Professor Philippa Ascough

  • Director NEIF, Professor of Geoscience (Scottish Universities Environmental Research Centre)

email: Philippa.Ascough@glasgow.ac.uk
pronouns: She/her/hers

Nerc-Rcf, Suerc, Rankine Avenue, East Kilbride G75 0QF

Import to contacts

ORCID iDhttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-6529-2903

Research interests

Radiocarbon dating and technique development

Fire-derived carbon in the environment

Palaeoenvironmental change over the Holocene/ last Glacial

Stable isotopes in environmental systems

Marine and Freshwater 14C Reservoir Effects

Environmental/Scientific Archaeology

Publications

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Number of items: 83.

2024

Earland, J. L., Scourse, J. D., Ehmen, T., Kender, S. and Ascough, P. (2024) Identification of the Storegga event offshore Shetland. Marine Geology, 474, 107334. (doi: 10.1016/j.margeo.2024.107334)

Schiedung, M., Ascough, P. , Bellè, S.-L., Bird, M. I., Bröder, L., Haghipour, N., Hilton, R. G., Lattaud, J. and Abiven, S. (2024) Millennial-aged pyrogenic carbon in high-latitude mineral soils. Communications Earth and Environment, 5, 177. (doi: 10.1038/s43247-024-01343-5)

Ascough, P. , Bompard, N., Garnett, M.H. , Gulliver, P. , Murray, C. , Newton, J.-A. and Taylor, C. (2024) 14C Measurement of samples for environmental science applications at the National Environmental Isotope Facility (NEIF) Radiocarbon Laboratory, SUERC, UK. Radiocarbon, (doi: 10.1017/RDC.2024.9) (Early Online Publication)

2023

Garnett, M. H. , Pereira, R., Taylor, C., Murray, C. and Ascough, P. L. (2023) A new ramped oxidation-14C analysis facility at the NEIF Radiocarbon Laboratory, East Kilbride, UK. Radiocarbon, 65(5), pp. 1213-1229. (doi: 10.1017/RDC.2023.96)

Knapp, W. J. et al. (2023) Quantifying CO2 removal at enhanced weathering sites: a multiproxy approach. Environmental Science and Technology, 57(26), pp. 9854-9864. (doi: 10.1021/acs.est.3c03757) (PMID:37340979)

Sendrowski, A., Wohl, E., Hilton, R., Kramer, N. and Ascough, P. (2023) Wood-based carbon storage in the Mackenzie river delta: the world's largest mapped riverine wood deposit. Geophysical Research Letters, 50(7), e2022GL100913. (doi: 10.1029/2022GL100913)

Garnett, M. H. , Bryant, C. L., Freeman, S. P.H.T. , Gulliver, P. and Ascough, P. L. (2023) A database of NERC radiocarbon measurements determined by accelerator mass spectrometry. Radiocarbon, (doi: 10.1017/RDC.2023.18) (Early Online Publication)

Freeman, S. P.H.T. , Dunbar, E. , Tripney, B. G. , Ascough, P. L. , Fabel, D. , Gulliver, P. , McIntyre, C. , Naysmith, P. , Shanks, R. P. and Xu, S. (2023) Another 6 years of radiocarbon secondary-standard AMS with two spectrometers. Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section B: Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms, 535, pp. 267-271. (doi: 10.1016/j.nimb.2022.12.014)

Mazzini, A., Sciarra, A., Lupi, M., Ascough, P. , Akhmanov, G., Karyono, K. and Husein, A. (2023) Deep fluids migration and submarine emersion of the Kalang Anyar mud volcano (Java, Indonesia): a multidisciplinary study. Marine and Petroleum Geology, 148, 105970. (doi: 10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2022.105970)

Faust, J. C., Ascough, P. , Hilton, R. G., Stevenson, M., Hendry, K. R. and März, C. (2023) New evidence for preservation of contemporary marine organic carbon by iron in Arctic shelf sediments. Environmental Research Letters, 18(1), 014006. (doi: 10.1088/1748-9326/aca780)

2022

Blanz, M., Balasse, M., Card, N., Ascough, P. , Fiorillo, D., Taggart, M. A., Feldmann, J. and Mainland, I. (2022) Life, death and teeth of Late Neolithic sheep and red deer excavated at Ness of Brodgar, Orkney Islands (UK). Environmental Archaeology, (doi: 10.1080/14614103.2022.2146320) (Early Online Publication)

O'Brien, Á. C. et al. (2022) Using organic contaminants to constrain the terrestrial journey of the martian meteorite Lafayette. Astrobiology, 22(11), pp. 1351-1362. (doi: 10.1089/ast.2021.0180) (PMID:36264546) (PMCID:PMC9618387)

Feldpausch, T. R., Carvalho, L., Macario, K. D., Ascough, P. L. , Flores, C. F., Honorio Coronado, E. N., Kalamandeen, M., Phillips, O. L. and Staff, R. A. (2022) Forest fire history in Amazonia inferred from intensive soil charcoal sampling and radiocarbon dating. Frontiers in Forests and Global Change, 5, 815438. (doi: 10.3389/ffgc.2022.815438)

Tipping, E. et al. (2022) Relationships between riverine and terrestrial dissolved organic carbon: concentration, radiocarbon signature, specific UV absorbance. Science of the Total Environment, 817, 153000. (doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.153000) (PMID:35031358)

Blanza, M., Stewart, S., Mainland, I., Ascough, P. , Raab, A., Feldmann, J. and Taggart, M. A. (2022) Trace element ratios in tooth enamel as palaeodietary indicators of seaweed consumption and coastal grazing, and their broader applicability. Journal of Archaeological Science, 139, 105551. (doi: 10.1016/j.jas.2022.105551)

2021

Hajdas, I., Ascough, P. , Garnett, M. H. , Fallon, S. J., Pearson, C. L., Quarta, G., Spalding, K. L., Yamaguchi, H. and Yoneda, M. (2021) Radiocarbon dating. Nature Reviews Methods Primers, 1, 62. (doi: 10.1038/s43586-021-00058-7)

2020

Blanz, M., Mainland, I., Richards, M., Balasse, M., Ascough, P. , Wolfhagen, J., Taggart, M. A. and Feldmann, J. (2020) Identifying seaweed consumption by sheep using isotope analysis of their bones and teeth: modern reference δ13C and δ15N values and their archaeological implications. Journal of Archaeological Science, 118, 105140. (doi: 10.1016/j.jas.2020.105140)

Haig, J., Ascough, P. L. , Wurster, C. M. and Bird, M. I. (2020) A rapid throughput technique to isolate pyrogenic carbon by hydrogen pyrolysis for stable isotope and radiocarbon analysis. Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry, 34(10), e8737. (doi: 10.1002/rcm.8737) (PMID:31981268)

2019

Garnett, M. H. , Newton, J.-A. and Ascough, P. L. (2019) Advances in the radiocarbon analysis of carbon dioxide at the NERC radiocarbon facility (East Kilbride) using molecular sieve cartridges. Radiocarbon, 61(6), pp. 1855-1865. (doi: 10.1017/RDC.2019.86)

Garnett, M.H. , Murray, C. , Gulliver, P. and Ascough, P.L. (2019) Radiocarbon analysis of methane at the NERC Radiocarbon Facility (East Kilbride). Radiocarbon, 61(5), pp. 1477-1487. (doi: 10.1017/RDC.2019.3)

Estrella-Martínez, J., Ascough, P. L. , Schöne, B. R., Scourse, J. D. and Butler, P. G. (2019) 8.2 ka event North Sea hydrography determined by bivalve shell stable isotope geochemistry. Scientific Reports, 9, 6753. (doi: 10.1038/s41598-019-43219-1) (PMID:31043648) (PMCID:PMC6494846)

Blanz, M., Ascough, P. , Mainland, I., Martin, P., Taggart, M. A., Dieterich, B., Wishart, J., Sayle, K. L. , Raab, A. and Feldmann, J. (2019) Seaweed fertilisation impacts the chemical and isotopic composition of barley: implications for analyses of archaeological skeletal remains. Journal of Archaeological Science, 104, pp. 34-44. (doi: 10.1016/j.jas.2019.02.003)

Munksgaard, N.C., McBeath, A.V., Ascough, P.L. , Levchenko, V.A., Williams, A. and Bird, M.I. (2019) Partitioning of microbially respired CO2 between indigenous and exogenous carbon sources during biochar degradation using radiocarbon and stable carbon isotopes. Radiocarbon, 61(2), pp. 573-586. (doi: 10.1017/RDC.2018.128)

