Adriana Dutkiewicz is an Australian

sedimentologist Sedimentology encompasses the study of modern sediments such as sand, silt, and clay, and the processes that result in their formation (erosion and weathering), transport, deposition and diagenesis. Sedimentologists apply their understanding of mo ...

at the

University of Sydney The University of Sydney (USYD), also known as Sydney University, or informally Sydney Uni, is a public research university located in Sydney, Australia. Founded in 1850, it is the oldest university in Australia and is one of the country's si ...

. She was awarded the Dorothy Hill award in 2006 and is an ARC Future Fellow.

Career

Dutkiewicz's research is focussed on sedimentology, and covers a suite of rocks and sediments ranging in age from Archaean to

Quaternary The Quaternary ( ) is the current and most recent of the three periods of the Cenozoic Era in the geologic time scale of the International Commission on Stratigraphy (ICS). It follows the Neogene Period and spans from 2.58 million years ...

. Her research is multi-disciplinary and focusses on global carbon cycles, combining traditional sedimentology with more recent technologies. Dutkiewicz has conducted research in early

Precambrian The Precambrian (or Pre-Cambrian, sometimes abbreviated pꞒ, or Cryptozoic) is the earliest part of Earth's history, set before the current Phanerozoic Eon. The Precambrian is so named because it preceded the Cambrian, the first period of the ...

petroleum geology. The Dorothy Hill award described her as "the first to discover oil inclusions preserved in Archaean and early Precambrian rocks and to demonstrate that primordial biomass was sufficiently abundant to generate hydrocarbons". Her research showed that eukaryotes were able to survive extreme climatic events, such as much higher temperatures than previously was known. She has contributed discovery and insights into the early evolution of life as well as conducting research into the exploration of petroleum.

Publications

*Dutkiewicz, A. & Müller, R.D., 2022. Deep-sea hiatuses track the vigor of Cenozoic ocean bottom currents. ''Geology''. *Dutkiewicz, A. & Müller, R.D., 2021. The carbonate compensation depth in the South Atlantic Ocean since the Late Cretaceous. ''Geology,'' v. 49, p. 873-878. *Dutkiewicz, A. Judge, A., Müller, R.D., 2020. Environmental predictors of deep-sea polymetallic nodule occurrence in the global ocean. ''Geology, v''. 48, p. 293-297. *Dutkiewicz, A., Müller, R.D., Cannon, J., Vaughan, S., Zahirovic, S., 2019. Sequestration and subduction of deep-sea carbonate in the global ocean since the Early Cretaceous. ''Geology,'' v. 47, p. 91-94.

Media

Dutkiewicz has been in the media, reporting on how global geocirculation is related to global temperatures and climate change. The research is involved in carbon and water circulation, and impacts of heat and carbon capture by the ocean. “So far, the ocean has absorbed a quarter of anthropogenic CO2 and over 90 percent of the associated excess heat.” Her research has also been published and described in other media including the ABC.

Awards

* 2006: Dorothy Hill Award from the

Australian Academy of Science The Australian Academy of Science was founded in 1954 by a group of distinguished Australians, including Australian Fellows of the Royal Society of London. The first president was Sir Mark Oliphant. The academy is modelled after the Royal Soci ...

* 2006:

CSIRO The Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) is an Australian Government The Australian Government, also known as the Commonwealth Government, is the national government of Australia, a federal parliamentar ...

Medal for Scientific Achievement (group award) * 2005: JG Russell Award from the Australian Academy of Science * 1991: Western Mining Prize for Excellence in Geoscience (top First Class Honours).

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Dutkiewicz, Adriana Living people Australian women academics Year of birth missing (living people) Australian women geologists Sedimentologists University of Sydney faculty