Professor Simon Belt
Profiles

Professor Simon Belt

Professor of Chemistry

School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences (Faculty of Science and Engineering)

Biography

Biography

Professor of Chemistry

Qualifications

 I am currently a Professor of Chemistry in the School of Geography, Earth, and Environmental Sciences at the University of Plymouth. I am also a Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry. I obtained my BSc in Chemistry from the University of York, U.K. in 1985 and my DPhil from the same university in 1988 under the supervision of Professor Robin Perutz, receiving the Kathleen Mary Stott award. Following post-doctoral terms as an SERC/NATO Fellow at the Universities of California, U.S.A. and Ottawa, Canada, I returned to the U.K. in 1993 and took up the position of Lecturer in Environmental Chemistry at the University of Plymouth. I was appointed to Senior Lecturer in 1998, to Principal Lecturer in 1999 and to Professor in 2005. My main research interests are in the development and application of novel biomarker-based proxies for reconstructing changes in sea ice in the past. I was awarded RSC JWT Jones Travelling Fellowships in 1996 and 2001. For my teaching, I received the RSC Higher Education Teaching Award in 2003 and the Chemical Synthesis Services award for teaching in 2005. In 2010, I was awarded a National Teaching Fellowship by the Higher Education Academy. In 2007, I was awarded a BA Media Fellowship and worked with BBC Horizon and The Royal Society. I have received research grants from various funding bodies including The Natural Environment Research Council (NERC), The EU, The Leverhulme Trust, The Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC), The Royal Society, The Higher Education Academy and The British Council. 

Professional membership

Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry (CChem FRSC)

Fellow of the Higher Education Academy

Teaching

Teaching

Teaching interests

I am a strong advocate of using a context-based approach in my teaching and I have received several awards from funding bodies to develop this further.

Research

Research

Research interests

Environmental organic chemistry

Grants & contracts

Grants

2019-2022 The Leverhulme Trust. Deciphering past sea ice dynamics using novel stable isotope proxies. (£220,222; with UEA) 

2019-2022 NERC. Quantifying the contribution of sympagic versus pelagic diatoms to Arctic food webs and biogeochemical fluxes (SYM-PEL; with PML). (£324,392)

2017-2019 Norwegian Polar Institute/Norwegian Research Council. Nansen Legacy: sea ice reconstructions based on IP25 and related biomarkers. (£250,000)

2017-2019 Australian Research Council Discovery Grant. Diatom lipids: the key to past sea-ice history in remote Antarctic regions. (ca.£250,000)

2016-2019 Norwegian Research Council. PACT (ca. £800,000).

2016-2018 Norwegian Polar Institute. Holocene ocean and sea ice history at North-East Svalbard – from past to present warm extremes. (£80,000)

2016-2019 The Leverhulme Trust.A novel proxy for polar ocean temperatures (£164,55)

 2014-2017 The LeverhulmeTrust.Quantification of sea ice organic carbon within Arctic ecosystems (£173,049)

2014-2017 Icelandic Research Council (RANNIS) Integrating paleoclimate reconstructions with modelling to understand abrupt change in the northern North Atlantic region. 96,915k ISK

2011-2012 HE STEM SW Spoke project: Learning chemistry through placements – building on good practice and identification of new opportunities (£26,694) (as part of: Get STEM working: innovation with employer and student engagement (£149,799)

2011 The Nuffield Foundation UndergraduateResearch Bursary (£1440)

2010-2014 EU (Marie Curie ITN) Thechanging Arctic and sub-Arctic environment: a research and training programme on marine biotic indicators of recent climate changes in the high latitudes ofthe North Atlantic. €3M (€427,404 to Plymouth)

2010-2013 The Higher Education Academy National Teaching Fellowship (£10,000)

2009 The Royal Society Travel grant(£1280)

2009-2010 JISC/HEFCE. Open Educational Resources Program: Skills for Scientists. £250K (£12K to Plymouth)

2008-2009 RSC/HEFCE (2)Evaluation ofcontext-based teaching in undergraduate chemistry courses. £25,500

2008-2009 NERC (LSMSFSC) Isotopic signaturesof Arctic sea-ice biomarkers. £39,040

2008-2010 NERC A high resolutionaccount of Holocene climate variability along East Antarctica - Ananalysis ofthe IODP Wilkes Land Expedition sediments. £45,449

2007-2008 NERC Climate change in theHolocene: Amulti-proxy case study. £38,671

2006 The Royal Society A novel proxy fordetermining palaeo-temperatures of Arctic sea waters £9204

2006-2008 RSC/HEFCE (1)Evaluation ofcontext-based teaching in undergraduate chemistry courses.£55,520

2006-2009 NERC A novel proxy for Arcticsea ice.£333,012

2006-2007 NERC (LSMSFSC) A novel proxyfor Arctic sea ice. £14,136

2005 The Higher EducationAcademy.Development Project Grant. Using Haloperoxidase Enzymes toDevelopInter-disciplinary Student Work. £5000

2004 Seale Hayne Educational Trust.Anovel geochemical indicator for past sea-ice levels. £4000

2004 NERC Dynamic Aspects of terpenoid biosynthesisin diatoms. £5250 (in-kind funding)

2004 The Royal Society Partnership Grant£2,500

2003-2005 NERC Diversity ofnovel,technologically useful, pigment-producing diatoms in estuaries of SouthDevon,U.K. £24,340

2002-2005 HEFCE, FDTL Phase 4OLAAF:On-line assessment and feedback with Dr L. Jervis (Biological Sciences),Dr N.Witt (IMS), Dr R. Rayne (Birkbeck College)] £249,956

2002-2003 The Royal Society of Chemistry(Cutter Bequest) Development and dissemination of case studies for undergraduatecourses £30,000

2002-2003 NERC Life onEarth:Identification of primordial membrane constituents £47,293

 2001-2002 LTSN Physical Sciences CentreDevelopment of LATEX/PDF support materials for learning mathematics£5,000

2001 Strategic Research Infrastucture Fund(SRIF) HEFCE Compound specific isotope ratio mass spectrometer andassociatedequipment £200,000

2001 Region des Pays de la Loire Identificationof HBI alkenes, their source organisms and factors effectinglarge scale cultureca FF 100,000

2000-2003 LGC Factors affecting theaccuracy and precision of isotope dilution analysis for speciation studies£49,995

2000 RSC Analytical Trust Fund Developmentof case studies in analytical chemistry for undergraduate chemistry courses£46,728

