Professor Jennifer Pike
(she/her)
SFHEA
Teams and roles for Jennifer Pike
Head of School
Overview
Interests
- Marine diatoms
- ice-ocean interactions
- Antarctic palaeoclimate
- isotopes from biogenic silica
- sub-annual to millennial-scale palaeoceanography
Publication
2025
- Dobbie, K. and Pike, J. 2025. Vignette 4.2: Conquering the mountain – the practicalities of making in-person fieldwork accessible. In: France, D. , Batty, L. and Swanton, D. eds. Teaching Fieldwork in Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences. Geography, Planning and Tourism 2025 Cheltenham: Edward Elgar Publishing. , pp.96-99. (10.4337/9781035322398.00021)
- Leventer, A. and Pike, J. 2025. Paleo sea ice reconstruction in the Southern Ocean: Ancient warm periods. In: Thomas, D. N. ed. Sea Ice: Its Physics, Chemistry, Biology, Geology and Societal Importance (Fourth Edition). Hoboken, New Jersey: Wiley(10.1002/9781394213764.ch21)
2024
- Allen, C. S. et al., 2024. Antarctic waters. In: Elias, S. ed. Encyclopedia of Quaternary Science (Second Edition). Elsevier. , pp.online. (10.1016/B978-0-323-99931-1.00208-7)
2023
- Gariboldi, K. et al., 2023. Paleoceanographic Implications of Diatom Seasonal Laminations in the Upper Miocene Pisco Formation (Ica Desert, Peru) and Their Clues on the Development of the Pisco Fossil-Lagerstätte. Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology 38 (5)(10.1029/2022PA004566)
2022
- Crosta, X. et al., 2022. Antarctic sea ice over the past 130 000 years - Part 1: a review of what proxy records tell us. Climate of the Past 18 (8), pp.1729–1756. (10.5194/cp-18-1729-2022)
2020
- Cassarino, L. et al., 2020. Sedimentary nutrient supply in productive hot spots off the West Antarctic peninsula revealed by silicon isotopes. Global Biogeochemical Cycles 34 (12) e2019GB006486. (10.1029/2019GB006486)
- Fogwill, C. J. et al., 2020. Southern Ocean carbon sink enhanced by sea-ice feedbacks at the Antarctic Cold Reversal. Nature Geoscience 13 , pp.489-497. (10.1038/s41561-020-0587-0)
2019
- Mikis, A. et al. 2019. Temporal variability in foraminiferal morphology and geochemistry at the West Antarctic Peninsula: a sediment trap study. Biogeosciences 16 (16), pp.3267-3282. (10.5194/bg-16-3267-2019)
2018
- Alley, K. et al., 2018. Iceberg Alley, East Antarctic Margin: Continuously laminated diatomaceous sediments from the late Holocene. Marine Micropaleontology 140 , pp.56-68. (10.1016/j.marmicro.2017.12.002)
- Beszteri, B. et al., 2018. Quantitative comparison of taxa and taxon concepts in the diatom genus Fragilariopsis: a case study on using slide scanning, multiexpert image annotation, and image analysis in taxonomy. Journal of Phycology (10.1111/jpy.12767)
- Gioncada, A. et al., 2018. Looking for the key to preservation of fossil marine vertebrates in the Pisco Formation of Peru: new insights from a small dolphin skeleton. Andean Geology 45 (3), pp.379-398. (10.5027/andgeoV45n3-3122)
- Hawkings, J. R. et al., 2018. The silicon cycle impacted by past ice sheets. Nature Communications 9 3210. (10.1038/s41467-018-05689-1)
- Regan, H. C. et al. 2018. Sources, variability and fate of freshwater in the Bellingshausen Sea, Antarctica. Deep Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers 133 , pp.59-71. (10.1016/j.dsr.2018.01.005)
2017
- Swann, G. E. A. et al., 2017. Temporal controls on silicic acid utilisation along the West Antarctic Peninsula. Nature Communications 8 14645. (10.1038/ncomms14645)
2016
- Hendry, K. R. et al. 2016. Deglacial diatom production in the tropical North Atlantic driven by enhanced silicic acid supply. Earth and Planetary Science Letters 438 , pp.122-129. (10.1016/j.epsl.2016.01.016)
- Swann, G. E. A. , Snelling, A. M. and Pike, J. 2016. Biogeochemical cycling in the Bering Sea over the onset of major Northern Hemisphere Glaciation. Paleoceanography 31 (9), pp.1261-1269. (10.1002/2016PA002978)
2014
- Snelling, A. M. et al., 2014. Pliocene diatom and sponge spicule oxygen isotope ratios from the Bering Sea: isotopic offsets and future directions. Climate of the Past 10 , pp.1837-1842. (10.5194/cp-10-1837-2014)
- Zolitschka, B. and Pike, J. 2014. Maximising the information yield from annually resolving natural archives. Pages News 22 (1), pp.4-5.
