| (he/him) |
| University of Leeds |
| Current Position | Professor of Earth Surface Geochemistry |
| r.j.newton@leeds.ac.uk | |
| Department(s) | School of Earth and Environment |
| ECR | No |
| YES.DTN Core Themes | Dynamic Earth, Natural Hazards & Earth Processes |
| Profile(s) | Robert Newton (0000-0003-0144-6867) – ORCID |
Key Research Interests
- Biogeochemical cycles, especially sulfur, carbon and iron
- Mass extinctions
- Long term evolution of seawater chemistry
- Development of novel carbonate hosted proxies
Recent Key Papers
- Dal Corso, J., Newton, R. J., Zerkle, A. L., Chu, D., Song, H., Song, H., Tian, L., Tong, J., Di Rocco, T., Claire, M. W., Mather, T. A., He, T., Gallagher, T., Shu, W., Wu, Y., Bottrell, S. H., Metcalfe, I., Cope, H. A., Novak, M., … Wignall, P. B. (2024). Repeated pulses of volcanism drove the end-Permian terrestrial crisis in northwest China. Nature Communications, 15(1), 7628. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-024-51671-5
- Roper, A. C., Xiong, Y., Song, Y., Little, C. T. S., Poulton, S. W., Wignall, P. B., Ullmann, C. V., & Newton, R. J. (2024). Phosphorus in belemnites: Extraction, quantification, and variability. Chemical Geology, 663, 122266. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemgeo.2024.122266
- Krause, A. J., Shields, G. A., Newton, R. J., & Mills, B. J. W. (2024). Modelling sulfate concentrations in the global ocean through Phanerozoic time. Journal of the Geological Society, 181(4), jgs2023-184. https://doi.org/10.1144/jgs2023-184