Newcastle University

Research interests: isotope geochemistry, palaeolimnology, Quaternary Asian monsoon and tropical climate variability, Holocene Arctic climate evolution

Biography 

• Lecturer Physical Geography, Newcastle University, 2011-
• Lecturer Geosciences, University of Glasgow, 2008-2011
• Lecturer Quaternary Environmental Change, Aberystwyth University, 2007-2008 & 2011-2012 
• PDRA Isotope Geochemistry, University of Illinois-Urbana Champaign 2004-2007
• Ph.D. Geography, University College London, 2000-2004 
• M.Res. Environmental Science, University College London, 1998-1999
• B.Sc. (Hons) Natural Sciences, Durham University, 1995-1998  

Roles and responsibilities

Co-ordinator of the Geography Seminar Series (2012-)
Executive committee member, International Paleolimnology Association (2009-)
Book Review Editor and on the Board of Advisors, Journal of Paleolimnology (2009-)

Undergraduate teaching

GEO1005: Environmental Issues (Module Leader)

GEO2037: Ireland Field Trip (Module Leader)

GEO2111: Doing Geographical Research - Theory and Practice

CEG2715: Advanced study skills 

GEO3099: Dissertation (Module Leader)

GEO3126: Lakes: Sentinels of Environmental Change (Co-Module Leader) 

• Liu X, Colman SM, Brown ET, Henderson ACG, Werne JP, Holmes JA. Abrupt deglaciation on the NE Tibetan Plateau: evidence from Lake Qinghai. Journal of Paleolimnology 2013, n/a(epub ahead of print), n/a.
• Leng MJ, Henderson ACG. Recent advances in isotopes as palaeolimnological proxies. Journal of Paleolimnology 2013, 49(3), 481-496.
• Gavin DG, Henderson ACG, Westover KS, Fritz SC, Walker IR, Leng MJ, Hu FS. Abrupt Holocene climate change and anti-phased response to solar forcing in western Canada. Quaternary Science Reviews 2011, 30(9-10), 1243-1255.
• Rao ZG, Wu Y, Zhu ZY, Jia GD, Henderson A. Is the maximum carbon number of long-chain n-alkanes an indicator of grassland or forest? Evidence from surface soils and modern plants. Chinese Science Bulletin 2011, 56(16), 1714-1720.
• Henderson ACG, Holmes JA, Leng MJ. Late Holocene isotope hydrology of Lake Qinghai, NE Tibetan Plateau: effective moisture variability and atmospheric circulation changes. Quaternary Science Reviews 2010, 29(17-18), 2215-2223.
• Rao Z, Zhu Z, Jia G, Henderson ACG, Wu Y, Xue Q, Wang S. Compound specific δD of long-chain n-alkanes derived from terrestrial higher plants are indicative of the δD of meteoric waters: Evidence from surface soils in eastern China. Organic Geochemistry 2009, 40(8), 922-930.
• Henderson ACG, Holmes JA. Palaeolimnological evidence for environmental change over the past millennium from Lake Qinghai sediments: a review and future research prospective. Quaternary International 2009, 194(1-2), 134-147.
• Liu ZH, Henderson ACG, Huang YS. Regional moisture source changes inferred from late Holocene stable isotope records. Advances in Atmospheric Sciences 2008, 25(6), 1021-1028.
• Colman SM, Yu SY, An Z, Shen J, Henderson ACG. Late Cenozoic climate changes in China’s western interior: A review of research on Lake Qinghai and comparison with other records. Quaternary Science Reviews 2007, 26(17-18), 2281-2300.
• Liu ZH, Henderson ACG, Huang YS. Alkenone-based reconstruction of late Holocene surface temperature and salinity changes in Lake Qinghai, China. Geophysical Research Letters 2006, 33(9), L09707.
• Sayer CD, Hoare DJ, Simpson GL, Henderson ACG, Liptrot EL, Jackson ML, Appleby PG, Boyle JF, Jones JI, Waldock MJ. TBT causes ecosystem collapse in freshwater lakes. Environment, Science and Technology 2006, 40(17), 5269-5275.
• Henderson ACG, Holmes JA, Zhang JW, Leng MJ, Carvalho LR. A carbon- and oxygen-isotope record of recent environmental change from Qinghai Lake, NE Tibetan Plateau. Chinese Science Bulletin 2003, 48(14), 1463-1468.
• Zhang JW, Min J, Chen FH, Battarbee RW, Henderson ACG. High-resolution precipitation variations in the Northeast Tibetan Plateau over the last 800 years documented by sediment cores from Qinghai Lake. Chinese Science Bulletin 2003, 48(14), 1451-1456.