2018

Ascough, P. , Mainland, I. and Newton, A. (2018) From isoscapes to farmscapes: Introduction to the special issue. Environmental Archaeology, 23(4), pp. 299-302. (doi: 10.1080/14614103.2018.1516341)

Ascough, P. L. , Bird, M. I., Meredith, W., Snape, C., Large, D., Tilston, E., Apperley, D., Bernabé, A. and Shen, L. (2018) Dynamics of charcoal alteration in a tropical biome: A biochar-based study. Frontiers in Earth Science, 6, 61. (doi: 10.3389/feart.2018.00061)

Alves, E. Q., Macario, K., Ascough, P. and Bronk Ramsey, C. (2018) The worldwide marine radiocarbon reservoir effect: definitions, mechanisms, and prospects. Reviews of Geophysics, 56(1), pp. 278-305. (doi: 10.1002/2017RG000588)

2017

Bownes, J. M. , Ascough, P. L. , Cook, G. T. , Murray, I. and Bonsall, C. (2017) Using stable isotopes and a Bayesian mixing model (FRUITS) to investigate diet at the Late Mesolithic/Early Neolithic site of Carding Mill Bay, Scotland. Radiocarbon, 59(5), pp. 1275-1294. (doi: 10.1017/RDC.2017.39)

Bird, M. I., McBeath, A. V., Ascough, P. L. , Levchenko, V. A., Wurtser, C. M., Munksgaard, N. C., Smernik, R. J. and Williams, A. (2017) Loss and gain of carbon during char degradation. Soil Biology and Biochemistry, 106, pp. 80-89. (doi: 10.1016/j.soilbio.2016.12.012)

Ascough, P. L. , Church, M. J. and Cook, G. T. (2017) Marine radiocarbon reservoir effects for the Mesolithic and Medieval Periods in the Western Isles of Scotland. Radiocarbon, 59(1), pp. 17-31. (doi: 10.1017/RDC.2016.99)

Keitel, C., Ascough, P. , Wurster, C. and Bird, M.I. (2017) Stable isotope analysis of biochars. In: Singh, B., Camps Arbestain, M. and Lehmann, J. (eds.) Biochar: A Guide to Analytical Methods. CRC Press: Clayton. ISBN 9781498765534

Meredith, W., McBeath, A., Ascough, P. and Bird, M.I. (2017) Analysis of biochars by hydropyrolysis (HyPy). In: Singh, B., Camps Arbestain, M. and Lehmann, J. (eds.) Biochar: A Guide to Analytical Methods. CRC Press: Clayton. ISBN 9781498765534

Olsen, J., Ascough, P. , Lougheed, B. C. and Rasmussen, P. (2017) Radiocarbon dating in estuarine environments. In: Weckström, K., Saunders, K. M., Gell, P. A. and Skilbeck, C. G. (eds.) Applications of Paleoenvironmental Techniques in Estuarine Studies. Series: Developments in paleoenvironmental research (20). Springer: Dordrecht, pp. 141-170. ISBN 9789402409888 (doi: 10.1007/978-94-024-0990-1_7)

Santín, C., Doerr, S. H., Merino, A., Bucheli, T. D., Bryant, R., Ascough, P. , Gao, X. and Masiello, C. A. (2017) Carbon sequestration potential and physicochemical properties differ between wildfire charcoals and slow-pyrolysis biochars. Scientific Reports, 7, 11233. (doi: 10.1038/s41598-017-10455-2) (PMID:28894167) (PMCID:PMC5594023)

2016

Tilston, E. L., Ascough, P. L. , Garnett, M. H. and Bird, M. I. (2016) Quantifying charcoal degradation and negative priming of soil organic matter with a radiocarbon-dead tracer. Radiocarbon, 58(4), pp. 905-919. (doi: 10.1017/RDC.2016.45)

Ascough, P. L. , Bird, M. I., Meredith, W. and Snape, C. E. (2016) Dates and fates of pyrogenic carbon: using spectroscopy to understand a “missing” global carbon sink. Spectroscopy Europe, 28(2), pp. 6-9.

Sayle, K. L. , Hamilton, W. D. , Cook, G. T. , Ascough, P. L. , Gestsdóttir, H. and McGovern, T. H. (2016) Deciphering diet and monitoring movement: multiple stable isotope analysis of the Viking Age settlement at Hofstaðir, Lake Mývatn, Iceland. American Journal of Physical Anthropology, 160(1), pp. 126-136. (doi: 10.1002/ajpa.22939) (PMID:26799531)

2015

Shanks, R. P. , Ascough, P. L. , Dougans, A., Gallacher, P., Gulliver, P. , Rood, D. H., Xu, S. and Freeman, S. P.H.T. (2015) Performance of the rebuilt SUERC single-stage accelerator mass spectrometer. Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section B: Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms, 361, pp. 76-79. (doi: 10.1016/j.nimb.2015.07.122)

Russell, N., Cook, G. T. , Ascough, P. L. and Scott, E. M. (2015) A period of calm in Scottish seas: a comprehensive study of ΔR values for the northern British Isles coast and the consequent implications for archaeology and oceanography. Quaternary Geochronology, 30(Pt. A), pp. 34-41. (doi: 10.1016/j.quageo.2015.08.001)

Bownes, J. , Ascough, P. , Cook, G. , Murray, I., Sayle, K. and Bonsall, C. (2015) Reassessing the Diet of the Mesolithic-Neolithic Transition in West Scotland. 21st Annual Meeting of the European Association of Archaeologists, Glasgow, UK, 2-5 Sep 2015.

Brewington, S. et al. (2015) Islands of change vs. islands of disaster: managing pigs and birds in the Anthropocene of the North Atlantic. Holocene, 25(10), pp. 1676-1684. (doi: 10.1177/0959683615591714)

Saiz, G. et al. (2015) The influence of C3 and C4 vegetation on soil organic matter dynamics in contrasting semi-natural tropical ecosystems. Biogeosciences, 12(16), pp. 5041-5059. (doi: 10.5194/bg-12-5041-2015)

Washbourne, C.-L., Lopez-Capel, E., Renforth, P., Ascough, P. L. and Manning, D. A.C. (2015) Rapid removal of atmospheric CO2 by urban soils. Environmental Science and Technology, 49(9), pp. 5434-5440. (doi: 10.1021/es505476d) (PMID:25837769)

Cook, G.T. , Ascough, P.L. , Bonsall, C., Hamilton, W.D. , Russell, N., Sayle, K.L. , Scott, E.M. and Bownes, J.M. (2015) Best practice methodology for 14C calibration of marine and mixed terrestrial/marine samples. Quaternary Geochronology, 27, pp. 164-171. (doi: 10.1016/j.quageo.2015.02.024)

2014

Bird, M. I., Levchenko, V., Ascough, P. L. , Meredith, W., Wurster, C. M., Williams, A., Tilston, E. L., Snape, C. E. and Apperley, D. C. (2014) The efficiency of charcoal decontamination for radiocarbon dating by three pre-treatments – ABOX, ABA and hypy. Quaternary Geochronology, 22, pp. 25-32. (doi: 10.1016/j.quageo.2014.02.003)

Ascough, P. (2014) Peat (14C). In: Rink, W.J. and Thompson, J. (eds.) Encyclopedia of Scientific Dating Methods. Springer Netherlands, pp. 1-8. ISBN 9789400763265 (doi: 10.1007/978-94-007-6326-5_166-1)

Ascough, P. L. , Church, M. J., Cook, G. T. , Einarsson, Á., McGovern, T. H., Dugmore, A. J. and Edwards, K. J. (2014) Stable isotopic (δ13C and δ15N) characterization of key faunal resources 1 from Norse period 2 settlements in North Iceland. Journal of the North Atlantic, 7(7), pp. 25-42. (doi: 10.3721/037.002.sp703)

Sayle, K. , Cook, G. T. , Ascough, P. L. , Gestsdóttir, H., Hamilton, W. D. and McGovern, T. H. (2014) Utilisation of δ13C, δ15N, and δ34S analyses to understand 14C-dating anomalies within a Late Viking Age community in north-east Iceland. Radiocarbon, 56(2), (doi: 10.2458/56.17770)

