Dr Tom Dunkley Jones

Tom Dunkley Jones

School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences
Birmingham Fellow

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School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences
University of Birmingham
Edgbaston
Birmingham
B15 2TT
UK

Tom is a micropalaeontologist and paleoceanograher specializing in the study of fossil coccolithophore algae. His research interests are focused on the warm-climate states of the Paleogene period and include the use of coccolithophore assemblages and geochemical signatures as palaeoceanographic proxies. Tom is also interested in improving reconstructions of warm climate temperature proxy data, and their use in constraining palaeoclimate model simulations.

http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9518-8143
ResearcherID: A-8441-2008
Scopus Author ID: 55660519500

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Qualifications

2008 – PhD University College London

2001 – MSc Imperial College London

2000 – MSci, MA University of Cambridge

Teaching

MSc Applied and Industrial Micropalaeontology:

  • Cenozoic Calcareous Nannofossils and Coccolithophore-based Paleoceanographic Proxies
  • Micropalaeontology

Postgraduate supervision

Dr Dunkley-Jones currently supervises PhD projects on developing coccolith Sr/Ca ratios as a palaeoproductivity proxy through the Eocene/Oligocene transition and diversity and community processes in marine microplankton. He welcomes applications from potential doctoral researchers in all his areas of interest.

Research

Tom is a micropalaeontologist and paleoceanograher specializing in the study of fossil coccolithophore algae. His research interests are focused on the warm-climate states of the Paleogene period and include the use of coccolithophore assemblages and geochemical signatures as palaeoceanographic proxies. Tom is also interested in improving reconstructions of warm climate temperature proxy data, and their use in constraining palaeoclimate model simulations. He has sailed as a shipboard nannofossil stratigrapher on International Ocean Discovery Program (IODP) Expeditions 320 (Pacific Equatorial Age Transect) and Exp. 363 (West Pacific Warm Pool, as well as being lead proponent on IODP proposal 864-full2 (Equatorial Atlantic Gateway; scheduled as IODP Expedition 388; Aug-Sept 2020). 

 

Publications

Recent publications

Article

Duarte, D, Erba, E, Bottini, C, Wagner, T, Aduomahor, B, Jones, TD & Nicholson, U 2025, 'Early Cretaceous deep-water bedforms west of the Guinea Plateau revise the opening history of the Equatorial Atlantic Gateway', Global and Planetary Change, vol. 249, 104777. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gloplacha.2025.104777

Sinnesael, M, Karatsolis, BT, Pearson, PN, Briais, A, Hemming, SR, LeVay, LJ, Dunkley Jones, T, Cui, Y, Di Chiara, A, Dodd, JP, Dwyer, D, Eason, DE, Friedman, SA, Hanson, E, Hochmuth, K, Ibrahim, HE, Jasper, CE, Lee-Takeda, S, LeBlanc, DE, Lindsay, MR, McNamara, DD, Modestou, SE, Morris, MA, Murton, BJ, OConnell, S, Pasquet, G, Qian, SP, Rosenthal, Y, Satolli, S, Suzuki, T, Thulasi, T, Wade, BS, White, NJ, Wu, T, Yang, AY & Parnell-Turner, RE 2025, 'Onset of strong Iceland-Scotland overflow water 3.6 million years ago', Nature Communications, vol. 16, no. 1, 4323. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-025-59265-5

Viganò, A, Westerhold, T, Bown, PR, Jones, TD & Agnini, C 2023, 'Calcareous nannofossils across the Eocene-Oligocene transition: Preservation signals and biostratigraphic remarks from ODP Site 1209 (NW Pacific, Shatsky Rise) and IODP Hole U1411B (NW Atlantic Ocean, Newfoundland Ridge)', Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, vol. 629, 111778. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.palaeo.2023.111778

De Lira Mota, M, Dunkley Jones, T, Sulaiman, N, Edgar, K, Yamaguchi, T, Leng, MJ, Adloff, M, Greene, S, Norris, R, Warren, B, Duffy, G, Farrant, J, Murayama, M, Hall, J & Bendle, J 2023, 'Multi-proxy evidence for sea level fall at the onset of the Eocene-Oligocene transition', Nature Communications, vol. 14, no. 1, 4748. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-39806-6

