Dr Charlotte Slaymark

  • Lecturer (School of Geographical & Earth Sciences)

telephone: 0141 3307706
email: Charlotte.Slaymark@glasgow.ac.uk

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Biography

I am a Quaternary Scientist with an analytical chemistry background. I apply my chemistry background to researching carbon cycling, climate change and past environments, primarily using organic geochemical proxies and compound specific isotope analysis. My research career began as a part time PhD student whilst working part time as a biogeochemistry technician at the University of Glasgow. My current research focusses on the analysis of lake sediments in the United Kingdom and I collaborate with others to study peatlands, the marine environment and geological materials at a molecular, elemental and isotopic level. 

Research interests

  • Climate and environmental change during the Quaternary Period
  • Developing and using organic geochemical and isotope proxies to reconstruct palaeo-environments and climates
  • Radiometric dating and Bayesian age depth modelling
  • Carbon and methane cycling in marine environments
  • Carbon sequestration in geological materials
  • Using a STEAM approach to geoscience teaching and outreach

Current research project: Hydroclimate response to rapid temperature changes in the British Isles: Insights from the Loch Lomond Stadial

 

Publications

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2025

MacDonald, J. M. , Taylor, G., Lewis, E. R., Wilson, C. , Spruzeniece, L. , Slaymark, C., Brown, D. J. and Owen, A. (2025) Formation of an anthropogenic rock: mechanisms and microstructures of lithification of a legacy deposit of cementitious material. Earth Science, Systems and Society, (doi: 10.1144/esss2024-010)

2024

Moreras-Marti, A., Fox-Powell, M., Toney, J. , McAdam, A.C., Slaymark, C., Knudson, C.A., Lewis, J.M.T., Salik, M.A. and Cousins, C.R. (2024) Molecular biosignatures in planetary analogue salts: implications for transport of organics in sulfate-rich brines beyond Earth. Geochemical Perspectives Letters, 32, pp. 1-6. (doi: 10.7185/geochemlet.2434)

Hilderman, R., MacDonald, J. , Griffin, S. , Slaymark, C., Einsle, J. and Monaghan, A. (2024) Heterogeneous lithification across a legacy coastal slag bank: the creation of new sedimentary rock from anthropogenic material. Sedimentologika, 2(1), (doi: 10.57035/journals/sdk.2024.e21.1318)

2023

MacDonald, J. M. , Brolly, C. V., Slaymark, C., Spruzeniece, L. , Wilson, C. and Hilderman, R. (2023) The mechanisms and drivers of lithification in slag-dominated artificial ground. Depositional Record, 9(4), pp. 810-819. (doi: 10.1002/dep2.230)

MacDonald, J. M. , Khudhur, F. W.K. , Carter, R., Plomer, B., Wilson, C. and Slaymark, C. (2023) The mechanisms and microstructures of passive atmospheric CO2 mineralisation with slag at ambient conditions. Applied Geochemistry, 152, 105649. (doi: 10.1016/j.apgeochem.2023.105649)

Woolfendon, C. et al. (2023) Glasgow’s Floating Estuarine Wetlands Baseline Monitoring Report. [Research Reports or Papers]

Fowler, E. et al. (2023) Glasgow’s Floating Estuarine Wetlands Long-Term Ecosystem Services and Function Monitoring and Evaluation Plan. [Research Reports or Papers]

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Articles

MacDonald, J. M. , Taylor, G., Lewis, E. R., Wilson, C. , Spruzeniece, L. , Slaymark, C., Brown, D. J. and Owen, A. (2025) Formation of an anthropogenic rock: mechanisms and microstructures of lithification of a legacy deposit of cementitious material. Earth Science, Systems and Society, (doi: 10.1144/esss2024-010)

Moreras-Marti, A., Fox-Powell, M., Toney, J. , McAdam, A.C., Slaymark, C., Knudson, C.A., Lewis, J.M.T., Salik, M.A. and Cousins, C.R. (2024) Molecular biosignatures in planetary analogue salts: implications for transport of organics in sulfate-rich brines beyond Earth. Geochemical Perspectives Letters, 32, pp. 1-6. (doi: 10.7185/geochemlet.2434)

Hilderman, R., MacDonald, J. , Griffin, S. , Slaymark, C., Einsle, J. and Monaghan, A. (2024) Heterogeneous lithification across a legacy coastal slag bank: the creation of new sedimentary rock from anthropogenic material. Sedimentologika, 2(1), (doi: 10.57035/journals/sdk.2024.e21.1318)

MacDonald, J. M. , Brolly, C. V., Slaymark, C., Spruzeniece, L. , Wilson, C. and Hilderman, R. (2023) The mechanisms and drivers of lithification in slag-dominated artificial ground. Depositional Record, 9(4), pp. 810-819. (doi: 10.1002/dep2.230)

MacDonald, J. M. , Khudhur, F. W.K. , Carter, R., Plomer, B., Wilson, C. and Slaymark, C. (2023) The mechanisms and microstructures of passive atmospheric CO2 mineralisation with slag at ambient conditions. Applied Geochemistry, 152, 105649. (doi: 10.1016/j.apgeochem.2023.105649)

Research Reports or Papers

Woolfendon, C. et al. (2023) Glasgow’s Floating Estuarine Wetlands Baseline Monitoring Report. [Research Reports or Papers]

Fowler, E. et al. (2023) Glasgow’s Floating Estuarine Wetlands Long-Term Ecosystem Services and Function Monitoring and Evaluation Plan. [Research Reports or Papers]

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Grants

2024

Quaternary Research Association, Richard West Grant (£5472). Hydroclimate response to rapid temperature changes in the British Isles: Insights from the Loch Lomond Stadial 

2021

University of Glasgow, COVID Recovery Grant (£9940): LA-ICPMS analysis of geological samples, Co-I with Dr Mark Wildman

2018

NERC, Radiocarbon Facilities Grant (£4116). Late glacial and Early Holocene chronology for palaeoenvironmental reconstructions from a northern british lacustrine sedimentary record (8 radiocarbon dates). 

Quaternary Research Association,  New Worker’s Research Grant (£1500). Using lead isotope for geochronologies in recent sediments of Esthwaite Water

SAGES, Small Grants Scheme (£2375). Using lead isotope for geochronologies in recent sediments of Bardowie Loch.

2017

NERC, Radiocarbon Facilities Grant (£5292). Radiocarbon chronology for palaeoenvironmental and geomagnetic field reconstructions from a northern British lacustrine sedimentary record (9 radiocarbon dates).

 

 

Supervision

I typically supervise disseration projects in the BSc Environmental Geoscience, MSc Sustainable Waters and MSc Environmental Futures programmes. 

Teaching

Level 2: Earth Science, Environmental Change

Honours: Climates: Past and Future 

Honours: Environmental Geoscience Field Skills 

Masters: Introduction to Statistics for Environmental Analysis