Christopher Sargeant
researcher
Earth and Environmental Sciences
university of st andrews
United Kingdom
Biography
Field research has been conducted along the lower Rhône River, southern France, which involves collection of shallow groundwater, soil and river waters, as well as precipitation. As well as investigating the effects of Mediterranean climatic changes on ecohydrology, sections of the Rhône have been heavily modified by anthropogenic activity which provides the research with the potential to assess restoration schemes currently being undertaken.
Research Interest
His interest in isotope systems as a tool for tracking changes to the environment was established during his time as an undergraduate where his honours dissertation utilised carbon and oxygen isotope ratios within foraminiferal calcium carbonate to detect changes in eustatic sea-level associated with the collapse of the last ice-sheets.
Publications
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Bird, M. I., Austin, W. E. N., Wurster, C. M., Fifield, L. K., Mojtahid, M., & Sargeant, C. (2010). Punctuated eustatic sea-level rise in the early mid-Holocene. Geology, 38 (9), 803–806. doi:10.1130/G31066.1
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Singer, M.B., Sargeant, C.I., Piégay, H., Riquier, J., Wilson, R.J. and Evans, C.M., 2014. Floodplain ecohydrology: Climatic, anthropogenic, and local physical controls on partitioning of water sources to riparian trees. Water resources research, 50(5), pp.4490-4513.
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Sargeant, C & Singer, MD 2016, 'Sub-annual variability in historical water source use by Mediterranean riparian trees' Ecohydrology., 10.1002/eco.1730
