tanzania). Scientific Reports, 5, 17839. (doi: 10.1038/srep17839) (PMID:26639785) (PMCID:PMC4671088).
- Lee, Martin , MacLaren, Ian , Andersson, Susan, Kovacs, Andreas, Tomkinson, Tim, Mark, Darren and Smith, Caroline (2015) Opal-A in the Nakhla meteorite: a tracer of ephemeral liquid water in the Amazonian crust of Mars. Meteoritics and Planetary Science, 50(8), pp. 1362-1377. (doi: 10.1111/maps.12471).
- Blamey, N.J.F., Parnell, J., McMahon, S., Mark, D.F. , Tomkinson, T., Lee, M. , Shivak, J, Izawa, M.R.M., Banerjee, N.R. and Flemming, R.L. (2015) Evidence for methane in Martian meteorites. Nature Communications, 6, 7399. (doi: 10.1038/ncomms8399) (PMID:26079798) (PMCID:PMC4521231).
- Lee, M.R. , Tomkinson, T., Hallis, L.J. and Mark, D.F. (2015) Formation of iddingsite veins in the martian crust by centripetal replacement of olivine: evidence from the nakhlite meteorite Lafayette. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 154(1), pp. 49-65. (doi: 10.1016/j.gca.2015.01.022).
- Tomkinson, Tim, Lee, Martin R. , Mark, Darren F. , Dobson, Katherine J. and Franchi, Ian A. (2015) The Northwest Africa (NWA) 5790 meteorite: a mesostasis-rich nakhlite with little or no Martian aqueous alteration. Meteoritics and Planetary Science, 50(2), pp. 287-304. (doi: 10.1111/maps.12424).
- Adler, D.S. et al. (2014) Early Levallois technology and the Lower to Middle Paleolithic transition in the Southern Caucasus. Science, 345(6204), pp. 1609-1613. (doi: 10.1126/science.1256484) (PMID:25258079).
- Parnell, John, Mark, Darren F. , Frei, Robert, Fallick, Anthony E. and Ellam, Rob M. (2014) 40Ar/39Ar dating of exceptional concentration of metals by weathering of Precambrian rocks at the Precambrian–Cambrian boundary. Precambrian Research, 246, pp. 54-63. (doi: 10.1016/j.precamres.2014.02.012).
- Mark, Chris, Gupta, Sanjeev, Carter, Andy, Mark, Darren F. , Gautheron, Cécile and Martin, Arturo (2014) Rift flank uplift at the Gulf of California: no requirement for asthenospheric upwelling. Geology, 42(3), pp. 259-262. (doi: 10.1130/G35073.1).
- Barfod, D. , Mark, D.F. , Tait, A., Dymock, R.C. and Imlach, J. (2014) Argon extraction from geological samples by CO2 scanning laser step-heating. Journal of the Geological Society, 378, pp. 79-90. (doi: 10.1144/SP378.23).
- Jourdan, Fred, Mark, Darren F. and Verati, Chrystele (2014) Advances in 40Ar/39Ar dating: from archaeology to planetary sciences - introduction. Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 378(1), pp. 1-8. (doi: 10.1144/SP378.24).
- Mark, D.F. , Lindgren, P. and Fallick, A.E. (2014) A high-precision 40Ar/39Ar age for hydrated impact glass from the Dellen impact, Sweden. Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 378(1), pp. 349-366. (doi: 10.1144/SP378.22).
- Mark, D.F. , Petraglia, M., Smith, V.C., Morgan, L.E., Barfod, D. , Ellis, B., Pearce, N.J., Pal, J.N. and Korisettar, R. (2014) A high precision Ar/Ar age for the young Toba Tuff and dating of ultra-distal tephra: forcing of quaternary climate and implications for hominin occupations if India. Quaternary Geochronology, 21(1), pp. 90-103. (doi: 10.1016/j.quageo.2012.12.004).
- Morgan, L. E., Mark, D. F. , Imlach, J., Barfod, D. and Dymock, R. (2014) FCs-EK: a new sampling of the Fish Canyon Tuff 40Ar/39Ar neutron flux monitor. Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 378, pp. 63-67. (doi: 10.1144/SP378.21).
- Fenton, Cassandra R., Mark, Darren F. , Barfod, Dan N. , Niederman, Samuel, Goethals, Mirjam M. and Stuart, Finlay M. (2013) 40Ar/39Ar dating of the SP and bar ten lava flows AZ, USA: laying the foundation for the SPICE cosmogenic nuclide production-rate calibration project. Quaternary Geochronology, 18, pp. 158-172. (doi: 10.1016/j.quageo.2013.01.007).
