 FACULTY
Benjamin P. Flower
Paleoceanography, Geochemistry of Marine Sediments, Marine Stratigraphy
Associate Professor, Ph.D., University of California,
Santa Barbara,
1993
(727) 553-3986
My research focuses on the role of the high-latitudes in past global climate change. I am particularly interested in sedimentary records of Earth's changing environment and biota, on time frames ranging from the early Cenozoic to the present. I use ocean sediment cores (including Ocean Drilling Program cores) to examine major changes in the evolution of the ocean/climate system. One of the most valuable tools for elucidating past climate change from sediment cores is the measurement of oxygen and carbon isotopes in foraminifera by mass spectrometry. My current work uses oxygen isotope data to investigate the long-term history of Cenozoic ocean temperatures and polar ice sheet evolution.
Courses
Paleoceanography
Marine Stratigraphy
Stable Isotopes in Marine Science
Field Methods in Marine Biogeochemistry
Selected Publications
Flower, B. P., Hastings, D. W., Hill, H. W., and Quinn, T. M., 2004, Phasing of deglacial warming and Laurentide ice sheet meltwater in the Gulf of Mexico, Geology, 32, 597-600. This publication is available in PDF format by clicking here.
Raymo, M.E., D.W. Oppo, B.P. Flower, D.A. Hodell, J. McManus, K.A. Venz, K.F. Kleiven, K. McIntyre, 2004, Stability of North Atlantic water masses in face of pronounced natural climate variability, Paleoceanography, 19, PA2008, doi:10.1029/2003PA000921. This publication is available in PDF format by clicking here.
Channell, J. E. T., Curtis, J. H., and Flower, B. P., 2004, The Matuyama-Brunhes Boundary Interval (500-900 ka) in North Atlantic Drift Sediments, Geophysical Journal International, 158, 489-505. This publication is available in PDF format by clicking here.
Mallinson, D.J., Flower, B.P., Hine, A.C., Brooks, G., Garza, R.M., 2003, Paleoclimate implications of High Latitude Precession-Scale Mineralogic Fluctuations During Early Oligocene Antarctic Glaciation: The Great Australian Bight record, Global and Planetary Change, 39, 257-269. This publication is available in PDF format by clicking here.
Wright, A.K., and Flower, B.P., 2002, Surface and Deep Ocean Circulation in the Subpolar North Atlantic During the Mid-Pleistocene Revolution, Paleoceanography, 17, 1068, doi: 10.1029/2002PA000782. This publication is available in PDF format by clicking here.
Zachos, J.C., Shackleton, N.J., Revenaugh, J., Palike, H., and Flower, B.P., 2001, Climate Response to Orbital Forcing Across the Oligocene-Miocene Boundary, Science, 292, 274-278. This publication is available in PDF format by clicking here.
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