Margaret Fraiser
Associate Professor
356 Lapham Hall
(414) 229-3827
mfraiser@uwm.edu
Vita (pdf-123kb)
Degrees:
Ph.D., University of Southern California
M.S., University of Southern California
B.S., University of Georgia
Key Areas of Interest: End-Permian mass extinction, Early and Middle Triassic biotic recovery, Late Paleozoic Ice Age, Paleozoic/Mesozoic transition, causes and consequences of climate change
Research Interests: End-Permian mass extinction, Early and Middle Triassic biotic recovery, Late Paleozoic Ice Age, Paleozoic/Mesozoic transition, causes and consequences of climate change.
Courses Taught: Introduction to Ocean Sciences (GEO SCI 150), Principles of Historical Geology (GEO SCI 102), Biotic Crises in Earth’s History (GEO SCI 697), Sedimentology & Paleobiology of the Bahamas (GEO SCI 558), Phanerozoic Evolutionary Trends (GEO SCI 697), Permian – Triassic Ecosystems (GEO SCI 697).
Other Activities:
Faculty Advisor for UWM's Paleontology Club
Recent Honors and Awards:
2010-2011 UWM Alumni Association Award for Teaching Excellence
Selected Publications:
Fraiser, M.L., in press, Paleoecology of Secondary Tierers from Low-Latitudes of Eastern Panthalassa During the Aftermath of the End-Permian Mass Extinction: Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology.
Algeo, T., Chen, Z.Q., Fraiser, M.L., Twitchett, R.J., in press, Terrestrial-marine teleconnections in the collapse and rebuilding of Early Triassic marine ecosystems: Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology.
Chen, Z. Q., Tong, J., and Fraiser, M.L., 2011, Trace fossil evidence of restoration of marine ecosystems following the end-Permian mass extinction in the Lower Yangtze region, South China: Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 299, p. 449-474.
Fraiser, M.L., Twitchett, R.J., ‡Frederickson, J.A., Metcalfe, B., and Bottjer, D.J., 2011, Gastropod evidence against the Early Triassic Lilliput Effect: Comment: Geology, p. 232.
Henry, L.C. ‡, Isbell, J.L., Limarino, C.O., McHenry, L.J., Fraiser, M.L., 2010, Mid-Carboniferous deglaciation of the Protoprecordillera, Argentina, recorded in the Agua de Jagüel paleovalley: Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, v. 298, p. 112-129.
Fraiser, M.L., Clapham, M.E., and Bottjer, D.J., 2010, Mass extinctions and changing taphonomic processes: Fidelity of the Guadalupian, Lopingian, and Early Triassic fossil records: in Bottjer, D.J., and Allison, P. A., eds., Taphonomy: Process and Bias Through Time, Plenum Press, p. 569-590.