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Larry C. Peterson
University of Miami
Miami, FL
Education:
- 1984
- Ph.D. – Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island
- 1980
- Sc.M. – Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island
- 1977
- B.S. – Bradley University, Peoria, Illinois
Experience:
- 2007 –
- Associate Dean, University of Miami, Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science.
- 2000-Present
- Professor of Marine Geology and Geophysics, University of Miami, Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science.
- 1984-2000
- Assistant/Associate Professor, University of Miami, Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science.
Professional Interests:
Research focuses on ocean and climate history, mostly in the tropics and on time-scales ranging from decadal to orbital. I am especially interested in anoxic marine settings and the development of high-resolution paleoclimate time-series from laminated sediment sequences. Current work is centered on the patterns and origins of abrupt climate change and the oceanographic controls on sea floor anoxia and organic carbon burial.
Publications Relevant to Lecture
- Peterson, L.C., and G.H. Haug, G.H., 2006. Variability in the mean latitude of the Atlantic Intertropical Convergence Zone as recorded by riverine input of sediments to the Cariaco Basin (Venezuela), Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 234: 97-113.
- Black, D.E., Thunell, R.C., Kaplan, A., Peterson, L.C., and E.J. Tappa, 2004. A 2000-year record of Caribbean and tropical North Atlantic hydrographic variability. Paleoceanography, 19, PA2022, doi:10.1029/2003PA000982.
- Haug, G.H., Günther, D., Peterson, L.C., Sigman, D.M., Hughen, K.A., and B. Aeschliman, 2003. Climate and the collapse of Maya civilization. Science, 299: 1731-1735.
- Lea, D.W., Pak, D.K., Peterson, L.C., and K.A. Hughen, 2003. Synchroneity of tropical and high-latitude Atlantic temperatures over the last glacial termination. Science, 301: 1361-1364.
- Peterson, L.C., Haug, G.H., Hughen, K.A., and U. Rohl, 2000. Rapid changes in the hydrologic cycle of the tropical Atlantic during the last glacial. Science, 290: 1947-1951.
- Peterson, L.C., Haug, G.H., Murray, R.W., Yarincik, K.M., King, J.W., Bralower, T.J., Kameo, K., Rutherford, S.D., and R.B. Pearce, 2000. Late Quaternary stratigraphy and sedimentation at ODP Site 1002, Cariaco Basin (Venezuela). In: Leckie, R.M., Sigurdsson, H. Acton, G.D., Draper, G., et al., Proc. ODP, Scientific Results, 165: College Station, TX (Ocean Drilling Program), 85-99.
Professional Memberships
- American Geophysical Union
- Geological Society of America