2013

Sayle, K. L. , Cook, G. T. , Ascough, P. L. , Hastie, H. , Einarsson, Á., McGovern, T. H., Hicks, M. T., Edwald, Á. and Friðriksson, A. (2013) Application of 34S analysis for elucidating terrestrial, marine and freshwater ecosystems: evidence of animal movement/husbandry practices in an early Viking community around Lake Mývatn, Iceland. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 120(1), pp. 531-544. (doi: 10.1016/j.gca.2013.07.008)

Church, M. J. et al. (2013) The Vikings were not the first colonizers of the Faroe Islands. Quaternary Science Reviews, 77, pp. 228-232. (doi: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2013.06.011)

Meredith, W., Ascough, P.L. , Bird, M.I., Large, D.J., Snape, C.E., Song, J., Sun, Y. and Tilston, E.L. (2013) Direct evidence from hydropyrolysis for the retention of long alkyl moieties in black carbon fractions isolated by acidified dichromate oxidation. Journal of Analytical and Applied Pyrolysis, 103, pp. 232-239. (doi: 10.1016/j.jaap.2012.11.001)

Clark, K.E., Hilton, R.G., West, A.J., Malhi, Y., Gröcke, D.R., Bryant, C.L., Ascough, P.L. , Robles Caceres, A. and New, M. (2013) New views on “old” carbon in the Amazon River: insight from the source of organic carbon eroded from the Peruvian Andes. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, 14(5), pp. 1644-1659. (doi: 10.1002/ggge.20122)

2012

Meredith, W., Ascough, P.L. , Bird, M.I., Large, D.J., Snape, C.E., Sun, Y. and Tilston, E.L. (2012) Assessment of hydropyrolysis as a method for the quantification of black carbon using standard reference materials. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 97, pp. 131-147. (doi: 10.1016/j.gca.2012.08.037)

Ascough, P.L. , Church, M.J., Cook, G.T. , Dunbar, E. , Gestsdóttir, H., McGovern, T.H., Dugmore, A.J., Friðriksson, A. and Edwards, K.J. (2012) Radiocarbon reservoir effects in human bone collagen from northern Iceland. Journal of Archaeological Science, 39(7), pp. 2261-2271. (doi: 10.1016/j.jas.2012.02.012)

Bird, M.I. and Ascough, P.L. (2012) Isotopes in pyrogenic carbon: a review. Organic Geochemistry, 42(12), pp. 1529-1539. (doi: 10.1016/j.orggeochem.2010.09.005)

Ascough, P. L. (2012) Marine reservoir effects: problems and prospects for radiocarbon dating. In: Campar Almeida, A., Bettencourt, A. M.S., Moura, D., Monteiro-Rodrigues, S. and Caetano Alves, M. I. (eds.) Environmental Changes and Human Interaction Along the Western Atlantic Edge. Sersilito-Empresa Gráfica, Lda: Coimbra, pp. 13-26. ISBN 9789899714014

2011

Ascough, P. , Cook, G. , Hastie, H. , Dunbar, E. , Church, M.J., Einarsson, A., McGovern, T.H. and Dugmore, A.J. (2011) An Icelandic freshwater radiocarbon reservoir effect: implications for lacustrine 14C chronologies. Holocene, 21(7), pp. 1073-1080. (doi: 10.1177/0959683611400466)

Ahad, J. M.E., Ganeshram, R. S., Bryant, C. L., Cisneros-Dozal, L. M. , Ascough, P. L. , Fallick, A. E. and Slater, G. F. (2011) Sources of n-alkanes in an urbanized estuary: insights from molecular distributions and compound-specific stable and radiocarbon isotopes. Marine Chemistry, 126(1-4), pp. 239-249. (doi: 10.1016/j.marchem.2011.06.002)

Ascough, P. , Bird, M.I., Francis, S.M., Thornton, B., Midwood, A., Scott, A.C. and Apperley, D. (2011) Variability in oxidative degradation of charcoal: influence of production variables and environmental exposure. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 75(9), pp. 2361-2378. (doi: 10.1016/j.gca.2011.02.002)

Russell, N., Cook, G. , Ascough, P. , Barrett, J.H. and Dugmore, A. (2011) Species specific Marine Radiocarbon Reservoir Effect: A comparison of Δ R values between Patella vulgata (limpet) shell carbonate and Gadus morhua (Atlantic cod) bone collagen. Journal of Archaeological Science, 38(5), pp. 1008-1015. (doi: 10.1016/j.jas.2010.11.015)

Baker, A., Gulliver, P. , Ascough, P. , Roe, J. and Bridgeman, J. (2011) Assessing the effect of sterilization on the radiocarbon signature of freshwater dissolved organic carbon. Radiocarbon, 53(4), pp. 659-667.

Russell, N., Cook, G. , Ascough, P. , Scott, E.M. and Dugmore, A.J. (2011) Examining the inherent variability in ΔR: New methods of presenting ΔR values and implications for MRE studies. Radiocarbon, 53(2), pp. 277-288.

2010

Ascough, P. , Bird, M.I., Meredith, W., Wood, R.E., Snape, C.E., Brock, F., Higham, T.F., Large, D.J. and Apperley, D.C. (2010) Hydropyrolysis: implications for radiocarbon pre-treatment and characterization of Black Carbon. Radiocarbon, 52(3), pp. 1336-1350.

Ascough, P.L. et al. (2010) Temporal and spatial variations in freshwater 14C reservoir effects: Lake Myvatn, Northern Iceland. Radiocarbon, 52(3), pp. 1098-1112.

Naysmith, P. et al. (2010) 14C AMS at SUERC: improving QA data from the 5 MV tandem AMS and 250 kV SSAMS. Radiocarbon, 52(2), pp. 263-271. (doi: 10.1017/S003382220004529X)

Russell, N., Cook, G. , Ascough, P.L. and Dugmore, A. (2010) Spatial variation in the MRE throughout the Scottish Post-Roman to late Medieval period: North Sea values (500-1350 BP). Radiocarbon, 52(3), pp. 1166-1181.

Wurster, C.M., McFarlane, D.A., Bird, M.I., Ascough, P.L. and Athfield, N.B. (2010) Stable isotopes of subfossil bat guano as a long-term environmental archive: insights from a Grand Canyon cave deposit. Journal of Cave and Karst Studies, 72(2), pp. 111-121. (doi: 10.4311/jcks2009es0109)

Ascough, P.L. , Bird, M.I., Scott, A.C., Collinson, M.E., Cohen-Ofri, I., Snape, C.E. and Le Manquais, K. (2010) Charcoal reflectance measurements: implications for structural characterization and assessment of diagenetic alteration. Journal of Archaeological Science, 37(7), pp. 1590-1599. (doi: 10.1016/j.jas.2010.01.020)

Ascough, P.L. , Sturrock, C.J. and Bird, M.I. (2010) Investigation of growth responses in saprophytic fungi to charred biomass. Isotopes in Environmental and Health Studies, 46(1), pp. 64-77. (doi: 10.1080/10256010903388436)

Ascough, P.L. , Bird, M.I., Francis, S.M. and Lebl, T. (2010) Alkali extraction of archaeological and geological charcoal: evidence for diagenetic degradation and formation of humic acids. Journal of Archaeological Science, 38(1), pp. 69-78. (doi: 10.1016/j.jas.2010.08.011)

2009

Wurster, C.M., Bird, M.I., Bull, I., Bryant, C. and Ascough, P.L. (2009) A protocol for radiocarbon dating tropical subfossil cave guano. Radiocarbon, 51(3), pp. 977-986.

