Charles Maxson IV
School of Social Sciences
Faculty of Arts, Business, Law and Economics
In my research I use isotopes and modelling techniques to reconstruct past climate from lake sediment cores. My PhD is based on sediment cores collected from Blue Lake, North Stradbroke Island, QLD. The aims of my project are two fold: first, I use carbon isotopes of plants and algae from Blue Lake to reconstruct the ecological conditions of the lake back through time. Second, I will use oxygen isotopes of diatoms (siliceous algae) from the sediment core to reconstruct precipitation at Blue Lake over the last 7,500 years. The overall objective of the project is to infer past changes in the El Nino Southern Oscillation (ENSO) and comment on how these changes may affect future climate in eastern Australia.
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Appointments
Date Position Institution name 2017 - 2018 Research Assistant National Institute of Water and Atmosphere (NIWA) -
Education
Date Institution name Country Title 2015 - 2017 Victoria University of Wellington New Zealand Master of Science 2010 - 2014 University of Washington United States Bachelor of Science -
Research Interests
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Journals
Year Citation 2023 Duxbury, L. C., Johns-Mead, L. Y., Cadd, H., Francke, A., Löhr, S. C., Law, W. B., . . . Tyler, J. J. (2023). Holocene Climate and Catchment Change Inferred from the Geochemistry of Lashmars Lagoon, Kangaroo Island (Karti), Southern Australia.
2022 Maxson, C., Tibby, J., Barr, C., Tyler, J., Leng, M., Lomax, B., . . . Jacobsen, G. (2022). Ecology and climate sensitivity of a groundwater-fed lake on subtropical North Stradbroke Island (Minjerribah), Queensland, Australia over the last 7500 years. Journal of Paleolimnology, 67(1), 75-93.
Scopus1 WoS12021 Maxson IV, C., Tibby, J., Marshall, J., Kent, M., Tyler, J., Barr, C., . . . Lomax, B. H. (2021). Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy as a tracer of organic matter sources in lake sediments. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 581, 110622-1-110622-11.
Scopus5 WoS42019 Maxson, C. R., Bostock, H. C., Mackintosh, A., Mikaloff-Fletcher, S., McCave, N., & Neil, H. L. (2019). Modern, Preindustrial, and Past (Last 25 ka) Carbon Isotopic (δ<sup>13</sup>C) Variability in the Surface Waters of the Southwest Pacific. Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology, 34(4), 692-714.
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