Amy E. Frappier, Assistant Professor
Ph.D. University of New Hampshire (2006)
M.S. University of New Hampshire (2002)
B.S University of Maine, Orono (1999)
INTERESTS:
Paleoclimatology, Stable Isotope Geochemistry, Earth System Science, Environmental Geology, Stratigraphy
CONTACT INFO:
Phone: 617-552-1296
E-mail: amy.frappier.1@bc.edu
COURSES:
GE 360 - Paleoclimatology (Fall 2008)
GE 440 - Global Biogeochemical Cycles (Fall 2008)
GE 174 - Climate Change and Society (Spring 2009)
GE 580 - Environmental Seminar (Spring 2009)
CURRENT GRADUATE STUDENTS AND PROJECTS:
| Meaghan Baldwin | Investigation of the 1982 El Chichon volcanic eruption record in speleothems: tephra, leachate experiments, and stalagmite geochemistry. |
| Maria Crosby | Calibration of the speleothem paleotempest stable oxygen isotope proxy. |
| James Pyburn | A stratigraphic record of hurricanes in stalagmites from low-lying Yucatan Peninsula |
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS:
• Frappier, A. B. 2007. A stepwise screening system to select storm-sensitive stalagmites: Taking a targeted approach to speleothem sampling, Quaternary international. doi: 10.1016/j.quanit.2007.09.042.
• Frappier, A. B., Knutson, T., Liu, K.-b., Emanuel, K., 2007. Coordinating paleoclimate research on hurricanes with hurricane-climate theory and modeling. (In review at Tellus A)
• Frappier, A.B., D. Sahagian, S.J. Carpenter, L.A. González, and B.R. Frappier, 2007. A stalagmite proxy record of recent tropical cyclone events. Geology, v7, n. 2: 111114; doi: 10.1130/G23145A.
• Hurtt, G., C. Wake, T. Wawrzeniak, A. Frappier, C. Girod, L. Seidel, V. Salomonson, 2006. Broadening student horizons: The development, delivery, and assessment of a new course in Earth System Science. Journal of Geoscience Education v. 54, n. 3: 329-338.
• Frappier, A. B., 2006. Empirical orthogonal function analysis of multivariate stalagmite trace element data: Detecting the 1982 El Chichón volcanic eruption. In: Archives of Climate Change in Karst, Karst Waters Institute Special Publication 10, p. 113-115. Proceedings of the symposium Climate Change: The Karst Record (IV), 26-29 May, 2006, Baile Herculane, Romania.
• Frappier, A., D. Sahagian, L. A. González, and S. J. Carpenter, 2002. El Niño events recorded by stalagmite carbon isotopes, Science v. 298, n. 5593, p.565.