- Mark, D.F. , Petraglia, M., Smith, V. C., Morgan, L.E., Barfod, D.N. , Ellis, B.S., Pearce, N.J., Pal, J.N. and Korisettar, R. (2013) Multiple interpretive errors? Indeed. Reply to: Climate effects of the 74 ka Toba super-eruption: multiple interpretive errors in 'A high-precision 40Ar/39Ar age for the Young Toba Tuff and dating of ultra-distal tephra' by Michael Haslam. Quaternary Geochronology, 18, pp. 173-175. (doi: 10.1016/j.quageo.2013.05.002).
- Tomkinson, T., Lee, M.R. , Mark, D.F. and Smith, C.L. (2013) Sequestration of Martian CO2 by mineral carbonation. Nature Communications, 4, (doi: 10.1038/ncomms3662) (PMID:24149494) (PMCID:PMC4354006).
- de Podesta, M., Underwood, R., Sutton, G., Morantz, P., Harris, P., Mark, D.F. , Stuart, F.M. , Vargha, G. and Machin, G. (2013) A low-uncertainty measurement of the Boltzmann constant. Metrologia, 50(4), pp. 354-376. (doi: 10.1088/0026-1394/50/4/354).
- Ellis, B.S. and Mark, D.F. (2013) 'Super-eruptions' and silicic volcanism from the Yellowstone volcanic field. Geology Today, 29(4), pp. 133-137. (doi: 10.1111/gto.12014).
- Ellis, B.S., Wolff, J.A., Boroughs, S., Mark, D.F. , Starkel, W.A. and Bonnichsen, B. (2013) Rhyolitic volcanism of the central Snake River Plain: a review. Bulletin of Volcanology, 75(745), (doi: 10.1007/s00445-013-0745-y).
- Smith, Victoria C., Staff, Richard A. , Blockley, Simon P.E., Ramsey, Christopher Bronk, Nakagawa, Takeshi, Mark, Darren F. , Takemura, Keiji and Danhara, Toru (2013) Identification and correlation of visible tephras in the Lake Suigetsu SG06 sedimentary archive, Japan: chronostratigraphic markers for synchronising of east Asian/west pacific palaeoclimatic records across the last 150 ka. Quaternary Science Reviews, 67, pp. 121-137. (doi: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2013.01.026).
- Staff, R. A. et al. (2013) The multiple chronological techniques applied to the Lake Suigetsu SG06 sediment core, central Japan. Boreas, 42(2), pp. 259-266. (doi: 10.1111/j.1502-3885.2012.00278.x).
- Renne, P.R., Deino, A.L., Hilgen, F.J., Kuiper, K.F., Mark, D.F. , Morgan, L.E. and Smith, J. (2013) Timescale of critical events around the cretaceous-paleogene boundary. Science, 339(6120), pp. 684-687. (doi: 10.1126/science.1230492).
- Lee, M.R. , Tomkinson, T., Mark, D.F. , Stuart, F.M. and Smith, C.L. (2013) Evidence for silicate dissolution on Mars from the Nakhla meteorite. Meteoritics and Planetary Science, 48(2), pp. 224-240. (doi: 10.1111/maps.12053).
- Domínguez-Rodrigo, M. et al. (2013) First partial skeleton of a 1.34-million-year-old paranthropus boisei from Bed II, Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania. PLoS ONE, 8(12), e80347. (doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0080347) (PMID:24339873) (PMCID:PMC3855051).
- Mark, D.F. , Rice, C.M. and Trewin, N.H. (2013) Discussion on 'a high-precision U-Pb age constraint on the Rhynie Chert Konservat-Lagerstatte: time scale and other implications' Journal, Vol. 168, 863-872. Journal of the Geological Society, 170(4), pp. 701-703. (doi: 10.1144/jgs2011-110).
- Foeken, J.P.T., Stuart, F.M. and Mark, D.F. (2012) Long term low latitude cosmogenic 3He production rate determined from a 126 ka basalt from Fogo, Cape Verdes. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 359-60, pp. 14-25. (doi: 10.1016/j.epsl.2012.10.005).
- Ellis, B.S., Mark, D.F. , Pritchard, C.J. and Wolff, J.A. (2012) Temporal dissection of the Huckleberry Ridge Tuff using the 40Ar/39Ar dating technique. Quaternary Geochronology, 9, pp. 34-41. (doi: 10.1016/j.quageo.2012.01.006).
- Kirkpatrick, J.D., Dobson, K.J., Mark, D.F. , Shipton, Z. and Stuart, F.M. (2012) The depth of pseudotahylyte formation from detailed thermochronology and constraints on coseismic stress drop variability. Journal of Geophysical Research, 117(B6), (doi: 10.1029/2011JB008846).
