Welcome to the Terrestrial Paleoclimate Research Group at
James Madison University
We reconstruct the history of climate, vegetation, and landscape processes from Deep Time.
We reconstruct the history of climate, vegetation, and landscape processes from Deep Time.
Explore our areas of active research:
Explore our areas of active research:
Explore our lab facilities:
Explore our lab facilities:
Analysis of major and minor elemental oxides on rocks and soils using fused beads, as well as loss-on-ignition analyses
Standard Operating Procedures for sample preparation and analysis across a variety of instruments and approaches
Two Recent Papers in Science Magazine*:
Two Recent Papers in Science Magazine*:
Peppe et al. (2023) Oldest evidence of abundant C4 grasses and habitat heterogeneity in eastern Africa
MacLatchy et al. (2023) The evolution of hominoid locomotor versatility: Evidence from Moroto, a 21 Ma site in Uganda
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