Florida State University Most of my research stems from my participation in the Ocean Drillinh Program and includes studies of paleosols, sediments diagenesis, and provenance studies using clays. Each leg brings a wealth of new problems to solve, many of which could not have been anticipated prior to the recovery of the core. Paleosols formed on subaerially erupted basalt provide a near-ideal condition to interpret paleoclimate and duration of landscape exposure prior to subsidence.
Clays can reveal key details of weathering and diagenesis.
Those weathering processes mimic those in a waterlogged soil. I am continually interested in how to interpret clays found in sediment. We have an active Association of Woman Geoscientists chapter in Lincoln that works with Girl Scouts and other K-12 groups to share the fun of doing geology. Distinguished Lecturer, 1995-96.