Research output per year
Research output per year
Personal profile
Research interests
My main research interest concerns environmental and climatic history of northwest Africa and the Mediterranean, looking at geomorphology, palaeoecology, and palynology geochemistry (stable carbon isotope analysis and UV-B biomarker analysis).
Methodological knowledge
- Stable carbon isotope analysis of pollen.
- FTIR and GC-MS analysis of pollen.
- Concentration and isolation of fossil pollen grains by species.
- Pollen identification/morphology.
- Pollen size determination using partical size analysis.
- GIS and modelling.
- R.
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
Education/Academic qualification
Doctor of Philosophy, The University of Manchester
1 Sep 2014 → 30 Sep 2017
Award Date: 1 Aug 2018
Areas of expertise
- GB Physical geography
- Palynology
- Pollen geochemistry
- Stable carbon isotope analysis
- Climate change
- Environmental change
- Cedrus atlantica
- Morocco
- Quaternary science
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Research output
- 9 Article
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Influence of common palynological extraction treatments on Ultraviolet Absorbing Compounds (UACs) in sub-fossil pollen and spores observed in FTIR spectra
Wang, T., Bell, B., Fletcher, W., Ryan, P. & Wogelius, R. A., 7 Mar 2023, In: Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Climate of the Marrakech High Atlas, Morocco: Temperature lapse rates and precipitation gradient from piedmont to summits
Bell, B. A., Hughes, P. D., Fletcher, W. J., Cornelissen, H. L., Rhoujjati, A., Hanich, L. & Braithwaite, R. J., 1 Apr 2022, In: Arctic, Antarctic and Alpine Research. 54, 1, p. 78-95Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Palynological evidence from a sub-alpine marsh of enhanced Little Ice Age snowpack in the Marrakech High Atlas, North Africa
Bell, B., Fletcher, W., Hughes, P., Cornelissen, H., Fink, D. & Rhoujjati, A., Feb 2022, In: Vegetation History and Archaeobotany. 31, 1, p. 49-66 18 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Late Pleistocene glaciers to present-day snowpatches: a review and research recommendations for the Marrakech High Atlas
Hughes, P. D., Fletcher, W. J., Bell, B. A., Braithwaite, R. J., Cornelissen, H. L., Fink, D. & Rhoujjati, A., 2020, In: Mediterranean Geoscience Reviews. 2, 1, p. 163-184 22 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Stable carbon isotope analysis on fossil Cedrus pollen shows summer aridification in Morocco during the last 5000 years
Bell, B., Fletcher, W., Cornelissen, H., Campbell, J., Ryan, P., Grant, H. & Zielhofer, C., 4 Jul 2019, In: Journal of Quaternary Science. 34, 4-5, p. 323-332Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open Access
Datasets
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Pollen Surface Samples Morocco
Bell, B. (Creator), Mendeley Data, 27 Oct 2017
DOI: 10.17632/48ygt7bx7f.2, https://data.mendeley.com/datasets/48ygt7bx7f
Dataset
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Cedrus pollen LM and SEM photos
Bell, B. (Creator), Mendeley Data, 21 Mar 2018
DOI: 10.17632/fvcb2mm95f.1, https://data.mendeley.com/datasets/fvcb2mm95f
Dataset
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Cedrus atlantica pollen morphology and investigation of grain size variability using laser diffraction granulometry
Bell, B. (Contributor), Bishop, T. (Contributor), Fletcher, W. (Contributor), Ryan, P. (Contributor) & Ilmen, R. (Contributor), figshare , 10 Aug 2017
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.5297797.v1, https://figshare.com/articles/_i_Cedrus_atlantica_i_pollen_morphology_and_investigation_of_grain_size_variability_using_laser_diffraction_granulometry/5297797/1 and 3 more links, https://ndownloader.figshare.com/files/9071464, https://ndownloader.figshare.com/files/9071470, https://ndownloader.figshare.com/files/9071467 (show fewer)
Dataset
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Cedrus atlantica pollen FTIR spectra
Bell, B. (Creator), Mendeley Data, 11 Jun 2018
DOI: 10.17632/f6fxxdgpxg.1, https://data.mendeley.com/datasets/f6fxxdgpxg
Dataset
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UV-B-absorbing compounds in modern <i>Cedrus atlantica</i> pollen: The potential for a summer UV-B proxy for Northwest Africa
Bell, B. (Contributor), Fletcher, W. (Contributor), Ryan, P. (Contributor), Seddon, A. W. (Contributor), Wogelius, R. (Contributor) & Ilmen, R. (Contributor), figshare , 11 Jun 2018
DOI: 10.25384/sage.c.4131608.v1, https://figshare.com/collections/UV-B-absorbing_compounds_in_modern_i_Cedrus_atlantica_i_pollen_The_potential_for_a_summer_UV-B_proxy_for_Northwest_Africa/4131608/1
Dataset
Thesis
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Advancing the Application of Analytical Techniques in the Biological Chemistry of Sporopollenin: Towards Novel Plant Physiological Tracers in Quaternary Palynology
Author: Bell, B., 1 Aug 2018Supervisor: Fletcher, W. (Supervisor) & Ryan, P. (Supervisor)
Student thesis: Phd
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