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Sarah C. Sherlock is affiliated with The Open University in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily operates within the broad field of Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a particular focus on subfields including Geophysics, Artificial Intelligence, Atmospheric Science, Geochemistry and Petrology, and Epidemiology. This multidisciplinary approach reflects an integration of geological sciences with computational and environmental studies.

The primary topics covered in their work include Geological and Geochemical Analysis, earthquake and tectonic studies, Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping, Geology and Paleoclimatology Research, High-pressure geophysics and materials, Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment, and Geochemistry and Elemental Analysis. These topics illustrate a diverse research portfolio spanning both earth sciences and aspects of medical research.

Sarah C. Sherlock has published extensively in various academic journals. Frequent publication venues for their work include:

  • Lithos
  • Journal of Hepatology
  • Tectonics
  • Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Recent papers showcase their involvement in geoscientific research, with significant contributions including:

  • "A Middle Eocene lowland humid subtropical "Shangri-La" ecosystem in central Tibet" (2020) published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • "Oligocene Deformation of the Chuandian Terrane in the SE Margin of the Tibetan Plateau Related to the Extrusion of Indochina" (2020) in Tectonics
  • "İzmir-Ankara Suture as a Triassic to Cretaceous Plate Boundary-Data From Central Anatolia" (2020) in Tectonics
  • "Late Paleocene - Middle Eocene magmatic flare-up in western Anatolia" (2022) in Lithos
  • "Tracking the behaviour of persistently degassing volcanoes using noble gas analysis of Pele's hairs and tears: A case study of the Masaya volcano (Nicaragua)" (2021) in Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research

Throughout their career, Sherlock has frequently collaborated with other researchers. Notable frequent coauthors include:

  • Alison M. Halton
  • Aral İ. Okay
  • Andrew Kylander-Clark
  • Simone Cogliati
  • Tiffany L. Barry

Best Publications

  • 40Ar-39Ar and Rb-Sr geochronology of high-pressure metamorphism and exhumation history of the Tavsanli Zone, NW Turkey

    Sarah Sherlock;Simon Kelley;Simon Inger;Nigel Harris

  • Uplift, climate and biotic changes at the Eocene-Oligocene transition in south-eastern Tibet

    Tao Su;Tao Su;Robert A Spicer;Robert A Spicer;Shi-Hu Li;He Xu

  • Cretaceous and Triassic subduction-accretion, high-pressure- low-temperature metamorphism, and continental growth in the Central Pontides, Turkey

    Aral Okay;Okan Tuysuz;Muharrem Satir;Sevinc Ozkan-Altiner

  • Early Cretaceous sedimentation and orogeny on the active margin of Eurasia: Southern Central Pontides, Turkey

    Aral I. Okay;Gürsel Sunal;Sarah Sherlock;Demir Altner

  • A Middle Eocene lowland humid subtropical "Shangri-La" ecosystem in central Tibet.

    Tao Su;Robert A. Spicer;Robert A. Spicer;Fei-Xiang Wu;Alexander Farnsworth

  • Excess argon evolution in HP-LT rocks: a UVLAMP study of phengite and K-free minerals, NW Turkey

    Sarah Sherlock;Simon Kelley

  • Low-pressure - high-temperature metamorphism during extension in a Jurassic magmatic arc, Central Pontides, Turkey

    A. I. Okay;G. Sunal;O. Tüysüz;S. Sherlock

  • Laser argon dating of melt breccias from the Siljan impact structure, Sweden: Implications for a possible relationship to Late Devonian extinction events

    Wolf U. Reimold;Simon P. Kelley;Sarah C. Sherlock;Herbert Henkel

  • Flat plateau and impossible isochrons: apparent 40Ar-39Ar geochronology in a high-pressure terrain

    Sarah C Sherlock;Nicolas O Arnaud

  • Dating of multistage fluid flow in sandstones.

    Darren F. Mark;John Parnell;Simon P. Kelley;Martin Lee

  • Geochronological constraints on the age of a Permo–Triassic impact event: U–Pb and 40Ar/39Ar results for the 40 km Araguainha structure of central Brazil

    Eric Tohver;C Lana;P. A. Cawood;P. A. Cawood;I R Fletcher

  • First field evidence of southward ductile flow of Asian crust beneath southern Tibet

    Jess King;Nigel Harris;Tom Argles;Randall Parrish

  • Empirical constraints on extrusion mechanisms from the upper margin of an exhumed high-grade orogenic core, Sutlej valley, NW India

    Jennifer Chambers;Mark Caddick;Thomas Argles;Matthew Horstwood

  • The response of vegetation on the Andean flank in western Amazonia to Pleistocene climate change.

    Macarena L. Cárdenas;William D. Gosling;Sarah C. Sherlock;Imogen Poole

  • Precise dating of low-temperature deformation: Strain-fringe analysis by 40Ar-39Ar laser microprobe

    Sarah C. Sherlock;Simon P. Kelley;Jan A. Zalasiewicz;David I. Schofield

  • Oligocene Deformation of the Chuandian Terrane in the SE Margin of the Tibetan Plateau Related to the Extrusion of Indochina

    Shihu Li;Shihu Li;Tao Su;Robert A. Spicer;Robert A. Spicer;Congli Xu

  • New Ar–Ar ages of southern Indian kimberlites and a lamproite and their geochemical evolution

    Ian Osborne;Sarah Sherlock;Mahesh Anand;Mahesh Anand;Tom Argles

  • Metamorphic rocks seek meaningful cooling rate: Interpreting 40Ar/39Ar ages in an exhumed ultra-high pressure terrane

    Clare J. Warren;Simon P. Kelley;Sarah C. Sherlock;Christopher S. McDonald

  • Interpreting high-pressure phengite 40 Ar/ 39 Ar laserprobe ages: an example from Saih Hatat, NE Oman

    C. J. Warren;S. C. Sherlock;S. P. Kelley

  • İzmir‐Ankara suture as a Triassic to Cretaceous plate boundary – data from central Anatolia

    Aral I. Okay;Gürsel Sunal;Sarah Sherlock;Andrew R. C. Kylander‐Clark

  • 40Ar–39Ar dating of detrital muscovite in provenance investigations: a case study from the Adelaide Rift Complex, South Australia

    Peter W. Haines;Simon P. Turner;Simon P. Kelley;Jo Anne Wartho

Frequent Co-Authors

Simon P. Kelley
Simon P. Kelley University of Leeds
Darren F. Mark
Darren F. Mark University of Glasgow
Clare J. Warren
Clare J. Warren The Open University
Aral I. Okay
Aral I. Okay Istanbul Technical University
John Parnell
John Parnell University of Aberdeen
Tiffany L. Barry
Tiffany L. Barry University of Leicester
Susanne P. Schwenzer
Susanne P. Schwenzer The Open University
Robert A. Spicer
Robert A. Spicer The Open University
Mike Widdowson
Mike Widdowson University of Hull
Andrea Marzoli
Andrea Marzoli University of Padua

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