MARIA SERENA POLI

 

 

Geography and Geology Department
Eastern Michigan University
219 Strong Hall
Ypsilanti, MI 48197
(734) 487-8063
spoli@online.emich.edu


 

     EDUCATION:

1995 - Ph.D., University of Padova. Thesis subject: Benthic Foraminifera and Cyclicity in Pleistocene Shelf Sediments (Crotone Basin, Southern Italy).

1991 - Laurea, University of Padova. Thesis subject: Benthic Foraminifera of the Marna Euganea Formation.

     RESEARCH INTERESTS:

The broad goal in my research is the evaluation of how different components of the marine system responded to long and short term global climatic changes. I combine my observations in paleoenvironments with data from geochemical, stratigraphic and sedimentological investigations, in order to develop a detailed picture of depositional environments, climate changes and evolution of sedimentary basins.
At present, I am working on material collected during Leg 172 of the Ocean Drilling Program. The research is focused on the reconstruction of deep and intermediate water mass properties and circulation patterns in the western North Atlantic during Marine Isotope Stages 11-12 (~360-470 kyr): a critical interval in the evolution of late Pleistocene climates.
 

     EXPERIENCE:

          1/00-present:      Assistant Professor, Geography and Geology Deapartment, Eastern Michigan University.

          2/98-7/99:         Postdoctoral Researcher, Department of Geological Sciences, University of South Carolina.

2/97-4/97:          Paleontologist onboard R/V JOIDES RESOLUTION, ODP Leg 172-NW Atlantic Sediment Drifts, Charleston (South Carolina) to Lisbon (Portugal).

5/96-4/98:          Postdoctoral Researcher, Department of Geology, University of Padova, Italy.

2/97-9/97:          Visiting Researcher, Department of Geological Sciences, University of South Carolina.
2/96-8/96

11/94-10/95:       Scholarship, University of Padova, for research activities at the Department of Geological Sciences, University of South Carolina.

1992-93-95:       Micropaleontological consultant for Regione Emilia-Romagna within the "Geological Cartography Project".

     TEACHING:

                   GESC 320-THE OCEANS
                   GESC 108-EARTH SCIENCE
                   GEOL 160-PHYSICAL GEOLOGY .
                   GEOL 161-HISTORICAL GEOLOGY

     STUDENTS:

                  Nell Orschelen
 

     MEMBERSHIP:

                  American Geophysical Union (1994)
                  Società Paleontologica Italiana
                  

     PUBLICATIONS:

Giosan, L., Flood, R.D., Grützner, J., Franz, S.-O., Poli, M.-S., and Hagen, S. (2001). High-resolution carbonate content estimated from diffuse spectral reflectance for Leg 172 sites. In Keigwin, L.D., Rio, D., Acton, G.D., and Arnold, E. (Eds.), Proc. ODP, Sci. Results, 172 [Online]. Available from World Wide Web.

Poli, M.S., Thunell, R. and Rio, D. (2000). Millennial-scale changes in North Atlantic deepwater circulation during marine isotope stages 11-12: linkage to Antarctic climate. Geology 28, 9: 807-810.

Keigwin, L., Rio, D., Acton, G. and the Leg 172 Shipboard Party (1998). Proceedings of the Ocean Drilling Program, Initial Reports 172.

Rio, D., Channell, J.E.T., Bertoldi, R., Poli, M.S., Vergerio, P.P., Raffi, I., Sprovieri, R. and Thunell, R.C. (1997). Pliocene Sapropels in the Northern Adriatic Area: Chronology and Paleoenvironmental Significance. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 135: 1-25.

Rio, D., Channell, J.E.T., Massari, F., Poli, M.S., Sgavetti, M., D'Alessandro, A., Prosser, G. (1996). Reading Pleistocene Eustasy in a Tectonically Active Siliciclastic Shelf Setting (Crotone Peninsula, Southern Italy). Geology 24, 8: 743-746.

Channell, J.E.T., Poli, M.S., Rio. D., Sprovieri, R., Villa, G. (1994). Magnetic Stratigraphy and Biostratigraphy of Pliocene "Argille Azzurre" (Northern Apennines, Italy). Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 110: 83-102.

     PAPERS IN PRESS/PREPARATION:

Thunell, R., Poli, M.S. and Rio, D. Changes in deep and intermediate water properties in the western North Atlantic during marine isotope stages 11-12: evidence from ODP Leg 172. Submitted to Marine Geology.

Chaisson, W., Poli, M.S. and Thunell, R. MIS 11/12 transition (termination V) at Blake Bahama Outer Ridge: stable isotopic and faunal evidence. Submitted to Marine Geology.

