Bo Elberling
Professional Address: Institute of Geography, University of Copenhagen, Øster Voldgade 10, DK-1350 Copenhagen K, Tel: +45 35322500, Fax: +45 35322501
E-mail: Be@geogr.ku.dk
Occupation: Professor at Institute of Geography, University of Copenhagen (IGUC)
University degrees: 2005: Dr. Scient. in environmental biogeochemistry, University of Copenhagen, Denmark); 1996: PhD in biogeochemistry (Institute of Geology, University of Aarhus, Denmark); 1993: MSc in hydrogeology (Institute of Geology, University of Aarhus, Denmark)
Employment record:
2005- Full professorship, Institute of Geography, University of Copenhagen
2002-2005 Associated professor, Institute of Geography, University of Copenhagen
2001-2005 External associated professor, Institute of Geology, Aarhus University
2000-2002 Associated research prof., Institute of Geography, University of Copenhagen
1997-2000 Assistant research prof., Institute of Geography, University of Copenhagen
1997 Research scientist (University of Waterloo, Canada, 3 months)
Recent, selected scientific projects and activities:
2001-2004 Carbon pools and turnover in relation to land use in grassland in Africa: Northern Senegal and Tanzania (Danish International Development Agency)
2000-2003 Quantification and modelling of gas behaviour and weathering processes in the unsaturated zone (Danish Natural Science Research Council)
1999-2002 Environmental controls on sulphide oxidation and heavy metal transport and accumulation in Arctic ecosystems (DANCEA, Environmental Department, Ministry of Environment and Energy, Denmark)
1996-1999 Chemical fluxes in frozen soil (MIKA, Environmental Department, Ministry of Environment and Energy, Denmark)
1996-1999 Soil solution chemistry and soil weathering in Arctic soils at Zackenberg, NE-Greenland (co-operation project with University of Washington, USA)
1997-1999 Soil acidification and pH-measurements of soil solution (Greenland)
1997-1999 Chemical fluxes in mine tailings deposited in Arctic Canada (co-operation project with University of Waterloo, Canada)
1996-1997 Natural oxidation of sulphide minerals within gossans located in High Arctic Greenland (Danish Natural Science Research Council)
Current research areas:
Biogeochemistry, soil sciences and environmental impact and modelling:
My research has been focused on the controls and environmental impacts resulting from oxidation processes in the vadose zone, including sulphide oxidation and chemical fluxes in frozen soils, heavy metal release and mobilization and decomposition of organic matter in natural ecosystems. Research includes gas transport processes of reactive gas species in the vadose zone with a focus on simulating interacting water and gas transport processes with weathering processes at site to landscape scales.
Current teaching areas:
Soil Science and environmental issues
Selected, reviewed publications since 2001
Gregorich, E.G., Hopkins, D.W., Elberling, B., Novis, P., Greenfield, L.G., Sparrow, A.D., Rochette, P. (2006). Emission of CO2, CH4 and N2O from lakeshore soils in an Antarctic dry valley. Biology and Biochemistry (in press).
Elberling, B., Gregorich, E.G., Hopkins, D.W., Sparrow, A.D., Novis, P. & Greenfield, L.G., (2006). Distribution and dynamics of soil organic matter in an Antarctic dry valley. Biology and Biochemistry (in press).
Hopkins, D.W., Sparrow, A.D., Elberling, B., Gregorich, E.G., Novis, P., Greenfield, L.G., Tilston, E.L. (2006). Carbon, nitrogen and temperature controls on microbial activity in soils from an Antarctic dry valley. Biology and Biochemistry (in press).
Nielsen, A., Murray, A.S., Pejrup, M. & Elberling, B. (2006). Optically stimulated luminescence dating of a Holocene beach ridge plain in Northern Jutland, Denmark. Quaternary Geochronology (in press).
Elberling, B & Matthiese H. (2006) Methodological controlled variations in laboratory and field pH measurements in various Danish soils – with a focus on waterlogged soils. European Journal of Soil Science (in press).
Jensen, L.A., Schmidt, L.B., Hollesen, J. & Elberling, B. (2006) Accumulation of soil organic C linked to Holocene sea level changes in West Greenland. Arctic, Antarctic and Alpine Research (in press).
Bruun, T. B. Mertz, O. & Elberling, B. (2005) Linking effects of fallow length on soil organic C, plant-available nutrients and yields of upland rice in shifting cultivation. Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment 113, 139-149.
Humlum, O., Elberling, B., Hormes, A., Fjordheim, K., Hansen, O.H. & Heinemeier, J. (2005) Late-Holocene glacier growth in Svalbard, documented by subglacial relict vegetation and living soil microbes. Holocene 15, 396-407.
