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Dr. Christina De La Rocha
Name: | Dr. Christina De La Rocha | |
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Abteilung: | Geology (AWI Bremerhaven) | |
Funktionen: | Senior Scientist (biogeochemist) | |
Telefon: | 0471 4831 - 1040 | |
Fax: | 0471 4831 - 1925 | |
E-Mail: |
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For further information see personal homepage at AWI (external)
Scientific Interests
- Biogeochemical cycling of silica
- Links between biogeochemical cycles and climate over various time scales
- "Non-traditional" stable isotopes (Si, Ca, Ge, and C and N present in diatom cell wall organic material) as tracers of biogeochemical cycles
- Physiological, ecological, and physical controls on the isotopic composition of biominerals
- The accumulation of mineral "ballast" on sinking particulate organic carbon and its role in the global carbon cycle
Other Duties
- Member, Policy Committee for ASLO (Advancing the Science of Limnology and Oceanography)
- Manager, Opal Isotope Mass Spectrometry Facilities (AWI Bremerhaven)
Publications
For a complete publication list, see webpage at AWI
Fieldwork and Expeditions since 2000
| 2007 | RS Polarstern Expedition ANTXXIII/9, Punta Arenas-Antarctica-Cape Town (collecting water and sediment samples) |
| 2004 | Set up of project sampling at the Ryder Bay times series site (RATS), Rothera Station (British Antarctic Survey) Antarctica |
| 2004 | Coastal outcrops of chalk and limestone in Dorset and Devon, UK Field trip for 2nd year Earth Science Undergraduates (Cambridge) |
| 2003 | Sampling tributaries of the Ganges, in the high Himalaya and Ganges flood plain |
| 2002 | Arran Island, Scotland Field trip for 1st year Earth Science Undergraduates (Cambridge) |
| 2001 | RRS Charles Darwin Cruise CD 129 in the western Indian Ocean (collecting water and sediment samples) |
Professional Memberships
- American Geophysical Union (AGU)
- Advancing the Science of Limnology and Oceanography (ASLO)
- The Oceanographic Society (TOS)
- The Astrobiology Society of Britain