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Presentations or Forum Participation  (2000-present)

2010 Invited speaker, NSF Geosciences Seminar Series, January 12. Title: JOIDES Resolution: Voyages.

2009 Invited speaker, JOIDES Resolution Initial Port Call, Honolulu, Hawaii (May 2009). Title: JOIDES Resolution: Voyages.

2008 Invited speaker, 10DP Town Hall Meeting, "Opportunities and Challenges," San Francisco AGU Meeting, December 11. Title: JOIDEs Resolution: The Old Made New Again

2008 Invited speaker, ThermoFinnigan Bremen, September 20. Title: UCSC and The Element: A Story in Several Parts

2008 Invited speaker, 33rd International Geological Congress, Oslo, Norway (6-14 August). Title: Paleoceanography: Geochemical Tracers of Past Oceans.

2007 Invited presenter, 10DP Town Hall Meeting, "0pportunities and Challenges," San Francisco AGU Meeting, December 11. Title: JOIDEs Resolution =>SODV =>JOIDEs Resolution

2006  Invited speaker, 17th International Sedimentological Congress, Fukuoka, Japan (27 August-1 September), Session on "Role of Sedimentology in Earth Drilling Projects.”  Title:  Proxy Tracers in Paleoceanography.

2006  Invited speaker, Integrated Ocean Drilling Program Australian Workshop, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia (26-27 August).  Title:  U.S. SODV Refit and Improved Capabilities.

2006  Invited Keynote Lecture, EuroForum 2006:  IODP Past Achievements and Future Opportunities, Cardiff, Wales (8-9 May 2006).  Title:  What’s in a Name?  The JOIDES Resolution Refit as the IODP Riserless Vessel.

2006  Invited, speaker, Department of Geological Sciences, Arizona State University (29 March).  Title:  Ocean History:  Carbon, Nutrients, and Temperature.

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2005  Invited speaker, Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute (MBARI), October 21, 2005.  Title:  Women in Oceanography.

2005  Speaker, UCSC Ocean Sciences Seminar Series, April 6, 2005.  Title:  Women in Oceanography.

2005  Invited speaker, for Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution’s Women’s History Month, March 8, 2005.  Title:  Women in Oceanography.

2004  Invited speaker, Eighth International Conference on Paleoceanography, Biarritz, France.  Title:  Integrated Ocean Drilling Program:  Present and Future.  Also Session Chair, Cenozoic-Mesozoic Oceans.

2004  Plenary Session Invited Speaker (one of four invited plenary speakers), American Geophysical Union Ocean Sciences Meeting, Portland, Oregon.  Title:  Nutrients and the Global Carbon Cycle.  See “Invited Abstracts” 

2003  Invited speaker, Union Session, American Geophysical Union Annual Meeting, San Francisco, California.  Title:  Phosphorus:  Sedimentary geochemistry, mass balance, and ocean history from ODP sediments.  See “Invited Abstracts”  Also Union Session Co-Chair, The Contributions of 20 Years of Scientific Drilling III.”

2003  Speaker, XXIII General Assembly of the International Union of Geodosy and  Geophysics (IUGG), Session on Twenty Years of the Ocean Drilling Program, Sapporo, Japan, July.  Title:  Sedimentary geochemistry, mass balance, and ocean history from ODP sediments.

2003  Invited speaker, Stanford University, Oceans Seminar, May 20.  Title:  Southeast Pacific paleoceanographic transects (ODP Leg 202), Interstitial water geochemistry.

