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Solid State Materials Chemistry (2020)
Book
Woodward, P. M., Karen, P., Evans, J. S., & Vogt, T. (2020). Solid State Materials Chemistry. Cambridge University Press

Antibacterial Agents: Chemistry, Mode of Action, Mechanisms of Resistance and Clinical Applications (2012)
Book
Anderson, R., Groundwater, P., Todd, A., & Worsley, A. (2012). Antibacterial Agents: Chemistry, Mode of Action, Mechanisms of Resistance and Clinical Applications. Wiley

Antibacterial agents act against bacterial infection either by killing the bacterium or by arresting its growth. They do this by targeting bacterial DNA and its associated processes, attacking bacterial metabolic processes including protein synthesis... Read More about Antibacterial Agents: Chemistry, Mode of Action, Mechanisms of Resistance and Clinical Applications.

Risk (2003)
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Boyne, R. (2003). Risk. Open University Press

* Is risk always measurable? * Why are some risks more important? * Do we take a lot more risks now? * On whom can we rely for advice? * How critical is the sociology of risk for understanding contemporary society? The term 'risk' occurs throughout c... Read More about Risk.

Using machine learning for the classification of the remaining useful cycles in Lithium-ion batteries (2021)
Conference Proceeding
Coutts, H., & Wang, Q. (2021). Using machine learning for the classification of the remaining useful cycles in Lithium-ion batteries. . https://doi.org/10.1115/detc2021-69647

In order to keep up with the increasing focus on renewable energy, the demand for new battery technology and peripherals has likewise increased greatly. Given the relatively slow rate of change of new battery chemistry and technology, it is the perip... Read More about Using machine learning for the classification of the remaining useful cycles in Lithium-ion batteries.

Synthesis and mesomorphic properties of esters with swallow type terminal chain and their ability to enhance or induce anticlinic phases (2002)
Conference Proceeding
Gasowska, J., Drzewinski, W., Dabrowski, R. S., Przedmojski, J., Czuprynski, K. L., Kenig, K., & Tykarska, M. (2002). Synthesis and mesomorphic properties of esters with swallow type terminal chain and their ability to enhance or induce anticlinic phases. In Proceedings Volume 4759, XIV Conference on Liquid Crystals: Chemistry, Physics, and Applications. https://doi.org/10.1117/12.472188

Compounds with the terminal swallow tailed chain have been synthesized. The prepared compounds were studied by thermomicroscopy, differential scanning calorimetry, miscibility and X-ray diffraction methods.

Modelling of the water retention characteristic of deformable soils (2016)
Conference Proceeding
Wang, Y., Sheng, D., Ross, K., & Toll, D. G. (2016). Modelling of the water retention characteristic of deformable soils. . https://doi.org/10.1051/e3sconf/20160911005

A recently proposed water retention model has been further developed for the application on unsaturated deformable soils. The physical mechanisms underpinning the water retention characteristic of soils was at first described in terms of traditional... Read More about Modelling of the water retention characteristic of deformable soils.

Immunogold labelling for glutamate in lanceolate endings of rat hairs. (2009)
Conference Proceeding
Shenton, F., Wollner, H., Bewick, G., & Banks, R. (2009). Immunogold labelling for glutamate in lanceolate endings of rat hairs.

50 nm diameter, clear synaptic-like vesicles (SLVs) are found in primary mechanosensory nerve terminals. Our studies of sensory endings of rat Ia afferents suggest SLVs are part of a glutamatergic system that modulates mechanoreceptor excitability; i... Read More about Immunogold labelling for glutamate in lanceolate endings of rat hairs..

Pharmacological profile of non-canonical mGluR regulating mechanosensory nerve terminal firing. (2012)
Conference Proceeding
Watson, S., Zanato, C., Dall'Angello, S., Banks, R., Greig, I., Zanda, M., & Bewick, G. (2012). Pharmacological profile of non-canonical mGluR regulating mechanosensory nerve terminal firing.

