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Joanne M. Whittaker

Joanne M. Whittaker

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Earth Science

D-Index
40
Citations
6324
World Ranking
5812
National Ranking
291

Overview

Joanne M. Whittaker is affiliated with the University of Tasmania in Australia. Their research primarily focuses on Earth and Planetary Sciences, with significant contributions across related subfields including Geophysics, Atmospheric Science, Geology, Earth-Surface Processes, and Oceanography.

The main topics covered in their work include:

  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
  • Geological and Geochemical Analysis
  • Earthquake and Tectonic Studies
  • High-Pressure Geophysics and Materials
  • Geological Formations and Processes
  • Geological Studies and Exploration
  • Geological and Geophysical Studies

Their recent scholarly output includes papers published in various high-impact venues. Notable publications are:

  • A Global Data Set of Present-Day Oceanic Crustal Age and Seafloor Spreading Parameters (2020) in Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems
  • Mantle plumes and their role in Earth processes (2021) in Nature Reviews Earth & Environment
  • Gateway-driven weakening of ocean gyres leads to Southern Ocean cooling (2021) in Nature Communications
  • Sea-level fluctuations driven by changes in global ocean basin volume following supercontinent break-up (2020) in Earth-Science Reviews
  • The Evolving Paleobathymetry of the Circum-Antarctic Southern Ocean Since 34 Ma: A Key to Understanding Past Cryosphere-Ocean Developments (2020) in Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems

The scientist has collaborated frequently with the following co-authors:

  • Isabel Sauermilch
  • Simon Williams
  • Katharina Hochmuth
  • Maria Seton
  • Andreas Klocker

Joanne M. Whittaker's body of work is often published in venues such as Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research), Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems, Tectonics, Nature Communications, and Frontiers in Earth Science.

Best Publications

  • GlobSed: Updated total sediment thickness in the World’s oceans

    E.O. Straume;Carmen Gaina;S. Medvedev;Katharina Hochmuth

  • Major Australian-Antarctic Plate Reorganization at Hawaiian-Emperor Bend Time

    J. M. Whittaker;R. D. Müller;G. Leitchenkov;H. Stagg

  • A Global Data Set of Present-Day Oceanic Crustal Age and Seafloor Spreading Parameters

    Maria Seton;R. Dietmar Müller;Sabin Zahirovic;Simon Williams;Simon Williams

  • The breakup of East Gondwana: Assimilating constraints from Cretaceous ocean basins around India into a best‐fit tectonic model

    Ana D. Gibbons;Joanne M. Whittaker;R. Dietmar Müller

  • A cryptic Gondwana-forming orogen located in Antarctica.

    Nathan R. Daczko;Jacqueline A. Halpin;Ian C. W. Fitzsimons;Joanne M. Whittaker

  • A tectonic model reconciling evidence for the collisions between India, Eurasia and intra-oceanic arcs of the central-eastern Tethys

    A.D. Gibbons;S. Zahirovic;R.D. Müller;J.M. Whittaker

  • Global sediment thickness data set updated for the Australian-Antarctic Southern Ocean

    Joanne M. Whittaker;Joanne M. Whittaker;Alexey Goncharov;Simon E. Williams;R. Dietmar Müller

  • Constraining the Jurassic extent of Greater India: Tectonic evolution of the West Australian margin

    Ana D. Gibbons;Udo Barckhausen;Paul van den Bogaard;Kaj Hoernle

  • Ridge subduction sparked reorganization of the Pacific plate-mantle system 60–50 million years ago

    Maria Seton;Nicolas Flament;Joanne Whittaker;R. Dietmar Müller

  • Authigenic monazite and detrital zircon dating from the Proterozoic Rocky Cape Group, Tasmania: Links to the Belt-Purcell Supergroup, North America

    Jacqueline A. Halpin;Torsten Jensen;Peter McGoldrick;Sebastien Meffre

  • Onset of Antarctic Circumpolar Current 30 million years ago as Tasmanian Gateway aligned with westerlies

    Howie D. Scher;Joanne M. Whittaker;Simon E. Williams;Jennifer C. Latimer

  • Mantle plumes and their role in Earth processes

    Anthony A. P. Koppers;Thorsten W. Becker;Matthew G. Jackson;Kevin Konrad;Kevin Konrad

  • The tectonic fabric of the ocean basins

    Kara J. Matthews;R. Dietmar Müller;Paul Wessel;Joanne M. Whittaker

  • Long-term interaction between mid-ocean ridges and mantle plumes

    J. M. Whittaker;J. C. Afonso;S. Masterton;R. D. Müller

  • Community infrastructure and repository for marine magnetic identifications

    Maria Seton;Joanne M. Whittaker;Paul Wessel;R. Dietmar Müller

  • Revised tectonic evolution of the Eastern Indian Ocean

    Joanne M. Whittaker;Simon E. Williams;R. Dietmar Müller

  • Full‐fit, palinspastic reconstruction of the conjugate Australian‐Antarctic margins

    Simon E. Williams;Joanne M. Whittaker;R. Dietmar Müller

  • Seismic facies and stratigraphy of the Cenozoic succession in McMurdo Sound, Antarctica: Implications for tectonic, climatic and glacial history

    Christopher R. Fielding;Joanne Whittaker;Stuart A. Henrys;Terry J. Wilson

  • An open-source software environment for visualizing and refining plate tectonic reconstructions using high-resolution geological and geophysical data sets

    SE Williams;RD Muller;Tcw Landgrebe;J Whittaker

  • Sunda-Java trench kinematics, slab window formation and overriding plate deformation since the Cretaceous

    J.M. Whittaker;R.D. Müller;M. Sdrolias;C. Heine

Frequent Co-Authors

Jacqueline A. Halpin
Jacqueline A. Halpin University of Tasmania
Simon Williams
Simon Williams University of Sydney
R. Dietmar Müller
R. Dietmar Müller University of Sydney
Nathan R. Daczko
Nathan R. Daczko Macquarie University
Anya M. Reading
Anya M. Reading University of Tasmania
Millard F. Coffin
Millard F. Coffin University of Tasmania
Maria Seton
Maria Seton University of Sydney
Ralph Müller
Ralph Müller ETH Zurich
Gabriele Uenzelmann-Neben
Gabriele Uenzelmann-Neben Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research
Karsten Gohl
Karsten Gohl Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research

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