Walter Alvarez
Affiliated Faculty emeriti
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Stratigraphy and Earth history, focusing on comet and asteroid impacts and their role in causing mass extinctions and influencing the course of evolution of life; tectonics of the Mediterranean region; global tectonics; geology of the Quaternary Roman Volcanic Province and its implication for dating glacial cycles and for understanding Roman archeology; stratigraphy of pelagic limestones.
Research Theme(s):
Stratigraphy and Earth history, tectonics