Prof Frank Oldfield M.A., Ph.D., D.Sc.
Senior Fellow Geography and Planning
- Work email F.Oldfield@liverpool.ac.uk
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2020
Palustrine wetland formation during the MIS 3 interstadial: Implications for preserved alluvial records in the South African Karoo (Journal article)
Oldknow, C. J., Oldfield, F., Carr, A. S., Hooke, J. M., Biggin, A., Boyle, J. F., . . . Shen, Z. (2020). Palustrine wetland formation during the MIS 3 interstadial: Implications for preserved alluvial records in the South African Karoo. Sedimentary Geology, 405, 105698. doi:10.1016/j.sedgeo.2020.1056982019
New High-Temperature Dependence of Magnetic Susceptibility-Based Climofunction for Quantifying Paleoprecipitation From Chinese Loess (Journal article)
Gao, X., Hao, Q., Oldfield, F., Bloemendal, J., Deng, C., Wang, L., . . . Guo, Z. (2019). New High-Temperature Dependence of Magnetic Susceptibility-Based Climofunction for Quantifying Paleoprecipitation From Chinese Loess. GEOCHEMISTRY GEOPHYSICS GEOSYSTEMS, 20(8), 4273-4291. doi:10.1029/2019GC0084012018
Response to Soriano C (2018): "On theoretical approaches to the Anthropocene challenge' (Journal article)
Oldfield, F. (2018). Response to Soriano C (2018): "On theoretical approaches to the Anthropocene challenge'. ANTHROPOCENE REVIEW, 5(2), 219-220. doi:10.1177/2053019618794214A personal review of the book reviews (Journal article)
Oldfield, F. (2018). A personal review of the book reviews. ANTHROPOCENE REVIEW, 5(1), 97-101. doi:10.1177/2053019617751807The different climatic response of pedogenic hematite and ferrimagnetic minerals: Evidence from particle-sized modern soils over the Chinese Loess Plateau (Journal article)
Gao, X., Hao, Q., Wang, L., Oldfield, F., Bloemendal, J., Deng, C., . . . Guo, Z. (2018). The different climatic response of pedogenic hematite and ferrimagnetic minerals: Evidence from particle-sized modern soils over the Chinese Loess Plateau. QUATERNARY SCIENCE REVIEWS, 179, 69-86. doi:10.1016/j.quascirev.2017.11.0112017
To what extent have laterites contributed to the geochemical, surface reflectance and magnetic properties of adjacent tropical soils? Evidence from Niger and Burkina Faso (Journal article)
Hunt, A., Oldfield, F., Bloemendal, J., Boyle, J. F., Chiverrell, R. C., Lyons, R., . . . Balsam, W. (2017). To what extent have laterites contributed to the geochemical, surface reflectance and magnetic properties of adjacent tropical soils? Evidence from Niger and Burkina Faso. EARTH SURFACE PROCESSES AND LANDFORMS, 42(15), 2554-2569. doi:10.1002/esp.4203Magnetic evidence of anthropogenic dust deposition in urban soils of Shanghai, China (Journal article)
Wang, G., Ren, F., Chen, J., Liu, Y., Ye, F., Oldfield, F., . . . Zhang, X. (2017). Magnetic evidence of anthropogenic dust deposition in urban soils of Shanghai, China. CHEMIE DER ERDE-GEOCHEMISTRY, 77(3), 421-428. doi:10.1016/j.chemer.2017.07.0072016
Paradigms, projections and people (Journal article)
Oldfield, F. (2016). Paradigms, projections and people. ANTHROPOCENE REVIEW, 3(2), 163-172. doi:10.1177/20530196166504672015
When and how did the Anthropocene begin? (Journal article)
Oldfield, F. (2015). When and how did the Anthropocene begin?. ANTHROPOCENE REVIEW, 2(2), 101. doi:10.1177/2053019615590922Extra-long interglacial in Northern Hemisphere during MISs 15-13 arising from limited extent of Arctic ice sheets in glacial MIS 14 (Journal article)
