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PUBLICATIONS

PUBLISHED/IN PRESS:

  • Sluijs, A., Bowen, G. J., Brinkhuis, H., Lourens, L. J., and Thomas, E., in press, 2007. The Palaeocene-Eocene Thermal maximum super greenhouse: biotic and geochemical signatures, age models and mechanisms of climate change. in press. Deep Time Perspectives on Climate Change‚ Geol. Soc. London Spec. Vol. preprint
  • Jorissen, F. J., Fontanier, C., and Thomas, E., in press., 2007 Paleoceanographical proxies based on deep-sea benthic foraminiferal assemblage characteristics. In: Proxies in Late Cenozoic Paleoceanography (Pt. 2): Biological tracers and biomarkers, edited by C. Hillaire-Marcel and A. de Vernal, Elsevier ; preprint
  • Thomas, E., in press, 2007. Cenozoic mass extinctions in the deep sea; what disturbs the largest habitat on Earth? In: S. Monechi, R. Coccioni, and M. Rampino, eds., Large Ecosystem Perturbations: Causes and Consequences, Geological Society of America Special Paper, 424: (May 2007) preprint
  • Smart, C. W., and Thomas, E., 2007. Emendation of the genus Streptochilus Broennimann and Resig, 1971 (Foraminifera) and new species from the lower Miocene of the Atlantic and Indian Oceans. Micropaleontology, 53: 73-104; click here for pdf
  • Alegret, L., and Thomas, E., 2007. Deep-Sea environments across the Cretaceous/Paleogene boundary in the eastern South Atlantic Ocean (ODP Leg 208, Walvis Ridge). Marine Micropaleontology, 64: 1-17; doi: 10.1016/j.marmicro.2006.12.003; click here for pdf
  • Hancock, H., Dickens, G. R., Thomas, E., and Blake, K. L., 2007. Reappraisal of early Paleogene CCD curves: foraminiferal assemblages and stable carbon isotopes across the carbonate facies of the Perth Abyssal Plain. International Journal of Earth Sciences, doi: 10.1007/s00531-006-0144-0, click here for pdf
  • Smart, C. W., Thomas, E., and Ramsay, A. T. S., 2007. Middle-late Miocene benthic foraminifera in a western Indian Ocean Depth Transect: paleoceanographic implications. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 247: 402-420, doi: 10.106/jpalaeo.2006.11.003; click here for pdf
  • Thomas, E., Brinkhuis, H., Huber, M., and Roehl, U., 2006. An ocean view of the early Cenozoic Greenhouse World. Oceanography (Special Volume on Ocean Drilling) , 19: 63-72. pdf
  • Smart, C. W., and Thomas, E., 2006. Enigmatic early Miocene biserial planktonic foraminifera, Geology , 34: 1041-104 pdf file
  • Molina, E., Gonzalvo, C., Mancheno, M. A., Ortiz, S., Schmitz, B., Thomas, E., and von Salis, K., 2006. Integrated Stratigraphy and Chronostratigraphy across the Ypresian-Lutetian transition at Fortuna section (Betic Cordillera, Spain). Newsletters in Stratigraphy, 42: 23-41.; pdf file
  • Bowen, G. J., Bralower, T. J., Dickens, G. R., Delaney, M., Kelly, D. C., Koch, P. L., Kump, L. R., Meng, J., Sloan, L. C., Thomas, E., Wing, S. L., Zachos, J. C., 2006. Disciplinary and cross-disciplinary study of the Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum gives new insight into greenhouse gas-induced environmental and biotic change. EOS Transactions AGU, 87 (17), p. 165, 169 pdf file
  • Barker, P. F., and Thomas, E., 2006. Potential of the Scotia Sea Region for Determining the Onset and Development of the Antarctic Circumpolar Current In: Fuetterer, D. K., Damaske, D., Kleinschmidt, G., Miller, H., and Tessensohn, F., eds., Antarctic Contributions to Global Earth Science, Chapter 8.4, p. 433-440.
  • Ortiz, S., and Thomas, E., 2006. Lower-middle Eocene benthic foraminifera from the Fortuna Section (Betic Cordillera, southeastern Spain), Micropaleontology, vol 52, p. 97-150.
