Matthew William Schmidt
Department of Geology
University of California
Davis, CA 95616
(530) 752-3311
fax: (530) 752-0951
e-mail: schmidt@geology.ucdavis.edu

EDUCATION

2005 (anticipated): Ph.D. Geology, University of California Davis, Davis, CA
          Dissertation: Salinity and Temperature in the Caribbean and North Atlantic Gyre:
          Millennial and Glacial Cycle Variability

1997: M.S. Geology, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL
          Thesis: Paleoceanography of the North American Western Interior Seaway
          Based on Geochemical Analysis of Carbonate Shell Material

1993: B.S. Geology and Fine Arts, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN

PUBLICATIONS

Schmidt, M.W., Spero, H.J., and Lea, D.W., 2004, Links between salinity variation in the Caribbean on North Atlantic Thermohaline Circulation. nature 428, 11 March, 160-163.

Schmidt, M.W., Vautravers, M.J., and Spero, H.J., in prep., Influence of Caribbean sea surface temperature on tropical interhemispheric climate dynamics over the last three glacial cycles. Planned submission to Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems in January 2005.

Schmidt, M.W., Vautravers, M.J., and Spero, H.J., in prep., Millennial-scale salinity variation in Gulf Stream surface waters during MIS 3.

Schmidt, M.W. and Spero, H.J., in prep., The tropical hydrologic cycle and its influence on glacial-interglacial climate over the past 370 ky.

Schmidt, M.W., Vautravers, M.J., and Spero, H.J., 2004, Gulf Stream Salinity Variation During MIS 3 and its Link to D-O Cycles, EOS Transactions AGU, 85 (47), Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract PP44A-06

Spero, H.J., Schmidt, M.W., and Lea, D.W., 2004, Glacial ITCZ Shifts Recorded by Tropical Salinity Reconstructions in the Pacific and Caribbean, EOS Transactions AGU, 85 (47), Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract PP44A-03

Vautravers, M.J., Spero, H.J., and Schmidt, M.W., 2004, Planktonic Foraminifera Study at Site ODP 999A (Caribbean Sea): Insights into Oceanic Exchange and Paleocirculation During the last 450 Kyrs, EOS Transactions AGU, 85 (47), Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract PP31A-0887

Schmidt, M.W. and Spero, H.J., 2004, Links between Caribbean Salinity variation, thermohaline circulation and the tropical hydrological cycle over the past 480 kyr., International Conference of Paleoceanography VIII, Biarritz, France, abstracts with programs.

Russell, A.D. and Schmidt, M.W., 2004, Glacial-interglacial variations in U/Ca from Caribbean planktonic foraminifera suggest carbonate ion control, International Conference of Paleoceanography VIII, Biarritz, France, abstracts with programs.

Spero, H.J., Lavagnino, L., and Schmidt, M.W., 2004, Reconstructing past surface ocean conditions with Globigerinoides sacculifer: bigger is better, International Conference of Paleoceanography VIII, Biarritz, France, abstracts with programs.

Schmidt, M.W., Spero, H.J., and Lea, D.W., 2003, Role of Caribbean salinity variation on North Atlantic thermohaline circulation, EOS Transactions AGU, 84 (46), Fall Meet. Suppl. Abstract PP21D-02

Schmidt, M.W., Spero, H.J., and Lea, D.W., 2002, Salinity and Temperature Changes in the Western Caribbean During the Last Glacial Cycle. EOS Transactions AGU, 83 (47), Fall Meet. Suppl.

Schmidt, M.W., Spero, H.J., and Lea, D.W., 2002, Hydrological Changes in the Western Caribbean During the Last Glacial Cycle. Goldschmidt Geochemistry Conference, Davos, Switzerland, abstracts with programs.

Schmidt, M.W., Spero, H.J., and Lea, D.W., 2001, Temperature and Hydrological Changes in the Western Caribbean During the Last Glacial Cycle. EOS Transactions AGU, 82 (47), Fall Meet. Suppl.

Schmidt, M.W., Spero, H.J., Lea, D.W., and Droxler, A.W., 2001, Temperature and Hydrological Changes in the Western Caribbean during the Last Glacial Cycle. International Conference of Paleoceanography VII, Sapporo, Japan, abstracts with programs.