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KARLA PARSONS-HUBBARDAssociate Professor
of Geology
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Research
Interests: My main research focus has been on the processes
of preservation (taphonomy) particularly of molluscs and echinoderms.
I have
been a member of a larger research group studying modern processes such
as dissolution, epibiont overgrowth, and mechanical destruction
on experimentally
deployed organisms in a wide variety of environments from the shallow
shelf, to the deep continental slope in both the Gulf of Mexico
and in
the Bahamas. Our research group is called the Shelf and Slope Experimental
Taphonomy Initiative (SSETI) and is summarized below. The goal
of this
research is to understand the timing of fossilization processes in deep-water
settings. An important way to do this is to measure them in modern
settings
and extrapolate to ancient assemblages. Our experiments, then, are deployed
and retrieved by submersible at regular intervals and the changes
in the
shells are quantified. |
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COURSES: FALL 2007: |
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RESEARCH PROJECTS |
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The Shelf & Slope Experimental Taphonomy Initiative (SSETI)
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Winter Term Research in |
Comparison of modern and ancient
hydrocarbon seep communitites and their taphonomic signature |
Stratigraphic history of Tague Bay lagoon Keck Geology Consortium summer project |
Web page last revised on August 24, 2007 |