2001  Invited presentation/discussion, Seventh International Conference on Paleoceanography, Sapporo, Japan, September.  Title:  Paleoceanography in IODP and U.S. participation in IODP (one of three speakers on IODP and Paleoceanography)

2001  Invited speaker, The Oceanography Society Biennial Scientific Meeting, Miami Beach, Florida, April.  Title:  Phosphorus in ocean margin sediments:  California and Benguela Current regions

2000  Invited speaker, Presentations on “The Non-Riser Drilling Vessel for the Integrated Ocean Drilling Program:  A Report from the Conceptual Design Committee” at:  JOIDES EXCOM/SCICOM Joint Meeting, Washington, D.C., February; International Working Group (IWG) for the Integrated Ocean Drilling Program (IODP), Washington, D.C., February; European Ocean Drilling Program Forum, La Grande-Motte, France, April; OD21/IODP Special Session, Annual Meeting of Joint Japanese Geophysical Societies/Western Pacific Geophysics Meeting, Tokyo, Japan, June

5 March-5 May 2009JOIDES Resolution - Integrated Ocean Drilling Program Expedition 320, Pacific Equatorial Age Transect (PEAT) 1, Honolulu, Hawaii-Honolulu, Hawaii
Inorganic geochemist for interstitial water geochemistry, Pacific Equatorial sediment coring

29 March– 30 May 2002  JOIDES Resolution - Ocean Drilling Program Leg 202,
Southeast Pacific Paleoceanographic Transects Valparaiso, Chile–Balboa, Panama
Inorganic geochemist for interstitial water geochemistry, Southeast Pacific sediment drilling.

20 April-16 June 1996 JOIDES Resolution (Sedco/BP471) Ocean Drilling Program Leg 130 , Acapulco, Mexico - San Francisco, California.
Inorganic geochemist on ODP Leg 167 studying sediments along the California Margin.

23 January-27 March 1990 JOIDES Resolution (Sedco/BP471) Ocean Drilling Program Leg 130, Guam - Guam.
Inorganic geochemist on ODP Leg 130 studying calcareous-rich sediments on the Ontong-Java Plateau.

1 August-7 August 1985 R/V R. G. Sproul, San Diego, California - San Diego, California.
Boxcoring sediments in Santa Barbara Basin and other California Borderlands basins; subcoring of box cores and subsampling of cores.

20 June-1 July 1982 U.S.N.S. Bartlett (T-AGOR-13), Cadiz, Spain - Rota, Spain.
Mediterranean Sea and Atlantic Ocean hydrocast and surface trace element water sampling; shipboard nutrient and salinity analyses.

8 March -9 April 1982 Caribbean Marine Biological Institute , Curacao, Netherlands Antilles.

14 January-10 February 1981 Bellairs Research Institute, Barbados, West Indies.
Culturing experiments on live planktonic foraminifera in collaboration with Dr. Allen B. of Lamont-Doherty Geological Observatory. Included field capture of foraminifera from water column by SCUBA diving and laboratory observation.

9 October -4 November 1979 R/V Atlantis II, Woods Hole, MA - Fortaleza, Brazil.
Surface trace element water sampling; shipboard nutrient analyses.

Articles in Review (Peer–Reviewed)

H.D. Scher, S.M. Bohaty, J.e. Zachos, and M.L. Delaney, Two-stepping into the icehouse: East Antarctic weathering
during progressive ice-sheet expansion at the Eocene Oligocene Transition, Geology (submitted, 2010).

Published Articles (Peer–Reviewed)  (2000-Present)

Chun, e.O.J., M.L. Delaney, and J.e. Zachos, Paleoredox changes across the Paleocene-Eocene thermal maximum, Walvis Ridge (ODP Sites 1262, 1263, and 1266): Evidence from Mn and U enrichment factors, Paleoceanography, 25, PA4202, doi:l0.l029/2009PA001861 (2010).

Faul, K.L., and M.L. Delaney, A comparison of early Paleogene export productivity and organic carbon burial flux for Maud Rise, Weddell Sea, and Kerguelen Platea u, south Indian Ocean, Paleoceanography 25, PA3214, doi:l0.l029/2009PA001916 (2010).

Scher, H.D., and M.L. Delaney, Breaking the glass ceiling for high resolution Nd isotope records in early Cenozoic paleoceanography, Chem. Geol. 269 (3-4), 329-338 (2009).

Bohaty, S.M., le. Zachos, F. Florindo, and M.L. Delaney, Coupled greenhouse warming and deep-sea acidification in the middle Eocene, Paleoceanography 24 (2) doi:l0.l029/ 2008PA001676 (2009).

