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Dr. Jim Beget, Professor

Dr. Jim Beget
Professor

Ph.D. 1981, University of Washington: Quaternary Geology, Tephrochronology, Volcanology, Geomorphology

Office: 364 REIC
Phone: (907) 474-5301
Fax: (907) 474-5163
E-mail: Jim Beget
Specialization and Research Interests
Dr. Beget studies the Quaternary history of volcanic and glaciated regions. He is currently investigating the history and distribution of Late Pleistocene and Holocene volcanic ash falls in Alaska. Tephra deposits are being studied in areas near Fairbanks and the central Alaska Range, as well as near source volcanoes on the Aleutian Peninsula and the Wrangell Mountains. Studies of the age, volume, and geochemical characteristics of ash layers will develop the tephrochronologic dating method for Quaternary sediments in Alaska, and help reconstruct eruption histories for active Alaskan volcanoes.

Dr. Beget is also reconstructing glacier profiles, dynamics, and chronologies for Pleistocene ice sheets and glaciers. In addition, investigations of stratigraphy and physical characteristics of thick loess deposits in Alaska are being studied as proxy records of climate changes in the Arctic during the last 1,000 to 1,000,000 years.
Curriculum Vitae

Advisees:
Jason Addison
Matthew Bowes
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Department of Geology and Geophysics
Reichardt Building Room 308, 900 Yukon Drive
P.O. Box 755780
Fairbanks, AK 99775-5780
phone: (907) 474-7565
fax: (907) 474-5163
 

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Last modified June 29, 2007 by geology@uaf.edu

 

 
Background Image is a dinosaur track found by 2006 Geology Field Camp students Susi Tomsich and Jeremiah Drewel. Photo compliments of Jeremiah Drewel.