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Michael Kaplan

Lamont Associate Research Professor

Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory

Geochemistry

429 Comer

61 Route 9W - PO Box 1000

Palisades

10964-8000

Phone:

(845) 365-8646

Fax:

(845) 365-8155

mkaplan@ldeo.columbia.edu

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Fields of interest:

Glacial geology, paleoclimatology, glacier and ice sheet dynamics, geomorphology, geochronology, limnogeology, cosmogenic surface exposure dating

* Glacier and climate history of southern South America, New Zealand, Antarctica, and eastern North America. Whether past climate changes are in phase around the globe at low and high frequency timescales * Quantifying rates of landscape change in southern South America using cosmogenic nuclide measurements and understanding these changes in relation to development of the Andes

Education

List of degrees from highest to lowest:

B.A. summa cum laude

SUNY Buffalo

1992

M.S.

University of Maine-Orono

1994

Ph.D.

University of Colorado-Boulder

1999

Honors & Awards:

Fulbright Scholar 2017

Lamont Projects:

Cosmogenic Nuclide Group

Educational Activities:

Tectonophysics Seminar: Interactions Between Climate, Tectonics, and Erosion

Geomorfologia y Geocronologia Glacial (Chile)

Climate Change Past and Present (Chile)

Geomorfología Glacial y Paleoclimatología en la región de Magallanes (Chile)

Research Blogs:

Sculpting Tropical Peaks

Referenced in the Following News Items:

Study Finds Most of East Antarctic Ice Sheet Should Remain Stable

Shrinking Glaciers: A Chronology of Climate Change

Study Adds New Clue to How Last Ice Age Ended

Selected Publications:

Changing influence of Antarctic and Greenlandic temperature records on sea-level over the last glacial cycle Siddall, M.; Kaplan, M.R.; Schaefer, J.M.; Putnam, A.; Kelly, M.A.; Goehring, B. Quaternary Science Reviews Volume: 29 Issue: 3-4 p.: 410-423 (2010) 10.1016/j.quascirev.2009.11.007

A beryllium-10 production-rate for the Southern Hemisphere middle latitudes Putnam, A E; Schaefer, J M; Vandergoes, M; Barrell, D; Kaplan, M; Goehring, B; Schwartz, R; Finkel, R; Kelley, S; Denton, G H Journal of Quaternary Geochronology (2010)

The chronology of the Last Glacial Maximum and Late-glacial events in central Argentine Patagonia Hein, AS; Hulton, NRJ; Dunai, T; Sugden, D; Kaplan, MR; Xu, S Journal of Quaternary Geochronology (2010)

Glacier retreat in New Zealand during the Younger Dryas stadial Kaplan, M. R.; Schaefer, J.M., Denton, G.H.; Barrell, D.J.A.; Chinn, T.J.H.; Putnam, A.E.; Andersen, B.G.; Finkel, R.C.; Schwartz, R.; Doughty, A. Nature (2010)

Cosmogenic dating of 'old' glacial events in Patagonia, Hein, A. S.; Hulton, N. R. J.; Dunai, T. J.; Schnabel, C.; Kaplan, M. R.; Xu, S. Geochimica Et Cosmochimica Acta Jun Volume: 73 Issue: 13 p.: A513-A513 (2009)

Can glacial erosion limit the extent of glaciation? Kaplan, M. R.; Hein, A. S.; Hubbard, A.; Lax, S. M. Geomorphology Jan 15 Volume: 103 Issue: 2 p.: 172-179 (2009) DOI 10.1016/j.geomorph.2008.04.020

Renewed glacial activity during the Antarctic cold reversal and persistence of cold conditions until 11.5 ka in southwestern Patagonia Moreno, P. I.; Kaplan, M. R.; Francois, J. P.; Villa-Martinez, R.; Moy, C. M.; Stern, C. R.; Kubik, P. W. Geology Apr Volume: 37 Issue: 4 p.: 375-378 (2009) Doi 10.1130/G25399a.1

