Margaret Fraiser
Assistant Professor
356 Lapham Hall
(414) 229-3827
mfraiser@uwm.edu
Vita (pdf-45kb)
Degrees:
Ph.D., University of Southern California
M.S., University of Southern California
B.S., University of Georgia
Research Interests: The end-Permian mass extinction, Early Triassic biotic recovery, Late Paleozoic Ice Age, Paleozoic/Mesozoic transition, causes and consequences of climate change.
Teaching Areas: Introduction to Ocean Sciences, Principles of Historical Geology, Biotic Crises in Earth’s History, Sedimentology & Paleobiology of the Bahamas
Selected Publications:
Bottjer, D.J., Clapham, M.E., Fraiser, M.L., and Powers, C.M., 2008, Understanding mechanisms for the end-Permian mass extinction and the protracted Early Triassic aftermath/recovery: GSA Today, v. 18, p. 4-10.
Isbell, J.L., Fraiser, M.L., and Henry, L.C., 2008, Examining the Complexity of Environmental Change during the late Paleozoic and early Mesozoic. Palaios, v. 23, p. 267-269.
Fraiser, M.L., and Bottjer, D.J., 2007, When Bivalves Took Over the World: Paleobiology, v. 33 (3), p. 397-413.
Fraiser, M.L., and Bottjer, D.J., 2007, Elevated Atmospheric CO2 and the Delayed Biotic Recovery from the End-Permian Mass Extinction: Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, v. 252, p. 164-175.
Clapham, M.E., Bottjer, D.J., Jamet, C.M., Bonuso, N., Fraiser, M.L., Marenco, P.J., Dornbos, S.Q., and Pruss, S.B., 2006, Phanerozoic trends in ecological dominance: Palaios, v. 21, p. 431-441.