Dr. Caroline P. Slomp |
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Research area: Biogeochemistry, Hydrogeochemistry, Biogeochemical Ocean Modeling,
Curriculum vitae (Download CV, version September 2011)
2006 - Present |
Associate Professor at Utrecht University |
2004 - 2006 |
Assistant Professor at Utrecht University |
2001 - 2004 |
Post-doctoral fellow at Utrecht University and Fellow of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences |
1998 - 2001 |
Post-doc at Utrecht University and deputy-coordinator of the EU-project: Sapropels and Paleoceanography ( SAP ) |
1996 - 1998 |
Post-doc at the Department of Phytopathology , Wageningen Agricultural University, the Netherlands |
1991 - 1995 |
PhD Research at the Netherlands Institute for Sea Research , Texel, the Netherlands |
1985 - 1991 |
MSc Soil Science, Wageningen Agricultural University, Wageningen, the Netherlands . |
Major awards
ERC Starting Grant (2011)
Aspasia-grant NWO (2006)
Vidi-grant NWO (2005)
High Potential Grant of Utrecht University (2004)
KNAW-grant (2001)
PhD-theses supervised
Canavan R.W. Biogeochemical cycling of nutrients and trace metals in the sediment of Haringvliet Lake : Response to salinization. Geologica Ultraiectina ( 264 ), 159 pp., 2006.
Spiteri C. Reactive transport modeling of biogeochemical dynamics in subterranean estuaries: Implications for submarine groundwater discharge of nutrients Geologica Ultraiectina ( 278 ), 160 pp., 2007
Laruelle G.G. Quantifying nutrient cycling and retention in coastal waters at the global scale. Geologica Ultraiectina (312) , 229 pp., 2009
Tsandev I. The Global Marine Phosphorus Cycle: Response to climate change and feedbacks on ocean biogeochemistry. Geologica Ultraiectina (329) , 149 pp., 2010
Kraal P. Redox-dependent phosphorus burial in modern and ancient marine sediments. Geologica Ultraiectina (334) , 176 pp., 2011
Current PhD-students and postdocs:
Former PhD-students and postdocs:
- Haydon Mort
- Peter Kraal
- Virginia Palastanga
- Goulven Laruelle
- Iana Tsandev
- Claudette Spiteri
- Rick Canavan
Selected research projects
- ERC Starting Grant Project on Phosphorus dynamics in low oxygen marine systems
- Modeling of global nutrient fluxes at the land-ocean interface
- Coupled biogeochemical analyses of nitrogen and sulphur in aquifer systems
- Acidification of coastal waters
- Seasonal dynamics of hypoxia and sediment nutrient cycling in Grevelingen Lake
Other research interests
1. Silica cycling along the land-ocean continuum (EU-Research Training Network: http://www.pangaea.de/Projects/Si-WEBS/)
2. The use of phosphorus analyses in the characterization of archeological sites.
3. Sapropel formation in the Eastern Mediterranean Sea .
4. Fe, Mn and P cycling in continental margin sediments.
5. Biogeochemical dynamics of subterranean estuaries and submarine groundwater discharge of nutrients
Publications
Palastanga, V., C.P. Slomp and C. Heinze, 2011. Long-term controls on ocean phosphorus and oxygen in a global biogeochemical model. Global Biogeochemical Cycles. doi:10.1029/2010GB003827.
Norkko, J., Reed, D. C., Timmermann, K., Norkko, A., Gustafsson, B. G., Bonsdorff, E., Slomp, C. P., Carstensen, J. and Conley, D. J. 2011. A welcome can of worms? Hypoxia mitigation by an invasive species. Global Change Biology. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2486.2011.02513.x.
Steenbergh, A.K., P.L.E. Bodelier, H.L. Hoogveld, C.P. Slomp, H.J. Laanbroek, 2011. Phosphatases relieve carbon limitation of microbial activity in Baltic Sea sediments along a redox-gradient. Limnology and Oceanography. 56(6): 2018-2026.
