By Professor Andy Baker

Journal articles

Priestley SC; Baker A; Shanafield M; Timms W; Andersen MS; de Lourdes Melo Zurita M, 2025, 'Groundwater Recharge of Fractured Rock Aquifers in SE Australia Is Episodic and Controlled by Season and Rainfall Amount', Geophysical Research Letters, 52, http://dx.doi.org/10.1029/2024GL113503

McDonough LK; Treble PC; Marjo C; Campbell M; Frisia S; Baker A; Vongsvivut J; Klein AR; Kovacs-Kis V, 2024, 'Fire-induced shifts in stalagmite organic matter mapped using Synchrotron infrared microspectroscopy', Organic Geochemistry, 195, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.orggeochem.2024.104842

Baker A; Shanafield M; Timms W; Andersen MS; Priestley S; Melo Zurita M, 2024, 'An underground drip water monitoring network to characterize rainfall recharge of groundwater at different geologies, environments, and climates across Australia', Geoscientific Instrumentation, Methods and Data Systems, 13, pp. 117 - 129, http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/gi-13-117-2024

Campbell M; Treble PC; McDonough LK; Naeher S; Baker A; Grierson PF; Wong H; Andersen MS, 2024, 'Combustion Completeness and Sample Location Determine Wildfire Ash Leachate Chemistry', Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, 25, http://dx.doi.org/10.1029/2024GC011470

Kaushal N; Lechleitner FA; Wilhelm M; Azennoud K; Bühler JC; Braun K; Brahim YA; Baker A; Burstyn Y; Comas-Bru L; Fohlmeister J; Goldsmith Y; Harrison SP; Hatvani IG; Rehfeld K; Ritzau M; Skiba V; Stoll HM; Szucs JG; Tanos P; Treble PC; Azevedo V; Baker JL; Borsato A; Chawchai S; Columbu A; Endres L; Hu J; Kern Z; Kimbrough A; Koç K; Markowska M; Martrat B; Ahmad SM; Nehme C; Novello VF; Pérez-Mejías C; Ruan J; Sekhon N; Sinha N; Tadros CV; Tiger BH; Warken S; Wolf A; Zhang H; Asrat A; Honiat C; Riechelmann DFC; Scholz D; Liu D; Fleitmann D; Hennhoefer D; İmer EÜ; Moseley GE; Utida G; Cheng H; Green H; Hu HM; Apaéstegui J; Esper J; Wassenburg JA; Olguin JA; Oster JL; Pajón Morejón JM; Torner J; Wendt KA; Tan L; Sha L; McDonough LK; Surić M; Jacobson MJ; Cisneros M; Griffiths ML; Weber M; Scroxton N; Wilcox PS; Edwards RL; Belli R; Breitenbach SFM; Band ST; Steidle SD; Carolin SA; Johnston VE; Duan W, 2024, 'SISALv3: A global speleothem stable isotope and trace element database', Earth System Science Data, 16, pp. 1933 - 1963, http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/essd-16-1933-2024

Chapman RG; Laffan S; McDonough LK; Markowska M; Baker A, 2024, 'Spatiotemporal variation in cave percolation waters: A functional approach', Journal of Hydrology, 631, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jhydrol.2024.130784

Priestley SC; Treble PC; Griffiths AD; Baker A; Abram NJ; Meredith KT, 2023, 'Caves demonstrate decrease in rainfall recharge of southwest Australian groundwater is unprecedented for the last 800 years', Communications Earth and Environment, 4, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s43247-023-00858-7

Baker A; Duan W; Cuthbert M; Treble P; Banner J; Hankin S, 2023, 'Climatic influences on the offset between d18O of cave drip waters and precipitation inferred from global monitoring data', , http://dx.doi.org/10.31223/osf.io/h4pr6

Campbell M; McDonough L; Treble PC; Baker A; Kosarac N; Coleborn K; Wynn PM; Schmitt AK, 2023, 'A Review of Speleothems as Archives for Paleofire Proxies, With Australian Case Studies', Reviews of Geophysics, 61, http://dx.doi.org/10.1029/2022RG000790