High-Frequency Holocene Glacier Fluctuations in New Zealand Differ from the Northern Signature Schaefer, J. M.; Denton, G. H.; Kaplan, M.; Putnam, A.; Finkel, R. C.; Barrell, D. J. A.; Andersen, B. G.; Schwartz, R.; Mackintosh, A.; Chinn, T.; Schluchter, C. Science May 1 Volume: 324 Issue: 5927 p.: 622-625 (2009) DOI 10.1126/science.1169312

Climate Change in Southern South America during the last two Millennia Moy, CM; Moreno, PI; Dunbar, RB; Francois, J-P; Kaplan, MR; Villalba, R; Haberzettle, T (2009)

Southern Patagonian glacial chronology for the Last Glacial period and implications for Southern Ocean climate Kaplan, M. R.; Fogwill, C. J.; Sugden, D. E.; Hulton, N.; Kubik, P. W.; Freeman, S. P. H. T. Quaternary Science Reviews Feb Volume: 27 Issue: 3-4 p.: 284-294 (2008) DOI 10.1016/j.quascirev.2007.09.013

Glacial dynamics in southernmost South America during Marine Isotope Stage 5e to the Younger Dryas chron: a brief review with a focus on cosmogenic nuclide measurements Kaplan, M. R.; Moreno, P. I.; Rojas, M. Journal of Quaternary Science Sep-Oct Volume: 23 Issue: 6-7 p.: 649-658 (2008) Doi 10.1002/Jqs.1209

Climate science - A tale of two ice sheets Siddall, M.; Kaplan, M. R. Nature Geoscience Sep Volume: 1 Issue: 9 p.: 570-571 (2008) Doi 10.1038/Ngeo286

Cosmogenic nuclide measurements in southernmost South America and implications for landscape change Kaplan, M. R.; Coronato, A.; Hulton, N. R. J.; Rabassa, J. O.; Kubik, P. W.; Freeman, S. P. H. T. Geomorphology Jul 1 Volume: 87 Issue: 4 p.: 284-301 (2007) DOI 10.1016/j.geomorph.2006.10.005

Major ice sheet response in eastern New England to a cold North Atlantic region, ca. 16-15 cal ka BP Kaplan, M. R. Quaternary Research Sep Volume: 68 Issue: 2 p.: 280-283 (2007) DOI 10.1016/j.yqres.2007.06.003

Cosmogenic nuclide surface exposure dating of boulders on last-glacial and late-glacial moraines, Lago Buenos Aires, Argentina: Interpretive strategies and paleoclimate implications Douglass, D. C.; Singer, B. S.; Kaplan, M. R.; Mickelson, D. M.; Caffee, M. W. Quaternary Geochronology Feb Volume: 1 Issue: 1 p.: 43-58 (2006) DOI 10.1016/j.quageo.2006.06.001

Comment on: Cosmogenic nuclide chronology of pre-last glacial maximum moraines at Lago Buenos Aires, 46 degrees S, Argentina (Quaternary Research 63/3, 2005, 301-315) - Reply Kaplan, M. R.; Singer, B. S.; Douglass, D. C.; Ackert, R. P.; Caffee, M. W. Quaternary Research Sep Volume: 66 Issue: 2 p.: 367-369 (2006) DOI 10.1016/j.yqres.2006.06.002

Spatial and temporal variability of Holocene temperature in the North Atlantic region Kaplan, M. R.; Wolfe, A. P. Quaternary Research Mar Volume: 65 Issue: 2 p.: 223-231 (2006) DOI 10.1016/j.yqres.2005.08.020

Cosmogenic nuclide chronology of pre-last glacial maximum moraines at Lago Buenos Aires, 46 degrees S, Argentina Kaplan, M. R.; Douglass, D. C.; Singer, B. S.; Caffee, M. W. Quaternary Research May Volume: 63 Issue: 3 p.: 301-315 (2005) DOI 10.1016/j.yqres.2004.12.003

Cosmogenic nuclide chronology of millennial-scale glacial advances during O-isotope stage 2 in Patagonia Kaplan, M. R.; Ackert, R. P.; Singer, B. S.; Douglass, D. C.; Kurz, M. D. Geological Society of America Bulletin Mar-Apr Volume: 116 Issue: 3-4 p.: 308-321 (2004) Doi 10.1130/B25178.1