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Tamsin A. Mather is affiliated with the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily focuses on Earth and Planetary Sciences, with significant contributions to Environmental Science as well. Their work spans multiple subfields including Geophysics, Atmospheric Science, Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Paleontology, and Geochemistry and Petrology.

The scientist's main research topics encompass a range of geological and geochemical studies. Key areas include:

  • Geological and Geochemical Analysis
  • Mercury impact and mitigation studies
  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
  • Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils
  • Geochemistry and Elemental Analysis
  • Earthquake and tectonic studies
  • Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping

Among Tamsin A. Mather's recent scientific publications are:

  • Ecological disturbance in tropical peatlands prior to marine Permian-Triassic mass extinction, 2020, published in Geology
  • The life cycle of large igneous provinces, 2021, published in Nature Reviews Earth & Environment
  • Permo-Triassic boundary carbon and mercury cycling linked to terrestrial ecosystem collapse, 2020, published in Nature Communications
  • Paleocene/Eocene carbon feedbacks triggered by volcanic activity, 2021, published in Nature Communications
  • On the onset of Central Atlantic Magmatic Province (CAMP) volcanism and environmental and carbon-cycle change at the Triassic-Jurassic transition (Neuquén Basin, Argentina), 2020, published in Earth-Science Reviews

Tamsin A. Mather frequently collaborates with a number of coauthors, including Joost Frieling, David M. Pyle, Hugh C. Jenkyns, Isabel Fendley, and Lawrence Percival. These collaborations suggest a broad network within the geosciences community.

The scientist's publications appear regularly in venues such as Abstracts with programs - Geological Society of America, Nature Communications, Earth and Planetary Science Letters, Communications Earth & Environment, and the Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research. These repeated appearances reflect ongoing contributions to established journals in their field.

Best Publications

  • The importance of volcanic emissions for the global atmospheric mercury cycle

    David M. Pyle;Tamsin A. Mather

  • Globally enhanced mercury deposition during the end-Pliensbachian extinction and Toarcian OAE: A link to the Karoo–Ferrar Large Igneous Province

    L.M.E. Percival;M.L.I. Witt;T.A. Mather;M. Hermoso

  • Tropospheric Volcanic Aerosol

    T.A. Mather;D.M. Pyle;C. Oppenheimer

  • Global link between deformation and volcanic eruption quantified by satellite imagery

    Juliet Biggs;S. K. Ebmeier;Willy P Aspinall;Z. Lu

  • Mercury evidence for pulsed volcanism during the end-Triassic mass extinction

    Lawrence M E Percival;Micha Ruhl;Stephen P Hesselbo;Hugh C Jenkyns

  • Halogens in igneous processes and their fluxes to the atmosphere and oceans from volcanic activity: A review

    D.M. Pyle;T.A. Mather

  • Fallout and distribution of volcanic ash over Argentina following the May 2008 explosive eruption of Chaitén, Chile

    Sebastian F. L. Watt;David M. Pyle;Tamsin A. Mather;Robert S. Martin

  • Electrification of volcanic plumes

    T. A. Mather;R. G. Harrison

  • Osmium isotope evidence for two pulses of increased continental weathering linked to Early Jurassic volcanism and climate change

    L.M.E. Percival;A.S. Cohen;M.K. Davies;A.J. Dickson

  • Living with volcanoes : The sustainable livelihoods approach for volcano-related opportunities

    Ilan Kelman;Tamsin A. Mather

  • Evolution of Santorini Volcano dominated by episodic and rapid fluxes of melt from depth

    Michelle M. Parks;Juliet Biggs;Philip England;Tamsin A. Mather

  • Does large igneous province volcanism always perturb the mercury cycle? Comparing the records of Oceanic Anoxic Event 2 and the end-Cretaceous to other Mesozoic events

    Lawrence M.E. Percival;Lawrence M.E. Percival;Hugh C. Jenkyns;Tamsin A. Mather;Alexander J. Dickson;Alexander J. Dickson

  • Satellite detection, long-range transport, and air quality impacts of volcanic sulfur dioxide from the 2014-2015 flood lava eruption at Bárðarbunga (Iceland)

    Anja Schmidt;Susan Leadbetter;Nicolas Theys;Elisa Carboni

  • Halogens and trace metal emissions from the ongoing 2008 summit eruption of Kīlauea volcano, Hawai`i

    T.A. Mather;M.L.I. Witt;D.M. Pyle;B.M. Quayle

  • The volcanic response to deglaciation: Evidence from glaciated arcs and a reassessment of global eruption records

    Sebastian F.L. Watt;Sebastian F.L. Watt;David M. Pyle;Tamsin A. Mather

  • Degassing of gaseous (elemental and reactive) and particulate mercury from Mount Etna volcano (Southern Italy)

    E. Bagnato;A. Aiuppa;F. Parello;S. Calabrese

  • Walking traverse and scanning DOAS measurements of volcanic gas emission rates

    A. J. S. McGonigle;C. Oppenheimer;B. Galle;T. A. Mather

  • Late Quaternary tephrostratigraphy of southern Chile and Argentina

    Karen Fontijn;Stefan M Lachowycz;Harriet Rawson;David M Pyle

  • Characterization and evolution of tropospheric plumes from Lascar and Villarrica volcanoes, Chile

    T. A. Mather;V. I. Tsanev;D. M. Pyle;A. J. S. McGonigle

  • The influence of great earthquakes on volcanic eruption rate along the Chilean subduction zone

    Sebastian F. L. Watt;David M. Pyle;Tamsin A. Mather

  • Volcanic source for fixed nitrogen in the early Earth's atmosphere

    Tamsin A. Mather;David M. Pyle;Andrew G. Allen

Frequent Co-Authors

David M. Pyle
David M. Pyle University of Oxford
Clive Oppenheimer
Clive Oppenheimer University of Cambridge
Juliet Biggs
Juliet Biggs University of Bristol
Sebastian F.L. Watt
Sebastian F.L. Watt University of Birmingham
Alessandro Aiuppa
Alessandro Aiuppa University of Palermo
Marie Edmonds
Marie Edmonds University of Cambridge
Roy G. Grainger
Roy G. Grainger University of Oxford
Andrew J. S. McGonigle
Andrew J. S. McGonigle University of Sheffield
Anja Schmidt
Anja Schmidt University of Cambridge
Hugh C. Jenkyns
Hugh C. Jenkyns University of Oxford

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