D. Clay Kelly

Position title: Professor

Email: ckelly@geology.wisc.edu

Phone: 608-262-1698

Address:
A462 Weeks Hall

D. Clay Kelly

Research

Application of marine microfossils (planktonic foraminifera) to studies in biostratigraphy, paleoceanography, and biotic evolution. My research interests span a broad spectrum of spatiotemporal scales ranging from global patterns of deep-sea sedimentation over the past 150 million years down to micrometer-sized geochemical measurements within an individual microfossil. The overarching goal is to develop a clearer picture of how ocean-climate change relates to evolution of marine ecosystems, with particular emphasis on past global warming events and carbon cycle perturbations that have occurred over the course of Earth history.

Teaching

  • Evolution and Extinction (GEOSCI 110, Spring 2022)
  • Oceanography
  • Geologic Evolution of the Earth
  • Geobiology
  • Paleoceanography
  • Marine Micropaleontology
  • Topical Graduate Seminars that have involved summer field excursions to such areas as Dinosaur National Monument and Book Cliffs, Utah.