The system involved in mechanotransduction by proprioceptive sensory organs, such as muscle spindles, is poorly understood. We recently reported that stretch releases glutamate from synaptic-like vesicles within spindle terminals, and activates a non... Read More about Pharmacological profile of non-canonical mGluR regulating mechanosensory nerve terminal firing..

In lanceolate endings of rat hair follicles the small conductance Ca2+-activated K+ channel SK3 is found mainly in glial cells. (2010)
Conference Proceeding
Shenton, F., Banks, R., & Bewick, G. (2010). In lanceolate endings of rat hair follicles the small conductance Ca2+-activated K+ channel SK3 is found mainly in glial cells.

Autogenic modulation of mechanoreceptor excitability by Ca2+-dependent glutamate release from synaptic-like vesicles (SLVs) has been shown using the muscle spindle as a model (1). The excitability of lanceolate endings of hair follicles may be simila... Read More about In lanceolate endings of rat hair follicles the small conductance Ca2+-activated K+ channel SK3 is found mainly in glial cells..

Perspectives from research on pedagogical content knowledge: consequences for changes in science teacher education? (2010)
Conference Proceeding
Kind, V. (2010). Perspectives from research on pedagogical content knowledge: consequences for changes in science teacher education?. In I. Eilks, & B. Ralle (Eds.),

Pedagogical content knowledge (PCK) is a well-known and widely interpreted construct that informs teacher education and development. The concept is introduced and used with a review of extant research to answer: 1) What model of PCK best represents s... Read More about Perspectives from research on pedagogical content knowledge: consequences for changes in science teacher education?.

A primary magmatic source of nitrogen to Earth’s crust (2023)
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Boocock, T. J., Mikhail, S., Boyce, A. J., Prytulak, J., Savage, P. S., & Stüeken, E. E. (2023). A primary magmatic source of nitrogen to Earth’s crust. Nature Geoscience, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41561-023-01194-3

The igneous portion of Earth’s continental crust represents a long-term sink of terrestrial nitrogen, but the origin of the nitrogen in this reservoir remains ambiguous. Possible sources include magmatic differentiation of mantle-derived melts (that... Read More about A primary magmatic source of nitrogen to Earth’s crust.

Neutron scattering studies of the methanol-to-hydrocarbons reaction (2023)
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Zachariou, A., Hawkins, A. P., Collier, P., Howe, R. F., Parker, S. F., & Lennon, D. (2023). Neutron scattering studies of the methanol-to-hydrocarbons reaction. Catalysis Science & Technology, 13(7), 1976-1990. https://doi.org/10.1039/d2cy02154d

The methanol-to-hydrocarbons reaction uses a zeolite catalyst (typically H-ZSM-5 or SAPO-34) to produce light olefins (mainly C2–C4) for chemical feedstocks and methylated benzenes for use as fuels. The reaction is a major industrial process world-wi... Read More about Neutron scattering studies of the methanol-to-hydrocarbons reaction.

Defect chemistry and ion transport in low-dimensional-networked Li-rich anti-perovskites as solid electrolytes for solid-state batteries (2023)
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Coutinho Dutra, A. C., Rudman, G. E., Johnston, K. E., & Dawson, J. A. (2023). Defect chemistry and ion transport in low-dimensional-networked Li-rich anti-perovskites as solid electrolytes for solid-state batteries. Energy Advances, 2, 653 -666. https://doi.org/10.1039/d3ya00075c

Solid-state batteries are attracting significant attention due to their plethora of potential advantages, including energy density gains and safety enhancements. The heart of this technology can be found in its solid electrolytes and thus its progres... Read More about Defect chemistry and ion transport in low-dimensional-networked Li-rich anti-perovskites as solid electrolytes for solid-state batteries.

