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Research interests
My research interests are to document and understand the processes that govern climate on time scales ranging from the modern day back through hundreds of thousands of years. To do this research I use geochemical techniques, with an emphasis on radioactive elements including uranium series isotopes and radiocarbon. These elements are particularly valuable as they have a wide range of decay rates and geochemical properties and can be analysed in geologic materials such as corals, marine sediments and seawater.
Through a combination of field work (see the cruise blog link for an example) and lab work (see lab website link) I have been tackling questions relating to:
- Timing of Pleistocene climate change events
- Palaeoclimate reconstructions
- Deep-sea coral paleo-biogeography
- Impact of weathering on the ocean and climate
- Biomineralization
- Development of new geochemical proxies for past climate conditions
- Chemical tracers of ocean circulation
Structured keywords and research groupings
- Cabot Institute Water Research
- Cabot Institute Food Security Research
- Cabot Institute Environmental Change Research
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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Exploring preferential 234U dissolution as a weathering tracer using the glacial tills
31/03/20 → 30/03/22
Project: Research
Research output
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The Southern Ocean’s Role in Carbon Exchange During the Last Deglaciation
Burke, A. & Robinson, LF., Feb 2012, In: Science. 335, 6068, p. 557 - 461Research output: Contribution to journal › Article (Academic Journal) › peer-review
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Abrupt changes in high-latitude nutrient supply to the Atlantic during the last glacial cycle
Hendry, K., Robinson, LF., Meredith, M. P., Mulitza, S., Chiessi, C. M. & Arz, H., 2012, In: Geology. 40, 2, p. 123 - 126Research output: Contribution to journal › Article (Academic Journal) › peer-review
29 Citations (Scopus) -
Ba/Ca of stylasterid coral skeletons records dissolved seawater barium concentrations
Kershaw, J., Stewart, J. A., Strawson, I., de Carvalho Ferreira, M. L., Robinson, L. F., Hendry, K. R., Samperiz, A., Burke, A., Rae, J. W. B., Day, R. D., Etnoyer, P. J., Williams, B. & Häussermann, V., 5 Apr 2023, In: Chemical Geology. 622, 121355.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article (Academic Journal) › peer-review
Open Access
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Supplementary material for the thesis “Modelling carbon isotopes to examine ocean circulation and the marine carbon cycle”
Dentith, J. E. (Creator), Ivanovic, R. (Contributor), Gregoire, L. (Contributor), Tindall, J. (Contributor), Robinson, L. F. (Contributor), Valdes, P. J. (Contributor) & Smith, R. (Contributor), University of Leeds, 29 Aug 2019
DOI: 10.5518/621, http://archive.researchdata.leeds.ac.uk/565/
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Drake Passage deep-sea coral U-Th and 14C data for Southern Ocean corals
Li, T. (Contributor), Chen, T. (Contributor), Robinson, L. F. (Contributor), Burke, A. (Contributor) & Spooner, P. (Contributor), British Antarctic Survey, 31 Jul 2019
DOI: 10.5285/72ee3175-0a64-43b0-9308-b488979a59e9, https://doi.org/10.5285%2F72ee3175-0a64-43b0-9308-b488979a59e9
Dataset
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Trace element and boron isotopic composition of Drake Passage deep-sea corals
Stewart, J. (Contributor), Rae, J. (Contributor), Spooner, P. (Contributor), Robinson, L. F. (Contributor), Littley, E. (Contributor) & Cole, C. (Contributor), British Antarctic Survey, 31 Jul 2019
DOI: 10.5285/ee141bb8-ecc2-4305-9978-05fe9521f10a, https://doi.org/10.5285%2Fee141bb8-ecc2-4305-9978-05fe9521f10a
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Activities
- 1 Fellowship awarded competitively
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ERC Starting Grant - Reconstructing abrupt Changes in Chemistry and Circulation of the Equatorial Atlantic Ocean: Implications for global Climate and deep-water Habitats.
Laura F Robinson (Recipient)
1 Oct 2011 → 1 Oct 2016Activity: Other activity types › Fellowship awarded competitively