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Nandini Kar, Ph.D

(She/Her/Hers)

Assistant Professor

(585) 395-2419
nkar@brockport.edu
Office: Lennon Hall 325

Education

• PhD, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Rochester
• MSc, Department of Geology, Presidency College (Kolkata, India)
• BSc, Department of Geology, Presidency College (Kolkata, India)

Courses Taught

• GEl 100: Our Earth
• GEL 201: Intro Physical Geology Lab
• GEL 302: Historical Geology
• GEL 305: Paleoenvironments
• GEL 411: Stratigraphy and Sedimentology
• ESC 313: Environmental Climatology
• ESC 314: Environmental Climatology Lab 
• ESC 362: Global Warming

Research Interests

My research focuses on reconstruction of paleoclimate and paleoenvironment through use of the stable isotopes of oxygen, carbon and hydrogen preserved in sediment record. I am interested in both small scale regional paleoclimate studies to larger scale climate changes driven by tectonic events. I am particularly interested in evolution of mountain belts and depositional history of sedimentary basins that form within or at periphery of large mountain belts. Apart from climate proxies, I use field based sedimentary and stratigraphic investigation to answer questions ranging from depositional history to basin evolution. Working in these projects will provide both valuable field and lab experiences to students. Please get in touch if you are interested in working with me.

• Awards/Recognitions

  2019: SUNY Brockport Pre-Tenure Grant 

  2014: Geological Society of Americas Northeastern Section Student Travel Grant

  2014: National Geographic Grant, Response of pollen and faunal assemblage to surface uplift of the Central Andean plateau, co-authored with P.I. Carlos Jaramillo, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Panama 

  2014: Geological Society of America Graduate Research Award, Provenance analysis of hinterland basin of Central Andean Plateau through U/Pb zircon study 

  2013: Geological Society of America Northeastern Section Student Travel Grant

  2012: Geological Society of America Graduate Research Award, Paleoslope calculations from Sub Andes in Bolivia for an independent proxy of uplift history 

• Recent Publications

  Kar, N., Li, L., Carlotto, V., Garzione, C. N., Moreno, F., & Smith, S. (2023). Paleocene–Miocene topographic and tectonic evolution of the northern central Andean plateau, southern Peru. Journal of South American Earth Sciences, 121, 104134.

  Kar, N., Garzione, C. N., Jaramillo, C., Shanahan, T., Carlotto, V., Pullen, A., Moreno, F., Anderson, V., & Eiler, J. (2016). Rapid regional surface uplift of the northern Altiplano plateau revealed by multiproxy paleoclimate reconstruction. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 447, 33-47.

  Garzione, C. N., McQuarrie, N., Perez, N. D., Ehlers, T. A., Beck, S. L., Kar, N., Eichelberger N, Chapman, A.D, Ward, K.M., Ducea, M.N., Lease R.O, Pulsen, C.J., Wagner, LS., & Horton, B. K. (2017). Tectonic evolution of the Central Andean plateau and implications for the growth of plateaus. Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences, 45, 529-559.

  Taral, S., Kar, N., & Chakraborty, T. (2017). Wave-generated structures in the Siwalik rocks of Tista valley, eastern Himalaya: implication for regional palaeogeography. Current Science, 889-901.

  Vélez, M. I., Jaramillo, C., Salazar-Ríos, A., Benito, X., Fritz, S., Tapia, P., Lubiniecki, D., Kar, N. & Escobar, J. (2018). Aquatic ecosystems in a newly formed ecospace: Early Pliocene lakes in the Central Andean Altiplano. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 490, 218-226.

• Presentations

  Zazubec, A., Williams, M., Kar, N., Debnath, A., Chakraborty, T., Taral, S., Smith, R., Williams, M., (2022, October). Biomarker Analysis of the Eastern Himalayan Foreland Basin (EHFB) as a Proxy for Paleoclimate Identification. In GSA Fall Meeting Abstracts (Vol. 54, No. 5, 2022).

