Adjunct Research Scientist
Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory
Department of Earth Science & Engineering
Fields of interest:
Isotope Geochemistry, Paleoceanography, Paleoclimatology
My research targets development and application of new geochemical and isotopic, tracers in paleoceanography and paleoclimate, with particular focus on radiogenic isotope systems (Ar, Sr, Nd, Hf, Pb). Although these tracers have, been widely used in solid-earth geochemistry, they represent a relatively new, but promising suite of tracers in the low-temperature environment.
My research is centered around two main goals, which are (i) the application of, radiogenic isotopes in various archives to yield records of past glaciation, weathering, ocean circulation, and climate from millennial- to million-year, time-scales, and (ii) to achieve a better understanding of the basic processes, controlling the sources, sinks and transformations of dissolved and detrital, trace elements and their isotopes in the coupled land-ocean-atmosphere system.
Some of my projects include:
Paired neodymium isotope and radiocarbon analyses in deep-sea corals - A novel ocean ventilation tracer
Reconstruction of the Antarctic ice sheets by provenance studies of ice-rafted debris
GEOTRACES intercalibration of Nd and Hf isotopes and REE
Antarctica's geological history reflected in sedimentary radiogenic isotopes
Development of the paired authigenic neodymium-hafnium isotope weathering tracer from marine sediments in the circum Antarctic realm
Education List of degrees from highest to lowest:
Ph.D. in Natural Sciences
Diplom (M.Sc.) in Geology
Honors & Awards:
Storke Doherty Lectureship 2006
Lamont-Doherty Postdoctoral Fellowship 2003
IMAGES student poster prize, ICP7, Sapporo, Japan 2001
Selected Publications:
Ar-40/Ar-39 ages of hornblende grains and bulk Sm/Nd isotopes of circum-Antarctic glacio-marine sediments: Implications for sediment provenance in the Southern Ocean ,
Roy, M.; van de Flierdt, T. V.; Hemming, S. R.; Goldstein, S. L. , Chemical Geology, Oct 15, Volume 244, Issue 3-4, p.507-519, (2007), DOI 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2007.07.017
Global neodymium-hafnium isotope systematics - revisited ,
van de Flierdt, T.; Goldstein, S. L.; Hemming, S. R.; Roy, M.; Frank, M.; Halliday, A. N. , Earth and Planetary Science Letters, Jul 30, Volume 259, Issue 3-4, p.432-441, (2007), DOI 10.1016/j.epsl.2007.05.003
Reliable extraction of a deepwater trace metal isotope signal from Fe-Mn oxyhydroxide coatings of marine sediments ,
Gutjahr, M.; Frank, M.; Stirling, C. H.; Klemm, V.; van de Flierdt, T.; Halliday, A. N. , Chemical Geology, Aug 15, Volume 242, Issue 3-4, p.351-370, (2007), DOI 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2007.03.021
Strontium isotope tracing of terrigenous sediment dispersal in the Antarctic Circumpolar Current: Implications for constraining frontal positions ,
Hemming, S. R.; van de Flierdt, T.; Goldstein, S. L.; Franzese, A. M.; Roy, M.; Gastineau, G.; Landrot, G. , Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems, Jun 13, Volume 8, p.-, (2007), Doi 10.1029/2006gc001441
Nd and Pb isotope evolution of deep water masses in the eastern Indian Ocean during the past 33 Myr ,
Frank, M.; Whiteley, N.; van de Flierdt, T.; Reynolds, B. C.; O'Nions, K. , Chemical Geology, Feb 28, Volume 226, Issue 3-4, p.264-279, (2006), DOI 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2005.09.024
Radiogenic isotope fingerprint of Wilkes Land - Adelie Coast Bottom Water in the circum-Antarctic Ocean ,
van de Flierdt, T.; Hemming, S. R.; Goldstein, S. L.; Abouchami, W. , Geophysical Research Letters, Jun 24, Volume 33, Issue 12, p.-, (2006), Doi 10.1029/2006gl026020
Temporal stability of the neodymium isotope signature of the Holocene to glacial North Atlantic ,
van de Flierdt, T.; Robinson, L. F.; Adkins, J. F.; Hemming, S. R.; Goldstein, S. L. , Paleoceanography, Nov 25, Volume 21, Issue 4, p.-, (2006), Doi 10.1029/2006pa001294
Deep and bottom water export from the Southern Ocean to the Pacific over the past 38 million years ,
van de Flierdt, T.; Frank, M.; Halliday, A. N.; Hein, J. R.; Hattendorf, B.; Gunther, D.; Kubik, P. W. , Paleoceanography, Mar 10, Volume 19, Issue 1, p.-, (2004), Doi 10.1029/2003pa000923
New constraints on the sources and behavior of neodymium and hafnium in seawater from Pacific Ocean ferromanganese crusts ,
Van De Flierdt, T.; Frank, M.; Lee, D. C.; Halliday, A. N.; Reynolds, B. C.; Hein, J. R. , Geochimica Et Cosmochimica Acta, Oct, Volume 68, Issue 19, p.3827-3843, (2004)
Submarine hydrothermal trace metal input into the ocean through island arc volcanism in the Lesser Antilles ,
Georg, B.; Frank, M.; Marbler, H.; Koschinsky, A.; van de Flierdt, T.; Bolz, V.; Kubik, P. W.; Halbach, P. , Geochimica Et Cosmochimica Acta, Jun, Volume 68, Issue 11, p.A261-A261, (2004)
Tracing the history of submarine hydrothermal inputs and the significance of hydrothermal hafnium for the seawater budget-a combined Pb-Hf-Nd isotope approach ,
van de Flierdt, T.; Frank, M.; Halliday, A. N.; Hein, J. R.; Hattendorf, B.; Gunther, D.; Kubik, P. W. , Earth and Planetary Science Letters, May 15, Volume 222, Issue 1, p.259-273, (2004), DOI 10.1016/j.epsl.2004.02.025
Glacial weathering and the hafnium isotope composition of seawater ,
van de Flierdt, T.; Frank, M.; Lee, D. C.; Halliday, A. N. , Earth and Planetary Science Letters, Apr 30, Volume 198, Issue 1-2, p.167-175, (2002), Pii S0012-821x(02)00521-6
