Melany Ann McFadden
Currently, I am working with late Quaternary sediments from the slope/basin of the Gulf of Papua in the tropical West Pacific. It is a dynamic area located at the northern tip of the Great Barrier Reef and south of the mountainous island of Papua New Guinea. I use proxy data, such as, stable isotope geochemistry (foraminifera and organic sediments), and sediment elemental data (from an Avaatech XRF core scanner), to understand changes in sedimentation patterns, paleoclimate, and paleoceanography in the region.
PhD student (Fall 2003-present)
Paleoclimatology & Paleoceanography @ Club Mud
Advisor: Dr. Larry Peterson
Marine Geology and Geophysics
Rosenstiel School of Marine & Atmospheric Science
University of Miami
Miami, FL
Education
B.A. Geology, Hamilton College, Clinton, NY 1999
M.S. Geology, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY 2003
Publications
McFadden, M. A., L. C. Peterson, S. J. Bentley, G. R. Dickens, A. W. Droxler, & B. N. Opdyke. MARGINS 2009 Decadal Review Nugget, Geochemical Core Logging of Gulf of Papua Sediments for Source-to-Sink Studies, Online at http://www.nsf-margins.org/Nuggets_Public/nuggets_public.html
Dickens, G.R., A.W. Droxler, S.J. Bentley, L.C. Peterson, B.N. Opdyke, L. Beaufort, J. Daniell, L.A. Febo, J. Francis, P.T. Harris, S. Jorry, G. Mallarino, M. McFadden, Z. Muhammed, B. Carson, L. Patterson, E. Tcherepanov & C.A. Zarikian, 2006. Sediment accumulation on the shelf edges, adjacent slopes, and basin floors of the Gulf of Papua. Margins Newsletter, 16 (2006): 1-5.
McFadden, M., W. Patterson, H. Mullins, & W. Anderson, 2005. Multi-proxy approach to long- and short-term Holocene climate-change: evidence from eastern Lake Ontario. J. of Paleolimnology 33 (3): 371-391.
McFadden, M., H. Mullins, W. Patterson, & W. Anderson, 2004. Paleoproductivity of eastern Lake Ontario over the past 10,000 years. Limnol. Oceanogr. 49: 1570-1581.
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