Linda A. Hinnov
Professor of Geology
Department of Atmospheric, Oceanic and Earth Sciences
George Mason University

Paleozoic Dust Dynamics

This is a collaborative project to reconstruct dust dynamics for the Permo-Carboniferous Ice Age. It involves quantitative reconstruction of dust fluxes to different paleogeographic locations, including:

1. Shallow marine near-shore south Gondwana Copacobana Formation, Bolivia
2. Terrestrial loessite, north Gondwana Maroon Formation, Colorado
3. Central Panthalassa Ocean atoll Akiyoshi Limestone, Japan
4. Shallow marine near-shore north Gondwana Kapp Kare Formation, Svalbard