  Williams, M., Zazubec, A., Kar, N., Chakraborty, T., Debnath, A., Taral, S., Smith, R., & Woodard, S. (2022, December). Biomarker Based Palaeohydrology Reconstruction of the Neogene Eastern Siwalik Group: A Look into Possible Marine Influence. In AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts (Vol. 2022, pp. T22E-0137).

  Zazubec, A., Chakraborty, T., Debnath, A., Taral, S., Smith, R., Williams, M., & Kar, N. (2021, December). Depositional Environment Characterization Of The Neogene Siwalik Deposits Through Biomarker Analysis. In AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts (Vol. 2021, pp. T35A-0185).

  Kar, N., Tamulonis, K., Smith, R., Woddard, S., Noll, M., Blocho, R., and Brunette, A. (2021, October). Organic Source Characterization of the Utica, Marcellus and Burkett Shales. AAPG Eastern Section Meeting Abstracts

  Kar, N., Brunette, A., Taral, S., Chakraborty, T., Smith, R.and Bradley, A. S. (2019, September). Neogene Climate Reconstruction Of The Eastern Himalayan Region From A Multiproxy Organic Analysis Of The Siwalik Deposits. In GSA Fall Meeting Abstracts (Vol. 51, No. 5, 2019).

  Brunette, A., Kar, N., Smith, R., Taral, S., and Chakraborty, T., (2019, September). Investigation Of The Neogene Depositional Environment Of The Eastern Himalayan Siwalik Deposits Through Multiproxy Organic Analysis. . In GSA Fall Meeting Abstracts (Vol. 51, No. 5, 2019).

  McQuarrie, N., Garzione, C. N., Perez, N. D., Ehlers, T. A., Beck, S. L., Kar, N., Eichelberger, N. W., Chapman, A.D., Ward, K. M., Ducea, M. N., Lease, R.O., Poulsen, C. J., Wagner, L. S., Saylor, J., Zandt, G., & Horton, B. K. (2017, December). The Tectonic Evolution of the Central Andean Plateau and Geodynamic Implications for the Growth of Plateaus. In AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts (Vol. 2017, pp. T31E-07).

  Kar, N., & Garzione, C. N. (2015, December). Climate and tectonic evolution of the Descanso-Yauri basin in the northernmost Altiplano: Archetype example of a lithospheric drip basin. In AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts (Vol. 2015, pp. T12B-02).

  Kar, N., Garzione, C. N., Carlotto, V. S., Smith, S., Pullen, A. T., Shanahan, T. M., Anderson, V.J.,

  & Eiler, J. M. (2014, December). Deciphering the Spatial and Temporal Nature of the Surface Uplift in the Altiplano Plateau. In AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts (Vol. 2014, pp. T21C-4623).

  Kar, N, Garzione, C.N., Carlotto, V., and Smith, S. (2014, October). Role of early Cenozoic flat slab subduction of the Nazca plate in northern central Andean plateau evolution. In GSA Fall Meeting Abstracts (Vol. 46, No. 6, p.587).

  Garzione, C. N., Auerbach, D. J., Bershaw, J. T., Kar, N., & Smith, J. J. (2013, December). Spatial-temporal evolution of topography of the central Andes and implications for deep tectonic processes. In AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts (Vol. 2013, pp. T43H-01).

  Kar, N., Garzione, C. N., Carlotto, V., Shanahan, T., Anderson, V., Pullen, A., and Eiler, J. (2013, December). Surface Uplift History of the Andean Plateau: Implications for the Geodynamic Processes. Invited Talk at Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata, India.

  Kar, N., Garzione, C. N., Carlotto, V., Shanahan, T., Anderson, V., Pullen, A., and Eiler, J. (2013, October) Paleoelevation history of the Northernmost Altiplano Plateau: Implications for the Geodynamic Evolution of the Andes. In GSA Fall Meeting Abstracts (Vol. 45, No. 7, p.708).

  Kar, N., & Garzione, C. N. (2011, December). Evolution of Descanso-Yauri basin in Altiplano, Peru. In AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts (Vol. 2011, pp. T13F-2477).