Dr Susan Little

Ocean biogeochemistry, Trace metals, Isotopes, Micronutrients, Carbon cycle, Contaminants

Associate Professor

 

 

Appointment:	Room:
Associate Professor	Kathleen Lonsdale, 2.11
Courses Taught:
GEOL0017 Isotope Geology
GEOL0031 Environmental Geochemistry
Dorset field course part of GEOL0006
Research Group(s):
Paleoenvironments
The London Geochemistry and Isotope Centre
Email Address:	Telephone Number:
susan.little@ucl.ac.uk	020 3108 6575 (56575)

Research Summary

I am an isotope geochemist, interested in developing novel tracers of carbon cycling in the past and present ocean. My tools are the isotopes of various trace metals (including copper, zinc, cadmium, nickel). These elements are micronutrients, which are essential in small amounts for life. At higher concentrations they are toxins, and their isotopes provide tools to trace the fate of anthropogenic contaminants.

Finally, trace metals are redox-sensitive, offering potential to reconstruct the co-evolution of oxygen and life on Earth.

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