Reed D.C., C.P. Slomp and G.J. de Lange. 2011. A quantitative reconstruction of organic matter and nutrient diagenesis in Mediterranean Sea sediments over the Holocene. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 75 , 5540-5558. doi:10.1016/j.gca.2011.07.002
Jilbert T., C.P. Slomp, B.G. Gustafsson and W. Boer. 2011. Beyond the Fe-P-redox connection: preferential regeneration of phosphorus from organic matter as a key control on Baltic Sea nutrient cycles. Biogeosciences 8, 1699-1720. doi:10.5194/bg-8-1699-2011.
Limburg K.E., C. Olson, Y. Walther, D. Dale, C.P. Slomp and Hans Høie. 2011. Tracking Baltic hypoxia and cod migration over millennia with natural tags. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. doi/10.1073/pnas.1100684108.
Reed D.C., C.P. Slomp and B.G. Gustafsson. 2011. Sedimentary phosphorus dynamics and the evolution of bottom-water hypoxia: A coupled benthic-pelagic model of a coastal system. Limnology and Oceanography 56 , 1075-1092.
Dürr H.H., Laruelle G.G., van Kempen C.M., Slomp C.P., Meybeck M., Middelkoop H. (2011). World-wide typology of near-shore coastal systems: defining the estuarine filter of river inputs to the oceans. Estuaries and Coasts, 34(3), 441-458, doi:10.1007/s12237-011-9381-y.
Bernard C.Y., G.G. Laruelle, C.P. Slomp and C. Heinze. Impact of changes in river fluxes of silica on the global marine silicon cycle: a model comparison. Biogeosciences 7, 441-453, 2010.
Kraal P., C.P. Slomp, A. Forster and M.M.M. Kuypers. Phosphorus cycling from the margin to abyssal depths in the proto-Atlantic during oceanic anoxic event 2. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 295, 42–54, 2010.
Kraal P., C.P. Slomp and G.J. de Lange. Sedimentary organic carbon to phosphorus ratios as a redox proxy in Quaternary records from the Mediterranean. Chemical Geology 277, 167-177, 2010.
Laruelle G.G., H.H. Dürr, C.P. Slomp and A.V. Borges. Evaluation of sinks and sources of CO2 in the global coastal ocean using a spatially-explicit typology of estuaries and continental shelves. Geophysical Research Letters 37, L15607, doi:10.1029/2010GL043691, 2010.
Mort H.P, C.P. Slomp, B.G. Gustafsson and T.J. Andersen. Phosphorus recycling and burial in Baltic Sea sediments with contrasting redox conditions. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 74, 1350-1362, 2010.
Tsandev I., C. Rabouille, C.P. Slomp and P. Van Cappellen. Shelf erosion and submarine river canyons: implications for deep-sea oxygenation and ocean productivity during glaciation. Biogeosciences 7, 1973–1982, 2010.
Conley D., S. Bjork, E. Bonsdorff, J. Carstensen, G. Destouni, B.G. Gustafsson, S. Hietanen, M. Kortekaas, H. Kuosa, H.E. Markus Meier, B. Muller-Karulis, K. Nordberg, G. Nuernberg, A. Norkko, H. Pitkanen, N.N. Rabalais, R. Rosenberg, O.P. Savchuk, C.P. Slomp, M. Voss, F. Wulff and L. Zillen. Hypoxia-related processes in the Baltic Sea. Environmental Science and Technology 43, 3412-3420, 2009.
Kraal P., C.P. Slomp, A. Forster, M.M.M. Kuypers and A. Sluijs. Pyrite oxidation during sample storage determines phosphorus fractionation in carbonate-poor anoxic sediments.Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 73, 3277–3290, 2009.
Laruelle G.G., V. Roubeix, A. Sferratore, B. Brodherr, D. Ciuffa, D.J. Conley, H.H. Dürr, J. Garnier, C. Lancelot, Q. Le Thi Phuong, J.-D. Meunier, M. Meybeck, P. Michalopoulos, B. Moriceau, S. Ní Longphuirt, S. Loucaides, L. Papush, M. Presti, O. Ragueneau, P. Regnier, L. Saccone, C. P. Slomp, C. Spiteri and P. Van Cappellen. Anthropogenic perturbations of the silicon cycle at the global scale: Key role of the land-ocean transition. Global Biogeochemical Cycles 23, GB4031, doi:10.1029/2008GB003267, 2009.
