Methods

FIELD METHODS

Sedimentology: Carbonate Reefs (hunting for Paleozoic sponge spicules and brachiopods), Fluvial and Lacustrine environments (Mesozoic and Cenozoic fluvial deposits).

Environmental: Infiltrometry, water sampling.

GEOCHEMISTRY

Stable isotopic analysis: Lithium, Carbon, & Water Isotopes

Cosmogenic nuclides: Beryllium-10 and Carbon-14 in-situ quartz

Biomarkers: Analysis of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon (PAH) and long chain n-alkanes

CARBONATE PETROGRAPHY

Optical and Cathodoluminescent microscopy

Geophysical Field Methods

Electrical resistivity tomography (ERT)