Fontorbe, G., Frings, P. J., De La Rocha, C. L., Hendry, K. R., and Conley, D. J., 2020, Constraints on Earth system functioning at the Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum from the marine silicon cycle: Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology, v. n/a, p. e2020PA003873. DOI: 10.1029/2020pa003873 PDF
Frings, P. J., 2019, Palaeoweathering: How Do Weathering Rates Vary with Climate?: Elements, v. 15, p. 259-265. DOI: 10.2138/gselements.15.4.259
Frings, P. J., and Buss, H. L., 2019, The Central Role of Weathering in the Geosciences: Elements, v. 15, p. 229-234. DOI: 10.2138/gselements.15.4.229
Deng, K., Yang, S., Bi, L., Chang, Y.-P., Su, N., Frings, P., and Xie, X., 2019, Small dynamic mountainous rivers in Taiwan exhibit large sedimentary geochemical and provenance heterogeneity over multi-spatial scales: Earth and Planetary Science Letters, v. 505, p. 96-109. DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2018.10.012
Nantke, C. K. M., Frings, P. J., Stadmark, J., Czymzik, M., and Conley, D. J., 2019, Si cycling in transition zones: a study of Si isotopes and biogenic silica accumulation in the Chesapeake Bay through the Holocene: Biogeochemistry, v. 146, p. 145-170. DOI: 10.1007/s10533-019-00613-1 PDF
Schoelynck, J., Subalusky, A. L., Struyf, E., Dutton, C. L., Unzué-Belmonte, D., Van de Vijver, B., Post, D. M., Rosi, E. J., Meire, P., and Frings, P., 2019, Hippos (Hippopotamus amphibius): The animal silicon pump: Science Advances, v. 5, p. eaav0395. DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.aav0395
Pokharel, R., Gerrits, R., Schuessler, J. A., Frings, P. J., Sobotka, R., Gorbushina, A. A., and von Blanckenburg, F., 2018, Magnesium stable isotope fractionation on a cellular level explored by cyanobacteria and black fungi with implications for higher plants: Environmental Science & Technology, v. 52, p. 12216-12224. DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.8b02238
Sutton, J.N., André, L., Cardinal, D., Conley, D.J., de Souza, G.F., Dean, J., Dodd, J., Ehlert, C., Ellwood, M.J., Frings, P.J., Grasse, P., Hendry, K., Leng, M.J., Michalopoulos, P., Panizzo, V.N., Swann, G.E.A., 2018. A Review of the Stable Isotope Bio-geochemistry of the Global Silicon Cycle and Its Associated Trace Elements. Frontiers in Earth Science 5., 112. DOI: 10.3389/feart.2017.00112 PDF
Alvarez, B., Frings, P.J., Clymans, W., Fontorbe, G., Conley, D., 2017. Assessing the potential of sponges (Porifera) as indicators of ocean dissolved Si concentrations. Frontiers in Marine Science 4. DOI: 10.3389/fmars.2017.00373 PDF
Conley, D.J., Frings, P.J., Fontorbe, G., Clymans, W., Stadmark, J., Hendry, K.R., Marron, A.O., De La Rocha, C.L., 2017. Biosilicification drives a decline of dissolved Si in the oceans through geologic time. Frontiers in Marine Science 4, 397. DOI: 10.3389/fmars.2017.00397 PDF
Fontorbe, G., Frings, P.J., De La Rocha, C.L., Hendry, K.R., Carstensen, J., Conley, D.J., 2017. Enrichment of dissolved silica in the deep Equatorial Pacific during the Eocene‐Oligocene. Paleoceanography 32, 848-863. DOI: 10.1002/2017PA003090 PDF
Frings, P., 2017. Revisiting the dissolution of biogenic Si in marine sediments: a key term in the ocean Si budget. Acta Geochimica, 1-4. DOI: 10.1007/s11631-017-0183-1 PDF
Mosimane, K., Struyf, E., Gondwe, M.J., Frings, P., van Pelt, D., Wolski, P., Schoelynck, J., Schaller, J., Conley, D.J., Murray-Hudson, M., 2017. Variability in chemistry of surface and soil waters of an evapotranspiration-dominated flood-pulsed wetland: solute processing in the Okavango Delta, Botswana. Water SA 43, 104-115. DOI: 10.4314/wsa.v43i1.13
Schoelynck, J., Schaller, J., Murray-Hudson, M., Frings, P.J., Conley, D.J., van Pelt, D., Mosimane, K., Gondwe, M., Wolski, P., Meire, P., 2017. The trapping of organic matter within plant patches in the channels of the Okavango Delta: A matter of quality. Aquatic Sciences 79, 661-674. DOI: 10.1007/s00027-017-0527-2