  • Alegret, L., and Thomas, E.,  2005. Paleoenvironments across the Cretaceous/ Tertiary boundary in the central North Pacific (DSDP Site 465), the Gulf of Mexico and the Tethys: the benthic foraminiferal record. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, Special Volume Paleobiotic changes in Earth History and their causes, doi : 10.1016/j.palaeo.2005.03.031; pdf
  • Zachos, J. C., Roehl, U., SchellenbergS. A., Sluijs, A., Hodell, D. A., Kelly, D. C., Thomas, E., Nicolo, M., Raffi, I., Lourens, L., Dick Kroon, D., McCarren, H., 2005.  Extreme Acidification of the Atlantic Ocean at the Paleocene-Eocene Boundary (~ 55Mya). Science, 308: 1611- 1615; doi 10.1126/science.1109004; pdf
  • Lourens, L., Sluijs, A., Kroon, D., Zachos, J. C., Thomas, E., Roehl, U., Bowles, J., and Raffi, I., 2005. Astronomical modulation of late Palaeocene to early Eocene global warming events. Nature, 435: 1083-1087; doi: 10.1038/nature0381; pdf
  • Gupta, A. K., Singh, R. J., Sudheer., J., and Thomas, E.,2004. The Indian Ocean High Productivity Event (10-8 Ma): Linked to global cooling or to the Initiation of the Indian Monsoons? Geology, 32: 753-756; doi 10.1130/G20662.1 pdf file
  • Barker, P. F., and Thomas, E., 2004. Origin, Signature and Palaeoclimatic Influence of the Antarctic Circumpolar Current. Earth Science Reviews, 66: 143-162,doi: 10.1016/j.earscirev.2003.10.003 ; pdf file of this paper at this website
  • Alegret, L. and Thomas, E., 2004. Benthic foraminifera and environmental turnover across the Cretaceous/Paleogene boundary at Blake Nose (ODP Hole 1049C, Northwestern Atlantic). Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 208: 59-83, doi: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2004.02.028; pdf file
  • Maslin, M. A., and Thomas, E., 2003. Balancing the deglacial global carbon budget: the hydrate factor. Quaternary Science Reviews, 22: 1729-1736; doi:10.1016/S0277-3791(03)00135-5; pdf
  • Thomas, E., 2003. Extinction and food at the sea floor: a high-resolution benthic foraminiferal record across the Initial Eocene Thermal Maximum, Southern Ocean Site 690. In: Wing, S., Gingerich, P., Schmitz, B., and Thomas, E., eds. Causes and Consequences of Globally Warm Climates of the Paleogene, GSA Special Paper, 369: 319-332. pdf file
  • Dickens, G. R., Fewless, T., Thomas, E., and Bralower, T. J., 2003. Excess Barite Accumulation during the Paleocene/Eocene Thermal Maximum: Massive Input of Dissolved Barium from Seafloor Gas Hydrate Reservoirs.In: Wing, S., Gingerich, P., Schmitz, B., and Thomas, E., eds. Causes and Consequences of Globally Warm Climates of the Paleogene, GSA Special Paper, 369: 13-27. pdf
  • Alegret, L., Molina, E., and Thomas, E., 2003. Benthic foraminiferal faunal turnover across the Cretaceous/Tertiary Boundary at Agost (Southeastern Spain): paleoenvironmental inferences. Marine Micropaleontology,48: 251-280, doi:10.1016/S0377-8398(03)00022-7 pdf
  • Katz, M. E., Wright, J. D., Katz, D. R., Miller, K. G., Pak, D. K., Shackleton, N. J., and Thomas, E.,2003. Paleocene-Eocene benthic foraminiferal isotopes: species reliability and interspecies correction factors. Paleoceanography, vol. 18, No. 2, 1024, doi: 10.1029/2002PA000798; pdf
  • Gupta, A. K., and Thomas, E.,2003. Initiation of Northern Hemisphere Glaciation and strengthening of the northeast Indian Monsoon: Records from ODP Site 758, eastern equatorial Indian Ocean. Geology, 31: 47-50 pdf
  • Thomas, D. J., Zachos, J. C., Bralower, T. J., Thomas, E., and Bohaty, S.,2002. Warming the Fuel for the Fire: Evidence for the thermal dissociation of methane hydrate during the Paleocene-Eocene thermal maximum. Geology, 30: 1067-1070; pdf
  • Alegret, L., I. Arenillas, I., Arz, A., Liesa C., Meléndez, A., Molina E., Soria, A. R., and E. Thomas, E., 2002. The Cretaceous/Tertiary boundary impact event: sedimentology and micropaleontology at El Mulato section, NE Mexico. Terra Nova, 14, 330-336 pdf
