Stable Isotope Biogechemistry
Welcome to the Fike Lab at Washington University
Stable Isotope Biogeochemistry involves the use of the stable isotopic compositions of elements that make up minerals and organic matter to understand and/or reconstruct biological activity.
Current Research
Recent Publications
Sedimentary mercury as a proxy for redox oscillations during the Cambrian SPICE event in western Newfoundland
Hagen, A., Jones, D. S., Tosca, N. J., Fike, D. A., & Pruss, S. B. 2022. “Sedimentary mercury as a proxy for redox oscillations during the Cambrian SPICE event in western Newfoundland”, Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences, 59(8): 504 – 520.DOI: 10.1139/cjes-2021-0108
A global reassessment of the controls on iron speciation in modern sediments and sedimentary rocks: A dominant role for diagenesis
Pasquier, V., Fike, D. A., Revillon, S., & Halevy, I. 2022. “A global reassessment of the controls on iron speciation in modern sediments and sedimentary rocks: A dominant role for diagenesis” Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 335: 211 – 230. DOI: 10.1016/j.gca.2022.08.037
Testing the global significance of the sulfur isotope record of the ca. 2.0 Ga Zaonega Formation: a micro-scale S isotope investigation
Paiste, K., Fike, D. A., Kirsimäe, K., Jones, C., & Lepland, A. 2022. “Testing the global significance of the sulfur isotope record of the ca. 2.0 Ga Zaonega Formation: a micro-scale S isotope investigation”, Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 331: 86 – 104. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gca.2022.05.021