Ascough, P.L. , Cook, G.T. and Dugmore, A.J. (2009) North Atlantic marine 14C reservoir effects: implications for late-Holocene chronological studies. Quaternary Geochronology, 4(3), pp. 171-180. (doi: 10.1016/j.quageo.2008.12.002)

Ascough, P.L. , Bird, M.I., Brock, F., Higham, T.F.G., Meredith, W., Snape, C.E. and Vane, C.H. (2009) Hydropyrolysis as a new tool for radiocarbon pre-treatment and the quantification of black carbon. Quaternary Geochronology, 4(2), pp. 140-147. (doi: 10.1016/j.quageo.2008.11.001)

Bird, M.I., Charville-Mort, P.D.J., Ascough, P.L. , Wood, R., Higham, T.F.G. and Apperley, D. (2009) Assessment of oxygen plasma ashing as a pre-treatment for radiocarbon dating. Quaternary Geochronology, (doi: 10.1016/j.quageo.2009.10.004)

McGovern, T.H., Perdikaris, S., Mainland, I., Ascough, P. , Ewens, V., Einarsson, A., Sidell, J., Hambrecht, G. and Harrison, R. (2009) The archaeofauna. In: Lucas, G., Batey, C., Gudmundsson, G., Lawson, I.T., McGovern, T.H. and Simpson, I.A. (eds.) Hofstaðir: Excavations of a Viking Age Feasting Hall in North-Eastern Iceland. Series: Institute of Archaeology Monograh Series. Institute of Archaeology: Reykjavik. ISBN 9789979994602

2008

Ascough, P.L. , Bird, M.I., Wormald, P., Snape, C.E. and Apperley, D. (2008) Influence of production variables and starting material on charcoal stable isotopic and molecular characteristics. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 72(24), pp. 6090-6102. (doi: 10.1016/j.gca.2008.10.009)

Bird, M.I., Ascough, P.L. , Young, I.M., Wood, C.V. and Scott, A.C. (2008) X-Ray microtomographic imaging of charcoal. Journal of Archaeological Science, 35(10), pp. 2698-2706. (doi: 10.1016/j.jas.2008.04.018)

2007

Church, M., Dugmore, A.J., Mairs, K.A., Millard, A.R., Cook, G.T., Sveinbjarnardottir, G., Ascough, P.L. and Roucoux, K.H. (2007) Charcoal production during the Norse and early medieval periods in Eyjafjallahreppur, southern Iceland. Radiocarbon, 49(2), pp. 659-672.

Ascough, P.L. , Cook, G.T., Church, M.J., Dugmore, A.J., McGovern, T.G., Dunbar, E. , Einarsson, E., Frioriksson, A. and Gestsdottir, H. (2007) Reservoirs and radiocarbon: 14C dating problems in Myvatnssveit, Northern Iceland. Radiocarbon, 49(2), pp. 947-961.

Ascough, P.L., Cook, G.T., Dugmore, A.J. and Scott, E.M. (2007) The North Atlantic marine reservoir effect in the early Holocene: implications for defining and understanding MRE values. Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section B: Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms, 259(1), pp. 438-447. (doi: 10.1016/j.nimb.2007.01.185)

2006

Ascough, P. L. , Cook, G.T., Church, M.J., Dugmore, A.J., Arge, S.V. and McGovern, T.H. (2006) Variability in North Atlantic marine radiocarbon reservoir effects at c. 1000 AD. Holocene, 16(1), pp. 131-136. (doi: 10.1191/0959683606hl913rr)

2005

Ascough, P.L., Cook, G.T. and Dugmore, A. (2005) Methodological approaches to determining the marine radiocarbon reservoir effect. Progress in Physical Geography, 29(4), pp. 532-547. (doi: 10.1191/0309133305pp461ra)

Ascough, P.L., Cook, G.T., Dugmore, A.J., Scott, E.M. and Freeman, S.P.H.T. (2005) Influence of mollusk species on marine DELTA R determinations. Radiocarbon, 47(3), pp. 433-440.

2004

Ascough, P. L. , Cook, G. T. , Dugmore, A. J., Barber, J., Higney, E. and Scott, E. M. (2004) Holocene variations in the Scottish marine radiocarbon reservoir effect. Radiocarbon, 46(2), pp. 611-620. (doi: 10.1017/S0033822200035657)

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Earland, J. L., Scourse, J. D., Ehmen, T., Kender, S. and Ascough, P. (2024) Identification of the Storegga event offshore Shetland. Marine Geology, 474, 107334. (doi: 10.1016/j.margeo.2024.107334)

Schiedung, M., Ascough, P. , Bellè, S.-L., Bird, M. I., Bröder, L., Haghipour, N., Hilton, R. G., Lattaud, J. and Abiven, S. (2024) Millennial-aged pyrogenic carbon in high-latitude mineral soils. Communications Earth and Environment, 5, 177. (doi: 10.1038/s43247-024-01343-5)

Ascough, P. , Bompard, N., Garnett, M.H. , Gulliver, P. , Murray, C. , Newton, J.-A. and Taylor, C. (2024) 14C Measurement of samples for environmental science applications at the National Environmental Isotope Facility (NEIF) Radiocarbon Laboratory, SUERC, UK. Radiocarbon, (doi: 10.1017/RDC.2024.9) (Early Online Publication)

Garnett, M. H. , Pereira, R., Taylor, C., Murray, C. and Ascough, P. L. (2023) A new ramped oxidation-14C analysis facility at the NEIF Radiocarbon Laboratory, East Kilbride, UK. Radiocarbon, 65(5), pp. 1213-1229. (doi: 10.1017/RDC.2023.96)

Knapp, W. J. et al. (2023) Quantifying CO2 removal at enhanced weathering sites: a multiproxy approach. Environmental Science and Technology, 57(26), pp. 9854-9864. (doi: 10.1021/acs.est.3c03757) (PMID:37340979)

Sendrowski, A., Wohl, E., Hilton, R., Kramer, N. and Ascough, P. (2023) Wood-based carbon storage in the Mackenzie river delta: the world's largest mapped riverine wood deposit. Geophysical Research Letters, 50(7), e2022GL100913. (doi: 10.1029/2022GL100913)

Garnett, M. H. , Bryant, C. L., Freeman, S. P.H.T. , Gulliver, P. and Ascough, P. L. (2023) A database of NERC radiocarbon measurements determined by accelerator mass spectrometry. Radiocarbon, (doi: 10.1017/RDC.2023.18) (Early Online Publication)

Freeman, S. P.H.T. , Dunbar, E. , Tripney, B. G. , Ascough, P. L. , Fabel, D. , Gulliver, P. , McIntyre, C. , Naysmith, P. , Shanks, R. P. and Xu, S. (2023) Another 6 years of radiocarbon secondary-standard AMS with two spectrometers. Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section B: Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms, 535, pp. 267-271. (doi: 10.1016/j.nimb.2022.12.014)

Mazzini, A., Sciarra, A., Lupi, M., Ascough, P. , Akhmanov, G., Karyono, K. and Husein, A. (2023) Deep fluids migration and submarine emersion of the Kalang Anyar mud volcano (Java, Indonesia): a multidisciplinary study. Marine and Petroleum Geology, 148, 105970. (doi: 10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2022.105970)

Faust, J. C., Ascough, P. , Hilton, R. G., Stevenson, M., Hendry, K. R. and März, C. (2023) New evidence for preservation of contemporary marine organic carbon by iron in Arctic shelf sediments. Environmental Research Letters, 18(1), 014006. (doi: 10.1088/1748-9326/aca780)

Blanz, M., Balasse, M., Card, N., Ascough, P. , Fiorillo, D., Taggart, M. A., Feldmann, J. and Mainland, I. (2022) Life, death and teeth of Late Neolithic sheep and red deer excavated at Ness of Brodgar, Orkney Islands (UK). Environmental Archaeology, (doi: 10.1080/14614103.2022.2146320) (Early Online Publication)

O'Brien, Á. C. et al. (2022) Using organic contaminants to constrain the terrestrial journey of the martian meteorite Lafayette. Astrobiology, 22(11), pp. 1351-1362. (doi: 10.1089/ast.2021.0180) (PMID:36264546) (PMCID:PMC9618387)

Feldpausch, T. R., Carvalho, L., Macario, K. D., Ascough, P. L. , Flores, C. F., Honorio Coronado, E. N., Kalamandeen, M., Phillips, O. L. and Staff, R. A. (2022) Forest fire history in Amazonia inferred from intensive soil charcoal sampling and radiocarbon dating. Frontiers in Forests and Global Change, 5, 815438. (doi: 10.3389/ffgc.2022.815438)

Tipping, E. et al. (2022) Relationships between riverine and terrestrial dissolved organic carbon: concentration, radiocarbon signature, specific UV absorbance. Science of the Total Environment, 817, 153000. (doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.153000) (PMID:35031358)

Blanza, M., Stewart, S., Mainland, I., Ascough, P. , Raab, A., Feldmann, J. and Taggart, M. A. (2022) Trace element ratios in tooth enamel as palaeodietary indicators of seaweed consumption and coastal grazing, and their broader applicability. Journal of Archaeological Science, 139, 105551. (doi: 10.1016/j.jas.2022.105551)

Hajdas, I., Ascough, P. , Garnett, M. H. , Fallon, S. J., Pearson, C. L., Quarta, G., Spalding, K. L., Yamaguchi, H. and Yoneda, M. (2021) Radiocarbon dating. Nature Reviews Methods Primers, 1, 62. (doi: 10.1038/s43586-021-00058-7)

