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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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