Taylor, V, Westerhold, T, Bohaty, SM, Backman, J, Dunkley Jones, T, Edgar, K, Egan, K, Lyle, MW, Palike, H, Röhl, U, Zachos, J & Wilson, PA 2023, 'Transient shoaling, over-deepening and settling of the calcite compensation depth at the Eocene-Oligocene transition', Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology, vol. 38, no. 6, e2022PA004493. https://doi.org/10.1029/2022PA004493

Duncan, B, McKay, R, Levy, R, Naish, T, Prebble, JG, Sangiorgi, F, Krishnan, S, Hoem, F, Clowes, C, Jones, TD, Gasson, E, Kraus, C, Kulhanek, DK, Meyers, SR, Moossen, H, Warren, C, Willmott, V, Ventura, GT & Bendle, J 2022, 'Climatic and tectonic drivers of late Oligocene Antarctic ice volume', Nature Geoscience, vol. 15, no. 10, pp. 819–825. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41561-022-01025-x

Saavedra-pellitero, M, Hernández-almeida, I, Cabarcos, E, Baumann, K, Dunkley Jones, T, Sierro, FJ & Flores, J 2022, 'Coupled Coccolith-Based Temperature and Productivity High-Resolution Reconstructions in the Eastern Equatorial Pacific During the Last Deglaciation and the Holocene', Frontiers in Marine Science, vol. 9, 865846. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2022.865846

Boscolo-galazzo, F, Jones, A, Dunkley Jones, T, Crichton, KA, Wade, BS & Pearson, PN 2022, 'Late Neogene evolution of modern deep-dwelling plankton', Biogeosciences, vol. 19, no. 3, pp. 743-762. https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-19-743-2022

Chapter

Parnell-Turner, RE, Briais, A, LeVay, LJ, Cui, Y, Di Chiara, A, Dodd, JP, Jones, TD, Dwyer, D, Eason, DE, Friedman, SA, Hemming, SR, Hochmuth, K, Ibrahim, H, Jasper, C, Karatsolis, BT, Lee, S, LeBlanc, DE, Lindsay, MR, McNamara, DD, Modestou, SE, Murton, B, OConnell, S, Pasquet, GT, Pearson, PN, Qian, SP, Rosenthal, Y, Satolli, S, Sinnesael, M, Suzuki, T, Doss, TT, White, NJ, Wu, T & Yang, AY 2025, Expedition 395 methods. in Proceedings of the International Ocean Discovery Program: Reykjanes Mantle Convection and Climate. Proceedings of the International Ocean Discovery Program. Expedition reports, vol. 395, IODP Publications. https://doi.org/10.14379/iodp.proc.395.102.2025

Parnell-Turner, RE, Briais, A, LeVay, LJ, Cui, Y, Di Chiara, A, Dodd, JP, Jones, TD, Dwyer, D, Eason, DE, Friedman, SA, Hemming, SR, Hochmuth, K, Ibrahim, H, Jasper, C, Karatsolis, BT, Lee, S, LeBlanc, DE, Lindsay, MR, McNamara, DD, Modestou, SE, Murton, B, Oconnell, S, Pasquet, GT, Pearson, PN, Qian, SP, Rosenthal, Y, Satolli, S, Sinnesael, M, Suzuki, T, Thulasi Doss, T, White, NJ, Wu, T, Yang Yang, A, dos Santos Rocha, V, Pearman, C & Tian, CY 2025, Expedition 395 summary. in Proceedings of the International Ocean Discovery Program: Reykjanes Mantle Convection and Climate. Proceedings of the International Ocean Discovery Program. Expedition reports, vol. 395, IODP Publications. https://doi.org/10.14379/iodp.proc.395.101.2025