Publications

Publications

Key publications

Key publications are highlighted

Journals
Articles
Altuna NEB, Ezat MM, Smik L, Muschitiello F, Belt ST, Knies J & Rasmussen TL (2024) 'Publisher Correction: Sea ice-ocean coupling during Heinrich Stadials in the Atlantic–Arctic gateway' Scientific Reports 14, (1) Publisher Site , DOI
Rontani J, Smik L, Divine D, Husum K & Belt ST (2024) 'Gas chromatography–mass spectrometry selected ion monitoring and gas chromatography–tandem mass spectrometry selected reaction monitoring analyses of mono‐, di‐ and tri‐unsaturated C<sub>25</sub> highly branched isoprenoid alkene biomarkers in sea ice and sediment samples: A comparative study' Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry 38, (6) , DOI
El bani Altuna N, Ezat MM, Smik L, Muschitiello F, Belt ST, Knies J & Rasmussen TL (2024) 'Sea ice-ocean coupling during Heinrich Stadials in the Atlantic–Arctic gateway' Scientific Reports 14, (1) , DOI Open access
Schmidt K, Graeve M, Hoppe CJM, Torres-Valdes S, Welteke N, Whitmore LM, Anhaus P, Atkinson A, Belt ST & Brenneis T (2023) 'Essential omega‐3 fatty acids are depleted in sea ice and pelagic algae of the Central Arctic Ocean' Global Change Biology 30, (1) , DOI Open access
Nogarotto A, Noormets R, Chauhan T, Mollenhauer G, Hefter J, Grotheer H, Belt ST, Colleoni F, Muschitiello F & Capotondi L (2023) 'Coastal permafrost was massively eroded during the Bølling-Allerød warm period' Communications Earth & Environment 4, (1) , DOI Open access
Kohlbach D, Smik L, Belt ST, Hop H, Wold A, Graeve M & Assmy P (2022) 'A multi-trophic marker approach reveals high feeding plasticity in Barents Sea under-ice fauna' Progress in Oceanography 208, , DOI Open access
Weber ME, Bailey I, Hemming SR, Martos YM, Reilly BT, Ronge TA, Brachfeld S, Williams T, Raymo M & Belt ST (2022) 'Antiphased dust deposition and productivity in the Antarctic Zone over 1.5 million years' Nature Communications 13, (1) , DOI Open access
Rontani J-F, Smik L, Ha S-Y, Min J-O & Belt ST (2022) 'Biotic and abiotic degradation of suspended particulate lipids along a transect in the Chukchi Sea' Marine Chemistry 241, , DOI Open access
Pienkowski AJ, Husum K, Belt ST, Ninnemann U, Köseoglu D, Divine DV, Smik L, Knies J, Hogan K & Noormets R (2021) 'Seasonal sea ice persisted through the Holocene Thermal Maximum at 80°N' Communications Earth & Environment 2, (1) , DOI Open access
Kohlbach D, Schmidt K, Hop H, Wold A, Al-Habahbeh AK, Belt ST, Woll M, Graeve M, Smik L & Atkinson A (2021) 'Winter Carnivory and Diapause Counteract the Reliance on Ice Algae by Barents Sea Zooplankton' Frontiers in Marine Science 8, , DOI Open access
Rontani J-F, Amiraux R, Smik L, Wakeham SG, Paulmier A, Vaultier F, Sun-Yong H, Jun-oh M & Belt ST (2021) 'Type II photosensitized oxidation in senescent microalgal cells at different latitudes: Does low under-ice irradiance in polar regions enhance efficiency?' Science of The Total Environment 779, 0-0 , DOI Open access
Harning DJ, Jennings AE, Köseoglu D, Belt ST, Geirsdóttir Á & Sepúlveda J (2021) 'Response of biological productivity to North Atlantic marine front migration during the Holocene' Climate of the Past 17, (1) 379-396 Publisher Site , DOI Open access
Rontani J-F, Smik L, Vaultier F, Widdicombe C & Belt ST (2021) 'Seasonal monitoring of lipid degradation processes in the western English Channel links bacterial 10S-DOX enzyme activity to free fatty acid production by phytoplankton' Marine Chemistry 103928-103928 , DOI Open access
Kohlbach D, Hop H, Wold A, Schmidt K, Smik L, Belt ST, Keck Al-Habahbeh A, Woll M, Graeve M & Dabrowska AM (2021) 'Multiple Trophic Markers Trace Dietary Carbon Sources in Barents Sea Zooplankton During Late Summer' Frontiers in Marine Science 7, (0) 0-0 , DOI Open access
Wang KJ, Huang Y, Majaneva M, Belt ST, Liao S, Novak J, Kartzinel TR, Herbert TD, Richter N & Cabedo-Sanz P (2021) 'Group 2i Isochrysidales produce characteristic alkenones reflecting sea ice distribution' Nature Communications 12, (1) 0-0 Publisher Site , DOI Open access
Andrews JT, Smik L, Belt ST, Sicre M-A & McCave IN (2020) 'Ocean surface and bottom water conditions, iceberg drift and sediment transport on the North Iceland margin during MIS 3 and MIS 2' Quaternary Science Reviews: the international multidisciplinary research and review journal 252, 106722-106722 , DOI Open access
Detlef H, Sosdian SM, Belt ST, Smik L, Lear CH, Kender S, Pearce C & Hall IR (2020) 'Late quaternary sea-ice and sedimentary redox conditions in the eastern Bering Sea – Implications for ventilation of the mid-depth North Pacific and an Atlantic-Pacific seesaw mechanism' Quaternary Science Reviews 248, 106549-106549 , DOI Open access
Rahaman W, Smik L, Köseoglu D, N L, Tarique M, Thamban M, Haywood A, Belt ST & Knies J (2020) 'Reduced Arctic sea ice extent during the mid-Pliocene Warm Period concurrent with increased Atlantic-climate regime' Earth and Planetary Science Letters 550, 116535-116535 , DOI Open access
Gao S, Smik L, Kulikovskiy M, Shkurina N, Gusev E, Pedentchouk N, Mock T & Belt ST (2020) 'A novel tri-unsaturated highly branched isoprenoid (HBI) alkene from the marine diatom Navicula salinicola' Organic Geochemistry 146, 104050-104050 , DOI Open access
Tesi T, Belt ST, Gariboldi K, Muschitiello F, Smik L, Finocchiaro F, Giglio F, Colizza E, Gazzurra G & Giordano P (2020) 'Resolving sea ice dynamics in the north-western Ross Sea during the last 2.6 ka: From seasonal to millennial timescales' Quaternary Science Reviews 237, 106299-106299 , DOI Open access
Rontani J, Smik L & Belt ST (2020) 'EIMS Fragmentation and detection of autoxidation products of 2,6,10,14‐tetramethyl‐7‐(3‐methylpent‐4‐enyl)‐pentadec‐5‐ene in Arctic sediments' Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry , DOI Open access
Rontani J-F & Belt ST (2019) 'Photo- and autoxidation of unsaturated algal lipids in the marine environment: An overview of processes, their potential tracers, and limitations' Organic Geochemistry 139, 103941-103941 , DOI Open access
