Eight students will be presenting the summer work at the Ocean Sciences Meeting in March 2022!
Halimeda Kilbourne, Ph.D.
Student Publications:
- Xu, Y-Y., S. Pearson*, and K. H. Kilbourne. 2015. Assessing coral Sr/Ca–SST calibration techniques using the species Diploria strigosa. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 440:353-362 .
Student Presentations:
- DeMeo, J.* and H. Kilbourne. 2022. Comparing paleoclimate reconstructions of the North Atlantic Oscillation: finding the signal in the noise. Ocean Sciences Meeting, Virtual.
- Nalesnik, A.*, and H. Kilbourne. 2020. Cooler and More Variable Medieval Climate in the Northern Caribbean indicated by Pseudodiploria strigosa and Orbicella faveolata Coral Sr/Ca-based Temperature Records from the 11th Century. Ocean Sciences Meeting, San Diego, CA.
- Kohn, J.* and H. Kilbourne. 2016. The importance of coral growth environment for coral strontium/calcium-based ocean temperature reconstructions . Ocean Sciences Meeting, New Orleans, Louisiana .
- Pearson, S. P., K. H. Kilbourne and Y. Xu. 2014. Calibration of modern coral climate signals to ensure accuracy of paleoclimate determinations in Anegada, British Virgin Islands . Ocean Sciences Meeting, Honolulu, Hawaii .
- Canady, C.S.*, and K.H. Kilbourne. 2011. Surprisingly cool coral geochemistry based paleotemperatures in the Caribbean at the end of the Little Ice Age . ASLO Aquatic Sciences Meeting, San Juan, Puerto Rico .
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