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Richard J. Twitchett

Richard J. Twitchett

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Earth Science

D-Index
51
Citations
11455
World Ranking
3174
National Ranking
360

Overview

Richard J. Twitchett is affiliated with the Natural History Museum in the United Kingdom. Their research is primarily situated within the field of Earth and Planetary Sciences, with significant contributions to subfields such as Paleontology, Oceanography, Atmospheric Science, Geophysics, and Ecology.

Their scholarly work focuses on a range of main topics, including:

  • Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils
  • Marine Biology and Ecology Research
  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
  • Evolution and Paleontology Studies
  • Geological and Geochemical Analysis
  • Ocean Acidification Effects and Responses
  • Paleontology and Evolutionary Biology

Richard J. Twitchett has published several recent papers, highlighting key areas of study over the past few years. These include:

  • "A new high-resolution stratigraphic and palaeoenvironmental record spanning the End-Permian Mass Extinction and its aftermath in central Spitsbergen, Svalbard," 2020, published in Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology
  • "Global record of "ghost" nannofossils reveals plankton resilience to high CO 2 and warming," 2022, published in Science
  • "Bioindicators of severe ocean acidification are absent from the end-Permian mass extinction," 2022, published in Scientific Reports
  • "Land-sea ecological connectivity during a Jurassic warming event," 2021, published in Earth and Planetary Science Letters
  • "Bivalve body-size distribution through the Late Triassic mass extinction event," 2022, published in Paleobiology

Their frequent co-authors include:

  • James D. Witts
  • Paul R. Bown
  • D. Tangunan
  • Sam M. Slater
  • Silvia Danise

Richard J. Twitchett's work often appears in the following publication venues:

  • Abstracts with programs - Geological Society of America
  • PLoS ONE
  • Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology
  • Science
  • Scientific Reports

Best Publications

  • Oceanic Anoxia and the End Permian Mass Extinction

    Paul B. Wignall;Richard J. Twitchett

  • Photic Zone Euxinia During the Permian-Triassic Superanoxic Event

    Kliti Grice;Changqun Cao;Gordon D. Love;Michael E. Böttcher

  • How to kill (almost) all life: the end-Permian extinction event

    Michael J. Benton;Richard J. Twitchett

  • Extent, duration, and nature of the Permian-Triassic superanoxic event

    Paul B. Wignall;Richard J. Twitchett

  • Anomalous Early Triassic sediment fluxes due to elevated weathering rates and their biological consequences

    Thomas J. Algeo;Richard J. Twitchett

  • Rapid and synchronous collapse of marine and terrestrial ecosystems during the end-Permian biotic crisis

    Richard J. Twitchett;Cindy V. Looy;Ric Morante;Henk Visscher

  • Terrestrial–marine teleconnections in the collapse and rebuilding of Early Triassic marine ecosystems

    Thomas J. Algeo;Zhong Q. Chen;Margaret L. Fraiser;Richard J. Twitchett

  • The Lilliput effect in the aftermath of the end-Permian extinction event

    Richard J. Twitchett

  • The palaeoclimatology, palaeoecology and palaeoenvironmental analysis of mass extinction events

    Richard J. Twitchett

  • Life in the end-Permian dead zone

    Cindy V. Looy;Richard J. Twitchett;David L. Dilcher;Johanna H. A. Van Konijnenburg-Van Cittert

  • Rapid marine recovery after the end-Permian mass-extinction event in the absence of marine anoxia

    R.J. Twitchett;L. Krystyn;A. Baud;J.R. Wheeley

  • Palaeoenvironments and faunal recovery after the end-Permian mass extinction

    Richard J Twitchett

  • Trace fossils and the aftermath of the Permo-Triassic mass extinction: evidence from northern Italy

    Richard J. Twitchett;Paul B. Wignall

  • A unique Permian^Triassic boundary section from the Neotethyan Hawasina Basin, Central Oman Mountains

    Leo Krystyn;Sylvain Richoz;Aymon Baud;Richard J. Twitchett

  • Functional diversity of marine ecosystems after the Late Permian mass extinction event

    William J. Foster;Richard J. Twitchett

  • Trace fossils in the aftermath of mass extinction events

    Richard J. Twitchett;Colin G. Barras

  • Unusual intraclastic limestones in Lower Triassic carbonates and their bearing on the aftermath of the end-Permian mass extinction

    Paul B. Wignall;Richard J. Twitchett

  • An integrated biomarker, isotopic and palaeoenvironmental study through the Late Permian event at Lusitaniadalen, Spitsbergen

    Birgit Nabbefeld;Kliti Grice;Richard J. Twitchett;Roger E. Summons

  • Physiological advantages of dwarfing in surviving extinctions in high-CO2 oceans

    Vittorio Garilli;Riccardo Rodolfo-Metalpa;Riccardo Rodolfo-Metalpa;Danilo Scuderi;Lorenzo Brusca

  • Unique marine Permian–Triassic boundary section from Western Australia

    B. M. Thomas;R. J. Willink;Kliti Grice;R. J. Twitchett

  • Substantial vegetation response to Early Jurassic global warming with impacts on oceanic anoxia

    Sam M. Slater;Richard J. Twitchett;Silvia Danise;Vivi Vajda

  • Incompleteness of the Permian–Triassic fossil record: a consequence of productivity decline?

    Richard J. Twitchett

Frequent Co-Authors

Gregory D. Price
Gregory D. Price Plymouth University
Paul B. Wignall
Paul B. Wignall University of Leeds
Kliti Grice
Kliti Grice Curtin University
Michael J. Benton
Michael J. Benton University of Bristol
Malcolm B. Hart
Malcolm B. Hart Plymouth University
Michael E. Böttcher
Michael E. Böttcher Leibniz Institute for Baltic Sea Research
Sylvain Richoz
Sylvain Richoz Lund University
Aymon Baud
Aymon Baud University of Lausanne
Sverre Planke
Sverre Planke University of Oslo

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