Slopes: solute processes and landforms (2022)
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Burt, T., Pinay, G., Worrall, F., & Howden, N. (2022). Slopes: solute processes and landforms. Memoirs, 58(1), 191-204. https://doi.org/10.1144/m58-2021-5

This chapter reviews research on solutes by fluvial geomorphologists in the period 1965–2000; growing links with biogeochemical research are emphasized later in the chapter. Brief reference is necessarily made to some research from before and after t... Read More about Slopes: solute processes and landforms.

Zinc Phthalocyanine Sensing Mechanism Quantification for Potential Application in Chemical Warfare Agent Detectors (2022)
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Powroźnik, P., Solecka, B., Pander, P., Jakubik, W., Dias, F. B., & Krzywiecki, M. (2022). Zinc Phthalocyanine Sensing Mechanism Quantification for Potential Application in Chemical Warfare Agent Detectors. Sensors, 22(24), Article 9947. https://doi.org/10.3390/s22249947

Rapid and accurate detection of lethal volatile compounds is an emerging requirement to ensure the security of the current and future society. Since the threats are becoming more complex, the assurance of future sensing devices’ performance can be ob... Read More about Zinc Phthalocyanine Sensing Mechanism Quantification for Potential Application in Chemical Warfare Agent Detectors.

Tectonic transition from Ediacaran continental arc to early Cambrian rift in the NE Ardakan region, central Iran: Constraints from geochronology and geochemistry of magmatic rocks (2021)
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Nouri, F., Davoudian, A. R., Shabanian, N., Allen, M. B., Asahara, Y., Azizi, H., …Tsuboi, M. (2022). Tectonic transition from Ediacaran continental arc to early Cambrian rift in the NE Ardakan region, central Iran: Constraints from geochronology and geochemistry of magmatic rocks. Journal of Asian Earth Sciences, 224, Article 105011. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jseaes.2021.105011

Ediacaran-early Cambrian magmatic rocks from the Ardakan region of central Iran include deformed granites from deformed granitic plutons and dolerites from doleritic sills. The granites contain zircon grains with U-Pb ages of 552–550 Ma, and dolerite... Read More about Tectonic transition from Ediacaran continental arc to early Cambrian rift in the NE Ardakan region, central Iran: Constraints from geochronology and geochemistry of magmatic rocks.

The influence of ambient cure chemistry and stoichiometry on epoxy coating surfaces (2022)
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Bannister, C., Guy, A., Mihaylova, R., Orgill, J., Burg, S. L., Parnell, A., & Thompson, R. L. (2022). The influence of ambient cure chemistry and stoichiometry on epoxy coating surfaces. RSC Advances, 12(44), 28746-28754. https://doi.org/10.1039/d2ra05067f

The surface properties of epoxy resin coatings influence their function as substrates for subsequent coats. Variation in ambient cure conditions (temperature and relative humidity, RH), stoichiometry (ratio of epoxy: amine) and delay time between epo... Read More about The influence of ambient cure chemistry and stoichiometry on epoxy coating surfaces.

Oligodendroglial macroautophagy is essential for myelin sheath turnover to prevent neurodegeneration and death (2022)
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Aber, E. R., Griffey, C. J., Davies, T., Li, A. M., Yang, Y. J., Croce, K. R., …Yamamoto, A. (2022). Oligodendroglial macroautophagy is essential for myelin sheath turnover to prevent neurodegeneration and death. Cell Reports, 41(3), Article 111480. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.celrep.2022.111480

Although macroautophagy deficits are implicated across adult-onset neurodegenerative diseases, we understand little about how the discrete, highly evolved cell types of the central nervous system use macroautophagy to maintain homeostasis. One such c... Read More about Oligodendroglial macroautophagy is essential for myelin sheath turnover to prevent neurodegeneration and death.

