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Donald T. RodbellProfessor of Geology and Chair |
Education:
B.S. 1983, St. Lawrence University; M.S. 1986, Ph.D. 1991, Geology, University of Colorado
Research Interests:
I am interested in documenting the geologic record of global climate change. My focus is on the timing of fluctuations of mountain glaciers during the last 2 million years in the Andes Mountains of Peru and Ecuador, and on the geologic record of El Nino preserved in lake deposits in the tropics. I have also applied these techniques to lake deposits in the northeastern U.S. These records provide important information on natural cycles of climatic change on which human effects have been superimposed.
Courses:
- Geology 109: Geologic Prespectives on Global Warming
- Geology 112: Environmental Geology
- Geology 202: Origin and Evolution of Landscapes
- Geology 203: Lakes and Environmental Change
- Geology 300: Glacial and Quaternary Geology
Publications:
- Hall, S.R., Farber, D.L., Ramage, J.M., Rodbell, D.T., Finkel, R.C., Smith, J.A., Mark, B.G., and Kassel, C., 2009, Geochronology of Quaternary glaciations from the tropical Cordillera Huayhuash, Peru: Quaternary Science Reviews, v. 28, p. 2991-3009.
- Rodbell, D. T., 2008, Demonstrating the stratification of dimictic and meromictic lakes in a fish tank: Journal of Geological Education, v. 56, p. 247-250.
- Rodbell, D.T., Seltzer, G. O., Mark, B. G., Smith, J. A., and Abbott, M. B., 2008, Clastic sediment flux to tropical Andean lakes: records of glaciation and soil erosion. Quaternary Science Reviews: v. 27, p. 1612-1626.
- Rodbell, D.T., Smith, J. A., and Mark, B. G., 2009. Glaciation in the Andes during the Late Glacial and Holocene: Quaternary Science Reviews 28, 2165-2212.
- Smith, J. A. and Rodbell, D. T., 2010, Cross-cutting moraines reveal evidence for North Atlantic influence on glaciers in the tropical Andes: Journal of Quaternary Science, v. 25, p. 243-248.