Briais, A, Parnell-Turner, RE, LeVay, LJ, Cui, Y, Di Chiara, A, Dodd, JP, Jones, TD, Dwyer, DP, Eason, DE, Friedman, S, Hemming, SR, Hochmuth, K, Ibrahim, H, Jasper, C, Karatsolis, BT, Lee, S, LeBlanc, DE, Lindsay, MR, McNamara, DD, Modestou, SE, Murton, B, OConnell, S, Pasquet, GT, Pearson, PN, Qian, S-P, Rosenthal, Y, Satolli, S, Sinnesael, M, Suzuki, T, Doss, TT, White, NJ, Wu, T, Yang, AY, dos Santos Rocha, V, Pearman, C & Tian, C-Y 2025, Site U1562. in Proceedings of the International Ocean Discovery Program: Reykjanes Mantle Convection and Climate. Proceedings of the International Ocean Discovery Program. Expedition reports, vol. 395, IODP Publications. https://doi.org/10.14379/iodp.proc.395.105.2025

Briais, A, Parnell-Turner, RE, LeVay, LJ, Cui, Y, Di Chiara, A, Dodd, JP, Jones, TD, Dwyer, DP, Eason, DE, Friedman, SA, Hemming, SR, Hochmuth, K, Ibrahim, H, Jasper, C, Karatsolis, BT, Lee, S, LeBlanc, DE, Lindsay, MR, McNamara, DD, Modestou, SE, Murton, B, OConnell, S, Pasquet, GT, Pearson, PN, Qian, SP, Rosenthal, Y, Satolli, S, Sinnesael, M, Suzuki, T, Doss, TT, White, NJ, Wu, T, Yang, AY, dos Santos Rocha, V, Pearman, C & Tian, CY 2025, Site U1563. in Proceedings of the International Ocean Discovery Program: Reykjanes Mantle Convection and Climate. Proceedings of the International Ocean Discovery Program. Expedition reports, vol. 395, IODP Publications. https://doi.org/10.14379/iodp.proc.395.106.2025

Parnell-Turner, RE, Briais, A, LeVay, LJ, Cui, Y, Di Chiara, A, Dodd, JP, Jones, TD, Dwyer, D, Eason, DE, Friedman, SA, Hemming, SR, Hochmuth, K, Ibrahim, H, Jasper, C, Karatsolis, BT, Lee, S, LeBlanc, DE, Lindsay, MR, McNamara, DD, Modestou, SE, Murton, B, OConnell, S, Pasquet, GT, Pearson, PN, Qian, SP, Rosenthal, Y, Satolli, S, Sinnesael, M, Suzuki, T, Doss, TT, White, NJ, Wu, T, Yang, AY & dos Santos Rocha, V 2025, Site U1564. in Proceedings of the International Ocean Discovery Program: Reykjanes Mantle Convection and Climate. Proceedings of the International Ocean Discovery Program. Expedition reports, no. 395, IODP Publications. https://doi.org/10.14379/iodp.proc.395.107.2025

Parnell-Turner, RE, Briais, A, LeVay, LJ, Cui, Y, Di Chiara, A, Dodd, JP, Jones, TD, Dwyer, D, Eason, DE, Friedman, SA, Hemming, SR, Hochmuth, K, Ibrahim, H, Jasper, C, Karatsolis, BT, Lee, S, LeBlanc, DE, Lindsay, MR, McNamara, DD, Modestou, SE, Murton, B, OConnell, S, Pasquet, GT, Pearson, PN, Qian, SP, Rosenthal, Y, Satolli, S, Sinnesael, M, Suzuki, T, Doss, TT, White, NJ, Wu, T & Yang, AY 2025, Site U1602. in Proceedings of the International Ocean Discovery Program: Reykjanes Mantle Convection and Climate. Proceedings of the International Ocean Discovery Program. Expedition reports, vol. 395, IODP Publications. https://doi.org/10.14379/iodp.proc.395.108.2025

Review article

Nauter-Alves, A, Dunkley-Jones, T, Bruno, MDR, Mota, MADL, Cachão, M, Krahl, G & Fauth, G 2023, 'Biotic turnover and carbon cycle dynamics in the early Danian event (Dan-C2): New insights from Blake Nose, North Atlantic', Global and Planetary Change, vol. 221, 104046. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gloplacha.2023.104046

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