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B Brandon Curry

Principal Research Scientist, Quaternary Geology

Research Interests

Paleolimnology, paleoclimate, glacial sedimentary environments, environmental geology, digital mapping, ostracodes, databases

Education

PhD, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
MS, Purdue University
BS, University of California at Santa Barbara

Additional Campus Affiliations

Adjunct Professor, Earth Science and Environmental Change
Principal Research Scientist, Quaternary Geology, Illinois State Geological Survey

Recent Publications

Curry, B. B., & Anderson, A. C. (2024). Midwest North American full glacial paleohydrology from fresh water ostracodes: Comparison of Clementsian and Gleasonian methodologies. Quaternary Science Reviews, 336, Article 108734. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2024.108734

Grimley, D. A., Loope, H. M., Jacobs, P. M., Nash, T. A., Dendy, S. N., Conroy, J. L., & Curry, B. B. (2024). Updated chronology for Peoria Silt (loess) accumulation in Illinois and western Indiana from radiocarbon dating of terrestrial gastropod shells. Quaternary Research (United States), 121, 40-58. https://doi.org/10.1017/qua.2024.15

Wiman, C., Harden, T., Shen, Z., Curry, B. B., Reinders, J. B., Beighley, R. E., & Muñoz, S. E. (2024). Large floods on the lower Ohio River inferred from slackwater deposits. Progress in Physical Geography, 48(1), 79-95. https://doi.org/10.1177/03091333231208612

Erber, N. R., Kehew, A. E., Schaetzl, R. J., Gillespie, R., Sultan, M. E., Esch, J., Yellich, J., Brandon Curry, B., Huot, S., & Abotalib, A. Z. (2023). Revisiting the timing of Saginaw lobe ice retreat and implications for drainage adjustments across southern Michigan, USA. Catena, 233, Article 107510. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.catena.2023.107510

Erber, N. R., Kehew, A. E., Schaetzl, R. J., Gillespie, R., Sultan, M. E., Esch, J., Curry, B. B., Huot, S., & Yellich, J. (2022). Evidence for an Early Saginaw Lobe Ice Retreat and Drainage Adjustments Across Southern Michigan, USA. https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.4137066

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