- Hicks, A., Barclay, J., Mark, D.F. and Loughlin, S. (2012) Tristan da Cunha: constraining eruptive behaviour using the 40Ar/39Ar dating technique. Geology, 40(8), pp. 723-726. (doi: 10.1130/G33059.1).
- Leeder, M.R., Mark, D.F. , Gawthorpe, R.L., Kranis, H., Loveless, S., Pedentchouk, N. and Kourtsos, S. (2012) A 'great deepending': chronolgoy of rift climax, Corinth rift, Greece. Geology, 40(11), pp. 999-1002. (doi: 10.1130/G33360.1).
- Mark, D.F. , Stuart, F.M. and de Podesta, M. (2011) New high-precision measurements of the isotopic composition of atmospheric argon. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 75(23), pp. 7494-7501. (doi: 10.1016/j.gca.2011.09.042).
- Henderson, A.L., Najman, Y., Parrish, R., Mark, D.F. and Foster, G.L. (2011) Constraints on the timing of India-Eurasia collision; a re-evaluation of evidence from the Indus Basin sedimentary rocks of the Indus-Tsangpo Suture Zone, Ladakh, India. Earth Science Reviews, 106(3-4), pp. 265-292. (doi: 10.1016/j.earscirev.2011.02.006).
- Parnell, J., Mark, D. , Fallick, A., Boyce, A. and Thackrey, S. (2011) The age of the Mesoproterozoic Stoer Group sedimentary and impact deposits, NW Scotland. Journal of the Geological Society, 168, pp. 349-358. (doi: 10.1144/0016-76492010-099).
- Mark, D.F. , Rice, C.M., Fallick, A.E., Trewin, N.H., Lee, M.R. , Boyce, A. and Lee, J.K.W. (2011) 40Ar/39Ar dating of hydrothermal activity, biota and gold mineralization in the Rhynie hot-spring system, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 75(2), pp. 555-569. (doi: 10.1016/j.gca.2010.10.014).
- Allen, M.B., Mark, D.F. , Kheirkhah, M., Barfod, D. , Emami, M.H. and Saville, C. (2011) 40Ar/39Ar dating of Quaternary lavas in northwest Iran: constraints on the landscape evolution and incision rates of the Turkish-Iranian plateau. Geophysical Journal International, 185(3), pp. 1175-1188. (doi: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2011.05022.x).
- Ellis, B., Wolff, J.A., Mark, D.F. and Bindeman, I. (2011) Widespread synchronous volcanism on the Snake River Plain. Mineralogical Magazine. Goldschmidt Conference Abstracts, 75, p. 806..
- Mark, D.F. and Morgan, L.E. (2011) The Manicouagan impact crater: a site for testing the accuracy of revisions to the K-Ar system. Mineralogical Magazine. Goldschmidt Conference Abstracts, 75(3), p. 1404..
- Moore, J.M., Kuhn, B.K., Mark, D.F. and Tsikos, H. (2011) A sugilite-bearing assemblage from the Wolhaarkop breccia, Bruce iron-ore mine, South Africa: evidence for alkali metasomatism and 40Ar-39Ar dating. European Journal of Mineralogy, 23(4), pp. 661-673. (doi: 10.1127/0935-1221/2011/0023-2117).
- Morgan, L.E., Mark, D.F. , Kuiper, K.F., Postma, O., Villa, I.M. and Wijbrans, J.R. (2011) Improving the accuracy of the 40Ar/39Ar geochronometer. Mineralogical Magazine. Goldschmidt Conference Abstracts, 75, p. 1501..
- Morgan, L.E., Postma, O., Kuiper, K.F., Mark, D.F. , Van der Plas, W., Davidson, S., Perkin, M., Villa, I.M. and Wijbrans, J. (2011) A metrological approach to measuring 40Ar* concentrations in K-Ar and 40Ar/39Ar in mineral standards. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, 12, A0AA20. (doi: 10.1029/2011GC003719).
- Smith, V.C. et al. (2011) Toward establishing precise chronologies for the integration of Late Pleistocene palaeoclimate archives: An example from Suigetsu SG06, Japan. Mineralogical Magazine. Goldschmidt Conference Abstracts, 75(3), p. 1899..
- Stuart, F.M. and Mark, D.F. (2011) Constraints on Earth outgassing history from Ar isotope composition of Devonian atmosphere. Mineralogical Magazine. Goldschmidt Conference Abstracts, 75(3), p. 1955..
