PhD student

Samuel Barrett

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Innsbruck Quaternary Research Group

PhD Project
Alpine response to Atlantic climate variability during MIS 3: the Baumkirchen palaeolake record

Research Interests

Quaternary climate
Anthropogenic climate change
Coral reef geomorphology and numerical modelling
Geochemical applications in archaeology

Short CV
2/2012-10/2017 PhD student, Institute of Geology, University of Innsbruck
10/2011-11/2011 Research assistant, School of Geosciences, The University of Sydney.
7/2011–9/2011 Research assistant, Department of Earth Sciences, Royal Holloway University of London.
7/2009–07/2010 Study abroad year. The University of Sydney (Australia). Dissertation project: “3D numerical modelling of the Holocene evolution of One Tree Reef, Southern Great Barrier Reef: Implications for understanding the growth and architecture of coral reefs.”
9/2007–7/2011 MSci Geoscience with a year of international study. Royal Holloway University of London (UK). Dissertation project: “Modern and Neolithic seasonal migration in the Alps: high-resolution isotopic analysis of mammal teeth”

Publications

Koltai, G., Spötl, C., Luetscher, M., Cheng, H., Barrett, S.J., Müller, W. (2017): The nature of annual lamination in flowstones from non-karstic fractures, Vinschgau (northern Italy). – Chemical Geology, 457, 1-14.

Barrett, S., Schmidmair, D., Spötl, C. (2017): Mineralogical composition of the Baumkirchen lacustrine sequence (Würmian, Inn Valley, Tyrol): provenance and palaeogeographical implications. – Austrian Journal of Earth Sciences, 110, 43-56.

Barrett, S., Starnberger, R., Tjallingii, R., Brauer, A., Spötl, C. (2017): The sedimentary history of the inneralpine Inn Valley (Austria): extending the Baumkirchen type section further back in time with new drilling. – Journal of Quaternary Science, 32, 63-79.

Barrett, S., Drescher-Schneider, R., Starnberger, R., Spötl, C. (2018): Evaluation of the regional vegetation and climate in the Eastern Alps (Austria) during MIS 3–4 based on pollen analysis of the classical Baumkirchen paleolake sequence. – Quaternary Research, 90, 153-163.

Gliganic, L.A., Meyer, M.C., Sohbati, R., Jain, M., Barrett, S. (2018): OSL surface exposure dating of a lithic quarry in Tibet: laboratory validation and application. Quaternary Geochronology, 49, 199-204.