Hao, Q., Wang, L., Oldfield, F., & Guo, Z. (2015). Extra-long interglacial in Northern Hemisphere during MISs 15-13 arising from limited extent of Arctic ice sheets in glacial MIS 14. SCIENTIFIC REPORTS, 5. doi:10.1038/srep12103Source-to-sinkmagnetic properties of NE Saharan dust in Eastern Mediterranean marine sediments: review and paleoenvironmental implications (Book)
Larrasoana, J. C., Roberts, A. P., Liu, Q., Lyons, R., Oldfield, F., Rohling, E. J., & Heslop, D. (2015). Source-to-sinkmagnetic properties of NE Saharan dust in Eastern Mediterranean marine sediments: review and paleoenvironmental implications (Vol. 3). doi:10.3389/feart.2015.00019Can the magnetic signatures from inorganic fly ash be used to mark the onset of the Anthropocene? (Journal article)
Oldfield, F. (2015). Can the magnetic signatures from inorganic fly ash be used to mark the onset of the Anthropocene?. ANTHROPOCENE REVIEW, 2(1), 3-13. doi:10.1177/2053019614534402Air pollutant contamination and acidification of surface waters in the North York Moors, UK: Multi-proxy evidence from the sediments of a moorland pool (Journal article)
Battarbee, R. W., Turner, S., Yang, H., Rose, N. L., Smyntek, P. M., Reimer, P. J., . . . Blaauw, M. (2015). Air pollutant contamination and acidification of surface waters in the North York Moors, UK: Multi-proxy evidence from the sediments of a moorland pool. HOLOCENE, 25(1), 226-237. doi:10.1177/0959683614556380The magnetic record of inorganic fly ash deposition in lake sediments and ombrotrophic peats (Journal article)
Oldfield, F., Gedye, S. A., Hunt, A., Jones, J. M., Jones, M. D. H., & Richardson, N. (2015). The magnetic record of inorganic fly ash deposition in lake sediments and ombrotrophic peats. HOLOCENE, 25(1), 215-225. doi:10.1177/09596836145563792014
Release of iron from chlorite weathering and links to magnetic enhancement in Chinese loess deposits (Journal article)
Peng, S., Hao, Q., Oldfield, F., & Guo, Z. (2014). Release of iron from chlorite weathering and links to magnetic enhancement in Chinese loess deposits. CATENA, 117, 43-49. doi:10.1016/j.catena.2013.07.005Anthropogenic climate change and the nature of Earth System science (Journal article)
Oldfield, F., & Steffen, W. (2014). Anthropogenic climate change and the nature of Earth System science. ANTHROPOCENE REVIEW, 1(1), 70-75. doi:10.1177/2053019613514862The <i>Anthropocene Review</i>: Its significance, implications and the rationale for a new transdisciplinary journal (Journal article)
Oldfield, F., Barnosky, A. D., Dearing, J., Fischer-Kowalski, M., McNeill, J., Steffen, W., & Zalasiewicz, J. (2014). The <i>Anthropocene Review</i>: Its significance, implications and the rationale for a new transdisciplinary journal. ANTHROPOCENE REVIEW, 1(1), 3-7. doi:10.1177/2053019613500445Discriminating dusts and dusts sources using magnetic properties and hematite:Goethite ratios of surface materials and dust from North Africa, the Atlantic and Barbados (Journal article)
Oldfield, F., Chiverrell, R. C., Lyons, R., Williams, E., Shen, Z., Bristow, C., . . . Boyle, J. F. (2014). Discriminating dusts and dusts sources using magnetic properties and hematite:Goethite ratios of surface materials and dust from North Africa, the Atlantic and Barbados. Aeolian Research, 13, 91-104. doi:10.1016/j.aeolia.2014.03.010Global Change in the Holocene (Book)
Birks, J., Battarbee, R., Mackay, A., & Oldfield, F. (n.d.). Global Change in the Holocene. Routledge. doi:10.4324/97802037850272013
Major changes in East Asian climate in the mid-Pliocene: Triggered by the uplift of the Tibetan Plateau or global cooling? (Journal article)