- Tomkinson, T., Lee, M.R., Mark, D.F. and Stuart, F.M. (2011) Crystallography and origins of etch pits in Nakhla olivine. Meteoritics and Planetary Science, 46(s1), A237. (doi: 10.1111/j.1945-5100.2011.01221.x).
- Tomkinson, T., Lee, M.R., Mark, D.F. , Stuart, F.M. and Lindgren, P. (2011) "Dogged" search of fresh Nakhla surfaces reveals new alteration textures. Meteoritics and Planetary Science, 46(s1), A236. (doi: 10.1111/j.1945-5100.2011.01221.x).
- Tomkinson, T., Mark, D.F. , Lee, M.R. and Stuart, F.M. (2011) Steps toward precise Ar/Ar chronologies for fluid-rock interaction throughout the Solar System. Meteoritics and Planetary Science, 46(3), A237. (doi: 10.1111/j.1945-5100.2011.01221.x).
- VanLanigham, S. and Mark, D.F. (2011) Step-heating of 40Ar/39Ar standard mineral mixtures: Investigation of a fine-grained bulk sediment provenance tool. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 75(9), pp. 2324-2335. (doi: 10.1016/j.gca.2011.01.038).
- Hastie, A.R., Ramsook, R., Mitchell, S.F., Kerr, A.C., Millar, I. and Mark, D.F. (2010) Geochemistry of compositionally distinct Late Cretaceous back-arc basin lavas: implications for the tectonomagmatic evolution of the Caribbean plate. Journal of Geology, 118(6), pp. 655-676. (doi: 10.1086/656353).
- Parnell, J., Boyce, A.J. , Mark, D.F. , Bowden, S. and Spinks, S. (2010) Early oxygenation of the terrestrial environment during the Mesoproterozoic. Nature, 468(7321), pp. 290-293. (doi: 10.1038/nature09538) (PMID:21068840).
- Hoang, L.V., Clift, P.D., Mark, D.F. , Zheng, H. and Tan, M.T. (2010) Ar–Ar muscovite dating as a constraint on sediment provenance and erosion processes in the Red and Yangtze River systems, SE Asia. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 295(3-4), pp. 379-389. (doi: 10.1016/j.epsl.2010.04.012).
- Mark, D.F. , Gonzalez, S., Huddart, D. and Böhnel, H. (2010) Dating of the Valsequillo volcanic deposits: resolution of an ongoing archaeological controversy in Central Mexico. Journal of Human Evolution, 58(5), pp. 441-445. (doi: 10.1016/j.jhevol.2010.02.009).
- Mark, D. , Parnell, J., Kelley, S.P., Lee, M. and Sherlock, S.S. (2010) 40Ar/39Ar dating of oil generation and migration at complex continental margins. Geology, 38(1), pp. 75-78. (doi: 10.1130/G30237.1).
- Hastie, A.R., Kerr, A.C., McDonald, I., Mitchell, S.F., Pearce, J.A., Millar, I.L., Barfod, D. and Mark, D.F. (2010) Geochronology, geochemistry and petrogenesis of rhyodacite lavas in eastern Jamaica: A new adakite subgroup analogous to early Archaean continental crust? Chemical Geology, 276(3-4), pp. 344-359. (doi: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2010.07.002).
- Mark, D. , Barfod, D. , Stuart, F. and Imlach, J. (2009) The ARGUS multicollector noble gas mass spectrometer: Performance for 40Ar/39Ar geochronology. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, 10(2), pp. 1-9. (doi: 10.1029/2009GC002643).
- Mark, D.F. (2009) Development of a transmitted-light dual-window UHV laser cell for 40Ar/39Ar geochronology. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 73(13), A834. (doi: 10.1016/j.gca.2009.05.011).
- Renne, P.R. et al. (2009) Data reporting norms for 40Ar/39Ar geochronology. Quaternary Geochronology, 4(5), pp. 346-352. (doi: 10.1016/j.quageo.2009.06.005).
- Parnell, J., Mark, D. and Brandstatter, F. (2008) Response of sandstone to atmospheric heating during the STONE 5 experiment: implications for the palaeofluid record in meteorites. Icarus, 197(1), pp. 282-290. (doi: 10.1016/j.icarus.2008.04.014).
- Mark, D.F. (2008) Micro-porous and micro-permeable subgrain microtextures in K-feldspar. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 72(12), A593..
- Mark, D.F. , Kelley, S.P., Lee, M.R. , Parnell, J., Sherlock, S.C. and Brown, D.J. (2008) Ar-Ar dating of authigenic K-feldspar: quantitative modelling of radiogenic argon-loss through subgrain boundary networks. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 72(11), pp. 2695-2710. (doi: 10.1016/j.gca.2008.03.018).
