Thomas V. Lowell

Professor, Department of Geology
University of Cincinnati
Cincinnati, Ohio 45221-0013
(513) 556-4165
e-mail: Thomas.Lowell@UC.EDU

website: http://tvl1.geo.uc.edu/ice/glacier.html

Education:
Ph.D., Geology, State University of New York at Buffalo, 1987

M.S., Geology, University of Maine at Orono, 1980

B.S., Geology, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 1976

Professional Experience:
Professor, 2000 to present, Department of Geology, University of Cincinnati.

Associate Professor, 1992 to 2000, Department of Geology, University of Cincinnati.

Assistant Professor, 1986 to 1992, Department of Geology, University of Cincinnati.

Field Party Leader, 1978-1994 Maine, for the Maine Geological Survey; 1986-2002 Ohio; 1989, 1991, 1994, 1997, 1999 Iceland; 1993, 1996, 1997, 2001, 2002 Alaska; 1991-1998 Chile and 1996-2002 New Zealand for the University of Cincinnati.

Field Geologist, 1978-1979, 1985-1986 Antarctica, with Dr. George H. Denton, University of Maine, 1980, 1990 Alaska, with Dr. Parker E. Calkin, State University of New York at Buffalo

Instructor, 1984 Environmental Geology, Husson College; 1984; Glacial Geology, Department of Geological Sciences, University of Maine at Orono.

Research Associate, 1978-1980, 1985-1986 Antarctica Project, Institute for Quaternary Studies, University of Maine at Orono; 1980 Greenland Ice Sheet Project, Ice Core Laboratory, State University of New York at Buffalo.

Teaching Assistant, 1979 Geology for Foresters Laboratory; 1980 Geology for Engineers Laboratory, Department of Geological Sciences, University of Maine at Orono; 1981, 1982 Geomorphology Laboratory, 1983 Field Methods Laboratory, Department of Geological Sciences, State University of New York at Buffalo.

Regional Compiler, 1980-1983 for the first Maine State Surficial Map, Maine Geological Survey.

Membership in Professional Societies:
International Glaciological Society
Sigma Xi
American Quaternary Association
American Geophysical Union Geological Society of America
Geological Society of Maine

Fall Vite PDF Format

15-GEOL-106 Environmental Geology: Global Warming

15-GEOL-574
Glacial Geology

15-GEOL-575
Glacial Field Methods

15-GEOL-203 - Earth Surface - Materials and Proceeses (w/ Maynard and Nash)

15-GEOL-205 - Earth Surface - Climate and Time

15-GEOL-751 - Glacial Processes Seminar

My current research investigates the interactions of climate change and glaciers, especially ice sheets. I attack the glacial sequences of southern Ohio because they hold abundant organic material that allows for radiocarbon dating and hence critical chronological information. These deposits and their chronology thus record the history of the great Laurentide Ice Sheet. However many inferences about climate change must be drawn by comparing this record to other paleoclimate records, especially in the Southern Hemisphere. Toward that end, I am participating with a team refining the glacial and pollen stratigraphy in the Lake District of Chile and the Southern Alps of New Zealand.
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Glacier website

Representative Publications:
Moreno, P.I., Jacobson, G.L., Jr., Lowell, T.V., Denton, G.H., 2001, Interhemispheric climate links revealed by a late-glacial cooling episode in southern Chile, Nature, v. 409, p. 804-808. [abstract]

Lowell, T.V., 2000, As Climate Changes so do Glaciers, Perspective article, National Academy of Science Proceedings. v. 97, p. 1351-1354. [abstract]

Lowell, T.V., Larson, G.J., Hughes, J.D., and Denton, G.H, 1999, Age verification of the Lake Gribben forest bed and the Younger Dryas advance of the Laurentide Ice Sheet. Canadian Journal of Earth Science, v. 36 , 383-393. [abstract]

Turbek, S.E.* and Lowell, T.V., 1999, Glacial deposition along an ice-contact slope: an example from the southern Lake District, Chile, Geografiska Annaler, 81A, p. 325-346.

Hayward, R.K.,*Shebasta, D.Y.* and Lowell, T.V., 1997 Computerized Image Analysis of Outcrops, Journal of Geoscience Education, v. 45, p. 331-336

Lowell, T.V., Heusser, C.J., Anderson, B.G., Moreno, P.I., Hauser, A., Huesser, L.E., Schluchter, C., Marchant, D.R., and Denton, G.H., 1995, Interhemisperic correlation of late Pleistocene glacial events, Science, v. 269,p. 1541-1549 [abstract].

Lowell, T.V.,1995, The application of radiocarbon age estimates to thedating of glacial sequences: An example from the Miami sublobe, Ohio, Quaternary Science Reviews, v. 14, p. 85-94. [abstract]

Lowell, T.V., and Teller, J.T., 1994, Radiocarbon vs. Calendar ages of major lateglacial hydrological events in North America, Quaternary Science Reviews, v. 13, p. 801-803. [abstract]

Lowell, T.V., and Brockman, C.S., 1994, Quaternary sediment sequences in theMiami lobe and environs, Guidebook for the 41st Annual meeting, Midwest Friends of the Pleistocene, University of Cincinnati, 68 p.

Hayward, R.K.* and Lowell, T.V. 1993, Variations in loess accumulation ratesin the Mid-continent, United States, as reflected by magnetic susceptibility,Geology, v. 21, p. 821-824.[abstract]

Ekberg, M.P*, Lowell, T.V., and Stuckenrath, R., 1993, Late Wisconsin glacialadvance and retreat patterns in southwestern Ohio, U.S.A., Boreas, v. 22, p.289-304. [abstract]
v. 14, p. 74-85.

* Student Co-Author

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