Petroleum and Environmental Geochemistry Group

This page itemises some of the posters recently presented at national and international conferences by members of the Group. The links below lead to a summary of the contribution or to the entire poster as a PDF.

2016

• Source identification and distribution reveals potential of the geochemical Antarctic sea ice proxy IPSO₂₅
  by Lukas Smik, Simon T. Belt, Thomas A. Brown, Jung-Hyun Kim, Steven J. Rowland, Claire S. Allen, Joung-Ku Gal, Kyung-Hoon Shin, Jae Il Lee, Kyle W.R. Taylor
  [Brief summary (html) or complete poster (pdf)]
  
  
• Separation, identification and measurement of the 'polar' constituents of crude oils
  by William J. Robson, Paul Sutton, Neil Chilcott, C. Anthony Lewis and Steven J. Rowland
  [Brief summary (html) or complete poster (pdf)]
  
  
• Application of multi-dimensional gas chromatography mass spectrometry techniques to explain the increased sensitivity of Atlantic haddock embryos to crude oil pollution
  by Lisbet Sørensen, Steven Rowland, William Robson, Michael Wilde, Andy Booth, Svein Mjøs, Sonnich Meier
  [Brief summary (html) or complete poster (pdf)]
  
  
• Development of proxy methods for climate reconstruction in the Barents Sea
  by Deniz Koseoglu, Simon Belt and Jochen Knies
  [Brief summary (html) or complete poster (pdf)]
  
  
• Development of source specific diatom lipids biomarkers as Antarctic sea ice proxies
  by Lukas Smik, Simon T. Belt, Thomas A. Brown, Jan L. Lieser, Leanne K. Armand, Amy Leventer and Claire S. Allen
  [Brief summary (html) or complete poster (pdf)]
  
  

2015

• The role of marine diagenesis of tephra in the carbon cycle
  by Hayley R. Manners, Martin R. Palmer, Tom M. Gernon, Paul A. Sutton, Steve J. Rowland and Jim McManus
  [Brief summary (html) or complete poster (pdf)]
  
  
• Identification of paleo Arctic winter sea ice limits and the marginal ice zone: Optimised biomarker-based reconstructions of late Quaternary Arctic sea ice
  by L. Smik, S.T. Belt, P. Cabedo-Sanz, A. Navarro-Rodriguez, S.M.P. Berben, J. Knies and K. Husum
  [Brief summary (html) or complete poster (pdf)]
  
  

2014

• Sea ice variability in the northern North Atlantic during the last 14 kyr BP
  by P. Cabedo-Sanz and S.T. Belt
  [Brief summary (html) or complete poster (pdf)]
  
  
• Predicted toxicities of novel alicyclic bicyclic acids in oil sands process-affected waters
  by Alan Scarlett, Michael J. Wilde, Charles West and Steve Rowland
  [Brief summary (html) or complete poster (pdf)]
  
  
• A spatial assessment of a di-unsaturated highly branched isoprenoid (HBI) alkene as an Antarctic sea ice proxy
  by Lukas Smik, Simon Belt, Thomas Brown and Claire Allen
  [Brief summary (html) or complete poster (pdf)]
  
  
• Development and application of solid phase microextraction to the measurement of methylamines in seawater
  by Charlotte Cree, Ruth Airs and Mark Fitzsimons
  [Brief summary (html) or complete poster (pdf)]
  
  
• Desorption and potential for transfer of sorbed contaminants and additives from microplastics to marine organisms
  by Adil Bakir, Stephanie Wright, Steve J. Rowland, Tamara S. Galloway and Richard C. Thompson
  [Brief summary (html) or complete poster (pdf)]
  
  
• Analysis of the sea ice biomarker IP₂₅ in marine sediments from the Barents Sea
  by Lukas Smik, Simon Belt and Thomas Brown
  [Brief summary (html) or complete poster (pdf)]
  
  

2013

• An investigation of the nutrient (N, P, K) retention of an artificial soil using laboratory-based soil columns
  by Schofield, H.K., Fitzsimons, M., Tappin, A., Pettitt, T. and Rollinson, G.
  [Brief summary (html) or complete poster (pdf)]
  
  
• Assessing the variability of highly complex mixtures of organic contaminants from oil industry produced waters using GC×GC-ToF-MS
  by Alan Scarlett, Charles West, Sabine Lengger, Richard Frank, L. Mark Hewitt and Steve Rowland
  [Brief summary (html) or complete poster (pdf)]
  
  

2012

• Potential for microplastics to cause harm in the marine environment
  by Adil Bakir, Stephanie Wright, Steven J. Rowland, Tamara Galloway and Richard C. Thompson
  [Brief summary (html) or complete poster (pdf)]
  
