Yes, spent five years experimentally applying the tool (palynology) to new materials (speleothems), and developing new collaborations.
We have shown that thermoluminescence dating can provide reliable age estimates for particularly old speleothems: (open access) www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...bbh.pik-potsdam.de/en/thermolum...
Speleothems are a key archive of past climatic and environmental changes. 230Th/U dating is the most commonly used method to determine speleothem ages…
New review study "The 4.2ka event is not remarkable in the context of Holocene climate variability"🤔 www.nature.com/articles/s41... Also says, Mediterranean drought didn't happen. So I plotted d18O of all 56 speleothems in Sisal3 with okay resolution from -9 to 85°E. Result: Mediterranean WAS dryer🧵
A study of more than 1000 paleoclimate datasets reveals that the ”4.2 ka event” is not a globally significant climate excursion, unlike the prominent 8.2 ka event. In the Holocene, site-level excursio...
Dating Speleothems and Speleothem Growth andy-baker.org/2024/07/31/d...
On Sunday 28th July I was invited to give a Science Forum webinar to the Australasian Cave and Karst Management Association. The topic was 'Dating Speleothems and Speleothem Growth'. The recording is ...
Not saying work is slow but I'm currently using my time to learn all about speleothems. What's your favourite? Flowstone? Moonmilk? Frostworks? It's sinter canopy for me all the way.
Dated between 172 - 130 ka, "Altamura man" still lies deep within the cave, partly embedded within speleothems Virtual paleoanthropology in karstic environments. The challenging case of the Neanderthal skeleton from Altamura (southern Italy) 🏺🧪 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Today's travel in Kikaijima took me to Ufuyaguchi Limestone Cave. Before World War II, this cave was full of speleothems, but they were removed to make it a bunker. New speleothems are starting to form, though. ⚒️ #Japan#speleothem#cave
Yes! Used in reconstructing paleoclimates from corals and stalactites/speleothems!
I bet its speleothems are rubbish, though