Greaves, M. N. Caillon, H. Rebaubier, G. Bartoli, S. Bohaty, 1. Cacho, M. Cooper, e. Daunt, M. Delaney, P. deMenocal, A. Dutton, s. Eggins, H, Elderfield, D. Garbe-Schoenbert, E. Goddard, D. Green, D. Hastings, K. Kimoto, G. Klinkhammer, L. Labeyrie, D.W. Lea, T. Marchitto, M. Martinez-Boti, P.G. Mortyn, V. Ni, D. Nuernberg, G. Paradis, L. Pena, T. Quinn, V. Rosenthal, A. Russell, T. Sagawa, s. Sosdian, L. Stott, K. Tachikawa, E. Tappa, R. Thunell, P.A. Wilson, Interlaboratory comparison study of calibration standards for foraminiferal Mg/Ca thermometry Geochem. Geophys. Geosyst. 9, Q08010, doi:l0.l029/2008GCO01974 (2008).

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Bowen, G.J., T.J. Bralower, M.L. Delaney, G.R. Dickens, D.e. Kelly, P.L. Koch, L.R. Kump, Meng, L.e. Sloan, S.L. Wing, E. Thomas, le. Zachos, (2006), Eocene hyperthermal event offers insight into greenhouse earming, Eos Trans. AGU, 87(17),167-169, doi:l0.l029/ 2006E0170002 (2006).

Chun, e.O.J., and M.L. Delaney, Phosphorus, barium, manganese, and uranium concentrations and geochemistry, Nazca Ridge, Site 1237. In Tiedemann, R., Mix, A.e., Richter, e., and Ruddiman, W.F. (Eds.), Proc. ODP,Sci. Results, 202 doi:l0.2973/odp.proc.sr.202.205.2006 (2006).

Faul, K.L., A. Paytan, and M.L. Delaney, Phosphorus distribution in sinking oceanic particulate matter, Marine Chemistry 97 (3-4), 307-333 (2005).

Nilsen, E.B., and M.L. Delaney, Factors influencing the biogeochemistry of sedimentary carbon and phosphorus in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta, Estuaries 28 (5), 653-663 (2005).

Anderson, L.D., and M.L. Delaney, Use of multiproxy records on the Agulhas Ridge, Southern Ocean (ODP Leg 177, Site 1090) to investigate sub-Antarctic hydrography from the Oligocene to the early Miocene, Paleoceanography 20, PA3011, doi:10.1029/2004PA001082 (2005b).

Anderson, L. D., and M. L. Delaney, Middle Eocene to early Oligocene paleoceanography from Agulhas Ridge, Southern Ocean (Ocean Drilling Program Leg 177, Site 1090), Paleoceanography 20, PA1013, doi:10.1029/2004PA001043 (2005a).

Wara, M.L., A.C. Ravelo, and M.L. Delaney, Permanent El Niño-like conditions during the Pliocene warm period, Science 309, 758-761 (2005).

Rosenthal, Y., S. Perron-Cashman, C.H. Lear, E. Bard, S. Barker, K. Billups, M. Bryan, M.L. Delaney, P.B. deMenocal, G.S. Dwyer, H. Elderfield, C.R. German, M. Greaves, D.W. Lea, T.M. Marchitto Jr., D.K. Pak, G.L. Paradis, A.D. Russell, R.R. Schneider, K. Scheiderich, L. Stott, K. Tachikawa, E. Tappa, R. Thunell, M. Wara, S. Wealdab, and P. Wilson, Interlaboratory comparison study of Mg/Ca and Sr/Ca measurements in planktonic foraminifera for paleoceanographic research, Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems. 5, Q04D09, doi:10.1029/2003GC000650 (2004).

Tripati, A.K., M.L. Delaney, J.C. Zachos, L.D. Anderson, D.C. Kelly, and H. Elderfield, Tropical sea-surface temperature reconstruction for the early Paleogene using Mg/Ca ratios of planktonic foraminifera, Paleoceanography 18(4), 1101, doi:10.1029/2003PA000937 (2003).

