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Robert M. McKay

Victoria University of Wellington · NZ
Area of research
Atmospheric Science · Environmental Chemistry
Research interest
Research interests include Geology and Paleoclimatology Research, Cryospheric studies and observations, Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena, and Polar Research and Ecology.
h-index
46
citations
8,247
works
494
NIH funding
primary concept
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Recent publications

Climatic and tectonic drivers of late Oligocene Antarctic ice volume
Nature Geoscience 2022cited by 30position: middledoi
A large West Antarctic Ice Sheet explains early Neogene sea-level amplitude
Nature 2021cited by 69position: middledoi
Early and middle Miocene ice sheet dynamics in the Ross Sea: Results from integrated core-log-seismic interpretation
Geological Society of America Bulletin 2021cited by 41position: middledoi
Temperate Oligocene surface ocean conditions offshore of Cape Adare, Ross Sea, Antarctica
Climate of the past 2021cited by 26position: middledoi
Antarctic environmental change and ice sheet evolution through the Miocene to Pliocene – a perspective from the Ross Sea and George V to Wilkes Land Coasts
Elsevier eBooks 2021cited by 23position: middledoi
The amplitude and origin of sea-level variability during the Pliocene epoch
Nature 2019cited by 124position: middledoi
Southern Ocean warming and Wilkes Land ice sheet retreat during the mid-Miocene
Nature Communications 2018cited by 153position: middledoi
The Ross Sea Dipole – temperature, snow accumulation and sea ice variability in the Ross Sea region, Antarctica, over the past 2700 years
Climate of the past 2018cited by 66position: middledoi
Paleoceanography and ice sheet variability offshore Wilkes Land, Antarctica – Part 1: Insights from late Oligocene astronomically paced contourite sedimentation
Climate of the past 2018cited by 66position: middledoi
Mid- to late Pliocene (3.3–2.6 Ma) global sea-level fluctuations recorded on a continental shelf transect, Whanganui Basin, New Zealand
Quaternary Science Reviews 2018cited by 20position: middledoi
Late Oligocene obliquity-paced contourite sedimentation in the Wilkes Landmargin of East Antarctica: implications for paleoceanographic and ice sheetconfigurations
2017cited by 12position: middledoi
Antarctic ice sheet sensitivity to atmospheric CO <sub>2</sub> variations in the early to mid-Miocene
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 2016cited by 206position: middledoi
A community-based geological reconstruction of Antarctic Ice Sheet deglaciation since the Last Glacial Maximum
Quaternary Science Reviews 2014cited by 388position: middledoi
Orbital forcing of the East Antarctic ice sheet during the Pliocene and Early Pleistocene
Nature Geoscience 2014cited by 209position: middledoi
Dynamic behaviour of the East Antarctic ice sheet during Pliocene warmth
Nature Geoscience 2013cited by 335position: middledoi
Eocene cooling linked to early flow across the Tasmanian Gateway
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 2013cited by 320position: middledoi
Relative sea-level rise around East Antarctica during Oligocene glaciation
Nature Geoscience 2013cited by 76position: middledoi
Antarctic and Southern Ocean influences on Late Pliocene global cooling
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 2012cited by 282position: firstdoi
Chronostratigraphic framework for the IODP Expedition 318 cores from the Wilkes Land Margin: Constraints for paleoceanographic reconstruction
Paleoceanography 2012cited by 100position: middledoi
Neogene tectonic and climatic evolution of the Western Ross Sea, Antarctica — Chronology of events from the AND-1B drill hole
Global and Planetary Change 2012cited by 44position: middledoi

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Frequent collaborators

Francesca Sangiorgi · Utrecht University8 papers (2012–2022) · 7 papers (2012–2022) · 6 papers (2012–2022)Carlota Escutia · Utrecht University6 papers (2014–2021)Molly O. Patterson · Virginia Tech4 papers (2014–2021)Peter K. Bijl · Utrecht University4 papers (2017–2021)Henk Brinkhuis · Utrecht University4 papers (2017–2021)Stephen R. Meyers · Scripps Institution of Oceanography3 papers (2014–2022)Ulrich Salzmann · United States Geological Survey3 papers (2017–2018) · 3 papers (2018–2021)Tina van de Flierdt · Texas A&M University3 papers (2018–2021)Dimitris Evangelinos · Universitat de Barcelona3 papers (2017–2021)Courtney Warren · Planetary Science Institute2 papers (2012–2022)Claudio Tapia · University of Otago2 papers (2018–2019) · 2 papers (2017–2018)Amelia Shevenell · University of South Florida2 papers (2021–2021) · 2 papers (2021–2021)Julian D. Hartman · Utrecht University2 papers (2017–2018)Adrián López‐Quirós · Aarhus University2 papers (2017–2018) · 2 papers (2018–2019)