Elberling, B. & Ladegaard-Pedersen, P. (2005) Subsurface CO2 dynamics in temperate beech and spruce forest stands. Biogeochemistry 75, 479-506.
Ladegaard-Pedersen, P., Elberling, B. & Vesterdal, L. (2005) Soil carbon stocks, mineralization rates, and CO2 effluxes under 10 tree species on contrastong soil types. Canadian Journal of Forest Research 35, 1277-1284.
Behrensdorff, C., Elberling, B. & Krogh L. (2005) Aluminium release from acidic forest soil following deforestation and maize cultivation in Ghana, West Africa. West African Journal of Applied Ecology 8, 99-114.
Elberling, B. (2005) Temperature and oxygen control on pyrite oxidation in frozen mine tailings. Cold Regions Science and Technology 41, 121-133.
Elberling, B., Jakobsen, B.H., Berg, P., Søndergaard, J. & Sigsgaard, C. (2004) Influence of vegetation and water content on soil carbon distribution and mineralization in four High Arctic soils. Arctic, Antarctic and Alpine Research 36(4), 509-519.
Søgaard, H., Sørensen, L., Rysgaard, S., Grøndahl, L., Elberling, B., Friborg, T., Larsen, S.E. & Bendtsen, J. (2004) High Artic carbon sink identification – a systems approach. Global Change NewsLetter 59, 11-14.
Elberling, B. (2004) Disposal of mine tailings in continuous permafrost areas: environmental aspects and future control strategies. In: Cryosols. Permafrost-affected soils. (Ed. J.M. Kimble), 677-698. Springer-Verlag, Berlin.
Elberling, B., Fensholt, R., Larsen, L., Petersen, A-I.S. & Sandholt, I. (2003) Water content and land use history controlling soil CO2 respiration and carbon stock in savannah soil and groundnut fields in semi-arid Senegal. Danish Journal of Geography 103, 47-56.
Elberling, B., Touré, A. & Rasmussen, K. (2003) Changes in soil organic matter following groundnut-millet cropping at three locations in semi-arid Senegal, West Africa. Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment 96, 37-47.
Elberling, B. (2003) Seasonal trends of soil CO2 dynamics in a soil subject to freezing.
Journal of Hydrology 276, 159-175.
Elberling, B., Zunic, T.B. & Edsberg, A. (2003) Spatial variations and controls of acid mine drainage generation. Environmental Geology 43, 806-813.
Elberling, B., Knudsen, K.L., Kristensen, P.H. & Asmund, G. (2003) Applying foraminiferal stratigraphy as a biomarker for heavy metal contamination and mining impact in a fiord in West Greenland. Marine Environmental Research 55(3), 235-256.
Elberling, B. & Brandt, K.K. (2003) Uncoupling of microbial CO2 production and CO2 release in frozen soil and its implications for field studies of arctic C cycling. Soil Biology and Biochemistry 35, 263-272.
Breuning-Madsen, H., Holst, M.K., Rasmussen, M. & Elberling, B. (2003) The preservation of human bodies in Burial Mounds from the South Scandinavian Early Bronze Age. Journal of Archaelogical Science 30, 343-350.
Elberling, B., Asmund G., Kunzendorf, H. & Krogstad, E.J. (2002) Geochemical trends in metal-contaminated fiord sediments near a former lead-zinc mine in West Greenland. Applied Geochemistry 17(4), 493-502.
Christiansen, H.H., Bennike, O., Böcher, J., Elberling, B., Humlum, O. & Jakobsen, B.H. (2002) Holocene environmental reconstruction from deltaic deposits in northeast Greenland. Journal of Quaternary Science 17, 145-160.
Elberling, B. (2001) Control Strategies for acid mine drainage in Arctic regions. In: Mining in the Arctic (eds. H.K.Olsen, L. Lorentzen & O. Rendal), 37-48. A.A. Balkema Publishers, The Netherlands.
Elberling, B., Asmund, G., Balic-Zunic, T., Rohwerder, T. & Sand, W. (2001) Reactivity of covered uldific waste near Maarmorilik in West Greenland. In: Mining in the Arctic (eds. Olsen .K., orentzen, L & Rendal, O) A.A. Balkema Publishers, The Netherlands, 11-16.
Elberling, B. & Damgaard, L.R. (2001) Micro-scale measurements of oxygen diffusion and consumption in subaqueous sulfide tailings. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 65(12), 1897-1905.
Kyhn, C. & Elberling, B. (2001) Frozen cover strategies for preventing acid mine drainage from sulfidic tailings deposited on land in Arctic Canada. Cold Regions Science and Technology 32(2-3), 133-142.
Elberling, B. (2001) Environmental controls of the seasonal variations in oxygen uptake in sulfidic tailings deposited in a permafrost-affected area. Water Resources Research 37(1), 99-107.
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