|
|
Peter H. Roth
Professor of Geology & Geophysics
Contact: Office: 507 WBB
Phone: (801) 581-6704
Email: roth@earth.utah.edu
|
FIELD OF STUDY
Micropaleontology, paleoceanography, marine geology
BACKGROUND
- 1965 Diploma Geology Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Zürich
- 1965-1966 Exchange Scholar University of Edinburgh, Scotland
- 1966-1968 Exchange Student and Graduate Research Assistant School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences, University of Miami, Florida
- 1971 Dr. sc. nat.Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Zürich
RESEARCH INTERESTS & PROJECTS
Biostratigraphy, preservation, and evolution of calcareous nannofossils, and paleoceaography.
RECENT PUBLICATIONS
Roth, P.H., 1989. Ocean Circulation and Calcareous nannoplankton evolution during the Jurassic and Cretaceous. Palaeogeogr. Palaeoclimatol. Paleoecol., 74:111-126.
Roth, P.H., 1994. Distribution in oceanic sediments. In: Amos Winter and William G. Siesser, editors. Coccolithophores . Cambridge University Press, p. 199-218.
Winter, A., Jordan, R., and Roth, P.H., 1994. Biogeography in oceanic waters. In: Amos Winter and William G. Siesser, editors. Coccolithophores . Cambridge University Press, p. 161-177..