2013
- Collins, L. G. et al., 2013. Evaluating highly branched isoprenoid (HBI) biomarkers as a novel Antarctic sea-ice proxy in deep ocean glacial age sediments. Quaternary Science Reviews 79 , pp.87-98. (10.1016/j.quascirev.2013.02.004)
- Pike, J. 2013. Of volcanoes and diatoms. Geology 41 (11), pp.1999-1200. (10.1130/focus112013.1)
- Pike, J. and Stickley, C. E. 2013. Diatom fossil records from marine laminated sediments. In: Elias, S. A. ed. The Encyclopedia of Quaternary Science. Elsevier. , pp.554-561.
- Pike, J. et al. 2013. Glacial discharge along the west Antarctic Peninsula during the Holocene (Letter). Nature Geoscience 6 (3), pp.199-202. (10.1038/ngeo1703)
- Snelling, A. M. et al., 2013. A micro-manipulation technique for the purification of diatoms for isotope and geochemical analysis. Silicon 5 (1), pp.13-17. (10.1007/s12633-012-9115-1)
- Stickley, C. E. , Pike, J. and Jones, V. J. 2013. Antarctic waters. In: Elias, S. A. ed. The Encyclopedia of Quaternary Science. Elsevier. , pp.527-539.
- Swann, G. E. A. et al., 2013. Seasonally resolved diatom δ18O records from the west Antarctic Peninsula over the last deglaciation. Earth and Planetary Science Letters 364 , pp.12-23. (10.1016/j.epsl.2012.12.016)
2012
- Collins, L. G. et al., 2012. Palaeomagnetic and biostratigraphic dating of marine sediments from the Scotia Sea, Antarctica: First identification of the Laschamp excursion in the Southern Ocean. Quaternary Geochronology 7 , pp.67-75. (10.1016/j.quageo.2011.10.002)
- Collins, L. G. et al., 2012. High resolution reconstruction of Southwest Atlantic sea-ice and its role in the climate changes of Marine Isotope Stages 3 and 2. Paleoceanography 27 (3), pp.1-17. PA3217. (10.1029/2011PA002264)
- Maddison, E. J. , Pike, J. and Dunbar, R. 2012. Seasonally-laminated diatom-rich sediments from Dumont d’Urville Trough, East Antarctic Margin: Late Holocene Neoglacial sea-ice conditions. The Holocene 22 (8), pp.857-875. (10.1177/0959683611434223)
- Pike, J. and Stickley, C. E. 2012. The 2011 Brady Medal recipient: John A. Barron. Journal of Micropalaeontology 31 (1), pp.95-96. (10.1144/0262-821X11-031)
2011
- Allen, C. S. , Pike, J. and Pudsey, C. J. 2011. Last glacial–interglacial sea-ice cover in the SW Atlantic and its potential role in global deglaciation. Quaternary Science Reviews 30 (19-20), pp.2446-2458. (10.1016/j.quascirev.2011.04.002)
- Stenni, B. et al., 2011. Holocene climate variability at high-southern latitudes: An integrated perspective (HOLOCLIP): HOLOCLIP kick-off meeting , Université Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris, 29-30 June 2010. PAGES News 19 (1), pp.37-37.
2010
- Leventer, A. , Crosta, X. and Pike, J. 2010. Holocene marine diatom records of environmental change. In: Smol, J. P. and Stoermer, E. F. eds. The Diatoms: Applications for the Environmental and Earth Sciences. 2nd ed.. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. , pp.400-422.
