Research areas
My research contributes to reconstructing records of past volcanic activity, primarily by identifying volcanic ash and volcanic sulfate deposits in polar ice core records. We combine high resolution sulfur isotope analysis of deposited volcanic aerosols with tephra geochemical analysis to better understand characteristics of past volcanic events including eruptive source, plume height and stratospheric SO2 injection. Fingerprinting previously unknown eruptions in this way is essential to aid our evaluation of the climate forcing associated with explosive volcanic events, the frequency at which they occur and the hazards posed by volcanic ash plumes.
Selected publications
-
Open access
Geochemical analysis of extremely fine-grained cryptotephra: new developments and recommended practices
Innes, H. M., Hutchison, W. & Burke, A., 1 Aug 2024, In: Quaternary Geochronology. 83, 14 p., 101553.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
-
Open access
Geochemical analysis of extremely fine-grained cryptotephra: New developments and recommended practices
Innes, H., Hutchison, W. & Burke, A., Aug 2024, In: Quaternary Geochronology. 83, p. 101553Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
-
Open access
High-resolution ice-core analyses identify the Eldgjá eruption and a cluster of Icelandic and trans-continental tephras between 936 and 943 CE
Hutchison, W., Gabriel, I., Plunkett, G., Burke, A., Sugden, P. J., Innes, H., Davies, S., Moreland, W. M., Krüger, K., Wilson, R., Vinther, B. M., Dahl-Jensen, D., Freitag, J., Oppenheimer, C., Chellman, N. J., Sigl, M. & McConnell, J. R., 28 Aug 2024, In: Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres. 129, 16, 21 p., e2023JD040142.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
-
Open access
Frequency of large volcanic eruptions over the past 200 000 years
Wolff, E., Burke, A., Crick, L., Doyle, E. A., Innes, H., Mahony, S. H., Rae, J. W. B., Severi, M. & Sparks, R. S. J., 6 Jan 2023, In: Climate of the Past. 19, p. 23–33 11 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
-
Open access
High sensitivity of summer temperatures to stratospheric sulfur loading from volcanoes in the Northern Hemisphere
Burke, A., Crick, L., Anchukaitis, K. J., Innes, H., Byrne, M. P., Hutchison, W., McConnell, J. R., Moore, K. A., Rae, J. W. B., Sigl, M. & Wilson, R., 21 Nov 2023, In: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 120, 47, 8 p., e2221810120.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
-
Open access
Geochemical ice-core constraints on the timing and climatic impact of Aniakchak II (1628 BCE) and Thera (Minoan) volcanic eruptions
Pearson, C., Sigl, M., Burke, A., Davies, S., Kurbatov, A., Severi, M., Cole-Dai, J., Innes, H., Albert, P. G. & Helmick, M., May 2022, In: PNAS Nexus. 1, 2, 12 p., pgac048.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
-
Open access
Extreme climate after massive eruption of Alaska's Okmok volcano in 43 BCE and effects on the late Roman Republic and Ptolemaic Kingdom
McConnell, J. R., Sigl, M., Plunkett, G., Burke, A., Kim, W. M., Raible, C. C., Wilson, A. I., Manning, J. G., Ludlow, F., Chellman, N. J., Innes, H. M., Yang, Z., Larsen, J. F., Schaefer, J. R., Kipfstuhl, S., Mojtabavi, S., Wilhelms, F., Opel, T., Meyer, H. & Steffensen, J. P., 22 Jun 2020, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. Latest Articles, 2002722117.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review