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Seasonality of Holocene hydroclimate in the Eastern Mediterranean reconstructed using the oxygen isotope composition of carbonates and diatoms from Lake Nar, central Turkey (2017)
Journal Article
Dean, J. R., Jones, M. D., Leng, M. J., Metcalfe, S. E., Sloane, H. J., Eastwood, W. J., & Roberts, C. N. (2018). Seasonality of Holocene hydroclimate in the Eastern Mediterranean reconstructed using the oxygen isotope composition of carbonates and diatoms from Lake Nar, central Turkey. Holocene, 28(2), https://doi.org/10.1177/0959683617721326

A positive shift in the oxygen isotope composition (δ18O) of lake carbonates in the Eastern Mediterranean from the early to late Holocene is usually interpreted as a change to drier (reduced P/E) conditions. However, it has also been suggested that c... Read More about Seasonality of Holocene hydroclimate in the Eastern Mediterranean reconstructed using the oxygen isotope composition of carbonates and diatoms from Lake Nar, central Turkey.

Sedimentary context and palaeoecology of Gigantoproductus shell beds in the Mississippian Eyam Limestone Formation, Derbyshire carbonate platform, central England (2017)
Journal Article
Nolan, L., Angiolini, L., Jadoul, F., Della Porta, G., Davies, S., Banks, V., Stephenson, M., & Leng, M. J. (in press). Sedimentary context and palaeoecology of Gigantoproductus shell beds in the Mississippian Eyam Limestone Formation, Derbyshire carbonate platform, central England. Proceedings of the Yorkshire Geological Society, https://doi.org/10.1144/pygs2017-393

A sedimentological study was conducted at two localities exposing the Mississippian Eyam Limestone Formation of the Derbyshire carbonate platform, UK. Ricklow Quarry comprises seven facies with diverse skeletal assemblages, representing deposition on... Read More about Sedimentary context and palaeoecology of Gigantoproductus shell beds in the Mississippian Eyam Limestone Formation, Derbyshire carbonate platform, central England.

A late Quaternary record of seasonal sea surface temperatures off southern Africa (2017)
Journal Article
Loftus, E., Sealy, J., Leng, M. J., & Lee-Thorp, J. (2017). A late Quaternary record of seasonal sea surface temperatures off southern Africa. Quaternary Science Reviews, 171, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2017.07.003

The southern Cape coastal region is important for understanding both the behavioural history of modern humans, and regional and global climate dynamics, because it boasts a long archaeological record and occupies a key geographical location near the... Read More about A late Quaternary record of seasonal sea surface temperatures off southern Africa.

Timing recovery after the cretaceous/paleogene boundary: evidence from Brazos River, Texas (2017)
Journal Article
Leighton, A. D., Hart, M. B., Smart, C. W., Leng, M. J., & Hampton, M. (2017). Timing recovery after the cretaceous/paleogene boundary: evidence from Brazos River, Texas. Journal of Foraminiferal Research, 47(3), https://doi.org/10.2113/gsjfr.47.3.229

As part of an on-going re-assessment of the Cretaceous/ Paleogene boundary in the Brazos River area, Falls County, Texas, a number of new exposures have been described. One of these, at River Bank South, provides a near continuous record of the lower... Read More about Timing recovery after the cretaceous/paleogene boundary: evidence from Brazos River, Texas.

The prospectivity of a potential shale gas play: An example from the southern Pennine Basin (central England, UK) (2017)
Journal Article
Hennissen, J. A., Hough, E., Vane, C. H., Leng, M. J., Kemp, S. J., & Stephenson, M. H. (in press). The prospectivity of a potential shale gas play: An example from the southern Pennine Basin (central England, UK). Marine and Petroleum Geology, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2017.06.033

During the Serpukhovian (late Mississippian) Stage, the Pennine Basin, now underlying much of northern England, consisted of a series of interlinked sub-basins that developed in response to the crustal extension north of the Hercynic orogenic zone. F... Read More about The prospectivity of a potential shale gas play: An example from the southern Pennine Basin (central England, UK).

Temporal controls on silicic acid utilisation along the West Antarctic Peninsula (2017)
Journal Article
Swann, G. E., Pike, J., Leng, M. J., Sloane, H. J., & Snelling, A. M. (2017). Temporal controls on silicic acid utilisation along the West Antarctic Peninsula. Nature Communications, 14645, https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms14645

The impact of climatic change along the Antarctica Peninsula has been widely debated in light of atmospheric/oceanic warming and increases in glacial melt over the past half century. Particular concern exists over the impact of these changes on marin... Read More about Temporal controls on silicic acid utilisation along the West Antarctic Peninsula.

C/N ratios and carbon isotope composition of organic matter in estuarine environments (2017)
Book Chapter
Leng, M. J., & Lewis, J. P. (2017). C/N ratios and carbon isotope composition of organic matter in estuarine environments. In K. Weckström, K. Saunders, P. Gell, & G. Skilbeck (Eds.), Applications of Paleoenvironmental Techniques in Estuarine Studies. Springer Netherlands. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-024-0990-1_9

The sediments that are preserved in estuarine environments (saltmarsh, riverine estuaries, mangrove habitats, lagoons, isolation basins and fjords) contain organic matter that allows investigation of the provenance of that material. These data can th... Read More about C/N ratios and carbon isotope composition of organic matter in estuarine environments.