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Thomas P. Guilderson is affiliated with the University of California, Santa Cruz in the United States. Their research focuses primarily on Earth and Planetary Sciences and Environmental Science, with specific subfields including Ecology, Atmospheric Science, Oceanography, Global and Planetary Change, and Environmental Chemistry.

Their main topics of work cover a range of areas:

  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
  • Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies
  • Isotope Analysis in Ecology
  • Marine and coastal ecosystems
  • Marine and fisheries research
  • Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena
  • Archaeology and ancient environmental studies

Thomas P. Guilderson has contributed to several papers, including:

  • The IntCal20 Northern Hemisphere Radiocarbon Age Calibration Curve (0-55 cal kBP), 2020, Radiocarbon
  • Low Molecular Weight Dissolved Organic Carbon: Aging, Compositional Changes, and Selective Utilization During Global Ocean Circulation, 2020, Global Biogeochemical Cycles
  • Amino acid δ13C and δ15N patterns from sediment trap time series and deep-sea corals: Implications for biogeochemical and ecological reconstructions in paleoarchives, 2020, Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta
  • New Insights into Paleoseismic Age Models on the Northern San Andreas Fault: Charcoal Inbuilt Ages and Updated Earthquake Correlations, 2020, Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America
  • Age and chemistry of dissolved organic carbon reveal enhanced leaching of ancient labile carbon at the permafrost thaw zone, 2022, Biogeosciences

The scientist has collaborated frequently with several coauthors, notably:

  • Matthew D. McCarthy
  • Ron Reimer
  • Chris Turney
  • Yuan Shen
  • D. S. Glynn

Thomas P. Guilderson's work has been published extensively in several venues, including:

  • Radiocarbon
  • Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta
  • Geophysical Research Letters
  • Global Biogeochemical Cycles
  • Biogeosciences

Best Publications

  • IntCal13 and Marine13 radiocarbon age calibration curves 0-50,000 years cal BP

    Paula J Reimer;Edouard Bard;Alex Bayliss;J Warren Beck

  • The IntCal20 Northern Hemisphere Radiocarbon Age Calibration Curve (0-55 cal kBP)

    Paula J Reimer;William E N Austin;Edouard Bard;Alex Bayliss

  • IntCal04 terrestrial radiocarbon age calibration, 0-26 cal kyr BP

    Paula J. Reimer;Mike G.L. Baillie;Edouard Bard;Alex Bayliss

  • IntCal09 and Marine09 Radiocarbon Age Calibration Curves, 0–50,000 Years cal BP

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  • SHCal13 Southern Hemisphere Calibration, 0–50,000 Years cal BP

    Alan G Hogg;Quan Hua;Paul G Blackwell;Mu Niu

  • Abrupt onset and termination of the African Humid Period:rapid climate responses to gradual insolation forcing

    Peter deMenocal;Joseph D Ortiz;Tom Guilderson;Jess Adkins

  • Marine04 marine radiocarbon age calibration, 0-26 cal kyr BP

    Konrad A Hughen;Mike G L Baillie;Edouard Bard;J Warren Beck

  • Radiocarbon calibration curve spanning 0 to 50,000 years BP based on paired 230 Th/ 234 U/ 238 U and 14 C dates on pristine corals

    Richard G. Fairbanks;Richard G. Fairbanks;Richard A. Mortlock;Tzu-Chien Chiu;Tzu-Chien Chiu;Li Cao;Li Cao

  • Climate change and the collapse of the Akkadian empire: Evidence from the deep sea

    H. M. Cullen;P. B. deMenocal;S. Hemming;G. Hemming

  • Coherent high- and low-latitude climate variability during the holocene warm period

    Peter deMenocal;Joseph D Ortiz;Tom Guilderson;Michael Sarnthein

  • Tropical Temperature Variations Since 20,000 Years Ago: Modulating Interhemispheric Climate Change

    Thomas P. Guilderson;Richard G. Fairbanks;James L. Rubenstone

  • Solar Forcing of Drought Frequency in the Maya Lowlands

    David A. Hodell;Mark Brenner;Jason H. Curtis;Thomas Guilderson

  • Agricultural origins and the isotopic identity of domestication in northern China

    Loukas Barton;Seth D. Newsome;Fa-Hu Chen;Hui Wang

  • Old radiocarbon ages in the southwest Pacific Ocean during the last glacial period and deglaciation

    Elisabeth L. Sikes;Elisabeth L. Sikes;Catherine R. Samson;Catherine R. Samson;Thomas P. Guilderson;Thomas P. Guilderson;William R. Howard

  • Extreme longevity in proteinaceous deep-sea corals.

    E. Brendan Roark;Thomas P. Guilderson;Robert B. Dunbar;Stewart J. Fallon

  • Abrupt Shift in Subsurface Temperatures in the Tropical Pacific Associated with Changes in El Niño

    Thomas P. Guilderson;Daniel P. Schrag

  • Climate change on the Yucatan Peninsula during the little ice age

    David A. Hodell;Mark Brenner;Jason H. Curtis;Roger Medina-González

  • Stability of peatland carbon to rising temperatures

    Rachel Wilson;Anya Hopple;Malak Tfaily;Stephen Sebestyen

  • Abrupt Cooling of Antarctic Surface Waters and Sea Ice Expansion in the South Atlantic Sector of the Southern Ocean at 5000 cal yr B.P.

    David A. Hodell;Sharon L. Kanfoush;Aldo Shemesh;Xavier Crosta

  • A 4000-Year Lacustrine Record of Environmental Change in the Southern Maya Lowlands, Petén, Guatemala

    Michael F. Rosenmeier;David A. Hodell;Mark Brenner;Jason H. Curtis

  • Radiocarbon-based ages and growth rates of Hawaiian deep-sea corals

    E.B. Roark;T.P. Guilderson;R.B. Dunbar;B.L. Ingram

Frequent Co-Authors

Matthew D. McCarthy
Matthew D. McCarthy University of California, Santa Cruz
David A Hodell
David A Hodell University of Cambridge
Robert B. Dunbar
Robert B. Dunbar Stanford University
Mark Brenner
Mark Brenner University of Florida
Stewart Fallon
Stewart Fallon Australian National University
Jason H. Curtis
Jason H. Curtis University of Florida
Paula J. Reimer
Paula J. Reimer Queen's University Belfast
Thomas A. Brown
Thomas A. Brown Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Elisabeth L. Sikes
Elisabeth L. Sikes Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
John B. Miller
John B. Miller National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

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