Campbell M; McDonough L; Treble P; Baker A, 2023, 'Using Cave Formations to Investigate Ancient Wildfires', Eos, 104, http://dx.doi.org/10.1029/2023eo235011

Qi G; Zhang B; Tian B; Yang R; Baker A; Wu P; He S, 2023, 'Characterization of Dissolved Organic Matter from Agricultural and Livestock Effluents: Implications for Water Quality Monitoring', International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 20, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph20065121

Li M; Cai B; Marković SB; Wang L; Hao Q; Baker A; Gavrilov MB; Jiang L; Wang F; Wang X; Wang L; Ma Z; Xiao J; Guo Z, 2023, 'Strength of the winter North Atlantic jet stream has deviated from its natural trend under anthropogenic warming', Geology, 51, pp. 1148 - 1152, http://dx.doi.org/10.1130/G51329.1

McDonough LK; Andersen MS; Behnke MI; Rutlidge H; Oudone P; Meredith K; O’Carroll DM; Santos IR; Marjo CE; Spencer RGM; McKenna AM; Baker A, 2022, 'A new conceptual framework for the transformation of groundwater dissolved organic matter', Nature Communications, 13, pp. 2153, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-29711-9

Treble PC; Baker A; Abram NJ; Hellstrom JC; Crawford J; Gagan MK; Borsato A; Griffiths AD; Bajo P; Markowska M; Priestley SC; Hankin S; Paterson D, 2022, 'Ubiquitous karst hydrological control on speleothem oxygen isotope variability in a global study', Communications Earth and Environment, 3, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s43247-022-00347-3

Asrat A; Baker A; Duan W; Leng MJ; Boomer I; Akter R; Mariethoz G; Adler L; Jex CN; Yadeta M; Wang L, 2022, 'Stalagmite evidence for Early Holocene multidecadal hydroclimate variability in Ethiopia', Quaternary Research (United States), 110, pp. 67 - 81, http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/qua.2022.29

Tadros CV; Markowska M; Treble PC; Baker A; Frisia S; Adler L; Drysdale RN, 2022, 'Recharge variability in Australia's southeast alpine region derived from cave monitoring and modern stalagmite δ¹⁸O records', Quaternary Science Reviews, 295, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2022.107742

Johnson KL; Gray ND; Stone W; Kelly BFJ; Fitzsimons MF; Clarke C; Blake L; Chivasa S; Mtambanengwe F; Mapfumo P; Baker A; Beckmann S; Dominelli L; Neal AL; Gwandu T, 2022, 'A nation that rebuilds its soils rebuilds itself- an engineer's perspective', Soil Security, 7, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.soisec.2022.100060

McDonough LK; Treble PC; Baker A; Borsato A; Frisia S; Nagra G; Coleborn K; Gagan MK; Zhao JX; Paterson D, 2022, 'Past fires and post-fire impacts reconstructed from a southwest Australian stalagmite', Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 325, pp. 258 - 277, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.gca.2022.03.020

Thomas ZA; Mooney S; Cadd H; Baker A; Turney C; Schneider L; Hogg A; Haberle S; Green K; Weyrich LS; Perez V; Moore NE; Zawadzki A; Kelloway SJ; Khan SJ, 2022, 'Corrigendum to “Late Holocene climate anomaly concurrent with fire activity and ecosystem shifts in the eastern Australian Highlands” [Sci. Total Environ. 802 (2021)149542](S0048969721046167)(10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.149542)', Science of the Total Environment, 811, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.152367

Wang H; Treble P; Baker A; Rich AM; Bhattacharyya S; Oriani F; Akter R; Chinu K; Wainwright I; Marjo CE, 2022, 'Sulphur variations in annually layered stalagmites using benchtop micro-XRF', Spectrochimica Acta - Part B Atomic Spectroscopy, 189, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.sab.2022.106366

