Research | Paleontology
Paleontology at the University of Arizona focuses on
the processes of fossilization (taphonomy) and on the late Cenozoic
history of life and environments. Special strengths are in the
use of proxy indicators such as stable isotopes, pollen and variation
in growth rings (in clams, corals, cave deposits, and trees) to reconstruct
rates and patterns of environmental and climate change in the recent
past. Conservation paleobiology – the use of fossil remains
and proxy indicators to assess human impact and to guide restoration – is
an active area of research.
Faculty
Karl
Flessa - Paleobiology, paleoecology, conservation paleobiology
Faculty with related interests
Andy
Cohen - Paleolimnology, Stratigraphy, Paleobiology
Julia
Cole - Paleoecology, Paleoclimatology
Owen
Davis - Quaternary Paleoecology
Jonathan
Overpeck - Paleoclimatology, Paleoecology, Climate Dynamics
Jay
Quade - Soil Geochemistry
Adjunct faculty
Kay
Behrensmeyer – National Museum of Natural History/Smithsonian
Institution
Julio
Betancourt – U.S. Geological Survey
Faculty in other departments
Malcolm
Hughes – Laboratory of Tree-Ring research
Tom
Swetnam - Laboratory of Tree-Ring Research
Connie
Woodhouse - Geography
Researchers
David
Dettman - Isotope Geochemistry
Allister
Rees - Paleoecology, paleontology
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