Pogge von Strandmann, P.A., Frings, P.J., Murphy, M.J., 2017. Lithium isotope behaviour during weathering in the Ganges Alluvial Plain. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 198, 17-31. DOI: 10.1016/j.gca.2016.11.017
Clymans, W., Conley, D.J., Battles, J.J., Frings, P.J., Koppers, M.M., Likens, G.E., Johnson, C.E., 2016. Silica uptake and release in live and decaying biomass in a northern hardwood forest. Ecology 97, 3044-3057. DOI: 10.1002/ecy.1542 PDF
Fontorbe, G., Frings, P.J., Christina, L., Hendry, K.R., Conley, D.J., 2016. A silicon depleted North Atlantic since the Palaeogene: Evidence from sponge and radiolarian silicon isotopes. Earth and Planetary Science Letters 453, 67-77. DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2016.08.006 PDF
Frings, P.J., Clymans, W., Fontorbe, G., De La Rocha, C.L., Conley, D.J., 2016. The continental Si cycle and its impact on the ocean Si isotope budget. Chemical Geology 425, 12-36. DOI: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2016.01.020 PDF
Schaller, J., Schoelynck, J., Murray-Hudson, M., Frings, P.J., van Pelt, D., Hegewald, T., Mosimane, K., Gondwe, M., Wolski, P., Meire, P., 2016. Input, behaviour and distribution of multiple elements in abiotic matrices along a transect within the Okavango Delta, northern Botswana. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment 188, 682. DOI: 10.1007/s10661-016-5696-2
Barao, L., Vandevenne, F., Clymans, W., Frings, P., Ragueneau, O., Meire, P., Conley, D.J., Struyf, E., 2015. Alkaline‐extractable silicon from land to ocean: a challenge for biogenic silicon determination. Limnology and Oceanography: Methods 13, 329-344. DOI: 10.1002/lom3.10028 PDF
Chi Fru, E., Ivarsson, M., Kilias, S., Frings, P.J., Hemmingsson, C., Broman, C., Bengtson, S., Chatzitheodoridis, E., 2015. Biogenicity of an early Quaternary iron formation, Milos Island, Greece. Geobiology 13, 225-244. DOI: 10.1111/gbi.12128
Frings, P.J., Clymans, W., Fontorbe, G., Gray, W., Chakrapani, G.J., Conley, D.J., De La Rocha, C., 2015. Silicate weathering in the Ganges alluvial plain. Earth and Planetary Science Letters 427, 136-148. DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2015.06.049 PDF
Heathcote, A.J., Hobbs, J.M.R., Anderson, N.J., Frings, P., Engstrom, D.R., Downing, J.A., 2015. Diatom floristic change and lake paleoproduction as evidence of recent eutrophication in shallow lakes of the midwestern USA. Journal of Paleolimnology 53, 17-34. DOI: 10.1007/s10933-014-9804-4
Struyf, E., Mosimane, K., Van Pelt, D., Murray-Hudson, M., Meire, P., Frings, P., Wolski, P., Schaller, J., Gondwe, M.J., Schoelynck, J., 2015. The role of vegetation in the Okavango Delta silica sink. Wetlands 35, 171-181. DOI:
Frings, P.J., Clymans, W., Conley, D.J., 2014a. Amorphous silica transport in the Ganges basin: Implications for Si delivery to the oceans. Procedia Earth and Planetary Science 10, 271-274. DOI:
Frings, P.J., Clymans, W., Jeppesen, E., Lauridsen, T.L., Struyf, E., Conley, D.J., 2014b. Lack of steady-state in the global biogeochemical Si cycle: emerging evidence from lake Si sequestration. Biogeochemistry 117, 255-277. DOI:
Frings, P.J., De La Rocha, C., Struyf, E., Van Pelt, D., Schoelynck, J., Hudson, M.M., Gondwe, M.J., Wolski, P., Mosimane, K., Gray, W., 2014c. Tracing silicon cycling in the Okavango Delta, a sub-tropical flood-pulse wetland using silicon isotopes. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 142, 132-148. DOI:
Harrison, J.A., Frings, P.J., Beusen, A.H., Conley, D.J., McCrackin, M.L., 2012. Global importance, patterns, and controls of dissolved silica retention in lakes and reservoirs. Global Biogeochemical Cycles 26. DOI:
Sayer, C.D., Bennion, H., Davidson, T.A., Burgess, A., Clarke, G., Hoare, D., Frings, P., Hatton‐Ellis, T., 2012. The application of palaeolimnology to evidence‐based lake management and conservation: examples from UK lakes. Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems 22, 165-180. DOI:
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