Zachos, J.C., M.W. Wara, S. Bohaty, M.L. Delaney, M.R. Petrizzo, A. Brill, T.J. Bralower, and I. Premoli-Silva, A transient rise in tropical sea surface temperature during the Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum, Science 302 (5650), 1551-1554 (2003).

Wara, M.W., M.L. Delaney, T.D. Bullen, and A.C. Ravelo, The possible roles of pH, temperature, and partial dissolution in determining boron concentration and isotopic composition in planktonic foraminifera, Paleoceanography 18: 1100, doi:10.1029/2002PA000797 (2003).

Wara, M.W., L.D. Anderson, S.A. Schellenberg, R. Franks, A.C. Ravelo, and M.L. Delaney, Application of a radially viewed inductively coupled plasma-optical emission spectrophotometer to simultaneous measurement of Mg/Ca, Sr/Ca, and Mn/Ca ratios in marine biogenic carbonates, Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems 4(8), 8404, doi:10.1029/2003GC000525 (2003).

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Nilsen, E.B., L.D. Anderson, and M.L. Delaney, Paleoproductivity, nutrient burial, climate change and the carbon cycle in the western equatorial Atlantic across the Eocene/Oligocene boundary, Paleoceanography 18(3), 1057, doi:10.1029/2002PA000804 (2003).

Faul, K.L., L.D. Anderson, and M.L. Delaney, Late Cretaceous and early Paleogene nutrient and paleoproductivity records from Blake Nose, western North Atlantic Ocean, Paleoceanography 18(2), 1042, doi:10.1029/2001PA000722 (2003).

Mc Intyre, K., M.L. Delaney, and A.C. Ravelo, Millennial–scale climate change and oceanic processes in the late Pliocene and early Pleistocene, Paleoceanography 16, 535-543 (2001).

Anderson, L.D., M.L. Delaney, and K.L. Faul, Carbon to phosphorus ratios in sediments:  Implications for nutrient cycling, Global Biogeochem. Cycles 15, 65-79 (2001). 

Andreasen, G.H., and M.L. Delaney, Bulk calcite size fraction distribution and Sr/Ca composition for deep–sea sediments at selected age horizons, Marine Geology 169, 185–205 (2000).

Lyle, M., I. Koizumi, M.L. Delaney, and J.A. Barron, Sedimentary record of the California Current System, middle Miocene to Holocene:  A synthesis of Leg 167 results, Proc. ODP Sci. Rslts. 167, 341–376 (2000).

Faul, K.L., A.C. Ravelo, and M.L. Delaney, Reconstructions of upwelling, productivity, and photic zone depth in the eastern equatorial Pacific Ocean using planktonic foraminiferal stable isotopes and abundances, Jour. Foram. Research 30, 110–125 (2000).

Anderson, L.D., and M.L. Delaney, Sequential extraction and analysis of phosphorus in marine sediments:  Streamlining of the SEDEX procedure, Limnol. Oceanogr. 45, 509–515 (2000).

Faul, K.L., and M.L. Delaney, Nutrient and paleoproductivity dynamics in the early Paleogene, GFF 122, 46–47 [extended abstract] (2000).

Andreasen, G.H., and M.L. Delaney, Lithologic controls on calcite recrystallization in Cenozoic deep–sea sediments, Marine Geology 163, 109–124 (2000).

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Other Publications   (2000-Present)

Palike, H., H. Nishi, M. Lyle, 1. Raffi, A. Klaus, K. Gamage, and the Expedition 320/321 Scientists, Pacific Equatorial Transect.IODP Prel. Rept. 320. doi:l0.2204/iodp.pr.320.2009 (2009). [M.L. Delaney is co-author as member of Shipboard Scientific Party; was one of two inorganic geochemists on expedition.)

Delaney, P., and S. Higgins, "Core On Deck! The end of SODV and the return of the JOIDEs Resolution as the IODP riserless vessel, scientific Drilling 8: 38-40, doi:l0/2204/iodp.sd.8.06.2009 (2009).

