Dr. Marc Caffee
Dr. Marc Caffee

Courtesy Appointment, Associate Professor of Physics

E-mail: mcaffee@purdue.edu

Associated website(s):
http://www.physics.purdue.edu/people/faculty/mcaffee.shtml

 


Education

B.S., Mathematics California State

B.S., Physics California State

Ph.D., Washington University

Research Interests

Application of stable- and radio-nuclides to problems in the geosciences including Quaternary landform evolution, cosmochronology, hydrology and atmospheric processes. The development of techniques to enable the measurement of new cosmogenic nuclides.

Professional Experience

Professor of Physics, Purdue University, 2001-present
Research Scientist, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, 1988-2001
Post-Doctoral Research Scientist, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, 1986-1988
Research Assistant, Washington University, 1979-1981

Selected Publications

  • Owen LA, Caffee MW, Bovard KR, Finkel RC, Sharma MC Terrestrial cosmogenic nuclide surface exposure dating of the oldest glacial succession in the Himalayan orogen: Ladakh Range, northern India. Geological Society of America Bulletin 118, (2006)  383-392.

  • Kaplan MR, Singer BS, Douglass DC, Ackert RP, Caffee MW, Comment on: Cosmogenic nuclide chronology of pre-last glacial maximum moraines at Lago Buenos Aires, 46 degrees S, Argentina (Quaternary Research 63/3, 2005, 301-315) - Reply. Quaternary Research 66, (2006) 367-369.

  • Munroe JS, Laabs BJC, Shakun JD, Singer BS, Mickelson DM, Refsnider KA, Caffee MW, Latest Pleistocene advance of alpine glaciers in the southwestern Uinta Mountains, Utah, USA: Evidence for the influence of local moisture sources. Geology 34, (2006) 841-844.

  • Welten KC, Nishiizumi K, Caffee MW, Hillegonds DJ, Johnson JA, Julli AJT, Wieler R, Folco L,  Terrestrial ages, pairing, and concentration mechanism of Antarctic chondrites from Frontier Mountain, Northern Victoria Land. Meteoritics & Planetary Science 41, (2006) 1081-1094.

  • Sutton SR, Caffee MW, Dove MT,  Synchrotron radiation, neutron, and mass spectrometry techniques at user facilities. Elements 2, (2006) 15-21.

  • Safran EB, Bierman PR, Aalto R, Dunne T, Whipple KX, Caffee M Erosion rates driven by channel network incision in the Bolivian Andes. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms 30, (2005) 1007-1024.

  • Nichols KK, Bierman PR, Eppes MC, Caffee M, Finkel R, Larsen J,  Late Quaternary history of the Chemehuevi Mountain piedmont, Mojave Desert, deciphered using Be-10 and Al-26. American Journal of Science 305, (2005) 345-368.

  • Nichols KK, Bierman PR, Caffee M, Finkel R, Larsen J,  Cosmogenically enabled sediment budgeting. Geology 33, (2005) 133-136.

 



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