- Mark, D.F., Green, P.F., Parnell, J., Kelley, S.P., Lee, M.R. and Sherlock, S.C. (2008) Late Palaeozoic hydrocarbon migration through the Clair field, West of Shetland, UK Atlantic margin. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 72(10), pp. 2510-2533. (doi: 10.1016/j.gca.2007.11.037).
- Baron, M., Parnell, J., Mark, D.F. , Przyjalgowski, M. and Feely, M. (2008) Evolution of hydrocarbon migration style in a fractured reservoir deduced from fluid inclusion data, Clair field, West of Shetland. Marine and Petroleum Geology, 25(2), pp. 153-172. (doi: 10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2007.05.010).
- Lindgren, P., Parnell, J., Norman, C., Mark, D. , Baron, M., Ormo, J., Sturkell, E.F.F., Conliffe, J. and Fraser, W.T. (2007) Formation of uranium-thorium-rich bitumen nodules in the Lockne Impact Structure, Sweden: A mechanism for carbon concentration at impact sites. Meteoritics and Planetary Science, 42(11), pp. 1961-1969. (doi: 10.1111/j.1945-5100.2007.tb00553.x).
- Mark, D.F. , Parnell, J., Kelly, S.P. and Sherlock, S.C. (2007) Resolution of regional fluid flow related to successive orogenic events on the Laurentian margin. Geology, 35(6), pp. 547-550. (doi: 10.1130/G23388A.1).
- Mark, D.F. , Parnell, J., Kelley, S.P. and Sherlock, S.C. (2006) Temperature-composition-time (TXt) data from authigenic K-feldspar: an integrated methodology for dating fluid flow events. Journal of Geochemical Exploration, 89(1-3), pp. 256-292. (doi: 10.1016/j.gexplo.2005.11.059).
- Mark, DF, Parnell, J, Kelly, SP, Lee, M, Sherlock, SC and Carr, A (2005) Dating of multistage fluid flow in sandstones. Science, 309, pp. 2048-2051. (doi: 10.1126/science.1116034).
- Pickersgill, Annemarie , Lee, Martin , Mark, Darren F. and Christou, Evangelos (2022) What Do We Know About the Duration of Post-Impact Hydrothermal Activity? 85th Annual Meeting of The Meteoritical Society 2022, Glasgow, 14-19 August 2022..
- Lee, M.R. , King, A.J., Cohen, B.E. , Mark, D.F. and Boyce, A. (2018) Distinguishing Mild Aqueous Alteration from Thermal Metamorphism in the Lewis Cliff (LEW) 85311 CM Carbonaceous Chondrite. 81st Annual Meeting of the Meteoritical Society, Moscow, Russia, 22-27 Jul 2018. (Unpublished).
- Tremblay, M.M., Cohen, B.E. , Mark, D.F. , Ickert, R.B. and Smith, C.L. (2018) Revisiting the 40Ar/39Ar Chronology of Lunar Meteorite NWA 773 Provides New Constraints on its Diachronous Geologic History. 6th European Lunar Symposium, Toulouse, France, 14-16 May 2018. (Unpublished).
- Cohen, B.E. , Mark, D.F. , Lee, M.R., Cassata, W.S., Griffin, S., Smith, C.L. and Tomkinson, T. (2018) The Nakhlites Sample Multiple Igneous Units: Evidence From 40Ar/39Ar Chronology And Geochemistry. 49th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference 2018, The Woodlands, Texas, 19-23 March 2018..
- Cohen, B.E. , Smith, C.L., Lee, M.R. , Mark, D.F. , Almeida, N., Cassata, W.S., Hallis, L. , Smith, A. and Daly, L. (2018) Northwest Africa 11522: A New Paired Stone of Martian Polymict Regolith Breccia Northwest Africa 7034. 49th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference 2018, The Woodlands, Texas, 19-23 March 2018..
- Lee, M.R. , Cohen, B.E. , Mark, D.F. and Boyce, A. (2018) Ephemeral Nebular Components in the Mildly Aqueously Altered CM Carbonaceous Chondrite LEW 85311. 49th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference 2018, The Woodlands, Texas, 19-23 March 2018..
- Lee, M.R. , Cohen, B.E. , Mark, D.F. and Boyce, A. (2018) Evidence for Widespread Post-Hydration Heating of the CM Carbonaceous Chondrites. 49th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference 2018, The Woodlands, Texas, 19-23 March 2018..
- Cohen, B.E. , Mark, D.F. , Lee, M.R. and Smith, C.L. (2017) Did the R-chondrite Parent Body Experience Onion-shell Cooling? 1st British Planetary Science Congress, Glasgow, UK, 3-5 Dec 2017..
