Kim Marsella

Kim Marsella (center) doing summer research
with Ali Furman '09 and Alicea Cock-Esteb '09.

Contact Information:

Program Coordinator and Lecturer,
Environmental Studies Program
Office: Harder 192  Phone: x5195 (off campus: 518-580-5195)
E-mail: kmarsell@skidmore.edu

Education:

M.S., 1994-1997, Geology, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT "Timing and Extent of Glaciation on southern Baffin Island, N.W.T., Canada: Determined Using Cosmogenic Isotopes 10Be and 26Al"

B.S., 1994, Geology, Bates College, Lewiston, ME "The Evolution of a Hypersaline, Meromictic Lake Basin, eastern Cornwallis Island, N.W.T., Canada" (cum laude and highest honors)

Publications

Lindemann, R.H. and Marsella, K.A, 2005, Saline Springs, Microbial Reefs, and Basalt Pillows:  Three Natural Wonders of Saratoga:  Northeastern Section of the Geological Society of America 40^th Annual Meeting, Fieldtrip Guidebook, p. A1-A14.

Frey, S., Moomaw, W., Halstead, J., Robinson, C., Marsella, K., and Thomas, J., 2003, Home Energy Conservation Exercise:  Journal of Geoscience Education, v. 51, n. 5, p. 521-526

Marsella, K.A., Bierman, P., Davis, P.T., and Caffee, M., 2000, Cosmogenic ¹⁰Be and ²⁶Al dates for the Last Glacial Maximum on Eastern Baffin Island, Canadian Arctic: Geological Society of America Bulletin, v. 112, p. 1296-1312.

Bierman, P., Marsella, K., Patterson, C., Davis, P.T., and Caffee, M., Response to discussion by Wolfe et al. on Bierman et al. (1999): Geomorphology, v. 39, n. 3-4, p. 255-261.

Davis, P.T., Bierman, P., Marsella, K.A., Caffee, M., and Southon, J., 1999, Cosmogenic dating of glacial terrains in the Arctic: a test for inherited nuclides and the effectiveness of glacial erosion: Journal of Glaciology, v. 28, p. 181-188.

Bierman, P., Marsella, K., Patterson, C., Davis, P.T., and Caffee, M., 1999, Mid-Pleistocene cosmogenic minimum-age limits for pre-Wisconsinan glacial surfaces: Geomorphology, v. 27, p. 25-39.

Selected Abstracts

Marsella, Kimberly A., 2001, Increasing student engagement in geomorphology through the use of the world wide web: Geological Society of America, Abstracts with Programs, vol. 33, no. 6, p. A-125. (National)

Marsella, K.A., Bierman, P.R., Davis, P.T., and Caffee, M.W., 1998, Revised glacial chronology of the Pangnirtung Fjord Region, Cumberland Peninsula, Baffin Island: Based on ¹⁰Be and ²⁶Al exposure age dating: 28th International Arctic Workshop, Arctic and Alpine Environments, Past and Present, Program with Abstracts, Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research, Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, viii, p. 111-113.

Marsella, K.A., Bierman, P., Davis, P.T., and Caffee, M., 1997, Cosmogenic dating of surficial features on Baffin Island, 8th Biennial CANQUA Meeting, Montreal, 43. (International)

Marsella, K.A., Bierman, P., Davis, P.T., and Caffee, M., 1996, Stage 2 "big ice" on Baffin Island:       Geological Society of America, Abstracts with Programs, vol. 28, no. 7, p. A-433. (National)

Independent Study and Collaborative Research Students

Alexander Furman & Alicea Cock-Esteb, 2007, Water Quality Monitoring in the Kayaderosseras Watershed 

Conor Taff, 2005, Kayaderosseras Creek Watershed GIS Database

Christina Schull, 2004, Loughberry Lake Water Quality, Summer 2004

Peter Olmsted, 2003, Global Climate Change: A journalistic approach

Neil (Kip) Cross, 2003, A feasibility study of biodiesel fuel at Skidmore College

Kempton Randolph, 2002, Defining a new trail for the Saratoga Open-space Project
               
Jenna Ringelheim, 2002, Geographic Information Systems (GIS) Independent Study
               
Carley Ross, 2001, Mapping the Saratoga Lake Watershed using GIS