Dr. Michael Sperazza
Geology, Geography, GIS              Office MS 208
michael.sperazza@mcckc.edu        816-437-3355

 

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Education:

PhD. in Geology,  University of Montana, Missoula, Montana, May 2006.

            Major: Sedimentology.  Dissertation Title: Acquisition and Evaluation of Sedimentologic, Paleomagnetic, and Geochemical Time-Series Data from Flathead Lake, Montana: Implications for Late Pleistocene and Holocene Paleoclimate.

MA in Anthropology,  University of Montana, Missoula, Montana, May 2000. 

            Major: Physical Anthropology, Minor: Archaeology. Thesis Title: An Examination of the Phylogenetic Value of Molar Cusp Patterns for Australopithecus, Paranthropus and Early Homo.

BS in Business,  University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado, May 1980. 

            Major: Real Estate, Minor: Marketing.

 

 

Publications and Presentations:

Sperazza, Michael, Hendrix, Marc S., Verosub, Kenneth L., Timmerman, Garrett, and Hofmann, Michael.

In Revision     Assessment of Paleomagnetic Secular Variation for Chronostratigraphic Modeling of Late Pleistocene and Holocene Lacustrine Sediments.  Submitted to Quaternary Science Reviews

Hofmann, Michael H., Michael Sperazza, Marc S. Hendrix

        2007      Deglaciation History of the Cordilleran Ice Sheet as Recorded in Lake Sediments of Flathead Lake, Montana; Implications for Climate Change and Sedimentary Processes. Quaternary International, 17th INQUA Congress, Cairns, Australia

Hofmann, M.H., Hendrix, M.S., Sperazza, M., and Moore, J.N.,

        2006    Neotectonic evolution and fault geometry change along a major extensional fault system in the Mission and Flathead Valleys, NW Montana.  Journal of Structural Geology v. 28, n. 7, p. 1244-1260.

Hofmann, M.H., Hendrix, M.S., Moore, J.N., and Sperazza, M.

        2006    Late Pleistocene and Holocene depositional history of sediments in Flathead Lake, Montana: evidence from high-resolution seismic reflection interpretation.  Sedimentary Geology, v. 184, no. 1-2, p. 111-131

Hendrix, Marc S., Michael H. Hofmann, Johnnie N. Moore, Michael Sperazza

        2006      Sedimentary Record of syn- and Post-glacial Climate Change Along the Former LGM ice Terminus, Flathead Lake, Montana.  Eos Trans. AGU, v. 87, no. 52, Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract PP51C-1147

Hofmann, Michael H., Marc S. Hendrix, Johnnie N. Moore, Michael Sperazza

        2006      Duration and magnitude of Middle Holocene megadrought record from Flathead Lake, Montana and probable link to volcanic forcing.  22nd Pacific Climate Workshop

Sperazza, Michael, Michael H. Hofmann, Johnnie N. Moore, Marc S. Hendrix

        2005      Quantitative Evaluation of a Rapid and Severe Early Holocene Drought in NW-Montana. Eos Trans. AGU, v. 86, no. 52, Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract PP31A-1503

Hofmann, Michael H., Michael Sperazza, Marc S. Hendrix, Johnnie N. Moore

        2005      Rapid late Pleistocene and Holocene climate changes in NW-USA revealed by glacial lobe fluctuations and lake level changes of Flathead Lake, Montana.  GSA Abstracts with Programs v. 37, no. 7

Hofmann, Michael H., Marc S. Hendrix, Michael Sperazza, Johnnie N. Moore

        2005      Significant Holocene lake-level changes and late Pleistocene glacial lobe fluctuations and their implication for rapid late Pleistocene and Holocene climate changes in NW-USA: results from Flathead Lake, Montana.  Schriftenreihe der Deutschen Geologischen Gesellschaft fuer Geowissenschaften, Hamburg, Germany

Sperazza, Michael, Moore, Johnnie N., and Hendrix, Marc S.

        2004    High Resolution Particle Size Analysis of Naturally Occurring Fine-grained Sediment through Laser Diffractometry.  Journal of Sedimentary Research, v. 74, n. 5, p. 736-743

Hofmann, Michael H., Marc S. Hendrix, Johnnie N. Moore, Michael Sperazza, Mark Shapley, Chad Wittkop, and Jeffery Stone.

        2003    Sedimentary indicators of significant late Pleistocene – early Holocene lake-level fluctuation: preliminary results from Flathead Lake, Montana.  Eos Trans. AGU, v. 84, no. 46, 2003, Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract PP32B-0288.

Sperazza, Michael, Thomas Gerber, Marc S. Hendrix, and Johnnie N. Moore.

         2003     Lacustrine Record of Climatic Transition in Flathead Lake, Montana: Late Pleistocene through Holocene.  Poster at International limnogeology Congress, March 2003.
 

Sperazza, Michael, Thomas Gerber, Marc S. Hendrix, and Johnnie N. Moore.

         2002     Record of Late Pleistocene Through Holocene Climate Change in a Regional Lake System: Flathead Lake Basin, Northwestern Montana. Eos Trans. AGU, v. 83, no. 47, p. 941, Fall Meet Suppl., Abstract PP21B-0326.
 

Sperazza, Michael, Johnnie N. Moore, and Marc S. Hendrix.

         2002     Methodology for Lacustrine Sediment Grain Size Analysis by Laser Diffraction: A High Resolution Application. GSA Abstracts with Programs. v. 34, no. 6, p.207.
 

Hendrix, S. Marc, Michael Sperazza, Johnnie N. Moore, and Thomas Gerber.

         2001     Record of the Late Pleistocene to Holocene Transition, Flathead Lake, Montana.  Eos Trans. AGU, v. 82, no. 47, p. 755, Fall Meet Suppl., Abstract PP22A-0497.
 

Sears, J.W. Brooks, J.A., Clements, P.S., Hughes, N.D., Priest, B.M., and Sperazza, M.

         2000     Thermal Structure and Fracture Strength of the Lewis-Eldorado-Hoadley Thrust Slab, Montana Rocky Mountains.  GSA Abstracts with Programs. v. 32, no. 5, p. 38.
 

Sperazza, Michael

         1998    The Geographic Distribution of Molar Cusp Patterns of Australopithecus and Paranthropus.  Presented at the Northwest Anthropological Conference in April 1998.
 

Sperazza, Michael

        1997    December 1997/January 1998.  Sexual Dimorphism in Ainu Cranial Measurements Internet Journal of Anthropological Studies [Online Journal] Vol., Issue, Article 3.  Available: http://taylor.anthro.umt.edu/ijas/ijasv1i1/artv1a3.htm
 

Skelton, Randall, Michael Sperazza, et al.,

         1997    Case Coordinator on Forensic Report DSF Case  #97-2026.  Montana State Medical Examiner.
 

                     Case Coordinator on Forensic Report DSF Case  #97-3459.  Montana State Medical Examiner.

 

Sperazza, Michael

         1996    Materialism: A Cultural and Historical Perspective. Presented at the annual meeting of the Montana Academy of Science, April 1997.
 

                     Sexual Dimorphism in Ainu Cranial Measurements.  Presented at the annual meeting of the Montana Academy of Science, April 1997.

 

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