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Helen M. Talbot is affiliated with the University of York in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily spans fields such as Earth and Planetary Sciences, Environmental Science, and Social Sciences, with a strong focus on Paleontology, Ecology, Geography, Planning and Development, Archeology, and Anthropology.

The main areas of study include Archaeology and ancient environmental studies, Isotope Analysis in Ecology, Pacific and Southeast Asian Studies, Geology and Paleoclimatology Research, Forensic Anthropology and Bioarchaeology Studies, Amazonian Archaeology and Ethnohistory, and Paleopathology and ancient diseases.

Talbot has authored multiple papers published in notable scientific journals. Some recent examples include:

  • Organic residue analysis shows sub-regional patterns in the use of pottery by Northern European hunter-gatherers (2020), published in Royal Society Open Science
  • High-resolution dietary reconstruction of victims of the 79 CE Vesuvius eruption at Herculaneum by compound-specific isotope analysis (2021), published in Science Advances
  • The transmission of pottery technology among prehistoric European hunter-gatherers (2022), published in Nature Human Behaviour
  • A unique bacteriohopanetetrol stereoisomer of marine anammox (2020), published in Organic Geochemistry
  • Reconstructing oxygen deficiency in the glacial Gulf of Alaska: Combining biomarkers and trace metals as paleo-redox proxies (2020), published in Chemical Geology

Frequent co-authors of Talbot include Oliver E. Craig, Alexandre Lucquin, André Carlo Colonese, Harry K. Robson, and Jasmine Lundy.

Talbot's research outputs have appeared multiple times in several publication venues such as:

  • Royal Society Open Science (4 publications)
  • Science Advances (2 publications)
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (2 publications)
  • Journal of Archaeological Science (2 publications)
  • Archaeometry (2 publications)

Best Publications

  • A lacustrine GDGT-temperature calibration from the Scandinavian Arctic to Antarctic : Renewed potential for the application of GDGT-paleothermometry in lakes

    Emma J. Pearson;Steve Juggins;Helen M. Talbot;Jan Weckström

  • Microbial ecology of the stratified water column of the Black Sea as revealed by a comprehensive biomarker study

    Stuart G. Wakeham;Rudi Amann;Katherine H. Freeman;Ellen C. Hopmans

  • Cyanobacterial bacteriohopanepolyol signatures from cultures and natural environmental settings

    Helen M. Talbot;Roger E. Summons;Linda L. Jahnke;Charles S. Cockell

  • Analysis of intact bacteriohopanepolyols from methanotrophic bacteria by reversed-phase high-performance liquid chromatography-atmospheric pressure chemical ionisation mass spectrometry.

    H M Talbot;D F Watson;J C Murrell;J F Carter

  • Biosynthesis of hopanoids by sulfate-reducing bacteria (genus Desulfovibrio).

    Martin Blumenberg;Martin Krüger;Katja Nauhaus;Helen M. Talbot

  • Bacterial populations recorded in diverse sedimentary biohopanoid distributions

    Helen M. Talbot;Paul Farrimond

  • Well preserved Palaeogene and Cretaceous biomarkers from the Kilwa area, Tanzania

    Bart E. van Dongen;Helen M. Talbot;Stefan Schouten;Paul Nicholas Pearson

  • Atlantic cooling associated with a marine biotic crisis during the mid-Cretaceous period

    A. McAnena;A. McAnena;Sascha Flögel;Peter Hofmann;Jens O. Herrle

  • Methylhopanoids: Molecular indicators of ancient bacteria and a petroleum correlation tool

    P. Farrimond;H.M. Talbot;D.F. Watson;L.K. Schulz

  • Low biodegradability of fluoxetine HCl, diazepam and their human metabolites in sewage sludge-amended soil

    Clare H. Redshaw;Martin P. Cooke;Helen M. Talbot;Steve McGrath

  • Rapid structural elucidation of composite bacterial hopanoids by atmospheric pressure chemical ionisation liquid chromatography/ion trap mass spectrometry.

    Helen M. Talbot;Michel Rohmer;Paul Farrimond

  • Diverse biohopanoid compositions of non-marine sediments

    Helen M. Talbot;Diane F. Watson;Emma J. Pearson;Paul Farrimond

  • Sources for sedimentary bacteriohopanepolyols as revealed by 16S rDNA stratigraphy

    Marco J. L. Coolen;Helen M. Talbot;Ben A. Abbas;Christopher Ward

  • Atmospheric pressure chemical ionisation reversed‐phase liquid chromatography/ion trap mass spectrometry of intact bacteriohopanepolyols

    Helen M. Talbot;Angela H. Squier;Brendan J. Keely;Paul Farrimond

  • An interlaboratory study of TEX86 and BIT analysis of sediments, extracts, and standard mixtures

    Stefan Schouten;Ellen C Hopmans;Antoni Rosell-Melé;Ann Pearson

  • Bacterial populations recorded in bacteriohopanepolyol distributions in soils from Northern England

    Martin P. Cooke;Helen M. Talbot;Paul Farrimond

  • Sea‐surface temperature records of Termination 1 in the Gulf of California: Challenges for seasonal and interannual analogues of tropical Pacific climate change

    Erin L. McClymont;Erin L. McClymont;Raja S. Ganeshram;Laetitia E. Pichevin;Helen M. Talbot

  • Characteristic fragmentation of bacteriohopanepolyols during atmospheric pressure chemical ionisation liquid chromatography/ion trap mass spectrometry

    Helen M. Talbot;Roger Summons;Linda Jahnke;Paul Farrimond

  • Bacteriohopanepolyol signatures as markers for methanotrophic bacteria in peat moss

    Julia F. van Winden;Helen M. Talbot;Nardy Kip;Gert-Jan Reichart

  • Hydrologic control of carbon cycling and aged carbon discharge in the Congo River basin

    Enno Schefuß;Enno Schefuß;Timothy I Eglinton;Timothy I Eglinton;Charlotte L Spencer-Jones;Charlotte L Spencer-Jones;Jürgen Rullkötter

  • Structural characterisation of unsaturated bacterial hopanoids by atmospheric pressure chemical ionisation liquid chromatography/ion trap mass spectrometry.

    Helen M. Talbot;Michel Rohmer;Paul Farrimond

Frequent Co-Authors

Thomas Wagner
Thomas Wagner Heriot-Watt University
Jaap S. Sinninghe Damsté
Jaap S. Sinninghe Damsté Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research
Paul Farrimond
Paul Farrimond University of Newcastle Australia
Richard D. Pancost
Richard D. Pancost University of Bristol
Igor Semiletov
Igor Semiletov Russian Academy of Sciences
Stefan Schouten
Stefan Schouten Utrecht University
Bart E. van Dongen
Bart E. van Dongen University of Manchester
Enno Schefuß
Enno Schefuß University of Bremen
Erin L. McClymont
Erin L. McClymont Durham University
Mike S. M. Jetten
Mike S. M. Jetten Radboud University

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