Aaron M. Barth, Assistant Professor

bartha@rowan.edu
317 Discovery Hall
Pronouns: He/His
      
      
Dr. Barth heads the Rowan Cosmogenic Nuclide Laboratory (RCNL) where we aim to answer questions of how and when large bodies of ice, including glaciers and ice sheets, changed in the past in response to changing climates.
 
Courses taught:

• GEOL01.240 Introduction to Field Methods in Geology
• GEOL01.310 Geological Lab Techniques
• GEOL01.320 Sedimentology & Stratigraphy
• GEOL01.340 Structural Geology & Tectonics
• GEOL01.445 Glacial Geology

 
Research keywords: Glacier, ice sheet, cosmogenic nuclide, exposure dating, paleoclimatology, climate change, laboratory, Quaternary
 
Research
Dr. Barth is a glacial geologist and paleoclimatologist. His research explores geological and climatological questions through a multifaceted approach using methods related to geochronology, geomorphology, sedimentology, and field mapping. He focuses on Quaternary geology as it relates to climate change and the reconstruction of the glacial histories of multiple regions through surface exposure dating of boulders deposited by ice sheets, glaciers, and outburst floods of ice-dammed lakes. Broadly his lab aims to understand how climatologically important bodies of ice on Earth changed and behaved in the past so that we might better predict how similar features might change in the future.
 
Education
2016 - 2018 Postdoctorate, University of Wisconsin - Madison
2016 Ph.D. Geoscience, Oregon State University
2012 B.S. Earth Science - Geology, George Mason University
2009 A.S. Northern Virginia Community College
 
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