Kim J-H, Gal J-K, Jun S-Y, Smik L, Kim D, Belt ST, Park K, Shin K-H & Nam S-I (2019) 'Reconstructing spring sea ice concentration in the Chukchi Sea over recent centuries: insights into the application of the PIP25 index' Environmental Research Letters 14, (12) 125004-125004 , DOI Open access
Amiraux R, Smik L, Köseoglu D, Rontani J-F, Galindo V, Grondin P-L, Babin M & Belt ST (2019) 'Temporal evolution of IP<sub>25</sub> and other highly branched isoprenoid lipids in sea ice and the underlying water column during an Arctic melting season' Elem Sci Anth 7, (1) 38-38 , DOI Open access
Köseoglu D, Belt ST & Knies J (2019) 'Abrupt shifts of productivity and sea ice regimes at the western Barents Sea slope from the Last Glacial Maximum to the Bølling-Allerød interstadial' Quaternary Science Reviews 222, 105903-105903 , DOI Open access
Belt ST, Smik L, Köseoglu D, Knies J & Husum K (2019) 'A novel biomarker-based proxy for the spring phytoplankton bloom in Arctic and sub-arctic settings – HBI T25' Earth and Planetary Science Letters 523, 115703-115703 , DOI Open access
Harning DJ, Andrews JT, Belt ST, Cabedo-Sanz P, Geirsdóttir Á, Dildar N, Miller GH & Sepúlveda J (2019) 'Sea ice control on winter subsurface temperatures of the North Iceland Shelf during the Little Ice Age: A TEX 86 calibration case study' Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology 1006-1021 , DOI Open access
Rontani JF, Smik L, Belt ST, Vaultier F, Armbrecht L, Leventer A & Armand LK (2019) 'Abiotic degradation of highly branched isoprenoid alkenes and other lipids in the water column off East Antarctica' Marine Chemistry 210, 34-47 , DOI Open access
Rontani JF, Smik L & Belt ST (2019) 'Autoxidation of the sea ice biomarker proxy IPSO <inf>25</inf> in the near-surface oxic layers of Arctic and Antarctic sediments' Organic Geochemistry 129, 63-76 , DOI Open access
Belt ST (2018) 'What do IP<inf>25</inf> and related biomarkers really reveal about sea ice change?' Quaternary Science Reviews 204, 216-219 , DOI Open access
Belt ST (2018) 'Source-specific biomarkers as proxies for Arctic and Antarctic sea ice' Organic Geochemistry 125, 277-298 Author Site , DOI Open access
Knies J, Köseoglu D, Rise L, Baeten N, Bellec VK, Bøe R, Klug M, Panieri G, Jernas PE & Belt ST (2018) 'Nordic Seas polynyas and their role in preconditioning marine productivity during the Last Glacial Maximum' Nature Communications 9, (1) 1-10 Author Site , DOI Open access
Köseoglu D, Belt ST, Husum K & Knies J (2018) 'An assessment of biomarker-based multivariate classification methods versus the PIP<inf>25</inf>index for paleo Arctic sea ice reconstruction' Organic Geochemistry 125, 82-94 , DOI Open access
Rontani J-F, Amiraux R, Lalande C, Babin M, Kim H-R & Belt ST (2018) 'Use of palmitoleic acid and its oxidation products for monitoring the degradation of ice algae in Arctic waters and bottom sediments' Organic Geochemistry 124, 88-102 , DOI Open access
Schmidt K, Brown TA, Belt ST, Ireland LC, Taylor KWR, Thorpe SE, Ward P & Atkinson A (2018) 'Do pelagic grazers benefit from sea ice? Insights from the Antarctic sea ice proxy IPSO25' Biogeosciences 15, (7) 1987-2006 Author Site , DOI Open access
Rontani J-F, Aubert C & Belt ST (2018) 'EIMS Fragmentation and MRM quantification of bacterial metabolites of the sea ice biomarker proxy IP25in Arctic sediments' Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry Author Site , DOI Open access
Detlef H, Belt ST, Sosdian SM, Smik L, Lear CH, Hall IR, Cabedo-Sanz P, Husum K & Kender S (2018) 'Sea ice dynamics across the Mid-Pleistocene transition in the Bering Sea' Nature Communications 9, (1) , DOI Open access
Lo L, Belt ST, Lattaud J, Friedrich T, Zeeden C, Schouten S, Smik L, Timmermann A, Cabedo-Sanz P & Huang JJ (2018) 'Precession and atmospheric CO₂ modulated variability of sea ice in the central Okhotsk Sea since 130,000 years ago' Earth and Planetary Science Letters 488, 36-45 , DOI Open access
Rontani J-F, Belt ST & Amiraux R (2018) 'Biotic and abiotic degradation of the sea ice diatom biomarker IP 25 and selected algal sterols in near-surface Arctic sediments' Organic Geochemistry 118, , DOI Open access
Belt ST, Brown TA, Smik L, Assmy P & Mundy CJ (2018) 'Sterol identification in floating Arctic sea ice algal aggregates and the Antarctic sea ice diatom Berkeleya adeliensis' Organic Geochemistry , DOI Open access
Brown TA, Galicia MP, Thiemann GW, Belt ST, Yurkowski DJ & Dyck MG (2018) 'High contributions of sea ice derived carbon in polar bear (Ursus maritimus) tissue' PLoS One 13, (1) e0191631-e0191631 Author Site , DOI Open access
Rowland SJ, Sutton PA, Belt ST, Fitzsimmons-Thoss V & Scarlett AG (2018) 'Further spectral and chromatographic studies of ambergris' Natural Product Research 1-7 Author Site , DOI Open access
Andrews JT, Cabedo-Sanz P, Jennings AE, Olafsdottir S, Belt ST & Geirsdottir A (2017) 'Sea ice, ice-rafting, and ocean climate across Denmark Strait during rapid deglaciation (similar to 16-12 cal ka BP) of the Iceland and East Greenland shelves' Journal of Quaternary Science 33, (1) 112-130 Author Site , DOI Open access
Köseoglu D, Belt ST, Smik L, Yao H, Panieri G & Knies J (2017) 'Complementary biomarker-based methods for characterising Arctic sea ice conditions: A case study comparison between multivariate analysis and the PIP<inf>25</inf>index' Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 222, 406-420 , DOI Open access
Darby DA, Andrews JT, Belt ST, Jennings AE & Cabedo-Sanz P (2017) 'Holocene Cyclic Records of Ice-Rafted Debris and Sea Ice Variations on the East Greenland and Northwest Iceland Margins' Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research 49, (4) 649-672 , DOI Open access
Jennings AE, Andrews JT, Ó Cofaigh C, St-Onge G, Belt S, Cabedo-Sanz P, Pearce C, Hillaire-Marcel C & Calvin Campbell D (2017) 'Baffin Bay paleoenvironments in the LGM and HS1: Resolving the ice-shelf question' Marine Geology , DOI Open access
Gal J-K, Kim J-H, Smik L, Ha SY, Belt ST, Nam S-I & Shin K-H (2017) 'Distribution of pelagic phytoplankton-derived lipid biomarkers along a transect from the East Sea to the Bering Sea: insights into their suitability as open-water indicators' Journal of the Geological Society of Korea 53, (4) 545-554 , DOI Open access