2009
- Barker, S. et al. 2009. Interhemispheric Atlantic seesaw response during the last deglaciation. Nature 457 (7233), pp.1097-1102. (10.1038/nature07770)
- Davies, A. , Kemp, A. E. S. and Pike, J. 2009. Late Cretaceous seasonal ocean variability from the Arctic. Nature 460 (7252), pp.254-258. (10.1038/nature08141)
- Pike, J. et al. 2009. Observations on the relationship between the Antarctic coastal diatoms Thalassiosira antarctica Comber and Porosira glacialis (Grunow) Jørgensen and sea ice concentrations during the late Quaternary. Marine Micropaleontology 73 (1-2), pp.14-25. (10.1016/j.marmicro.2009.06.005)
2008
- Pike, J. et al. 2008. Comparison of contemporary and fossil diatom assemblages from the western Antarctic Peninsula shelf. Marine Micropaleontology 67 (3-4), pp.274-287. (10.1016/j.marmicro.2008.02.001)
2007
- Pike, J. and Stickley, C. E. 2007. Diatom records: marine laminated sequences. In: Elias, S. A. ed. Encyclopedia of Quaternary Science. Amsterdam: Elsevier. , pp.557-567. (10.1016/B0-44-452747-8/00238-6)
- Stickley, C. E. , Pike, J. and Jones, V. 2007. Diatom records: Antarctic waters. In: Elias, S. A. ed. Encyclopedia of Quaternary Science. Amsterdam: Elsevier. , pp.530-541. (10.1016/B0-44-452747-8/00237-4)
2006
- Leventer, A. et al., 2006. Marine sediment record from the East Antarctic margin reveals dynamics of ice sheet recession. GSA Today 16 (12), pp.4-10. (10.1130/GSAT01612A.1)
- Maddison, E. J. et al., 2006. Post-glacial seasonal diatom record of the Mertz Glacier Polynya, East Antarctica. Marine Micropaleontology 60 (1), pp.66-88. (10.1016/j.marmicro.2006.03.001)
- Pike, J. and Kemp, A. E. S. 2006. Preparation and analysis techniques for studies of laminated sediments. Geological Society, London, Special Publications 116 , pp.37-48. (10.1144/GSL.SP.1996.116.01.05)
- Stickley, C. , Pike, J. and Leventer, A. 2006. Productivity events of the marine diatom Thalassiosira tumida (Janisch) Hasle recorded in deglacial varves from the East Antarctic Margin. Marine Micropaleontology 59 (3-4), pp.184-196. (10.1016/j.marmicro.2006.02.009)
2005
- Allen, C. S. et al., 2005. Submillenial variations in ocean conditions during deglaciation based on diatom assemblages from the southwest Atlantic. Paleoceanography 20 (2) PA2012. (10.1029/2004PA001055)
- Maddison, E. J. et al. 2005. Deglacial seasonal and sub-seasonal diatom record from Palmer Deep, Antarctica. Journal of Quaternary Science 20 (5), pp.435-446. (10.1002/jqs.947)
- Stickley, C. E. et al. 2005. Deglacial ocean and climate seasonality in laminated diatom sediments, Mac.Robertson Shelf, Antarctica. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 227 (4), pp.290-310. (10.1016/j.palaeo.2005.05.021)
2004
- Seeberg-Elverfeldt, I. A. et al., 2004. The significance of diatoms in the formation of laminated sediments of the Shaban Deep, Northern Red Sea. Marine Geology 209 (1-4), pp.279-301. (10.1016/j.margeo.2004.05.019)
2003
- Maslin, M. M. et al., 2003. Evidence of Holocene climate variability in marine sediments. In: Mackay, A. et al., Global Change in the Holocene. London: Arnold. , pp.185-209.
- van Geen, A. et al., 2003. On the preservation of laminated sediments along the western margin of North America. Paleoceanography 18 (4) 1098. (10.1029/2003PA000911)
2001
- Davies, R. et al., 2001. Early Oligocene initiation of North Atlantic Deep Water formation. Nature 410 (6831), pp.917-920. (10.1038/35073551)
- Kemp, A. E. S. et al., 2001. Recognition and analysis of bedding and sediment fabric features. In: Last, W. M. and Smol, J. P. eds. Tracking Environmental Change Using Lake Sediments Vol 2: Physical and Geochemical Methods. Vol. 2, Developments in Paleoenvironmental Research Dordrecht: Kluwer Academic Publishers. , pp.7-22.