- Pickersgill, A.E., Lee, M.R. , Daly, L. , Mark, D.F. and IODP-ICDP Expedition 2017 (2017) Planar Features (Lamellar Subgrains) in Feldspar from the Chicxulub Impact Structure. 80th Annual Meeting of the Meteoritical Society, Santa Fe, NM, USA, 23-28 Jul 2017..
- Pickersgill, A.E., Lee, M.R. , Daly, L. and Mark, D.F. (2017) Shock Metamorphism in Feldspar from the Chicxulub Impact Structure. 1st British Planetary Science Congress, Glasgow, UK, 3-5 Dec 2017..
- Preece, K., Barclay, J., Brown, R., Mark, D.F. , Chamberlain, K., Cohen, B.E. and Vye-Brown, C. (2016) A 1 million Year Eruption History of Ascension Island: Insights From Stratigraphy and 40Ar/39Ar Dating. Cities on Volcanoes 9, Puerto Varas, Chile, 20-25 Nov 2016..
- Preece, K., Barclay, J., Mark, D.F. , Cohen, B.E. and Chamberlain, K. (2016) 40Ar/39Ar dating of Holocene volcanism on Ascension Island. Cities on Volcanoes 9, Puerto Varas, Chile, 20-25 Nov 2016..
- Cohen, B.E. , Cassata, W.S., Mark, D.F. , Tomkinson, T., Lee, M.R. and Smith, C.L (2015) Significance of the Cosmogenic Argon Correction in Deciphering the 40Ar/39Ar Ages of the Nakhlite (Martian) Meteorites. AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA, USA, 14-18 Dec 2015..
- Kalnins, L.M., Cohen, B.E. , Fitton, J.G., Mark, D.F. , Richards, F.D. and Barfod, D.N. (2015) The East Australian, Tasmantid, and Lord Howe Volcanic Chains: Possible Mechanisms Behind a Trio of Hotspot Trails. AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA, USA, 14-18 Dec 2015..
- Mark, D.F. , Cohen, B.E. , Cassata, W.S., Lee, M.R. and Smith, C.L (2015) NWA 7034 Martian Breccia: 40Ar/39Ar Ages of 1.2 to 1.4 Ga. AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA, USA, 14-18 Dec 2015..
- Cohen, B.E. , Mark, D.F. , Cassata, W.S., Lee, M.R. , Smith, C.L. and Tomkinson, T. (2015) 40Ar/39Ar of Meteorites at SUERC. Meteorites and Solar System Formation Workshop (Barwell Meeting), London, UK, 02 Oct 2015..
- Preece, K. et al. (2015) The Eruptive History of Ascension Island: Insights from Straitigraphy, 40Ar/39Ar and Cosmogenic 3He Dating. The 51st Annual Volcanic and Magmatic Studies Group Conference, Norwich, United Kingdom, 05-07 Jan 2015. p. 80..
- Lyell, Calum, Boyce, Adrian J. , Mark, Darren F. , McCarthy, William, Sangster, Christopher J.S., Flindell, Peter and van den Berg, Maurits (2019) Evolving the Genetic Model for the Cononish Gold Deposit, Scotland: From Prospect to Mine. In: 15th SGA Biennial Meeting on Life with Ore Deposits on Earth, Glasgow, Scotland, 27-30 Aug 2019, pp. 727-730. ISBN 9780852619636.
- Papadopoulos, Vlassis, Boyce, Adrian , Mark, Darren , Ickert, Ryan and Tsikos, Harilaos (2019) Investigation of Large-scale Brine Circulation as Mechanism of Ore Formation in the Kalahari and Postmasburg Fe-Mn Fields, South Africa. In: 15th SGA Biennial Meeting on Life with Ore Deposits on Earth, Glasgow, Scotland, 27-30 Aug 2019, pp. 240-243. ISBN 9780852619629.
- Cohen, B.E. , Mark, D.F. , Lee, M.R. and Simpson, S.L. (2016) A revised 40Ar/39Ar age for the Rochechouart impact structure: not coincident with the Triassic-Jurassic boundary. In: The Meteroritical Society 79th Annual Meeting, Berlin, Germany, 07-12 Aug 2016, A208. (doi: 10.1111/maps.2016.51.issue-S1).
- Breton, H., Lee, M.R. and Mark, D.F. (2015) Multiple Aqueous Events in the Nakhlite Meteorite North West Africa (NWA). In: 46th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, The Woodlands, TX, USA, 16-20 Mar 2015,.
- Breton, H., Lee, M.R. and Mark, D.F. (2015) Secondary Minerals in the Nakhlite Meteorite Yamato 000593: Distinguishing Martian from Terrestrial Alteration Products. In: 46th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, The Woodlands, TX, USA, 16-20 Mar 2015,.
