anderson | Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory

Dr. Roger N. Anderson

Doherty Senior Scholar

Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory

Marine Geology and Geophysics

Adjunct Professor

Earth and Environmental Sciences

101 Geoscience

61 Route 9W - PO Box 1000

Palisades

10964-8000

Phone:

(713) 398-7430

anderson@ldeo.columbia.edu

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Fields of interest:

Thermal structure, fluid flow, hydrocarbon maturation and migration in sedimentary basins.

I study marine sediment to reconstruct past changes in ocean circulation and terrestrial climate. Our group primarily uses stable isotopic and trace metal (Mg/Ca) analyses of foraminifera and terrigenous sediment geochemistry to investigate how and why climates have changed in the past. Recent research projects include: Holocene climate and ocean circulation variability, Tropical-extratropical paleoclimate linkages, Pliocene-Pleistocene evolution of tropical climates, African Climate and Human Evolution.

Education

List of degrees from highest to lowest:

Ph.D.

UC San Diego

1973

Master of Science

U. Oklahoma

1971

Bachelor of Science

U. Oklahoma

1969

Educational Activities:

V1011 Introduction to Earth Sciences, with John Mutter

V1053 Planet Earth, with Kim Kastens

Lamont Projects:

PETRO

Lean Energy

4D Technology

Selected Publications:

Securing Wattage When It's Needed, Anderson, R. N.; Boulanger, A. , EnergyPulse, (2002)

SuperGrid, Anderson, R. N.; Locke, C. , Red Herring, (2002)

Into Deep Water, Anderson, R.N.; Vaitheeswaran, V. , The Economist, (2001)