M.L. Delaney, Guest Editor, Speciallssue of Oceanography magazine on "Women in Oceanography," Vol 18 (1) (2005). Responsible for identifying potential contributors, soliciting artieles, evaluating reviews, defining format and desired content for autobiographies, and for soliciting autobiographies in collaboration with editor. (Available on-line at: http://www.tos.org/oceanography/issues/issue_archive/18_1.html)

Delaney, M.L., Introduction to this special issue on women in oceanography, Oceanography 18 (1), 8-10.

Delaney, M.L., Introductory letter from Peggy Delaney (introducing "Autobiographical Sketches of Women in Oceanography"), Oceanography 18 (1), 66.

Grousset, F., L Peterson, P. Delaney, H. Elderfield, K. Emeis, G. Haug, T. Stocker, and P.-X. Wang, Eighth International Conference on Paleoceanography, EOs, 86 (7), 68 (2005).

Grousset, F.E., P. Delaney, H. Elderfield, K. Emeis, G. Haug, L. Peterson, T. Stocker, and P.-X. Wang, Eighth International Conference on Paleoceanography (Meeting Report), Oceanography 17 (4),186-193 (2004).

Mix, A.C., Tiedemann, R., Blum, P., et al., Proc. ODP, Init. Repts., 202 [Online]. Available from World Wide Web: http://www-odp.tamu.edu/publications/202_IR/202ir.htm (2003).  See especially Introductory Chapter section  on “Biogeochemical Constraints,” pp. 21-25, p. 145.

Prell, W., and M.L. Delaney, Support for U.S. participation in the Integrated Ocean Drilling Program, Report from the Conference on U.S. Participation in IODP (CUSP), submitted to NSF and published in JOI/USSAC Newsletter 15(2): 1-13 (2002).  (See web version of report at http://www.joiscience.org/USSSP/iodp/cusp.html for appendices.)

Delaney, M.L., Conference on U.S. Participation (CUSP) in IODP held June 2002, Letter from the Chair, JOI/USSAC Newsletter 15(1): 21 (2002).

Delaney, M.L., The only constant is change…, Letter from the Chair, JOI/USSAC Newsletter 14(1), 21 (2001).

Delaney, M.L., author of letter from chair (p. 2) and primary scientific editor for brochure, United States Participation in the Integrated Ocean Drilling Program, 2003-2013, glossy brochure, 8 pp. (September 2001).

Delaney, M.L., New combinations in our alphabet soup…News about the ODP and IODP, Letter from the Chair, JOI/USSAC Newsletter 13(3), 13 (2001).

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Pisias, N.G., and M.L. Delaney (editors), COMPLEX:  Conference on Multiple Platform Exploration of the Ocean, May 1999, Vancouver, British Columbia, 210 pp. (November 2000). 

Delaney, M.L., Interesting times…institutions, individuals, and change, Letter from the Chair, JOI/USSAC Newsletter 13(2), 13 (2000).

Faul, K.L., and M.L. Delaney, Phosphorus concentrations and geochemistry in Blake Nose sediments from Leg 171B (Data Report), Proc. ODP Sci. Rslts. 171B, 1-10 (online, web publication 2000).

The Non–Riser Drilling Vessel for the Integrated Ocean Drilling Program:  A Report from the Conceptual Design Committee (M.L. Delaney, chair), March 2000.  (Report available on the web at http://www.joiscience.org/sodv/downloads/cdc/CDC_report.pdf)

Delaney, M.L. The greatest Earth science undertaking ever…, Letter from the Chair, JOI/USSAC Newsletter 13(1), 21 (2000).

Delaney, M.L., Nutrients in the glacial balance [News and Views article], Nature 405, 288–291 (2000).

Delaney, M.L., Perspectives on paleoceanography, the journal and the field, from a retiring editor, Paleoceanography 15, 1–3 (2000).

Delaney, M.L., and L.D. Anderson, Phosphorus concentrations and geochemistry in California Margin sediments, ODP Leg 167 (Data Report), Proc. ODP Sci. Rslts. 167, 195–202 (2000).

