David Large
Chemical and Environmental Engineering
The University of Nottingham
United Kingdom
Biography
Dr Large's main teaching and research interests are in the fields of geology, petrography , geochemistry, palaeoenvironment, peatland systems.
Research Interest
His research career in the Earth Sciences is characterised by its diversity and this is reflected in my publication output which includes high quality publications on ore deposits, organic geochemistry, palaeoenvironment, reactive transport modelling, inorganic geochemistry, and petrology. Currently his main focus is on understanding the long term evolution of the peatland carbon reservoir, utililising peat and thick lignite cores to obtain time resolved records of carbon accumulation and atmospheric deposition. Recent research activity includes work on the Tibetan peatland to establish a record of changes in the East Asian Monsoon and atmospheric deposition. On a different note we have recently completed ground breaking work on the link between the lung cancer and coals from the Permo-Triassic Boundary. This work indicates that high silica coals produced at the Permo-Triassic boundary may be responsible for the highest known lung cancer mortality rates in Xuan Wei, Yunnan Province, China.
Publications
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LARGE DJ, MARSHALL C. Use of carbon accumulation rates to estimate the duration of coal seams and the influence of atmospheric dust deposition on coal composition. (2015).
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MARSHALL C, LARGE DJ, MEREDITH W, SNAPE CE, UGUNA C, SPIRO BF, ORHEIM ALV, JOCHMANN, MALTE, MOKOGWU, IKECHUKWU, WANG, YUKUN, FRIIS, BJARKI, Geochemistry and petrology of Palaeocene coals from Spitsbergen — Part 1: Oil potential and depositional environment: International Journal of Coal Geology International Journal of Coal Geology. (2015). 143: 22-33
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HOYOS SJ, LOMAX BH, LARGE D, TURNER BL, BOOM A, LOPEZ OR, SJÖGERSTEN S. Quality not quantity: Organic matter composition controls of CO2 and CH4 fluxes in neotropical peat profiles Soil Biology and Biochemistry. (2016). 103: 86-96
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MARSHALL C, LARGE DJ, HEAVENS NG. Coal-derived rates of atmospheric dust deposition during the Permian: Gondwana Research Gondwana Research. (2016). 31: 20-29.
