Selected Recent Publications:

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Gernon, T.M., Brune, S., Hincks, T.K., Palmer, M.R., Spencer, C.J., Watts, E.J. & Glerum, A. Enriched mantle generated through persistent convective erosion of continental roots. Nature Geoscience, 18, p. 1311–1318, doi: 10.1038/s41561-025-01843-9 (2025). [Spektrum]

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See the Coverage in Science (Science Advisor, 12 Nov 2025) and the Research Briefing, Continental rifting sweeps enriched mantle from the roots of continents into the oceanic mantle. Nature Geoscience, 18, p. 1200–1201, doi: 10.1038/s41561-025-01854-6.

 

Merdith, A.S., Gernon, T.M., Maffre, P., Donnadieu, Y., Goddéris, Y., Longman, J., Müller, R.D. and Mills, B.J.W.  Phanerozoic icehouse climates as the result of multiple solid-Earth cooling mechanisms. Science Advances 11 (7), eadm9798, doi: 10.1126/sciadv.adm9798 (2025). [New Scientist]

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Gernon, T.M., Brune, S., Hincks, T.K. & Keir, D. A viable Labrador Sea rifting origin of the Northern Appalachian and related seismic anomalies. Geology, 53 (10), p. 859–863, doi: 10.1130/G53588.1 (2025). [CNN]

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Spencer, C.J., Gernon, T.M. & Mitchell, R.N., 2025. Greenlandic debris in Iceland likely tied to Bond event 1 ice-rafting in the Dark Ages. Geology, 53(7), p. 572–575, doi: 10.1130/G53168.1. [Telegraph, New Scientist]​

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Watts, E.J., Rees, R., Jonathan, P., Keir, D., Taylor, R.N., Siegburg, M., Chambers, E.L., Pagli, C., Cooper, M.J., Michalik, A., Milton, J.A., Hincks, T.K., Gebru, E.F., Ayele, A., Abebe, B., and Gernon, T.M. Mantle upwelling at Afar triple junction shaped by overriding plate dynamics, Nature Geoscience, 18, p. 661–669, doi: 10.1038/s41561-025-01717-0 (2025). [The Times]

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Spencer, C.J., Gernon, T.M., Davies, N.S., McMahon, W. & Merdith, A., 2025. From Plant Roots to MountainRoots: Impact of Land Plants on Subduction Zone Magmatism. Geology, 53(8), p. 679–683, doi: 10.1130/G53235.1 (2025).

 

Gernon, T.M., Mills, B.J.W., Hincks, T.K., Merdith, A.S., Alcott, L.J., Rohling, E.J.R., & Palmer, M.R. Solid Earth forcing of Mesozoic oceanic anoxic events. Nature Geoscience 17, 926–935, doi: 10.1038/s41561-024-01496-0 (2024).

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Gernon, T.M., Hincks, T.K., Brune, S., Braun, J., Jones, S.M., Keir, D., Cunningham, A., & Glerum, A., Co-evolution of craton margins and interiors during continental breakup. Nature 632, 327–335, doi: 10.1038/s41586-024-07717-1 (2024). [BBC]

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See the News feature by H. Richter, In sweeping geological theory, mantle waves lift up plateaus. Science 588 (6709), 588–589, doi: 10.1126/science.z1mp7qn.

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See the Special Issue News feature for "Breakthrough of the Year" (Runners-Up) by P. Voosen, Mantle waves sculpt the continents. Science 386 (6727), 1210-1215, doi: 10.1126/science.adv2101.

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Gernon, T.M., Jones, S.M., Brune, S., Hincks, T.K., Palmer, M.R., Schumacher, J.C., Primiceri, R.M., Field, M., Griffin, W.L., O’Reilly, S.Y., Keir, D., Spencer, C.J., Merdith, A. & Glerum, A. Rift-induced disruption of cratonic keels drives kimberlite volcanism. Nature 620, 344–350, doi: 10.1038/s41586-023-06193-3 (2023). [The Guardian, New York Times]

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See the News feature by P. Voosen, The death of supercontinent brings diamonds to the surface. Science 381 (6656), 362–363, doi: 10.1126/science.adj9565.

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Spencer, C.J., Davies, N.S., Gernon, T.M., Wang, X., McMahon, W.J., Morrell, T.R.I., Hincks, T.K., Pufahl, P.K., Brasier, A., Seraine, M. & Lu, G.-M. Composition of continental crust altered by the emergence of land plants. Nature Geoscience 15, 735-740, doi: 10.1038/s41561-022-00995-2 (2022).