  • Alegret, L., and Thomas, E., 2001. Upper Cretaceous and lower Paleogene benthic Foraminifera from northeastern Mexico. Micropaleontology, 47:269-316. pdf
  • Thomas, E., 2001. Paleoceanography: Overview. Encyclopedia of Ocean Sciences, J, H. Steele, S. A. Thorpe and K. K. Turekian, eds. (Academic Press), 2077-2082
  • Alegret, L., Molina, E., and Thomas, E., 2001. Benthic Foraminifera at the Cretaceous/Tertiary boundary around the Gulf of Mexico. Geology, 29: 891-894 pdf
  • Gupta, A. K., Joseph, S., and Thomas, E., 2001. Species diversity of Miocene deep-sea benthic foraminifera and water mass stratification in the northeastern Indian Ocean. Micropaleontology, 47: 111-124 pdf
  • Zachos, J., Pagani, M., Sloan, L., Thomas, E., and Billups, K., 2001, Trends, Rhythms, and Aberrations in Global Climate Change 65 Ma to Present. Science, 292: 686-693. pdf
  • Thomas, E., Turekian, K. K., and Wei, K.-Y., 2000, Productivity Control of Fine Particle Transport to Equatorial Pacific Sediment. Global Biogeochemical Cycles, 14: 945-955. pdf
  • Thomas, E., Gapotchenko, T., Varekamp, J. C., Mecray, E. L., and Buchholtz ten Brink, M. R., 2000, Benthic foraminifera and environmental changes in Long Island Sound, Journal of Coastal Research, 16: 641-655
  • Ohkushi, K., Thomas, E., and Kawahata, H., 2000, Abyssal benthic foraminifera from the Northwestern Pacific (Shatsky Rise)during the last 298 kyr, Marine Micropaleontology, 38: 119-147. pdf
  • Thomas, E., Zachos, J. C., and Bralower, T. J., 2000, Deep-Sea Environments on a Warm Earth: latest Paleocene - early Eocene. B. Huber, K. MacLeod, and S. Wing eds., Warm Climates in Earth History, Cambridge University Press, 132-160.
  • Adams, J. A., Maslin, M. A., and Thomas, E., 1999, Sudden climate transitions during the Quaternary. Progress in Physical Geography, 23: 1-36 pdf
  • Gupta, A., and Thomas, E., 1999, Latest Miocene - Pleistocene productivity and deep-sea ventilation in the northwestern Indian Ocean (DSDP Site 219), Paleoceanography, 14: 62-73 pdf
  • Thomas, E., 1998, The biogeography of the late Paleocene benthic foraminiferal extinction, In: M.-P. Aubry, S. Lucas, and W. A. Berggren, eds., Late Paleocene-early Eocene Biotic and Climatic Events in the Marine and Terrestrial Records, Columbia University Press, 214-243
  • Sloan, L. C., and Thomas, E., 1998, General Climate during the Late Paleocene Thermal Maximum, In: M.-P. Aubry, S. Lucas, and W. A. Berggren, eds., Late Paleocene-early Eocene Biotic and Climatic Events in the Marine and Terrestrial Records, Columbia University Press, 138-157
  • Varekamp, J. C., and Thomas, E., 1998, Sea Level Rise and Climate Change over the Last 1000 Years, EOS, 79: 69-75
  • Saffert, H. L., and Thomas, E., 1998, Living Foraminifera in Salt Marsh Peat Cores: Kelsey Marsh (Clinton, CT) and the Great Marshes (Barnstable, MA), Marine Micropaleontology, 33: 175-202. pdf
  • Varekamp, J.C. and Thomas, E., 1998, Volcanic and anthropogenic contributions to global weathering budgets. Journal of Geochemical Exploration, 62: 149-159 pdf
  • Barrera, E., Savin, S. M., Thomas, E., and Jones, C. E., 1997. Evidence for thermohaline circulation reversals controlled by sea-level change in the latest Cretaceous, Geology, 25: 715-718 ; pdf
  • Bralower, T. J., Thomas, D. J., Zachos, J. C., Hirschmann, M., Röhl, U., Sigurdsson, H., Thomas, E. and Whitney, D., 1997, High-resolution records of the Late Paleocene Thermal Maximum and Caribbean volcanism: is there a causal link? Geology, 25: 963-965 ; pdf
  • Maslin, M. A., Thomas, E., Shackleton, N. J., Hall, M. A., and Seidov, D., 1997. Glacial Northeast Atlantic surface water pCO2: productivity and deep-water formation. Marine Geology, 144: 177-190 pdf
