I’ve published on subjects ranging from Siberian permafrost to South American earthquakes. These pages give an overview of each paper, and a link to download the journal article. Where possible the papers have been published in open access journals, the others are available through institutional data stores.
- Characterization of diverse bacteriohopanepolyols in a permanently stratified, hyper-euxinic lake
2022, Organic Geochemistry
Purple filters and new biomarker molecules - The quantification of di-octyl terephthalate and calcium carbonate in polyvinyl chloride using Fourier transform-infrared and Raman spectroscopy
2022, Journal of Applied Polymer Science
Identifying plastic with lasers can save money - Methanotroph-derived bacteriohopanepolyol signatures in sediments covering Miocene brown coal deposits
2021, International Journal of Coal Geology
Finding modern and ancient microbes in some Polish coal - Spatio-temporal analysis of the potential toxicological burden of pollutants in a fluvial system, the River Irwell, Manchester, through anthropogenic activities (present and historical) and natural mechanisms
2021, North West Geography
Monitoring river health in North Manchester - Signatures of the post-hydration heating of highly aqueously altered CM carbonaceous chondrites and implications for interpreting asteroid sample returns
2020, Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta
How do meteorites change as they get heated up? - Survival of graphitized petrogenic organic carbon through multiple erosional cycles
2020, Earth and Planetary Science Letters
Tracking graphite as it goes around and around - Carbonaceous material export from Siberian permafrost tracked across the Arctic Shelf using Raman spectroscopy
2018, The Cryosphere
Terrestrial carbon found far across the Arctic Shelf - Macromolecular organic matter across the East Siberian Arctic Shelf
2016, The Cryosphere
First use of pyrolysis GCMS across the East Siberian Arctic Shelf - Source, transport and fate of soil organic matter inferred from microbial biomarker lipids
2016, Biogeosciences
BHP biomarker molecules on the East Siberian Arctic Shelf - Elephant Moraine 96029, a very mildly aqueously altered and heated CM carbonaceous chondrite
2016, Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta
Unravelling a meteorite from the dawn of the Solar System - Decadal carbon discharge by a mountain stream is dominated by coarse organic matter
2016, Geology
Tree trunks and branches contain lots of carbon, but are often too big to measure - GDGT distributions on the East Siberian Arctic Shelf: Discussion paper
2015, Biogeosciences Discussions
Open Access publishing in action - GDGT distributions on the East Siberian Arctic Shelf
2015, Biogeosciences
The first study of the BIT index across the East Siberian Arctic Shelf - Redistribution of multi-phase particulate organic carbon in a marine shelf and canyon system during an exceptional river flood
2015, Marine Geology
Tracking organic carbon from river to ocean in Taiwan - Distributions of bacterial and archaeal membrane lipids in surface sediments reflect differences in input and loss of terrestrial organic carbon along a cross-shelf Arctic transect
2015, Organic Geochemistry
Tracking soil carbon and coastal erosion coming from the Kolyma River, Siberia - Preservation of terrestrial organic carbon in marine sediments offshore Taiwan
2014, Earth Surface Dynamics
Mountain building and atmospheric carbon dioxide sequestration - Automated Analysis of Carbon in Powdered Geological and Environmental Samples by Raman Spectroscopy
2013, Applied Spectroscopy
A new method for analysing Raman spectra quickly, easily and reliably - Mobilization and transport of coarse woody debris to the oceans triggered by an extreme tropical storm
2011, Limnology and Oceanography
Tropical storms wash huge numbers of tree trunks out to sea - Subducted seafloor relief stops rupture in South American great earthquakes
2010, Earth and Planetary Science Letters
Seamounts being forced into subduction zones can stop earthquakes