Grutzner, J., Giosan, L., Franz, S.O., Tiedemann, R., Cortijo, E., Chaisson, W.P., Flood, R.D., Hagen, S., Keigwin, L.D., Poli, M.S., Rio, D., and Williams, T. Astronomical age models for Pleistocene drift sediments from the western North Atlantic (ODP Sites 1055-1063). Submitted to Marine Geology.

     ABSTRACTS:

Healey, S.L., Thunell, R. and Poli, M.S. (2000). Rapid Variability in North Atlantic Circulation and Climate During Marine Isotope Stages 11 and 12. Eos Trans. AGU, 81(48), Fall Meeting Suppl., Abstract OS51B-14, 2000.

Howell, M.W., Miller, J., Poli, M.S. and Lewis, C.M. (2000). Sapropel Formation in the Strait of Sicily: Isotopic and Geochemical Results From ODP Site 963. Eos Trans. AGU, 81(48), Fall Meeting Suppl., Abstract OS61E-10, 2000.

Poli, M.S., Thunell, R.C. and Rio, D. (1999). Millennial-Scale Climate Variability During Marine Isotope Stages 11-12: the Western North Atlantic Deep-Water Record. American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting 1999, San Francisco, December 13-17, 1999.

Poli, M.S., Thunell, R.C. and Rio, D. (1999). Millennial-Scale Climate Variability in the Western North Atlantic During Marine Isotope Stages 11-12: Results form ODP Leg 172. In: Poore, R.Z., Burckle, L., Droxler, A.W., McNulty, W.E. Eds. , Workshop Report. U.S. Geol. Surv. Open-File Report, 99-312, pp. 19–21.

Poli, M.S., Thunell, R.C. and Rio, D. (1998). Millennial-Scale Climate Variability in the Western North Atlantic During Marine Isotope Stages 11 and 12: Results from ODP Leg 172. 6th International Conference on Paleoceanography, Lisbon, Portugal, August 23-28, 1998.

Kent, D., Kukla, G., Massari, F., Rio, D., Favero, V., Mullenders, V., Poli, M.S., Raffi, I.,Serandrei, R., Stefani, C. and Vergerio, P.P. (1997). Chronology of the C.N.R. Venice 1 Borehole (Venice, Northern Adriatic, Italy). IAS-SEPM Meeting on Environmental Sedimentology, Venice, Italy, October 27-29, 1997.

Kent, D., Kukla, G., Massari, F., Rio, D., Favero, V., Mullenders, V., Poli, M.S., Raffi, I., Serandrei, R. and Vergerio, P.P. (1997). Chronology of the C.N.R. Venice 1 Borehole (Venice, Northern Adriatic, Italy). National FIST Meeting, Bellaria (Rimini), Italy, October 5-9, 1997.

Keigwin, L., Rio, D., Acton, G., Poli, M.S., Raffi, I. and Leg 172 Scientific Party (1997). Preliminary Results of ODP Leg 172 (Western North Atlantic Sediment Drifts). National FIST Meeting, Bellaria (Rimini), Italy, October 5-9, 1997.

Raffi, I., Rio, D., Acton, G., Keigwin, L., Poli, M.S. and Leg 172 Scientific Party (1997). Preliminary Results of ODP Leg 172 (Western North Atlantic Sediment Drifts). Palaeopelagos, Annual Meeting, Rome, Italy, June 2-4, 1997.

Patrick, D., Thunell, R.C., Poli, M.S. and Le, J. (1996) Glacial-Interglacial Changes in Tropical Pacific SST and Thermocline Structure. 1996 Western Pacific Geophysic Meeting, Brisbane, Australia, July 23-27, 1996.

Patrick, D., Thunell, R.C. and Poli, M.S. (1996) Glacial Temperatures: Discrepancies Between Terrestrial and Marine Records from the Eastern Equatorial Pacific. American Geophysical Union, Spring Meeting 1996, Baltimore, May 20-24, 1996.

Poli, M.S. and Thunell, R.C. (1996) Benthic Foraminiferal Response to Glacial-Interglacial Changes in the Ventilation Rate of the Eastern Equatorial Pacific. American Geophysical Union, Spring Meeting 1996, Baltimore, May 20-24, 1996.

Rio, D., Poli, M.S. (1995). The Late Pliocene to Middle Pleistocene Type Mediterranean Record: Chronology and Standard Chronostratigraphy. International Union for Quaternary Research, XIV International Congress, Berlin, August 3-10, 1995.

 

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