Brown TA, Assmy P, Hop H, Wold A & Belt ST (2017) 'Transfer of ice algae carbon to ice-associated amphipods in the high-Arctic pack ice environment' Journal of Plankton Research 1-11 , DOI Open access
Berben SMP, Husum K, Navarro-Rodriguez A, Belt ST & Aagaard-Sørensen S (2017) 'Semi-quantitative reconstruction of early to late Holocene spring and summer sea ice conditions in the northern Barents Sea' Journal of Quaternary Science , DOI Open access
Jennings AE, Andrews JT, Ó Cofaigh C, Onge GS, Sheldon C, Belt ST, Cabedo-Sanz P & Hillaire-Marcel C (2017) 'Ocean forcing of Ice Sheet retreat in central west Greenland from LGM to the early Holocene' Earth and Planetary Science Letters 472, 1-13 , DOI Open access
Amiraux R, Belt ST, Vaultier F, Galindo V, Gosselin M, Bonin P & Rontani J-F (2017) 'Monitoring photo-oxidative and salinity-induced bacterial stress in the Canadian Arctic using specific lipid tracers' Marine Chemistry , DOI Open access
Belt ST, Brown TA, Smik L, Tatarek A, Wiktor J, Stowasser G, Assmy P, Allen CS & Husum K (2017) 'Identification of C 25 highly branched isoprenoid (HBI) alkenes in diatoms of the genus Rhizosolenia in polar and sub-polar marine phytoplankton' Organic Geochemistry , DOI Open access
Rontani J-F, Galeron M-A, Amiraux R, Artigue L & Belt ST (2017) 'Identification of di- and triterpenoid lipid tracers confirms the significant role of autoxidation in the degradation of terrestrial vascular plant material in the Canadian Arctic' Organic Geochemistry 108, 43-50 , DOI Open access
Brown TA, Chrystal E, Ferguson SH, Yurkowski DJ, Watt C, Hussey NE, Kelley TC & Belt ST (2017) 'Coupled changes between the H-Print biomarker and delta N-15 indicates a variable sea ice carbon contribution to the diet of Cumberland Sound beluga whales' LIMNOLOGY AND OCEANOGRAPHY 62, (4) 1606-1619 Author Site , DOI Open access
Smik L & Belt ST (2017) 'Distributions of the Arctic sea ice biomarker proxy IP25 and two phytoplanktonic biomarkers in surface sediments from West Svalbard' Organic Geochemistry , DOI Open access
Knies J, Pathirana I, Cabedo-Sanz P, Banica A, Fabian K, Rasmussen TL, Forwick M & Belt ST (2016) 'Sea-ice dynamics in an Arctic coastal polynya during the past 6500 years' arktos 3, (1) , DOI Open access
Brown TA & Belt ST (2016) 'Biomarker-based H-Print quantifies the composition of mixed sympagic and pelagic algae consumed by Artemia sp' Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 488, 32-37 , DOI Open access
Belt ST, Smik L, Brown TA, Kim JH, Rowland SJ, Allen CS, Gal JK, Shin KH, Lee JI & Taylor KW (2016) 'Source identification and distribution reveals the potential of the geochemical Antarctic sea ice proxy IPSO25' Nature Communications 7, (0) 0-0 Author Site , DOI Open access
Cabedo-Sanz P & Belt ST (2016) 'Seasonal sea ice variability in eastern Fram Strait over the last 2000 years' arktos 2, (1) , DOI Open access
Polyak L, Belt ST, Cabedo-Sanz P, Yamamoto M & Park Y-H (2016) 'Holocene sea-ice conditions and circulation at the Chukchi-Alaskan margin, Arctic Ocean, inferred from biomarker proxies' The Holocene 26, (11) 1810-1821 , DOI Open access
Cabedo-Sanz P, Belt ST, Jennings AE, Andrews JT & Geirsdóttir Á (2016) 'Variability in drift ice export from the Arctic Ocean to the North Icelandic Shelf over the last 8000 years: A multi-proxy evaluation' Quaternary Science Reviews 146, 99-115 , DOI Open access
Rontani J-F, Belt ST, Brown TA, Amiraux R, Gosselin M, Vaultier F & Mundy CJ (2016) 'Monitoring abiotic degradation in sinking versus suspended Arctic sea ice algae during a spring ice melt using specific lipid oxidation tracers' Organic Geochemistry 98, 82-97 , DOI Open access
Cabedo Sanz P, Smik L & Belt ST (2016) 'On the stability of various highly branched isoprenoid (HBI) lipids in stored sediments and sediment extracts' Organic Geochemistry 97, 74-77 , DOI Open access
Brown TA, Belt ST, Gosselin M, Levasseur M, Poulin M & Mundy CJ (2016) 'Quantitative estimates of sinking sea ice particulate organic carbon based on the biomarker IP25' Marine Ecology Progress Series 546, 17-29 , DOI Open access
Smik L, Belt ST, Lieser JL, Armand LK & Leventer A (2016) 'Distributions of highly branched isoprenoid alkenes and other algal lipids in surface waters from East Antarctica: Further insights for biomarker-based paleo sea-ice reconstruction' ORGANIC GEOCHEMISTRY 95, 71-80 Author Site , DOI Open access
Kaiser J, Belt ST, Tomczak M, Brown TA, Wasmund N & Arz HW (2016) 'C25 highly branched isoprenoid alkenes in the Baltic Sea produced by the marine planktonic diatom Pseudosolenia calcar-avis' Organic Geochemistry 93, 51-58 , DOI
Belt ST (2016) 'Impacts of assignment in problem-based learning: A case study from chemistry' New Directions in the Teaching of Physical Sciences (5) 16-21 , DOI
Belt ST (2016) 'Learning chemistry through placements: Building on good practice and identifying new opportunities' New Directions in the Teaching of Physical Sciences (8) 13-16 , DOI
Smik L, Cabedo-Sanz P & Belt ST (2016) 'Semi-quantitative estimates of paleo Arctic sea ice concentration based on source-specific highly branched isoprenoid alkenes: A further development of the PIP25 index' ORGANIC GEOCHEMISTRY 92, 63-69 Author Site , DOI Open access
Brown TA & Belt ST (2016) 'Novel tri- and tetra-unsaturated highly branched isoprenoid (HBI) alkenes from the marine diatom Pleurosigma intermedium' ORGANIC GEOCHEMISTRY 91, 120-122 Author Site , DOI Open access
Belt ST, Cabedo-Sanz P, Smik L, Navarro-Rodriguez A, Berben SMP, Knies J & Husum K (2015) 'Identification of paleo Arctic winter sea ice limits and the marginal ice zone: Optimised biomarker-based reconstructions of late Quaternary Arctic sea ice' EARTH AND PLANETARY SCIENCE LETTERS 431, 127-139 Author Site , DOI Open access
Belt ST & Cabedo-Sanz P (2015) 'Characterisation and isomerisation of mono- and di-unsaturated highly branched isoprenoid (HBI) alkenes: Considerations for palaeoenvironment studies' Organic Geochemistry 87, 55-67 , DOI
Rontani J-F, Aubert C & Belt ST (2015) 'EIMS Fragmentation Pathways and MRM Quantification of 7α/β-Hydroxy-Dehydroabietic Acid TMS Derivatives' Journal of the American Society for Mass Spectrometry 26, (9) 1606-1616 , DOI