Blanz, M., Mainland, I., Richards, M., Balasse, M., Ascough, P. , Wolfhagen, J., Taggart, M. A. and Feldmann, J. (2020) Identifying seaweed consumption by sheep using isotope analysis of their bones and teeth: modern reference δ13C and δ15N values and their archaeological implications. Journal of Archaeological Science, 118, 105140. (doi: 10.1016/j.jas.2020.105140)

Haig, J., Ascough, P. L. , Wurster, C. M. and Bird, M. I. (2020) A rapid throughput technique to isolate pyrogenic carbon by hydrogen pyrolysis for stable isotope and radiocarbon analysis. Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry, 34(10), e8737. (doi: 10.1002/rcm.8737) (PMID:31981268)

Garnett, M. H. , Newton, J.-A. and Ascough, P. L. (2019) Advances in the radiocarbon analysis of carbon dioxide at the NERC radiocarbon facility (East Kilbride) using molecular sieve cartridges. Radiocarbon, 61(6), pp. 1855-1865. (doi: 10.1017/RDC.2019.86)

Garnett, M.H. , Murray, C. , Gulliver, P. and Ascough, P.L. (2019) Radiocarbon analysis of methane at the NERC Radiocarbon Facility (East Kilbride). Radiocarbon, 61(5), pp. 1477-1487. (doi: 10.1017/RDC.2019.3)

Estrella-Martínez, J., Ascough, P. L. , Schöne, B. R., Scourse, J. D. and Butler, P. G. (2019) 8.2 ka event North Sea hydrography determined by bivalve shell stable isotope geochemistry. Scientific Reports, 9, 6753. (doi: 10.1038/s41598-019-43219-1) (PMID:31043648) (PMCID:PMC6494846)

Blanz, M., Ascough, P. , Mainland, I., Martin, P., Taggart, M. A., Dieterich, B., Wishart, J., Sayle, K. L. , Raab, A. and Feldmann, J. (2019) Seaweed fertilisation impacts the chemical and isotopic composition of barley: implications for analyses of archaeological skeletal remains. Journal of Archaeological Science, 104, pp. 34-44. (doi: 10.1016/j.jas.2019.02.003)

Munksgaard, N.C., McBeath, A.V., Ascough, P.L. , Levchenko, V.A., Williams, A. and Bird, M.I. (2019) Partitioning of microbially respired CO2 between indigenous and exogenous carbon sources during biochar degradation using radiocarbon and stable carbon isotopes. Radiocarbon, 61(2), pp. 573-586. (doi: 10.1017/RDC.2018.128)

Ascough, P. , Mainland, I. and Newton, A. (2018) From isoscapes to farmscapes: Introduction to the special issue. Environmental Archaeology, 23(4), pp. 299-302. (doi: 10.1080/14614103.2018.1516341)

Ascough, P. L. , Bird, M. I., Meredith, W., Snape, C., Large, D., Tilston, E., Apperley, D., Bernabé, A. and Shen, L. (2018) Dynamics of charcoal alteration in a tropical biome: A biochar-based study. Frontiers in Earth Science, 6, 61. (doi: 10.3389/feart.2018.00061)

Alves, E. Q., Macario, K., Ascough, P. and Bronk Ramsey, C. (2018) The worldwide marine radiocarbon reservoir effect: definitions, mechanisms, and prospects. Reviews of Geophysics, 56(1), pp. 278-305. (doi: 10.1002/2017RG000588)

Bownes, J. M. , Ascough, P. L. , Cook, G. T. , Murray, I. and Bonsall, C. (2017) Using stable isotopes and a Bayesian mixing model (FRUITS) to investigate diet at the Late Mesolithic/Early Neolithic site of Carding Mill Bay, Scotland. Radiocarbon, 59(5), pp. 1275-1294. (doi: 10.1017/RDC.2017.39)

Bird, M. I., McBeath, A. V., Ascough, P. L. , Levchenko, V. A., Wurtser, C. M., Munksgaard, N. C., Smernik, R. J. and Williams, A. (2017) Loss and gain of carbon during char degradation. Soil Biology and Biochemistry, 106, pp. 80-89. (doi: 10.1016/j.soilbio.2016.12.012)

Ascough, P. L. , Church, M. J. and Cook, G. T. (2017) Marine radiocarbon reservoir effects for the Mesolithic and Medieval Periods in the Western Isles of Scotland. Radiocarbon, 59(1), pp. 17-31. (doi: 10.1017/RDC.2016.99)

Santín, C., Doerr, S. H., Merino, A., Bucheli, T. D., Bryant, R., Ascough, P. , Gao, X. and Masiello, C. A. (2017) Carbon sequestration potential and physicochemical properties differ between wildfire charcoals and slow-pyrolysis biochars. Scientific Reports, 7, 11233. (doi: 10.1038/s41598-017-10455-2) (PMID:28894167) (PMCID:PMC5594023)

Tilston, E. L., Ascough, P. L. , Garnett, M. H. and Bird, M. I. (2016) Quantifying charcoal degradation and negative priming of soil organic matter with a radiocarbon-dead tracer. Radiocarbon, 58(4), pp. 905-919. (doi: 10.1017/RDC.2016.45)

Ascough, P. L. , Bird, M. I., Meredith, W. and Snape, C. E. (2016) Dates and fates of pyrogenic carbon: using spectroscopy to understand a “missing” global carbon sink. Spectroscopy Europe, 28(2), pp. 6-9.

Sayle, K. L. , Hamilton, W. D. , Cook, G. T. , Ascough, P. L. , Gestsdóttir, H. and McGovern, T. H. (2016) Deciphering diet and monitoring movement: multiple stable isotope analysis of the Viking Age settlement at Hofstaðir, Lake Mývatn, Iceland. American Journal of Physical Anthropology, 160(1), pp. 126-136. (doi: 10.1002/ajpa.22939) (PMID:26799531)

Shanks, R. P. , Ascough, P. L. , Dougans, A., Gallacher, P., Gulliver, P. , Rood, D. H., Xu, S. and Freeman, S. P.H.T. (2015) Performance of the rebuilt SUERC single-stage accelerator mass spectrometer. Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section B: Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms, 361, pp. 76-79. (doi: 10.1016/j.nimb.2015.07.122)

Russell, N., Cook, G. T. , Ascough, P. L. and Scott, E. M. (2015) A period of calm in Scottish seas: a comprehensive study of ΔR values for the northern British Isles coast and the consequent implications for archaeology and oceanography. Quaternary Geochronology, 30(Pt. A), pp. 34-41. (doi: 10.1016/j.quageo.2015.08.001)

Brewington, S. et al. (2015) Islands of change vs. islands of disaster: managing pigs and birds in the Anthropocene of the North Atlantic. Holocene, 25(10), pp. 1676-1684. (doi: 10.1177/0959683615591714)

Saiz, G. et al. (2015) The influence of C3 and C4 vegetation on soil organic matter dynamics in contrasting semi-natural tropical ecosystems. Biogeosciences, 12(16), pp. 5041-5059. (doi: 10.5194/bg-12-5041-2015)

Washbourne, C.-L., Lopez-Capel, E., Renforth, P., Ascough, P. L. and Manning, D. A.C. (2015) Rapid removal of atmospheric CO2 by urban soils. Environmental Science and Technology, 49(9), pp. 5434-5440. (doi: 10.1021/es505476d) (PMID:25837769)

Cook, G.T. , Ascough, P.L. , Bonsall, C., Hamilton, W.D. , Russell, N., Sayle, K.L. , Scott, E.M. and Bownes, J.M. (2015) Best practice methodology for 14C calibration of marine and mixed terrestrial/marine samples. Quaternary Geochronology, 27, pp. 164-171. (doi: 10.1016/j.quageo.2015.02.024)

Bird, M. I., Levchenko, V., Ascough, P. L. , Meredith, W., Wurster, C. M., Williams, A., Tilston, E. L., Snape, C. E. and Apperley, D. C. (2014) The efficiency of charcoal decontamination for radiocarbon dating by three pre-treatments – ABOX, ABA and hypy. Quaternary Geochronology, 22, pp. 25-32. (doi: 10.1016/j.quageo.2014.02.003)

Ascough, P. L. , Church, M. J., Cook, G. T. , Einarsson, Á., McGovern, T. H., Dugmore, A. J. and Edwards, K. J. (2014) Stable isotopic (δ13C and δ15N) characterization of key faunal resources 1 from Norse period 2 settlements in North Iceland. Journal of the North Atlantic, 7(7), pp. 25-42. (doi: 10.3721/037.002.sp703)

