Donna Surge 
 Associate Professor, Geological Sciences 
 Geological Sciences, CB#3315 
 (919) 843-1994 
 donna64@email.unc.edu 
 http://www.unc.edu/~donna64/surge.html
Appointed Year: | 2004
Tenured: | No
Education: | Doctorate (2001), University of Michigan; Master of Science (1996), Indiana University; Bachelor of Arts (1993), CUNY at Hunter College
World Area of Focus: | • Western Europe/European Union (EU) 25%-49%
Specialization: | Paleoclimatology, Paleoecology, Low-Temperature Geochemistry
Relevant Experience: | 2001-2004. Assistant Professor, Iowa State University, Geological & Atmospheric Sciences, Ames, IA 50011

Distinctions:

American Association of University Women: Certificate of Commendation for the Foundation’s 2007 Recognition Award for Emerging Scholars.  
National Science Foundation: Committee of Visitors, Division of Atmospheric Sciences, Lower Atmosphere Research Section, Paleoclimate Program: September 2007; Panelist, Sedimentary Geology and Paleobiology: April 2007; Panelist, Earth System History: January 2005 and February 2006

Dissertations and Theses Supervised in Past 5 Years: | 7

Relevant Courses Taught:

• GEOL 110 Earth & Climate for Science Majors
• GEOL 202 Earth System History
• GEOL 432 Paleoclimate
• GEOL 856 Seminar in Stable Isotope Geochemistry

Recent Publications:

• 2016 Dvorak, M., Mora, G., Graniero, L., and Surge, D. (in review). Organic carbon and nitrogen tracers of land use effects on net ecosystem metabolism in mangrove estuaries, southwest Florida. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science.
• 2016 Garcia-March, J. R., Jiménez, S., Sanchis, M. A., Monleon, S., Lees, J., Surge, D., and Tena-Medialdea, J. (2016). In situ biomonitoring shows seasonal patterns and environmentally mediated gaping activity in the bivalve, Pinna nobilis. Marine Biology, 163(2):1-12; doi: 10.1007/s00227-016-2812-3.
• 2016 Other: Meeting Abstracts
• 2016 Moore, C. and Surge, D. Using stable isotope ratios to assess moisture sources in the early October, 2015 storm impacting the Carolinas. Southeastern Geological Society of America Meeting, Columbia, SC, 31 March-1 April 2016.
• 2016 Wang, T., Surge, D., and Lees, J. M. (2015). ClamR: A statistical evaluation of isotope and temperature records in sclerochronology studies. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 437:26-32, doi: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2015.07.008.
• 2016 McNabb, J. and Surge, D. (submitted). Establishing the lifespan of the marine bivalve, Astarte borealis, from the White Sea, Russia, using isotope sclerochronology. Marine Ecology Progress Series.
• 2016 Graniero, L., Surge, D., Gillikin, D. P., Briz i Godino, I., and Álvarez, M. (in review). Assessing elemental ratios as a paleotemperature proxy in the calcite shells of patelloid limpets. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology.
• 2016 Refereed Book Chapters:
• 2016 Graniero, L., Surge, D. and Gillikin, D. (2016). Assessing elemental ratios as a paleotem-perature proxy in shells of patelloid limpets. Ocean Sciences American Geophysical Union Meeting, New Orleans, LA, 21-26 February 2016.
• 2016 McNabb, J. J. and Surge, D. (2016). Establishing the lifespan of the marine bivalve, Astarte borealis, from the White Sea, Russia using isotope sclerochronology: implications for biological consequences of climate change. Ocean Sciences American Geophysical Union Meeting, New Orleans, LA, 21-26 February 2016.
• 2016 Parker, W., Yanes, Y., Surge, D., and Mesa, E. Mollusk shells of Patella crenata (Gastropoda: Patellidae) from Tenerife, Canary Islands, as a low-latitude paleoclimate proxy. North-Central Geological Society of America Meeting, Champaign, IL, 18-19 April 2016.
• 2016 Peer-Reviewed Papers in Review (not included in Item 1 above):
• 2016 Peer-Reviewed Articles:
• 2016 Wingard, G. L. and Surge, D. (in press, 2015). Application of molluscan analysis to the reconstruction of past environmental conditions in estuaries. In K. Weckström, ed., Application of Paleoenvironmental Techniques in Estuarine Studies, Developments in Paleonenvironmental Research Series, J. P. Smol, series ed. Springer.
• 2016 Walsh, A., Surge, D., and Coleman, D. (2016) Sr isotope ratios in the estuarine bivalve, Rangia cuneata, as a proxy for salinity, Neuse River, North Carolina. Ocean Sciences American Geophysical Union Meeting, New Orleans, LA, 21-26 February 2016.
• 2015 Graniero, L., Surge, D. and Gillikin, D. (2015). Assessing the utility of elemental ratios as a paleotemperature proxy in shells of patelloid limpets. European Geosciences Union General Assembly, 12-17 April 2015.
• 2015 Surge, D. and Barrett, J. H. (2014). Deciphering seasonality in modern and archaeological shells of the European limpet (Patella vulgata): Can we determine season of harvest? Geological Society of America National Meeting, Vancouver, BC, 18-22 October 2014.
• 2015 Schöne, B. R. and Surge, D. (2014). Bivalve shells: ultra high-resolution paleoclimate archives. In. B. Zolitschka, J. Pike, L. von Gunten, and T. Kiefer, eds., Annual Recorders of the Past. PAGES Magazine, 22(1):20-21, http://www.pages-igbp.org/products/pages-news/3752-22-1-annual-recorders-of-the-past.
• 2015 Surge, D. and Schöne, B. R. (accepted, expected publication 2014). Bivalve sclerochronology. In W. J. Rink and J. Thompson, eds., Encyclopedia of Scientific Dating Methods. Springer, doi: 10.1007/978-94-007-6326-5_165-1.
• 2015 McNabb, J. J. and Surge, D. (2014). Examining the reproducibility of stable isotope ratios in the marine bivalve, Astarte borealis, from populations in the White Sea, Russia: implications for biological consequences of climate change. European Geosciences Union General Assembly, 12-17 April 2015.
• 2015 Garrick, J., Hudley, J. and Surge, D. (2014) A late Holocene scherochronological analysis of the bivalve Arctica islandica from the Mid-Atlantic Bight. Geological Society of America National Meeting, Vancouver, BC, 18-22 October 2014.
• 2015 McNabb, J. J. and Surge, D. (2014). Establishing the lifespan of the Astarte borealis (Bivalvia) using isotope sclerochronology. Geological Society of America National Meeting, Vancouver, BC, 18-22 October 2014.
• 2015 McNabb, J. J. and Surge, D. (2014). Establishing the lifespan of the Pliocene bivalve, Astarte concentrica, using isotope sclerochronology. Goldschmidt, Sacramento, CA, 8-13 June 2014.
• 2015 Wingard, G. L. and Surge, D. (accepted). Application of molluscan analysis to the reconstruction of past environmental conditions in estuaries. In K. Weckström, ed., Application of Paleoenvironmental Techniques in Estuarine Studies, Developments in Paleonenvironmental Research Series, J. P. Smol, series ed. Springer.
• 2014 Surge, D. and Schöne, B. R. (accepted, expected publication 2014). Bivalve sclerochronology. In W. J. Rink and J. Thompson, eds., Encyclopedia of Scientific Dating Methods. Springer.
• 2014 Schöne, B. R. and Surge, D. (2014). Bivalve shells: ultra high-resolution paleoclimate archives. In. B. Zolitschka, J. Pike, L. von Gunten, and T. Kiefer, eds., Annual Recorders of the Past. PAGES Magazine, 22(1):20-21
• 2014 Schöne, B. R. and Surge, D. (2014). Bivalve shells: ultra high-resolution paleoclimate archives. In. B. Zolitschka, J. Pike, L. von Gunten, and T. Kiefer, eds., Annual Recorders of the Past. PAGES Magazine, 22(1):20-21, http://www.pages-igbp.org/products/pages-news/3752-22-1-annual-recorders-of-the-past.
• 2014 Winkelstern, I. Z., Surge, D., and Hudley, J. W. (2013). Multi-proxy sclerochronological evidence for Plio-Pleistocene regional warmth: US Mid Atlantic Coastal Plain. Palaios, 28(9):649-660, doi: 10.2110/palo.2013.p13-010r.
• 2014 Surge, D., Wang, T., Gutiérrez-Zugasti, I., and Kelley, P. H. (2013) Isotope sclerochronology and season of annual growth line formation in limpet shells (Patella vulgata) from warm- and cold-temperate zones in the eastern North Atlantic. Palaios, 28:386-393, doi: 10.2110/palo.2012.p12-038r.
• 2013 Winkelstern, I. Z., Surge, D., and ‡Hudley, J. W. (2013). Multi-proxy sclerochronological evidence for Plio-Pleistocene regional warmth: US Mid Atlantic Coastal Plain. Palaios, 28:649-660, doi: 10.2110/palo.2013.p13-010r.
• 2012 Surge, D., Wang, T., Gutiérrez-Zugasti, I., and Kelley, P. H. (2013) Isotope sclerochronology and season of annual growth line formation in limpet shells (Patella vulgata) from warm- and cold-temperate zones in the eastern North Atlantic. Palaios, 28:386-393, doi: 10.2110/palo.2012.p12-038r.
• 2012 *Schöne, B. R. and Surge, D. (2012). Chapter 14. Bivalve sclerochronology and geochemistry. In P. Selden and J. Hardesty, eds., J. G. Carter, coordinator, Part N, Bivalvia, Revised, Vol. 1. Treatise Online 46:1-24. The University of Kansas, Paleontological Institute, Lawrence, Kansas.
• 2008 Surge, D. and Lohmann, K. C (2008). Evaluating Mg/Ca ratios as a temperature proxy in the estuarine oyster, Crassostrea virginica. Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences, Vol 113, G02001, doi:10.1029/2007JG000623. 

• 2007 Fenger, T., Surge, D., Schöne, B. R., and Milner, N. (2007). Sclerochronology and geochemical variation in limpet shells (Patella vulgata): A new archive to reconstruct Holocene coastal sea surface temperature. Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems, 8:7, Q07001, doi: 10.1029/2006GC001488.
• 2006 Walker, K. J. and Surge, D. (2006).  Developing oxygen isotope proxies from archaeological sources for the study of Late Holocene human-climate interactions in coastal southwest Florida. Quaternary International, 150(1):3-11
• 2006 Surge, D. and Walker, K. J. (2006). Geochemical variation in microstructural shell layers of the southern quahog (Mercenaria campechiensis): implications for reconstructing seasonality. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 237(2-4):182-190
• 2005 Surge, D. and Walker, K. J. (2005).  Oxygen isotope composition of modern and archaeological otoliths from the estuarine hardhead catfish (Ariopsis felis) and their potential to record low-latitude climate change.   Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 228:179-191