  
• Separation, identification and characterisation of complex mixtures of naphthenic acids using GC×GC/ToF-MS
  by Charles E. West, A. Scarlett, D. Jones and S.J. Rowland
  [Brief summary (html) ]
  
  
• Toxicity, fractionation, identification and potential Estrogenic effects of acid extracts of oil sands process waters
  by David Jones, Alan Scarlett, Charles West and Steve Rowland
  [Brief summary (html) or complete poster (pdf)]
  
  
• Variation in clearance rates in Japanese mussel populations: bioaccumulation of organic contaminants or natural variability?
  by Alan Scarlett, Awantha Dissanayake, Atsushi Ishimatsu, Charles West, Dave Jones and Steve Rowland
  [Brief summary (html) or complete poster (pdf)]
  
  

2011

• Characterization of Athabasca oil sands process water by xomprehensive two-dimensional liquid chromatography
  by M.S. Ross, Y. Wang, S.J. Rowland and J.W. Martin
  [Brief summary (html) or complete poster (pdf)]
  
  
• Highly branched isoprenoids as proxies for variable sea ice conditions in the Southern Ocean
  by G. Massé, S.T. Belt, X. Crosta, S. Schmidt, I. Snape, D.N. Thomas and Steven J. Rowland
  [Brief summary (html) or complete poster (pdf)]
  
  
• Potential for microplastics to cause harm in the marine environment
  by Adil Bakir, Steve Rowland, Tamara Galloway, Stephanie Wright and Richard Thompson
  [Brief summary (html) or complete poster (pdf)]
  
  
• Characterisation of an oil contaminated soil using GC×GC-ToF-MS
  by Charles E. West, Alan G. Scarlett and Steven J. Rowland
  [Brief summary (html) or complete poster (pdf)]
  
  

2010

• Application of GC×GC-ToF-MS for identification of alkylated naphthalenes within tissues of oil-contaminated wild mussels and comparison with laboratory oil-exposed mussels
  by Scarlett, A., West, C.E., Booth, A.M. and Rowland, S.J.
  [Brief summary (html) or complete poster (pdf)]
  
  
• Optimisation of GC×GC-ToF-MS for the separation of alkylated naphthalene isomers and its application for the analyses of tissue extracts following bioaccumulation studies
  by Charles E. West, Alan G. Scarlett, Bryan White and Steven J. Rowland
  [Brief summary (html) or complete poster (pdf)]
  
  
• Characterisation of forgotten pollutants & resolving the UCM using Pegasus 4D CF GC×GC-TOFMS
  by S.J Rowland, A. Scarlett, C.E West, Sjaak De Koning and Sonja Hofmeister
  [Brief summary (html) or complete poster (pdf)]
  
  
• Use of GC×GC/TOF-MS in the analysis of petroleum hydrocarbons: Advantages of library-searchable TOF mass spectra combined with high chromatographic resolution
  by N. Bukowski, D. Rosser, B. White, A.G. Scarlett, C.E West and S.J. Rowland
  [Brief summary (html) or complete poster (pdf)]
  
  
• Toxicity of alkylnaphthalenes: Common environmental contaminants
  by Steven J. Rowland, Alan G. Scarlett, Charles E. West and Robert Clough
  [Brief summary (html) or complete poster (pdf)]
  
  

2009

• Bacterial assimilation of riverine organic nitrogen (BARON)
  by Alan Tappin, Mark Fitzsimons, Paul Loughnane and Alan McCarthy
  [Brief summary (html) or complete poster (pdf)]
  
  
• Tar on your swimming cozzie?
  by C. Anthony Lewis, Christopher P. Harman, Mark A. Holden, David Page, Kylie L. Pinfold, Catherine E. Reeves, Phillip T.V. Wilkes and Hannah K. Wilson
  [Brief summary (html) or complete poster (pdf)]
  
  
• Forensic fingerprinting of Nigerian crude oils
  by Charles E. West, C Anthony Lewis and Steven J. Rowland
  [Brief summary (html) or complete poster (pdf)]
  
  
• Evaluation of parameters affecting gas-in-mud quantification and their use in formation evaluation utilising surface gas logging
  by David Forber, Douglas Law, Anthony Lewis, Steve Rowland and Alex Rowe
  [Brief summary (html) or complete poster (pdf)]
  
  
• How to get the hump
  by C. Anthony Lewis, Steven J. Rowland, Ellen N.M. Woolfenden, James D. Wilson, Charles E. West, Katherine M. Watts, Gemma Riley, Eliza J. Pierce, Simon O. Littler, George E. Harrison, Adam F. Gross, Harry Destecroix, Dong Ming, Stuart J. Cook, Joseph A.J. Ayres and Shayna K. Allen
  [Brief summary (html) or complete poster (pdf)]
  
  

