Post-doctorate

Bridget Wade

Paleoclimatology, Paleoceanography, Geochemistry
Phone: 732-932-6555 x233

E-mail: bwade@rci.rutgers.edu


 

Personal Details

Recent article in Oceanography, vol. 18 (1) March 2005 Women in Oceanography

Research Interests

Paleogene climate change and palaeoceanography; mechanisms controlling extinction; high-resolution biostratigraphy; phytoplankton as indicators of palaeoenvironment; influece of Milankovitch cyclicity on sea surface temperatures.

Appointments

2005 - Lindemann Trust Fellow Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
2001 - 2004 NERC Research Fellow University of Edinburgh and Cardiff University

Education and Qualifications

2001 - Ph.D in Geology, University of Edinburgh
1997 - M.Sc. in Micropalaeontology, University College London, with distinction for research project
1996 - B.Sc (Hons) University of Leeds, 1st Class

Publications:

Wade, B.S., Al-Sabouni, N., Hemleben, C. and Kroon, D. 2007. Symbiont bleaching in fossil planktonic foraminifera. Evolutionary Ecology (in press).

Wade, B.S., Berggren, W.A. and Olsson, R.K. 2007. The biostratigraphy and paleobiology of Oligocene planktonic foraminifera from the equatorial Pacific Ocean (ODP Site 1218). Marine Micropaleontology, 62: 167-179

Pearson, P.N., van Dongen, B.E., Nicholas, C.J., Pancost, R.D., Schouten, S., Singano, J.M. and Wade. B.S. 2007. Stable warm tropical climate through the Eocene epoch. Geology, 35(3): 211-214

Palike, H., Norris, R.D., Herrle, J.O., Wilson, P.A., Coxall, H.K., Lear, C.H., Shackleton, N.J., Tripati, A.K. and Wade, B.S. 2006. The heartbeat of the Oligocene climate system. Science, 314 (5807): 1894-1898

Wade, B.S., Berggren, W.A. and Olsson, R.K. 2006. The biostratigraphy and paleobiology of Oligocene planktonic foraminifera from the equatorial Pacific Ocean (ODP Site 1218). Marine Micropaleontology, (in press).

Wade, B.S. and Bown, P.R. 2006. Calcareous nannofossils in extreme environments: The Messinian Salinity Crisis, Polemi Basin, Cyprus. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 233: 271-286.

Premoli Silva, I., Wade, B.S. and Pearson, P.N. 2006. Chapter 7: Taxonomy of Globigerinatheka and Orbulinoides. In: Pearson, P.N., Olsson, R.K., Huber, B.T., Hemleben, C. and Berggren, W.A. (Eds.), Atlas of Eocene Planktonic Foraminifera, Cushman Foundation Special Publication, 41: 169-212.

Berggren, W.A., Pearson, P.N., Huber, B.T. and Wade, B.S. 2006. Chapter 9: Taxonomy, Biostratigraphy and Phylogeny of Eocene Acarinina. In: Pearson, P.N., Olsson, R.K., Huber, B.T., Hemleben, C and Berggren, W.A. (Eds.), Atlas of Eocene Planktonic Foraminifera, Cushman Foundation Special Publication, 41: 257-326.

Nicholas, C.J., Pearson, P.N., Bown, P.R., Dunkley Jones T., Huber, B.T., Karega, A., Lees, J.A., McMillan, I.K., O'Halloran, A., Singano, J.M., Wade, B.S. 2006. Stratigraphy and sedimentology of the Upper Cretaceous to Paleogene Kilwa Group, Tanzania. Journal of Africa Earth Sciences, 45: 431-466.

Wade, B.S. and Pälike, H., 2005. Data Report: Oligocene paleoceanography of the equatorial Pacific: planktonic and benthic stable isotope results from Site 1218. In Wilson, P.A., Lyle, M., Janecek, T.R., and Firth, J.V. (Eds.), Proceedings of the Ocean Drilling Program, Scientific Results, 199 Ocean Drilling Program, College Station, TX. Wade_and_Paelike_2005

Wade, B.S. and Pälike, H., 2004. Oligocene climate dynamics. Paleoceanography, 19, PA4019, doi:10.1029/2004PA001042. Wade and Pälike, 2004

Wade, B.S., 2004. Planktonic foraminiferal biostratigraphy and mechanisms in the extinction of Morozovella in the late Middle Eocene. Marine Micropaleontology, 51: 23-38. Wade, 2004

Wade, B.S. and Kroon, D. 2002. Middle Eocene regional climate instability: Evidence from the western North Atlantic. Geology, 30 (11): 1011   1014. Wade and Kroon, 2002

Wade, B.S., Kroon, D. and Norris, R.D. 2001. Orbitally forced climate change in the late Middle Eocene at Blake Nose (Leg 171B): Evidence from stable isotopes in foraminifera. In: Kroon, D., Norris, R.D. and Klaus, A. (Eds.). Western North Atlantic Palaeogene and Cretaceous Palaeoceanography. Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 183: 273   291

Wade, B.S., Norris, R.D. and Kroon, D. 2000. Data report: High-resolution stable isotope stratigraphy of the late Middle Eocene at Site 1051, Blake Nose. In: Kroon, D., Norris, R.D. and Klaus, A. (Eds.), Proceedings of the Ocean Drilling Program, Scientific Results, 171B [Online]. Wade et al. 2000

Wade, B.S., Kroon, D. and Norris, R.D. 2000. Upwelling in the late Middle Eocene at Blake Nose? GFF (Geological Society of Sweden), 122: 174   175.