Dr. Stephen R. Meyers
Assistant Professor
Paleoclimatology, Sedimentary Geochemisty, Stratigraphy, Geostatistics

Ph.D., Northwestern University, 2003

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UNC Chapel Hill, Winter 2007
(Photo © Gigi Cohen)

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The Astronomical Clock
Old Town Square, Prague, 2005
(Photo: S. Meyers)

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RECENT NEWS

September 4, 2008: "Resolving Milankovitch: Consideration of Signal and Noise", by Meyers, Sageman and Pagani published in the American Journal of Science.

August 15, 2008: Come see what we are up to at the GSA Annual Meeting:

Wes Ingram's (UNC Ph.D.) study investigating gas hydrate stability, its impact on slope sedimentation, and potential linkages to climate change (view abstract)

Bo He's (UNC M.S.) macrocosm experiments to assess the biogeochemical impact of iron availability on organic matter burial (view abstract)

Kristin Larkins' (UNC M.S.) presentation on the analysis of Mississippian age tidal rhytmites via XRF-scanning (view abstract)

Brad Cramer's (OSU Ph.D) talk on the development of Silurian astrochronologies (view abstract)

My latest work on the analysis of orbital forcing during Oceanic Anoxic Event 2 (view abstract)

RESEARCH INTERESTS

The objective of my research is to resolve uncertainties about the mechanisms of climate change, the controls on the global carbon cycle, and the measurement of geologic time (geochronology). These subjects are fundamentally interdependent, as there are linkages between climate and the carbon cycle, and the establishment of reliable chronologies is essential for determining rates of climatic and biogeochemical change in Earth's past. My interdisciplinary approach to investigating these topics integrates data with modeling and statistical techniques, to unravel the history of the climate system, oceans and geosphere.

ONGOING PROJECTS

Cyclostratigraphic Analysis and the Measurement of Geologic Time[learn more]

The Biogeochemistry of Organic Matter Burial[learn more]

Temporal and Spatial Stability of the Holocene Hydrologic Cycle[learn more]

Centennial-Millennial Scale Oscillations in Quaternary Paleoclimate Records[learn more]