Abrupt episode of mid-Cretaceous ocean acidification triggered by massive volcanism (2023)
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Jones, M., Sageman, B., Selby, D., Jacobson, A., Batenburg, S., Riquier, L., …Hobbs, R. (2023). Abrupt episode of mid-Cretaceous ocean acidification triggered by massive volcanism. Nature Geoscience, 16(2), 169-174. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41561-022-01115-w

Large igneous province volcanic activity during the mid-Cretaceous approximately 94.5 million years ago triggered a global-scale episode of reduced marine oxygen levels known as Oceanic Anoxic Event 2. It has been hypothesized that this geologically... Read More about Abrupt episode of mid-Cretaceous ocean acidification triggered by massive volcanism.

Spatial estimation of groundwater quality, hydrogeochemical investigation, and health impacts of shallow groundwater in Kabul city, Afghanistan (2022)
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Hamidi, M. D., Kissane, S., Bogush, A. A., Karim, A. Q., Sagintayev, J., Towers, S., & Greenwell, H. C. (2023). Spatial estimation of groundwater quality, hydrogeochemical investigation, and health impacts of shallow groundwater in Kabul city, Afghanistan. Sustainable Water Resources Management, 9(1), Article 20. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40899-022-00808-9

The management of groundwater in densely populated areas with no centralized water treatment is critical for the prevention of diseases and maintaining sanitation. Here, we determine the bacteriological and chemical characteristics of groundwater in... Read More about Spatial estimation of groundwater quality, hydrogeochemical investigation, and health impacts of shallow groundwater in Kabul city, Afghanistan.

Synthesis and Structural Diversification of Circularly Polarised Luminescence Active, Helically Chiral, “Confused” N,N,O,C‐BODIPYs** (2022)
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Clarke, R. G., Weatherston, J., Taj‐Aldeen, R. A., Waddell, P. G., McFarlane, W., Penfold, T. J., …Hall, M. J. (2023). Synthesis and Structural Diversification of Circularly Polarised Luminescence Active, Helically Chiral, “Confused” N,N,O,C‐BODIPYs**. ChemPhotoChem, 7(1), Article e202200194. https://doi.org/10.1002/cptc.202200194

Helically chiral boron-chelated dipyrromethene (BODIPY) dyes are known to exhibit solution phase circularly polarized luminescence (CPL), but examples are limited to a few synthetically accessible molecular architectures. We report a B−N chelation, S... Read More about Synthesis and Structural Diversification of Circularly Polarised Luminescence Active, Helically Chiral, “Confused” N,N,O,C‐BODIPYs**.

Revealing the invisible floor: Integrated geoarchaeological analyses of ephemeral occupation surfaces at an early medieval farmhouse in upland Perthshire, Scotland (2023)
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Reid, V., Milek, K., O'Brien, C., Sneddon, D., & Strachan, D. (2023). Revealing the invisible floor: Integrated geoarchaeological analyses of ephemeral occupation surfaces at an early medieval farmhouse in upland Perthshire, Scotland. Journal of Archaeological Science, 159, Article 105825. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jas.2023.105825

Poorly defined occupation surfaces restrict the ability to interpret the use of space in archaeological structures and settlements around the world. Integrated geoarchaeological methods, such as soil chemistry and micromorphology, can provide informa... Read More about Revealing the invisible floor: Integrated geoarchaeological analyses of ephemeral occupation surfaces at an early medieval farmhouse in upland Perthshire, Scotland.

A rapid change in magma plumbing taps porphyry copper deposit-forming magmas (2022)
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Carter, L. C., Tapster, S. R., Williamson, B. J., Buret, Y., Selby, D., Rollinson, G. K., …Parvaz, D. B. (2022). A rapid change in magma plumbing taps porphyry copper deposit-forming magmas. Scientific Reports, 12(1), Article 17272. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-20158-y

Porphyry-type deposits are a vital source of green technology metals such as copper and molybdenum. They typically form in subduction-related settings from large, long-lived magmatic systems. The most widely accepted model for their formation require... Read More about A rapid change in magma plumbing taps porphyry copper deposit-forming magmas.