- Cohen, B.E. , Mark, D.F. , Lee, M.R. and Smith, C.L. (2015) Cooling of the H Chondrite Parent Body: Examination and Assessment of 40Ar/39Ar Age Data. In: 46th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, The Woodlands, TX, USA, 16-20 Mar 2015,.
- Cohen, B.E. , Mark, D.F. , Tomkinson, T., Lee, M.R. and Smith, C.L. (2015) Martian Igneous Activity and Fluid-Based Alteration: Chronological Constraints from 40Ar/39Ar Analyses of the Nakhlites. In: 46th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, The Woodlands, TX, USA, 16-20 Mar 2015,.
- Pickersgill, A.E., Lee, M.R. , Mark, D.F. and Osinski, G.R. (2015) Shock Metamorphism in Impact Melt Rocks from the Gow Lake Impact Structure, Saskatchewan, Canada. In: 46th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, The Woodlands, TX, USA, 16-20 Mar 2015,.
- Pickersgill, A.E., Lindgren, P., Burchell, M., Lee, M.R. , Mark, D.F. and Price, M. (2015) Experimental Impacts into Feldspar Phenocrysts. In: 46th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, The Woodlands, TX, USA, 16-20 Mar 2015,.
- Simpson, S.L., Boyce, A.J. , Lambert, P., Lee, M.R. , Mark, D.F. and Lindgren, P. (2015) Stable Isotope Studies of the Rochechouart Impact Structure: Sources of Secondary Carbonates and Sulphides within Allochthonous and Parautochthonous Impactites. In: 46th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, The Woodlands, TX, USA, 16-20 Mar 2015,.
- Breton, H.F., Lee, M.R. and Mark, D.F. (2014) Fluid-rock interactions in the Martian meteorite North West Africa 817. In: 77th Annual Meeting of the Meteoritical Society, Casablanca, Morocco, 8-13 September 2014,.
- Lee, M.R. , MacLaren, I. , Kovacs, A., Tomkinson, T., Mark, D. , Hallis, L.J. and Smith, C.L. (2014) Coated silica nanoparticles in Nakhla iddingsite veins: implications for waterrock interaction within the Martian crust. In: 77th Annual Meeting of the Meteoritical Society, Casablanca, Morocco, 8-13 September 2014,.
- Lindgren, P., Starkey, N.A., Franchi, I.A., Mark, D.F. , Sofe, M.R. and Lee, M.R. (2014) Multiple pulses of aqueous solutions in QUE 93005 (CM2): evidence from oxygen isotopes. In: 77th Annual Meeting of the Meteoritical Society, Casablanca, Morocco, 8-13 September 2014,.
- Morgan, Leah, Davidheiser-Kroll, Brett, Munk, M., van Bibber, K., Harkness, P. , Lee, M., Wright, I., Gupta, S. and Mark, D. (2014) Instrumentation development for planetary in situ 40Ar/39Ar geochronology. In: Goldschmidt Conference, Sacramento, CA USA, 8-13 June 2014,.
- Tomkinson, T., Lee, M.R. , Mark, D.F. , Stuart, F.M. and Smith, C. (2013) Quantifying the timescales of fluid-rock interaction on Mars using the nakhlite meteorites. In: 44th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, Texas, TX, USA, 18-22 Mar 2013,.
- Tomkinson, T., Lee, M.R. , Mark, D.F. , Franchi, I.A. and Smith, C.L. (2013) Evidence for multiphase aqueous alteration of the Yamato 00 nakhlites. In: 76th Annual Meeting of the Meteoritical Society, Edmonton, AB, Canada, 29 Jul - 2 Aug 2013, A342. (doi: 10.1111/maps.12165).
- Tomkinson, T., Lee, M.R. , Mark, D.F. , Franchi, I.A. and Smith, C.L. (2013) Provence of water in martian meteorites: D/H ratios of Lafayette using NanoSIMS. In: 76th Annual Meeting of the Meteoritical Society, Edmonton, AB, Canada, 29 Jul - 2 Aug 2013, A343. (doi: 10.1111/maps.12165).
- Tomkinson, T., Lee, M.R. , Mark, D.F. and Smith, C.L. (2013) A replacive origin for secondary mineral veins in the nakhlite meteorite Lafayette. In: 76th Annual Meeting of the Meteoritical Society, Edmonton, AB, Canada, 29 Jul - 2 Aug 2013, A344. (doi: 10.1111/maps.12165).
