Samuel Hollowood

I am a DPhil researcher on the NERC DTP. My field of study involves reconstructing Holocene and Pleistocene climates using secondary carbonates (i.e. speleothems). Stable isotope analysis of speleothems often lead to qualitative interpretations of past climates. Therefore, in order for speleothems to fulfil their full potential as past climate indicators, a more quantifiable interpretation is needed.

For my DPhil, I aim to utilise a multi-proxy approach, forward modelling and new lab methodologies in order to quantify past climate reconstructions (e.g. rainfall amount, temperature and soil pCO2) using speleothem material from Morocco and Chile.