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Marci M Robinson, Ph.D.

Marci M Robinson is a Research Geologist at the Florence Bascom Geoscience Center.

Marci is a Research Geologist specializing in planktic and benthic foraminifera and is the Project Chief of the Eastern Coastal Plain Studies project. The Eastern Coastal Plain Studies project aims to develop a greater understanding of the geology of the U.S. Atlantic Coastal Plain Province through the development of geologic maps and complementary geochronologic and paleontologic data. Detailed and regional-scale geologic mapping, subsurface investigations, and focused studies of landscape evolution and paleoclimate are combined to address geologic framework problems, paleoecological reconstructions, and applied water resource issues such as water-resource availability and sustainability. Within this project, Marci's work focuses on Eocene Hyperthermals.

 

Education and Certifications

  • Ph.D. Environmental Science and Policy (Geology), George Mason University, 2007
    • Thesis:  Paleo-inlet dynamics and the genesis of shelf sand ridges via benthic foraminifera:  Old Currituck Inlet, Virginia/North Carolina (Advisor:  Randolph A. McBride)
  • B.S. Earth Systems Science (High Distinction), George Mason University, 1996
    • Thesis:  Planktonic foraminiferal assemblages and sea surface temperature estimates for the Benguela Current region of Southwest Africa (Advisor:  Richard J. Diecchio)