Oonk S., C.P. Slomp, D.J. Huisman and S.P. Vriend. Geochemical and mineralogical investigation of domestic archaeological soil features at the Tiel-Passewaaij site, the Netherlands. Journal of Geochemical Exploration 101, 155-165, 2009.
Oonk S., C.P. Slomp, D.J. Huisman and S.P. Vriend. Effects of site lithology on geochemical signatures of human occupation in archaeological house plans in the Netherlands. Journal of Archaeological Science 36, 1215-1228, 2009.
Tsandev I. and C.P. Slomp. Modeling phosphorus cycling and carbon burial during Cretaceous Oceanic Anoxic Events. Earth and Planetary Science Letters 286, 71–79, 2009.
Zhang Y.-C., C.P. Slomp, H.P. Broers, H.F. Passier and P. Van Cappellen. Denitrification coupled to pyrite oxidation and changes in groundwater quality in a shallow sandy aquifer. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 73, 6716–6726, 2009.
Oonk, S., C.P. Slomp, D.J. Huisman. 2009. Geochemistry as an aid in archaeological prospection and site interpretation: current issues and research directions. Archeological Prospection. 16: 35-51
Tsandev I. , C.P. Slomp and P. Van Cappellen. 2008. Glacial-interglacial variations in marine phosphorus cycling: Implications for ocean productivity. Global Biogeochemical Cycles 22 , GB4004, doi:10.1029/2007GB003054.
De Lange, G.J., J. Thomson, A. Reitz, C.P. Slomp, M. Speranza Principato, E. Erba, C. Corselli. 2008. Synchronous basin-wide formation and redox-controlled preservation of Mediterranean sapropel S1. Nature Geosciences 1: 606-610. Doi. 10.1038/ngeo283.
Spiteri, C.,. C.P. Slomp, M. Charette, K. Tuncay, C. Meile. Reactive transport modeling of flow and nutrient dynamics in a subterranean estuary ( Waquoit Bay , MA , USA ). 2008. Geochimica Cosmochimica Acta. 72: 3398-3412.
Spiteri, C., C. P. Slomp, K. Tuncay, and C. Meile. Modeling biogeochemical processes in subterranean estuaries: Effect of flow dynamics and redox conditions on submarine groundwater discharge of nutrients, Water Resources Research 44, W02430, doi:10.1029/2007WR006071, 2008.
Laverman, A., R.W. Canavan, C.P. Slomp, P. Van Cappellen. 2007. Nitrogen Transformations in Coastal Freshwater Sediments and Response to Salinization. Water Research 41: 3061-3068.
Canavan, R.W., Van Cappellen, P., J.J.G. Zwolsman, G. van den Berg, C.P.Slomp. 2007. Geochemistry of tracé metals in a fresh water sediment: field results and diagenetic modeling. Science of the Total Environment. 381: 263-279.
Spiteri, C., Slomp C.P., Regnier P., Meile C. and Van Cappellen P. 2007. Modeling the geochemical fate and transport of waste-water derived phosphorus in contrasting groundwater systems Journal of Contaminant Hydrology. 92: 87-108.
Canavan, R.W., A.M. Laverman, C.P. Slomp. 2007. Modeling of Nitrogen Cycling in a Freshwater sediment. Hydrobiologia 584: 27-36.
Slomp C. P. and P. Van Cappellen. The global marine phosphorus cycle: sensitivity to oceanic circulation. Biogeosciences, 4, 155-171, 2007.
Crudeli, D. J. R. Young, E. Erba, M. Geisen, P. Ziveri, G.J. de Lange, C.P. Slomp. 2006. Fossil record of holococcoliths and selected hetero-holococcolith associations from the Mediterranean (Holocene-late Pleistocene): evaluation of carbonate diagenesis and palaeoecological-palaeoceanographic implications. Paleoceanography, Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, 237: 191-224.
Canavan, R.W., C.P. Slomp, P. Jourabchi, P. Van Capellen, A.M. Laverman, G. van den Berg. 2006. Organic matter mineralization in sediment of a coastal freshwater lake and response to salinization. Geochimica Cosmochimica Acta 70: 2836-2855.
