Abi Stone
@abistone.bsky.social
Reader Physical #Geography | #Quaternary #Drylands | #Geoarchaeology | #Luminescence | #USeries | #Hydrogeology | #cyclist | #swimmer |🏳️🌈 | (she/her)
🌐 https://research.manchester.ac.uk/en/persons/abi.stone
PANS & RivER project https://shorturl.at/p2iNi
🌐 https://research.manchester.ac.uk/en/persons/abi.stone
PANS & RivER project https://shorturl.at/p2iNi
September 19, 2025 at 9:17 AM
The day before the #UKLum25 conference @standrewssgsd.bsky.social we had a fabulous day working with a fleet of #portableluminescencereaders
August 21, 2025 at 9:57 AM
The day before the #UKLum25 conference @standrewssgsd.bsky.social we had a fabulous day working with a fleet of #portableluminescencereaders
I’m looking forward to the #luminescence community catch-up next week at the conference in St Andrews, and the opportunity talk about the work Shashank is leading on establishing the timing of dune accumulation in the western part of the Thar Desert.
#UKLum2025
@uomseed.bsky.social
#UKLum2025
@uomseed.bsky.social
August 13, 2025 at 12:12 PM
I’m looking forward to the #luminescence community catch-up next week at the conference in St Andrews, and the opportunity talk about the work Shashank is leading on establishing the timing of dune accumulation in the western part of the Thar Desert.
#UKLum2025
@uomseed.bsky.social
#UKLum2025
@uomseed.bsky.social
A cold dip and mini rainbows in the sky on holiday in Germany…
August 10, 2025 at 8:09 PM
A cold dip and mini rainbows in the sky on holiday in Germany…
🚨 New paper landing soon.
An invited review for Cambridge Prisms: Drylands (www.cambridge.org/core/journal...) about #Quaternary #dryland dynamics. Some areas of emerging consensus, plus remaining contradictions. A short review (<5,000 words): selective not exhaustive
An invited review for Cambridge Prisms: Drylands (www.cambridge.org/core/journal...) about #Quaternary #dryland dynamics. Some areas of emerging consensus, plus remaining contradictions. A short review (<5,000 words): selective not exhaustive
July 28, 2025 at 4:27 PM
🚨 New paper landing soon.
An invited review for Cambridge Prisms: Drylands (www.cambridge.org/core/journal...) about #Quaternary #dryland dynamics. Some areas of emerging consensus, plus remaining contradictions. A short review (<5,000 words): selective not exhaustive
An invited review for Cambridge Prisms: Drylands (www.cambridge.org/core/journal...) about #Quaternary #dryland dynamics. Some areas of emerging consensus, plus remaining contradictions. A short review (<5,000 words): selective not exhaustive
And in the afternoon in session 28 #SAfA2025 from Selina Amaral, @matzearch.bsky.social, our work from @pans-river-namib.bsky.social & Heinrich Kurt
#archaeology
#openair
#surfacesites
#lithics
#kalahari
#namib
#MSA
#ESA
#archaeology
#openair
#surfacesites
#lithics
#kalahari
#namib
#MSA
#ESA
July 23, 2025 at 8:49 AM
And in the afternoon in session 28 #SAfA2025 from Selina Amaral, @matzearch.bsky.social, our work from @pans-river-namib.bsky.social & Heinrich Kurt
#archaeology
#openair
#surfacesites
#lithics
#kalahari
#namib
#MSA
#ESA
#archaeology
#openair
#surfacesites
#lithics
#kalahari
#namib
#MSA
#ESA
A fascinating morning so far in session 28 #SAfA2025 hearing about the Kgalagadi District: survey, luminescence dating, duricrust formation & lithics from @khoproject.bsky.social members @isotopesrule.bsky.social @taylorgrandfield.bsky.social Inez Faul & Rowena Winterhalder
#lithics
#archaeology
#lithics
#archaeology
July 22, 2025 at 11:14 AM
A fascinating morning so far in session 28 #SAfA2025 hearing about the Kgalagadi District: survey, luminescence dating, duricrust formation & lithics from @khoproject.bsky.social members @isotopesrule.bsky.social @taylorgrandfield.bsky.social Inez Faul & Rowena Winterhalder
#lithics
#archaeology
#lithics
#archaeology
Really looking forward to heading to my first Society of African Archaeologists conference next week, talking about our group’s research out in the Namib Sand Seaz
#SANDS
#PANS
#archaeology
#safaconference2025
#lithics
#NamibSandSea
#EarlierStoneAge
#MiddleStoneAge
#SANDS
#PANS
#archaeology
#safaconference2025
#lithics
#NamibSandSea
#EarlierStoneAge
#MiddleStoneAge
July 18, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Really looking forward to heading to my first Society of African Archaeologists conference next week, talking about our group’s research out in the Namib Sand Seaz
#SANDS
#PANS
#archaeology
#safaconference2025
#lithics
#NamibSandSea
#EarlierStoneAge
#MiddleStoneAge
#SANDS
#PANS
#archaeology
#safaconference2025
#lithics
#NamibSandSea
#EarlierStoneAge
#MiddleStoneAge
The annual fieldclass begins…
@uomseed.bsky.social
@uomseed.bsky.social
April 7, 2025 at 1:57 PM
The annual fieldclass begins…
@uomseed.bsky.social
@uomseed.bsky.social
I’ll be talking dynamic landscapes in this afternoon’s Research Storytelling event the School of Environment Education & Development…
Or is that ‘dynamic research teams’?!
