A national facility for the analysis of pyrogenic carbon (Old ID 23352)
Role
Principal Investigator
Description
This project will develop a National Facility for Pyrogenic Carbon Analysis. Pyrogenic carbon (biochar, soot, charcoal, black carbon) is a poorly constrained, slow-cycling terrestrial carbon pool with significant carbon sequestration potential. It is also an important source of palaeoenvironmental and geochronological information. We will expand newly developed hydrogen pyrolysis analytical capability to provide high throughput, robust, measurement of the abundance and isotope (13C, 14C) composition of pyrogenic carbon in soils and sediments. The facility will advance multiple research agendas at nine participating institutions across palaeoecology, geomorphology, geochronology, archaeology and carbon cycle/ sequestration science
Date
01 Jan 2018 - 31 Dec 2018
Project Type
GRANT
Keywords
biomass burning;Stable Isotope Analysis;Geoarchaeology;Radiocarbon;Biochar;Carbon Sequestration
Funding Body
Australian Research Council
Amount
358031
Project Team
Sean Ulm