Department of Geoscience
The University of Iowa

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Scott J. Carpenter

Adjunct Associate Professor
Associate Director, Paul H. Nelson Stable Isotope Laboratory

Research Interests

Stable Isotope Geochemistry
Biogeochemistry
Paleoclimates
Global Biogeochemical Cycles
Carbonate Geochemistry
Carbonate Diagenesis

Department of Geoscience
The University of Iowa
121 Trowbridge Hall
Iowa City, IA 52242-1379

Research Scientist

Center for Global and Regional Environmental Research
The University of Iowa
424 Iowa Advanced Technology Laboratory
Iowa City, IA 52242

Phone: 319-335-0405
FAX: 319-335-1821

e-mail: scott-j-carpenter@uiowa.edu

Education

B.S. (1985)      Geology, St. Lawrence University, Canton, NY

M.S. (1988)     Geology, The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI

Ph.D. (1991)    Geology, The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI

Professional Experience


1991 - 1992      Post-doctoral Fellow, University of Michigan

1992 - 1999      Assistant Professor, University of Texas at Dallas

1999 - 2001      Research Associate, University of Iowa

                         Manager, Paul H. Nelson, Stable Isotope Laboratory

2001- Pres.      Research Scientist, University of Iowa

                         Center for Global and Regional Environmental Research

2002- Pres.      Associate Director, Paul H. Nelson Stable Isotope Laboratory

                         Adjunct Associate Professor, Dept. of Geoscience, University of Iowa


Publications

Carpenter, S.J., Erickson, J.M., and Holland, F.D., Jr. (2003) Migration of a Late Cretaceous fish. Nature, 423:70-74.

Frappier, A., Sahagian, D., González, L.A. and Carpenter, S.J., (2002) El Niño events recorded by stalagmite carbon isotopes. Science, 298: 565.

Lee, D. and Carpenter, S.J. (2001) Isotopic Disequilibrium in Marine Calcareous Algae. Chemical Geology - Isotope Geoscience Section, 172: 307-329.

Ludvigson, G.A., Witzke, B.J., Schneider, C.L., Smith, E.A., Emerson, N.R., Carpenter, S.J., and González, L.A. (2000) A profile of the mid-Caradoc (Ordovician) carbon isotope excursion at the McGregor Quarry, Clayton County, Iowa: in Anderson, R.R., Ed., The Natural History of Pikes Peak State Park, Clayton County, Iowa, Geological Society of Iowa, Guidebook 70, p. 25-31.

Atkinson, M.J., Barnett, H., Aceves, H., Langdon, C., Carpenter, S.J., McConnaughey, T., Hochberg, E., Smith, M., and Marino, B.D.V. (1999) The Biosphere 2 coral reef biome. Ecological Engineering 13: (1-4) 147-171.

Carpenter, S.J. and Lohmann, K.C (1999) A reply to S.T. Petsch’s comments on: Carpenter and Lohmann (1997) Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta., 61: 4831-4846, Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta., 63: 761-766.

Yale, L.B. and Carpenter, S.J. (1998) Large Igneous Provinces and Giant Dike Swarms: Proxies for Supercontinent Cyclicity and Mantle Convection. Earth and Planetary Sci. Letters, 163:109-122.

Carpenter, S.J. (1998) A duct-tape manipulator for polishing thin sections. Journal of Sedimentary Research, 68 (3): 515-516.

Carpenter, S.J. and Lohmann, K.c (1997) Carbon isotope ratios of Phanerozoic Marine Cements: Re-evaluating the global carbon and sulfur systems. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta., 61: 4831-4846.

Carpenter, S.J. and Lohmann, K.C (1995) d18O and d13C values of modern brachiopod shells. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta, 59: 3749-3764.

González, L.A., Carpenter S.J. and Lohmann, K.C (1993) Inorganic calcite morphology: roles of fluid chemistry and fluid flow - Reply. Jour. Sed. Petrology, 63: 562-563.

González, L.A., Carpenter S.J. and Lohmann, K.C (1993) Columnar calcite in speleothems: Reply. Jour. Sed. Petrology, 63: 553-556.

González, L.A., Carpenter, S.J. and Lohmann, K.C (1992) Inorganic calcite morphology: roles of fluid chemistry and fluid flow. Jour. Sed. Petrology, 62: 382-399.

Carpenter, S.J. and Lohmann, K.C (1992) Sr/Mg ratios of modern marine calcite: empirical indicators of ocean chemistry and precipitation rate. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta, 56: 1837-1849.

Carpenter, S.J., Lohmann, K.C, Holden, P., Walter, L.M., Huston, T. and Halliday, A.N. (1991) d18O values, 87Sr/86Sr and Sr/Mg ratios of Late Devonian abiotic marine calcite: implications for composition of ancient seawater. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta 55: 1991-2010.

Carpenter, S.J. and Lohmann, K.C (1989) d18O and d13C variations in Late Devonian marine cements from the Golden Spike and Nevis reefs, Alberta, Canada. Jour. Sed. Petrology 59: 792-814.

Carpenter, S.J., Erickson, J.M., Lohmann, K.C and Owen, M.R. (1988) Diagenesis of fossiliferous concretions from the Upper Cretaceous Fox Hills Formation, North Dakota. Jour. Sed. Petrology 58: 706-723.

Manuscripts in PRESS

Ludvigson, G.A., Witzke, B.J., Gonzalez, L.A., Carpenter, S.J., Schneider, C.L.,and Hasiuk, F.H. (in press) Late Ordovician (Turinian-Chatfieldian) carbon isotope excursions and their paleoceanographic significance. Invited for special issue of Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 42 ms pgs.