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Kelsey McDuffee – MS Degree Recipient

July 9th, 2009 · No Comments

Kelsey McDuffee relaxing during a \'down moment\' while deploying sediment traps int he Arabian Sea.Congratulations to Miss Kelsey McDuffee, who successfully defended her Masters Degree in Oceanography on July 9, 2009.  Kelsey’s thesis “A 100 year sedimentary record of the contributions of marine, plant and soil organic matter to an anoxic fjord” provides a new level of understanding for both the geochemical processing of lignin and etherlipids in marine environments, but also establishes the first climate record based on marine records of terrestrial proxies on Vancouver Island BC. 

Kelsey will spend the rest of the summer finishing up her MS manuscript and working on her PCC Certificiate in Climate Change Science.

For a slide shopw of Kelsey during her time with us, follow the link for more…

 

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