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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2018 - Member of Academia Europaea
  • 2008 - GSA Distinguished Service Award, The Geological Society of America

Overview

Hugh C. Jenkyns is affiliated with the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom and specializes in Earth and Planetary Sciences. Their research portfolio spans across multiple subfields including paleontology, geophysics, geochemistry and petrology, atmospheric science, and mechanics of materials.

The scientist has contributed to numerous topics which include:

  • Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils
  • Geological and Geochemical Analysis
  • Geochemistry and Elemental Analysis
  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
  • Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis
  • Mercury impact and mitigation studies
  • Geological and Geophysical Studies

Hugh C. Jenkyns has authored a significant number of publications, with recent papers focusing on diverse geological and geochemical phenomena. Selected recent works include:

  • Orbital pacing and secular evolution of the Early Jurassic carbon cycle, 2020, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • On the onset of Central Atlantic Magmatic Province (CAMP) volcanism and environmental and carbon-cycle change at the Triassic-Jurassic transition (Neuquén Basin, Argentina), 2020, Earth-Science Reviews
  • Recovery of lacustrine ecosystems after the end-Permian mass extinction, 2020, Geology
  • Determining the style and provenance of magmatic activity during the Early Aptian Oceanic Anoxic Event (OAE 1a), 2021, Global and Planetary Change
  • Effects of redox variability and early diagenesis on marine sedimentary Hg records, 2023, Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

The frequent coauthors collaborating with Hugh C. Jenkyns include Micha Ruhl, Tamsin A. Mather, Alexander J. Dickson, Stephen P. Hesselbo, and Joost Frieling.

Publication venues where their work is frequently featured include:

  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Newsletters on Stratigraphy
  • Global and Planetary Change
  • Earth and Planetary Science Letters
  • Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Throughout their career, Hugh C. Jenkyns has been recognized with awards such as the GSA Distinguished Service Award by The Geological Society of America in 2008 and became a Member of Academia Europaea in 2018.

Best Publications

  • Cretaceous oceanic anoxic events: causes and consequences

    S.O. Schlanger;H.C. Jenkyns

  • Geochemistry of oceanic anoxic events

    Hugh C. Jenkyns

  • Cretaceous anoxic events: from continents to oceans

    H. C. Jenkyns

  • Massive dissociation of gas hydrate during a Jurassic oceanic anoxic event

    Stephen P. Hesselbo;Darren R. Gröcke;Hugh C. Jenkyns;Christian J. Bjerrum

  • The early Toarcian (Jurassic) anoxic event; stratigraphic, sedimentary and geochemical evidence

    Hugh C. Jenkyns

  • The Cenomanian-Turonian Oceanic Anoxic Event, II. Palaeoceanographic controls on organic-matter production and preservation

    M. A. Arthur;S. O. Schlanger;H. C. Jenkyns

  • Carbon- and oxygen-isotope stratigraphy of the English Chalk and Italian Scaglia and its palaeoclimatic significance

    H. C. Jenkyns;A. S. Gale;R. M. Corfield

  • The Cenomanian-Turonian Oceanic Anoxic Event, I. Stratigraphy and distribution of organic carbon-rich beds and the marine δ13C excursion

    S. O. Schlanger;M. A. Arthur;H. C. Jenkyns;P. A. Scholle

  • Alpine Mediterranean and Central Atlantic Mesozoic Facies in Relation to the Early Evolution of the Tethys

    Daniel Bernoulli;Hugh C. Jenkyns

  • Stratigraphy, Geochemistry, and Paleoceanography of Organic Carbon-Rich Cretaceous Sequences

    M. A. Arthur;H.-J. Brumsack;H. C. Jenkyns;S. O. Schlanger

  • Secular variation in Late Cretaceous carbon isotopes: a new δ13C carbonate reference curve for the Cenomanian-Campanian (99.6-70.6 Ma)

    Ian Jarvis;Andrew S. Gale;Andrew S. Gale;Hugh C. Jenkyns;Martin A. Pearce

  • Chemostratigraphy of the Jurassic System: applications, limitations and implications for palaeoceanography

    Hugh C. Jenkyns;Charles E. Jones;Darren R. GrÖcke;Stephen P. Hesselbo

  • Carbon-isotope record of the Early Jurassic (Toarcian) Oceanic Anoxic Event from fossil wood and marine carbonate (Lusitanian Basin, Portugal)

    Stephen P. Hesselbo;Hugh C. Jenkyns;Luis V. Duarte;Luiz C.V. Oliveira

  • Cretaceous sea-surface temperature evolution: Constraints from TEX86 and planktonic foraminiferal oxygen isotopes

    Charlotte L. O'Brien;Stuart A. Robinson;Richard D. Pancost;Jaap S. Sinninghe Damsté

  • Evidence for rapid climate change in the Mesozoic-Palaeogene greenhouse world

    Hugh C. Jenkyns

  • Carbon-isotope stratigraphy recorded by the Cenomanian–Turonian Oceanic Anoxic Event: correlation and implications based on three key localities

    H. Tsikos;H. Tsikos;H.C. Jenkyns;B. Walsworth-Bell;M.R. Petrizzo

  • New oxygen isotope evidence for long-term Cretaceous climatic change in the Southern Hemisphere

    Leon J. Clarke;Hugh C. Jenkyns

  • Black shales and carbon isotopes in pelagic sediments from the Tethyan Lower Jurassic

    Hugh C. Jenkyns;Christopher J. Clayton

  • High temperatures in the Late Cretaceous Arctic Ocean

    Hugh C. Jenkyns;Astrid Forster;Stefan Schouten;Jaap S. Sinninghe Damsté

  • Lithium isotope evidence for enhanced weathering during Oceanic Anoxic Event 2

    Philip A. E. Pogge von Strandmann;Hugh C. Jenkyns;Richard G. Woodfine

  • Strontium isotopic variations in Jurassic and Cretaceous seawater

    Charles E Jones;Hugh C Jenkyns;Angela L Coe;Hesselbo P Stephen

Frequent Co-Authors

Stephen P. Hesselbo
Stephen P. Hesselbo University of Exeter
Micha Ruhl
Micha Ruhl Trinity College Dublin
Andrew S. Gale
Andrew S. Gale University of Portsmouth
Stuart A. Robinson
Stuart A. Robinson University of Oxford
Elisabetta Erba
Elisabetta Erba University of Milan
Don Porcelli
Don Porcelli University of Oxford
Darren R. Gröcke
Darren R. Gröcke Durham University
Benjamin C. Gill
Benjamin C. Gill Virginia Tech
Timothy W. Lyons
Timothy W. Lyons University of California, Riverside
Gideon M. Henderson
Gideon M. Henderson University of Oxford

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