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Ian Boomer is affiliated with the University of Birmingham in the United Kingdom and specializes in Earth and Planetary Sciences. Over the course of their career, they have contributed extensively to research within paleontology and stratigraphy, with a focus that includes Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils, Geology and Paleoclimatology Research, and Geological and Geochemical Analysis.

The scientist's recent published works include detailed investigations into sedimentary sequences, palaeoenvironments, and stratigraphy. Notable papers by Ian Boomer include:

  • Stratigraphy, palaeoenvironments and geochemistry across the Triassic-Jurassic boundary transition at Carnduff, County Antrim, Northern Ireland (2020), Proceedings of the Geologists Association
  • Biotic and stable-isotope characterization of the Toarcian Ocean Anoxic Event through a carbonate-clastic sequence from Somerset, UK (2021), Geological Society London Special Publications

These publications reflect the scientist's contributions to understanding geological transitions and paleoenvironmental conditions, particularly those dating to the Triassic-Jurassic boundary and the Toarcian ocean anoxic event.

Their research spans main fields and subfields that include:

  • Earth and Planetary Sciences
  • Paleontology
  • Geophysics
  • Atmospheric Science
  • Geology
  • Earth-Surface Processes

Within the research topics covered, Ian Boomer has focused on:

  • Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils
  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
  • Geological and Geochemical Analysis
  • Geological and Geophysical Studies
  • Paleontology and Evolutionary Biology
  • Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology
  • Karst Systems and Hydrogeology

The scientist frequently publishes in venues such as the Proceedings of the Geologists Association, Quaternary Research, Geomorphology, Quaternary Science Reviews, and The Depositional Record. The Proceedings of the Geologists Association stands out as a primary publication venue with six entries.

Frequent collaborators in Ian Boomer's work include:

  • Philip Copestake
  • Robert J. Raine
  • Azrin Azmi
  • Kevin Page
  • Melanie J. Leng

Best Publications

  • Holocene moisture evolution in arid central Asia and its out-of-phase relationship with Asian monsoon history

    Fahu Chen;Zicheng Yu;Zicheng Yu;Meilin Yang;Emi Ito

  • Moisture changes over the last millennium in arid central Asia: a review, synthesis and comparison with monsoon region

    Fa-Hu Chen;Jian-Hui Chen;Jonathan Holmes;Ian Boomer

  • The use of ostracods from marginal marine, brackish waters as bioindicators of modern and Quaternary environmental change

    Peter Frenzel;Ian Boomer

  • The Use of Ostracods in Palaeoenvironmental Studies, or What can you do with an Ostracod Shell?

    Ian Boomer;David J. Horne;Ian J. Slipper

  • The palaeolimnology of the Aral Sea: a review

    Ian Boomer;Nikolai Aladin;Igor Plotnikov;Robin Whatley

  • Ostracod Faunas as Palaeoenvironmental Indicators in Marginal Marine Environments

    Ian Boomer;Gary Eisenhauer

  • U-Pb (zircon) age constraints on the timing and duration of Wenlock (Silurian) paleocommunity collapse and recovery during the “Big Crisis”

    Bradley D. Cramer;Daniel J. Condon;Ulf Söderlund;Carly Marshall

  • Modern hydrology and late Holocene history of Lake Karakul, eastern Pamirs (Tajikistan): A reconnaissance study

    Steffen Mischke;Ilhomjon Rajabov;Nailya Mustaeva;Chengjun Zhang

  • Advances in understanding the late Holocene history of the Aral Sea region

    I. Boomer;B. Wünnemann;A.W. Mackay;P. Austin

  • Modern and Holocene sublittoral ostracod assemblages (Crustacea) from the Caspian Sea: A unique brackish, deep-water environment

    Ian Boomer;Uli von Grafenstein;François Guichard;Sophie Bieda

  • Aral Sea Ostracoda as environmental indicators

    Ian Boomer;Robin Whatley;Nikolai V. Aladin

  • Palaeolimnological responses of nine North African lakes in the CASSARINA Project to recent environmental changes and human impact detected by plant macrofossil, pollen, and faunal analyses

    Hilary H. Birks;Sylvia M. Peglar;Ian Boomer;Roger J. Flower

  • Ostracoda and Paleoceanography

    T.M. Cronin;I. Boomer;G.S. Dwyer;J. Rodriguez‐Lazaro

  • Sedimentary evolution of the north Norfolk barrier coastline in the context of Holocene sea-level change

    J. E. Andrews;I. Boomer;I. Bailiff;P. Balson

  • Lower Jurassic Ostracod Biozonation of the Mochras Borehole

    Ian D. Boomer

  • Continuous fluorescence assessment of organic matter variability on the Bournbrook River, Birmingham, UK.

    Elfrida M. Carstea;Andy Baker;Gabriela Pavelescu;Ian Boomer

  • Quantitative reconstruction of lake conductivity in the Quaternary of the Near East (Israel) using ostracods

    Steffen Mischke;Ahuva Almogi-Labin;Reuven Ortal;Arik Rosenfeld

  • Ostracoda and dysaerobia in the Lower Jurassic of Wales: the reconstruction of past oxygen levels

    Ian Boomer;Robin Whatley

  • Late Cretaceous and Cainozoic bathyal Ostracoda of DSDP Site 62-463 in the Central Pacific (Fig. 3)

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  • Late Pleistocene and Holocene sea-level change and coastal paleoenvironment evolution along the Iranian Caspian shore

    A.A. Kakroodi;S.A.G. Leroy;S.B. Kroonenberg;H.A.K. Lahijani

  • Oxygen isotope variability in conodonts: implications for reconstructing Palaeozoic palaeoclimates and palaeoceanography

    James R. Wheeley;M. Paul Smith;Ian Boomer

  • Characterisation of dissolved organic matter in the Lower Kinabatangan river, Sabah, Malaysia

    Sahana Harun;Andy Baker;Chris Bradley;Gilles Pinay

Frequent Co-Authors

Andy Baker
Andy Baker University of New South Wales
Ian J. Fairchild
Ian J. Fairchild University of Birmingham
Steffen Mischke
Steffen Mischke University of Iceland
Mark Williams
Mark Williams University of Leicester
Emi Ito
Emi Ito University of Minnesota
Melanie J. Leng
Melanie J. Leng University of Nottingham
Ulrike Herzschuh
Ulrike Herzschuh University of Potsdam
Fahu Chen
Fahu Chen Chinese Academy of Sciences
Jianhui Chen
Jianhui Chen Lanzhou University
Douglas I. Benn
Douglas I. Benn University of St Andrews

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