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Molly Patterson

Associate Professor

Department of Earth Sciences

Biography

Publications

  • Patterson, M.O., Rosenberg, C., Seki, O., Yamamoto, M., Romero, O., Nelissen, M., Sangiorgi, F., Golledge, N., Grant, G., Arnuk, W., Keisling, B., Naish, T., Levy, R., Meyers, S., Sullivan, N., Ash, J., Kulhanek, D., Romans, B., Varela, N., Jones, H.*, Beny, F., Browne, I., Cortese, G., Cordeiro de Sousa, I.M., Dodd, J., Esper, O., Gales, J., Harwood, D., Ishino, S., Kim, S., Kim, S., Laberg, J.S., Leckie, R., Müller, J., Shevenell, A., Singh, S., Sugisaki, S., van de Flierdt, T., van Peer, T., Xiao, W., De Santis, L., and McKay, R., 2026, Spatially variable response of Antarctica's ice sheets to orbital forcing during the Pliocene: Nature Geoscience, 19, p. 182–188.
  • Campbell, T.D., Skidmore, M.L., Patterson, M.O., Dore, J.E., Harwood, D.M., Leventer, A., Michaud, A.B., Rosenheim, B.E., Siegfried, M.R., Steigmeyer, A.J., Tranter, M., Venturelli, R.A., Priscu, J.C., and the SALSA Science Team, 2025, Dynamic subglacial meltwater history archived in Antarctic subglacial lake sediments: GSA Bulletin, 137(7-8), p. 3055–3068.
  • Grant, G.R., Naish, T.R., Keisling, B.A., Patterson, M.O., Kamp, P.J.J., Meyers, S.R., Strogen, D.P., Stocchi, P., and McKay, R.M., 2024, Reduced magnitude of early Pleistocene intensification of Northern Hemisphere glaciation: Quaternary Science Reviews, 349, p. 109096
  • McKay, R., Cockrell, J., Shevenell, A.E., Laberg, J.S., Burns, J., Patterson, M.O., Kim, S., Naish, T., Harwood, D., Levy, R., Marschalek, J., van de Flierdt, T., Ishino, S., Keisling, B., Cordeiro de Sousa, I.M., Cortese, G., Sangiorgi, F., Leckie, R.M., Dodd, J., Duncan, B., Pérez, L.F., Romans, B.W., Kim, S., Bombard, S., Browne, I., van Peer, T., Seki, O., Colleoni, F., Kulhanek, D., De Santis, L., and the IODP Expedition 374 Science Team, 2024, Miocene ice sheet dynamics and sediment deposition in the central Ross Sea, Antarctica: GSA Bulletin, 137(3-4), p. 1267–1291.
  • Siegfried, M.R., Venturelli, R.A., Patterson, M.O., Arnuk, W., Campbell, T.D., Gustafson, C.D., Michaud, A.B., Galton-Fenzi, B., Hausner, M.B., Holzschuh, S.N., Huber, B., Mankoff, K.D., Schroeder, D.M., Summers, P., Tyler, S., Carter, S.P., Fricker, H.A., Harwood, D.M., Leventer, A., Rosenheim, B.E., Skidmore, M.L., Priscu, J.C., and the SALSA Science Team, 2023, The life and death of a subglacial lake in West Antarctica: Geology, 51(5), p. 434–438.

Education

  • PhD in Geology, Te Herenga Waka - Victoria University of Wellington, Wellington (New Zealand)
  • MS in Geology, Southern Illinois University of Carbondale, Illinois
  • BA in Geology, Colgate University, Hamilton, New York

Research Interests

  • Sedimentology, Stratigraphy, Cyclostratigraphy
  • Paleoceanography
  • Paleoclimatology

Teaching Interests

  • Global Change: A Geological Perspective
  • Oceanography
  • Climate and Paleoclimate
  • Earth System Statistics

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