Liz's research interests are principally in the field of paleoceanography - the study of long-term (thousands of years) climate variability expressed in the ocean. The unifying theme in her research is the interconnection of carbon cycling, ocean circulation, and global climate with a strong focus on the Southern Ocean's influence in glacial and interglacial regimes.
Publications:
2021. Stirpe, Cassandrex , K.A. Allen, E. L. Sikes, X. Zhou, Y. Rosenthal, A. Cruz-Uribe, H. Brooks, The Mg/Ca proxy for temperature: A Uvigerina Core-Top Study in the Southwest Pacific, Geochim. Cosmsochim. Acta, in press
2021. Williams† , T.J., E.E. Martin, E.L. Sikes, A. Starr, N.E. Umling† , and R. Glaubkex , Neodymium isotope evidence for coupled Southern Ocean circulation and Antarctic climate throughout the last 118,000 years, invited paper, Quat. Sci. Rev., 260, Article 106915 doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2021.106915
2021. Umling, N. E.† , B. Saad‡ , E. Sikes, N. F. Goodkin, , Proximity to undersaturation and the influences on G. bulloides area-density in southern Indian Ocean marine sediments, Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology, 36, e2021PA004249. https://doi.org/10.1029/2021PA004249
2021. Williams† , T.J., A. J. Wagner, E.L. Sikes and E. E. Martin Evolution of the oceanic 13C Suess effect in the Southeastern Indian Ocean between 1994 and 2018, Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, 22, e2020GC009402. https://doi.org/10.1029/2020GC00940
2020. Allen, K A., E L. Sikes, R. F. Anderson, and Y. Rosenthal, Rapid loss of CO2 from the South Pacific Ocean during the last glacial termination, Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology, 35, https://doi.org/10.1029/2019PA003766 (60th paper including chapters)
2019. Yeung, N. K. ‡ , H. L. Menviel, K. J. Meissner, and E. Sikes, Assessing the spatial origin of Meltwater Pulse 1A using oxygen-isotope fingerprinting Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology, 34. https://doi.org/10.1029/2019PA003599
2019. Sikes, E. L., B. Schiraldix and A R. Williams ‡ , Seasonal and latitudinal response of New Zealand sea surface temperature to warming climate since the last glaciation: Comparing alkenones to Mg/Ca foraminiferal reconstructions, Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology 34. https://doi.org/10.1029/2019PA003649
2019. Newman, L., P. Heil, R. Trebilco, K. Katsumata, A. J. Constable, E. van Wijk, K. Assmann, J. Beja, P. Bricher, R. Coleman, .l Costa, S. Diggs, R. Farneti, S. Fawcett, S. T. Gille, K. R. Hendry, S. F. Henley, E. Hofmann, T. Maksym, M. Mazloff, A. J.S. Meijers, M. P. Meredith, S. Moreau, B. Ozsoy, R. Robertson, I. R. Schloss, O. Schofield, J. Shi, E. L Sikes, I. J. Smith, S. Swart, A.Wahlin, G. Williams, M.J.M. Williams, L. HerraizBorreguero, S. Kern, J. Lieser, R. Massom, J. Melbourne-Thomas, P. Miloslavich, and G. Spreen, Delivering sustained, coordinated and integrated observations of the Southern Ocean for Global Impact. Front. Mar. Sci. 6:433. doi: 10.3389/fmars.2019.00433
2019. Clementi, V. J. x , and E. L. Sikes, Southwest Pacific Vertical Structure Influences on Oceanic Carbon Storage since the Last Glacial Maximum, Paleoceanogr. Paleoclimatology, 34, https://doi.org/ 10.1029/2018PA003501