Ge, J., Dai, Y., Zhang, Z., Zhao, D., Li, Q., Zhang, Y., . . . Guo, Z. (2013). Major changes in East Asian climate in the mid-Pliocene: Triggered by the uplift of the Tibetan Plateau or global cooling?. JOURNAL OF ASIAN EARTH SCIENCES, 69, 48-59. doi:10.1016/j.jseaes.2012.10.0092011
Controls on lake level in the early to mid Holocene, Hawes Water, Lancashire, UK (Journal article)
Jones, R. T., Marshall, J. D., Fisher, E., Hatton, J., Patrick, C., Anderson, K., . . . Oldfield, F. (2011). Controls on lake level in the early to mid Holocene, Hawes Water, Lancashire, UK. The Holocene, 21(7), 1061-1072. doi:10.1177/09596836114004552010
Climate and atmospheric circulation changes over the past 1000 years reconstructed from oxygen isotopes in lake-sediment carbonate from Ireland (Journal article)
Holmes, J., Arrowsmith, C., Austin, W., Boyle, J., Fisher, E., Holme, R., . . . van der Post, K. (2010). Climate and atmospheric circulation changes over the past 1000 years reconstructed from oxygen isotopes in lake-sediment carbonate from Ireland. HOLOCENE, 20(7), 1105-1111. doi:10.1177/0959683610369504Terrestrial and aquatic ecosystem responses to late Holocene climate change recorded in the sediments of Lochan Uaine, Cairngorms, Scotland (Journal article)
Oldfield, F., Battarbee, R. W., Boyle, J. F., Cameron, N. G., Davis, B., Evershed, R. P., . . . Walker (nee Wake), R. (2010). Terrestrial and aquatic ecosystem responses to late Holocene climate change recorded in the sediments of Lochan Uaine, Cairngorms, Scotland. QUATERNARY SCIENCE REVIEWS, 29(7-8), 1040-1054. doi:10.1016/j.quascirev.2010.01.007Changes in climate and atmospheric circulation over the past 1000 years reconstructed from oxygen isotopes in lake-sediment carbonate from Ireland (Journal article)
Holmes, J., Arrowsmith, C., Austin, W., Boyle, J., Fisher, E., Holme, R., . . . Weir, D. (2010). Changes in climate and atmospheric circulation over the past 1000 years reconstructed from oxygen isotopes in lake-sediment carbonate from Ireland. The Holocene, 20(7), 1105-1111.2008
Evidence for changes in Holocene sediment flux in Semer Water and Raydale, North Yorkshire, UK (Journal article)
Chiverrell, R. C., Oldfield, F., Appleby, P. G., Barlow, D., Fisher, E., Thompson, R., & Wolff, G. (2008). Evidence for changes in Holocene sediment flux in Semer Water and Raydale, North Yorkshire, UK. GEOMORPHOLOGY, 100(1-2), 70-82. doi:10.1016/j.geomorph.2007.04.0352006
Human–environment interactions: learning from the past (Journal article)
Dearing, J. A., Battarbee, R. W., Dikau, R., Larocque, I., & Oldfield, F. (2006). Human–environment interactions: learning from the past. Regional Environmental Change, 6(1-2), 1-16. doi:10.1007/s10113-005-0011-8Human–environment interactions: towards synthesis and simulation (Journal article)
Dearing, J. A., Battarbee, R. W., Dikau, R., Larocque, I., & Oldfield, F. (2006). Human–environment interactions: towards synthesis and simulation. Regional Environmental Change, 6(1-2), 115-123. doi:10.1007/s10113-005-0012-7Environmental Change (Chapter)
Oldfield, F. (2006). Environmental Change. In H. Geist (Ed.), Our Earth¿s Changing Land. (Vol. 1, pp. 206-212). Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Press.Holocene (Chapter)
Oldfield, F. (2006). Holocene. In H. Geist (Ed.), Our Earth¿s Changing Land. (Vol. 1, pp. 286-287). Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Press.Human Impacts on terrestrial Ecosystems (HITE) Intiative (Chapter)
Oldfield, F. (2006). Human Impacts on terrestrial Ecosystems (HITE) Intiative. In H. Geist (Ed.), Our Earth¿s Changing Land. (Vol. 1, pp. 298). Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Press.Paleo Perspectives (Chapter)