Sayle, K. , Cook, G. T. , Ascough, P. L. , Gestsdóttir, H., Hamilton, W. D. and McGovern, T. H. (2014) Utilisation of δ13C, δ15N, and δ34S analyses to understand 14C-dating anomalies within a Late Viking Age community in north-east Iceland. Radiocarbon, 56(2), (doi: 10.2458/56.17770)

Sayle, K. L. , Cook, G. T. , Ascough, P. L. , Hastie, H. , Einarsson, Á., McGovern, T. H., Hicks, M. T., Edwald, Á. and Friðriksson, A. (2013) Application of 34S analysis for elucidating terrestrial, marine and freshwater ecosystems: evidence of animal movement/husbandry practices in an early Viking community around Lake Mývatn, Iceland. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 120(1), pp. 531-544. (doi: 10.1016/j.gca.2013.07.008)

Church, M. J. et al. (2013) The Vikings were not the first colonizers of the Faroe Islands. Quaternary Science Reviews, 77, pp. 228-232. (doi: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2013.06.011)

Meredith, W., Ascough, P.L. , Bird, M.I., Large, D.J., Snape, C.E., Song, J., Sun, Y. and Tilston, E.L. (2013) Direct evidence from hydropyrolysis for the retention of long alkyl moieties in black carbon fractions isolated by acidified dichromate oxidation. Journal of Analytical and Applied Pyrolysis, 103, pp. 232-239. (doi: 10.1016/j.jaap.2012.11.001)

Clark, K.E., Hilton, R.G., West, A.J., Malhi, Y., Gröcke, D.R., Bryant, C.L., Ascough, P.L. , Robles Caceres, A. and New, M. (2013) New views on “old” carbon in the Amazon River: insight from the source of organic carbon eroded from the Peruvian Andes. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, 14(5), pp. 1644-1659. (doi: 10.1002/ggge.20122)

Meredith, W., Ascough, P.L. , Bird, M.I., Large, D.J., Snape, C.E., Sun, Y. and Tilston, E.L. (2012) Assessment of hydropyrolysis as a method for the quantification of black carbon using standard reference materials. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 97, pp. 131-147. (doi: 10.1016/j.gca.2012.08.037)

Ascough, P.L. , Church, M.J., Cook, G.T. , Dunbar, E. , Gestsdóttir, H., McGovern, T.H., Dugmore, A.J., Friðriksson, A. and Edwards, K.J. (2012) Radiocarbon reservoir effects in human bone collagen from northern Iceland. Journal of Archaeological Science, 39(7), pp. 2261-2271. (doi: 10.1016/j.jas.2012.02.012)

Bird, M.I. and Ascough, P.L. (2012) Isotopes in pyrogenic carbon: a review. Organic Geochemistry, 42(12), pp. 1529-1539. (doi: 10.1016/j.orggeochem.2010.09.005)

Ascough, P. , Cook, G. , Hastie, H. , Dunbar, E. , Church, M.J., Einarsson, A., McGovern, T.H. and Dugmore, A.J. (2011) An Icelandic freshwater radiocarbon reservoir effect: implications for lacustrine 14C chronologies. Holocene, 21(7), pp. 1073-1080. (doi: 10.1177/0959683611400466)

Ahad, J. M.E., Ganeshram, R. S., Bryant, C. L., Cisneros-Dozal, L. M. , Ascough, P. L. , Fallick, A. E. and Slater, G. F. (2011) Sources of n-alkanes in an urbanized estuary: insights from molecular distributions and compound-specific stable and radiocarbon isotopes. Marine Chemistry, 126(1-4), pp. 239-249. (doi: 10.1016/j.marchem.2011.06.002)

Ascough, P. , Bird, M.I., Francis, S.M., Thornton, B., Midwood, A., Scott, A.C. and Apperley, D. (2011) Variability in oxidative degradation of charcoal: influence of production variables and environmental exposure. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 75(9), pp. 2361-2378. (doi: 10.1016/j.gca.2011.02.002)

Russell, N., Cook, G. , Ascough, P. , Barrett, J.H. and Dugmore, A. (2011) Species specific Marine Radiocarbon Reservoir Effect: A comparison of Δ R values between Patella vulgata (limpet) shell carbonate and Gadus morhua (Atlantic cod) bone collagen. Journal of Archaeological Science, 38(5), pp. 1008-1015. (doi: 10.1016/j.jas.2010.11.015)

Baker, A., Gulliver, P. , Ascough, P. , Roe, J. and Bridgeman, J. (2011) Assessing the effect of sterilization on the radiocarbon signature of freshwater dissolved organic carbon. Radiocarbon, 53(4), pp. 659-667.

Russell, N., Cook, G. , Ascough, P. , Scott, E.M. and Dugmore, A.J. (2011) Examining the inherent variability in ΔR: New methods of presenting ΔR values and implications for MRE studies. Radiocarbon, 53(2), pp. 277-288.

Ascough, P. , Bird, M.I., Meredith, W., Wood, R.E., Snape, C.E., Brock, F., Higham, T.F., Large, D.J. and Apperley, D.C. (2010) Hydropyrolysis: implications for radiocarbon pre-treatment and characterization of Black Carbon. Radiocarbon, 52(3), pp. 1336-1350.

Ascough, P.L. et al. (2010) Temporal and spatial variations in freshwater 14C reservoir effects: Lake Myvatn, Northern Iceland. Radiocarbon, 52(3), pp. 1098-1112.

Naysmith, P. et al. (2010) 14C AMS at SUERC: improving QA data from the 5 MV tandem AMS and 250 kV SSAMS. Radiocarbon, 52(2), pp. 263-271. (doi: 10.1017/S003382220004529X)

Russell, N., Cook, G. , Ascough, P.L. and Dugmore, A. (2010) Spatial variation in the MRE throughout the Scottish Post-Roman to late Medieval period: North Sea values (500-1350 BP). Radiocarbon, 52(3), pp. 1166-1181.

Wurster, C.M., McFarlane, D.A., Bird, M.I., Ascough, P.L. and Athfield, N.B. (2010) Stable isotopes of subfossil bat guano as a long-term environmental archive: insights from a Grand Canyon cave deposit. Journal of Cave and Karst Studies, 72(2), pp. 111-121. (doi: 10.4311/jcks2009es0109)

Ascough, P.L. , Bird, M.I., Scott, A.C., Collinson, M.E., Cohen-Ofri, I., Snape, C.E. and Le Manquais, K. (2010) Charcoal reflectance measurements: implications for structural characterization and assessment of diagenetic alteration. Journal of Archaeological Science, 37(7), pp. 1590-1599. (doi: 10.1016/j.jas.2010.01.020)

Ascough, P.L. , Sturrock, C.J. and Bird, M.I. (2010) Investigation of growth responses in saprophytic fungi to charred biomass. Isotopes in Environmental and Health Studies, 46(1), pp. 64-77. (doi: 10.1080/10256010903388436)

Ascough, P.L. , Bird, M.I., Francis, S.M. and Lebl, T. (2010) Alkali extraction of archaeological and geological charcoal: evidence for diagenetic degradation and formation of humic acids. Journal of Archaeological Science, 38(1), pp. 69-78. (doi: 10.1016/j.jas.2010.08.011)

Wurster, C.M., Bird, M.I., Bull, I., Bryant, C. and Ascough, P.L. (2009) A protocol for radiocarbon dating tropical subfossil cave guano. Radiocarbon, 51(3), pp. 977-986.

