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William T. Perkins publication distribution in Earth Science in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Earth Science in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where William T. Perkins sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 510+

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William T. Perkins D-index placement in Earth Science in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Earth Science scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where William T. Perkins sits on this spectrum.

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Overview

William T. Perkins is affiliated with Aberystwyth University in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily focuses on environmental science, with specific attention to pollution, water science and technology, environmental chemistry, radiological and ultrasound technology, and artificial intelligence.

Their recent published papers include the following:

  • Metal distribution, bioavailability and isotope variations in polluted soils from Lower Swansea Valley, UK (2021), published in Environmental Geochemistry and Health
  • Application of biochar for minewater remediation: Effect of scaling up production on performance under laboratory and field conditions (2022), published in Bioresource Technology

Significant topics in Perkins's work cover heavy metals in the environment, adsorption and biosorption for pollutant removal, mine drainage and remediation techniques, radioactivity and radon measurements, and geochemistry and geologic mapping.

They have collaborated frequently with several coauthors, including:

  • A. James
  • Jones Sian
  • Damon Hammond
  • Edward Hodgson
  • Kathrin Schilling

Their studies have been published mostly in the following venues:

  • Bioresource Technology
  • Environmental Geochemistry and Health

Best Publications

  • A Compilation of New and Published Major and Trace Element Data for NIST SRM 610 and NIST SRM 612 Glass Reference Materials

    Nicholas J.G. Pearce;William T. Perkins;John A. Westgate;Michael P. Gorton

  • Relation between century-scale Holocene arid intervals in tropical and temperate zones

    H. F. Lamb;F. Gasse;A. Benkaddour;A. Benkaddour;N. El Hamouti

  • Possible interactions between bacterial diversity, microbial activity and supraglacial hydrology of cryoconite holes in Svalbard

    Arwyn Edwards;Alexandre Magno Anesio;Sara Maria Edwards Rassner;Birgit Sattler

  • All toba tephra occurrences across peninsular India belong to the 75,000 yr B.P. eruption

    John A. Westgate;Philip A. R. Shane;Nicholas J. G. Pearce;William T. Perkins

  • Quantitative analysis of trace elements in carbonates using laser ablation inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry

    William T. Perkins;Ronald Fuge;Nicholas J. G. Pearce

  • Migration of heavy metals in soil as influenced by compost amendments.

    Mark Farrell;William T. Perkins;Phil J. Hobbs;Gareth W. Griffith

  • Laser ablation inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry: A new technique for the determination of trace and ultra-trace elements in silicates

    W.T. Perkins;N.J.G. Pearce;T.E. Jeffries

  • The application of ICP-MS methods to tephrochronological problems

    Nicholas J.G. Pearce;John A. Westgate;William T. Perkins;Shari J. Preece

  • Chemical fractionation during infrared and ultraviolet laser ablation inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry—implications for mineral microanalysis

    Teresa E. Jeffries;Nicholas J. G. Pearce;William T. Perkins;Angelika Raith

  • Metal concentrations in fish otoliths in relation to body composition after laboratory exposure to mercury and lead

    A. J. Geffen;N. J. G. Pearce;W. T. Perkins

  • Identification of Aniakchak (Alaska) tephra in Greenland ice core challenges the 1645 BC date for Minoan eruption of Santorini

    Nicholas J. G. Pearce;John A. Westgate;Shari J. Preece;Warren J. Eastwood

  • Geochemistry of Santorini tephra in lake sediments from Southwest Turkey

    W.J. Eastwood;N.J.G. Pearce;J.A. Westgate;W.T. Perkins

  • Correlation and characterisation of individual glass shards from tephra deposits using trace element laser ablation ICP-MS analyses: current status and future potential

    Nicholas J. G. Pearce;Joanna S. Denton;William T. Perkins;John A. Westgate

  • Trace-element microanalysis by LA-ICP-MS: The quest for comprehensive chemical characterisation of single, sub-10 μm volcanic glass shards

    Nicholas J.G. Pearce;William T. Perkins;John A. Westgate;Stephen C. Wade

  • Trace-element analysis of volcanic glass shards by laser ablation inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry: application to tephrochronological studies

    J.A. Westgate;W.T. Perkins;R. Fuge;N.J.G. Pearce

  • The application of laser ablation ICP-MS to the analysis of volcanic glass shards from tephra deposits : bulk glass and single shard analysis

    Nicholas J.G. Pearce;John A. Westgate;William T. Perkins;Warren J. Eastwood

  • The Late Archaean Qôrqut Granite Complex of southern west Greenland

    Michael Brown;C. R. L. Friend;V. R. McGregor;W. T. Perkins

  • The Development of Laser Ablation ICP‐MS and Calibration Strategies: Examples from the Analysis of Trace Elements in Volcanic Glass Shards and Sulfide Minerals

    William T. Perkins;Nicholas J.G. Pearce;John A. Westgate

  • Communication. Mineral microanalysis by laser ablation inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry

    Nicholas J. G. Pearce;William T. Perkins;Ian Abell;Geoff A. T. Duller

  • Developments in the quantitative and semiquantitative determination of trace elements in carbonates by laser ablation inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry

    Nicholas J. G. Pearce;William T. Perkins;Ronald Fuge

  • Changing ideas on the identity and stratigraphic significance of the Sheep Creek tephra beds in Alaska and the Yukon Territory, northwestern North America

    John A. Westgate;S. J. Preece;Duane G. Froese;Nicholas J. G. Pearce

Frequent Co-Authors

Nicholas J. G. Pearce
Nicholas J. G. Pearce Aberystwyth University
John A. Westgate
John A. Westgate University of Toronto
Warren J. Eastwood
Warren J. Eastwood University of Birmingham
Teresa E. Jeffries
Teresa E. Jeffries Natural History Museum
Duane G. Froese
Duane G. Froese University of Alberta
Enrico Dinelli
Enrico Dinelli University of Bologna
Gareth W. Griffith
Gareth W. Griffith Aberystwyth University
Phil J. Hobbs
Phil J. Hobbs Rothamsted Research
Mark Farrell
Mark Farrell Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
Davey L. Jones
Davey L. Jones Bangor University

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