- Pike, J. et al. 2001. Microbioirrigation of marine sediments in dysoxic environments: implications for early sediment fabric formation and diagenetic processes. Geology 29 (10), pp.923-926. (10.1130/0091-7613(2001)029<0923:MOMSID>2.0.CO;2)
- Pike, J. , Moreton, S. G. and Allen, C. S. 2001. Data Report: Microfabric Analysis of Postglacial Sediments from Palmer Deep, Western Antarctic Peninsula. Proceedings of the Ocean Drilling Program Scientific Results 178 , pp.1-17. (10.2973/odp.proc.sr.178.226.2001)
- Pilskaln, C. H. and Pike, J. 2001. Formation of Holocene sedimentary laminae in the Black Sea and the role of the benthic flocculent layer. Paleoceanography 16 (1), pp.1-19. (10.1029/1999PA000469)
2000
- Kemp, A. E. S. et al., 2000. The “Fall dump” — a new perspective on the role of a “shade flora” in the annual cycle of diatom production and export flux. Deep-Sea Research. Part II.Topical studies in oceanography 47 (9-11), pp.2129-2154. (10.1016/S0967-0645(00)00019-9)
- Pike, J. 2000. Data Report: Backscattered electron imagery analysis of early Pliocene laminated Ethmodiscus ooze, Site 1010. Proceedings of the Ocean Drilling Program Scientific Results 167 , pp.207-212. (10.2973/odp.proc.sr.167.233.2000)
1999
- Dean, J. M. et al., 1999. Taking varves to bits: Scanning electron microscopy in the study of laminated sediments and varves. Journal of Paleolimnology 22 (2), pp.121-136. (10.1023/A:1008069514445)
- Kemp, A. E. S. et al., 1999. The role of mat-forming diatoms in the formation of Mediterranean sapropels. Nature 398 (6722), pp.57-61. (10.1038/18001)
- Mix, A. C. et al., 1999. Rapid climate oscillations in the Northeast Pacific during the last deglaciation reflect northern and southern hemisphere sources. In: Clark, P. U. , Webb, R. S. and Keigwin, L. D. eds. Mechanisms of Global Climate Change at Millennial Time Scales. Geophysical Monograph Vol. 112.Washington, D. C.: American Geophysical Union. , pp.127-148.
- Pike, J. and Kemp, A. E. S. 1999. Diatom mats in Gulf of California sediments: Implications for the paleoenvironmental interpretation of laminated sediments and silica burial. Geology 27 (4), pp.311-314. (10.1130/0091-7613(1999)027<0311:DMIGOC>2.3.CO;2)
1998
- Kemp, A. E. S. et al., 1998. Microfabric and microcompositional studies of Pliocene and Quaternary sapropels from the Eastern Mediterranean. Proceedings of the Ocean Drilling Program Scientific Results 160 , pp.349-364. (10.2973/odp.proc.sr.160.068.1998)
- Pearce, R. B. et al. 1998. A lamina-scale, SEM-based study of a late Quaternary diatom-ooze sapropel from the Mediterranean Ridge, Site 971. Proceedings of the Ocean Drilling Program Scientific Results 160 , pp.333-348. (10.2973/odp.proc.sr.160.016.1998)
1997
- Pike, J. and Kemp, A. E. S. 1997. Early Holocene decadal-scale ocean variability recorded in Gulf of California laminated sediments. Paleoceanography 12 (2), pp.227-238. (10.1029/96PA03132)
1996
- Pike, J. and Kemp, A. E. S. 1996. Records of seasonal flux in Holocene laminated sediments, Gulf of California. Geological Society, London, Special Publications 116 , pp.157-169. (10.1144/GSL.SP.1996.116.01.14)
- Pike, J. and Kemp, A. E. S. 1996. Silt aggregates in laminated marine sediments produced by agglutinated foraminifera. Journal of Sedimentary Research 66 (3), pp.625-631. (10.1306/D42683C9-2B26-11D7-8648000102C1865D)
1994
- Pike, J. et al. 1994. General description of the gavity cores. UNESCO Reports in Marine Science 64 , pp.43-51.
