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NORRIS, RICHARD

Professor of Paleobiology

Degrees:

  • B.S., University of California, Santa Cruz
  • M.S., University of Arizona
  • Ph.D., Harvard University

Research Interests:

  • Paleoceanography of Paleogene and Cretaceous warm climates
  • Role of plankton evolution in biogeochemical cycles
  • Origins of deep-sea unconformities
  • Oceanographic control on plankton distributions
  • Structure and dynamics of large-scale diversification in the history of life

Courses Recently Taught:

  • MBC258: MAS-MBC Forum
  • SIO 104: Paleobiology & History of Life
  • SIO 249: Spec Topics in Marine Geology
  • SIO 255: Paleobiology & History of Life
  • SIO 296: Special Topics/Marine Biology
  • SIO104: Paleobiology & History of Life
  • SIO148: Evolution of Earth's Biosphere
  • SIO209: Special Topics
  • SIO248: Evolution of Earth's Biosphere
  • SIO249: Spec Topics in Marine Geology
  • SIO255A: Top/Paleobiol & Hist of Life
  • SIO275B: Natural Hist/Coastal Habitats
  • SIO286: Marine Sci, Econ & Policy
  • SIO295LS: Lab Marine Biodivrsty&Consrvtn
  • SIO295S: Marine Biodiversity&Conservatn
  • SIO296: Special Topics/Marine Biology
  • SIO50: Intro/Earth&Environmental Sci

Honors and Awards:

  • SIO Undergraduate Best Teaching Award, 2008

Mentoring:

  • Forrest, Mat (Graduate; 2006-2008)
  • Freidrich, Oliver (Post Doc; 2006-2007)
  • Kirtland, Sandra (Graduate; 2006-2008)
  • Sexton, Philip (Post Doc; 2006-2008)
  • Bornemann, Andre (Post Doc; 2005-2006)
  • Hull, Pincelli (Graduate; 2004-2008)
  • Lymann, Johnnie (Graduate; 2004-2008)
  • Carilli, Jessica (Graduate; 2003-2008)
  • Nunes, Flavia (Graduate; 2002-2008)


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Home Department:
GRD

Mailing Address:
Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UCSD
9500 Gilman Drive
La Jolla CA, 92093
Mail Code: 0244

Email: rnorris@ucsd.edu


Scripps Scholars Profile: http://scrippsscholars.ucsd.edu/rnorris

Publications:

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1. Nunes, F., and Norris, R.D., 2005. High-resolution stable isotope records acrss the Paleocene/Eocene boundary, ODP Sites 1220 and 1221. Reports of the Ocean Drilling Program, Scientific Results, 199 MS number 199SR-206.

1. Nunes, F., and Norris, R.D., 2006. Abrupt reversal ocean overturning during the Palaeocene-Eocene warm period, Nature 439:doi:10.1038/nature04386 p. 60-64.

10. Wilson, P. A., Norris, R. D., and Cooper, M. J., 2002. Testing the middle Cretaceous greenhouse hypothesis using "glassy" foraminiferal calcite from the core of the Turonian tropics on Demerara Rise: Geology, 30 (7): 607-610.

11. Huber, B. T., Richard D. Norris and Kenneth G. MacLeod. 2002. Deep-sea paleotemperature record of extreme warmth during the Cretaceous. Geology: 30 (2): 123-126.

12. Huber, B. T., MacLeod, K. G., and Norris, R. D., 2002. Abrupt extinction and subsequent reworking of Cretaceous planktonic foraminifera across the K/T Boundary: evidence from the subtropical North Atlantic: GSA Special Publication. 356: 277-290.

13. Norris, R. D., and Firth, J., 2002. Mass wasting of Atlantic continental margins following the Chicxulub impact event: GSA Special Publication. 356. 79-95

14. Norris, R. D., Bice, K. L., Magno, E. A., and Wilson, P. A., 2002. Jiggling the tropical thermostat in the Cretaceous hothouse. Geology 30(4): 299-302, 2002.

15. Bice, K. L., and Norris, R.D., Possible atmospheric CO2 extreme of the Middle Cretaceous (late Albian-Turonian). 2002. Paleoceanography 17:22-1 to 22-17.

