All Outputs (15)

The stoichiometry of carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen in peat (2018)
Journal Article
Moore, T. R., Large, D., Talbot, J., Wang, M., & Riley, J. L. (2018). The stoichiometry of carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen in peat. Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences, 123(10), 3101-3110. https://doi.org/10.1029/2018jg004574

Carbon (C), hydrogen (H), and oxygen (O) form ~90% by mass of peat, a product of the input of plant tissues and litter and the output of decomposition under aerobic and anaerobic conditions. We examined patterns of these elements, as the O:C and H:C... Read More about The stoichiometry of carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen in peat.

Latitudinal limits to the predicted increase of the peatland carbon sink with warming (2018)
Journal Article
Gallego-Sala, A. V., Charman, D. J., Brewer, S., Page, S. E., Prentice, I. C., Friedlingstein, P., …Zhao, Y. (2018). Latitudinal limits to the predicted increase of the peatland carbon sink with warming. Nature Climate Change, 8(10), 907-913. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41558-018-0271-1

The carbon sink potential of peatlands depends on the balance of carbon uptake by plants and microbial decomposition. The rates of both these processes will increase with warming but it remains unclear which will dominate the global peatland response... Read More about Latitudinal limits to the predicted increase of the peatland carbon sink with warming.

Monitoring tropical peat related settlement using ISBAS InSAR, Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA) (2018)
Journal Article
Marshall, C., Large, D. J., Athab, A., Evers, S. L., Sowter, A., Marsh, S., & Sjögersten, S. (2018). Monitoring tropical peat related settlement using ISBAS InSAR, Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA). Engineering Geology, 244, 57-65. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enggeo.2018.07.015

Rapid population growth in South-East Asia has placed immense pressure upon lowland regions both to supply food and employment and space for residential, commercial and infrastructure development. This pressure has led to sites on tropical peatland p... Read More about Monitoring tropical peat related settlement using ISBAS InSAR, Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA).

Exploring drivers of litter decomposition in a greening Arctic: results from a transplant experiment across a tree-line (2018)
Journal Article
Parker, T. C., Sanderman, J., Holden, R. D., Blume-Werry, G., Sjögersten, S., Large, D., …Wookey, P. A. (2018). Exploring drivers of litter decomposition in a greening Arctic: results from a transplant experiment across a tree-line. Ecology, 99(10), 2284-2294. https://doi.org/10.1002/ecy.2442

Decomposition of plant litter is a key control over carbon (C) storage in the soil. The biochemistry of the litter being produced, the environment in which the decomposition is taking place, and the community composition and metabolism of the decompo... Read More about Exploring drivers of litter decomposition in a greening Arctic: results from a transplant experiment across a tree-line.

Dynamics of charcoal alteration in a tropical biome: a biochar-based study (2018)
Journal Article
Ascough, P., Bird, M., Meredith, W., Snape, C. E., Large, D., Tilston, E., …Shen, L. (2018). Dynamics of charcoal alteration in a tropical biome: a biochar-based study. Frontiers in Earth Science, 6, Article 61. https://doi.org/10.3389/feart.2018.00061

Pyrogenic carbon (PyC) is a polyaromatic residue of the incomplete combustion of biomass or fossil fuels. There is a growing recognition that PyC forms an important part of carbon budgets, due to production rates of 116–385 Tg C yr, and the size and... Read More about Dynamics of charcoal alteration in a tropical biome: a biochar-based study.

Understanding the effects of peripheral vision and muscle memory on in-vehicle touchscreen interactions (2018)
Journal Article
Eren, A. L., Burnett, G., Large, D. R., & Harvey, C. (in press). Understanding the effects of peripheral vision and muscle memory on in-vehicle touchscreen interactions. IET Intelligent Transport Systems, https://doi.org/10.1049/iet-its.2017.0229

It is important to gain a better understanding of how drivers interact with in-vehicle touchscreens to help design interfaces to minimise “eyes off road” time. The study aimed to investigate the relative effects of two interaction mechanisms (periphe... Read More about Understanding the effects of peripheral vision and muscle memory on in-vehicle touchscreen interactions.

SHRIMP zircon U–Pb ages from coal beds across the Permian–Triassic boundary, eastern Yunnan, southwestern China (2018)
Journal Article
Wang, J., Shao, L., Wang, H., Spiro, B., & Large, D. (2018). SHRIMP zircon U–Pb ages from coal beds across the Permian–Triassic boundary, eastern Yunnan, southwestern China. Journal of Palaeogeography, 7(2), 117-129. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jop.2018.01.002

The first SHRIMP zircon U–Pb ages from coal beds close to the end-Permian mass extinction are reported from the C1 coal seam in the Yantang Mine in Laibin Town, Xuanwei County, eastern Yunnan Province. Zircons were extracted from kaolinite claystone... Read More about SHRIMP zircon U–Pb ages from coal beds across the Permian–Triassic boundary, eastern Yunnan, southwestern China.

Improving spatial predictability of petroleum resources within the Central Tertiary Basin, Spitsbergen: a geochemical and petrographic study of coals from the eastern and western coalfields (2017)
Journal Article
Uguna, J. O., Carr, A. D., Marshall, C., Large, D., Meredith, W., Jochmann, M., …Olaussen, S. (2017). Improving spatial predictability of petroleum resources within the Central Tertiary Basin, Spitsbergen: a geochemical and petrographic study of coals from the eastern and western coalfields. International Journal of Coal Geology, 179, 278-294. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.coal.2017.06.007

Central Tertiary Basin (CTB) coals from a variety of palaeogeographic conditions within the Longyear and Verkhnij seams, were sampled to assess the relationship between the petroleum present, the remaining generation potential and coal geochemistry i... Read More about Improving spatial predictability of petroleum resources within the Central Tertiary Basin, Spitsbergen: a geochemical and petrographic study of coals from the eastern and western coalfields.

