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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2009 - Fellow of the Mineralogical Society of America
  • 1980 - Distinguished Scientist Award, Mineralogical Society of America

Overview

Gareth O. Thomas is affiliated with Lancaster University in the United Kingdom. Their academic and research career is marked by recognition within the mineralogical community.

Thomas has been honored with awards such as the Distinguished Scientist Award from the Mineralogical Society of America in 1980. Later, in 2009, they were named a Fellow of the Mineralogical Society of America. These awards indicate a longstanding engagement with mineralogical sciences.

The available information does not include specific details regarding Gareth O. Thomas's publication record, co-authors, research topics, or fields of study beyond the affiliation and honors received.

Best Publications

  • PAHs in background soils from western Europe : influence of atmospheric deposition and soil organic matter.

    Jae Jak Nam;Gareth O. Thomas;Foday M. Jaward;Eiliv Steinnes

  • Exposure of electronics dismantling workers to polybrominated diphenyl ethers, polychlorinated biphenyls, and organochlorine pesticides in South China.

    Xinhui Bi;Gareth O Thomas;Kevin C Jones;Weiyue Qu

  • Direct Observation of Organic Contaminant Uptake, Storage, and Metabolism within Plant Roots

    Edward Wild;John Dent;Gareth O. Thomas;Kevin C. Jones

  • PBDEs in European background soils: levels and factors controlling their distribution.

    Ashraf Hassanin;Knut Breivik;Sandra N. Meijer;Eiliv Steinnes

  • Chlorinated paraffins: a review of analysis and environmental occurrence.

    Stéphane Bayen;Jeffrey Philip Obbard;Gareth O. Thomas

  • Different levels of polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) and chlorinated compounds in breast milk from two U.K. Regions.

    Olga I. Kalantzi;Francis L. Martin;Gareth O. Thomas;Ruth E. Alcock

  • Organohalogen chemicals in human blood from the United Kingdom.

    Gareth O. Thomas;Matthew Wilkinson;Susan Hodson;Kevin C. Jones

  • The global distribution of PCBs and organochlorine pesticides in butter.

    O I Kalantzi;R E Alcock;P A Johnston;D Santillo

  • Current issues and uncertainties in the measurement and modelling of air-vegetation exchange and within-plant processing of POPs

    Jonathan L. Barber;Gareth O. Thomas;Gerhard Kerstiens;Kevin C. Jones

  • A comparative study of the gas-particle partitioning of PCDD/FS, PCBs and PAHs

    Rainer Lohmann;Tom Harner;Gareth O. Thomas;Kevin C. Jones

  • Air-Surface Exchange of Polybrominated Diphenyl Ethers and Polychlorinated Biphenyls

    Gouin T;Thomas Go;Cousins I;Barber J

  • Polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) in grey seals during their first year of life—are they thyroid hormone endocrine disrupters?

    Ailsa J. Hall;Olga I. Kalantzi;Gareth O. Thomas

  • The role of volatile semiochemicals in mediating host location and selection by nuisance and disease-transmitting cattle flies.

    M. A. Birkett;N. G. Agelopoulos;K-M. V. Jensen;J. B. Jespersen

  • Air-pasture transfer of PCBs.

    Gareth O. Thomas;Andrew J. Sweetman;Wendy A. Ockenden;Donald Mackay

  • Short and medium chain length chlorinated paraffins in UK human milk fat.

    Gareth O. Thomas;David Farrar;Eric Braekevelt;Gary Stern

  • Visualizing the Air-To-Leaf Transfer and Within-Leaf Movement and Distribution of Phenanthrene: Further Studies Utilizing Two-Photon Excitation Microscopy

    Edward Wild;John Dent;Gareth O. Thomas;Kevin C. Jones

  • PBDEs in the Atmosphere of Three Locations in Western Europe

    Robert G. M. Lee;Gareth O. Thomas;Kevin C. Jones

  • Spatial and temporal variability in air concentrations of short-chain (C10-C13) and medium-chain (C14-C17) chlorinated n-alkanes measured in the U.K. atmosphere.

    Jonathan L. Barber;Andy J. Sweetman;Gareth O. Thomas;Eric Braekevelt

  • Fate of Higher Brominated PBDEs in Lactating Cows

    Amelie Kierkegaard;Lillemor Asplund;Cynthia A. de Wit;Michael S. McLachlan

  • Further studies on the latitudinal and temporal trends of persistent organic pollutants in Norwegian and U.K. background air.

    Foday M. Jaward;Sandra N. Meijer;Eiliv Steinnes;Gareth O. Thomas

Frequent Co-Authors

Kevin C. Jones
Kevin C. Jones Lancaster University
Andrew J. Sweetman
Andrew J. Sweetman Lancaster University
Jonathan L. Barber
Jonathan L. Barber Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science
Francis Martin
Francis Martin University of Lorraine
Donald Mackay
Donald Mackay Trent University
Tom Harner
Tom Harner Environment and Climate Change Canada
Crispin J. Halsall
Crispin J. Halsall Lancaster University
Eiliv Steinnes
Eiliv Steinnes Norwegian University of Science and Technology
Jeffrey Philip Obbard
Jeffrey Philip Obbard National University of Singapore
Kirk T. Semple
Kirk T. Semple Lancaster University

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