Oriani F; Treble PC; Baker A; Mariethoz G, 2022, 'WlCount: Geological lamination detection and counting using an image analysis approach', Computers and Geosciences, 160, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cageo.2022.105037

Thomas ZA; Mooney S; Cadd H; Baker A; Turney C; Schneider L; Hogg A; Haberle S; Green K; Weyrich LS; Pérez V; Moore NE; Zawadzki A; Kelloway SJ; Khan SJ, 2022, 'Late Holocene climate anomaly concurrent with fire activity and ecosystem shifts in the eastern Australian Highlands', Science of the Total Environment, 802, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.149542

Ching K; Baker A; Tanaka R; Zhao T; Su Z; Ruoff RS; Zhao C; Chen X, 2022, 'Liquid-phase water isotope separation using graphene-oxide membranes', Carbon, 186, pp. 344 - 354, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.carbon.2021.10.009

Martin AN; Meredith K; Baker A; Norman MD; Bryan E, 2021, 'The evolution of stable silicon isotopes in a coastal carbonate aquifer on Rottnest Island, Western Australia', Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, 25, pp. 3837 - 3853, http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/hess-25-3837-2021

Turney C; Becerra-Valdivia L; Sookdeo A; Thomas ZA; Palmer J; Haines HA; Cadd H; Wacker L; Baker A; Andersen MS; Jacobsen G; Meredith K; Chinu K; Bollhalder S; Marjo C, 2021, 'RADIOCARBON PROTOCOLS and FIRST INTERCOMPARISON RESULTS from the CHRONOS ¹⁴CARBON-CYCLE FACILITY, UNIVERSITY of NEW SOUTH WALES, SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA', Radiocarbon, 63, pp. 1003 - 1023, http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/RDC.2021.23

Baker A; Mariethoz G; Comas-Bru L; Hartmann A; Frisia S; Borsato A; Treble PC; Asrat A, 2021, 'The Properties of Annually Laminated Stalagmites-A Global Synthesis', Reviews of Geophysics, 59, http://dx.doi.org/10.1029/2020RG000722

Baker A; Mariethoz G; Comas-Bru L; Hartmann A; Frisia S; Borsato A; Treble P; Asrat A, 2021, 'Stalagmite Layers Reveal Hidden Climate Stories', Eos, 102, http://dx.doi.org/10.1029/2021eo156791

McDonough L; Behnke M; Spencer R; Marjo C; Andersen M; Meredith K; Rutlidge H; Oudone P; O'Carroll D; McKenna A; Baker A, 2021, 'Molecular insights into the unique degradation trajectory of natural dissolved organic matter from surface to groundwater', , http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu21-1845

Baker A; Scheller M; Oriani F; Mariethoz G; Hartmann A; Wang Z; Cuthbert MO, 2021, 'Quantifying temporal variability and spatial heterogeneity in rainfall recharge thresholds in a montane karst environment', Journal of Hydrology, 594, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jhydrol.2021.125965

Leopold M; Gupanis-Broadway C; Baker A; Hankin S; Treble P, 2021, 'Time lapse electric resistivity tomography to portray infiltration and hydrologic flow paths from surface to cave', Journal of Hydrology, 593, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jhydrol.2020.125810

Rutlidge H; McDonough LK; Oudone P; Andersen MS; Meredith K; Chinu K; Peterson M; Baker A, 2021, 'Characterisation of groundwater dissolved organic matter using LC[sbnd]OCD: Implications for water treatment', Water Research, 188, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.watres.2020.116422

McDonough LK; Santos IR; Andersen MS; O’Carroll DM; Rutlidge H; Meredith K; Oudone P; Bridgeman J; Gooddy DC; Sorensen JPR; Lapworth DJ; MacDonald AM; Ward J; Baker A, 2020, 'Changes in global groundwater organic carbon driven by climate change and urbanization', Nature Communications, 11, pp. 1279, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-14946-1

