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Simon C. Brassell

Simon C. Brassell

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Earth Science

D-Index
54
Citations
15912
World Ranking
2631
National Ranking
1095

Overview

Simon C. Brassell is affiliated with Indiana University in the United States and conducts research primarily in the field of Engineering. Their work spans several subfields including Mechanics of Materials, Atmospheric Science, Mechanical Engineering, Anthropology, and Ocean Engineering. Brassell's research interests focus on topics such as Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis, Geology and Paleoclimatology Research, Hydraulic Fracturing and Reservoir Analysis, Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology, Evolution and Paleontology Studies, Drilling and Well Engineering, and Geological formations and processes.

Brassell has contributed to multiple publications, with recent papers demonstrating a focus on Pleistocene-era environmental and climatic changes, organic geochemistry, and paleoclimatology. Notable recent papers include:

  • Biogeochemical evidence from OGCP Core 2A sediments for environmental changes preceding deposition of Tuff IB and climatic transitions in Upper Bed I of the Olduvai Basin, 2020, published in Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology
  • Alkenones in Pleistocene Upper Bed I (1.803-1.900 Ma) sediments from Paleolake Olduvai, Tanzania, 2022, published in Organic Geochemistry
  • Biased preservation of Pleistocene climate variability proxies at Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania, 2020, published in Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology
  • Geoffrey Eglinton. 1 November 1927-11 March 2016, 2024, published in Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society

Frequent collaborators with Brassell's research include Kelsey E. Doiron, María Mastalerz, Jackson K. Njau, Ian G. Stanistreet, and Harald Stollhofen. These partnerships have contributed to a broad output spanning geological and organic geochemical studies.

Brassell's works are commonly published in venues such as Abstracts with programs - Geological Society of America, OPAL (Open@LaTrobe) (La Trobe University), Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research), Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology, and Organic Geochemistry.

Their research addresses crucial questions about past environments, sediment analysis, and the role of organic compounds in geological contexts. This includes studies of hydrocarbon generation under various conditions and investigations into Paleolake Olduvai paleoenvironments, contributing data to the understanding of climatic and environmental transitions during the Pleistocene.

Best Publications

  • Organic geochemical indicators of palaeoenvironmental conditions of sedimentation

    B. M. Didyk;B. R. T. Simoneit;S. C. Brassell;G. Eglinton

  • Molecular stratigraphy: a new tool for climatic assessment

    S. C. Brassell;G. Eglinton;I. T. Marlowe;U. Pflaumann

  • Chemical fossils: the geological fate of steroids.

    A. S. Mackenzie;S. C. Brassell;G. Eglinton;J. R. Maxwell

  • Tocopherols as likely precursors of pristane in ancient sediments and crude oils

    H. Goossens;J. W. de Leeuw;P. A. Schenck;S. C. Brassell

  • Cretaceous sea-surface temperature evolution: Constraints from TEX86 and planktonic foraminiferal oxygen isotopes

    Charlotte L. O'Brien;Stuart A. Robinson;Richard D. Pancost;Jaap S. Sinninghe Damsté

  • Organic geochemical characterisation of depositional palaeoenvironments of source rocks and oils in Brazilian marginal basins

    M.R Mello;M.R Mello;N Telnaes;P.C Gaglianone;M.I Chicarelli

  • Geochemical and biological marker assessment of depositional environments using Brazilian offshore oils

    M.R. Mello;P.C. Gaglianone;S.C. Brassell;J.R. Maxwell

  • Specific acyclic isoprenoids as biological markers of methanogenic bacteria in marine sediments

    S. C. Brassell;A. M. K. Wardroper;I. D. Thomson;J. R. Maxwell

  • Dinoflagellate origin for sedimentary 4α-methylsteroids and 5α(H)-stanols

    N. Robinson;G. Eglinton;S. C. Brassell;P. A. Cranwell

  • Long chain unsaturated ketones and esters in living algae and marine sediments

    I.T. Marlowe;S.C. Brassell;G. Eglinton;J.C. Green

  • Peculiarities of salt lake sediments as potential source rocks in China

    Fu Jiamo;Sheng Guoying;Peng Pingan;Simon C. Brassell

  • Applications of Biomarkers for Delineating Marine Paleoclimatic Fluctuations during the Pleistocene

    Simon C. Brassell

  • Long-chain alkenones and alkyl alkenoates and the fossil coccolith record of marine sediments

    I.T. Marlowe;S.C. Brassell;G. Eglinton;J.C. Green

  • Mid-chain branched mono- and dimethyl alkanes in hot spring cyanobacterial mats: A direct biogenic source for branched alkanes in ancient sediments?

    Jentaie Shiea;Simon C. Brassell;David M. Ward

  • Isoprenoid thiophenes: novel products of sediment diagenesis?

    S. C. Brassell;C. A. Lewis;J. W. de Leeuw;F. de Lange

  • Natural Background of Alkanes in the Aquatic Environment

    S.C. Brassell;G. Eglinton;J.R. Maxwell;R.P. Philp

  • Upper Permian Lacustrine Oil Shales, Southern Junggar Basin, Northwest China

    Alan R. Carroll;Simon C. Brassell;Stephan A. Graham

  • Distinctive hydrocarbon biomarkers from fossiliferous sediment of the Late Proterozoic Walcott Member, Chuar Group, Grand Canyon, Arizona

    Roger E Summons;Simon C Brassell;Geoffrey Eglinton;Evan Evans

  • Characteristics of Selected Petroleum Source Rocks, Xianjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Northwest China (1)

    S. A. Graham;S. Brassell;A. R. Carroll;X. Xiao

  • Biological marker compounds as indicators of the depositions! history of the Maoming oil shale

    Simon C. Brassell;Geoffrey Eglinton;Fu Jia Mo

Frequent Co-Authors

Geoffrey Eglinton
Geoffrey Eglinton University of Bristol
Ian G. Stanistreet
Ian G. Stanistreet University of Liverpool
Katherine H. Freeman
Katherine H. Freeman Pennsylvania State University
Harald Stollhofen
Harald Stollhofen University of Erlangen-Nuremberg
James R. Maxwell
James R. Maxwell University of Bristol
Philip A. Meyers
Philip A. Meyers University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Paul Farrimond
Paul Farrimond University of Newcastle Australia
Arndt Schimmelmann
Arndt Schimmelmann Indiana University
Hugh C. Jenkyns
Hugh C. Jenkyns University of Oxford
David M. Ward
David M. Ward Montana State University

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