usgs_staff_profile:
meta: status_code: 200 timestamp: '2023-09-30T17:14:46.856308' url: https://www.usgs.gov/staff-profiles/kathleen-springer profile: abstracts: [] affiliations: [] education: - '1989: M.S., Geological Sciences, University of California, Riverside' - '1985: B.S., Geological Sciences, University of California, Riverside' email: kspringer@usgs.gov expertise_terms: - Quaternary geology - climate change - springs - desert wetlands - chronology - stratigraphy - groundwater - paleoenvironments - paleontology - pluvial lakes honors: [] intro_statements: - I study geologic deposits associated with springs and desert wetlands and pluvial lakes to develop paleoclimate records for the American Southwest. name: Kathleen Springer name_qualifier: null orcid: 0000-0002-2404-0264 organization_link: https://www.usgs.gov/centers/geosciences-and-environmental-change-science-center organization_name: Geosciences and Environmental Change Science Center personal_statement: I specialize in deciphering complex stratigraphic sequences, reconstructing paleoenvironmental conditions, and studying how springs and other groundwater dependent ecosystems responded to climate change in the recent geologic past. My research takes me all over the deserts of the southwest to places like Tule Springs Fossil Beds National Monument, Death Valley National Park, White Sands National Park, Joshua Tree National Park, and Channel Islands National Park. professional_experience: - Research Geologist, U.S. Geological Survey, Geosciences and Environmental Change Science Center title: Research Geologist