Oldfield, F. (2006). Paleo Perspectives. In H. Geist (Ed.), Our Earth¿s Changing Land. (Vol. 2, pp. 451-452). Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Press.2005
Environmental change: key issues and alternative approaches (Book)
Oldfield, F. (2005). Environmental change: key issues and alternative approaches. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.Global Change and the Earth System (Book)
Steffen, W., Sanderson, A., Tyson, P., Jäger, J., Matson, P., Moore, B., . . . Wasson, R. J. (2005). Global Change and the Earth System. Springer Berlin Heidelberg. doi:10.1007/b1378702004
Mineral magnetism and geomagnetic secular variation of marine and lacustrine sediments from central Italy: timing and nature of local and regional Holocene environmental change (Journal article)
Rolph, T. C., Vigliotti, L., & Oldfield, F. (2004). Mineral magnetism and geomagnetic secular variation of marine and lacustrine sediments from central Italy: timing and nature of local and regional Holocene environmental change. Quaternary Science Reviews, 23(14-15), 1699-1722. doi:10.1016/j.quascirev.2004.02.005A hydrocarbon biomarker record for the last 40 kyr of plant input to Lake Heqing, southwestern China (Journal article)
Zhang, Z., Zhao, M., Yang, X., Wang, S., Jiang, X., Oldfield, F., & Eglinton, G. (2004). A hydrocarbon biomarker record for the last 40 kyr of plant input to Lake Heqing, southwestern China. Organic Geochemistry, 35(5), 595-613. doi:10.1016/j.orggeochem.2003.12.003Archives and Proxies along the PEP III Transect (Chapter)
Oldfield, F., & Thompson, R. (n.d.). Archives and Proxies along the PEP III Transect. In Past Climate Variability through Europe and Africa (pp. 7-29). Springer Netherlands. doi:10.1007/978-1-4020-2121-3_2Some personal perspectives on the role of Quaternary science in global change studies (Journal article)
Oldfield, F. (2004). Some personal perspectives on the role of Quaternary science in global change studies. Global and Planetary Change, 40(1-2), 3-9. doi:10.1016/s0921-8181(03)00094-82003
The late-Holocene history of Gormire Lake (NE England) and its catchment: a multiproxy reconstruction of past human impact (Journal article)
Oldfield, F., Wake, R., Boyle, J., Jones, R., Nolan, S., Gibbs, Z., . . . Wolff, G. (2003). The late-Holocene history of Gormire Lake (NE England) and its catchment: a multiproxy reconstruction of past human impact. HOLOCENE, 13(5), 677-690. doi:10.1191/0959683603hl654rpMolecular marker records of land use change (Journal article)
Fisher, E., Oldfield, F., Wake, R., Boyle, J., Appleby, P., & Wolff, G. A. (2003). Molecular marker records of land use change. ORGANIC GEOCHEMISTRY, 34(1), 105-119. doi:10.1016/S0146-6380(02)00145-6A high resolution late Holocene palaeo environmental record from the central Adriatic Sea (Journal article)
Oldfield, F. (2003). A high resolution late Holocene palaeo environmental record from the central Adriatic Sea. Quaternary Science Reviews, 22(2-4), 319-342. doi:10.1016/s0277-3791(02)00088-4Global Change in The Holocene. (Book)
Mackay, A., Battarbee, R. W., Birks, H. J. B., & Oldfield, F. (Eds.) (2003). Global Change in The Holocene.. London: Arnolds.The Late-Holocene history of Gormire Lake (N.E. England) and its catchment: a multiproxy reconstruction of past human impact (Journal article)
Oldfield, F., Wake, R., Boyle, J. F., Jones, R., Nolan, S., Gibbs, Z., . . . Wolff, G. (2003). The Late-Holocene history of Gormire Lake (N.E. England) and its catchment: a multiproxy reconstruction of past human impact. Holocene, 13(5), 677-690. doi:10.1191/0959683603hl654rpThe Role of Human Activities in Past Environmental Change. (Chapter)
