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Benjamin J. W. Mills

Benjamin J. W. Mills

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Earth Science

D-Index
40
Citations
6019
World Ranking
5834
National Ranking
619

Overview

Benjamin J. W. Mills is affiliated with the University of Leeds in the United Kingdom and specializes in Earth and Planetary Sciences. Their research spans multiple subfields including Paleontology, Atmospheric Science, Geochemistry and Petrology, Geophysics, and Environmental Chemistry.

The main topics of their work cover a range of areas within Earth sciences, notably Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils, Geology and Paleoclimatology Research, Geochemistry and Elemental Analysis, Geological and Geochemical Analysis, Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena, Hydrocarbon Exploration and Reservoir Analysis, and Astro and Planetary Science.

Benjamin J. W. Mills has contributed to publications in a variety of scientific venues. Frequent publication outlets include:

  • Nature Communications
  • Science Advances
  • Nature Geoscience
  • Earth and Planetary Science Letters
  • Goldschmidt2021 abstracts

Notable recent papers authored or co-authored by Mills include:

  • Phanerozoic paleotemperatures: The earth's changing climate during the last 540 million years, 2021, Earth-Science Reviews
  • Past climates inform our future, 2020, Science
  • Long-term organic carbon preservation enhanced by iron and manganese, 2023, Nature
  • Reconciling proxy records and models of Earth's oxygenation during the Neoproterozoic and Palaeozoic, 2020, Interface Focus
  • An enormous sulfur isotope excursion indicates marine anoxia during the end-Triassic mass extinction, 2020, Science Advances

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Mills include:

  • Simon W. Poulton
  • Andrew Merdith
  • Yves Goddéris
  • Robert J. Newton
  • Tianchen He

Best Publications

  • Phanerozoic Paleotemperatures: The Earth’s Changing Climate during the Last 540 million years

    Christopher R. Scotese;Haijun Song;Benjamin J.W. Mills;Douwe G. van der Meer

  • Past climates inform our future

    Jessica E. Tierney;Christopher J. Poulsen;Isabel P. Montañez;Tripti Bhattacharya

  • Earliest land plants created modern levels of atmospheric oxygen

    Timothy M. Lenton;Tais W. Dahl;Stuart J. Daines;Benjamin J. W. Mills

  • COPSE reloaded: An improved model of biogeochemical cycling over Phanerozoic time

    Timothy M. Lenton;Stuart J. Daines;Benjamin J.W. Mills

  • Stepwise oxygenation of the Paleozoic atmosphere.

    Alexander J. Krause;Benjamin J. W. Mills;Shuang Zhang;Noah J. Planavsky

  • Possible links between extreme oxygen perturbations and the Cambrian radiation of animals

    Tianchen He;Tianchen He;Maoyan Zhu;Benjamin J. W. Mills;Peter M. Wynn

  • Atmospheric oxygen regulation at low Proterozoic levels by incomplete oxidative weathering of sedimentary organic carbon.

    Stuart J. Daines;Benjamin J. W. Mills;Benjamin J. W. Mills;Timothy M. Lenton

  • Modelling the long-term carbon cycle, atmospheric CO2, and Earth surface temperature from late Neoproterozoic to present day

    Benjamin J.W. Mills;Alexander J. Krause;Christopher R. Scotese;Daniel J. Hill

  • Long-term organic carbon preservation enhanced by iron and manganese

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  • Stepwise Earth oxygenation is an inherent property of global biogeochemical cycling

    Lewis J. Alcott;Benjamin J. W. Mills;Simon W. Poulton

  • Unique Neoproterozoic carbon isotope excursions sustained by coupled evaporite dissolution and pyrite burial

    Graham A. Shields;Benjamin J. W. Mills;Maoyan Zhu;Timothy D. Raub

  • Long-Term Phanerozoic Global Mean Sea Level: Insights from Strontium Isotope Variations and Estimates of Continental Glaciation

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  • Reconciling proxy records and models of Earth's oxygenation during the Neoproterozoic and Palaeozoic

    Rosalie Tostevin;Benjamin J. W. Mills

  • Earth’s Great Oxidation Event facilitated by the rise of sedimentary phosphorus recycling

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  • Evolution of Atmospheric O2 Through the Phanerozoic, Revisited

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  • Timing of Neoproterozoic glaciations linked to transport-limited global weathering

    Benjamin Mills;Andrew J. Watson;Colin Goldblatt;Richard A. Boyle;Richard A. Boyle

  • An enormous sulfur isotope excursion indicates marine anoxia during the end-Triassic mass extinction

    Tianchen He;Jacopo Dal Corso;Jacopo Dal Corso;Robert J. Newton;Paul B. Wignall

  • Uncovering the Ediacaran phosphorus cycle

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  • Rapid cross-density ocean mixing at mid-depths in the Drake Passage measured by tracer release

    Andrew J. Watson;Andrew J. Watson;James R. Ledwell;Marie-José Messias;Marie-José Messias;Brian A. King

  • Proterozoic oxygen rise linked to shifting balance between seafloor and terrestrial weathering

    Benjamin Mills;Timothy M. Lenton;Andrew J. Watson

  • Early Palaeozoic ocean anoxia and global warming driven by the evolution of shallow burrowing

    Sebastiaan van de Velde;Sebastiaan van de Velde;Benjamin J. W. Mills;Filip J. R. Meysman;Filip J. R. Meysman;Timothy M. Lenton

  • Tectonic controls on the long-term carbon isotope mass balance

    Graham A. Shields;Benjamin J. W. Mills

  • Evolution of the structure and impact of Earth’s biosphere

    Noah J. Planavsky;Noah J. Planavsky;Sean A. Crowe;Mojtaba Fakhraee;Mojtaba Fakhraee;Mojtaba Fakhraee;Brian Beaty

  • Ocean deoxygenation, the global phosphorus cycle and the possibility of human-caused large-scale ocean anoxia

    Andrew J. Watson;Timothy M. Lenton;Benjamin J. W. Mills

  • Elevated CO2 degassing rates prevented the return of Snowball Earth during the Phanerozoic.

    Benjamin J. W. Mills;Benjamin J. W. Mills;Christopher R. Scotese;Nicholas G. Walding;Graham A. Shields

Frequent Co-Authors

Timothy M. Lenton
Timothy M. Lenton University of Exeter
Graham A. Shields
Graham A. Shields University College London
Simon W. Poulton
Simon W. Poulton University of Leeds
Andrew J. Watson
Andrew J. Watson University of Exeter
Robert J. Newton
Robert J. Newton University of Leeds
Paul B. Wignall
Paul B. Wignall University of Leeds
Noah J. Planavsky
Noah J. Planavsky Yale University
Filip J. R. Meysman
Filip J. R. Meysman Delft University of Technology
Mark W. Claire
Mark W. Claire University of St Andrews
Nasrrddine Youbi
Nasrrddine Youbi Cadi Ayyad University

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