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PROFESSORPALEOCLIMATOLOGYPALEOLIMNOLOGY |
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Department of Earth Sciences Office: 310 Heroy Geology Laboratory Phone: 315.443.4706 |
Following 20 years of marine geological/geophysical studies in the Bahamas, Florida and Caribbean region, Hank's research interests now focus on the geologic record of global change. He develops proxy records of past climatic conditions on sediment cores recovered from mid-latitude lakes. His most recent research has focused on the Finger Lakes of central New York State which house an amazingly rich, high resolution record of environmental change during the past 14,000 years. Hank is currently developing high-resolution (annual to decadal scale) stable isotope records for the last deglaciation, the Holocene Hypsithermal, and subsequent Holocene Neoglacial. Near future plans include inititation of paleo-productivity studies in the Great Lakes, as well as longer term paleoclimate records. Such records provide a baseline of natural climate variability for the Northeastern United States against which future climates can be compared. Other research regions include the large glacial lakes of southern British Columbia. "Most recently we have collected sediment cores from lakes in western Ireland to evaluate climate change in western Europe over the past ~ 10,000 years and compare it with results from the northeastern United States".
If you are interested in pursuing graduate study in any aspect of the geologic record of global change, please feel free to contact Professor Mullins.
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B.S. Geology -- SUNY Oneonta, 1973
M.S. Geology -- Duke University, 1975
Ph.D. Marine Science -- University of North Carolina, 1978
Associate Professor of Geology, Syracuse University -- 1984 - 1990
Assistant Professor of Geology, Syracuse University -- 1983 - 1984
Assistant Professor of Oceanography, Moss Landing Marine Labs -- 1978 - 1982
Editor -- GEOLOGY, 1990 - 1995
NSF Panel -- Geologic Record of Global Change, 1992 - 1994
Geologic Society of America (Fellow)
American Geophysical Union
American Association for the Advancement of Science
American Quaternary Association
* = graduate student
1986 -- Gardulski, A.F.*, Mullins, H.T. et al.., Carbonate mineral cycles in ramp slope sediment: Eastern Gulf of Mexico: Paleoceanography, v. 1, p. 555-565.
1987 -- Mullins, H.T., et al., Middle Miocene oceanographic event in the eastern Gulf of Mexico: Implications for seismic stratigraphic succession and Loop Current/Gulf Stream circulation: Geological Society of America Bulletin, v. 98, p. 702-713.
1989 -- Mullins, H.T., and Hinchey, E.J.*, Erosion and infill of New York Finger Lakes: Implications for Laurentide ice sheet deglaciation: Geology, v. 17, p. 622-625.
1990 -- Gardulski, A.F.*, Mullins, H.T., and Weiterman, S., Carbonate mineral cycles generated by foraminiferal and pteropod response to Pleistocene climate: West Florida ramp slope: Sedimentology, v. 37, p. 727-743.
1991 -- Mullins, H.T., et al., High-resolution seismic stratigraphy of Lake McDonald, Glacier National Park, Montana, U.S.A.: Arctic And Alpine Research, v. 23, p. 311-319.
1991 -- Mullins, H.T., et al., Retreat of carbonate platforms: Response to tectonic processes: Geology, v. 19, p. 1089-1092.
1991 -- Roof, S.R.*, Mullins, H.T., et al., Climatic forcing of cyclic carbonate sedimentation during the last 5.4 million years along the west Florida continental margin: Journal Sedimentary Petrology Special Issue, v. 61, p. 1070-1088.
1992 -- Mullins, H.T., et al., Carbonate platforms along the southeast Bahamas-Hispaniola collision zone: Marine Geology, v. 105, p. 169-209.
1994 -- Mullins, H.T. et al., The Finger Lakes of New York State, USA, in Gierlowski-Kordesch, E., and Kelts, K., eds., A Global Geological Record of Lake Basins: Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK, p. 411-414.
1996 -- Dwyer, T.R.*, Mullins, H.T., and Good, S.C., Paleoclimatic implications of Holocene lake-level flucuations, Owasco Lake, N.Y.: Geology, v. 24, p. 519-522.