Cabedo-Sanz P & Belt ST (2015) 'Identification and characterisation of a novel mono-unsaturated highly branched isoprenoid (HBI) alkene in ancient Arctic sediments' Organic Geochemistry 81, 34-39 , DOI
Brown TA, Hegseth EN & Belt ST (2015) 'A biomarker-based investigation of the mid-winter ecosystem in Rijpfjorden, Svalbard' POLAR BIOLOGY 38, (1) 37-50 , DOI
Knies J, Cabedo-Sanz P, Belt ST, Baranwal S, Fietz S & Rosell-Melé A (2014) 'The emergence of modern sea ice cover in the Arctic Ocean' Nat Commun 5, Author Site , DOI
Brown TA, Belt ST, Tatarek A & Mundy CJ (2014) 'Source identification of the Arctic sea ice proxy IP25' Nat Commun 5, Author Site , DOI
Rontani J-F, Belt ST, Brown TA, Vaultier F & Mundy CJ (2014) 'Sequential photo- and autoxidation of diatom lipids in Arctic sea ice' ORGANIC GEOCHEMISTRY 77, 59-71 , DOI
Rontani J-F, Belt ST, Brown TA & Aubert C (2014) 'Electron ionization mass spectrometry fragmentation pathways of trimethylsilyl derivatives of isomeric allylic alcohols derived from HBI alkene oxidation' RAPID COMMUNICATIONS IN MASS SPECTROMETRY 28, (17) 1937-1947 , DOI
Brown TA, Yurkowski DJ, Ferguson SH, Alexander C & Belt ST (2014) 'H-Print: a new chemical fingerprinting approach for distinguishing primary production sources in Arctic ecosystems' ENVIRONMENTAL CHEMISTRY LETTERS 12, (3) 387-392 , DOI
Brown TA, Belt ST & Cabedo-Sanz P (2014) 'Identification of a novel di-unsaturated C<sub>25</sub> highly branched isoprenoid in the marine tube-dwelling diatom <i>Berkeleya rutilans</i>' ENVIRONMENTAL CHEMISTRY LETTERS 12, (3) 455-460 , DOI
Brown TA, Alexander C, Yurkowski DJ, Ferguson SH & Belt ST (2014) 'Identifying variable sea ice carbon contributions to the Arctic ecosystem: A case study using highly branched isoprenoid lipid biomarkers in Cumberland Sound ringed seals' LIMNOLOGY AND OCEANOGRAPHY 59, (5) 1581-1589 , DOI
Rontani J-F, Belt ST, Vaultier F, Brown TA & Masse G (2014) 'Autoxidative and Photooxidative Reactivity of Highly Branched Isoprenoid (HBI) Alkenes' LIPIDS 49, (5) 481-494 , DOI
Belt ST, Brown TA, Ampel L, Cabedo-Sanz P, Fahl K, Kocis JJ, Masse G, Navarro-Rodriguez A, Ruan J & Xu Y (2014) 'An inter-laboratory investigation of the Arctic sea ice biomarker proxy IP<sub>25</sub> in marine sediments: key outcomes and recommendations' CLIMATE OF THE PAST 10, (1) 155-166 , DOI
Berben SMP, Husum K, Cabedo-Sanz P & Belt ST (2014) 'Holocene sub-centennial evolution of Atlantic water inflow and sea ice distribution in the western Barents Sea' CLIMATE OF THE PAST 10, (1) 181-198 , DOI
Alonso-Garcia M, Andrews JT, Belt ST, Cabedo-Sanz P, Darby D & Jaeger J (2013) 'A comparison between multiproxy and historical data (AD 1990-1840) of drift ice conditions on the East Greenland Shelf (∼66°N)' HOLOCENE 23, (12) 1672-1683 , DOI
Cabedo-Sanz P, Belt ST, Knies J & Husum K (2013) 'Identification of contrasting seasonal sea ice conditions during the Younger Dryas' QUATERNARY SCIENCE REVIEWS 79, 74-86 , DOI
Belt ST, Brown TA, Ringrose AE, Cabedo-Sanz P, Mundy CJ, Gosselin M & Poulin M (2013) 'Quantitative measurement of the sea ice diatom biomarker IP<sub>25</sub> and sterols in Arctic sea ice and underlying sediments: Further considerations for palaeo sea ice reconstruction' ORGANIC GEOCHEMISTRY 62, 33-45 , DOI
Brown TA, Belt ST, Ferguson SH, Yurkowski DJ, Davison NJ, Barnett JEF & Jepson PD (2013) 'Identification of the sea ice diatom biomarker IP<sub>25</sub> and related lipids in marine mammals: A potential method for investigating regional variations in dietary sources within higher trophic level marine systems' JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL MARINE BIOLOGY AND ECOLOGY 441, 99-104 , DOI
Navarro-Rodriguez A, Belt ST, Knies J & Brown TA (2013) 'Mapping recent sea ice conditions in the Barents Sea using the proxy biomarker IP25: implications for palaeo sea ice reconstructions' Quaternary Science Reviews (0) Author Site , DOI
Brown TA, Bicknell AWJ, Votier SC & Belt ST (2013) 'Novel molecular fingerprinting of marine avian diet provides a tool for gaining insights into feeding ecology' Environmental Chemistry Letters 1-6 Author Site , DOI
Belt ST & Vincent EM (2012) 'Learning chemistry through placements: building on good practice and identifying new opportunities' New Directions (8) 13-16 , DOI
Brown TA & Belt ST (2012) 'Closely linked sea ice-pelagic coupling in the Amundsen Gulf revealed by the sea ice diatom biomarker IP<sub>25</sub>' JOURNAL OF PLANKTON RESEARCH 34, (8) 647-654 , DOI
Brown TA, Belt ST & Piepenburg D (2012) 'Evidence for a pan-Arctic sea-ice diatom diet in <i>Strongylocentrotus</i> spp' POLAR BIOLOGY 35, (8) 1281-1287 , DOI
Belt ST, Brown TA, Sanz PC & Rodriguez AN (2012) 'Structural confirmation of the sea ice biomarker IP<sub>25</sub> found in Arctic marine sediments' ENVIRONMENTAL CHEMISTRY LETTERS 10, (2) 189-192 , DOI
Belt ST, Brown TA, Rodriguez AN, Sanz PC, Tonkin A & Ingle R (2012) 'A reproducible method for the extraction, identification and quantification of the Arctic sea ice proxy IP<sub>25</sub> from marine sediments' ANALYTICAL METHODS 4, (3) 705-713 , DOI
Brown TA & Belt ST (2012) 'Identification of the sea ice diatom biomarker IP25 in Arctic benthic macrofauna: direct evidence for a sea ice diatom diet in Arctic heterotrophs' Polar Biology 35, (1) 131-137 Author Site , DOI
Masse G, Belt ST, Crosta X, Schmidt S, Snape I, Thomas DN & Rowland SJ (2011) 'Highly branched isoprenoids as proxies for variable sea ice conditions in the Southern Ocean' ANTARCTIC SCIENCE 23, (5) 487-498 , DOI
Axford Y, Andresen CS, Andrews JT, Belt ST, Geirsdottir A, Masse G, Miller GH, Olafsdottir S & Vare LL (2011) 'Do paleoclimate proxies agree? A test comparing 19 late Holocene climate and sea-ice reconstructions from Icelandic marine and lake sediments' JOURNAL OF QUATERNARY SCIENCE 26, (6) 645-656 , DOI
Brown TA, Belt ST, Philippe B, Mundy CJ, Massé G, Poulin M & Gosselin M (2011) 'Temporal and vertical variations of lipid biomarkers during a bottom ice diatom bloom in the Canadian Beaufort Sea: further evidence for the use of the IP25 biomarker as a proxy for spring Arctic sea ice' Polar Biology 34, (12) 1857-1868 Author Site , DOI