16. Wilson, P. A., and Norris, R. D., 2001. Warm tropical ocean surface and global anoxia during the mid-Cretaceous period. Nature, 412: 425-429, 2001.

17. Huber, B. T., Norris, R. D., and MacLeod, K. G., 2001, Deep sea paleotemperature record of extreme warmth during the Cretaceous period. Geology, 30:123-126.

18. Ravizza, G., Norris, R. D., Blusztajn, J., and Aubry, M.-P., 2001. An osmium isotope excursion associated with the late Paleocene thermal maximum (LPTM): Evidence of intensified chemical weathering. Paleoceanography, 16 (2) 155-163. 2001.

19. Quillévéré, F., Norris, R. D., Moussa, I., and Berggren, W. A., 2001. Role of photosymbiosis and biogeography in the diversification of early Paleogene acarininids (Planktonic foraminifera), Paleobiology 27 (2) 311-326.

2. Bice, K. L., Norris, R.D. 2005. Stable isotope ratios of foraminifera form ODP Leg 207, Sites 1257, 1258 and 1260 and a cleaning procedure for foraminifera in black organic shales. Reports of the Ocean Drilling Program, Scientific Results, vol 207, MS

2. Bice, K.L., Birgel, D., Meyers, P.A., Dahl, K.A., Hinrichs, K.-U., and Norris, R.D., 2006. A multiple proxy and model study of Cretaceous upper ocean temperatures and atmospheric CO2 concentrations. Paleoceanography, 21, PA2002, doi:10.1029/2005PA00120

20. Norris, R. D., and Nishi, H., 2001. Evolution of iterative trends in coiling of Paleocene-Eocene tropical planktic foraminifera, Paleobiology 27 (2) 327-347.

21. Norris, R. D., 2001. Species diversity, biogeography, and evolution in the pelagic realm:. In Deep Time, Erwin D., and Wing, S., eds. (Special issue of Paleobiology) 26:2376-258.

22. Pearson, P. N., Norris, R.D., and Empson, A. J.,. 2001. Mutabella dentata Gen. et sp. Nov., A Miocene microperforate planktonic foraminifer with an extreme level of intraspecific variability. Journal of Foraminiferal Research 31 (2) 120-132.

23. Wilson, P. A., and Norris, R. D., 2001. Stability of tropical warmth and global carbon cycle perturbation during the mid-Cretaceous greenhouse, Nature, 412: 425-429.

24. Bowen, G., Koch, P L, Gingerich, P. D., Norris, R. D., Bains, S., and Corfield, R. M., 2001. Refined isotope stratigrpahy across the continental Paleocene-Eocene boundary on Polecat Bench in the northern Bighorn Basin. In Gingerich, P. D., ed. Paleoce

25. Erbacher, J., Huber, B.T., Norris, R. D., & Markey, M., Increased thermohaline stratification as a possible cause for a Cretaceous oceanic anoxic event. Nature, 409: 325-327, 2001.

26. Bains, S., Norris, R. D., Corfield, R. M. and Faul, K., 2000. Termination of global warmth at the Palaeocene/Eocene boundary through productivity feedback. Nature, 407: 171-174.

27. Norris, R. D., Firth, J., Blusztajn, J., and Ravizza, G., 2000. Mass failure of the North Atlantic margin triggered by the Cretaceous/Paleogene bolide impact. Geology 28 (12) 1119-1122, 2000.

28. Röhl, U., Bralower, T.J., Norris, R.D., and Wefer, G., 2000. New Chronology for the late Paleocene thermal maximum and its environmental implications: Geology 28: 927-930.

29. Klaus, A., Norris, R. D., Kroon, D., and Smit, J., 2000. Impact-induced K-T boundary mass wasting across the Blake Nose, western North Atlantic, Geology. 28: 319-322.

3. Holmes, M.A., Watkins, D.K., and Norris, R.D., 2004. Paleocene cyclic sedimentation in the western North Atlantic, ODP site 1051, Blake Nose. Marine Geology v. 209, no. 1-4, 31-43.