Control of Dynamic sp3-C Stereochemistry (2023)
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Bismillah, A., Johnson, T., Hussein, B., Turley, A., Saha, P., Wong, H., …McGonigal, P. (2023). Control of Dynamic sp3-C Stereochemistry. Nature Chemistry, 15(5), 615-624. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41557-023-01156-7

Stereogenic sp3-hybridized carbon centres are fundamental building blocks of chiral molecules. Unlike dynamic stereogenic motifs, such as sp3-nitrogen centres or atropisomeric biaryls, sp3-carbon centres are usually fixed, requiring intermolecular re... Read More about Control of Dynamic sp3-C Stereochemistry.

Molecular clusters in confined spaces (2022)
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Braschinsky, A., & Steed, J. W. (2022). Molecular clusters in confined spaces. Coordination Chemistry Reviews, 473, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ccr.2022.214840

Confinement chemistry is a growing field with many potential applications in the synthetic, catalytic and especially pharmaceutical industries. Confinement of materials can reveal novel properties as compared to their bulk. They can also give insight... Read More about Molecular clusters in confined spaces.

Hydrologic connectivity and source heterogeneity control concentration–discharge relationships (2022)
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Knapp, J. L., Li, L., & Musolff, A. (2022). Hydrologic connectivity and source heterogeneity control concentration–discharge relationships. Hydrological Processes, 36(9), Article e14683. https://doi.org/10.1002/hyp.14683

Changes in streamwater chemistry have frequently been used to understand the storage and release of water and solutes at the catchment scale. Streamwater chemistry typically varies in space and time, depending on sources, mobilization mechanisms, and... Read More about Hydrologic connectivity and source heterogeneity control concentration–discharge relationships.

Tracing Volatiles, Halogens, and Chalcophile Metals during Melt Evolution at the Tolbachik Monogenetic Field, Kamchatka (2022)
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Iveson, A. A., Humphreys, M. C., Jenner, F. E., Kunz, B. E., Savov, I. P., De Hoog, J. C., …Agostini, S. (2022). Tracing Volatiles, Halogens, and Chalcophile Metals during Melt Evolution at the Tolbachik Monogenetic Field, Kamchatka. Journal of Petrology, 63(9), https://doi.org/10.1093/petrology/egac087

Melt storage and supply beneath arc volcanoes may be distributed between a central stratovolcano and wider fields of monogenetic cones, indicating complex shallow plumbing systems. However, the impact of such spatially variable magma storage conditio... Read More about Tracing Volatiles, Halogens, and Chalcophile Metals during Melt Evolution at the Tolbachik Monogenetic Field, Kamchatka.

Helicenic N-heterocyclic carbene copper(I) complex displaying circularly polarized blue fluorescence (2022)
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Crassous, J., Gauthier, E. S., Kaczmarczyk, D., Fré, S. D., Favereau, L., Caytan, E., …Srebro-Hooper, M. (2022). Helicenic N-heterocyclic carbene copper(I) complex displaying circularly polarized blue fluorescence. Dalton Transactions, 51(40), 15571-15578. https://doi.org/10.1039/d2dt01925f

Enantiopure copper(I) chloride complexes bearing a monodentate N-(carbo[6]helicenyl)-NHC ligand have been prepared and characterized experimentally and computationally. Their high stability enables the stereochemistry to be probed by X-ray crystallog... Read More about Helicenic N-heterocyclic carbene copper(I) complex displaying circularly polarized blue fluorescence.

Kasha’s Rule and Koopmans’ Correlations for Electron Tunnelling through Repulsive Coulomb Barriers in a Polyanion (2022)
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Gibbard, J. A., & Verlet, J. R. (2022). Kasha’s Rule and Koopmans’ Correlations for Electron Tunnelling through Repulsive Coulomb Barriers in a Polyanion. Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, 13(33), 7797-7801. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpclett.2c02145

The long-range electronic structure of polyanions is defined by the repulsive Coulomb barrier (RCB). Excited states can decay by resonant electron tunnelling through RCBs, but such decay has not been observed for electronically excited states other t... Read More about Kasha’s Rule and Koopmans’ Correlations for Electron Tunnelling through Repulsive Coulomb Barriers in a Polyanion.

