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Dennis Darby

  • Dennis Darby
  • Professor
  • Ocean, Earth & Atmospheric Sciences
  • 341 OceanographyandPhysics Bldg
  • Norfolk, VA 23529
  • 757-683-4701
  • ddarby@odu.edu
  • Dr. Darby has enjoyed 38 years as a faculty member at ODU. He mostly enjoys the interactions with students and colleagues throughout the world.
  • Education

    University Of Wisconsin, 1971
    Major: Geology and Oceanography
    Degree: Ph. D.
    University of Pittsburgh, 1968
    Major: Geology
    Degree: M.S.
    University of Pittsburgh, 1966
    Major: Geology
    Degree: B.S.
  • Research Interests

    His pioneering research in developing the Fe grain chemical fingerprinting technique has lead to the discovery of massive surges of glacial icebergs into the Arctic Ocean several times in the past corresponding to and perhaps matching in ice volume the well-documented Heinrich Events in the North Atlantic, the influence of the Arctic Oscillation on ice drift over the last 10,000 years and that it has both century-scale and millennial-scale cyclicity, and new insights into sediment entrainment and transport by sea ice in the Arctic.
  • Expertise

    Climate Change
    Arctic Ocean Sea Ice / Past Climates / Sand Transport and Provenance / Sediment transport by sea ice
    Environmental Issues
    Arctic Ocean Sea Ice / Past Climates / Sand Transport and Provenance / Sediment transport by sea ice
  • 2010: Distinguished Research Award, Old Dominion University
  • 1992: Elected to Phi Kappa Phi honorary society , Old Dominion University Chapter
  • 1983: Certified Professional Geologist, Virginia Board of Geology, 1983 present. (No.142)., Virginia Board of Geology
  • 1979: Elected as a Fellow by the Council of the Geological Society of America, Geological Society of America
  • Contracts, Grants and Sponsored Research