2008

• Molecular characterisation of 'aromatic naphthenic acid'-degrading bacteria
  by Richard Johnson, Ben Smith, Keith Robinson, Steve Rowland and Corinne Whitby
  [Brief summary (html)]
  
  
• Toxicity of the unresolved complex mixture (UCM) of a petrogenic oil
  by Knut-Erik Tollefsen, Jorunn N. Hokstad, Alf G. Melbye, Odd G. Brakstad, Andy Booth, Steve Rowland, Inger K. Gregersen and Bjørn Henrik Hansen
  [Brief summary (html) or complete poster (pdf)]
  
  
• Tar on your swimming cozzie?
  by C.A. Lewis, C.P. Harman, K.L. Pinfold, C.E. Reeves, P.T.V. Wilkes and H.K. Wilson
  [Brief summary (html) or complete poster (pdf)]
  
  

2007

• Quantification of unresolved complex mixture (UCM) hydrocarbons using multi-dimensional gas chromatography time-of-flight mass spectrometry (GCxGC-TOF-MS)
  by Andy M. Booth, Alan Scarlett, Steven J. Rowland, Alastair C. Lewis and C. Anthony Lewis
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• Branched alkylbenzenes: a major toxic component of unresolved complex mixtures bioaccumulated in mussels?
  by Alan Scarlett, Andy M. Booth, Tamara S. Galloway and Steven J. Rowland
  [Brief summary (html) or complete poster (pdf)]
  
  
• Illuminating the environmental photodegradation of Valium® and its human metabolites
  by Charles E. West, Steven J. Rowland and C. Anthony Lewis
  [Brief summary (html) or complete poster (pdf)]
  
  
• Pharmaceuticals in the terrestrial environment: Resistance to bacterial degradation and environmental implications
  by Clare H. Redshaw, Steven J. Rowland and C. Anthony Lewis
  [Brief summary (html) or complete poster (pdf)]
  
  
• Does petroleum hydrocarbon monitoring of the marine environment require an upgrade?
  by A. Scarlett, T.S. Galloway and S.J. Rowland
  [Brief summary (html) or complete poster (pdf)]
  
  
• Effect-directed-analysis of unresolved complex mixtures of hydrocarbons (UCM). Identification of persistent, bioaccumulative and toxic components
  by A. Scarlett, T.S. Galloway and S.J. Rowland
  [Brief summary (html) or complete poster (pdf)]
  
  
• Microbial toxicity and degradation of a monoaromatic crude oil fraction
  by M. Frenzel, S.J. Rowland, A. Scarlett, A.M. Booth, T. Galloway, S.K. Burton and H.M. Lappin-Scott
  [Brief summary (html) or complete poster (pdf)]
  
  

2006

• Natural estuarine particles and their uptake of nitrogen in estuaries
  by Alan Tappin, Geoff Millward and Mark Fitzsimons
  [Brief summary (html) or complete poster (pdf)]
  
  
• Overcoming the hump: Biodegradation of recalcitrant oily wastes
  by M. Frenzel, S.J. Rowland, B.E. Smith, A.M. Booth, S.K. Burton, C. Whitby and H.M. Lappin-Scott
  [Brief summary (html) or complete poster (pdf)]
  
  
• Biodegradation of undefined complex mixtures
  by M. Frenzel, S.J. Rowland, S.K. Burton and H.M. Lappin-Scott
  [Brief summary (html) or complete poster (pdf)]
  
  
• Applying comprehensive GCxGC-ToF-MS to studying the toxicity of unresolved complex mixtures (UCMs) of hydrocarbons in mussels (Mytilus edulis)
  by Andy Booth, Steve Rowland and Ally Lewis
  [Brief summary (html) or complete poster (pdf)]
  
  

2005

• Novel highly branched isoprenoid biomarkers as indicators of sea-ice diatoms: implications for historical sea-ice records and future predictions
  by Guillaume Massé, Simon Belt, Steve Rowland, Michel Poulin, Bernard LeBlanc and Christine Michel
  [Brief summary (html) or complete poster (pdf)]
  
  
A Comparison of SEM-EDS with ICP-AES for the quantitative elemental determination of estuarine particles
by Stephen M. Haley, Alan D. Tappin and Mark F. Fitzsimons
[Brief summary (html) or complete poster (pdf)]


• Is acid troubling you? Studies of the synthesis, characterisation, biodegradation and toxicity of naphthenic acids
  by Ben Smith, S.J. Rowland, C.A. Lewis, V.V. Cheung, H.M. Lappin-Scott, M. Frenzel and C. Whitby
  [Brief summary (html) or complete poster (pdf)]
  
  

2004

• Shedding light on the environmental fate of Prozac and Valium
  by Charles E. West, Clare H. Redshaw, Steven J. Rowland, C. Anthony Lewis, Simon T. Belt, Malcolm J. Hetheridge, Gary Roberts and Quintao Liu
  [Brief summary (html) or complete poster (pdf)]
  
