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The Florence Bascom Geoscience Center (FBGC) is at the leading edge of scientific research addressing critical societal issues and providing unbiased data and information to decision makers and the public. Our research center is built around five broad science themes: Paleoclimate & Paleoecology, Landscape Science, Geologic Mapping, Hazards, and Special Geologic Studies.
Florida Bay Mangroves, Past and Present
FBGC scientists are currently studying how environmental conditions from 5,000 years ago through the present day have affected Florida Bay's mangrove forests.
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The U.S. Department of State opened its National Museum of American Diplomacy and unveiled its first exhibits telling the story of American diplomacy. FBGC Scientist and Associate Director, Peter Chirico, is highlighted in the exhibit.
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Florence Bascom joins John Wesley Powell on a 5-day leg of the Powell 150 Expedition.
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Florence Bascom Geoscience Center Seminar Series - October 3, 2019
Please join us for a guest presentation by Dr. Amy Myrbo on Thursday, October 3rd. She will be discussing the dangers of sulfate to wild rice and freshwater ecosystems.
Florence Bascom Geoscience Center Seminar Series - September 10, 2019
Please join us on September 10th as Randall Orndorff discusses the North American Stratigraphic Code.
Florence Bascom Geoscience Center Seminar Series - September 3, 2019
Please join us for a guest presentation by Louise M. Farquharson on Tuesday, September 3rd. She will be discussing the mechanisms of widespread permafrost degradation across Alaska and Northern Canada.
Publications
Geochronologic age constraints on tectonostratigraphic units of the central Virginia Piedmont, USA
New geologic mapping coupled with uranium-lead (U-Pb) zircon geochronology (sensitive high-resolution ion microprobe-reverse geometry [SHRIMP-RG] and laser ablation-inductively coupled plasma-mass spectrometry [LA-ICP-MS]) analyses of 10 samples, provides new constraints on the tectonostratigraphic framework of the central Virginia Piedmont....
Carter, Mark W.; McAleer, Ryan J.; Holm-Denoma, Christopher S.; Spears, David B.; Regan, Sean P.; Burton, William C.; Evans, Nick H.
Carbon release through abrupt permafrost thaw
The permafrost zone is expected to be a substantial carbon source to the atmosphere, yet large-scale models currently only simulate gradual changes in seasonally thawed soil. Abrupt thaw will probably occur in <20% of the permafrost zone but could affect half of permafrost carbon through collapsing ground, rapid erosion and landslides. Here, we...
Turetsky, Merritt R.; Abbott, Benjamin W.; Jones, Miriam C.; Walter Anthony, Katey; Olefeldt, David; Schuur, Edward A.G.; Grosse, Guido; Kuhry, Peter; Hugelius, Gustaf; Koven, Charles; Lawrence, David M.; Gibson, Carolyn; Sannel, A. Britta K.; McGuire, A.D. Estimating late 19th century hydrology in the Greater Everglades Ecosystem: An integration of paleoecologic data and models
Determining hydrologic conditions prior to instrumental records is a challenge for restoration of freshwater ecosystems worldwide. Paleoecologic data provide this information on past conditions and when these data are used to adjust hydrologic models, allow conditions to be hindcast that may not be directly estimated from the paleo-data alone. In...
Marshall, Frank E.; Bernhardt, Christopher E.; Wingard, G. Lynn