Oldfield, F., & Dearing, J. A. (2003). The Role of Human Activities in Past Environmental Change.. In K. D. Alverson, R. S. Bradley, & T. F. Pedersen (Eds.), Paleoclimate, Global Change and the Future. (pp. 143-162). Berlin: Springer Verlag.The Societal Relevance of Paleoenvironmental Research (Chapter)
Oldfield, F., & Alverson, K. (2003). The Societal Relevance of Paleoenvironmental Research. In Paleoclimate, Global Change and the Future (pp. 1-11). Springer Berlin Heidelberg. doi:10.1007/978-3-642-55828-3_12002
A high resolution Late-Glacial isotopic record from Hawes Water, Northwest England (Journal article)
Marshall, J. D., Jones, R. T., Crowley, S. F., Oldfield, F., Nash, S., & Bedford, A. (2002). A high resolution Late-Glacial isotopic record from Hawes Water, Northwest England. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 185(1-2), 25-40. doi:10.1016/s0031-0182(02)00422-4A high resolution, multiproxy Late‐glacial record of climate change and intrasystem responses in northwest England (Journal article)
Jones, R. T., Marshall, J. D., Crowley, S. F., Bedford, A., Richardson, N., Bloemendal, J., & Oldfield, F. (2002). A high resolution, multiproxy Late‐glacial record of climate change and intrasystem responses in northwest England. Journal of Quaternary Science, 17(4), 329-340. doi:10.1002/jqs.683Climate Change: Abrupt (Chapter)
Oldfield, F., & Alverson, K. (2002). Climate Change: Abrupt. In E. Munn (Ed.), .Encyclopedia of Global Environmental Change (Vol. 1, pp. 272-277). London: Wiley.The Holocene, A Special Time. (Chapter)
Oldfield, F. (2002). The Holocene, A Special Time.. In A. Mackay, R. W. Battarbee, H. J. B. Birks, & F. Oldfield (Eds.), Global Change in The Holocene. (pp. 1-9). London: Arnold.2001
Evidence for Holocene climate variability from the sediments of a Scottish remote mountain lake (Journal article)
Battarbee, R. W., Cameron, N. G., Golding, P., Brooks, S. J., Switsur, R., Harkness, D., . . . McGovern, A. (2001). Evidence for Holocene climate variability from the sediments of a Scottish remote mountain lake. JOURNAL OF QUATERNARY SCIENCE, 16(4), 339-346. doi:10.1002/jqs.597(Journal article)
Hu, Y., Oldfield, F., Manalt, F., & Beck, C. (2001). Unknown Title. Journal of Paleolimnology, 25(2), 193-203. doi:10.1023/a:1008196215622Biome 300 and HITE: A PAGES Perspective (Journal article)
Oldfield, F., & Dearing, J. A. (2001). Biome 300 and HITE: A PAGES Perspective. Land Cover Change (LUCC) Newsletter, 7, 7-8.The multi-proxy late-Pleistocene and Holocene (Journal article)
Oldfield, F., & Berthier, F. (2001). The multi-proxy late-Pleistocene and Holocene. Journal of Paleolimnology, 25(2), 133-135.1999
Problems of core correlation, sediment source ascription and yield estimation in Ponsonby Tarn, West Cumbria, UK (Journal article)
Oldfield, F., Appleby, P. G., & Van der Post, K. D. (1999). Problems of core correlation, sediment source ascription and yield estimation in Ponsonby Tarn, West Cumbria, UK. EARTH SURFACE PROCESSES AND LANDFORMS, 24(11), 975-992. Retrieved from https://www.webofscience.com/An investigation into the efficiency of particle size separation using Stokes’ Law (Journal article)
Clifton, J., McDonald, P., Plater, A., & Oldfield, F. (1999). An investigation into the efficiency of particle size separation using Stokes’ Law. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, 24(8), 725-730. doi:3.0.co;2-w">10.1002/(sici)1096-9837(199908)24:8<725::aid-esp5>3.0.co;2-wDOI: 10.1002/(sici)1096-9837(199908)24:8<725::aid-esp5>3.0.co;2-w