With thanks to Team NS 90 degrees for the aerial photo & to Dom Stratford for demonstrating the power of the wind in photo 2
Or is that ‘dynamic research teams’?!
With thanks to Team NS 90 degrees for the aerial photo & to Dom Stratford for demonstrating the power of the wind in photo 2
December 18, 2024 at 11:49 AM
I’ll be talking dynamic landscapes in this afternoon’s Research Storytelling event the School of Environment Education & Development…
Or is that ‘dynamic research teams’?!
With thanks to Team NS 90 degrees for the aerial photo & to Dom Stratford for demonstrating the power of the wind in photo 2
Or is that ‘dynamic research teams’?!
With thanks to Team NS 90 degrees for the aerial photo & to Dom Stratford for demonstrating the power of the wind in photo 2
Looking forward to this afternoon’s #archaeological science talks at University of Manchester
December 11, 2024 at 1:02 PM
Looking forward to this afternoon’s #archaeological science talks at University of Manchester
Looking forward to taking part in some #research #storytelling in a couple of weeks 📚 🏜️ here at #SEED at #UniversityofManchester
December 4, 2024 at 2:39 PM
Looking forward to taking part in some #research #storytelling in a couple of weeks 📚 🏜️ here at #SEED at #UniversityofManchester
Results just in…
The Formby sand glows a bit… Did you spot the 1980s crisp packet in the photos in post above? (We know some of the landscape is quite young)
And Ben’s bleaching my experiment depleted the 45,000 year old Kalahari dune sample by about half…
The Formby sand glows a bit… Did you spot the 1980s crisp packet in the photos in post above? (We know some of the landscape is quite young)
And Ben’s bleaching my experiment depleted the 45,000 year old Kalahari dune sample by about half…
November 26, 2024 at 12:28 PM
Results just in…
The Formby sand glows a bit… Did you spot the 1980s crisp packet in the photos in post above? (We know some of the landscape is quite young)
And Ben’s bleaching my experiment depleted the 45,000 year old Kalahari dune sample by about half…
The Formby sand glows a bit… Did you spot the 1980s crisp packet in the photos in post above? (We know some of the landscape is quite young)
And Ben’s bleaching my experiment depleted the 45,000 year old Kalahari dune sample by about half…
#Dryland environments BSc students here in the Geography Department at University of Manchester sampled some beach dunes (dryland analogue) earlier this semester, and today made these sands glow in the dark to start to explore how long the sand might have been buried in the dune… #luminescencedating
November 26, 2024 at 11:50 AM
#Dryland environments BSc students here in the Geography Department at University of Manchester sampled some beach dunes (dryland analogue) earlier this semester, and today made these sands glow in the dark to start to explore how long the sand might have been buried in the dune… #luminescencedating
A frosty start, heading to talk about warmer places in Oxford Geography’s Landscape Dynamics Seminar Series
We’re starting to explore hominin routes into vleis (or pans) in the Namib Sand Sea
Looking forward to catch ups & some trips down DPhil memory lane…
www.geog.ox.ac.uk/research/lan...
We’re starting to explore hominin routes into vleis (or pans) in the Namib Sand Sea
Looking forward to catch ups & some trips down DPhil memory lane…
www.geog.ox.ac.uk/research/lan...
November 21, 2024 at 7:57 AM
A frosty start, heading to talk about warmer places in Oxford Geography’s Landscape Dynamics Seminar Series
We’re starting to explore hominin routes into vleis (or pans) in the Namib Sand Sea
Looking forward to catch ups & some trips down DPhil memory lane…
www.geog.ox.ac.uk/research/lan...
We’re starting to explore hominin routes into vleis (or pans) in the Namib Sand Sea
Looking forward to catch ups & some trips down DPhil memory lane…
www.geog.ox.ac.uk/research/lan...
Mildy mushy Manchester morning
November 19, 2024 at 8:48 AM
Mildy mushy Manchester morning
Thinking of heading to #Pages2025 7th Open Science Meeting, Shanghai? Have an interest in all things windy? 💨
Session 17 might be the one for you
Abstract deadline is approaching Dec 1st, 2024
www.pages2025.org.cn/Data/List/Se...
#aeolian #eolian #drylands #landscape #geomorphology #Quaternary
Session 17 might be the one for you
Abstract deadline is approaching Dec 1st, 2024
www.pages2025.org.cn/Data/List/Se...