Comas-Bru L; Rehfeld K; Roesch C; Amirnezhad-Mozhdehi S; Harrison SP; Atsawawaranunt K; Ahmad SM; Brahim YA; Baker A; Bosomworth M; Breitenbach SFM; Burstyn Y; Columbu A; Deininger M; Demény A; Dixon B; Fohlmeister J; Hatvani IG; Hu J; Kaushal N; Kern Z; Labuhn I; Lechleitner FA; Lorrey A; Martrat B; Novello VF; Oster J; Pérez-Mejías C; Scholz D; Scroxton N; Sinha N; Ward BM; Warken S; Zhang H; Apaéstegui J; Baldini LM; Band S; Blaauw M; Boch R; Borsato A; Budsky A; Rosell MGB; Chawchai S; Constantin S; Denniston R; Dragusin V; Drysdale R; Dumitru O; Frappier A; Gandhi N; Gautam P; Hanying L; Isola I; Jiang X; Jingyao Z; Johnson K; Vanessa Johnston ; Kathayat G; Klose J; Krause C; Lachniet M; Laskar A; Lauritzen SE; Lončar N; Moseley G; Narayana AC; Onac BP; Racovitǎ E; Pawlak J; Ramsey CB; Rivera-Collazo I; Rossi C; Rowe PJ; Stríkis NM; Tan L; Verheyden S; Vonhof H; Weber M; Wendt K; Wilcox P; Winter A; Wu J; Wynn P; Yadava MG, 2020, 'SISALv2: A comprehensive speleothem isotope database with multiple age-depth models', Earth System Science Data, 12, pp. 2579 - 2606, http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/essd-12-2579-2020

Martin AN; Meredith K; Baker A; Norman MD; Bryan E, 2020, 'The evolution of stable silicon isotopes in a coastal carbonate aquifer, Rottnest Island, Western Australia', , http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/hess-2020-429

Shutova Y; Rao NRH; Zamyadi A; Baker A; Bridgeman J; Lau B; Henderson RK, 2020, 'Characterisation of dissolved organic matter to optimise powdered activated carbon and clarification removal efficiency', Environmental Science: Water Research and Technology, 6, pp. 2065 - 2077, http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/d0ew00149j

Baker A; Berthelin R; Cuthbert MO; Treble PC; Hartmann A; KSS Cave Studies Team T, 2020, 'Rainfall recharge thresholds in a subtropical climate determined using a regional cave drip water monitoring network', Journal of Hydrology, 587, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jhydrol.2020.125001

Fogwill CJ; Turney CSM; Menviel L; Baker A; Weber ME; Ellis B; Thomas ZA; Golledge NR; Etheridge D; Rubino M; Thornton DP; van Ommen TD; Moy AD; Curran MAJ; Davies S; Bird MI; Munksgaard NC; Rootes CM; Millman H; Vohra J; Rivera A; Mackintosh A; Pike J; Hall IR; Bagshaw EA; Rainsley E; Bronk-Ramsey C; Montenari M; Cage AG; Harris MRP; Jones R; Power A; Love J; Young J; Weyrich LS; Cooper A, 2020, 'Southern Ocean carbon sink enhanced by sea-ice feedbacks at the Antarctic Cold Reversal', Nature Geoscience, 13, pp. 489 - 497, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41561-020-0587-0

Priestley SC; Meredith KT; Treble PC; Cendón DI; Griffiths AD; Hollins SE; Baker A; Pigois JP, 2020, 'A 35 ka record of groundwater recharge in south-west Australia using stable water isotopes', Science of the Total Environment, 717, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.135105

Martin AN; Meredith K; Norman MD; Bryan E; Baker A, 2020, 'Lithium and strontium isotope dynamics in a carbonate island aquifer, Rottnest Island, Western Australia', Science of the Total Environment, 715, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.136906

