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Nicholas J Shackleton

Nicholas J Shackleton

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Earth Science
UK
2022

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Earth Science

D-Index
126
Citations
77787
World Ranking
30
National Ranking
4

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2022 - Research.com Earth Science in United Kingdom Leader Award
  • 2004 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
  • 2000 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences
  • 1996 - Geochemistry Fellow Honor, Geochemical Society and the European Association of Geochemistry
  • 1990 - Fellow of American Geophysical Union (AGU)
  • GSA Honorary Fellow Award, The Geological Society of America
  • GSA Honorary Fellow Award, The Geological Society of America

Overview

Nicholas J Shackleton was primarily affiliated with the University of Cambridge in the United Kingdom. Their academic career focused on engineering, with a specialization in ocean engineering and mechanical engineering. The scientist contributed extensively to research topics including drilling and well engineering, reservoir engineering and simulation methods, hydraulic fracturing and reservoir analysis, oil and gas production techniques, and offshore engineering and technologies.

The body of work produced by Shackleton included numerous publications, with a significant number appearing in the venue Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research), accounting for 37 publications. Other venues included OPAL (Open@LaTrobe) at La Trobe University, where they contributed three works.

Among the recent papers they authored or co-authored, the following are notable:

  • DSDP Leg 74, Hole 527 - Well Logging Data (2020), Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • ODP Leg 154, Hole 927C - Well Logging Data (2020), Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • ODP Leg 138, Hole 852D - Well Logging Data (2020), Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • ODP Leg 154, Hole 925C - Well Logging Data (2020), Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)

Shackleton frequently collaborated with several researchers through their career. These frequent co-authors included Teresa King Hagelberg, Isabella Raffi, David Schneider, Jean-Pierre Valet, and Larry A. Mayer.

The scientist was recognized by multiple professional societies and awards, including:

  • Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 2004
  • Member of the National Academy of Sciences in 2000
  • Geochemistry Fellow Honor from the Geochemical Society and the European Association of Geochemistry in 1996
  • Fellow of the American Geophysical Union (AGU) in 1990
  • GSA Honorary Fellow Award from The Geological Society of America (year unspecified)

Best Publications

  • Variations in the Earth's Orbit: Pacemaker of the Ice Ages

    J. D. Hays;John Imbrie;N. J. Shackleton

  • Age dating and the orbital theory of the ice ages: Development of a high-resolution 0 to 300,000-year chronostratigraphy

    Douglas G. Martinson;Nicklas G. Pisias;James D. Hays;John Imbrie

  • The orbital theory of Pleistocene climate: support from a revised chronology of the marine d18O record

    John Imbrie;James D. Hays;Douglas G. Martinson;Andrew McIntyre

  • Oxygen isotope and palaeomagnetic stratigraphy of Equatorial Pacific core V28-238: Oxygen isotope temperatures and ice volumes on a 105 year and 106 year scale☆

    Nicholas John Shackleton;Neil D. Opdyke

  • Oxygen isotopes and sea level

    J. Chappell;N. J. Shackleton

  • An alternative astronomical calibration of the lower Pleistocene timescale based on ODP Site 677

    N. J. Shackleton;A. Berger;W. R. Peltier

  • Oxygen isotopes, ice volume and sea level

    N.J. Shackleton

  • On the Structure and Origin of Major Glaciation Cycles 1. Linear Responses to Milankovitch Forcing

    J. Imbrie;E. A. Boyle;S. C. Clemens;A. Duffy

  • Paleotemperature History of the Cenozoic and the Initiation of Antarctic Glaciation: Oxygen and Carbon Isotope Analyses in DSDP Sites 277, 279 and 281

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  • On the Structure and Origin of Major Glaciation Cycles .2. the 100,000-year Cycle

    J. Imbrie;A. Berger;E. A. Boyle;S. C. Clemens

  • The astronomical theory of climate and the age of the Brunhes-Matuyama magnetic reversal

    Franck C. Bassinot;Laurent D. Labeyrie;Edith Vincent;Xavier Quidelleur

  • The 100,000-Year Ice-Age Cycle Identified and Found to Lag Temperature, Carbon Dioxide, and Orbital Eccentricity

    Nicholas J. Shackleton

  • Deepwater source variations during the last climatic cycle and their impact on the global deepwater circulation

    J. C. Duplessy;N. J. Shackleton;R. G. Fairbanks;L. Labeyrie

  • Oxygen isotope calibration of the onset of ice-rafting and history of glaciation in the North Atlantic region

    N.J. Shackleton;J. Backman;J. Backman;H. Zimmerman;D.V. Kent

  • Oxygen-Isotope and Paleomagnetic Stratigraphy of Pacific Core V28-239 Late Pliocene to Latest Pleistocene

    N. J. Shackleton;N. D. Opdyke

  • Oxygen Isotope Analyses and Pleistocene Temperatures Re-assessed

    Nicholas Shackleton

  • Astronomic timescale for the Pliocene Atlantic δ18O and dust flux records of Ocean Drilling Program Site 659

    Ralf Tiedemann;Michael Sarnthein;Nicholas J. Shackleton

  • Phase relationships between millennial-scale events 64,000–24,000 years ago

    Nicholas J. Shackleton;Michael A. Hall;Edith Vincent

  • Warm tropical sea surface temperatures in the Late Cretaceous and Eocene epochs

    Paul Nicholas Pearson;Peter V. Ditchfield;Joyce Singano;Katherine G. Harcourt-Brown

  • Global synchroneity of late Quaternary coccolith datum levels Validation by oxygen isotopes

    H. R. Thierstein;K. R. Geitzenauer;B. Molfino;N. J. Shackleton

  • Dansgaard-Oeschger and Heinrich event imprints in Alboran Sea paleotemperatures

    Isabel Cacho;Joan O Grimalt;Carles Pelejero;Miquel Canals

Frequent Co-Authors

Nicklas G Pisias
Nicklas G Pisias Oregon State University
William B. Curry
William B. Curry Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Joan O. Grimalt
Joan O. Grimalt Spanish National Research Council
Joachim Schönfeld
Joachim Schönfeld GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel
Rainer Zahn
Rainer Zahn Autonomous University of Barcelona
Ellen Thomas
Ellen Thomas Yale University
David Schneider
David Schneider University of Ottawa
Jan Backman
Jan Backman Stockholm University
Michael Sarnthein
Michael Sarnthein Kiel University
Henry Elderfield
Henry Elderfield University of Cambridge

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