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Overview

Kenneth G. MacLeod is affiliated with the University of Missouri in the United States. Their research spans multiple subfields within Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a particular focus on Ocean Engineering, Atmospheric Science, Paleontology, Geophysics, and Environmental Chemistry.

The main topics that Kenneth G. MacLeod investigates include:

  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
  • Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils
  • Reservoir Engineering and Simulation Methods
  • Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena
  • Seismic Imaging and Inversion Techniques
  • Geological and Geophysical Studies
  • Marine Biology and Ecology Research

They frequently publish in a diverse set of venues. Some notable publication venues include:

  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Abstracts with programs - Geological Society of America
  • OPAL (Open@LaTrobe) (La Trobe University)
  • Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology
  • Cretaceous Research

Kenneth G. MacLeod has collaborated extensively with multiple researchers. Frequent co-authors include:

  • Brian T. Huber
  • David K. Watkins
  • Maria Rose Petrizzo
  • Laurent Riquier
  • Erik Wolfgring

Recent scholarly articles published by Kenneth G. MacLeod demonstrate the range of their research interests. Selected papers include:

  • "Paleogeographic controls on the evolution of Late Cretaceous ocean circulation," 2020, Climate of the Past
  • "Co-exposure to urban particulate matter and aircraft noise adversely impacts the cerebro-pulmonary-cardiovascular axis in mice," 2022, Redox Biology
  • "A Conformation Selective Mode of Inhibiting SRC Improves Drug Efficacy and Tolerability," 2021, Cancer Research
  • "Changes in biogeographic distribution patterns of southern mid-to high latitude planktonic foraminifera during the Late Cretaceous hot to cool greenhouse climate transition," 2020, Cretaceous Research
  • "Abrupt episode of mid-Cretaceous ocean acidification triggered by massive volcanism," 2023, Nature Geoscience

Best Publications

  • The Chicxulub Asteroid Impact and Mass Extinction at the Cretaceous-Paleogene Boundary

    Peter Schulte;Laia Alegret;Ignacio Arenillas;José A. Arz

  • Deep-sea paleotemperature record of extreme warmth during the Cretaceous

    Brian T. Huber;Richard D. Norris;Kenneth G. MacLeod

  • Catastrophic events and mass extinctions : impacts and beyond

    Christian Koeberl;Kenneth G. MacLeod

  • The rise and fall of the Cretaceous Hot Greenhouse climate

    Brian T. Huber;Kenneth G. MacLeod;David K. Watkins;Millard F. Coffin;Millard F. Coffin;Millard F. Coffin

  • Warm Climates in Earth History

    Brian T. Huber;Kenneth G. MacLeod;Scott L. Wing

  • Timing of mammal-like reptile extinctions across the Permian-Triassic boundary in South Africa

    Kenneth G. MacLeod;Roger M. H. Smith;Paul L. Koch;Peter D. Ward

  • CHRONOSTRATIGRAPHIC FRAMEWORK FOR UPPER CAMPANIAN-MAASTRICHTIAN SEDIMENTS ON THE BLAKE NOSE (SUBTROPICAL NORTH ATLANTIC)

    Brian T. Huber;Kenneth G. MacLeod;Nataliya A. Tur

  • Water mass circulation on Demerara Rise during the Late Cretaceous based on Nd isotopes

    E.E. Martin;K.G. MacLeod;A. Jiménez Berrocoso;E. Bourbon

  • Nd isotopic excursion across Cretaceous ocean anoxic event 2 (Cenomanian-Turonian) in the tropical North Atlantic

    Kenneth G. MacLeod;Ellen E. Martin;Susanna W. Blair

  • OXYGEN ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION OF BIOGENIC PHOSPHATE AND THE TEMPERATURE OF EARLY ORDOVICIAN SEAWATER

    Damon Bassett;Kenneth G. Macleod;James F. Miller;Raymond L. Ethington

  • Reorganization of deep ocean circulation accompanying a Late Cretaceous extinction event

    Kenneth G. MacLeod;Brian T. Huber

  • Evidence that inoceramid bivalves were benthic and harbored chemosynthetic symbionts

    Kenneth G. MacLeod;Kathryn A. Hoppe

  • A stable and hot Turonian without glacial δ18O excursions is indicated by exquisitely preserved Tanzanian foraminifera

    Kenneth G. MacLeod;Brian T. Huber;Álvaro Jiménez Berrocoso;Ines Wendler

  • Seawater rare-earth element patterns preserved in apatite of Pennsylvanian conodonts?

    Camomilia A. Bright;Anna M. Cruse;Timothy W. Lyons;Kenneth G. MacLeod

  • Impact and extinction in remarkably complete Cretaceous-Tertiary boundary sections from Demerara Rise, tropical western North Atlantic

    Kenneth G. MacLeod;Donna L. Whitney;Brian T. Huber;Christian Koeberl

  • Iron isotope and trace metal records of iron cycling in the proto‐North Atlantic during the Cenomanian‐Turonian oceanic anoxic event (OAE‐2)

    Jeremy D. Owens;Timothy W. Lyons;Xiaona Li;Kenneth G. Macleod

  • Continental warming preceding the Palaeocene–Eocene thermal maximum

    Ross Secord;Philip D. Gingerich;Kyger C. Lohmann;Kenneth G. MacLeod

  • Late Albian paleoceanography of the western subtropical North Atlantic

    Maria Rose Petrizzo;Brian T. Huber;Paul A. Wilson;Kenneth G. MacLeod

  • North Atlantic warming during global cooling at the end of the Cretaceous

    Kenneth G. MacLeod;Brian T. Huber;Carolina Isaza-Londoño

  • Bioturbation, inoceramid extinction, and mid-Maastrichtian ecological change

    Kenneth G. MacLeod

  • Maastrichtian foraminiferal and paleoceanographic changes on Milankovitch timescales

    Kenneth G. MacLeod;Brain T. Huber;Thomas Pletsch;Ursula Röhl

  • Stable oxygen and carbon isotope systematics of exquisitely preserved Turonian foraminifera from Tanzania — Understanding isotopic signatures in fossils

    Ines Wendler;Ines Wendler;Brian T. Huber;Kenneth G. MacLeod;Jens E. Wendler;Jens E. Wendler

  • Changes in North Atlantic circulation at the end of the Cretaceous greenhouse interval

    K. G. MacLeod;C. Isaza Londoño;E. E. Martin;Á. Jiménez Berrocoso

Frequent Co-Authors

Brian T. Huber
Brian T. Huber National Museum of Natural History
Simon P. Langdon
Simon P. Langdon University of Edinburgh
John F. Smyth
John F. Smyth University of Edinburgh
Richard Hobbs
Richard Hobbs Durham University
Michal Kucera
Michal Kucera University of Bremen
Richard D. Norris
Richard D. Norris University of California, San Diego
Christian Koeberl
Christian Koeberl University of Vienna
Peter D. Ward
Peter D. Ward University of Washington
Paul R. Bown
Paul R. Bown University College London
Ariel D. Anbar
Ariel D. Anbar Arizona State University

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