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RESEARCH
INTERESTS
I am
fundamentally interested in Earth history. I am particularly interested in how
climate change, tectonics, and other geological forces have influenced
mammalian evolution and shaped the terrestrial sedimentary record. Recently, I have been trying to understand
the causes and consequences of Paleogene “hyperthermal” events. These are short-term, large-magnitude
global warming events characterized by significant perturbations to the
global carbon cycle that had wide ranging effects on continental and marine
ecosystems. I use a
multidisciplinary approach to address problems and have experience with a
variety of paleontological and geological techniques, including magnetostratigraphy, phylogenetic
analysis, morphometrics, and stable isotope
geochemistry. I have worked throughout the Rocky
Mountain region, as well as in Asia
(Pakistan, Kazakhstan, China), Africa (Egypt), and South America (Argentina, Venezuela).
Research
Projects
Bighorn Basin Coring Project
(BBCP)
Paleocene-Eocene climatic and biotic evolution
Stratigraphic and faunal response
to initial collision between India and Asia
Stratigraphy in phylogenetic analysis
UNH Paleomagnetism Laboratory
Publications
Data sets from publications
Full CV (PDF file)
GRADUATE
STUDENTS
Below is a
list of past and current graduate students that have worked with me, with
some links to research projects.
Kaneen E. Christensen Sediment Facies and Faunal
Abundances
John A. Finarelli - Hominoid
Phylogeny
Eric P. White - Paleoclimate
Indicators Using Spelothems, Belize
Intizar H. Khan - Eocene Stratigraphy of Baluchistan
Walid Hamzi - Magnetostratigraphy
of the Bighorn Basin
Erin Fernald - Evaluating morphological rates of evolution
using cladistics
Kaori
Tsukui – Paleomagnetism of volcanic ash deposits in the Green
River Basin
Rebecca
Dodds LeCain – Magnetostratigraphy of the Hell Creek Formation, Garfield
County, MT
Julianne
Batchelder – Paleomagnetism
of the Kittery Formation
Abigail
D’Ambrosia – Continental climatic and
ecological change across ETM2 and H2 hyperthermal
events
Timothy
Barnum – Magnetostratigraphy of the San Jorge
Basin, Patagonia, Argentina
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