Research | Paleolimnology
Paleolimnology is the study of lakes of the past.
We use paleolimnological approaches to investigate everything from
how local watersheds have responded in the recent past to human impacts
to patterns of global change. Paleolimnology involves a wide range
of approaches to achieving these goals, including the study of sediments,
erosional features left by past lakes, fossils, and geophysical data
obtained from surveys of lake floors.
Faculty
Andy
Cohen - Paleolimnology, Stratigraphy, Paleobiology
Faculty with related interests
Julia
Cole - Paleoecology, Paleoclimatology
Owen
Davis - Quaternary Paleoecology
Jonathan
Overpeck - Paleoclimatology, Paleoecology, Climate Dynamics
Jay
Quade - Soil Geochemistry
David
Dettman - Isotope Geochemistry
Facilities, Equipment, and Resources
- Paleolimnology
Laboratory
- SEM/EDS laboratory (Cambridge 120H Stereoscan)
- OPTIMAS-based Image Analysis facility
- Cold core storage facility
- A wide variety of limnological and coring sampling
equipment
- Processing and analytical equipment for studying
fossil aquatic invertebrates and pollen and lacustrine sediments
- Reference collections for fossil and recent aquatic
invertebrates and pollen
Contact Information
Department of Geosciences
Gould-Simpson Building, Rm 330
Tucson, AZ 85721
Tel: (520) 621-4691
Fax: (520) 621-2672
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