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John M. McArthur is affiliated with University College London in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily focuses on Earth and Planetary Sciences, with significant contributions in Environmental Science. The subfields they have worked in include Paleontology, Atmospheric Science, Environmental Chemistry, Ecology, and Geophysics.

Their main topics of work encompass:

  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
  • Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils
  • Evolution and Paleontology Studies
  • Isotope Analysis in Ecology
  • Arsenic contamination and mitigation
  • Heavy Metal Exposure and Toxicity
  • Mine drainage and remediation techniques

John M. McArthur's recent papers include:

  • "Overlapping redox zones control arsenic pollution in Pleistocene multi-layer aquifers, the Po Plain (Italy)" (2020) published in The Science of The Total Environment
  • "Testing for ocean acidification during the Early Toarcian using δ44/40Ca and δ88/86Sr" (2021) published in Chemical Geology
  • "Early Miocene Sr-geochronology of Patagoniense marine units from southern Argentina: Implications for molluscan assemblages and interbasinal correlation" (2022) published in Journal of South American Earth Sciences
  • "Strontium isotope stratigraphy of the Cretaceous" (2023) published in Geological Society London Special Publications
  • "Strontium-isotope stratigraphy: methodology, standard values (SRM987, EN-1, E&A), a new Neogene curve of 87Sr/86Sr against time, its implications for astrochronology ([I]ODP Sites 1146, 1264, U1337, and U1338), and its application to ODP Site 758 (Indian summer monsoon) and IODP Site 1120 (a new age-model)" (2025) published in Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology

Frequent co-authors of John M. McArthur include:

  • M.F. Thirlwall
  • Richard J. Howarth
  • Ian Millar
  • Anna Joy Drury
  • Marco Rotiroti

Their work has been published in various scientific venues, including:

  • The Science of The Total Environment
  • Chemical Geology
  • Journal of South American Earth Sciences
  • Geological Society London Special Publications
  • Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology

Best Publications

  • Arsenic poisoning of Bangladesh groundwater

    R Nickson;J McArthur;W Burgess;K M Ahmed

  • Mechanism of arsenic release to groundwater, Bangladesh and West Bengal

    R.T. Nickson;J.M. McArthur;P. Ravenscroft;W.G. Burgess

  • Strontium Isotope Stratigraphy: LOWESS Version 3: Best Fit to the Marine Sr‐Isotope Curve for 0–509 Ma and Accompanying Look‐up Table for Deriving Numerical Age

    J. M. McArthur;R. J. Howarth;T. R. Bailey

  • Arsenic in groundwater: Testing pollution mechanisms for sedimentary aquifers in Bangladesh

    J. M. McArthur;P. Ravenscroft;S. Safiulla;M. F. Thirlwall

  • Natural organic matter in sedimentary basins and its relation to arsenic in anoxic ground water: the example of West Bengal and its worldwide implications

    JM McArthur;DM Banerjee;KA Hudson-Edwards;R Mishra

  • Reply: Arsenic poisoning in the Ganges delta

    J. M. McArthur

  • Arsenic and other drinking water quality issues, Muzaffargarh district, Pakistan

    R.T. Nickson;J.M. McArthur;B. Shrestha;T.O. Kyaw-Myint

  • Strontium Isotope Stratigraphy

    JM McArthur;RJ Howarth;GA Shields

  • Recent trends in strontium isotope stratigraphy

    J.M. McArthur

  • Strontium Isotope Stratigraphy

    J. M. McArthur

  • Statistics For Strontium Isotope Stratigraphy: A Robust Lowess Fit to the Marine Sr‐Isotope Curve For 0 to 206 Ma, With Look‐Up Table For Derivation of Numeric Age

    Richard J. Howarth;John M. Mcarthur

  • Paleoceanographic changes of the Late Pliensbachian-Early Toarcian interval: a possible link to the genesis of an Oceanic Anoxic Event

    T. R. Bailey;Yair Rosenthal;J. M. McArthur;B. van de Schootbrugge

  • Strontium isotope profile of the early Toarcian (Jurassic) oceanic anoxic event, the duration of ammonite biozones, and belemnite palaeotemperatures

    J.M. McArthur;D.T Donovan;M.F. Thirlwall;B.W. Fouke

  • Basinal restriction, black shales, Re‐Os dating, and the Early Toarcian (Jurassic) oceanic anoxic event

    J. M. McArthur;T. J. Algeo;B. van de Schootbrugge;Q. Li

  • RARE-EARTH GEOCHEMISTRY OF PHOSPHORITES

    J.M. McArthur;J.M. McArthur;J.N. Walsh;J.N. Walsh

  • Strontium isotope stratigraphy

    J McArthur;RJ Howarth

  • Geochemical and palaeohydrological controls on pollution of groundwater by arsenic

    P Ravenscroft;JM McArthur;BA Hoque

  • STRONTIUM ISOTOPE STRATIGRAPHY OF THE ASMARI FORMATION (OLIGOCENE - LOWER MIOCENE), SW IRAN

    S. N. Ehrenberg;N. A. H. Pickard;G. V. Laursen;S. Monibi

  • Waste-water impacts on groundwater: Cl/Br ratios and implications for arsenic pollution of groundwater in the Bengal Basin and Red River Basin, Vietnam.

    J.M. McArthur;P.K. Sikdar;M.A. Hoque;U. Ghosal

  • Toarcian oceanic anoxic event: An assessment of global causes using belemnite C isotope records

    B. van de Schootbrugge;B. van de Schootbrugge;J. M. McArthur;T. R. Bailey;T. R. Bailey;Y. Rosenthal

Frequent Co-Authors

Matthew F. Thirlwall
Matthew F. Thirlwall Royal Holloway University of London
Melanie J. Leng
Melanie J. Leng University of Nottingham
Andrew S. Gale
Andrew S. Gale University of Portsmouth
William James Kennedy
William James Kennedy University of Oxford
David Lowry
David Lowry Royal Holloway University of London
W. Berry Lyons
W. Berry Lyons The Ohio State University
Max Coleman
Max Coleman Jet Propulsion Lab
John L. Smellie
John L. Smellie University of Leicester
Gavin F. Birch
Gavin F. Birch University of Sydney
Richard K. Bambach
Richard K. Bambach National Museum of Natural History

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