Research output per year
Research output per year
Personal profile
Research overview
My research focusses on understanding the architecture of igneous intrusions and the ore deposits hosted. I am an enthusiastic field geology and rock magnetic analysis (AMS, AMR and palaeomagnetism) is my area of analytical expertise. I established the University of St Andrews M2Ore Magnetics Lab (Magam, Minerals and Ore Lab) in 2017 to facilitate my research groups work. Beyond the lab my interests are largely outdoors, I enjoy kayaking, mountain biking and free diving.
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Intrusions are sensitive, temporally constrained strain archives
Latimer, B., McCarthy, W., Mattsson, T. & Reavy, J., 1 Jan 2026, In: Journal of the Geological Society. 183, 1, p. 1-15 15 p., gs2025-066.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Late Ordovician regional high-pressure metamorphism in Scotland, UK: Caledonian metamorphic climax predated the closure of the Iapetus Ocean
Lamont, T. N., McCarthy, W., Strachan, R., Roberts, N. M. W., Mackay-Champion, T., Bird, A. & Searle, M., 1 Mar 2026, In: Geological Society of America Bulletin. 138, 3-4, p. 977-992 16 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Subduction zone magnetism: the influence of metamorphism and serpentinization in the mantle wedge
Li, Y., Lindquist, P. C., Han, D., Fish, B., Harrison, R. J., McCarthy, W., Palin, R. M., Condit, C. B. & Nichols, C. I. O., 5 Mar 2026, In: Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems. 27, 3, 28 p., e2025GC012354.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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The significance of magnetic fabrics preserved in hydrothermally altered rocks
Latimer, B., McCarthy, W., Mattsson, T. & Reavy, J., 10 Mar 2026, In: Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth. 131, 3, 29 p., e2025JB033102.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Igneous layering and magma dynamics in alkaline intrusions: textural evidence for gravitational settling and compaction within cumulates
Jones, E., McCarthy, W., Magee, C., Mattsson, T., Piazolo, S., Hutchison, W. & Humphreys, M. C. S., 7 Jul 2025, In: Journal of the Geological Society. 182, 4, p. 1-19 19 p., jgs2024-181.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Datasets
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Data till: Transport of magma in granitic mush systems; An example from the Götemar pluton, Sweden
Mattsson, T. (Creator), McCarthy, W. (Creator) & Schmiedel, T. (Creator), Stockholm University, 6 Oct 2023
DOI: 10.58141/3w7y-3n17
Dataset
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A Quantitative Classification Tool for Porphyry Cu Alteration Systems (thesis data)
Dixon, O. J. (Creator) & McCarthy, W. (Supervisor), University of St Andrews, 26 Oct 2033
DOI: 10.17630/0deb3aa1-e6c4-4cb2-8ce9-a7a945ce95bc, https://doi.org/10.17630/sta/641
Dataset: Thesis dataset
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Supplemental Material: The Significance of Magnetic Fabrics Preserved in Hydrothermally Altered Rocks
Latimer, B. (Creator), McCarthy, W. (Creator), Mattsson, T. (Creator) & Reavy, J. (Creator), Figshare, 2025
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.30127489.v1
Dataset
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The magnetic fingerprint of pulsed granite magma emplacement and alteration: Slaufrudalur pluton, Iceland. Rock magnetic analyses: Full datasets.
Quintela, O. (Creator), Burchardt, S. (Creator), Mattsson, T. (Creator), Almqvist, B. (Creator), Stevenson, C. (Creator), McCarthy, W. (Creator), Óskarsson, B. V. (Creator), Pitcairn, I. (Creator), Rhodes, E. (Creator), Witcher, T. (Creator), Greiner, S. H. M. (Creator) & Latimer, B. (Creator), Zenodo, 15 Apr 2025
Dataset
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Distinguishing diapirs from inflated plutons: an integrated rock magnetic fabric and structural study on the Roundstone Pluton, western Ireland (dataset)
McCarthy, W. (Creator), Petronis, M. S. (Creator), Reavy, R. J. (Creator) & Stevenson, C. T. (Creator), The Geological Society, 2015
https://www.geolsoc.org.uk/SUP18837
Dataset
Projects
- 3 Finished
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Fire in The Earth: Fire in The Earth
McCarthy, W. (PI)
Science & Technology Facilities Council
1/07/22 → 31/03/23
Project: Standard
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William McCarthy - SFC GCRF 2019/20: StAKz Hub” - A research centre for strategic technological capacity building for the primary resource sector in Kazakhstan and beyond
McCarthy, W. (PI), Fumagalli, M. (CoI), McCollum, D. (CoI) & Stueeken, E. (CoI)
1/08/19 → 30/06/20
Project: Standard