  • Smart, C. W., Murray, J. W., and Thomas, E., 1996, New observations on Seabrookia rugosa Watanabe, 1989 (Foraminifera). Journal of Foraminiferal Research, 26, 24-26
  • Thomas, E., and Shackleton, N. J., 1996. The Palaeocene-Eocene benthic foraminiferal extinction and stable isotope anomalies.Geological Society London Special Publication, 101: 401-441
  • Thomas, E., and Gooday, A. J., 1996, Deep-sea benthic foraminifera: tracers for Cenozoic changes in oceanic productivity? Geology, 24: 355-358 ; pdf
  • Kelly, D. C., Bralower, T. J., Zachos, J. C., Premoli-Silva, I., and Thomas, E., 1996. Rapid diversification of planktonic foraminifera in the tropical Pacific (ODP Site 865) during the Late Paleocene Thermal Maximum, Geology, 24: 423-426 ; pdf
  • Steineck, P. L., and Thomas, E., 1996, The latest Paleocene crisis in the deep-sea: ostracode succession at Maud Rise, Southern Ocean,Geology, 24: 583-586 ; pdf
  • Maslin, M. A., Hall, M. A., Shackleton, N. J., and Thomas, E., 1996, Calculating surface-water pCO2 from foraminiferal organic d13C,Geochimica Cosmochimica Acta, 60: 5089-5100 pdf
  • Thomas, E., Booth, L., Maslin, M., and Shackleton, N. J., 1995. Northeastern Atlantic benthic foraminifera during the last 45,000 years: productivity changes as seen from the bottom up. Paleoceanography, 10: 545-562 pdf
  • Maslin, M. A., Adams, J., Thomas, E., Faure, H., and Haines-Young, R., 1995. Estimating the carbon transfer between the ocean, atmosphere and the terrestrial biosphere since the last glacial maximum. Terra Nova, 7: 358-366
  • Nydick, K., Bidwell, A., Thomas, E., and Varekamp, J. C., 1995. A sea-level rise curve from Guilford, CT. Marine Geology, 124: 137-159 pdf
  • Bralower, T. J., Zachos, J. C., Thomas, E., Parrow, M. N., Paull, C. K., Kelly, D. C., Premoli-Silva, I., and Sliter, W. V., 1995. Late Paleocene to Eocene Paleoceanography of the Equatorial Pacific Ocean: Stable Isotopes recorded at ODP Site 865, Allison Guyot. Paleoceanography, 10: 841-865 pdf
  • Smart, C. W., King, S. C., Gooday, A., Murray, J. W., and Thomas, E., 1994. A benthic foraminiferal proxy of pulsed organic matter paleofluxes. Marine Micropaleontology, 23: 89-99 pdf
  • Eldholm, E., and Thomas, E., 1993. Environmental impact of volcanic margin formation. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 117: 319-329 pdf
  • Thomas, E., 1992. Middle Eocene - late Oligocene bathyal benthic foraminifera (Weddell Sea): faunal changes and implications for ocean circulation. In: Prothero, D. R., and Berggren, W. A., eds., Late Eocene-Oligocene climatic and biotic evolution, Princeton University Press, 245-271
  • Varekamp, J. C., Thomas, E., and Van de Plassche, O., 1992. Relative sea-level rise and climate change over the last 1500 years (Clinton, CT, USA). Terra Nova, 4: 293-304
  • Thomas, E., 1992. Cenozoic deep-sea circulation: evidence from deep-sea benthic foraminifera. AGU Antarctic Research Series, 56: 141-165
  • Thomas, E., and Varekamp, J. C., 1991. Paleo-environmental analyses of marsh sequences (Clinton, CT): evidence for punctuated rise in relative sea-level during the latest Holocene. Journal of Coastal Research, Special Issue, 11: 125-158
  • Thomas, E., 1990. Late Cretaceous through Neogene deep-sea benthic foraminifers (Maud Rise, Weddell Sea, Antarctica). Proceedings ODP, Scientific Results, 113: 571-594
  • Thomas, E., Barrera, E., Hamilton, N., Huber, B. T., Kennett, J. P., O'Connell, S. B., Pospichal, J. J., Spieß, V., Stott, L. D., Wei, W., and Wise, S. W. Jr., 1990. Upper Cretaceous-Paleogene stratigraphy of Sites 689 and 690, Maud Rise (Antarctica). Proceedings ODP, Scientific Results, 113: 901-914
  • Thomas, E., 1990. Late Cretaceous-early Eocene mass extinctions in the deep sea. Geological Society of America Special Publication, 247, 481- 495.
