Elaine Mawbey
Palaeoceanographer (THOR)
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Elaine Mawbey
Palaeoceanographer (THOR)
Biography
I am a Geochemist specialising in paleoclimate reconstructions using trace metal and stable isotope proxies in biogenic carbonate (foraminifera).
Employment
January 2020 – Palaeoceanographer, British Antarctic Survey
July 2018 – December 2019 Post doctoral Research Associate, University College London
December 2016 – July 2018 Post doctoral Research Associate, University of Bristol
May 2012 – December 2016 Research Technician, Cardiff University
Education
July 2012 PhD – Cardiff University
September 2006 – MSc Geochemistry, University of Leeds
September 2005 – BSc Geological Sciences, University of Leeds
Sept 2002 – HNC Chemistry, University of Huddersfield
Research interests
I am interested in the application of geochemical proxies coupled with sedimentology to reconstruct environmental changes in the Amundsen Sea. In particular to reconstruct changes in water mass/ocean temperature, and then link these changes to ocean-ice-sheet interaction.
Publications from NERC Open Research Archive
2021
Spencer-Jones, Charlotte L., McClymont, Erin L., Bale, Nicole J., Hopmans, Ellen C., Schouten, Stefan, Müller, Juliane, Abrahamsen, E. Povl ORCID record for E. Povl Abrahamsen, Allen, Claire ORCID record for Claire Allen, Bickert, Torsten, Hillenbrand, Claus-Dieter ORCID record for Claus-Dieter Hillenbrand, Mawbey, Elaine, Peck, Victoria, Svalova, Aleksandra, Smith, James A. ORCID record for James A. Smith. (2021) Archaeal intact polar lipids in polar waters: a comparison between the Amundsen and Scotia seas. Biogeosciences, 18. 3485-3504. 10.5194/bg-18-3485-2021
Boscolo-Galazzo, F., Crichton, K.A., Ridgewell, A., Mawbey, E.M., Wade, B.S., Pearson, P.N.. (2021) Temperature controls carbon cycling and biological evolution in the ocean twilight zone.. Science, 371. 5 pp. 10.1126/science.abb6643
2020
Mawbey, Elaine M., Hendry, Katharine R., Greaves, Mervyn J., Hillenbrand, Claus-Dieter ORCID record for Claus-Dieter Hillenbrand, Kuhn, Gerhard, Spencer-Jones, Charlotte L., McClymont, Erin L., Vadman, Kara J., Shevenell, Amelia E., Jernas, Patrycja E., Smith, James A. ORCID record for James A. Smith. (2020) Mg/Ca-Temperature Calibration of Polar Benthic foraminifera species for reconstruction of bottom water temperatures on the Antarctic shelf. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 283. 54-66. 10.1016/j.gca.2020.05.027