Just published in Organic Geochemistry, "Fire-induced shifts in stalagmite organic matter mapped using Synchrotron infrared microspectroscopy", led by #ANSTO colleague Dr. Liza McDonough. We demonstrate for the first time that Synchrotron IRM is a promising non-destructive, high resolution (5 µm) technique for analysing stalagmite organic matter. The paper can be found #OpenAccess here: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.orggeochem.2024.104842

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Fire-induced shifts in stalagmite organic matter mapped using Synchrotron infrared microspectroscopy

Understanding organic matter (OM) in cave mineral deposits (speleothems) is essential for interpreting land use and climatic changes, and the incorpor…

Do not forget: The next edition of the #BiWeeklyColloquia will take place on Monday (22 January) Thomas Giesecke from @utrechtuniversity will give a talk on »Climate and human induced changes to floristic diversity in
Europe since the last ice age« https://www.uni-kiel.de/en/cluster-roots/details/news/20240122-biweekly-colloquium
#Pastclimate
Biweekly Colloquium: "Climate and human induced changes to floristic diversity in Europe since the last ice age”

Thomas Giesecke - Utrecht University

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