Liberal Arts and Sciences
Stirpe Lab
Led by Cassandre Stirpe · Geography and Oceanography(unverified)
What we study
Recent student projects in this lab have studied past ocean circulation, using neodymium isotope measurements from a deep-sea sediment core to trace how ocean currents changed during the last glacial termination.
What working here is like
- Fieldwork
- Computational
- No organisms (data only)
- Coding helps
- Project
- 1
Current projects
Neodymium Isotope Evidence for Ocean Circulation Changes
The lab examines how ocean currents changed during the last glacial termination (18,000–11,000 years ago). It collects neodymium isotope data from a sediment core at 35.833ºS, 91.783ºE, 3,816 m deep, and compares it to modern values to track Atlantic and Pacific water influence. Students will analyze isotope records and interpret climate impacts.
From the Spring 2025 UF Undergraduate Research Symposium · abstract book, p. 395
Summaries are written by AI in plain language from public symposium abstracts and may be imperfect.
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