Articles
- Allen, C. S. , Pike, J. and Pudsey, C. J. 2011. Last glacial–interglacial sea-ice cover in the SW Atlantic and its potential role in global deglaciation. Quaternary Science Reviews 30 (19-20), pp.2446-2458. (10.1016/j.quascirev.2011.04.002)
- Allen, C. S. et al., 2005. Submillenial variations in ocean conditions during deglaciation based on diatom assemblages from the southwest Atlantic. Paleoceanography 20 (2) PA2012. (10.1029/2004PA001055)
- Alley, K. et al., 2018. Iceberg Alley, East Antarctic Margin: Continuously laminated diatomaceous sediments from the late Holocene. Marine Micropaleontology 140 , pp.56-68. (10.1016/j.marmicro.2017.12.002)
- Barker, S. et al. 2009. Interhemispheric Atlantic seesaw response during the last deglaciation. Nature 457 (7233), pp.1097-1102. (10.1038/nature07770)
- Beszteri, B. et al., 2018. Quantitative comparison of taxa and taxon concepts in the diatom genus Fragilariopsis: a case study on using slide scanning, multiexpert image annotation, and image analysis in taxonomy. Journal of Phycology (10.1111/jpy.12767)
- Cassarino, L. et al., 2020. Sedimentary nutrient supply in productive hot spots off the West Antarctic peninsula revealed by silicon isotopes. Global Biogeochemical Cycles 34 (12) e2019GB006486. (10.1029/2019GB006486)
- Collins, L. G. et al., 2013. Evaluating highly branched isoprenoid (HBI) biomarkers as a novel Antarctic sea-ice proxy in deep ocean glacial age sediments. Quaternary Science Reviews 79 , pp.87-98. (10.1016/j.quascirev.2013.02.004)
- Collins, L. G. et al., 2012. Palaeomagnetic and biostratigraphic dating of marine sediments from the Scotia Sea, Antarctica: First identification of the Laschamp excursion in the Southern Ocean. Quaternary Geochronology 7 , pp.67-75. (10.1016/j.quageo.2011.10.002)
- Collins, L. G. et al., 2012. High resolution reconstruction of Southwest Atlantic sea-ice and its role in the climate changes of Marine Isotope Stages 3 and 2. Paleoceanography 27 (3), pp.1-17. PA3217. (10.1029/2011PA002264)
- Crosta, X. et al., 2022. Antarctic sea ice over the past 130 000 years - Part 1: a review of what proxy records tell us. Climate of the Past 18 (8), pp.1729–1756. (10.5194/cp-18-1729-2022)
- Davies, A. , Kemp, A. E. S. and Pike, J. 2009. Late Cretaceous seasonal ocean variability from the Arctic. Nature 460 (7252), pp.254-258. (10.1038/nature08141)
- Davies, R. et al., 2001. Early Oligocene initiation of North Atlantic Deep Water formation. Nature 410 (6831), pp.917-920. (10.1038/35073551)
- Dean, J. M. et al., 1999. Taking varves to bits: Scanning electron microscopy in the study of laminated sediments and varves. Journal of Paleolimnology 22 (2), pp.121-136. (10.1023/A:1008069514445)
- Fogwill, C. J. et al., 2020. Southern Ocean carbon sink enhanced by sea-ice feedbacks at the Antarctic Cold Reversal. Nature Geoscience 13 , pp.489-497. (10.1038/s41561-020-0587-0)
- Gariboldi, K. et al., 2023. Paleoceanographic Implications of Diatom Seasonal Laminations in the Upper Miocene Pisco Formation (Ica Desert, Peru) and Their Clues on the Development of the Pisco Fossil-Lagerstätte. Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology 38 (5)(10.1029/2022PA004566)
- Gioncada, A. et al., 2018. Looking for the key to preservation of fossil marine vertebrates in the Pisco Formation of Peru: new insights from a small dolphin skeleton. Andean Geology 45 (3), pp.379-398. (10.5027/andgeoV45n3-3122)
