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Chris Holmden is affiliated with the University of Saskatchewan in Canada. Their research primarily spans the field of Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a focus on several specialized subfields including Geochemistry and Petrology, Atmospheric Science, Paleontology, Environmental Chemistry, and Geophysics.

The scientist's work engages with various topics, notably:

  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
  • Groundwater and Isotope Geochemistry
  • Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils
  • Geochemistry and Elemental Analysis
  • Isotope Analysis in Ecology
  • Geological and Geochemical Analysis
  • Geological formations and processes

Chris Holmden has published extensively in peer-reviewed journals with a notable presence in the following venues:

  • Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta
  • CATENA
  • Goldschmidt Abstracts
  • Abstracts with programs - Geological Society of America
  • Sedimentology

Among their recent papers are:

  • "Geochemical fingerprints of dolomitization in Bahamian carbonates: Evidence from sulphur, calcium, magnesium and clumped isotopes" (2020) published in Sedimentology
  • "Impact of salinity and carbonate saturation on stable Sr isotopes (δ88/86Sr) in a lagoon-estuarine system" (2020) published in Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta
  • "Calcium and strontium isotope dynamics in three polluted forest ecosystems of the Czech Republic, Central Europe" (2020) published in Chemical Geology
  • "Changing inputs of continental and submarine weathering sources of Sr to the oceans during OAE 2" (2021) published in Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta
  • "Magnesium and calcium isotope systematics in a headwater catchment underlain by amphibolite: Constraints on Mg-Ca biogeochemistry in an atmospherically polluted but well-buffered spruce ecosystem (Czech Republic, Central Europe)" (2020) published in CATENA

The scientist frequently collaborates with a consistent group of coauthors, among which are:

  • Martin Novák
  • Jakub Hruška
  • Jan Čuřík
  • František Veselovský
  • Markéta Štěpánová

In addition to journal contributions, Chris Holmden has a forthcoming book publication with Cambridge University Press titled What Does Graptolite Origination and Extinction Reveal about the Cause of the Late Ordovician Mass Extinction? scheduled for 2025.

Best Publications

  • Environmental changes in the Late Ordovician–early Silurian: Review and new insights from black shales and nitrogen isotopes

    Michael J. Melchin;Charles E. Mitchell;Chris Holmden;Petr Štorch

  • Isotopic evidence for geochemical decoupling between ancient epeiric seas and bordering oceans: Implications for secular curves

    C. Holmden;R. A. Creaser;K. Muehlenbachs;S. A. Leslie

  • Mineralogy, early marine diagenesis, and the chemistry of shallow-water carbonate sediments

    J.A. Higgins;C.L. Blättler;E.A. Lundstrom;D.P. Santiago-Ramos

  • Isotope fractionation in silicate melts by thermal diffusion

    F. Huang;P. Chakraborty;C. C. Lundstrom;C. Holmden

  • Carbon isotope chemostratigraphy in Arctic Canada: Sea-level forcing of carbonate platform weathering and implications for Hirnantian global correlation

    Michael J. Melchin;Chris Holmden

  • Local and global perspectives on carbon and nitrogen cycling during the Hirnantian glaciation

    D.F. LaPorte;C. Holmden;W.P. Patterson;J.D. Loxton

  • Two millennia of North Atlantic seasonality and implications for Norse colonies

    William P. Patterson;Kristin A. Dietrich;Chris Holmden;John T. Andrews

  • Ca isotope cycling in a forested ecosystem

    Chris Holmden;Nicolas Bélanger

  • The major ion, δ44/40Ca, δ44/42Ca, and δ26/24Mg geochemistry of granite weathering at pH=1 and T=25°C: Power-law processes and the relative reactivity of minerals

    Jong Sik Ryu;Andrew D. Jacobson;Chris Holmden;Craig Lundstrom

  • Calcium Isotopes (δ44/40Ca) in MPI-DING Reference Glasses, USGS Rock Powders and Various Rocks: Evidence for Ca Isotope Fractionation in Terrestrial Silicates

    Marghaleray Amini;Anton Eisenhauer;Florian Böhm;Chris Holmden

  • Local Controls on Carbon Cycling in the Ordovician Midcontinent Region of North America, with Implications for Carbon Isotope Secular Curves

    Karla M. Panchuk;Chris E. Holmden;Stephen A. Leslie

  • Silicate versus carbonate weathering in Iceland: New insights from Ca isotopes

    Andrew D. Jacobson;M. Grace Andrews;Gregory O. Lehn;Chris Holmden

  • Global variability of chromium isotopes in seawater demonstrated by Pacific, Atlantic, and Arctic Ocean samples

    Kathleen Scheiderich;Kathleen Scheiderich;Marghaleray Amini;Marghaleray Amini;Chris Holmden;Roger Francois

  • δ44Ca evolution in a carbonate aquifer and its bearing on the equilibrium isotope fractionation factor for calcite

    Andrew D. Jacobson;Chris Holmden

  • Fractionation between inorganic and organic carbon during the Lomagundi (2.22–2.1 Ga) carbon isotope excursion

    A. Bekker;C. Holmden;N.J. Beukes;F. Kenig

  • Response of the Cr isotope proxy to Cretaceous Ocean Anoxic Event 2 in a pelagic carbonate succession from the Western Interior Seaway

    C. Holmden;A.D. Jacobson;B.B. Sageman;M.T. Hurtgen

  • Carbon isotope chemostratigraphy of the Llandovery in Arctic Canada: Implications for global correlation and sea-level change

    Michael J. Melchin;Chris Holmden

  • Tracking the relationship between mountain uplift, silicate weathering, and long-term CO2 consumption with Ca isotopes: Southern Alps, New Zealand

    Joel Moore;Andrew D. Jacobson;Chris Holmden;Dave Craw

  • Isotopic and elemental systematics of Sr and Nd in 454 Ma biogenic apatites: implications for paleoseawater studies

    C. Holmden;R.A. Creaser;K. Muehlenbachs;S.M. Bergstrom

  • Uranium isotope fractionation in Saanich Inlet: A modern analog study of a paleoredox tracer

    C. Holmden;M. Amini;M. Amini;R. Francois

Frequent Co-Authors

William P. Patterson
William P. Patterson University of Saskatchewan
Andrew D. Jacobson
Andrew D. Jacobson Northwestern University
Michael J. Melchin
Michael J. Melchin St. Francis Xavier University
Roger Francois
Roger Francois University of British Columbia
Anton Eisenhauer
Anton Eisenhauer GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel
Karlis Muehlenbachs
Karlis Muehlenbachs University of Alberta
Robert A. Creaser
Robert A. Creaser University of Alberta
Dave Craw
Dave Craw University of Otago
Craig C. Lundstrom
Craig C. Lundstrom University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Fang Huang
Fang Huang University of Science and Technology of China

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