#aeolian #eolian #drylands #landscape #geomorphology #Quaternary
November 18, 2024 at 9:06 AM
Thinking of heading to #Pages2025 7th Open Science Meeting, Shanghai? Have an interest in all things windy? 💨
Session 17 might be the one for you
Abstract deadline is approaching Dec 1st, 2024
www.pages2025.org.cn/Data/List/Se...
#aeolian #eolian #drylands #landscape #geomorphology #Quaternary
Session 17 might be the one for you
Abstract deadline is approaching Dec 1st, 2024
www.pages2025.org.cn/Data/List/Se...
#aeolian #eolian #drylands #landscape #geomorphology #Quaternary
Looking forward to heading to the UK #luminescence & ESR conference to talk about the team’s work out in the Namib Sand Sea
September 9, 2024 at 10:55 PM
Looking forward to heading to the UK #luminescence & ESR conference to talk about the team’s work out in the Namib Sand Sea
I’m looking forward to the annual “Windy Day” conference/meeting tomorrow in Liverpool
June 6, 2024 at 5:10 PM
I’m looking forward to the annual “Windy Day” conference/meeting tomorrow in Liverpool
If you like a bit of Stone Age lithic archaeology sitting on the surface of your deserts, go & read of our current paper in Quaternary Science Advances!
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
The 2022 fieldwork coupled with revisiting a sample from 2007 PhD fieldwork for luminescence dating… [1/n]
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
The 2022 fieldwork coupled with revisiting a sample from 2007 PhD fieldwork for luminescence dating… [1/n]
May 10, 2024 at 11:29 AM
If you like a bit of Stone Age lithic archaeology sitting on the surface of your deserts, go & read of our current paper in Quaternary Science Advances!
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
The 2022 fieldwork coupled with revisiting a sample from 2007 PhD fieldwork for luminescence dating… [1/n]
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
The 2022 fieldwork coupled with revisiting a sample from 2007 PhD fieldwork for luminescence dating… [1/n]
Wonderful to host you Christine & catch up!
The QRA ADM is a wonderful start to the calendar year.
Thank you @mudswoman.bsky.social & Will for leading our joint-institution hosted conference. It’s been brilliant & looking forward to the field trip tomorrow 😁
The QRA ADM is a wonderful start to the calendar year.
Thank you @mudswoman.bsky.social & Will for leading our joint-institution hosted conference. It’s been brilliant & looking forward to the field trip tomorrow 😁
January 6, 2024 at 7:33 PM
Wonderful to host you Christine & catch up!
The QRA ADM is a wonderful start to the calendar year.
Thank you @mudswoman.bsky.social & Will for leading our joint-institution hosted conference. It’s been brilliant & looking forward to the field trip tomorrow 😁
The QRA ADM is a wonderful start to the calendar year.
Thank you @mudswoman.bsky.social & Will for leading our joint-institution hosted conference. It’s been brilliant & looking forward to the field trip tomorrow 😁
Exciting work underway in Green2Ice project: using both luminescence dating and cosmogenic dating for the silty ice at the base of Greenland Ice Cores. Explained by Dorthe Dahl-Jensen in her Wiley Lecture #QRA24 @quaternaryra.bsky.social
January 4, 2024 at 5:39 PM
Exciting work underway in Green2Ice project: using both luminescence dating and cosmogenic dating for the silty ice at the base of Greenland Ice Cores. Explained by Dorthe Dahl-Jensen in her Wiley Lecture #QRA24 @quaternaryra.bsky.social
Some glowing sand to start 2024, we ask:
Can low-fi POSL-based age estimates help us increase spatial coverage & improve spatial + vertical sampling resolution for reconstructing dune dynamics?
sites.google.com/view/qra2024 "Changing Resolutions in Quaternary Science"
@quaternaryra.bsky.social
Can low-fi POSL-based age estimates help us increase spatial coverage & improve spatial + vertical sampling resolution for reconstructing dune dynamics?
sites.google.com/view/qra2024 "Changing Resolutions in Quaternary Science"
@quaternaryra.bsky.social
January 2, 2024 at 9:15 PM
Some glowing sand to start 2024, we ask:
Can low-fi POSL-based age estimates help us increase spatial coverage & improve spatial + vertical sampling resolution for reconstructing dune dynamics?
sites.google.com/view/qra2024 "Changing Resolutions in Quaternary Science"
@quaternaryra.bsky.social
Can low-fi POSL-based age estimates help us increase spatial coverage & improve spatial + vertical sampling resolution for reconstructing dune dynamics?
sites.google.com/view/qra2024 "Changing Resolutions in Quaternary Science"
@quaternaryra.bsky.social
A refreshing start to 2024 with Mama Stone
January 1, 2024 at 6:54 PM
A refreshing start to 2024 with Mama Stone