Divergent Approach for Tris-Heteroleptic Cyclometalated Iridium Complexes Using Triisopropylsilylethynyl-Substituted Synthons (2022)
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Edkins, R. M., Hsu, Y., Fox, M. A., Yufit, D., Beeby, A., & Davidson, R. J. (2022). Divergent Approach for Tris-Heteroleptic Cyclometalated Iridium Complexes Using Triisopropylsilylethynyl-Substituted Synthons. Organometallics, https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.organomet.2c00292

Bis-heteroleptic cyclometalated iridium complexes of the form Ir(La)2(acac), where La is a substituted 2-phenylpyridine derivative and acac is an acetylacetonato ligand, are a useful class of luminescent organometallic complexes for a range of applic... Read More about Divergent Approach for Tris-Heteroleptic Cyclometalated Iridium Complexes Using Triisopropylsilylethynyl-Substituted Synthons.

Synthesis and Coordination Chemistry of a Benzannulated Bipyridine: 6,6′-Biphenanthridine (2022)
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Nemez, D. B., Lozada, I. B., Braun, J. D., Williams, J. G., & Herbert, D. E. (2022). Synthesis and Coordination Chemistry of a Benzannulated Bipyridine: 6,6′-Biphenanthridine. Inorganic Chemistry, 61(34), 13386-13398. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.inorgchem.2c01514

The synthesis, characterization, and coordination chemistry of a doubly π-extended bipyridine analogue, 6,6′-biphenanthridine (biphe), is presented. The structure of the molecule has been determined in the solid state by X-ray diffraction, showing an... Read More about Synthesis and Coordination Chemistry of a Benzannulated Bipyridine: 6,6′-Biphenanthridine.

Greater chemical signaling in root exudates enhances soil mutualistic associations in invasive plants compared to natives (2022)
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Yu, H., He, Y., Zhang, W., Chen, L., Zhang, J., Zhang, X., …Ding, J. (2022). Greater chemical signaling in root exudates enhances soil mutualistic associations in invasive plants compared to natives. New Phytologist, 236(3), 1140-1153. https://doi.org/10.1111/nph.18289

Invasive plants can change soil properties resulting in improved growth. Although invaders are known to alter soil chemistry, it remains unclear if chemicals secreted by roots facilitate invasive plant–soil mutualisms. With up to 19 confamilial pairs... Read More about Greater chemical signaling in root exudates enhances soil mutualistic associations in invasive plants compared to natives.

Organic geochemistry evidence for wildfire and elevated pO2 at the Frasnian–Famennian boundary (2022)
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Liu, Z., Tian, H., Selby, D., Hu, J., & Over, D. J. (2022). Organic geochemistry evidence for wildfire and elevated pO2 at the Frasnian–Famennian boundary. Global and Planetary Change, 216, Article 103904. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gloplacha.2022.103904

The Devonian experienced radiations of plants and animals, as well as a major mass extinction event during the Frasnian–Famennian (Fsingle bondF) interval. Proposed triggers have been linked to volcanism, extraterrestrial impact, sea-level fluctuatio... Read More about Organic geochemistry evidence for wildfire and elevated pO2 at the Frasnian–Famennian boundary.

A 5000-year record of relative sea-level change in New Jersey, USA (2022)
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Walker, J., Li, T., Shaw, T., Cahill, N., Barber, D., Brain, M., …Horton, B. (2023). A 5000-year record of relative sea-level change in New Jersey, USA. Holocene, 33(2), 167-180. https://doi.org/10.1177/09596836221131696

Stratigraphic data from salt marshes provide accurate reconstructions of Holocene relative sea level (RSL) change and necessary constraints to models of glacial isostatic adjustment (GIA), which is the dominant cause of late Holocene RSL rise along t... Read More about A 5000-year record of relative sea-level change in New Jersey, USA.