3. Sexton, P.F., Wilson, P.A., and Norris, R.D., 2006. Testing the Cenozoic multisite composite 18O and 13C curves: new monospecific Eocene records from a single locality, Demerara Rise (Ocean Drilling Program Leg 207). Paleoceanography, 21, PA2019, doi:1

30. Berggren, W.A., M.-P. Aubry, M. van Fossen, D.V. Kent, R.D. Norris, and F. Quillévéré, 2000. Integrated Paleocene calcareous plankton magnetobiochronology and stable isotope stratigraphy: DSDP Site 384 (NW Atlantic Ocean), Palaeogeograp

31. Norris, R.D., and U. Röhl, 1999. Carbon cycling and chronology of climate warming during the Palaeocene/Eocene transition, Nature, 401: 775-778.

32. Norris, R. D., and Wilson, P. W., 1999. Low-latitude seas-surface temperatures for the mid Cretaceous and the evolution of planktic foraminifera, Comment and Reply, Geology 27 (9) 857-858.

33. Norris, R.D., B.T. Huber, and J. Self-Trail, 1999. Synchoneity of the K-T oceanic mass extinction and meteorite impact: Blake Nose, western North Atlantic, Geology, 27 (5), 419-422.

34. Norris, R. D., and Röhl, U., 1999. Astronomically-tuned chronology for the Palaeocene Eocene transition. GFF (Geologiska Föreningens i Stockholm Förhandlingar-The Geological Society of Sweden).

35. Bains, S., Corfield, R. M., and R. D. Norris, 1999. Mechanisms of climate warming at the end of the Paleocene, Science, 285, 724-727.

36. de Vargas, C., R. Norris, L. Zaninetti, S.W. Gibb, and J. Pawlowski, 1999. Molecular evidence of cryptic speciation in planktonic foraminifers and their relation to oceanic provinces, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 96, 2864-2868.

37. Billups, K., A.C. Ravelo, J.C. Zachos, and R.D. Norris, Link between oceanic heat transport, thermohaline circulation, and the Intertropical Convergence Zone in the early Pliocene Atlantic, Geology, 27 (4), 319-322, 1999.

38. Nishi, H., Norris, R. D., and Okada, H., 1998. Paleoceanographic change in the dynamics of subtropical Atlantic surface conditions at Site 997A. ODP Scientific Results, Leg 164., 343-364.

39. Huber, B. T., Leckie, R. M., Norris, R. D., Bralower, T. J., and CoBabe, E., 1998. Foraminiferal assemblage and stable isotopic change across the Cenomanian-Turonian boundary in the subtropical North Atlantic. Journal of Foraminiferal Research, v. 29.

4. Kelly, D.C., Norris, R.D., Zachos, J.C., 2003. Deciphering the paleoceanographic significance of early Oligocene Braarudosphaera chalks in the South Atlantic. Marine Micropaleontology, 49:49-63.

40. Norris, R.D., and P.A. Wilson, Low-latitude sea-surface temperatures for the mid-Cretaceous and the evolution of planktic foraminifera, Geology, 26 (9), 823-826, 1998.

5. Bice, K. L., Huber, B. T., and Norris, R.D., 2003. Extreme polar warmth during the Cretaceous greenhouse? The paradox of the Late Turonian record at DSDP Site 511. Paleoceanography, 18 doc 10.1029:2002PA000848.

6. Bains, S., Norris, R.,D., Corfield, R.M., Bowen, G., Gingerich, P.D., and Koch, P.L., 2003. Carbon and oxygen isotope records from paleosols spanning the Paleocene-Eocene boundary in the Bighorn Basin, Wyoming, in Wing, S. L., Gingerich, P.D., Schmitz,

7. Quilllévéré, F., and Norris, R. D., 2003. Ecological development of acarininids (planktonic foraminifera) and hydrographic evolution of Paleocene surface waters, in Wing, S. L., Gingerich, P.D., Schmitz, B., and Thomas, E., eds. Causes a

8. Röhl, U., Norris, R. D., and Ogg, J. G., 2003. Cyclostratigraphy of upper Paleocene and lower Eocene sediments at Blake Nose site 1051 (western North Atlantic), in. Wing, S. L., Gingerich, P.D., Schmitz, B., and Thomas, E., eds. Causes and consequ

9. Quillévéré, F., Aubry, M.-P., Norris, R.D., and Berggren, W.A., 2002. Paleocene oceanography of the eastern subtropical Indian Ocean: an integrated magnetobiostratigraphic and stable isotope study of ODP Hole 761 (Wombat Plateau). Palaeo


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