Rontani J, Belt ST, Vaultier F & Brown TA (2011) 'Visible light induced photo-oxidation of highly branched isoprenoid (HBI) alkenes: Significant dependence on the number and nature of double bonds' Organic Geochemistry 42, (7) 812-822 Author Site
Belt ST, Vare LL, Massé G, Manners HR, Price JC, MacLachlan SE, Andrews JT & Schmidt S (2010) 'Striking similarities in temporal changes to spring sea ice occurrence across the central Canadian Arctic Archipelago over the last 7000 years' Quaternary Science Reviews 29, (25-26) 3489-3504 , DOI
Gregory TR, Smart CW, Hart MB, Massé G, Vare LL & Belt ST (2010) 'Reply to Comment: Holocene palaeoceanographic changes in Barrow Strait, Canadian Arctic: foraminiferal evidence. T. R. Gregory, C. W. Smart, M. B. Hart, G. Massé, L. L. Vare and S. T. Belt (2010). <i>Journal of Quaternary Science</i><b>25</b>: 903–910' Journal of Quaternary Science 25, (7) 1192-1192 , DOI
Vare LL, Masse G & Belt ST (2010) 'A biomarker-based reconstruction of sea ice conditions for the Barents Sea in recent centuries' HOLOCENE 20, (4) 637-643 , DOI
Gregory TR, Smart CW, Hart MB, Massé G, Vare LL & Belt ST (2010) 'Holocene palaeoceanographic changes in Barrow Strait, Canadian Arctic: foraminiferal evidence' Journal of Quaternary Science 25, (6) 903-910 , DOI
Mueller J, Masse G, Stein R & Belt ST (2009) 'Variability of sea-ice conditions in the Fram Strait over the past 30,000 years' NATURE GEOSCIENCE 2, (11) 772-776 , DOI
Andrews JT, Belt ST, Olafsdottir S, Masse G & Vare LL (2009) 'Sea ice and marine climate variability for NW Iceland/Denmark Strait over the last 2000 cal. yr BP' HOLOCENE 19, (5) 775-784 , DOI
Vare LL, Masse G, Gregory TR, Smart CW & Belt ST (2009) 'Sea ice variations in the central Canadian Arctic Archipelago during the Holocene' QUATERNARY SCIENCE REVIEWS 28, (13-14) 1354-1366 , DOI
Smith BE, Lewis CA, Belt ST, Whitby C & Rowland SJ (2008) 'Effects of alkyl chain branching on the biotransformation of naphthenic acids' Environ Sci Technol 42, (24) 9323-9328 Author Site , DOI
Booth AM, Scarlett AG, Lewis CA, Belt ST & Rowland SJ (2008) 'Unresolved complex mixtures (UCMs) of aromatic hydrocarbons: branched alkyl indanes and branched alkyl tetralins are present in UCMs and accumulated by and toxic to, the mussel Mytilus edulis' Environ Sci Technol 42, (21) 8122-8126 Author Site , DOI
Belt ST, Masse G, Vare LL, Rowland SJ, Poulin M, Sicre M-A, Sampei M & Fortier L (2008) 'Distinctive <SUP>13</SUP>C isotopic signature distinguishes a novel sea ice biomarker in Arctic sediments and sediment traps' MARINE CHEMISTRY 112, (3-4) 158-167 , DOI
Masse G, Rowland SJ, Sicre M-A, Jacob J, Jansen E & Belt ST (2008) 'Abrupt climate changes for Iceland during the last millennium:: Evidence from high resolution sea ice reconstructions' EARTH AND PLANETARY SCIENCE LETTERS 269, (3-4) 565-569 , DOI
Belt ST, Masse G, Rowland SJ, Poulin M, Michel C & LeBlanc B (2007) 'A novel chemical fossil of palaeo sea ice: IP25' Organic Geochemistry 38, (1) 16-27
Belt ST & Kendall SB (2006) 'Getting nosy with handy chemicals' Education in Chemistry 43, 15-17
Belt ST, Masse G, Rowland SJ & Rohmer M (2006) 'Highly branched isoprenoid alcohols and epoxides in the diatom Haslea ostrearia Simonsen' Organic Geochemistry 37, (2) 133-145
Fitzsimons MF & Belt ST (2005) 'Dynamic behaviour of 1-aminopropan-2-one in sewage: a preliminary synthetic and spectroscopic study' Environmental Chemistry Letters 3, (2) 70-73
Clough R, Belt ST, Fairman B, Catterick T & Evans EH (2005) 'Uncertainty contributions to single and double isotope dilution mass spectrometry with HPLC-CV-MC-ICP-MS for the determination of methylmercury in fish tissue' Journal of Analytical Atomic Spectrometry 20, (10) 1072-1075
Belt ST, Leisvik MJ, Hyde AJ & Overton TL (2005) 'Using a context-based approach to undergraduate chemistry teaching – a case study for introductory physical chemistry' Chem. Educ. Res. Pract. 6, (3) 166-179 , DOI
Belt ST (2004) 'Diatoms synthesize isoprenoids' Industrial Bioprocessing 26, (5)
Sinninghe Damste JS, Muyzer G, Abbas B, Rampen SW, Massé G, Allard WG, Belt ST, Robert JM, Rowland SJ & Moldowan JM (2004) 'The rise of Rhizosolenid diatoms' Science 304 (5670), 584-587 , DOI
Belt ST, Masse G, Allard WG, Robert J & Rowland SJ (2004) 'Novel Monocyclic Sester‐ and Triterpenoids from the Marine Diatom, Rhizosolenia setigera' ChemInform 35, (13) , DOI
Masse G, Belt ST & Rowland SJ (2004) 'Biosynthesis of unusual monocyclic alkenes by the diatom Rhizosolenia setigera (Brightwell)' Phytochemistry 65, (8) 1101-1106
Masse G, Belt ST, Rowland SJ & Rohmer M (2004) 'Isoprenoid biosynthesis in the diatoms Rhizosolenia setigera (Brightwell) and Haslea ostrearia (Simonsen)' Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 101, (13) 4413-4418
Poulin M, Masse G, Belt ST, Delavault P, Rousseau F, Robert JM & Rowland SJ (2004) 'Morphological, biochemical and molecular evidence for the transfer of Gyrosigma nipkowii Meister to the genus Haslea (Bacillariophyta)' European Journal of Phycology 39, (2) 181-195
Masse G, Belt ST, Allard WG, Lewis CA, Wakeham SG & Rowland SJ (2004) 'Occurrence of novel monocyclic alkenes from diatoms in marine particulate matter and sediments' Organic Geochemistry 35, (7) 813-822
Damste JSS, Muyzer G, Abbas B, Rampen SW, Masse G, Allard WG, Belt ST, Robert JM, Rowland SJ & Moldowan JM (2004) 'The rise of the rhizosolenid diatoms' Science 304, (5670) 584-587
Clough R, Truscatt J, Belt ST, Evans EH, Fairman B & Catterick T (2003) 'Isotope dilution ICP-MS for speciation studies' Applied Spectroscopy Reviews 38, (1) 101-132
Belt ST, Masse G, Allard WG, Robert JM & Rowland SJ (2003) 'Novel monocyclic sester- and triterpenoids from the marine diatom, Rhizosolenia setigera' Tetrahedron Letters 44, (51) 9103-9106
Summerfield S, Overton T & Belt S (2003) 'Problem-solving case studies' Analytical Chemistry 75, (7) 181A-182A
Clough R, Belt ST, Evans EH, Sutton P, Fairman B & Catterick T (2003) 'Uncertainty contributions to species specific isotope dilution analysis. Part 1. Characterisation and stability of Hg-199 and C-13 isotopically enriched methylmercury by H-1 NMR' Journal of Analytical Atomic Spectrometry 18, (9) 1033-1038
