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Stephen Meyers

Stephen Meyers

Expert on Earth history, paleoclimatology, and the geologic time scale.

Vilas Distinguished Professor/Department of Geoscience College of Letters and Science Work: 608-890-2574 — Home and cell phones available upon request smeyers@geology.wisc.edu Home page

Topics

  • The mechanisms of climate change
  • The controls on the global carbon cycle
  • The measurement of geologic time
  • The history of the Solar System

Achievements

  • 2018, Elected Fellow, The Geological Society of America
  • 2017, Vilas Distinguished Achievement Professorship, UW-Madison
  • 2016, James Lee Wilson Award, The Society for Sedimentary Geology (SEPM), in recognition of "Excellence in Sedimentary Geology by a Young Scientist"
  • 2015, Distinguished Alumni Award, Northwestern University, Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences
  • 2003, Outstanding Paper of 2001 Award, Journal of Sedimentary Research

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