  • Thomas, E., 1989. Development of Cenozoic deep-sea benthic foraminiferal faunas in Antarctic waters. Geological Society London Special Publication, 47: 283-296
  • Thomas, E., and Vincent, E., 1988. Early to middle Miocene deep-sea benthic foraminifera in the equatorial Pacific. Révue de Paléobiologie, Special Volume , 2 (BENTHOS '86): 583-588
  • Thomas, E., 1987. Late Oligocene to Recent benthic foraminifers from DSDP Sites 608 and 610, northeastern Atlantic Ocean. Initial Reports Deep Sea Drilling Project , 94: 997-1032
  • Miller, K. G., Fairbanks, R. G., and Thomas, E., 1987. Benthic foraminiferal carbon isotopic records and the development of abyssal circulation in the eastern North Atlantic. Initial Reports Deep Sea Drilling Project, 94: 981-996
  • Baldauf, J. G., Thomas, E., Clement, B., Takayama, T., Weaver, P. P. E., Backman, J., Jenkins, D. G., Mudie, P. J., and Westberg-Smith, J., 1987. Deep Sea Drilling Project Leg 94 magnetostratigraphic and biostratigraphic synthesis. Initial Reports Deep Sea Drilling Project, 94: 1159-1206
  • Ruddiman, W. F., Backman, J., Baldauf, J., Hooper, P., Keigwin, L. D., Miller, K. G., Raymo, M., and Thomas, E., 1987. Leg 94 Paleoenvironmental synthesis. Initial Reports Deep Sea Drilling Project, 94: 1207-1216
  • Palais, J., Kyle, P. R., Mosley-Thomson, E., and Thomas, E., 1987. Correlation of a 3200 year old tephra in ice cores from Vostok and South Pole Stations, Antarctica. Geophysical Research Letters, 14: 804-807
  • Thomas, E., and Vincent, E., 1987. Major changes in benthic foraminifera in the equatorial Pacific before the middle Miocene polar cooling, Geology, 15: 1035-1039 pdf
  • Thomas, E., 1986. Changes in composition of Neogene benthic foraminiferal faunas in equatorial Pacific and north Atlantic. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 53: 47-61 pdf
  • Thomas, E., 1986. Early to middle Miocene benthic foraminiferal faunas from DSDP Sites 608 and 610, North Atlantic. Geological Society London Special Publication, 21: 205-218
  • Varekamp, J. C., Thomas, E., Germani, M. S., and Buseck, P. R., 1986. Particle geochemistry of volcanic plumes of Etna and Mount St. Helens. Journal of Geophysical Research, 91: 12,233-12,248
  • Thomas, E., 1985. Late Eocene to Recent deep-sea benthic foraminifers from the central equatorial Pacific Ocean. Initial Reports Deep Sea Drilling Project, 85: 655-679
  • Miller, K. G., and Thomas, E., 1985. Late Eocene to Oligocene benthic foraminiferal isotopic record, Site 574, equatorial Pacific. Initial Reports Deep Sea Drilling Project, 85: 771-777
  • Barron, J. A., Nigrini, K. A., Pujos, A., Saito, T., Theyer, F., Thomas, E., and Weinreich, N., 1985. Synthesis of central equatorial Pacific DSDP Leg 85 bio-stratigraphy: refinement of Oligocene to Recent biostratigraphy. Initial Reports Deep Sea Drilling Project , 85: 905-934
  • Theyer, F., Mayer, L. A., Barron, J. A., and Thomas, E., 1985. The equatorial Pacific high-productivity belt: elements for a synthesis of DSDP Leg 85 results. Initial Reports Deep Sea Drilling Project , 85: 971-985
