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Elena Pérez


 Post-Doctoral Researcher, Geology Program
Indiana State University
159 Science Building
Terre Haute, IN 47809
E-mail: mperez1@isugw.indstate.edu
Phone: 812-237-3736

 

Education 

2001   Ph.D. Oceanography, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California, San Diego.

1995   Teaching Credential for Primary and Secondary School, University of Granada, Spain.

1994   B.A. Geology, University of Granada, Spain.

 Research interests: 

Cenozoic paleoceanography and paleoclimatology based on deep-sea sediments; Ecology and paleoecology of marine microfauna; Biogeochemistry of methane seeps.

 Selected publications:

 Rathburn, A.E., Pérez, M.E., Martin, J.B., Day, S., Mahn, C., Gieskes, J., Ziebis, W., Williams, D., Bahls, A., accepted. Relationships between the distribution and stable isotopic signatures of living foraminifera and cold seep biogeochemistry in Monterey Bay, California. Geochemistry, Geophysics and Geosystems.

 Berger, W.H., Lange, C.B., and Pérez, M.E., 2002. The early Matuyama diatom maximum off SW Africa: A conceptual model. Special issue of Marine Geology, 180: 105-116.

 Rathburn, A.E., Pérez, M.E., and Lange, C., 2001. Benthic-Pelagic Coupling in the Southern California Bight. Marine Micropaleontology, 43: 261-271.

 Pérez, M.E., Charles, C., Berger, W.H., 2001. Late Quaternary productivity fluctuations in the Mid-Angola Basin: evidence from benthic foraminifera. In: Wefer, G., Berger, W.H., and Richter, C. (Eds.), Proc. ODP, Sci. Results, 175 [Online]. Available from World Wide Web: <http://www-odp.tamu.edu/publications /175_SR/chap_19/chap_19.htm>

Pérez, M.E., Lin, H-L., Lange, C.B., and Schneider, R.R., 2001. Pliocene-Pleistocene Opal Records off SW Africa, ODP Sites 1082 and 1084. In: Wefer, G., Berger, W.H., and Richter, C. (Eds.), Proc. ODP, Sci. Results, 175 [Online]. Available from World Wide Web: <http://www-odp.tamu.edu/publications/175_SR/chap_04/chap_04.htm>

Brüchert, V., Pérez, M.E., Lange, C.B., 2000.  Coupled Primary Production, Benthic Foraminiferal Assemblages, and Sulfur Diagenesis in Organic-rich Sediments of the Benguela Upwelling System. Marine Geology, 163: 27-40.

 Selected Abstracts:

Pérez, M. E., Rathburn, A.E., Martin, J., Day, S., Gieskes, J., Mahn, C., Ziebis, W., Levin, L., Williams, D., Duncan, A., 2003. Benthic Foraminifera Associated with Methane Seeps in Monterey Bay: Ecology, Stable Isotopic Compositions and Relation to Biogeochemistry. 2003 GSA Annual meeting, Seattle.

Rathburn, A.E., Pérez, M. E., Martin, J., Day, S., Gieskes, J., Mahn, C., Ziebis, W., Williams, D., Duncan, A., Backherms, A., 2003. Can We Use Ecological And Geochemical Signals From Benthic Foraminifera To Assess Modern And Ancient Methane Seepage? 2003 EGS-AGU-EUG Joint Assembly, Nice, France.

Pérez, M.E., Rathburn, A.E., Levin, L., Deng, W-D., 2002. The Ecology Of Benthic Foraminifera Of The Peru Oxygen Minimum Zone. 2002 GSA Annual meeting, Denver.

Rathburn, A.E., Pérez, M.E., 2002. Intra-Annual Changes In Living Deep-Sea Benthic Foraminifera On The Southern California Margin: Seasonal Migration? 2002 GSA Southeastern and North-Central Sections meeting.

Pérez, M.E., Berger, W.H., 1999. Late Quaternary Productivity Fluctuations In The Mid-Angola Basin: Evidence From Benthic Foraminifera. EOS, Transactions, AGU, 1999 Fall meeting, vol. 80, no. 46, p. F567.