1996 -- Mullins, H.T., et al.., Seismic stratigraphy of the Finger Lakes: A continental record of Heinrich event H-1 and Laurentide ice sheet instability: Geological Society of America Special Paper No. 311, p. 1-36.
1997 -- Anderson, W.T.*, Mullins, H.T., and Ito, E., Stable isotope record from Seneca Lake, New York: Evidence for a cold paleoclimate following the Younger Dryas: Geology, v. 25, p. 135-138.
1997 -- Eyles, N., and Mullins, H.T., Seismic stratigraphy of Shuswap Lake, British Columbia, Canada: Sedimentary Geology, v. 109, p. 283-303.
1998 -- Mullins, H.T., Environmental change controls of lacustrine carbonate, Cayuga Lake, New York: Geology, v. 26, p. 443-446.
1998 -- Mullins, H.T., Holocene lake-level and climate change inferred from marl stratigraphy of the Cayuga Lake basin, New York: Journal of Sedimentary Research, v. 68, p. 569-578.
1998 -- Dolan, J.F., Mullins, H.T., and Wald, D.J., Active tectonics of the north-central Caribbean: Oblique collision, strain partitioning, and opposed subducted slabs: Geological Society of America Special Paper 326, p. 1-61.
2001 -- Hilfinger, M.F., Mullins, H.T., Burnett, A., and Kirby, M.E., 2001, A 2500 year sediment record from Fayetteville Green Lake, New York: Evidence for anthropogenic impacts and historic isotopic shift: Journal of Paleolimnology, v. 26, p. 293-305.
2001 -- Mullins, H.T., et al., 2001, A 10,000 year record of calcite precipitation in Cayuga Lake, New York: Cornell University Center for the Environment Symposium Volume on Cayuga Lake.
2001 -- Mullins, H.T., and Halfman, J.D., 2001, High-resolution seismic reflection evidence for middle Holocene environmental change, Owasco Lake, New York: Quaternary Research, v. 55, p.322-331.
2002 -- Kirby, M.E.*, Patterson, W.P., Mullins, H.T., and Burnett, A.W., 2002, Post-Younger Dryas climate interval linked to circumpolar vortex variability: Isotopic evidence from Fayetteville Green Lake, New York. Climate Dynamics, v. 19, p. 321-330.
2003 -- Mullins, H.T., Burnett, A.W., Hilfinger, M.F., and Kirby, M.E.*, 2003, Millennial-scale Holocene lake level fluctuations at Green Lakes State Park, New York: Implications for atmospheric circulation over the northeastern United States: Northeastern Geology & Environmental Sciences, v. 25, p. 197-205.
2003 -- Lajewski, C.K., Mullins, H.T., Patterson, W.P., and Callinan, C.W., 2003, Historic calcite record from the Finger Lakes, New York: Impact of acid rain on a buffered terrane: Geological Society of America Bulletin, v. 115, p. 373-384.
2003 -- Burnett, A.W., Kirby, M.E.*, Mullins, H.T., and Patterson, W.P., 2003, Increasing Great Lake-effect snowfall during the twentieth century: A regional response to global warming?: Journal of Climate, v. 16, p. 3535-3542.
2004 -- Guiles-Ellis, K.*, Mullins, H.T., and Patterson, W.P., 2004, Deglacial to middle Holocene (16,600 to 6000 calendar years BP) climate change in the northeastern United States inferred from multi-proxy stable isotope data, Seneca Lake, New York: Journal of Paleolimnology, v. 31, p. 343-361.
2004 -- McFadden, M.A.*, Mullins, H.T., Patterson, W.P., and Anderson, W.T., 2004, Paleoproductivity of eastern Lake Ontario over the past 10,000 years: Limnology & Oceanography, , v. 49, p. 1570-1581.
2004 --Burnett, A.W., Mullins, H.T., and Patterson, W.P., 2004, Relationship between atmospheric circulation and winter precipitation 18 O in central New York State: Geophysical Research Letters, v. 31, L22209, doi: 10.1029/2004GL021089.
2005 -- McFadden, M.A.*, Patterson, W.P., Mullins, H.T., and Anderson, W.T., 2005, Multi-proxy approach to long- and short-term Holocene climate change: Evidence from eastern Lake Ontario: Journal of Paleolimnology, v. 33, p. 371-391.
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