We were very kindly invited to write a communication piece for #AGUPubs Eos magazine, to go along with our recent review paper. If you'd like a quick overview on using #speleothems for #palaeofire research, look no further!

https://eos.org/editors-vox/using-cave-formations-to-investigate-ancient-wildfires

#SciComm #AcWri #paleofire @Andbaker

Woohoo it's paper publishing day! So pleased to have this article out in the light of day, and published #OpenAccess in Reviews of Geophysics. We give you everything we know about #speleothems as #palaeofire archives, including tips on sample and site selection, and appropriate methods. We then sweeten the deal with four case studies.

This one was a huge team effort, and could not have been written without the involvement of all the co-authors (👋 @Andbaker).

#AcWri #Academia

I am here analysing samples in the hunt for #fire events. Key steps are Sr maps so we can build precise chronologies in our annually laminated samples, and maps of metals, because they're not always distributed evenly across growth layers. Here we can see spotty iron distribution in the sample. #Speleothems #Stalagmites #palaeoclimate #xrays

There's something soothing about polishing rocks. Gave some samples a touch-up ahead of a trip to the Synchrotron next week for some fun on the XFM line. Look at the shine! #palaeoClimate #Speleothems #Stalagmites #AustralianSynchrotron #Shiny

And if anyone is interested in the world of caves, stalagmites and climate, here are the links to the whole of the session. Even if you aren't registered, I believe you can read the abstracts:

Online PP11B poster session:
Monday 08:00-09:00 (CST), Online
Schedule: https://agu.confex.com/agu/fm22/meetingapp.cgi/Session/174723

In person PP22A oral session:
Tuesday 09:00-10:30 (CST), McCormick Place - S405a (South, Level 4)
Schedule: https://agu.confex.com/agu/fm22/meetingapp.cgi/Session/174716

In person PP25C poster session:
Tuesday 14:45-18:15 (CST), McCormick Place - Poster Hall, Hall A (South, Level 3)
Schedule: https://agu.confex.com/agu/fm22/meetingapp.cgi/Session/158058

#AGU22 #caves #stalagmites #speleothems #climate #geochemistry #isotopes

RT @SFMBreitenbach@twitter.com

#PhDposition available! 📢 Want to work with #speleothems from #Mongolia & #reconstruct #environmental changes, #permafrost dynamics, #vegetation composition? join @OlaKwiecien3@twitter.com, @UmboStuart@twitter.com, me @NUGeog@twitter.com! 👇😎 DM if interested!
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🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/SFMBreitenbach/status/1597276776090447873

Working with #speleothems, #cave deposits or other #karst records? Come to our session at #EGU23 - Abstract submission is open!!!! All modern or paleo studies welcome… https://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU23/session/45507 @EuroGeosciences

My #firstpost on #Mastodon:

🌏 🌊 I am an Earth/climate scientist at the University of Arizona in #Tucson (southwestern US) focusing on the areas of #climate change, #paleoclimates, and #paleoceanography, with an emphasis on #ENSO, #monsoons, & #variability.

⚗️🐚 Our group uses #inorganic #geochemistry incl. measurements of #stableisotopes & #tracemetals in #carbonate rocks & #fossils (e.g., #foraminifera, #mollusks, & #speleothems) alongside climate #observations as well as #simulations to advance understanding of how the Earth's #climate & #oceans have changed in the past and can change in the future.

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