Principato, M.S., D. Crudeli, P. Ziveri, P., C.P. Slomp, C. Corselli, E. Erba, G.J. de Lange. 2006. Phyto- and zooplankton paleofluxes during the deposition of sapropel S1 (eastern Mediterranean ): biogenic carbonate preservation and paleoecological implications. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology. 235: 8-27.
Spiteri, C., P. Regnier, C.P. Slomp, M.A Charette. 2006. pH-dependent Iron oxide precipitation in a subterranean estuary. Journal of Geochemical Exploration 88: 399-403.
Reitz A., J. Thomson, G.J. de Lange, D.R.H. Green, C.P. Slomp and A.C. Gebhardt. 2006. Effects of the Santorini (Thera) eruption on manganese behavior in Holocene sediments of the eastern Mediterranean . Earth and Planetary Science Letters 241: 188-201.
Van der Zee, C., C.P. Slomp, D.G. Rancourt, W. Van Raaphorst. 2005. A Mössbauer spectroscopic study on iron redox transition in eastern Mediterranean sediments. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta. 62: 441-453.
Thomson, J., D. Crudeli, G.J. de Lange, C.P. Slomp., E. Erba, C. Corselli. 2004. Aragonite, Sr/Ca, sulfide and Florisphaera profunda in eastern Mediterranean sapropel units: Biogenic, diagenetic and detrital considerations. Paleoceanography 19, PA3003, doi:10.1029/2003PA000976.
Slomp, C.P., P. Van Cappellen. 2004. Nutrient inputs to the coastal ocean through submarine groundwater discharge: controls and potential impact. J. of Hydrology, 295: 64-86.
Crudeli, D., Young J.R., Erba E., de Lange G.J., Henriksen, K., Kinkel, H., Slomp, C.P., Ziveri, P. 2004. Abnormal carbonate diagenesis in Holocene-Late Pleistocene sapropel-associated sediments from the Eastern Mediterranean ; evidence from Emiliania huxleyi coccolith morphology. Mar. Micropaleontol., Special Issue INA9 Conference, Parma . Mar. Micropaleontol., 52: 217-240.
Slomp, C.P., J. Thomson, G.J. de Lange. 2004. Controls on phosphorus regeneration and burial during formation of eastern Mediterranean sapropels. Marine Geology 203: 141-159.
Regnier, P., P. Jourabchi, C.P. Slomp. 2003. Reactive transport modeling as a technique for understanding coupled biogeochemical processes in surface and subsurface environments. Neth. J. of Geosciences. 82: 5-18.
Van der Zee, C., D.R. Roberts, D.G. Rancourt, C.P. Slomp, 2003. Nanogoethite is the dominant reactive oxyhydroxide phase in lake and marine sediments. Geology. 31: 993-996.
Slomp, C.P., J. Thomson, G.J. de Lange. 2002. Enhanced regeneration of phosphorus during formation of the most recent eastern Mediterranean sapropel (S1). Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 66: 1171-1184.
Van der Zee, C., C.P. Slomp, W. Van Raaphorst. 2002. Authigenic P formation and reactive P burial in sediments of the Nazare canyon on the Iberian margin ( NE Atlantic ). Marine Geology 185: 379-392.
Van Santvoort, P.J.M., G.J. de Lange, J. Thomson, S. Colley, F. Meysman, C.P. Slomp. 2002. Oxidation and origin of organic matter in surficial Eastern Mediterranean hemipelagic sediments. Aquatic Geochemistry 8: 153-17.
Schenau, S.J., C.P. Slomp, G.J. de Lange. 2000. Phosphogenesis and phosphorite formation in sediments located within the Arabian Sea Oxygen Minimum Zone. Marine Geology 169: 1-20.
Slomp, C.P., J.F.P. Malschaert, W. van Raaphorst. 1998. The role of sorption in sediment-water exchange of phosphate in North Sea continental margin sediments. Limnology and Oceanography 43: 832-846.
Slomp, C.P., J.F.P. Malschaert, L. Lohse, W. van Raaphorst. 1997. Iron and manganese cycling in different sedimentary environments on the North Sea continental margin. Continental Shelf Research 17: 1083-1117.
