Welcome to Gloscape

Spheroidal carbonaceous particles (SCPs) are a component of fly-ash, the particulate by-product of high-temperature, industrial coal and fuel-oil combustion. As a consequence, SCPs are produced in extraordinarily high numbers. They are emitted to, and transported through, the atmosphere and then deposited to terrestrial and aquatic surfaces where they are stored in a wide range of natural archives from lake and marine sediments to soils, ice and even within coral skeletons.

 

Over the last few decades, SCP research at University College London has resulted in the analysis of over 740 archives from more than 570 locations around the world. The aim of Gloscape is to highlight this research, and to promote the use of SCPs in environmental change studies and as a global stratigraphic marker. For further information on Gloscape, please contact Prof Neil Rose (n.rose@ucl.ac.uk)

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