Simon Lloyd


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Research Interest Score: 150.0  |  Citations: 162  |  h-index: 5

Submitted / preprint

  1. Lloyd, S., Biggin, A., Hopkins, R., Tully, A., Cych, B., Paterson, G., Trindade, R. (2026). Earth’s magnetic field remained weak for 40 million years after the Cambrian radiation. Science Advances. Submitted.

Peer-reviewed

  1. Biggin, A., Davies, C., Mound, J., Lloyd, S., Engbers, Y., Thallner, D., Clarke, A., Bono, R. (2026). Heterogeneity in core-mantle heat flow influenced the ancient geodynamo. Nature. DOI: 10.1038/s41561-025-01910-1
  2. Chen, X., Biggin, A. J., & Lloyd, S. J. (2026). Stabilization of full-vector palaeosecular variation in the last 5 Myr: insights from a newly updated palaeosecular variation (PINT) database. Geophysical Journal International, 244(2). DOI: 10.1093/gji/ggaf490
  3. Lloyd, S. J., Biggin, A. J., Domeier, M., Lundmark, A. M., & van der Boon, A. (2025). Low geomagnetic palaeointensity in the mid-part of the Kiaman Superchron. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 130(1). DOI: 10.1029/2024JB030314
  4. Lloyd, S. J., Biggin, A. J., Halls, H., & Denyszyn, S. (2024). Weak paleointensities from 1.6 Ga Greenland dykes: further evidence for a billion-year period of paleomagnetic dipole low during the Paleoproterozoic. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 648. DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2024.119110
  5. Lloyd, S., Biggin, A., Hill, M., De Groot, L., Suttie, N., Morris, J., Boehnel, H., & Shaw, J. (2023). The use of high frequency microwaves in absolute palaeomagnetic intensity experiments. Frontiers in Earth Science, 11. DOI: 10.3389/feart.2023.1188528
  6. Lloyd, S. J., Biggin, A. J., Paterson, G. A., & McCausland, P. J. A. (2022). Extremely weak early Cambrian dipole moment similar to Ediacaran: evidence for long-term trends in geomagnetic field behaviour? Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 595. DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2022.117757
  7. Bono, R. K., Paterson, G. A., van der Boon, A., Engbers, Y. A., Grappone, M. J., Handford, B., Hawkins, L. M. A., Lloyd, S. J., Sprain, C. J., Thallner, D., & Biggin, A. J. (2022). The PINT database: a definitive compilation of absolute palaeomagnetic intensity determinations since 4 billion years ago. Geophysical Journal International, 229(1), 522–545. DOI: 10.1093/gji/ggab490
  8. Lloyd, S. J., Biggin, A. J., Halls, H., & Hill, M. J. (2021). First palaeointensity data from the Cryogenian and their potential implications for inner core nucleation age. Geophysical Journal International. DOI: 10.1093/gji/ggab090
  9. Lloyd, S. J., Biggin, A. J., & Li, Z.-X. (2021). New paleointensity data suggest possible Phanerozoic-type paleomagnetic variations in the Precambrian. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, 22(10). DOI: 10.1029/2021GC009990
  10. Lloyd, S., Paterson, G. A., Thallner, D., & Biggin, A. J. (2021). Improvements to the Shaw-Type absolute palaeointensity method. Frontiers in Earth Science, 9. DOI: 10.3389/feart.2021.701863

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