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Stephen A. Schellenberg

Stephen A. Schellenberg
Associate Professor

Department of Geological Sciences
San Diego State University
5500 Campanile Dr.
San Diego, CA 92182-1020

Office: GMCS-114
Phone: 619.594.1039
Fax: 619.594.4372

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Education:
  • Ph.D. (2000) University of Southern California

Research Interests:
  • Paleobiology and paleoecology of invertebrates and protists
  • Mesozoic and Cenozoic paleoceanography
  • Applications of isotopic and elemental chemistry to biological, ecological, and environmental research

Research Projects:
  • Marine and Terrestrial Perspectives on the Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum: Planktonic Foraminiferal Minor Element Ratios and Clay Mineral Assemblages Across a Rapid Global Warming Event
  • Investigation of Holocene Seasonality and Inter-annual Variability Along the California Current System
  • The Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum in the Southern Ocean: Middle Bathyal Constraints from ODP Site 689 (Atlantic Sector) and 738 ( Indian Sector)

Selected Publications:
  • Paleolimnology; marine ostracods , Schellenberg, S. A., 2007, pp.2046-2062
  • Cenozoic variations in the South Atlantic carbonate saturation profile; insights from the Walvis depth-transect (ODP Leg 208) , Schellenberg, S. A. In: Eos, Transactions, American Geophysical Union, December 2004, Vol. 85, Issue 47, Suppl.
  • The Cretaceous/Paleogene transition on the East Tasman Plateau, southwestern Pacific , Schellenberg, Stephen A. In: Geophysical Monograph, 2004, Vol. 151, pp.93-112
  • Mazon Creek; preservation in late Paleozoic deltaic and marginal marine environments , Schellenberg, Stephen A., 2002, pp.185-203
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