Clough R, Belt ST, Evans EH, Fairman B & Catterick T (2003) 'Uncertainty contributions to species specific isotope dilution analysis. Part 2. Determination of methylmercury by HPLC coupled with quadrupole and multicollector ICP-MS' Journal of Analytical Atomic Spectrometry 18, (9) 1039-1046
Clough R, Belt ST, Evans EH, Fairman B & Catterick T (2003) 'Investigation of equilibration and uncertainty contributions for the determination of inorganic mercury and methylmercury by isotope dilution inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry' Analytica Chimica Acta 500, (1-2) 155-170
Belt ST, Masse G, Allard WG, Robert JM & Rowland SJ (2002) 'Effects of auxosporulation on distributions of C-25 and C-30 isoprenoid alkenes in Rhizosolenia setigera' Phytochemistry 59, (2) 141-148
Masse G, Poulin M, Belt ST, Robert JM, Barreau A, Rince Y & Rowland SJ (2001) 'A simple method for SEM examination of sectioned diatom frustules' Journal of Microscopy-Oxford 204, 87-92
Belt ST, Masse G, Allard WG, Robert JM & Rowland SJ (2001) 'C-25 highly branched isoprenoid alkenes in planktonic diatoms of the Pleurosigma genus' Organic Geochemistry 32, (10) 1271-1275
Rowland SJ, Belt ST, Wraige EJ, Masse G, Roussakis C & Robert JM (2001) 'Effects of temperature on polyunsaturation in cytostatic lipids of Haslea ostrearia' Phytochemistry 56, (6) 597-602
Rowland SJ, Allard WG, Belta ST, Massae G, Robert JM, Blackburn S, Frampton D, Revill AT & Volkman JK (2001) 'Factors influencing the distributions of polyunsaturated terpenoids in the diatom, Rhizosolenia setigera' Phytochemistry 58, (5) 717-728
Belt ST, Masse G, Allard WG, Robert JM & Rowland SJ (2001) 'Identification of a C-25 highly branched isoprenoid triene in the freshwater diatom Navicula sclesvicensis' Organic Geochemistry 32, (9) 1169-1172
Belt ST, Allard WG, Masse G, Robert JM & Rowland SJ (2001) 'Structural characterisation of C-30 highly branched isoprenoid alkenes (rhizenes) in the marine diatom Rhizosolenia setigera' Tetrahedron Letters 42, (32) 5583-5585
Allard WG, Belt ST, Masse G, Naumann R, Robert JM & Rowland S (2001) 'Tetra-unsaturated sesterterpenoids (Haslenes) from Haslea ostrearia and related species' Phytochemistry 56, (8) 795-800
Belt ST, Massé G, Allard WG, Robert J & Rowland SJ (2001) 'The effects of auxosporulation on the distributions of C25 and C30 highly branched isoprenoid (HBI) alkenes in the diatom Rhizosolenia setigera' Phytochemistry, 20th International Meeting on Organic Geochemistry, Nancy, France 59, (2) 141-148
Belt ST, Allard WG, Johns L, Konig WA, Masse G, Robert JM & Rowland S (2001) 'Variable stereochemistry in highly branched isoprenoids from diatoms' Chirality 13, (8) 415-419
Masse G, Rince Y, Cox EJ, Allard G, Belt ST & Rowland SJ (2001) 'Haslea salstonica sp nov and Haslea pseudostrearia sp nov (Bacillariophyta), two new epibenthic diatoms from the Kingsbridge estuary, United Kingdom' Comptes Rendus de l Academie des Sciences Serie Iii-Sciences de la Vie-Life Sciences 324, (7) 617-626
Williams CE, Lowry BB, Braven J & Belt ST (2001) 'Novel synthesis and characterisation of ruthenium tris (4- methyl-4 '-vinyl-2,2 '-bipyridine) complexes' Inorganica Chimica Acta 315, (1) 112-119
Belt ST (2001) 'Problem based learning - A case study from the environmental sciences' PLANET: Problem Based Learning Special edition 2, (4) 17-18
Belt ST, Allard G, Masse G, Robert J & Rowland S (2000) 'ChemInform Abstract: Important Sedimentary Sesterterpenoids from the Diatom Pleurosigma intermedium' ChemInform 31, (26) , DOI
Johns L, Belt S, Lewis CA, Rowland S, Massé G, Robert JM & König WA (2000) 'Configurations of polyunsaturated sesterterpenoids from the diatom, Haslea ostrearia' Phytochemistry 53, (5) 607-611 Author Site , DOI
Belt ST, Allard WG, Massé G, Robert JM & Rowland SJ (2000) 'Highly branched isoprenoids (HBIs):: Identification of the most common and abundant sedimentary isomers' GEOCHIMICA ET COSMOCHIMICA ACTA 64, (22) 3839-3851 , DOI
Belt ST, Allard WG, Rintatalo J, Johns LA, van Duin ACT & Rowland SJ (2000) 'Clay and acid catalysed isomerisation and cyclisation reactions of highly branched isoprenoid (HBI) alkenes: Implications for sedimentary reactions and distributions' GEOCHIMICA ET COSMOCHIMICA ACTA 64, (19) 3337-3345 , DOI
Belt ST, Allard G, Massé G, Robert JM & Rowland S (2000) 'Important sedimentary sesterterpenoids from the diatom <i>Pleurosigma intermedium</i>' CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS (6) 501-502 , DOI
Wraige EJ, Johns L, Belt ST, Massé G, Robert JM & Rowland S (1999) 'Highly branched C<sub>25</sub> isoprenoids in axenic cultures of <i>Haslea ostrearia</i>' PHYTOCHEMISTRY 51, (1) 69-73 , DOI
Johns L, Wraige EJ, Belt ST, Lewis CA, Massé G, Robert JM & Rowland SJ (1999) 'Identification of a C<sub>25</sub> highly branched isoprenoid (HBI) diene in Antarctic sediments, Antarctic sea-ice diatoms and cultured diatoms' ORGANIC GEOCHEMISTRY 30, (11) 1471-1475 , DOI
Belt S (1998) 'Interpreting Infra-Red and NMR Spectra' The Chemical Educator 3, (2) 1-2 , DOI
Skene WG, Belt ST, Connolly TJ, Hahn P & Scaiano JC (1998) 'Decomposition kinetics, arrhenius parameters, and bond dissociation energies for alkoxyamines of relevance in "living" free radical polymerization' MACROMOLECULES 31, (25) 9103-9105 , DOI
Belt ST, Rowland S & Scaiano JC (1998) 'Rate constants for the abstraction of hydrogen from alkyl aromatics by alkoxyl radicals and excited state ketones: relevance to the photodegradation of the water-soluble fraction of crude oil' MARINE CHEMISTRY 61, (3-4) 157-162 , DOI
Cooke DA, Barlow R, Green J, Belt ST & Rowland SJ (1998) 'Seasonal variations of highly branched isoprenoid hydrocarbons and pigment biomarkers in intertidal sediments of the Tamar estuary, UK' MARINE ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH 45, (4-5) 309-324 , DOI
Wraige EJ, Belt ST, Masse G, Robert JM & Rowland SJ (1998) 'Variations in distributions of C<sub>25</sub> highly branched isoprenoid (HBI) alkenes in the diatom, Haslea ostrearia:: influence of salinity' ORGANIC GEOCHEMISTRY 28, (12) 855-859 , DOI