  • Thomas, E., and Buseck, P. R., 1983. Characterization of the aerosol at a rural location in eastern Arizona. Atmospheric Environment , 17: 2299-2301 ; pdf
  • Thomas, E., Varekamp, J. C., and Buseck, P. R., 1982. Zinc enrichment in phreatic ashes of Mt. St. Helens. Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research, 12: 339-350 pdf
  • Varekamp, J. C., and Thomas, E., 1982. Chalcophile elements in Cretaceous/Tertiary boundary sediment: terrestrial or extraterrestrial? Geological Society of America, Special Paper, 190: 461-467
  • Thomas, E., 1980. The development of Uvigerina in the Cretan Mio-Pliocene. Utrecht Micropaleontological Bulletin, 23 (168 pp.)
  • Van der Zwaan, G. J., and Thomas, E., 1980. Late Miocene environmental evolution of the Mediterranean area: stable isotopes of planktonic and benthic foraminifera from Crete. Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie van Wetenschappen, Proceedings, B83: 327-343
  • Thomas, E., 1979. Evolution in Uvigerina. Annales de Géologie des Pays Hellèniques, Hors Série, 2: 1281-1285
  • Thomas, E., 1977. Biometric study of Planorbulinella from the Gulf of Aqaba (Elat). Utrecht Micropaleontological Bulletin, 15:171-204 

REVIEWS, DATA REPORTS, etc.

  • Thomas, E, 2006. A triumph for dynamic positioning. Oceanography (Special Volume on Ocean Drilling), 19: 113. pdf
  • Varekamp,.J. C., Thomas, E., and Groner, M., 2005. The late Pleistocene - Holocene History of Long island Sound, Seventh Biennual LIS Research Conference Proc. (2004), p. 27-32.
  • Thomas, E., 2005. In: Autobiographical sketches of women in oceanography, Oceanography, 18, p. 225. see TOS website
  • Thomas, E., Abramson*, I., Varekamp, J. C., and Buchholtz ten Brink, M. R., 2004. Eutrophication of Long Island Sound as traced by Benthic Foraminifera. Sixth Biennual LIS Research Conference Proc.: 87-91
  • Lugolobi*, F., Varekamp, J. C., Thomas, E., and Buchholtz ten Brink, M. R., 2004. The use of stable carbon isotopes in foraminiferal calcite to trace changes in biological oxygen demand in Long Island Sound. Sixth Biennual LIS Research Conference Proc.: 47-51
  • Varekamp, J. C., Thomas, E., Lugolobi,* F., and Buchholtz ten Brink, M. R., 2004. The paleo-environmental history of Long Island Sound as traced by organic carbon, biogenic silica and stable isotope/trace element studies in sediment cores. Sixth Biennual  LIS Research Conference Proc.: 109-113
  • Shipboard Scientific Party ODP Leg 208, 2004. Leg 208: Early Cenozoic Extreme Climates: The Walvis Ridge Transect, 6 March-6 May 2003. Proc. ODP, Init. Repts., 208 [Online],Texas A&M University, College Station TX 77845-9547
  • Shipboard Scientific Party ODP Leg 208, 2004. Leg 208: Early Cenozoic Extreme Climates: The Walvis Ridge Transect, 6 March-6 May 2003. JOIDES Journal, 24 (1).
  • Barker, P. F., and Thomas, E., in press. Potential of the Scotia Sea Region for Determining the Onset and Development of the Antarctic Circumpolar Current In: D. Fuetterer, ed., Antarctic Contributions to Global Earth Science" , ISAES-IX Proceedings Volume.
