On March 11th, 2021, Daianne defended her thesis titled “Annually-resolved Sedimentation of the Middle Miocene Clarkia Lake Deposit (USA)”. It addressed the sedimentation history and age model of the world-renewed Clarkia Lake Deposit in Idaho. Her committee was chaired by Dr. Yige Zhang and formed by Dr. Ethan Grossman, Dr. Franco Marcantonio, and Dr. Jason West from Texas A&M University.
Her master thesis has been accepted as a peer-reviewed article in the journal Geology. In collaboration with researchers at Texas A&M University, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, and Bryant University, this research successfully places this deposit in the Middle Miocene Climate Optimum using radiometric methods. It also resolved the sedimentation resolution, establishing a millennium as total lake deposition. This article is in press; stay tuned for more detailed information about her results in the following weeks!
We are proud of you, Daianne! We could not wait to see your bright future.
Geochemistry and Paleoceanography 