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Andrew J. Biggin is affiliated with the University of Liverpool in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily concentrates on Earth and Planetary Sciences, with significant contributions to Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology.

Their work spans several specialized subfields, including Molecular Biology, Atmospheric Science, Geophysics, Paleontology, and Geochemistry and Petrology.

Key topics addressed in their research include:

  • Geomagnetism and Paleomagnetism Studies
  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
  • Geological and Geochemical Analysis
  • Geophysical and Geoelectrical Methods
  • Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils
  • Geochemistry and Elemental Analysis
  • Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping

Andrew J. Biggin has published extensively in several venues, with the most frequent being:

  • Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems
  • Geophysical Journal International
  • Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth
  • Earth and Planetary Science Letters
  • Geophysical Research Letters

Recent papers include:

  • An extended period of extremely weak geomagnetic field suggested by palaeointensities from the Ediacaran Grenville dykes (SE Canada), 2021, Earth and Planetary Science Letters
  • Quantitative estimates of average geomagnetic axial dipole dominance in deep geological time, 2020, Nature Communications
  • Dynamo constraints on the long-term evolution of Earth's magnetic field strength, 2021, Geophysical Journal International
  • Paleointensity.org: An Online, Open Source, Application for the Interpretation of Paleointensity Data, 2020, Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems
  • Intensity of the Earth's magnetic field: Evidence for a Mid-Paleozoic dipole low, 2021, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Andrew J. Biggin include:

  • Richard K. Bono
  • Y. A. Engbers
  • Courtney J. Sprain
  • J. Michael Grappone
  • Simon J. Lloyd

Best Publications

  • Geomagnetic secular variation and the statistics of palaeomagnetic directions

    Martijn H. L. Deenen;Cor G. Langereis;Douwe J. J. van Hinsbergen;Andrew J. Biggin

  • Palaeomagnetic field intensity variations suggest Mesoproterozoic inner-core nucleation.

    A. J. Biggin;E. J. Piispa;L. J. Pesonen;R. Holme

  • On improving the selection of Thellier-type paleointensity data

    Greig A. Paterson;Lisa Tauxe;Andrew J. Biggin;Ron Shaar

  • Possible links between long-term geomagnetic variations and whole-mantle convection processes

    A. J. Biggin;B. Steinberger;B. Steinberger;J. Aubert;N. Suttie

  • Geomagnetic Secular variation in the Cretaceous Normal Superchron and in the Jurassic

    Andrew J. Biggin;Douwe J.J. van Hinsbergen;Douwe J.J. van Hinsbergen;Cor G. Langereis;Gijs B. Straathof;Gijs B. Straathof

  • The intensity of the geomagnetic field in the late-Archaean: new measurements and an analysis of the updated IAGA palaeointensity database

    Andrew J. Biggin;Geert H. M. A. Strik;Cor G. Langereis

  • A new set of qualitative reliability criteria to aid inferences on palaeomagnetic dipole moment variations through geological time

    Andrew J. Biggin;Greig A. Paterson

  • Palaeomagnetism of Archaean rocks of the Onverwacht Group, Barberton Greenstone Belt (southern Africa): Evidence for a stable and potentially reversing geomagnetic field at ca. 3.5 Ga

    Andrew J. Biggin;Andrew J. Biggin;Maarten J. de Wit;Cor G. Langereis;Tanja E. Zegers

  • A reliable absolute palaeointensity determination obtained from a non-ideal recorder

    Andrew J. Biggin;Andrew J. Biggin;Mireille Perrin;Mark J. Dekkers

  • Evidence for a very-long-term trend in geomagnetic secular variation

    Andrew J. Biggin;Geert H. M. A. Strik;Cor G. Langereis

  • Rapid regional perturbations to the recent global geomagnetic decay revealed by a new Hawaiian record.

    L.V. de Groot;A.J. Biggin;M.J. Dekkers;C.G. Langereis

  • Analysis of long-term variations in the geomagnetic poloidal field intensity and evaluation of their relationship with global geodynamics

    A. J. Biggin;D. N. Thomas

  • Paleointensity Database Updated and Upgraded

    Andrew John Biggin;Alan McCormack;Andrew Roberts

  • Subduction flux modulates the geomagnetic polarity reversal rate

    Mark W. Hounslow;Mathew Domeier;Andrew J. Biggin

  • Archaeomagnetic study of five mounds from Upper Mesopotamia between 2500 and 700 BCE: Further evidence for an extremely strong geomagnetic field ca. 3000 years ago

    P. Ertepinar;C.G. Langereis;A.J. Biggin;M. Frangipane

  • The application of acceptance criteria to results of Thellier palaeointensity experiments performed on samples with pseudo-single-domain-like characteristics

    Andrew J. Biggin;D.Neil Thomas

  • Latitude Dependence of Geomagnetic Paleosecular Variation and its Relation to the Frequency of Magnetic Reversals: Observations From the Cretaceous and Jurassic

    Pavel V. Doubrovine;Toni Veikkolainen;Lauri J. Pesonen;Elisa Piispa

  • Analysis of an Updated Paleointensity Database (Q PI -PINT) for 65-200 Ma: Implications for the Long-Term History of Dipole Moment Through the Mesozoic

    E. V. Kulakov;C. J. Sprain;C. J. Sprain;P. V. Doubrovine;A. V. Smirnov

  • Ultra-low palaeointensities from East European Craton, Ukraine support a globally anomalous palaeomagnetic field in the Ediacaran

    V. V. Shcherbakova;V. G. Bakhmutov;D. Thallner;V. P. Shcherbakov

  • The effect of cooling rate on the intensity of thermoremanent magnetization (TRM) acquired by assemblages of pseudo-single domain, multidomain and interacting single-domain grains

    A. J. Biggin;S. Badejo;E. Hodgson;A. R. Muxworthy

  • Erratum to Geomagnetic secular variation and the statistics of palaeomagnetic directions [Geophysical Journal International, 186, (2011) 509-520]

    Martijn H L Deenen;Cor G. Langereis;D.J.J. van Hinsbergen;Andrew J. Biggin

  • Microwave palaeointensities from a recent Mexican lava flow, baked sediments and reheated pottery

    H Böhnel;A.J Biggin;D Walton;J Shaw

  • First-order symmetry of weak-field partial thermoremanence in multi-domain (MD) ferromagnetic grains: 2. Implications for Thellier-type palaeointensity determination

    Andrew J. Biggin

Frequent Co-Authors

Cor G. Langereis
Cor G. Langereis Utrecht University
Richard Holme
Richard Holme University of Liverpool
Mark J. Dekkers
Mark J. Dekkers Utrecht University
Lauri J. Pesonen
Lauri J. Pesonen University of Helsinki
Ricardo I.F. Trindade
Ricardo I.F. Trindade Universidade de São Paulo
John Shaw
John Shaw Harvard University
Bernhard Steinberger
Bernhard Steinberger Helmholtz Centre Potsdam - GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences
Trond H. Torsvik
Trond H. Torsvik University of Oslo
Lisa Tauxe
Lisa Tauxe University of California, San Diego
Nicholas T. Arndt
Nicholas T. Arndt Grenoble Alpes University

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