- Hawkings, J. R. et al., 2018. The silicon cycle impacted by past ice sheets. Nature Communications 9 3210. (10.1038/s41467-018-05689-1)
- Hendry, K. R. et al. 2016. Deglacial diatom production in the tropical North Atlantic driven by enhanced silicic acid supply. Earth and Planetary Science Letters 438 , pp.122-129. (10.1016/j.epsl.2016.01.016)
- Kemp, A. E. S. et al., 1999. The role of mat-forming diatoms in the formation of Mediterranean sapropels. Nature 398 (6722), pp.57-61. (10.1038/18001)
- Kemp, A. E. S. et al., 1998. Microfabric and microcompositional studies of Pliocene and Quaternary sapropels from the Eastern Mediterranean. Proceedings of the Ocean Drilling Program Scientific Results 160 , pp.349-364. (10.2973/odp.proc.sr.160.068.1998)
- Kemp, A. E. S. et al., 2000. The “Fall dump” — a new perspective on the role of a “shade flora” in the annual cycle of diatom production and export flux. Deep-Sea Research. Part II.Topical studies in oceanography 47 (9-11), pp.2129-2154. (10.1016/S0967-0645(00)00019-9)
- Leventer, A. et al., 2006. Marine sediment record from the East Antarctic margin reveals dynamics of ice sheet recession. GSA Today 16 (12), pp.4-10. (10.1130/GSAT01612A.1)
- Maddison, E. J. , Pike, J. and Dunbar, R. 2012. Seasonally-laminated diatom-rich sediments from Dumont d’Urville Trough, East Antarctic Margin: Late Holocene Neoglacial sea-ice conditions. The Holocene 22 (8), pp.857-875. (10.1177/0959683611434223)
- Maddison, E. J. et al., 2006. Post-glacial seasonal diatom record of the Mertz Glacier Polynya, East Antarctica. Marine Micropaleontology 60 (1), pp.66-88. (10.1016/j.marmicro.2006.03.001)
- Maddison, E. J. et al. 2005. Deglacial seasonal and sub-seasonal diatom record from Palmer Deep, Antarctica. Journal of Quaternary Science 20 (5), pp.435-446. (10.1002/jqs.947)
- Mikis, A. et al. 2019. Temporal variability in foraminiferal morphology and geochemistry at the West Antarctic Peninsula: a sediment trap study. Biogeosciences 16 (16), pp.3267-3282. (10.5194/bg-16-3267-2019)
- Pearce, R. B. et al. 1998. A lamina-scale, SEM-based study of a late Quaternary diatom-ooze sapropel from the Mediterranean Ridge, Site 971. Proceedings of the Ocean Drilling Program Scientific Results 160 , pp.333-348. (10.2973/odp.proc.sr.160.016.1998)
- Pike, J. 2000. Data Report: Backscattered electron imagery analysis of early Pliocene laminated Ethmodiscus ooze, Site 1010. Proceedings of the Ocean Drilling Program Scientific Results 167 , pp.207-212. (10.2973/odp.proc.sr.167.233.2000)
- Pike, J. 2013. Of volcanoes and diatoms. Geology 41 (11), pp.1999-1200. (10.1130/focus112013.1)
- Pike, J. et al. 2008. Comparison of contemporary and fossil diatom assemblages from the western Antarctic Peninsula shelf. Marine Micropaleontology 67 (3-4), pp.274-287. (10.1016/j.marmicro.2008.02.001)
- Pike, J. et al. 2001. Microbioirrigation of marine sediments in dysoxic environments: implications for early sediment fabric formation and diagenetic processes. Geology 29 (10), pp.923-926. (10.1130/0091-7613(2001)029<0923:MOMSID>2.0.CO;2)
- Pike, J. et al. 2009. Observations on the relationship between the Antarctic coastal diatoms Thalassiosira antarctica Comber and Porosira glacialis (Grunow) Jørgensen and sea ice concentrations during the late Quaternary. Marine Micropaleontology 73 (1-2), pp.14-25. (10.1016/j.marmicro.2009.06.005)
- Pike, J. et al. 1994. General description of the gavity cores. UNESCO Reports in Marine Science 64 , pp.43-51.
