EDUCATION

Graduate: University of Arizona, Tucson AZ

Ph.D. Geology (Tectonics/Paleoenvironmental Studies) December 1992

Dissertation: Late Eocene paleoaltitude, paleoclimate, and paleogeography of the Front Range region, Colorado.

Committee: Clement G. Chase, Peter J. Coney, Judith Totman Parrish, Victor R. Baker, Thomas W. Swetnam

Visiting scholar: Oxford University, Oxford, UK October 1990 - March 1991

Advisor: Robert A. Spicer

Undergraduate: Trinity University, San Antonio, TX

B.S. Geology, Summa Cum Laude, August 1987

1993 NSF Geologic Record of Global Change grant for ³Uplift history of the Bolivian Andes²
1993 Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory Climate Center Research Grant for ³Paleoclimate and paleoelevation of the late Eocene continental divide²
1991 SEPM Rocky Mountain Section Donald L. Smith Research Grant for ³Eocene geochronology of the Florissant lake beds, Colorado²
1991 University of Arizona Graduate College Summer Research Support
1990 National Science Foundation International Research Travel Grant

1993 Invited speaker, American Geophysical Union (AGU) Union session on Climate of Warm Time Periods
1992 Paleontological Society of Southern Arizona Outstanding Paleontological Paper award
1991 Invited speaker, AGU Chapman Conference on the Rocky Mountains
1990 Department of Geosciences, University of Arizona: Hernon Jones Best First Paper Award
1989-92 National Science Foundation Graduate Fellowship
1987-88 AMOCO Foundation Scholarship
1987-88 University of Arizona Graduate Academic Scholarship
1987 Indiana University Field Camp Scholarship
1987 National Association of Geology Teachers/MOBIL Scholarship
1987 South Texas Geological Society Scholarship
1986-87 Southwest Texas Mineralogical Society Scholarship
1986 American Mineralogist Undergraduate Award
1984-87 Trinity University President's Scholarship
1984-87 National Merit Scholarship

7/95 Associate Research Scientist, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory
7/94-7/95 Postdoctoral Research Scientist, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory
12/92-7/94 Post-doctoral Fellow; Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory
1988-1989 Teaching Assistant, University of Arizona, geomorphology and geodynamics.
1988-1990 Seasonal park ranger, Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument
1986 Seasonal Archaeologist, Phoenix District Bureau of Land Management

1993 Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory Geology and Geophysics Division Advisory Council

Anders, M. H., and Gregory, K. M., in preparation, Paleoelevation of the late Eocene House Range flora: implications for amounts of extension in the Sevier Desert, Utah.

Gregory, K.M., in preparation, The late Eocene House Range Flora, Sevier Desert, Utah: Paleoclimate and paleoelevation.

Gregory, K.M., submitted to Palaeo3, Are paleoclimate estimates biased by foliar physiognomic response to elevated atmospheric CO2?

Gregory, K.M., submitted, Paleoclimatic Implications of Tree-ring Growth Characteristics of 35 Ma Sequoia affinis from Florissant, Colorado as Compared to Modern Coast Redwood and Giant Sequoia, in Evanoff, E., and Gregory, K.M., eds. GSA Special Paper on the Florissant paleovalley.

Gregory, K.M., 1994, Palaeoclimate and palaeoelevation of the 35 Ma Florissant flora, Front Range, Colorado: Palaeoclimates, v.1, p 23-57.

Gregory, K.M., 1994, Florissant petrified forest: Discussion of Sequoia affinis ring width series, in Evanoff, E., ed., Late Paleogene geology and paleoenvironments of Central Colorado, Geological Society of America Rocky Mountain Section meeting guidebook, p. 45-53.

Gregory, K.M., 1994, Paleoclimate and paleoelevation of the Florissant flora, in Evanoff, E., ed., Late Paleogene geology and paleoenvironments of Central Colorado, Geological Society of America Rocky Mountain Section meeting guidebook, p. 59-68.

Gregory, K.M., 1994, New prospects in old bubbles: Nature, v. 372, p. 407-408.

Gregory, K.M., 1992, Late Eocene paleoelevation, paleoclimate, and paleogeography of the Front Range region, Colorado: PhD thesis, University of Arizona, 246 p.

Gregory, K.M., and Chase, C.G., 1992, Tectonic significance of paleobotanically estimated climate and altitude of the late Eocene erosion surface, Colorado: Geology, v. 20, p.581-585.

Gregory, K.M., and Chase, C.G., 1994, Stable isotope study of fluid inclusions in fluorite from Idaho: Implications for continental climates during the Eocene COMMENT: Geology, v.22, p. 275-276.

Gregory, K.M., and Chase, C.G., 1994, Tectonic and climatic significance of a late Eocene low-relief, high-level geomorphic surface, Colorado: JGR, v. 99, no. B10, p 20,141-20,160.

Gregory, K. M., and McIntosh, W. C., 1996, Paleoclimate and paleoelevation of the 32.9 Ma Pitch-Pinnacle flora, Sawatch Range, Colorado: GSA Bulletin, in press.

Anders, M.H., Christie-Blick, N., Wills, S., and Gregory, K.M., 1995, Brittle deformation near upper crustal normal faults: implications for interpreting seismic reflections from the Sevier Desert of West-central Utah: Abstracts with programs, GSA annual meeting, v. 27, no. 6, p. A-69.

Chase, C. G., Gregory, K. M., and Butler, R. F., 1992, Geologic constraints on amounts of Colorado Plateau rotation: EOS (Transactions, American Geophysical Union), v. 73, suppl., p. 95.

Gregory, K. M., 1995, The Eocene-Oligocene transition in the US continental interior: evidence from paleobotany: EOS (Transactions, American Geophysical Union), supplement, v. 76, no. 17, p. S187.

Gregory, K. M., 1994, Paleoclimatic Implications of Tree-ring Growth Characteristics of 35 Ma Sequoia affinis from Florissant, Colorado as Compared to Modern Coast Redwood and Giant Sequoia: Abstracts with Programs, GSA Rocky Mountain Section Meeting, v. 26 no. 6, p. 15.

Gregory, K. M., 1993, Paleobotanically derived estimates of Eocene continental climates: EOS (Transactions, American Geophysical Union), v. 74, suppl., p. 49.

Gregory, K. M., 1991, Paloebotanic and stable isotopic evidence for high elevation of the late Eocene erosion surface, Colorado: Abstracts with Programs, Geological Society of America Annual Meeting, v. 23, no. 6, p. 249.

Gregory, K. M., 1990, Persistence of long wavelength topographic elements of the late Eocene erosion surface in southwestern Colorado; data from Oligocene gravels: Abstracts with Programs, Geological Society of America Cordilleran Section Meeting, v. 22, no. 3, p. 26.

Gregory, K. M., et al. 1989, Geological systems analysis in the classroom using an icon-based computer program: Abstracts with Programs, Geological Society of America Cordilleran Section Meeting, v. 21, no. 5, p. 87.