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Overview

Brad S. Singer is affiliated with the University of Wisconsin-Madison in the United States. Their research primarily falls within the field of Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a strong focus on geophysics and related sub-disciplines.

The main topics covered in their work include geological and geochemical analysis, geology and paleoclimatology research, earthquake and tectonic studies, geochemistry and geologic mapping, paleontology and stratigraphy of fossils, high-pressure geophysics and materials, and geological formations and processes.

Frequent publication venues for their research include:

  • Abstracts with programs - Geological Society of America
  • Geological Society of America Bulletin
  • Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research
  • Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth
  • Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Their coauthors reflect ongoing collaborations within the geoscience community and include:

  • Brian R. Jicha
  • Mark D. Schmitz
  • Bradley B. Sageman
  • Youjuan Li
  • L. Gordon Medaris

Some recent papers authored or coauthored by Brad S. Singer illustrate the scope of their research interests:

  • "Interpreting and reporting 40Ar/39Ar geochronologic data" (2020), published in Geological Society of America Bulletin
  • "Regional chronostratigraphic synthesis of the Cenomanian-Turonian Oceanic Anoxic Event 2 (OAE2) interval, Western Interior Basin (USA): New Re-Os chemostratigraphy and 40Ar/39Ar geochronology" (2020), published in Geological Society of America Bulletin
  • "Transient rhyolite melt extraction to produce a shallow granitic pluton" (2021), published in Science Advances
  • "Early Mesoproterozoic evolution of midcontinental Laurentia: Defining the geon 14 Baraboo orogeny" (2021), published in Geoscience Frontiers
  • "Facies interpretation and geochronology of diverse Eocene floras and faunas, northwest Chubut Province, Patagonia, Argentina" (2020), published in Geological Society of America Bulletin

Their research contributions engage with geochronologic methods, stratigraphy, magmatic processes, and paleontological contexts, reflecting interdisciplinary approaches within geosciences.

Best Publications

  • Synoptic reconstruction of a major ancient lake system; Eocene Green River Formation, western United States

    M. Elliot Smith;Alan R. Carroll;Brad S. Singer

  • The Role of Water in Generating the Calc-alkaline Trend: New Volatile Data for Aleutian Magmas and a New Tholeiitic Index

    Mindy M. Zimmer;Terry Plank;Erik H. Hauri;Gene Yogodzinski

  • Textures and Sr, Ba, Mg, Fe, K, and Ti compositional profiles in volcanic plagioclase: Clues to the dynamics of calc-alkaline magma chambers

    Bradley S. Singer;Michael A. Dungan;Graham D. Layne

  • A Quaternary geomagnetic instability time scale

    Brad S. Singer

  • Recent investigations of the 0–5 Ma geomagnetic field recorded by lava flows

    C. L. Johnson;C. G. Constable;L. Tauxe;R. Barendregt

  • Eocene Plant Diversity at Laguna del Hunco and Río Pichileufú, Patagonia, Argentina

    Peter Wilf;Kirk R. Johnson;N. Rubén Cúneo;M. Elliot Smith

  • Intercalibration of radioisotopic and astrochronologic time scales for the Cenomanian-Turonian boundary interval, Western Interior Basin, USA

    Stephen R. Meyers;Sarah E. Siewert;Brad S. Singer;Bradley B. Sageman

  • 40Ar/39Ar and K-Ar chronology of Pleistocene glaciations in Patagonia

    Brad S. Singer;Robert P. Ackert;Hervé Guillou

  • Tectonics and cycle system of the Cretaceous Songliao Basin: An inverted active continental margin basin

    Pu Jun Wang;Frank Mattern;N. Alexei Didenko;De Feng Zhu

  • Interpreting and reporting 40Ar/39Ar geochronologic data

    Allen J. Schaen;Brian R. Jicha;Kip V. Hodges;Pieter Vermeesch

  • Re-evaluation of the ages of 40Ar/39Ar sanidine standards and supereruptions in the western U.S. using a Noblesse multi-collector mass spectrometer

    Brian R. Jicha;Brad S. Singer;Peter Sobol

  • Eruptive history, geochronology, and magmatic evolution of the Puyehue-Cordón Caulle volcanic complex, Chile

    Brad S. Singer;Brian R. Jicha;Melissa A. Harper;José Antonio Naranjo

  • On the age of the Laschamp geomagnetic excursion

    Hervé Guillou;Brad S. Singer;Carlo Laj;Catherine Kissel

  • Age and duration of the Matuyama-Brunhes geomagnetic polarity reversal from 40Ar39Ar incremental heating analyses of lavas

    Bradley S. Singer;Malcolm S. Pringle

  • Reconciling astrochronological and 40Ar/39Ar ages for the Matuyama-Brunhes boundary and late Matuyama Chron

    J. E. T. Channell;D. A. Hodell;B. S. Singer;C. Xuan

  • 40Ar/39Ar chronostratigraphy of Altiplano-Puna volcanic complex ignimbrites reveals the development of a major magmatic province

    Morgan J. Salisbury;Brian R. Jicha;Shanaka L. de Silva;Brad S. Singer

  • Cosmogenic nuclide chronology of millennial-scale glacial advances during O-isotope stage 2 in Patagonia

    Michael R. Kaplan;Robert P. Ackert;Brad S. Singer;Daniel C. Douglass

  • 40Ar/39Ar geochronology of the Eocene Green River Formation, Wyoming

    M. Elliot Smith;Brad Singer;Alan Carroll

  • Timing of Quaternary geomagnetic reversals and excursions in volcanic and sedimentary archives

    J.E.T. Channell;B.S. Singer;B.R. Jicha

  • Dating transitionally magnetized lavas of the late Matuyama Chron: Toward a new 40Ar/39Ar timescale of reversals and events

    Bradley S. Singer;Kenneth A. Hoffman;Annick Chauvin;Robert S. Coe

  • Revised age of Aleutian Island Arc formation implies high rate of magma production

    Brian R. Jicha;David W. Scholl;Brad S. Singer;Gene M. Yogodzinski

Frequent Co-Authors

Brian R. Jicha
Brian R. Jicha University of Wisconsin–Madison
Clark M. Johnson
Clark M. Johnson University of Wisconsin–Madison
Hervé Guillou
Hervé Guillou Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Brian L. Beard
Brian L. Beard University of Wisconsin–Madison
Suzanne Mahlburg Kay
Suzanne Mahlburg Kay Cornell University
Marc W. Caffee
Marc W. Caffee Purdue University West Lafayette
Robert S. Coe
Robert S. Coe University of California, Santa Cruz
David M. Mickelson
David M. Mickelson University of Wisconsin–Madison
Wes Hildreth
Wes Hildreth United States Geological Survey
Daniel J. Condon
Daniel J. Condon British Geological Survey

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