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Silvia Frisia is affiliated with the University of Newcastle Australia and conducts research primarily within the field of Earth and Planetary Sciences. Their work encompasses several subfields, notably Atmospheric Science, Earth-Surface Processes, Paleontology, Anthropology, and Biomaterials.

The scientist's research includes a focus on Geological formations and processes, with notable emphasis on Geology and Paleoclimatology Research, Karst Systems and Hydrogeology, Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils, Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology, Calcium Carbonate Crystallization and Inhibition, and Maritime and Coastal Archaeology.

Recent publications by Silvia Frisia cover a range of topics in geosciences and paleoclimatology. These include:

  • Persistent influence of obliquity on ice age terminations since the Middle Pleistocene transition, 2020, Science
  • Formation of calcite in the presence of dissolved organic matter: Partitioning, fabrics and fluorescence, 2020, Chemical Geology
  • The Properties of Annually Laminated Stalagmites-A Global Synthesis, 2021, Reviews of Geophysics
  • Accurate dating of stalagmites from low seasonal contrast tropical Pacific climate using Sr 2D maps, fabrics and annual hydrological cycles, 2021, Scientific Reports
  • Past fires and post-fire impacts reconstructed from a southwest Australian stalagmite, 2022, Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Silvia Frisia frequently collaborates with a group of coauthors, including:

  • Andrea Borsato
  • Russell N. Drysdale
  • John Hellström
  • Pauline C. Treble
  • Jon Woodhead

The scientist has published in various academic venues, with several repeated appearances in certain journals and data networks. Notable publication venues include:

  • Quaternary Science Reviews
  • Publishing Network for Geoscientific and Environmental Data (PANGAEA) (Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research)
  • Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta
  • Quaternary Research
  • Science

Best Publications

  • Controls on trace element Sr-Mg compositions of carbonate cave waters: implications for speleothem climatic records

    Ian J Fairchild;Andrea Borsato;Anna F Tooth;Silvia Frisia

  • Calcite Fabrics, Growth Mechanisms, and Environments of Formation in Speleothems from the Italian Alps and Southwestern Ireland

    Silvia Frisia;Andrea Borsato;Ian J. Fairchild;Frank McDermott

  • Increasing Australian–Indonesian monsoon rainfall linked to early Holocene sea-level rise

    Michael L Griffiths;Russell N Drysdale;Michael Gagan;Jian-xin Zhao

  • Trace element distribution in annual stalagmite laminae mapped by micrometer-resolution X-ray fluorescence : Implications for incorporation of environmentally significant species

    Andrea Borsato;Silvia Frisia;Ian J. Fairchild;Andrea Somogyi

  • Seasonal variations in Sr, Mg and P in modern speleothems (Grotta di Ernesto, Italy)

    YiMing Huang;YiMing Huang;Ian J. Fairchild;Andrea Borsato;Silvia Frisia

  • A 53 year seasonally resolved oxygen and carbon isotope record from a modern Gibraltar speleothem: Reconstructed drip water and relationship to local precipitation

    David Mattey;D. Lowry;J. Duffet;R. Fisher

  • Aragonite-Calcite Relationships in Speleothems (Grotte De Clamouse, France): Environment, Fabrics, and Carbonate Geochemistry

    Silvia Frisia;Andrea Borsato;Ian J. Fairchild;Frank McDermott

  • Holocene climate variability in Europe: Evidence from δ18O, textural and extension-rate variations in three speleothems

    Frank McDermott;Silvia Frisia;Yiming Huang;Yiming Huang;Antonio Longinelli

  • North Atlantic storm track changes during the Last Glacial Maximum recorded by Alpine speleothems

    Marc Luetscher;Ronny Boch;Harald Sodemann;Christoph Spötl

  • Carbon mass-balance modelling and carbon isotope exchange processes in dynamic caves

    Silvia Frisia;Ian J. Fairchild;Jens Fohlmeister;Renza Miorandi

  • Annual to sub-annual resolution of multiple trace-element trends in speleothems

    Ian J. Fairchild;Andy Baker;Andrea Borsato;Silvia Frisia

  • Late Holocene annual growth in three Alpine stalagmites records the influence of solar activity and the North Atlantic Oscillation on winter climate

    Silvia Frisia;Andrea Borsato;Nereo Preto;Frank McDermott

  • From soil to cave: Transport of trace metals by natural organic matter in karst dripwaters

    Adam Hartland;Adam Hartland;Ian J. Fairchild;Jamie R. Lead;Andrea Borsato

  • Evidence for Holocene changes in Australian–Indonesian monsoon rainfall from stalagmite trace element and stable isotope ratios

    Michael L. Griffiths;Russell N. Drysdale;Michael K. Gagan;Silvia Frisia

  • Microstratigraphic logging of calcite fabrics in speleothems as tool for palaeoclimate studies

    Silvia Frisia

  • Calcite Moonmilk: Crystal Morphology and Environment of Formation in Caves in the Italian Alps

    Andrea Borsato;Silvia Frisia;Brian Jones;Klaas Van Der Borg

  • Climate variability in the SE Alps of Italy over the past 17 000 years reconstructed from a stalagmite record

    Silvia Frisia;Andrea Borsato;Christoph Spötl;Igor Maria Villa

  • Annual trace element cycles in calcite–aragonite speleothems: evidence of drought in the western Mediterranean 1200–1100 yr BP

    Emily A. McMillan;Ian J. Fairchild;Silvia Frisia;Andrea Borsato

  • Variations in atmospheric sulphate recorded in stalagmites by synchrotron micro-XRF and XANES analyses

    Silvia Frisia;Andrea Borsato;Ian J. Fairchild;Jean Susini

  • Holocene climate variability in Sicily from a discontinuous stalagmite record and the Mesolithic to Neolithic transition

    Silvia Frisia;Andrea Borsato;Augusto Mangini;Christoph Spötl

Frequent Co-Authors

Andrea Borsato
Andrea Borsato University of Newcastle Australia
John Hellstrom
John Hellstrom University of Melbourne
Russell N. Drysdale
Russell N. Drysdale University of Melbourne
Ian J. Fairchild
Ian J. Fairchild University of Birmingham
Christoph Spötl
Christoph Spötl University of Innsbruck
Andy Baker
Andy Baker University of New South Wales
Frank McDermott
Frank McDermott University College Dublin
Hai Cheng
Hai Cheng Xi'an Jiaotong University
Jian-xin Zhao
Jian-xin Zhao University of Queensland
Michael K. Gagan
Michael K. Gagan Australian National University

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