Latest Publications + Summer Interns
Lots of media attention last week for Palaeoworks member Larissa Schneider and her paper on atmospheric metal contamination from mining in Tasmania’s World Heritage lakes. The study revealed how the values are some of the worst in the world. Congratulations on this great work Larissa.
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0048969718345996.
And while it may not get splashed all over the front pages of news outlets, Rebecca Hamilton has just published a fabulous paper for anyone carrying out pollen based work in South East Asia. The paper focuses on how to distinguish one of the most important and abundant lowland forest families, the Dipterocarpaceae, in sedimentary pollen sequences. It’s sure to have a small but dedicated following. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.revpalbo.2019.01.012
The return from summer holidays has been a joyously busy time over the last month with four summer interns working on a number of projects based across Southeast Australia and New Caldedonia: Caitlin Kenyon-Slade, Catherine Suwignyo, Justin Bartington-Smith and Simon Tenner. All final year students, falling in love with palaeo and wanting that little more experience. Happily a couple are going to be around for the next year working on larger projects :)
Finally, ex-Masters student, Jeni Pritchard, has published her special topic project carried out here in ANH on the increasing allergenic pollen load of Canberra as revealed in the historic sediments of Lake Burley Griffin, the artificial lake in the heart of Canberra created in 1964. Great work Jeni.