Current Graduate Students

Wendy Kordesch               Masters in Ocean Sciences              2009–

Degrees Completed

Cecily Chun                            Ph.D. in Ocean Sciences              2002-2008
Thesis title: Paleoredox and paleoproductivity in marine sediments.
2002-07 Graduate Assistanceship in Areas of National Need Fellowship; 2006-07 Achievement Rewards for College Scientists Fellowship; 2007-08 Ocean Sciences Outstanding Graduate Student Award.

Elena Brennan Nilsen             Ph.D. in Ocean Sciences              1999–2004
Thesis title:  Studies of carbon cycling, nutrient dynamics, and climate change in pelagic and coastal ecosystems using sediment geochemical techniques
2001–02 California Coastal Environmental Quality Graduate Fellowship; 2002–03 Graduate Assistanceship in Areas of National Need Fellowship; 2003–04 Achievement Rewards for College Scientists Fellowship. 

Michael Wara               Ph.D. in Ocean Sciences              1997–2003          (Co–Advisor with A.C. Ravelo)
Thesis title:  On the interaction between tropical and high latitude climate over the past 5 m.y.
1998–99 Joint Oceanographic Institutions, Inc./U.S. Science Support Program Fellowship.  2001–02 Achievement Rewards for College Scientists Fellowship.  2001–02 Ocean Sciences Outstanding Graduate Student Award.  Recently graduated from Stanford Law School.

Kristina Faul              Ph.D. in Earth Sciences              1994–2001              (Co–Advisor with A.C. Ravelo)
Thesis title:  Nutrient and paleoproductivity dynamics during the last glacial maximum and the early Paleogene
1996–99 Harvey Fellow; invited shipboard inorganic geochemist, ODP Leg 171B, Blake Nose, January–February 1997; 1997 UCSC Earth Sciences Aaron and Elizabeth Waters Award for Outstanding Thesis Proposal.  Currently Assistant Professor of Chemistry (Environmental Geology) at Mills College (Oakland, California).

Gretchen Hampt Andreasen    Ph.D. in Earth Sciences              1992–1998
1995 Joint Oceanographic Institutions, Inc./U.S. Science Support Program Fellowship; invited shipboard inorganic geochemist, ODP Leg 154, Ceara Rise, January–March, 1994.  Recipient of an NSF Post–doctoral Fellowship in Science, Math, Engineering, and Technology Education, 1998–2000.  Currently CalTeach Coordinator, UCSC.

Katherine McIntyre        Ph.D. in Earth Sciences              1992–1998        (Co–Advisor with A.C. Ravelo)
1992–1995 Patricia Roberts Harris Fellowship; 1995 UCSC Earth Sciences Aaron Waters Award for Outstanding Thesis Proposal; invited shipboard inorganic geochemist, ODP Leg 162, North Atlantic and Arctic Gateways II, July–September 1995; 1996–97 Joint Oceanographic Institutions, Inc./U.S. Science Support Program Fellowship; 1996–97 Outstanding Ocean Sciences Student Award, UCSC. 

Gabriel Filippelli              Ph.D. in Earth Sciences              1989–1994
1991–92 Joint Oceanographic Institutions, Inc./U.S. Science Support Program Fellowship; three–year award National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate Fellowship, 1992–94; 1991 UCSC Earth Sciences Aaron Waters Award for Outstanding Thesis Proposal; 1992 UCSC Outstanding TA award.  Currently Professor of Geology, Indiana University–Purdue University at Indianapolis.

In time interval 2006-10:

Departmental exam committee member. Ocean sciences: Shellie Bench, Matt Brown, Deborah Farquier (chair), Heather Ford, Jason Hilton (chair), Luis Huckstadt, Jonathan LaRiviere (chair), Kathleen London, Sara Maxwell, Fernanda Mazzillo (chair), Jason Mulsow, Kory Pennebaker, Meghan Powers, Peter Ravegno, Melinda Simmons, John Wiedemann, Dana Wingfield.

Qualifying exam committee member. Ocean sciences: Earth and Planetary sciences. Brandon Murphy

Master's thesis reading committee member. Ocean sciences. Andy Rothwell.

Ph.D. thesis committee member. Ocean sciences: Andrea van der Woude. Earth and Planetary sciences. Steven Bohaty.