- Pike, J. and Kemp, A. E. S. 1999. Diatom mats in Gulf of California sediments: Implications for the paleoenvironmental interpretation of laminated sediments and silica burial. Geology 27 (4), pp.311-314. (10.1130/0091-7613(1999)027<0311:DMIGOC>2.3.CO;2)
- Pike, J. and Kemp, A. E. S. 1997. Early Holocene decadal-scale ocean variability recorded in Gulf of California laminated sediments. Paleoceanography 12 (2), pp.227-238. (10.1029/96PA03132)
- Pike, J. and Kemp, A. E. S. 2006. Preparation and analysis techniques for studies of laminated sediments. Geological Society, London, Special Publications 116 , pp.37-48. (10.1144/GSL.SP.1996.116.01.05)
- Pike, J. and Kemp, A. E. S. 1996. Records of seasonal flux in Holocene laminated sediments, Gulf of California. Geological Society, London, Special Publications 116 , pp.157-169. (10.1144/GSL.SP.1996.116.01.14)
- Pike, J. and Kemp, A. E. S. 1996. Silt aggregates in laminated marine sediments produced by agglutinated foraminifera. Journal of Sedimentary Research 66 (3), pp.625-631. (10.1306/D42683C9-2B26-11D7-8648000102C1865D)
- Pike, J. , Moreton, S. G. and Allen, C. S. 2001. Data Report: Microfabric Analysis of Postglacial Sediments from Palmer Deep, Western Antarctic Peninsula. Proceedings of the Ocean Drilling Program Scientific Results 178 , pp.1-17. (10.2973/odp.proc.sr.178.226.2001)
- Pike, J. and Stickley, C. E. 2012. The 2011 Brady Medal recipient: John A. Barron. Journal of Micropalaeontology 31 (1), pp.95-96. (10.1144/0262-821X11-031)
- Pike, J. et al. 2013. Glacial discharge along the west Antarctic Peninsula during the Holocene (Letter). Nature Geoscience 6 (3), pp.199-202. (10.1038/ngeo1703)
- Pilskaln, C. H. and Pike, J. 2001. Formation of Holocene sedimentary laminae in the Black Sea and the role of the benthic flocculent layer. Paleoceanography 16 (1), pp.1-19. (10.1029/1999PA000469)
- Regan, H. C. et al. 2018. Sources, variability and fate of freshwater in the Bellingshausen Sea, Antarctica. Deep Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers 133 , pp.59-71. (10.1016/j.dsr.2018.01.005)
- Seeberg-Elverfeldt, I. A. et al., 2004. The significance of diatoms in the formation of laminated sediments of the Shaban Deep, Northern Red Sea. Marine Geology 209 (1-4), pp.279-301. (10.1016/j.margeo.2004.05.019)
- Snelling, A. M. et al., 2013. A micro-manipulation technique for the purification of diatoms for isotope and geochemical analysis. Silicon 5 (1), pp.13-17. (10.1007/s12633-012-9115-1)
- Snelling, A. M. et al., 2014. Pliocene diatom and sponge spicule oxygen isotope ratios from the Bering Sea: isotopic offsets and future directions. Climate of the Past 10 , pp.1837-1842. (10.5194/cp-10-1837-2014)
- Stenni, B. et al., 2011. Holocene climate variability at high-southern latitudes: An integrated perspective (HOLOCLIP): HOLOCLIP kick-off meeting , Université Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris, 29-30 June 2010. PAGES News 19 (1), pp.37-37.
- Stickley, C. , Pike, J. and Leventer, A. 2006. Productivity events of the marine diatom Thalassiosira tumida (Janisch) Hasle recorded in deglacial varves from the East Antarctic Margin. Marine Micropaleontology 59 (3-4), pp.184-196. (10.1016/j.marmicro.2006.02.009)
- Stickley, C. E. et al. 2005. Deglacial ocean and climate seasonality in laminated diatom sediments, Mac.Robertson Shelf, Antarctica. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 227 (4), pp.290-310. (10.1016/j.palaeo.2005.05.021)
- Swann, G. E. A. et al., 2017. Temporal controls on silicic acid utilisation along the West Antarctic Peninsula. Nature Communications 8 14645. (10.1038/ncomms14645)
- Swann, G. E. A. et al., 2013. Seasonally resolved diatom δ18O records from the west Antarctic Peninsula over the last deglaciation. Earth and Planetary Science Letters 364 , pp.12-23. (10.1016/j.epsl.2012.12.016)
- Swann, G. E. A. , Snelling, A. M. and Pike, J. 2016. Biogeochemical cycling in the Bering Sea over the onset of major Northern Hemisphere Glaciation. Paleoceanography 31 (9), pp.1261-1269. (10.1002/2016PA002978)
- van Geen, A. et al., 2003. On the preservation of laminated sediments along the western margin of North America. Paleoceanography 18 (4) 1098. (10.1029/2003PA000911)
- Zolitschka, B. and Pike, J. 2014. Maximising the information yield from annually resolving natural archives. Pages News 22 (1), pp.4-5.