Baker A; Treble P; Hartmann A; Cuthbert M; Markowska M; Berthelin R; Tadros C; Leopold M; Hankin S, 2020, 'Insights into recharge processes and speleothem proxy archives from long-term monitoring networks of cave drip water hydrology', , http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu2020-1686

McDonough LK; Rutlidge H; O'Carroll DM; Andersen MS; Meredith K; Behnke MI; Spencer RGM; McKenna AM; Marjo CE; Oudone P; Baker A, 2020, 'Characterisation of shallow groundwater dissolved organic matter in aeolian, alluvial and fractured rock aquifers', Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 273, pp. 163 - 176, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.gca.2020.01.022

Comas-Bru L; Rehfeld K; Roesch C; Amirnezhad-Mozhdehi S; Harrison SP; Atsawawaranunt K; Ahmad SM; Ait Brahim Y; Baker A; Bosomworth M; Breitenbach SFM; Burstyn Y; Columbu A; Deininger M; Demény A; Dixon B; Fohlmeister J; Hatvani IG; Hu J; Kaushal N; Kern Z; Labuhn I; Lechleitner FA; Lorrey A; Martrat B; Novello VF; Oster J; Pérez-Mejías C; Scholz D; Scroxton N; Sinha N; Ward BM; Warken S; Zhang H, 2020, 'SISALv2: A comprehensive speleothem isotope database with multiple age-depth models', , http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/essd-2020-39

Bryan E; Meredith KT; Baker A; Andersen MS; Post VEA; Treble PC, 2020, 'How water isotopes (¹⁸O, ²H, ³H) within an island freshwater lens respond to changes in rainfall', Water Research, 170, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.watres.2019.115301

Berthelin R; Rinderer M; Andreo B; Baker A; Kilian D; Leonhardt G; Lotz A; Lichtenwoehrer K; Mudarra M; Y. Padilla I; Pantoja Agreda F; Rosolem R; Vale A; Hartmann A, 2020, 'A soil moisture monitoring network to characterize karstic recharge and evapotranspiration at five representative sites across the globe', Geoscientific Instrumentation, Methods and Data Systems, 9, pp. 11 - 23, http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/gi-9-11-2020

McDonough LK; O'Carroll DM; Meredith K; Andersen MS; Brügger C; Huang H; Rutlidge H; Behnke MI; Spencer RGM; McKenna A; Marjo CE; Oudone P; Baker A, 2020, 'Changes in groundwater dissolved organic matter character in a coastal sand aquifer due to rainfall recharge', Water Research, 169, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.watres.2019.115201

Markowska M; Cuthbert MO; Baker A; Treble PC; Andersen MS; Adler L; Griffiths A; Frisia S, 2020, 'Modern speleothem oxygen isotope hydroclimate records in water-limited SE Australia', Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 270, pp. 431 - 448, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.gca.2019.12.007

Carstea EM; Popa CL; Baker A; Bridgeman J, 2020, 'In situ fluorescence measurements of dissolved organic matter: A review', Science of the Total Environment, 699, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.134361

Oudone P; Rutlidge H; Andersen M; O'Carroll D; Cheong S; Meredith K; McDonough L; Marjo C; Baker A, 2019, 'Characterisation and controls on mineral-sorbed organic matter from a variety of groundwater environments', , http://dx.doi.org/10.31223/osf.io/ue86w

Baker A; Hartmann A; Duan W; Hankin S; Comas-Bru L; Cuthbert MO; Treble PC; Banner J; Genty D; Baldini LM; Bartolomé M; Moreno A; Pérez-Mejías C; Werner M, 2019, 'Global analysis reveals climatic controls on the oxygen isotope composition of cave drip water', Nature Communications, 10, pp. 2984, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-11027-w

Baker A; Blyth AJ; Jex CN; Mcdonald JA; Woltering M; Khan SJ, 2019, 'Glycerol dialkyl glycerol tetraethers (GDGT) distributions from soil to cave: Refining the speleothem paleothermometer', Organic Geochemistry, 136, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.orggeochem.2019.06.011

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