Fred Longstaffe
Distinguished University Professor & Canada Resear
Department of Earth Sciences
University of Western Ontario
Canada
Biography
Fred Longstaffe, Distinguished University Professor & Canada Research Chair (Tier 1) in Stable Isotope Science, Director, Laboratory for Stable Isotope Science of the department of Earth Sciences at the University of Western Ontario, Canada.
Research Interest
Stable isotope science across the atmosphere-hydrosphere-biosphere-lithosphere (soil, sediment, rock) continuum (Earth-Systems Science); Stable isotope and biomarker proxies for paleoclimate reconstruction in continental and lacustrine systems; Stable isotope systematics of Pleistocene and Holocene ecosystems and associated megafauna; Stable isotope systematics of bioapatite, collagen and keratin; Stable isotope ecology; Stable isotope hydrology; Climate change and environmental reconstruction; Stable isotope systematics of hydrous minerals; Triple oxygen-isotope systematics in nitrates, silicates and biogenic phosphates; Stable isotopic analysis of anthropological materials and its applications to environment and climate reconstruction; Clay mineralogy; Rock-water interaction in hydrothermal systems and mineralization; Diagenesis of clastic sedimentary systems.
Publications
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Ballent A, Corcoran PL, Madden O, Helm PA, Longstaffe FJ. Sources and sinks of microplastics in Canadian Lake Ontario nearshore, tributary and beach sediments. Marine pollution bulletin. 2016 Sep 15;110(1):383-95.
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Aggarwal PK, Romatschke U, Araguas-Araguas L, Belachew D, Longstaffe FJ, Berg P, Schumacher C, Funk A. Proportions of convective and stratiform precipitation revealed in water isotope ratios. Nature Geoscience. 2016 Aug 1;9(8):624-9.
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Huggett J, Adetunji J, Longstaffe F, Wray D. Mineralogical and geochemical characterisation of warm-water, shallow-marine glaucony from the Tertiary of the London Basin. Clay Minerals. 2017 Mar 1;52(1):25-50.