  
• Cheering up the environment: The environmental fate of Prozac and Valium
  by Charles E. West, Clare H. Redshaw, Steven J. Rowland, C. Anthony Lewis, Simon T. Belt, Malcolm J. Hetheridge, Gary Roberts and Quintao Liu
  [Brief summary (html) or complete poster (pdf)]
  
  

2003

• Uncertainty contributions to isotope dilution analysis MC & Q-ICP-MS for mercury speciation
  by Robert Clough, E. Hywel Evans, Simon Belt and Ben E. Fairman
  [Brief summary (html) or complete poster (pdf)]
  
  
• Characterisation and availability of organic nitrogen within the marine environment
  by Phillippa Curtis-Jackson, Martha Gledhill and Mark Fitzsimons
  [Brief summary (html) or complete poster (pdf)]
  
  
• Preliminary naphthenic acid characterisation studies
  by Ben Smith, S.J. Rowland, C.A. Lewis, A.C. Lewis and J. Hamilton
  [Brief summary (html) or complete poster (pdf)]
  
  
• GCxGC-ToF-MS identification of compounds in the toxic hydrocarbon unresolved complex mixture (UCM) of crude oils
  by P.A. Sutton, E.L. Smith, A.M. Booth, S.J. Rowland, C.A. Lewis, A.C. Lewis and J. Hamilton
  [Brief summary (html) or complete poster (pdf)]
  
  

2002

• Biodegradation of aromatic unresolved complex mixtures (UCMs): A comparative study using an isolated aromatic UCM and synthetic model UCM Hydrocarbons
  by Andrew M. Booth, Helen F. Sturt, Emma L. Smith, Peter Donkin, C. Anthony Lewis, and Steven J. Rowland
  [Brief summary (html) or complete poster (pdf)]
  
  
• Monitoring ligand exchange reactions of methylmercury by multinuclear NMR
  by Robert Clough, E. Hywel Evans, Simon Belt and Ben E. Fairman
  [Brief summary (html) or complete poster (pdf)]
  
  
• Adsorption and desorption rates of particulate mercury and dissolved isotopically enriched mercury determined by MC-SF-ICP-MS
  by Robert Clough, E. Hywel Evans, Simon Belt and Ben E. Fairman
  [Brief summary (html) or complete poster (pdf)]
  
  
• Organic nitrogen release from resuspended sediments in the Thames Estuary
  by Mekibib Dawit, Michael Revitt and Mark F. Fitzsimons
  [Brief summary (html) or complete poster (pdf)]
  
  
• New Biosynthetic pathways to highly branched isoprenoid (HBI) alkenes in diatoms
  by Guillaume Massé, W. Guy Allard, Simon T. Belt, Jean-Michel Robert and Steven J. Rowland
  [Brief summary (html) or complete poster (pdf)]
  
  
• The use of normal phase HPLC in effect directed identification studies using the mussel Mytilus edulis
  by Emma L. Smith, Peter Donkin and Steven J. Rowland
  [Brief summary (html) or complete poster (pdf)]
  
  
• Has the marine environment got the ‘hump’?
  by Emma L. Smith, Peter Donkin and Steven J. Rowland
  [Brief summary (html) or complete poster (pdf)]
  
  
• Resolving the ‘Hump’
  by Paul A. Sutton, Steven J. Rowland and C. Anthony Lewis
  [Brief summary (html) or complete poster (pdf)]
  
  

2001

• The effects of auxosporulation on the distributions of C₂₅ and C₃₀ highly branched isoprenoid (HBI) alkenes in the diatom Rhizosolenia setigera
  by Simon T. Belt, Guillaume Massé, W. Guy Allard, Jean-Michel Robert and Steven J. Rowland
  [Brief summary (html) or complete poster (pdf)]
  
  
• Laboratory synthesised model unresolved complex mixture (UCM) hydrocarbons: A biodegradation study
  by Andrew M. Booth, Helen F. Sturt, Emma L. Smith, Peter Donkin, C. Anthony Lewis and Steven J. Rowland
  [Brief summary (html) or complete poster (pdf)]
  
  
• Determination of the sewage indicator, aminoacetone, in aqueous samples and its correlation with faecal bacterial samples
  by Mark F. Fitzsimons, Mekibib Dawit, Aboubakar Sako and Jennifer Jacobs
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2000

• Le cas original d’une diatomée sigmoïde présentant des caractéristiques ultrastructurales à l’interface entre les genres Gyrosigma et Haslea
  by Guillaume Massé, Michel Poulin, Simon T. Belt, Yves Rince, Jean-Michel Robert and Steve J. Rowland
  [Brief summary (html) or complete poster (pdf)]