Professor Michael Rogerson

Professor

Department: Geography and Environmental Sciences

Research Themes and Scholarly Interests

I am interested in how the Earth works. I’ve always followed my curiosity, and at different times have looked at movement of water between ocean basins, recolonisation of the tops of marine avalanches by microorganisms, how petrifying springs work, cleaning up hyperalkaline pollution, rainfall changes in northern Africa and the Mediterranean, icebergs in the North Pacific and the carbon flow between bedrock and surface water. Surprisingly, I’ve been using the same tools in all these studies, through investigating the chemistry of sediment, especially limestone and similar carbonate bodies. Carbonate makes up the shells of microorganisms I use to study changes in the ocean, are the major mineral forming in freshwater springs, rivers and lakes, forms a sink for hyperalkaline pollution and carries most of the inorganic carbon in the Earths crust. Carbonate geochemistry is a really diverse area to work in, and there are always surprising new things to learn!

Key Publications

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Spatio-temporal dynamics of speleothem growth and glaciation in the British Isles, Panitz, S., Rogerson, M., Longman, J., Scroxton, N., Lawson, T., Atkinson, T., Ersek, V., Baldini, J., Baldini, L., Umbo, S., Lone, M., Henderson, G., Breitenbach, S. 29 Jan 2025, In: Climate of the Past
Environmental and climatic significance of the Pliocene-Pleistocene calcretes in North Africa, Jarraya, F., Rogerson, M., Kallel, N., Mauz, B., Elmejdoub, N., Sghari, A. 1 Sep 2024, In: Catena
Ikaite formation in streams affected by steel waste leachate: first report and potential impact on contaminant dynamics, Bastianini, L., Rogerson, M., Brasier, A., Prior, T., Hardman, K., Dempsey, E., Bird, A., Mayes, W. 20 Jan 2024, In: Chemical Geology
Understanding the moisture source of orbitally controlled changes in northern Sahara rainfall: a multi-proxy speleothem approach, Lone, M., Rogerson, M., Hoffmann, D., Luetscher, M., Spötl, C., Mansoura, M., Kallel, N., Elmejdoub, N., Dublyanski, Y. 11 Mar 2024, EGU General Assembly 2024
Effects of salinity, organic acids and alkalinity on the growth of calcite spherulites: Implications for evaporitic lacustrine sedimentation, Mercedes‐Martín, R., Rao, A., Rogerson, M., Sánchez‐Román, M. 1 Feb 2022, In: The Depositional Record
Interaction of temperature, salinity and extracellular polymeric substances controls trace element incorporation into tufa calcite, Rogerson, M., Pedley, H., Greenway, G., Wadhawan, J. 1 Feb 2022, In: The Depositional Record
Non‐marine carbonate: wherefore art thou?, Capezzuoli, E., Della Porta, G., Rogerson, M., Tagliasacchi, E. 1 Feb 2022, In: The Depositional Record
Precipitation of carbonate minerals in travertine-depositing hot springs: Driving forces, microenvironments, and mechanisms, Luo, L., Capezzuoli, E., Rogerson, M., Vaselli, O., Wen, H., Lu, Z. 1 Aug 2022, In: Sedimentary Geology
The geomorphological distribution of subaqueous tufa columns within a hypersaline lake: Mono Lake, USA, Keevil, C., Rogerson, M., Parsons, D., Mercedes-Martin, R., Brasier, A., Reijmer, J., Matthews, A. 30 Jun 2022, In: Journal of Sedimentary Research