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The Florence Bascom Geoscience Center focuses on geologic framework investigations directed towards a better understanding of water availability, natural hazards, and energy and mineral resources for the Nation and the world, as well as understanding global climate change and ecosystems and their dynamics.
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Turning the Tide on the Chesapeake Bay
Richard Batiuk got to know the Chesapeake Bay in the early 1970s. During visits with his friends and family, they would swim and boat, and fish would practically jump aboard. He was young but knew he wanted to live and work on the bay.
Publications
The planktonic foraminiferal response to the Paleocene-Eocene thermal maximum on the Atlantic coastal plain
Planktonic foraminiferal assemblages in two cores from Maryland and New Jersey show evidence for significant changes in surface ocean habitats on the continental shelf during the Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum (PETM). At both sites, significant assemblage shifts occur immediately before the onset of the event. These changes...
Livsey, Caitlin M.; Babila, Tali; Robinson, Marci M.; Bralower, Timothy J. North Atlantic midlatitude surface-circulation changes through the Plio-Pleistocene intensification of northern hemisphere glaciation
The North Atlantic Current (NAC) transports warm salty water to high northern latitudes, with important repercussions for ocean circulation and global climate. A southward displacement of the NAC and Subarctic Front, which separate subpolar and subtropical water masses, is widely suggested for the Last Glacial Maximum (LGM) and may have acted as a...
Bolton, Clara T.; Bailey, Ian; Friedrich, Oliver; Tachikawa, Kazuyo; de Garidel‐Thoron, Thibault; Vidal, Laurence; Sonzogni, Corinne; Marino, Gianluca; Rohling, Eelco J.; Robinson, Marci M.; Ermini, Magali; Koch, Mirjam; Cooper, Matthew J.; Wilson, Paul A. Quaternary eolian dunes of the Atlantic Coastal Plain Province, USA
Eolian sand dunes and sand sheets of Quaternary age are present at many inland locations throughout the Atlantic Coastal Plain province of the eastern United States. Under modern conditions, this region is not very conducive to widespread eolian sediment mobilization because of a humid and mesothermal climate, relatively low mean surface wind...
Swezey, Christopher