Liberal Arts and Sciences
Hatfield Lab
Led by Robert Hatfield · Geological Sciences
What we study
The Hatfield Lab studies Earth's magnetic field and sediment properties to understand past climate and environmental changes. They use magnetic tools and sediment analysis to reconstruct ice sheet behavior and ocean circulation.
What working here is like
- Wet lab
- Project
- 1
- Papers
- 5
Current projects
Reconstructing Greenland Ice Sheet history
Using magnetic and geochemical properties of marine sediments to study ice sheet stability and ocean circulation.
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Recent papers, explained
- Antarctic Response to Orbital Forcing During the Intensification of Extensive Bipolar Glaciation (1.75–3.30 Ma) From Relative Paleomagnetic Intensity Stratigraphy of the Dove Basin, Scotia Sea
2026 · Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology
Correlates Antarctic sediment layers to North Atlantic records using magnetic signals.
- Temperature and precipitation source variability and glacial dynamics in the southwestern United States at Fish Lake, Utah, since late MIS 4
2026 · Quaternary Science Reviews
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- Magnetization records of terrestrial weathering in the Sericho pallasite
2026 · Meteoritics and Planetary Science
Studies magnetic signals in a meteorite to learn about its parent body's history.
- A 30,000-year continuous record of glacial history and water balance from Fish Lake, Utah documents the onset, development, and demise of LGM glaciation
2026 · Quaternary Science Reviews
Uses lake sediments to track glacier and climate changes over 30,000 years.
- The Baffin Bay Ice Shelf stabilized three adjacent ice sheets during the last glacial period
2026 · Nature Geoscience
Finds evidence of a large ice shelf in Baffin Bay during the last ice age.
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