Book sections
- Allen, C. S. et al., 2024. Antarctic waters. In: Elias, S. ed. Encyclopedia of Quaternary Science (Second Edition). Elsevier. , pp.online. (10.1016/B978-0-323-99931-1.00208-7)
- Dobbie, K. and Pike, J. 2025. Vignette 4.2: Conquering the mountain – the practicalities of making in-person fieldwork accessible. In: France, D. , Batty, L. and Swanton, D. eds. Teaching Fieldwork in Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences. Geography, Planning and Tourism 2025 Cheltenham: Edward Elgar Publishing. , pp.96-99. (10.4337/9781035322398.00021)
- Kemp, A. E. S. et al., 2001. Recognition and analysis of bedding and sediment fabric features. In: Last, W. M. and Smol, J. P. eds. Tracking Environmental Change Using Lake Sediments Vol 2: Physical and Geochemical Methods. Vol. 2, Developments in Paleoenvironmental Research Dordrecht: Kluwer Academic Publishers. , pp.7-22.
- Leventer, A. , Crosta, X. and Pike, J. 2010. Holocene marine diatom records of environmental change. In: Smol, J. P. and Stoermer, E. F. eds. The Diatoms: Applications for the Environmental and Earth Sciences. 2nd ed.. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. , pp.400-422.
- Leventer, A. and Pike, J. 2025. Paleo sea ice reconstruction in the Southern Ocean: Ancient warm periods. In: Thomas, D. N. ed. Sea Ice: Its Physics, Chemistry, Biology, Geology and Societal Importance (Fourth Edition). Hoboken, New Jersey: Wiley(10.1002/9781394213764.ch21)
- Maslin, M. M. et al., 2003. Evidence of Holocene climate variability in marine sediments. In: Mackay, A. et al., Global Change in the Holocene. London: Arnold. , pp.185-209.
- Mix, A. C. et al., 1999. Rapid climate oscillations in the Northeast Pacific during the last deglaciation reflect northern and southern hemisphere sources. In: Clark, P. U. , Webb, R. S. and Keigwin, L. D. eds. Mechanisms of Global Climate Change at Millennial Time Scales. Geophysical Monograph Vol. 112.Washington, D. C.: American Geophysical Union. , pp.127-148.
- Pike, J. and Stickley, C. E. 2013. Diatom fossil records from marine laminated sediments. In: Elias, S. A. ed. The Encyclopedia of Quaternary Science. Elsevier. , pp.554-561.
- Pike, J. and Stickley, C. E. 2007. Diatom records: marine laminated sequences. In: Elias, S. A. ed. Encyclopedia of Quaternary Science. Amsterdam: Elsevier. , pp.557-567. (10.1016/B0-44-452747-8/00238-6)
- Stickley, C. E. , Pike, J. and Jones, V. J. 2013. Antarctic waters. In: Elias, S. A. ed. The Encyclopedia of Quaternary Science. Elsevier. , pp.527-539.
- Stickley, C. E. , Pike, J. and Jones, V. 2007. Diatom records: Antarctic waters. In: Elias, S. A. ed. Encyclopedia of Quaternary Science. Amsterdam: Elsevier. , pp.530-541. (10.1016/B0-44-452747-8/00237-4)
Research
I use marine diatoms to investigate ocean history on seasonal to millennial timescales. In the high latitudes, ocean surface diatom assemblages are sensitive to changes in their environment and I exploit this sensitivity to reconstruct past changes in, for example, the concentration or duration of sea ice.
I use the oxygen isotopes preserved in the biogenic silica cell wall of the marine diatoms as a proxy for glacial discharge (volume of meltwater and glacial ice entering the coastal ocean form the land). I am also interested in the variations in diatom species morphology in response to environmental change.
Teaching
Broadly, I teach life and Earth history and ocean & climate change. I have developed and lead field trips for geoscientists, in the UK and internationally. In 2023 I was recognised as a Senior Fellow of Higher Education Academy.
Biography
- Professor in Earth and Environmental Sciences – School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Cardiff University (2024-present)
- Head of School, Earth and Environmental Sciences, Cardiff University (2022-present)
- Reader in Earth and Environmental Sciences – School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Cardiff University (2013-2024)
- Lecturer/Senior Lecturer in Earth and Environmental Sciences – School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Cardiff University (1997-2013)
- UK Ocean Drilling Program Postdoctoral Fellow – University of Southampton, UK (1996-1997)
- PhD – Department of Oceanography, University of Southampton (1996)
- BSc Geology – University of Birmingham (1991)
Honours and awards
- Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (SFHEA) - (2023)
Professional memberships
- The 93% Club (2025-present)
- The Micropalaeontological Society (1998-present)
Contact Details
Research themes
Specialisms
- ocean and climate history
- micropalaeontology