Diana Lynn Carriker
Biography
Education
Old Dominion University, B.S. (2011)
Magna Cum Laude
Major: Biology - Marine Biology Concentration
Minor: Ocean, Earth, and Atmospheric Science
Current Responsibilities:
Lab Technician - Pollen Laboratory
USGS Web Content Manager
Science and Products
Wetlands in the Quaternary
Wetlands accumulate organic-rich sediment or peat stratigraphically, making them great archives of past environmental change. Wetlands also act as hydrologic buffers on the landscape and are important to global biogeochemical cycling. This project uses wetland archives from a range of environments to better understand how vegetation, hydrology, and hydroclimate has changed on decadal to multi-...
Wetlands in the Quaternary Project
Wetlands accumulate organic-rich sediment or peat stratigraphically, making them great archives of past environmental change. Wetlands also act as hydrologic buffers on the landscape and are important to global biogeochemical cycling. This project uses wetland archives from a range of environments to better understand how vegetation, hydrology, and hydroclimate has changed on decadal to multi-...
Pollen Laboratory
In this lab, we specialize in extracting pollen palynomorphs from geologic field samples. We also assist our center's scientists with outreach programs to educate students and inform policy makers as to the importance of our science.
Weighing Sediment Samples from the Great Dismal Swamp, 2018
In the sample preperation room, a lab technician weighs sediments samples before placing them in a warming oven to dry.
Collecting Cores from the Great Dismal Swamp, Spring 2017
Centuries of ditching, draining and harvesting resources have greatly altered the Great Dismal Swamp in Virginia. USGS scientists recently collected peat and lake core samples from the swamp to help reconstruct natural, environmental conditions over the past 12,000 years.
This project will help managers understand how this system has changed in order to better
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