Ascough, P.L. , Cook, G.T. and Dugmore, A.J. (2009) North Atlantic marine 14C reservoir effects: implications for late-Holocene chronological studies. Quaternary Geochronology, 4(3), pp. 171-180. (doi: 10.1016/j.quageo.2008.12.002)

Ascough, P.L. , Bird, M.I., Brock, F., Higham, T.F.G., Meredith, W., Snape, C.E. and Vane, C.H. (2009) Hydropyrolysis as a new tool for radiocarbon pre-treatment and the quantification of black carbon. Quaternary Geochronology, 4(2), pp. 140-147. (doi: 10.1016/j.quageo.2008.11.001)

Bird, M.I., Charville-Mort, P.D.J., Ascough, P.L. , Wood, R., Higham, T.F.G. and Apperley, D. (2009) Assessment of oxygen plasma ashing as a pre-treatment for radiocarbon dating. Quaternary Geochronology, (doi: 10.1016/j.quageo.2009.10.004)

Ascough, P.L. , Bird, M.I., Wormald, P., Snape, C.E. and Apperley, D. (2008) Influence of production variables and starting material on charcoal stable isotopic and molecular characteristics. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 72(24), pp. 6090-6102. (doi: 10.1016/j.gca.2008.10.009)

Bird, M.I., Ascough, P.L. , Young, I.M., Wood, C.V. and Scott, A.C. (2008) X-Ray microtomographic imaging of charcoal. Journal of Archaeological Science, 35(10), pp. 2698-2706. (doi: 10.1016/j.jas.2008.04.018)

Church, M., Dugmore, A.J., Mairs, K.A., Millard, A.R., Cook, G.T., Sveinbjarnardottir, G., Ascough, P.L. and Roucoux, K.H. (2007) Charcoal production during the Norse and early medieval periods in Eyjafjallahreppur, southern Iceland. Radiocarbon, 49(2), pp. 659-672.

Ascough, P.L. , Cook, G.T., Church, M.J., Dugmore, A.J., McGovern, T.G., Dunbar, E. , Einarsson, E., Frioriksson, A. and Gestsdottir, H. (2007) Reservoirs and radiocarbon: 14C dating problems in Myvatnssveit, Northern Iceland. Radiocarbon, 49(2), pp. 947-961.

Ascough, P.L., Cook, G.T., Dugmore, A.J. and Scott, E.M. (2007) The North Atlantic marine reservoir effect in the early Holocene: implications for defining and understanding MRE values. Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section B: Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms, 259(1), pp. 438-447. (doi: 10.1016/j.nimb.2007.01.185)

Ascough, P. L. , Cook, G.T., Church, M.J., Dugmore, A.J., Arge, S.V. and McGovern, T.H. (2006) Variability in North Atlantic marine radiocarbon reservoir effects at c. 1000 AD. Holocene, 16(1), pp. 131-136. (doi: 10.1191/0959683606hl913rr)

Ascough, P.L., Cook, G.T. and Dugmore, A. (2005) Methodological approaches to determining the marine radiocarbon reservoir effect. Progress in Physical Geography, 29(4), pp. 532-547. (doi: 10.1191/0309133305pp461ra)

Ascough, P.L., Cook, G.T., Dugmore, A.J., Scott, E.M. and Freeman, S.P.H.T. (2005) Influence of mollusk species on marine DELTA R determinations. Radiocarbon, 47(3), pp. 433-440.

Ascough, P. L. , Cook, G. T. , Dugmore, A. J., Barber, J., Higney, E. and Scott, E. M. (2004) Holocene variations in the Scottish marine radiocarbon reservoir effect. Radiocarbon, 46(2), pp. 611-620. (doi: 10.1017/S0033822200035657)

Book Sections

Keitel, C., Ascough, P. , Wurster, C. and Bird, M.I. (2017) Stable isotope analysis of biochars. In: Singh, B., Camps Arbestain, M. and Lehmann, J. (eds.) Biochar: A Guide to Analytical Methods. CRC Press: Clayton. ISBN 9781498765534

Meredith, W., McBeath, A., Ascough, P. and Bird, M.I. (2017) Analysis of biochars by hydropyrolysis (HyPy). In: Singh, B., Camps Arbestain, M. and Lehmann, J. (eds.) Biochar: A Guide to Analytical Methods. CRC Press: Clayton. ISBN 9781498765534

Olsen, J., Ascough, P. , Lougheed, B. C. and Rasmussen, P. (2017) Radiocarbon dating in estuarine environments. In: Weckström, K., Saunders, K. M., Gell, P. A. and Skilbeck, C. G. (eds.) Applications of Paleoenvironmental Techniques in Estuarine Studies. Series: Developments in paleoenvironmental research (20). Springer: Dordrecht, pp. 141-170. ISBN 9789402409888 (doi: 10.1007/978-94-024-0990-1_7)

Ascough, P. (2014) Peat (14C). In: Rink, W.J. and Thompson, J. (eds.) Encyclopedia of Scientific Dating Methods. Springer Netherlands, pp. 1-8. ISBN 9789400763265 (doi: 10.1007/978-94-007-6326-5_166-1)

Ascough, P. L. (2012) Marine reservoir effects: problems and prospects for radiocarbon dating. In: Campar Almeida, A., Bettencourt, A. M.S., Moura, D., Monteiro-Rodrigues, S. and Caetano Alves, M. I. (eds.) Environmental Changes and Human Interaction Along the Western Atlantic Edge. Sersilito-Empresa Gráfica, Lda: Coimbra, pp. 13-26. ISBN 9789899714014

McGovern, T.H., Perdikaris, S., Mainland, I., Ascough, P. , Ewens, V., Einarsson, A., Sidell, J., Hambrecht, G. and Harrison, R. (2009) The archaeofauna. In: Lucas, G., Batey, C., Gudmundsson, G., Lawson, I.T., McGovern, T.H. and Simpson, I.A. (eds.) Hofstaðir: Excavations of a Viking Age Feasting Hall in North-Eastern Iceland. Series: Institute of Archaeology Monograh Series. Institute of Archaeology: Reykjavik. ISBN 9789979994602

Conference or Workshop Item

Bownes, J. , Ascough, P. , Cook, G. , Murray, I., Sayle, K. and Bonsall, C. (2015) Reassessing the Diet of the Mesolithic-Neolithic Transition in West Scotland. 21st Annual Meeting of the European Association of Archaeologists, Glasgow, UK, 2-5 Sep 2015.

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Grants

PI   Glasgow Centre for International Development 2023-2024: Building capacity for carbon cycle research in tropical Africa by deploying portable, low-cost, CO2 analysers. £17,841.

Co-I UKRI-BBSRC 2021-2026: Biochar Demonstrator Addressing Key Deployment Barriers for Carbon Sequestration. BB/V011596/1: £4.5 Million

Co-I RANNIS (Icelandic Research Fund) 2021-2024: Power, Wealth and Pandemic in Two Valleys: Svarfaðardalur, Hörgárdalur and their hinterlands ca. AD 870–1500 (ISK 42,116,000: £241,123)

Co-I NERC Standard Grant 2020-2023: Stabilisation of pyrogenic carbon in tropical grasslands (SPECTRAL) NE/T008040/1. £798,350

Co-I Fondo Nacional de Desarrollo Científico y Tecnológico (Chile) 2019-2023, ‘The impact of wildfire severity on soil pyrogenic carbon across contrasting fire-prone ecosystems in central Chile: Temporal dynamics and related effects on soil properties’ (CLP$ 2 Million: £229,200) Nº 018/FONDECYT/21

Co-I NERC 2019-2029, ‘A National Radiocarbon Facility’ (£5,656,030, NE/S011854/1

Co-I NERC 2018-2022, ‘Radiocarbon-Based Source Apportionment of Carbonaceous Aerosol in Delhi (RSA-Delhi)’ (£36,144)

Co-I NERC 2018-2019, ‘Palaeoclimate reconstructions of the Last Glacial-Interglacial Transition for the Northern Isles of Scotland’ (£5522)

Co-I NERC 2018-2020, 'Improving mangrove radiocarbon chronologies for reconstructing Holocene sea-level change' (£14,056)

Co-I  Swiss National Science Foundation, 2018-2021, ‘Where on Earth is the fire-derived carbon stored?’ CHF 815,696 (£599,364) Grant reference SNF 200021_178768

Developing a new chemical link between composition, abundance and sources of black carbon in a major urban environment. Ascough, Heal, Toney, Mills. (NERC). £73,668. 2016-2020.

PECRE exchange with the Department of Geography, The University of Zurich. Ascough. (Scottish Alliance for Geoscience, Environment and Society: Researcher Exchanges scheme). £4827. 2016.

Seeing the full spectrum: An integrated approach to characterization of Martian carbon. Ascough, Mark, Lee, Cockell, Faithfull. (The Carnegie Trust for the Universities of Scotland grant LG13SUE001). £34,534. 2013.

Reassessing the Scottish Mesolithic-Neolithic transition: Questions of diet and timing. Ascough, Cook, Murray, Bonsall. (AHRC AH/L008521/1). £60,699. 2014-2017.

Comparative Island Ecodynamics in the North Atlantic. McGovern, Cook, Ascough. (National Science Foundation of America). $50,000 (£33,000). 2012-2015. 

