THOMAS F. ANDERSON
Professor
Ph.D., Columbia University, 1967
Low-Temperature Geochemistry, Stable Isotope Geochemistry
The focus of Dr. Anderson's research is geochemical
processes in sediment-water systems and the application of stable
isotope variations to investigating those processes and systems.
He is particularly interested in (1) the biogeochemical cycle
of sulfur, (2) paleo-climatic and paleo-oceanographic reconstructions,
(3) diagenetic reactions in carbonate rocks and sediments, and
(4) the geochemistry of groundwaters. He and his students collaborate
with researchers at several institutions in the United States
and Great Britain.
More Research
Selected Recent Publications
- Hudson, J. D., and T. F. Anderson. 1989. Ocean temperatures
and isotopic compositions through time. Transactions of the Royal
Society of Edinburgh 80: 183-192.
- Woo, K. S., T. F. Anderson, L. B. Railsback, and P. A. Sandberg.
1993. Oxygen isotopic evidence for high-salinity surface seawater
in the Mid-Cretaceous Gulf of Mexico: Implications for warm,
saline deepwater formation. Paleoceanography 7: 673-685.
- Anderson, T. F., B. N. Popp, A. C. Williams, L. Z. Ho, and
J. D. Hudson. 1994. The stable isotopic records of fossils from
the Peterborough Member, Oxford Clay Formation (Middle Jurassic):
Palaeoenvironmental implications. Journal of the Geological Society
151: 125-138.
- Anderson, T. F. and L. M. Pratt. 1995. Isotopic evidence
for the origin of organic sulfur and elemental sulfur in marine
sediments. In: Geochemical Transformations of Sedimentary Sulfur
(M. A. Vairavamurthy and M. A. A. Schoonen, eds.), American Chemical
Society Symposium (in press).
- Bruchert, V., L. M. Pratt, T. F. Anderson, and S. R. Hoffmann.
1995. Abundance and isotopic composition of organic and inorganic
sulfur species in laminated and bioturbated sediments at Hole
893A, Santa Barbara Basin. Proceedings of the Ocean Drilling
Project, vol. 146 (in press).