Asfawossen Asrat
Dr. Asfawossen AsratDept. of Earth Sciences
Addis Ababa University
P.O. Box 1176
Addis Ababa
Ethiopia
Phone: +251 911 407 553
Fax: +251 11 1239 462
E-mail: asfawossen.asrat(at)aau.edu.et
URL Institution: www.aau.edu.et/index.php/earth-sciences
Additional functions:
Vice President of Geological Society of Africa (2008-2012)
Key Publications of Asfawossen Asrat (up to ten) :
Asrat, A., Baker, A., Leng, M., Gunn, J., Umer, M. (2008) Environmental Monitoring in the Mechara caves, Southeastern Ethiopia: Implications for Speleothem Palaeoclimate Studies. International Journal of Speleology, 37: 207-220.
Asrat, A., Baker, A. (2008) Precipitation records of the last century reconstructed from annual growth rate parameters of two Ethiopian stalagmites. PAGES, 16: 22-24.
Asrat, A., Baker, A., Umer, M., Moss. J., Leng, M., Van Calstren, P., Smith, C. (2007) A high-resolution multi-proxy stalagmite record from Mechara, Southeastern Ethiopia: Paleohydrological implications for speleothem paleoclimate reconstruction. Journal of Quaternary Science 22, 53-63.
Baker, A., Asrat, A., Fairchild, I. J., Leng, M. J., Wynn, P. M., Bryant, C., Genty, D., Umer, M. (2007) Analysis of the climate signal contained within ƒÔ18O and growth rate parameters in two Ethiopian stalagmites. Geochimicha Cosmochimica Acta, 71: 2975-2988.
Blyth, A.J., Asrat, A., Baker, A., Gulliver, P., Leng, M.J., Genty, D. (2007) A new approach to detecting vegetation and land use change using high-resolution lipid biomarker records in stalagmites. Quaternary Research, 68: 314-324.
Expertise of Asfawossen Asrat:
| Expertise Category | Specific Expertise |
|---|---|
| Expert Type | Scientific / Fundamental Research |
| Topic Atmosphere | Climate |
| Topic Hydrosphere | Precipitation / Runoff |
| Topic Pedosphere | Geology / Sediments |
| Topic Lithosphere | Geochemical Processes |
| Tectonics | |
| Topic Integrated Systems | Hydrogeochemical Cycle |
| Topic Economy/ResourceUse | Tourism |
| Water | |
| Land Cover / Land Use / Landscape | |
| Time Frame | Past |
| Past: Historical / Archeological | |
| Recent / Today | |
| Future | |
| Statistical Focus | Extreme Events |
| Mean Change / Trends | |
| Variability | |
| Time Scale | Seasonal / Annual |
| Decadal / Centennial | |
| Millenial | |
| 100 kyr | |
| Methods | Data Collection |
| Data Analysis | |
| Modeling | |
| Mountain Research Initiative | Long-term monitoring and analysis of indicators of environmental change in mount |
Specialties of Asfawossen Asrat:
Isotope Geochemistry; Speleothem Paleoclimatology; hydrogeochemistry, Karst hydrogeology and geomorphology
Last update: 12/4/17
Source of data: ProClim- Research InfoSystem (1993-2024)
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