Kristine L. DeLong

PERSONAL INFORMATION

Assistant Professor
Department of Geography and Anthropology
Louisiana State University
Baton Rouge, LA 70803
Phone: 225-578-5836 ~ Fax: 225-578-4420
E-mail: kdelong@lsu.edu

EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND

Ph.D., University of South Florida, 2008

INTERESTS

Paleoclimatology and paleoceanography
Climate variability and influences of
decadal-scale variability and tropical storms

Paleoclimate perspective in Atlantic Studies

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

DeLong, Kristine L., Terrence M. Quinn, and Frederick W. Taylor (2007), Reconstructing twentieth-century century sea surface variability in the southwest Pacific: A replication study using multiple coral Sr/Ca records from New Caledonia, Paleoceanography, 22, PA4212, doi:10.1029/2007PA001444.

DeLong, Kristine L., Terrence M. Quinn, Gary T. Mitchum, Richard Z. Poore, Evaluating highly resolved paleoclimate records in the frequency domain for multidecadal-scale climate variability, Geophys. Res. Lett., 36, L20702, doi:10.1029/2009GL039742.

Poore, Richard Z., Kristine L. DeLong, Julie N. Richey, and Terrence M. Quinn, Evidence of multidecadal climate variability and the Atlantic Multidecadal Oscillation from a Gulf of Mexico sea-surface temperature-proxy record, Geo-Marine Letters, doi:10.1007/s00367-009-0154-6. In press, available on the Web

Ourbak, Timothée, Kristine L. DeLong, Thierry Corrège, B. Malaizé, Kelly H. Kilbourne, S. Caquineau, David J. Hollander, The significance of geochemical proxies in corals, does size (age) matter? Proceedings of the 11th International Coral Reef Symposium, In press.

Reich, Christopher, Richard Z. Poore, John Brock, Don Hickey, Kristine L. DeLong, Patch Reef Coring in Biscayne National Park, Florida: core descriptions from wireline and coral head samples, USGS Open-file Report 2009-1246, Dept. of the Interior, US Geological Survey. In press.

DeLong, Kristine L., Terrence M. Quinn, Chuan-Chou Shen, Ke Lin, A Snapshot of Climate Variability at Tahiti 9.5 ka using a Fossil Coral from IODP Expedition 310, In review Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems.

RESEARCH

Climate variability in the Tropical Pacific

Climate variability for the past 250 years in the Dry Tortugas, Florida Keys from multiple species of corals

Multi-proxy climate reconstructions for the Gulf of Mexico region for the past 8000 years.

HONORS AND ACTIVITIES

2009, STAR Award, US Geological Survey
2007, Gulf Oceanographic Trust Fellowship, College of Marine Science
2007, Outstanding Student Presenter, 1st International Sclerochronology Conference
2006, Carl Riggs Endowed Fellowship, College of Marine Science
2004, Exxon Fellowship, Bermuda Biological Station for Research

COURSES TAUGHT

Geog 7935 Quantitative Methods

Geog 2050 Physical Geography-Atmosphere

Geog 7917 Atlantic Studies Seminar