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See the News & Views feature by N. Greber, Plant fingerprints in the deep Earth. Nature Geoscience 15, 685-686, doi: 10.1038/s41561-022-01022-0.

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See the Editorial, Plants rooted in rocks. Nature Geoscience 15, 683, doi: 10.1038/s41561-022-01030-0.

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See the Research Highlight by B. Grocholski, Geochemistry: Deep-rooted change. Science 378 (6615), 37-38, doi: 10.1126/science.adf1655.

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Gernon, T.M., Barr, R., Fitton, J. G., Hincks, T.K., Keir, D., Longman, J., Merdith, A., Mitchell, R.N. & Palmer, M.R. Transient mobilization of subcrustal carbon coincident with Palaeocene-Eocene thermal maximum. Nature Geoscience 15, 573–579, doi: 10.1038/s41561-022-00967-6 (2022). [The Independent]

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See the News feature by P. Voosen, Hidden carbon layer may have sparked ancient bout of global warming. Science 377 (6601), 12–13, doi: 10.1126/science.add6369.

 

Longman, J., Mills, B.J.W., Manners, H.R., Gernon, T.M. and Palmer, M.R. Late Ordovician climate change and extinctions driven by elevated volcanic nutrient supply. Nature Geoscience 14, 924–929, doi: 10.1038/s41561-021-00855-5 (2021). [Forbes]

 

Gernon, T.M., Hincks, T.K., Merdith, A., Rohling, E.J., Palmer, M.R., Foster, G.L., Bataille, C.P. and Muller, D. Global chemical weathering dominated by continental arcs since the mid-Palaeozoic. Nature Geoscience 14, 690–696, doi: 10.1038/s41561-021-00806-0 (2021). [Euronews]

 

Mitchell, R.N.*, Gernon, T.M.*, Cox, G.M., Nordsvan, A.R., Kirscher, U., Xuan, C., Liu, Y., Liu, X. and He., X., Orbital forcing of ice sheets during snowball Earth. Nature Communications 12 (4187), doi: 10.1038/s41467-021-24439-4 (2021). *These authors contributed equally. [Forbes]

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Mazrouei, S., Ghent, R.R., Bottke, W.F., Parker, A.H., and Gernon, T.M. Earth and Moon impact flux increased at the end of the Paleozoic. Science 363 (6424), 253, doi: 10.1126/science.aar4058 (2019). [The Guardian, New York Times]

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See the Perspective by Christian Koeberl, When Earth got pummeled. Science, 363 (6424), 224–225,
doi: 10.1126/science.aav8480

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Keller, C.B., Husson, J.M., Mitchell, R. N., Bottke, W.F., Gernon, T.M., Boehnke, P., Bell, E.A., Swanson-Hysell, N.L., and Peters, S.E. Neoproterozoic glacial origin of the Great Unconformity. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 116 (4), 1136, doi: 10.1073/pnas.1804350116 (2019). [National Geographic]

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See the News Feature by Adityarup Chakravorty, Did Global Glaciation Cause the Great Unconformity?

Eos, 100, https://doi.org/10.1029/2019EO120289.

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Hincks, T., Aspinall, W., Cooke, R., and Gernon, T.M.* Oklahoma’s induced seismicity strongly linked to wastewater injection depth. Science 359 (6381), 1251, doi: 10.1126/science.aap7911 (2018). *Corresponding Author. [New York Times, Washington Post]

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Gernon, T.M., Hincks, T.K., Tyrrell, T., Rohling, E.J., and Palmer, M.R. Snowball Earth ocean chemistry driven by extensive ridge volcanism during Rodinia breakup. Nature Geoscience 9 (3), 242–248, doi: 10.1038/ngeo2632 (2016). [ABC]

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See the News & Views feature by Ian Fairchild, Ocean chemistry: Neoproterozoic glass-bleeding. Nature Geoscience 9, 192–193; doi: 10.1038/ngeo2643.

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Gernon, T.M., Brown, R.J., Tait, M.A. & Hincks, T.K. The origin of pelletal lapilli in explosive kimberlite eruptions. Nature Communications 3 (832), doi: 10.1038/ncomms1842 (2012).

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A full list of my publications is available here:

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