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Cathy L. Connor, Ph.D.

Cathy L. Connor, Ph.D.

Professor of Geology, Emerita

Arts and Sciences — Natural Sciences

Education

  • Ph.D. Geology 1984, University of Montana, Missoula, MT
    • Doctoral Dissertation: Late Quaternary Glaciolacustrine and Vegetational History of the Copper River Basin, Southcentral Alaska.
  • M.S. Geology 1975, Stanford University, Stanford, CA
    • Masters thesis: Holocene Sedimentation History of Richardson Bay California.
  • B.S. Geology 1974, Stanford University, Stanford, CA

Research Interests

Quaternary Geology and Paleoecology, Regional Alaskan Geology, Glaciology, Neotectonic Processes, Geoscience Education

  • Outreach in Geoscience Education in Alaska′s secondary schools
  • Alaska Geology–Understanding how it all came together and how it is changing
  • Comparison of Neoglacial stratigraphy with Tlingit Oral History Glacier Bay
  • Geomorphic Evolution of Mendenhall Valley during repeated glaciations
  • Uplift in Northern Southeastern Alaska
  • The Little Ice Age retreat of Mendenhall Glacier and Comparison with early 21st Century Rapid Retreat
  • Sediment flux through the Mendenhall Glacier/River system
  • Bathymetric surveys Mendenhall Lake 2000–2003
  • Recent Paleoecology SE AK fjord basins–Gravity Core studies marine sediments
  • Calving Retreat LeConte Glacier 1996–2000

Cathy L. Connor, Ph.D.

Professor of Geology, Emerita

Arts and Sciences — Natural Sciences

Cathy L. Connor, Ph.D.