Kim Marsella
Kim came to UVM in 1994 and began an investigation that took her to Baffin Island.
MS Thesis, Geology (University of Vermont, 1998)
Timing and the extent of glaciation in the Pangnirtung Fjord region, Baffin Island: Determined using in-situ produced cosmogenic 10Be and 26Al download pdf of MS thesis proposaldownload pdf of MS thesis
Undergraduate Degree
Bates College, B.S. cum laude, Geology, 1994Current Position and Contact Information (3/2008)
Program Coordinator & LecturerEnvironmental Studies Program
Skidmore College
815 N. Broadway
Saratoga Springs, NY 12866
Refereed Papers
Bierman, P. R., Caffee, M. W., Davis, P. T., Marsella, K., Pavich, M., Colgan, P., Mickelson, D. and Larsen, J. (2002) Rates and timing of Earth surface processes from in situ-produced cosmogenic 10Be, in Grew, E. S. ed. Reviews in Mineralogy and Geochemistry: Beryllium; mineralogy, petrology, and geochemistry. Mineralogical Society of America and Geochemical Society, Washington, DC. v. 50, p. 147-205. doi:10.2138/rmg.2002.50.4
Bierman, P. R., Marsella, K. A., Davis, P. T. and Caffee,
M. (2001) Reply to comments on "Mid-Pleistocene cosmogenic
minimum-age limits for pre-Wisconsinan glacial surfaces in southwestern
Minnesota and southern Baffin Island: a multiple nuclide
approach". Geomorphology. v. 39(3-4), p. 255-260. doi:10.1016/S0169-555X(00)00102-1
Marsella, K. A., Bierman, P. R., Davis, P. T. and Caffee,
M. W. (2000) Cosmogenic 10Be and 26Al ages for the
last glacial maximum, eastern Baffin Island, Arctic Canada. Geological
Society of America Bulletin. v. 112(8), p. 1296-1312. doi:10.1130/0016-7606(2000)112<1296:CBAAAF>2.0.CO;2
Bierman, P. R., Marsella, K. A., Patterson, C., Davis, P. T.
and Caffee, M. (1999) Mid-Pleistocene cosmogenic minimum-age limits for
pre-Wisconsinan glacial surfaces in southwestern Minnesota and southern
Baffin Island; a multiple nuclide approach. Geomorphology. v. 27(1-2), p.
25-39. doi:10.1016/S0169-555X(98)00088-9
Davis, P. T., Bierman, P. R., Marsella, K. A., Caffee, M. W.
and Southon, J. R. (1999) Cosmogenic analysis of glacial terrains in the
eastern Canadian Arctic: a test for inherited nuclides and the
effectiveness of glacial erosion. Annals of Glaciology. v. 28, p.
181-188. doi:10.3189/172756499781821805
Abstracts
Bierman, P. R., Davis, P. T., Marsella, K., Colgan, P. M., Mickelson, D. M., Larsen, P. and Caffee, M. (1998) What do glaciers take away? What do they leave behind?. GSA Abstracts with Programs, Annual meeting, Toronto, Canada. v. 30, p. 299. (download pdf)Davis, P. T., Marsella, K. A., Bierman, P. R. and Caffee, M. W. (1998) Creation, reshaping, and survival of subglacial bedrock forms in the Canadian Arctic: A contribution from cosmogenic nuclide exposure dating. Abstracts for International Symposium on Glaciers and the Glaciated Landscape, Kiruna, Sweden. p. 28-29. (download pdf)
Marsella, K. A., Bierman, P. R., Davis, P. T. and Caffee, M. W. (1998) Revised glacial chronology of the Pangnirtung Fjord Region, Cumberland Peninsula, Baffin Island, based on 10Be and 26Al exposure age dating. 28th International Arctic Workshop, Arctic and Alpine Environments, Past and Present, Program with Abstracts: Institute for Arctic and Alpine Research, University of Colorado, Boulder. p.111-113. (download pdf)
Marsella, K. A., Bierman, P. R., Davis, P. T. and Caffee, M. W. (1998) Revised glacial chronology of the Pangnirtung Fjord Region, Cumberland Peninsula, Baffin Island, based on 10Be and 26Al exposure age dating. 28th International Arctic Workshop, Arctic and Alpine Environments, Past and Present, Program with Abstracts. p. 111-113. (download pdf)
Marsella, K., Bierman, P. R., Davis, P. T. and Caffee, M. (1997) Cosmogenic Dating of Surficial Features on Baffin Island. 8th Biennial CANQUA Meeting, Montreal. v. 43. (download pdf)
Bierman, P. R., Marsella, K. A., Davis, P. T. and Caffee, M. W. (1996) Old arctic upland bedrock surfaces have complex exposure burial and cosmogenic exposure histories. EOS, AGU Fall meeting, San Francisco, CA. v. 77. (download pdf)
Davis, P. T., Marsella, K. A., Bierman, P. R. and Caffee, M. W. (1996) Deglacial dynamics of Baffin Island by cosmogenic exposure dating. GSA Abstracts with Programs, Annual meeting, Denver, CO. v. 28, p. 434. (download pdf)
Davis, P. T., Marsella, K. A., Bierman, P. R. and Caffee, M. W. (1996) Paired glacial boulder and bedrock cosmogenic analyses. EOS, AGU Fall meeting, San Francisco, CA. v. 77, p. 193. (download pdf)
Marsella, K. A., Bierman, P. R., Davis, P. T. and Caffee, M. (1996) Stage II big ice on Baffin Island. GSA Abstracts with Programs, Annual meeting, Denver, CO. v. 27, p. A-433. (download pdf)
Davis, P. T., Marsella, K. A., Bierman, P. R., Finkel, R. C., Caffee, M. W., Southon, J. R. and Koning, J. (1995) Timing and extent of glaciation of southern Baffin Island, Nunavut Territory, Arctic Canada, using in situ cosmogenic isotopes. GSA Abstracts with Programs, Annual meeting, New Orleans, LA. v. 27, p. 60. (download pdf)
Marsella, K. and Bierman, P. R. (1995) Timing and extent of glaciation on southern Baffin Island, NWT, Canada determined using in situ produced cosmogenic isotopes 10Be and 26Al. Terra Nostra-- Alfred-Wegener-Conference, Jagdschloss Glienicke, Berlin. p. 179. (download pdf)
Marsella, K. A., Davis, P. T., Bierman, P. R., Finkel, R. C., Caffee, M. W. and Southon, J. R. (1995) Geologic test of weathering zone concept and nunatak hypothesis using cosmogenic isotope dating in Pangnirtung Fjord area, Baffin Island, Nunavut Territory, Canada. GSA Abstracts with Programs, Annual meeting, New Orleans, LA. v. 27, p. 59. (download pdf)