Anders Carlson
Associate Professor
Quaternary Paleoclimate, Glacial Geology
(608) 262-1921
acarlson@geology.wisc.edu
Office: 256B
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Broadly speaking, my research involves the interaction of ice sheets, oceans and the climate system on orbital to centennial time-scales. I am interested in the effects of deglaciation on climate, constructing paleoclimate records, and the role of the ocean in modulating the climate response between hemispheres. I currently have projects working on the Laurentide and Greenland Ice Sheets addressing the behavior of these ice sheets and their effects on climate over multiple glacial cycles. My approach to research uses a combination of dating methods (cosmogenic dating, radiocarbon), analytical techniques (isotope and trace element analysis, geochemistry), field geology, and conceptual and analytical models. I believe a holistic approach is required to place data into the global picture and vice versa for the applicability of models. Here are links to my Research Group Website and my Publications.
I am looking for students interested in completing a Ph.D. for admission in the Fall of 2013; please contact me if interested. NOTE THAT I HAVE MOVED TO OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY NOW as an Associate Professor in the College of Earth, Ocean, Atmospheric Sciences (CEOAS). My new webpage is linked here.
Education
2000 - B.A. Augustana College, Geology (honors) & German
2002 - M.S. University of Wisconsin-Madison, Geology
2006 - Ph.D. Oregon State University, Geology & Oceanography (minor)
2007 - Post Doc Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Current Students
Dave Ullman (Ph.D.) - Cosmogenic dating of Laurentide Ice Sheet retreat and modeling the radiative forcing of retreat
Kelsey Winsor (Ph.D.) - Linking ocean temperature changes with southwest Greenland Ice Sheet recession during the last deglaciation using cosmogenic dating and Mg/Ca temperatures
Postdoctoral Researcher
Dr. Alberto Reyes - Ph.D. from University of Alberta
Completed Student Degrees
Lisa Colville - M.S., 2009, Geochemical proxies to constrain the extent of the southern Greenland Ice Sheet during the last 2 interglacials (teaching at UW-Fox Valley)
Libby Obbink - M.S., 2009, North American freshwater routing during the last deglaciation and abrupt climate change (now with Booz, Allen, Hamilton)
Kelsey Winsor - M.S., 2010, Labrador Sea temperature and hydrography variability over the last two deglaciations (continuing Ph.D.)
Dan Murray - M.S., 2011, Northern Hemisphere forcing of the last deglaciation in Southern Patagonia (now at Wisconsin Geological and Natural History Survey)
Beth Welke - B.S., 2011, Deglacial changes in Labrador Sea sedimentology (M.S. student at Indiana U.-Purdue U. in Earth Sciences)