Wraige EJ, Belt ST, Lewis CA, Cooke DA, Robert JM, Masse G & Rowland SJ (1997) 'Variations in structures and distributions of C<sub>25</sub> highly branched isoprenoid (HBI) alkenes in cultures of the diatom, Haslea ostrearia (Simonsen)' ORGANIC GEOCHEMISTRY 27, (7-8) 497-505 , DOI
Belt ST, Cooke DA, Robert JM & Rowland S (1996) 'Structural characterisation of widespread polyunsaturated isoprenoid biomarkers: A C-25 triene, tetraene and pentaene from the diatom Haslea ostrearia Simonsen' TETRAHEDRON LETTERS 37, (27) 4755-4758 , DOI
BELT ST, COOKE DA, HIRD SJ & ROWLAND S (1994) 'STRUCTURAL DETERMINATION OF A HIGHLY BRANCHED C-25 SEDIMENTARY ISOPRENOID BIOMARKER BY NMR-SPECTROSCOPY AND MASS-SPECTROMETRY' JOURNAL OF THE CHEMICAL SOCIETY-CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS (18) 2077-2078 , DOI
Boese WT, Lee B, Ryba DW, Belt ST & Ford PC (1993) 'Time-resolved infrared observation of a long-lived transient in the photo-decarbonylation of manganese complex Mn(CO)5C(O)CH3: potential relevance to the CO migratory insertion mechanism' Organometallics 12, (12) 4739-4741 , DOI
Belt ST, Bohne C, Charette G, Sugamori SE & Scaiano JC (1993) 'Carbocation formation via carbene protonation studied by the technique of stopped-flow laser-flash photolysis' Journal of the American Chemical Society 115, (6) 2200-2205 , DOI
Belt ST, Scaiano JC & Whittlesey MK (1993) 'Determination of metal-hydride and metal-ligand (L = CO, N2) bond energies using photoacoustic calorimetry' Journal of the American Chemical Society 115, (5) 1921-1925 , DOI
Belt ST, Helliwell M, Jones WD, Partridge MG & Perutz RN (1993) '.eta.2-Coordination and carbon-fluorine activation of hexafluorobenzene by cyclopentadienylrhodium and -iridium complexes' Journal of the American Chemical Society 115, (4) 1429-1440 , DOI
Belt ST, Ryba DW & Ford PC (1991) 'Reactive intermediates in the photolytic decarbonylation of the acyl complex (.eta.5-C5H5)Fe(CO)2(COCH3) as studied by time-resolved infrared spectral techniques' Journal of the American Chemical Society 113, (25) 9524-9528 , DOI
Belt ST, Dong L, Duckett SB, Jones WD, Partridge MG & Perutz RN (1991) 'Control of η<sup>2</sup>-arene coordination and C–H bond activation by cyclopentadienyl complexes of rhodium' J. Chem. Soc., Chem. Commun. (4) 266-269 , DOI
Sham HL, Wideburg NE, Spanton SG, Kohlbrenner WE, Betebenner DA, Kempf DJ, Norbeck DW, Plattner JJ, Erickson JW & Shen G-J (1991) 'Corrigenda' Journal of the Chemical Society, Chemical Communications (12) 835-835 , DOI
PERUTZ RN, BELT ST, MCCAMLEY A & WHITTLESEY MK (1990) 'ChemInform Abstract: C‐H Activation by Organometallics: The Role of Matrix Isolation Studies' ChemInform 21, (48) , DOI
Belt ST, Ryba DW & Ford PC (1990) 'Reactivities of intermediates relevant to metal alkyl carbonylation. Flash photolysis of pentacarbonylmethylmanganese studied by time resolved infrared and optical detection' Inorganic Chemistry 29, (19) 3633-3634 , DOI
BELT ST, GREVELS F, KLOTZBUECHER WE, MCCAMLEY A & PERUTZ RN (1990) 'ChemInform Abstract: Intermediates in the Time‐Resolved and Matrix Photochemistry of (η2‐Cyclopentadienyl)rhodium Complexes: Roles of Alkane Activation and Rhodium‐Rhodium Bond Formation' ChemInform 21, (7) , DOI
Perutz RN, Belt ST, McCamley A & Whittlesey MK (1990) 'C-H activation by organometallics: the role of matrix isolation studies' Pure and Applied Chemistry 62, (8) 1539-1545 , DOI
Belt ST, Grevels FW, Klotzbuecher WE, McCamley A & Perutz RN (1989) 'Intermediates in the time-resolved and matrix photochemistry of (.eta.5-cyclopentadienyl)rhodium complexes. Roles of alkane activation and rhodium-rhodium bond formation' Journal of the American Chemical Society 111, (22) 8373-8382 , DOI
Belt ST, Duckett SB, Haddleton DM & Perutz RN (1989) 'Photochemical substitution of ethene and hydrogen/deuterium exchange in (.eta.5-cyclopentadienyl)bis(ethene)rhodium' Organometallics 8, (3) 748-759 , DOI
Belt ST, Duckett SB, Helliwell M & Perutz RN (1989) 'Activation and η<sup>2</sup>-co-ordination of arenes: crystal and molecular structure of an (η<sup>2</sup>-hexafluorobenzene)rhodium complex' J. Chem. Soc., Chem. Commun. (14) 928-930 , DOI
Belt ST, Haddleton DM, Perutz RN, Smith BPH & Dixon AJ (1987) 'Transient photochemistry of (η<sup>5</sup>-cyclopentadienyl)bis(ethene)rhodium' J. Chem. Soc., Chem. Commun. (18) 1347-1349 , DOI
Reviews
Belt ST & Mueller J (2013) 'The Arctic sea ice biomarker IP<sub>25</sub>: a review of current understanding, recommendations for future research and applications in palaeo sea ice reconstructions' QUATERNARY SCIENCE REVIEWS 79, 9-25 , DOI
Chapters
Belt ST & Poulin M (2022) 'Structures and applications of biomarkers from Arctic sea ice diatoms' Reference Module in Earth Systems and Environmental Sciences Elsevier , DOI
Belt ST, Massé G & Poulin M (2013) 'STRUCTURES AND APPLICATIONS OF BIOMARKERS FROM ARCTIC SEA ICE DIATOMS' Encyclopedia of Quaternary Science Elsevier 588-596 , DOI
Belt ST (2003) 'Preparing for fieldwork - A case study from the environmental sciences' in Fry; Kettridge; Marshall A Handbook for Teaching & Learning in HE Kogan Page 265-266
Conference Papers
Belt ST & Overton TL (2007) 'Context-Based Case Studies in Analytical Chemistry' 87-99 , DOI
Belt ST, Horan R & Lavelle M (2001) 'LATEX/PDF support materials for learning mathematics' Variety in Chemistry Teaching, Lancaster University
Belt ST, Overton TL & Summerfield S (2001) 'The chemical detective' Variety in Chemistry Teaching, Lancaster University
Scaiano JC, Connolly TJ, Mohtat N, Pliva CN, Skene W, Belt S & Baldovi MV (1997) 'Mechanistic aspects of 'living' free radical polymerization and initiation mediated by nitroxides'
Ford PC, Di Benedetto JA, Ryba DW & Belt ST (1992) 'Reaction intermediates in organometallic chemistry studied by time-resolved infrared spectral techniques' OE/LASE '92 SPIE , DOI
Presentations and posters
Tesi T, Nogarotto A, Hefter J, Capotondi L, Pellegrini C, Colleoni F, Noormets R, Chauhan T, Belt S & Mollenhauer G Tesi T, Nogarotto A, Hefter J, Capotondi L, Pellegrini C, Colleoni F, Noormets R, Chauhan T, Belt S & Mollenhauer G 'Land-ocean connections during last deglaciation: transport of biospheric terrestrial carbon beneath the Svalbard Barents Ice Sheet' , DOI
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