Meet the Faculty
Chad Wittkop
Visiting Assistant Professor
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Education
- B.S., Winona State University, Winona, Minnesota, 1999
- Ph.D., University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, 2004
Courses
- Physical Geology
- Earth Resources
Research Interests/Current Projects
I investigate Earth surface processes and history using techniques from sedimentology, geochemistry, and GIS. Projects include geologic mapping in New Hampshire, analysis of the May 2006 Suncook River avulsion, and Holocene paleoenvironment reconstruction using carbonate-rich sediments from small Michigan lakes.
Selected Publications
Ekdahl, E.J., Teranes, J.L., Wittkop, C.A., Stoermer, E.F., Reavie, E.D., and Smol, J.P., in press. Diatom assemblage response to Iroquian and Euro-Canadian eutrophication of Crawford Lake, Ontario, Canada. Journal of Paleolimnology.
Franzi, D., Wittkop, C., and Koteff, C., 2006. Surficial Geologic Map of the Concord Quadrangle, Merrimack County, New Hampshire. New Hampshire Geological Survey Open-File Map. Map scale 1:24,000.
Wittkop, C., 2004. Paleoenvironmental Reconstruction Using Laminated Sediments Containing Authigenic Carbonate Minerals: Case Studies from the Great Lakes Region of North America. Ph.D. Thesis, University of Minnesota, 203 p.
Ekdahl, E.J., Teranes, J.L., Guilderson, T.P., Turton, C.F., McAndrews, J.H., Wittkop, C.A., and Stoermer, E.F., 2004. A prehistorical record of cultural eutrophication from Crawford Lake, Ontario. Geology 32(9): 745-748.
Wittkop, C., Teranes, J., Dean, W.E., and Guilderson, T. High-frequency variability in Holocene calcium carbonate abundance, Derby Lake, Michigan. In preparation
