Summary
My main research interest is the organic geochemistry of estuarine and marine sediments.
- The structural identification and quantification of sedimentary biomarkers, and determination of their 13C content
- The application of organic proxies to reconstruct past marine and continental climate
- The transport of soil organic carbon from land to the ocean
- The source, fate and behaviour of persistent organic pollutants in rivers and estuaries
Raquel Alfama Lopes Dos Santos’s Biography
- 2013 – ongoing : Organic Geochemist – British Geological Survey (BGS)
- 2008 –2012 : PhD in biogeochemistry – Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research (NIOZ)
- 2006 –2008 : MSc in Environmental Science – UNESCO-IHE
Key papers
Wet phases in the Sahara/Sahel region and human migration patterns in North Africa. Isla S Castañeda, Stefan Mulitza, Enno Schefuss, Raquel A Lopes dos Santos, Jaap S Sinninghe Damsté, Stefan Schouten. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 11/2009; 106 (48):20159-63.
Glacial–interglacial variability in Atlantic meridional overturning circulation and thermocline adjustments in the tropical North Atlantic. Raquel A Lopes Dos Santos, Matthias Prange, Isla S Castañeda, Enno Schefuß, Stefan Mulitza, Michael Schulz, Eva M Niedermeyer, Jaap S Sinninghe Damsté, Stefan Schouten. Earth and Planetary Science Letters 10/2010; 407-414.
Late Quaternary productivity changes from offshore southeastern Australia: A biomarker approach. Raquel A. Lopes dos Santos, Daniel Wilkins, Patrick De Deckker, Stefan Schouten. Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology 01/2012; 363–364:48–56.
A late Quaternary sedimentary record of steryl alkyl ethers from offshore southeastern Australia. Raquel A. Lopes dos Santos, Patrick De Deckker, Jaap S. Sinninghe Damsté, Stefan Schouten. Organic Geochemistry 01/2013; 54:140–145.
A novel method for the rapid analysis of levoglucosan in soils and sediments. Ellen C. Hopmans. Raquel A. Lopes dos Santos, Anchelique Mets, Jaap S. Sinninghe Damsté, Stefan Schouten. Organic Geochemistry 05/13; 58:86-88.
Abrupt vegetation change after the late Quaternary megafaunal extinction in southeastern Australia. Raquel A. Lopes dos Santos, Patrick De Deckker, Ellen C. Hopmans, John W. Magee, Anchelique Mets, Jaap S. Sinninghe Damsté, Stefan Schouten. Nature Geoscience 7/2013; 6:627-631 DOI: 10.1038/ngeo1856.
Comparison of organic (UK’37, TEXH86, LDI) and faunal proxies (foraminiferal assemblages) for reconstruction of late Quaternary sea surface temperature variability from offshore southeastern Australia. Raquel A. Lopes dos Santos, Michelle I. Spooner, Timothy T. Barrows, Patrick De Deckker, Jaap S. Sinninghe Damsté, Stefan Schouten. Paleoceanography 2013; 28:377-387 DOI:10.1002/palo.20035.
Signatures of tetraether lipids reveal anthropogenic overprinting of natural organic matter in sediments of the Thames Estuary, UK. Raquel A Lopes dos Santos, Christopher H Vane. Organic Geochemistry 2016, 93:68-76.