Slomp, C.P. 1997. Early diagenesis of phosphorus in continental margin sediments. PhD-thesis, Wageningen Agricultural University , the Netherlands . 178p.
Slomp, C.P., S.J. van der Gaast, W. van Raaphorst. 1996. Phosphorus binding by poorly crystalline iron oxides in North Sea sediments. Marine Chemistry 52: 55-73.
Slomp, C.P., E.H.G. Epping, W. Helder, W. van Raaphorst. 1996. A key role for iron-bound phosphorus in authigenic apatite formation in North Atlantic continental platform sediments. Journal of Marine Research 54: 1179-1205.
Lohse, L., J.F.P. Malschaert, C.P. Slomp, W. Helder, W. van Raaphorst. 1995. Sediment-water fluxes of inorganic nitrogen compounds along the transport route of organic matter in the North Sea . Ophelia 41: 173-197.
Lohse, L., J.F.P. Malschaert, C.P. Slomp, W. Helder, W. van Raaphorst. 1993. Nitrogen cycling in North Sea sediments: interaction of denitrification and nitrification in offshore and coastal areas. Marine Ecology Progress Series 101: 283-296.
Slomp, C.P., W. van Raaphorst, J.F.P. Malschaert, A. Kok, A.J.J. Sandee. 1993. The effect of deposition of organic matter on phosphorus dynamics in experimental marine sediment systems. Hydrobiologia 253: 83-98.
Slomp, C.P., W. van Raaphorst. 1993. Phosphate adsorption in oxidized marine sediments. Chemical Geology 107: 477-480.
Selected abstracts
Spiteri, C., Regnier, P., P. Van Cappellen, C.P. Slomp, C. Meile. 2004. Modeling of geochemical processes in an aquifer infiltrated by a septic plume. Extended abstract. Proceedings of the Conference on Water-Rock Interaction, Saratoga Springs , New York . June 27 – July 2.
Canavan, R.W., C.P. Slomp, and P. Van Cappellen, 2002. Trace metal dynamics in freshwater sediment: the Haringvliet. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 66(15A): A117-A117.
Slomp, C.P., J. Thomson, G.J. de Lange. 2001. Enhanced regeneration of phosphorus during formation of eastern Mediterranean sapropels. Supplement to EOS, November 21, F789.
Van Cappellen, P., C.P. Slomp. 2002. Phosphorus burial in marine sediments. Short Paper. Proceedings of the Conference on the Geochemistry of the Earth's Surface, Honolulu .
Slomp, C.P. & W.J. Blok. 1998. Control of soilborne pathogens by inducing soil anoxia. Acta Botanica Neerlandica 47: 393.
Blok, W.J., C.P. Slomp, A.J. Termorshuizen & J.G. Lamers. 1998. Control of soilborne plantpathogens by inducing soil anaerobiosis. Phytoparasitica 26: 255.
Syakila A., C. Kroeze and C.P. Slomp. Neglecting sinks for N2O at the earth’s surface: does it matter? Journal of Integrative Environmental Sciences 7, 79–87, 2010.
Book chapters
Ragueneau, O., D.J. Conley, A. Leynaert, S. Ni Longphuirt, C.P. Slomp. 2006. Role of diatoms in silicon cycling and coastal marine food webs. p163-195. In: Ittekot, V., D. Unger, C. Humborg, N.T. An. (eds.) The Silicon Cycle. Human Perturbations and Impacts on Aquatic Systems. Scope 66, Island Press, 275pp.
Ragueneau, O., D.J. Conley, A. Leynaert, S. Ni Longphuirt, C.P. Slomp. 2006. Responses of coastal ecosystems to anthropogenic perturbations of silicon cycling. p197-213. al ecosystems. In: Ittekot, V., D. Unger, C. Humborg, N.T. An. (eds.) The Silicon Cycle. Human Perturbations and Impacts on Aquatic Systems. Scope 66, Island Press, 275pp.
Kroeze, C., L. Bouwman, C.P. Slomp. 2007. Sinks of N2O at the Earth's surface. p227-242. In: D. Reay, N. Hewitt, K. Smith, J. Grace. Greenhouse Gas Sinks. CABI publishing. 290p.