Enhanced Rock Weathering
Quantifying co-benefits for agricultural productivity and the environment of crushed basalt rock application
Main research interests include using stable and radioactive carbon (13C and 14C) isotopes to study carbon cycling in the environment, using other organic, inorganic and radioactive species as tracers of biogeochemical processes, contamination and remediation of the natural environment by persistent organic pollutants and heavy metals.
Current research focus:
Long-term stability of Carbon pools – C inventory of golf courses, Blue Carbon habitats
Healthy, sustainable soils – effect on farmland soil of enhanced rock weathering
Impact of management practices - C Sequestration in soil with differing grazing management practices
Get in touch: Dr Gillian MacKinnon
Projects
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Crude Oil Contamination in the Niger Delta
Assessment of environmental behaviour of crude oil contamination and risks to aquatic biota, soil health and human health in the Niger Delta, Nigeria. -
13 Oct
Soil carbon sequestration methodologies in turfgrass and golf course systems
Soil carbon sequestration methodologies in turfgrass and golf course systems
Techniques & Technologies
High resolution Gamma Spectrometry
including 210Pb, 137Cs, 241Am, 40K
Alpha Spectrometry
Uranium: 234,235,238, Thorium: 230,232
Sediment Dating
accumulation rates for applied research and geotechnical applications
Soil Carbon and Total Organic Matter
Loss-on-Ignition and temperature-stepped combustion
Extraction and analysis of inorganic elements
including potentially toxic metals and organic contaminants