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Western North Atlantic
The North Atlantic plays a critical role in heat transport in the ocean-atmosphere system because it is an area of deep water formation where surface waters sink to produce the North Atlantic Deep... Western North Atlantic -
PETM drilling: Marlboro Clay
We propose to drill three transects of coreholes in the mid-Atlantic U.S. Coastal Plain targeting thick (>10 m) sections of the Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum (PETM), building on drilling in New... PETM drilling: Marlboro Clay -
PETM stable isotopes, TEX86, Mg/Ca
We have studied paleoenvironmental changes across the Paleocene/Eocene boundary in the Millville New Jersey coastal plain core (ODP Leg 174AX). Using two independent temperature proxies (the organic... PETM stable isotopes, TEX86, Mg/Ca -
PETM – Depositional models
We built a cross-shelf Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum (PETM) depositional model for input of muds from the “Appalachian Amazon” where large amounts of fluid mud creating expanded PETM records. New... PETM – Depositional models -
Cretaceous/ Paleogene Boundary
Recent studies have focused on the Iridium anomaly in several New Jersey coastal plain outcrops and coreholes (Miller et al., 2010; Esmeray-Senlet, 2015 Ph.D. thesis) and the recovery of planktonic... Cretaceous/ Paleogene Boundary -
Carbon Capture and Sequestration
We completed projects for the Midwest Regional Carbon Sequestration Partnership (MRCSP) and the Mid-Atlantic Offshore Carbon Storage Resource Assessment Project (MAOCSRAP) with Battelle and DOE with... Carbon Capture and Sequestration -
2-D backstripping
We intend to reconstruct New Jersey Miocene stratal geometries using both: 1) a numerical model that only varies in sea level and sediment supply; and 2) a model that incorporates variations in sea... 2-D backstripping -
Onshore-offshore correlations
We correlated onshore New Jersey coastal plain sequences Kw2 and Kw1 with offshore shallow shelf sequences m5.4 (ca. 18.0-17.7 Ma) and m5.8 (20.1-19.6 Ma), respectively, using multichannel seismic... Onshore-offshore correlations -
3-D Seismic Survey NJ continental shelf
The New Jersey margin is among the best continental margins for learning the timing and amplitude of global mean sea level change over millions of years, for establishing quantitative links between... 3-D Seismic Survey NJ continental shelf -
IODP Expedition 313
Expedition 313 (Mountain et al., 2010) drilled and logged three sites on the New Jersey shallow shelf (~30 m present depth) to investigate the history of sea-level change and the response of... IODP Expedition 313 -
Coastal plain studies
We archive over 23,000 ft (> 7 km) of coastal plain cores and maintain an active field program examining coastal plain outcrops cooperation with the New Jersey Geological and Water Survey (NJGS). We... Coastal plain studies -
Influence of Mantle Dynamic Topography
We show that Cenozoic sea-level estimates derived from “backstripping” of Mid-Atlantic margin cores differ by 10-50 m on the 2-10 Myr scale from Global Mean Sea Level (GMSL) estimates using benthic... Influence of Mantle Dynamic Topography -
Cenozoic stable isotopes and sea level
We compiled a splice of benthic foraminiferal δ18O records over the past 66 Myr and scaled to sea level using a smoothed record (>2 Myr) of Cenozoic Mg/Ca variations to account for long-term... Cenozoic stable isotopes and sea level