- Tomkinson, T., Lee, M.R. , Mark, D.F. and Stuart, F.M. (2013) The nakhlite meteorites provide evidence for mineralization of martian CO2 by carbonation of silicates. In: 44th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, Texas, TX, USA, 18-22 Mar 2013,.
- Hill, N.J. et al. (2011) New gold occurrences in the Scottish Dalradian - nature and constraints on genesis. In: Lets Talk Ore Deposits: Eleventh Biennial SGA Meeting, Antofagasta, Chile, 26-29 September 2011, pp. 577-579..
- Tomkinson, T., Lee, M. , Mark, D. , Stuart, F. and Lindgren, P. (2011) Crystallography and Origins of Etch Pits in Nakhla Olivine. In: 74th Annual Meteoritical Society Meeting, London, UK, August 8–12, 2011,.
- Tomkinson, T., Lee, M. , Mark, D.F. and Stuart, F. (2011) “Dogged” Search of Fresh Nakhla Surfaces Reveals New Alteration Textures. In: 74th Annual Meteoritical Society Meeting, London, UK., August 8-12, 2011,.
- Tomkinson, T., Mark, D. , Lee, M. and Stuart, F. (2011) Steps Towards Precise Ar/Ar Chronologies for Fluid-Rock Interaction Throughout the Solar System. In: 74th Annual Meteoritical Society Meeting, London, UK, August 8–12, 2011,.
- Dating of impact crater events associated with the K-Pg boundary.. Mark, Lee & Pickersgill. (NERC analytical grant Argon Isotope Facility IP/1626/0516). £68,500. 2016. Project linked to IODP drilling programme (EXP364).
- Fire and shaking in the South Caucasus: connecting geo-archaeology and hazards in Armenia.. Neil & Mark. (Carnegie Trust incentive grant , LG16SUE70419). £7,459. 2016.
- A provenance tool for Mars exploration: dating of fine-grained rocks. . Mark & Lee. (UKSA research grant ST/P001289/1). £87,000. 2016. This project built on the UKSA-funded KHRONOS project (2013) for which Thermo Scientific are providing €1M support for design and prototype construction of a rover-based mass spectrometer. 1 PGR Student.
- A high resolution chronology for early humans in the Southern Caucasus.. Wilkinson, Mark & Blockley. (Leverhulme Trust large research grant RPG-2016-102). £387,792. 2016. 3 PD Researchers.
- A journey from the solar nebula to planetary bodies: cycling of heat, water and organics.. Lee & Mark. (STFC research grant ST/N000846/1). £396,000. 2016. 1 PD Researcher.
Research Agenda
To provide world leading expertise and integrated state-of-the-art capabilities that allows for construction of seamless chronologies that span 4.6 Ga of Solar System evolution; temporal frameworks that are pivotal within every aspect of the Earth, Planetary and Environmental Sciences.
Time is the 4th dimension that resides at the heart of geoscience research. It is the common thread that binds scientific discoveries within the Earth and Planetary Science Sectors, and places them within context of Earth and Solar System History. Without the ability to reconstruct absolute and relative chronologies, scientists would not be able to tackle the fundamental questions that have both societal and economic consequence to the UK, and beyond. Indeed, throughout the last 100 years it is geochronology (i.e., establishing timescales and rates) that has facilitated many paradigm-shifting breakthroughs (e.g., plate tectonics) and now the ability to obtain high-resolution temporal constraints provides a foundation for a breadth of science. Hence, geochronology is much more than an analytical tool; it is an underpinning science theme that demands transfer of knowledge between disciplines and training of researchers with diverse expertise and skillsets.
Contact me to discuss collaborations around:
- High-precision geochronology
- Noble gas mass spectrometry and technology development
- Clumped isotope mass spectrometry and applications
- Terrestrial volcanism
- Quaternary climate change and human evolution
- Geomagnetism and dynamo processes
- Planetary science
As such, I have assembled a world-class group of researchers (technicians, young PDRAs, experienced scientists) whilst developing a global-scale collaborative network, all centered around a state-of-the-art laboratory in East Kilbride that has a 9 year track record of delivering world-leading geochronology capabilities and expertise. I, and my team, through the high-impact research we conduct, challenge modern-day paradigms. The nature of the expertise required and exacting analytical work led by me demands long-term continuity and significant infrastructure – I have delivered this through a successful portfolio of grant-funded research (NERC, STFC, EU, Carnegie Trust, Leverhulme Trust, UK Space Agency) and opened up significant new revenue streams for SUERC along the way. My objective has been (and remains) to strengthen and underpin UK science, maximise the impact of SUERC and the University of Glasgow on society, innovate, improve the quality of the next generation of scientists, and engage with, inspire and capture the imagination of the public.