Assessing the potential for mineralisation of charcoal carbon in a woodland soil using a 14C-dead charcoal tracer. Ascough, Garnett, Tilston. (NERC 1510.1010). £6760. 2010-2012.

Norse deforestation and woodland sustainability in Iceland. Church, Ascough, Roucoux, Lawson. (NERC). £10,920. 2010-2011.

Dynamics of resistant carbon in tropical environments: diagenetic alteration of charcoal. Ascough. (Carnegie Trust for the Universities of Scotland). £1920. 2010-2011.

Testing the accuracy of ABA, ABOx-SC and HyPy charcoal pretreatment methods against the Campanian Ignimbrite. Snape, Meredith, Higham, Wood, Brock, Douka. (NERC). £14,040. 2009-2010.

An integrated investigation of stable and radiogenic isotopes in lake Myvatn, north Iceland: implications for ecosystem studies and freshwater radiocarbon reservoir effects. (NERC). £9660. 2009.

Establishing hydropyrolysis as an effective technique for the determination and isolation of pyrogenic carbon in samples from the natural environment. Snape, Large, Ascough. (NERC NE/F017456/1). £190,929. 2008-2011.

Radiocarbon in a North Icelandic freshwater system: Implications for ecosystem studies and archaeology. Ascough. (Royal Scottish Geographical Society). £250. 2008.

Marine Radiocarbon Reservoir Effects (MRE) in Archaeology: Temporal and Spatial Changes Through The Holocene Within the UK Coastal Environment. Cook, Dugmore, Ascough. (NERC NE/F002211/1, Historic Scotland). £60,963. 2007-2011.

Assessing the utility of hydrogen pyrolysis as a new tool for the decontamination of charcoal samples for radiocarbon dating and the geochemical characterization of removed contamination. Bird, Snape, Ascough. (NERC). £7425. 2007.

Long Term Human Ecodynamics in the Norse North Atlantic: cases of sustainability, survival, and collapse. McGovern, Ascough, Cook. (NSF-IPY, OPP/Division of Arctic Sciences). $13,500 (£8877). 2007.

Stable isotopic investigation of Ancient Norse and Modern Icelandic ecosystem dynamics. Ascough. (Carnegie Trust for the Universities of Scotland). £1290. 2006.

19th International Radiocarbon conference, University of Oxford, UK. Ascough. (Royal Scottish Geographical Society Conference Grant). £500. 2006.

10th AMS conference, University of California, Berkley, U.S.A. Ascough. (Scottish Universities International Travel Fund). £1500. 2005.

Assessment of marine radiocarbon reservoir effects in Scottish waters over the Holocene. Ascough. (Moray Fund, University of Edinburgh). £2000. 2004.

Supervision

  • Magdelena Blantz (current, University of Highlands and Islands). EU Funding. Seaweed as food and fodder in the North Atlantic Islands: past, present and future opportunities
  • Allan Cochrane (current) Environmental records of the Late-glacial / Inter-glacial transition in the Northern Isles
  • Angela Rawlings (current, University of Glasgow) Lord Kelvin Adam Smith Studentship. Performing Geochronology and Sustainability along Scotland’s Western Seaboard: Deep Time and Sustainable Futures
  • Jessica Bownes (PhD candidate, current) Reassessing the Scottish Mesolithic-Neolithic transition: Questions of diet and timing.
  • Nicola Russell (PhD, completed 2011). Marine Radiocarbon Reservoir Effects (MRE) in Archaeology: Temporal and Spatial Changes through the Holocene within the UK Coastal Environment.

Teaching

Archaeology degree program, School of Archaeology, University of Glasgow. Coordinator, Honours option module: Recovery and Interpretation of Archaeological Data.

Chemistry degree program, School of Chemistry, University of Edinburgh. Honours option module: Isotope Ratio Mass Spectrometry.

Additional information

Academic recognition and scholarly positions

2019- present Member of Operations Group, NERC National Environmental Isotope Facility

2018 -present Co-Editor-in-Chief, Geochronology (a Journal of the European Geoscience Union)

2018-2022 Environmental Protection Scotland Air Quality Expert Advisory Group

2018  Scientific committee, 23nd International Radiocarbon Conference

2017 Radiocarbon and Diet 2017 Scientific Advisory Committee

2017 -  2022  Theme Leader, Scottish Alliance for Geoscience, Environment, and Society (SAGES), SFC Pooling initiative

2016 – Present  Member of the Scottish Archaeology Research Framework (Scientific Archaeology Component)

2015 - Present  Peer review panel, The Carnegie Trust for the Universities of Scotland

2015 – Present  Review Editor, Frontiers in Earth Science

2014 - Present  International Expert Reviewer for the Australian National Research Council

2016  Guest Editorship, Environmental Archaeology

2016  Guest Editorship, Journal of the North Atlantic

2016  Keynote presentation, Geosciences Research Conference, Cologne

2015  Keynote presentation, European Association of Archaeologists, Glasgow

2015  Scientific committee, 22nd International Radiocarbon Conference

2014  Organising committee, 1st International Conference ‘Radiocarbon in the Environment’. August 2014. Queens University Belfast

2014  Keynote presentation, Radiocarbon and Diet conference, Kiel University.

2013  Member of European Science Foundation Exploratory Workshop, Spain, November 2013. ‘Impact of natural and anthropogenic Pyrogenic carbon in Mediterranean  ecosystems’.

2009-2010  Visiting Scholarship (2009 and 2010) by invitation of the Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Science and Engineering), James Cook University, Australia.

2013  Guest Editorship, Journal of the North Atlantic

2013  Session convenor, EGU General Assembly Vienna, Austria April 2013. Freshwater Carbon Cycling: Understanding detail of the source, fate and age of carbon in freshwater systems.  

2012  Session convenor, 21st International Radiocarbon Conference. UNESCO HQ, Paris, France. Advances in Chemical Pre-treatment.

2011  Session convenor, 6th International Symposium: Radiocarbon and Archaeology. Paphos, Cyprus, Radiocarbon Reservoir Ages in Archaeology.

2011  Session convenor, 11th Australasian Environmental Isotope Conference, Cairns, Australia.

2009-2013  Secretary, SUERC Consortium AMS Steering Committee

2009  Member (Ex-Officio), NERC Radiocarbon Steering Committee

 

Invited lectures, solicited and keynote presentations

2016  School of Geographical and Earth Sciences, University of Glasgow. Invited guest lecture.

2016  Graduate School of Geosciences Research Conference, Cologne University, Germany. Keynote presentation: ‘The application of radiocarbon and stable isotopes to understand Holocene human-environmental interactions.’

2015  School of Earth Sciences, University of Aberdeen. Invited guest lecture: ‘The burning issue: Disentangling sources and  turnover times of fire-derived Black Carbon in the environment.’

2015  European Association of Archaeologists, Glasgow University. Keynote presentation: ‘Endeavors and advances in Scottish scientific archaeology: A European perspective.’

2014  Radiocarbon and Diet meeting, Kiel University (Germany). Keynote presentation: ‘You're as old as what you eat (plus a few thousand years): Problems and prospects dealing with radiocarbon reservoir effects in archaeology.’

2013  2nd Biochar Research Wales (BReW) meeting, Swansea University. Keynote presentation: ‘Charcoal in the environment: How do we know what we (don’t) know?’

2012  EGU General Assembly, Vienna, Austria. Solicited presentation: ‘Evaluating hydropyrolysis as a method for quantification and characterisation of Black Carbon in environmental matrices.’

2012  EGU General Assembly, Vienna, Austria. Solicited presentation: ‘Assessing the mineralisation of charcoal carbon in temperate soils.’

2011  APEQ-Portuguese Association for Quaternary Studies International Conference. Keynote presentation: ‘Spatial and Temporal Variability of the Marine 14C Reservoir of Coastal Waters off Atlantic Europe during the Holocene.’

2011  Carlsberg Akademi, Copenhagen. Solicited presentation: ‘Isotopic studies of early Icelanders.’

2011  Ernst-Moritz-Arndt-Universität, Greifswald, Germany. Invited guest lecture: ‘Radiocarbon dating.’

2010  Department of Archaeological and Environmental Sciences, Bradford University. Invited guest lecture: ‘Fire and Isotopes: Research Studies in the North Atlantic.’

2008  EGU General Assembly, Vienna, Austria. Solicited presentation: ‘Pyrogenic carbon: influences upon structure and environmental degradation potential.’


Philippa Ascough