  • Shipboard Scientific Party ODP Leg 208, 2003. Leg 208 Preliminary Report. Early Cenozoic Extreme Climates: The Walvis Ridge Transect, 6 March&endash;6 May 2003. Ocean Drilling Program, Texas A&M University, College Station TX 77845-9547, August 2003,
  • Thomas, E., 2003. Paleogene time scale miscalibration: Evidence from the dating of the North Atlantic igneous province. COMMENT, Geology, 31:
  • Thomas, E., 2002. Small Organisms on the Sea Floor: Understanding Pathways of Carbon in the Oceans. In White, K. and Urquhart, E. (Eds.), ODP's Greatest Hits, Volume 2, 1pp.
  • Thomas, E., Gapotchenko, T., Varekamp, J.C., Buchholtz ten Brink, M.F., and Mecray, E., 2000, Foraminifera in Long Island Sound surface sediments in 1999: evidence for recent environmental change, CD USGS, open file report 00-304.
  • Thompson, W. G., Thomas, E., and Varekamp, J. C., 1500 Years of Sea Level Rise in Long Island Sound, Fourth LIS Research Conference Proc., 139-148.
  • Thomas, E., and Zachos, J. C., 2000. Was the Late Paleocene Thermal Maximum a unique event? GFF, 122: 169-170.
  • Gibson, T. G., Bybell, L. M., Thomas, E., and Zachos, J., 2000, Kaolinite Distribution in Paleocene/Eocene boundary strata of the Northeastern U.S. and Pakistan - Climatic and Stratigraphic Implications. GFF, 122, 56
  • Thomas, E., 2000. An introduction to 'Biotic Responses to Major Paleoceanographic Changes'; in: F. Abrantes and A. Mix, eds., Reconstructing Ocean History: a Window into the Future, Plenum Press, 163-171.
  • Varekamp, J. C., Thomas, E., and Thompson, W. G., 1999. Sea-level climate correlation during the past 1400 yr. COMMENT. Geology, 27: 189.
  • Bralower, T. J., Thomas, D. J., Thomas, E., and Zachos, J. C., 1998. High-resolution records of the late Paleocene thermal maximum and circum-Caribbean volcanism: is there as causal link? REPLY. Geology, 26: 671.
  • Thomas, E., 1998, Review of "Deep-sea benthic foraminifera from Cretaceous - Paleogene boundary strata in the South Atlantic - taxonomy and paleoecology", J. Widmark, Fossils and Strata, Volume 43 (1996). Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology,Palaeoecology, 142: 87.
  • Thomas, E., 1997. Review of "Late Quaternary Palaeoceanography of the North Atlantic Margin", edited by J. T. Andrews, W. E. N. Austin, H. Bergsten, and A. E. Jennings, editors, Geological Society London Special Publication No. 111 (1996). Marine Micropaleontology, 30: 335-336
  • Varekamp, J.C. and Thomas, E., 1997, Relative Sea Level Rise Trends in Long Island Sound Over the Last 1500 Years. Third LIS Research Conference Proceedings, p.21-27.
  • Bralower, T. J., Parrow, M., Thomas, E., and Zachos, J. C., 1995. DATA REPORT: Stable isotope stratigraphy of the Paleogene pelagic cap at Site 865, Allison Guyot.Proceedings ODP, Scientific Results, 143: 581-586
  • Elderfield, H., and Thomas, E., 1995. The BOFS Paleoceanography Programme: introduction and relationship of core sites to topography and oceanography. Paleoceanography, 10: 509-511
  • Thomas, E., Shackleton, N. J., and Hall, M. A., 1991. DATA REPORT: Carbon isotope stratigraphy of Paleogene bulk sediments, Hole 762C (Exmouth Plateau, Eastern Indian Ocean). Proceedings ODP, Scientific Results, 122: 897-901
  • Thomas, E., 1987. Review of "The Miocene Ocean: Paleoceanography and Biogeography", J. P. Kennett, editor, Geological Society of America, Memoir 163. Sedimentology 34: 1181-1183
  • Kyle, P. R., Palais, J., and Thomas, E., 1984. Vostok tephra: an important englacial marker? Antarctic Journal of the United States, 19: 64-65