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Position | Departmental responsibilities | Research Interests | Publications | Further information

Position

NERC Advanced Research Fellow

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Departmental responsibilities

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Research Interests

My research is primarily concerned with using novel isotopic techniques to gain insights into how and why the Earth’s climate has changed over geological time.  Much of my research efforts are currently focused on using boron isotopes in the calcareous shells of foraminifera to reconstruct the state of the oceanic carbonate system in the recent geological past. In particular I am interested in the mechanisms responsible for the CO₂ changes that accompanied the waxing and waning of the ice-sheets throughout the Pleistocene. 

My other research interests deal with oceanic records of radiogenic isotopes  that reflect the changing patterns of continental weathering intensity.

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Publications

Link to Dr Gavin Foster on the University's on-line database of research outputs (opens in a new window)

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Further information

Dr Gavin Foster is a member of the Geochemistry Research Group at Bristol, as well as of the BIG (Bristol Isotope Group)