Quality not quantity: organic matter composition controls of CO?and CH?fluxes in neotropical peat profiles (2016)
Journal Article
Hoyos-Santillan, J., Lomax, B. H., Large, D., Turner, B. L., Boom, A., Lopez, O. R., & Sjögersten, S. (2016). Quality not quantity: organic matter composition controls of CO₂and CH₄fluxes in neotropical peat profiles. Soil Biology and Biochemistry, 103, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.soilbio.2016.08.017

Tropical peatlands represent an important source of carbon dioxide (CO₂) and methane (CH₄) to the atmosphere. However, we do not know where in the peat profile these gases are produced and how controlling factors, such as substrate quality, which can... Read More about Quality not quantity: organic matter composition controls of CO?and CH?fluxes in neotropical peat profiles.

Coal-derived rates of atmospheric dust deposition during the Permian (2015)
Journal Article
Marshall, C., Large, D. J., & Heavens, N. G. (2016). Coal-derived rates of atmospheric dust deposition during the Permian. Gondwana Research, 31, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gr.2015.10.002

Despite widespread evidence for atmospheric dust deposition prior to the Quaternary, quantitative rate data remains sparse. As dust influences both climate and biological productivity, the absence of quantitative dust data limits the comprehensivenes... Read More about Coal-derived rates of atmospheric dust deposition during the Permian.

Long-term reindeer grazing limits warming-induced increases in CO2 released by tundra heath soil: potential role of soil C quality (2015)
Journal Article
Väisänen, M., Sjogersten Turner, S., Large, D., Drage, T., & Stark, S. (2015). Long-term reindeer grazing limits warming-induced increases in CO2 released by tundra heath soil: potential role of soil C quality. Environmental Research Letters, 10(9), Article 094020. https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/10/9/094020

© 2015 IOP Publishing Ltd. The current climate warming in the Arctic may increase the microbial degradation of vast pools of soil carbon (C); however, the temperature sensitivity of decomposition is often highly dependent on the quality of accumulate... Read More about Long-term reindeer grazing limits warming-induced increases in CO2 released by tundra heath soil: potential role of soil C quality.

Geochemistry and petrology of palaeocene coals from Spitzbergen — Part 2: Maturity variations and implications for local and regional burial models (2015)
Journal Article
Marshall, C., Uguna, J., Large, D. J., Meredith, W., Jochmann, M., Friis, B., …Orheim, A. (2015). Geochemistry and petrology of palaeocene coals from Spitzbergen — Part 2: Maturity variations and implications for local and regional burial models. International Journal of Coal Geology, 143, 1-10. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.coal.2015.03.013

The Central Tertiary Basin is an uplifted part of the North Barents Shelf and should be an ideal location to understand the thermal history, maximum burial depth and overburden thickness in this petroleum-rich area. Efforts to quantify the thermal hi... Read More about Geochemistry and petrology of palaeocene coals from Spitzbergen — Part 2: Maturity variations and implications for local and regional burial models.

Geochemistry and petrology of Palaeocene coals from Spitsbergen — Part 1: oil potential and depositional environment (2015)
Journal Article
Marshall, C., Large, D. J., Meredith, W., Snape, C. E., Uguna, C. N., Spiro, B. F., …Friis, B. (2015). Geochemistry and petrology of Palaeocene coals from Spitsbergen — Part 1: oil potential and depositional environment. International Journal of Coal Geology, 143, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.coal.2015.03.006

Abundant oil prone coal (Type III kerogen) deposits are preserved within the high latitude, middle Palaeocene, Todalen member of the Central Tertiary Basin, Spitsbergen Island, Norwegian Arctic. The coals (Svea, Longyear, Svarteper and Askeladden sea... Read More about Geochemistry and petrology of Palaeocene coals from Spitsbergen — Part 1: oil potential and depositional environment.

Calcium leaching from waste steelmaking slag: Significance of leachate chemistry and effects on slag grain mineralogy (2014)
Journal Article
HALL, C., LARGE, D., ADDERLEY, B., & WEST, H. (2014). Calcium leaching from waste steelmaking slag: Significance of leachate chemistry and effects on slag grain mineralogy. Minerals Engineering, 65, 156-162. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mineng.2014.06.002

Accelerated carbonation of alkaline wastes such as steelmaking slag offers the potential to combine waste valorisation with climate change mitigation by utilising carbon dioxide (CO2). One method of achieving this is through an indirect carbonation p... Read More about Calcium leaching from waste steelmaking slag: Significance of leachate chemistry and effects on slag grain mineralogy.

Identification of typical eco-hydrological behaviours using InSAR allows landscape-scale mapping of peatland condition
Working Paper
Bradley, A. V., Andersen, R., Marshall, C., Sowter, A., & Large, D. J. Identification of typical eco-hydrological behaviours using InSAR allows landscape-scale mapping of peatland condition

Better tools for rapid and reliable assessment of global peatland extent and condition are urgently needed to support action to prevent their further decline. Peatland surface motion is a response to changes in the water and gas content of a peat bod... Read More about Identification of typical eco-hydrological behaviours using InSAR allows landscape-scale mapping of peatland condition.