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Debra A. Willard is affiliated with the United States Geological Survey in the United States. Their research portfolio spans multiple disciplines within Environmental Science and Earth and Planetary Sciences, reflecting a comprehensive focus on ecological and geological topics. The scientist has contributed notably to the fields of Ecology, Atmospheric Science, Global and Planetary Change, Environmental Chemistry, and Anthropology.

Their main research topics include:

  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
  • Peatlands and Wetlands Ecology
  • Coastal Wetland Ecosystem Dynamics
  • Fire Effects on Ecosystems
  • Archaeology and Natural History
  • Geological Formations and Processes
  • Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils

Debra A. Willard has been a frequent contributor to several scientific publication venues. Their work appears most often in Abstracts with programs - Geological Society of America, with 14 publications. Other venues include Quaternary Science Reviews, Wetlands, Global and Planetary Change, and the International Journal of Coal Geology.

Notable recent papers authored or co-authored by Willard include:

  • Broadening the perspectives of sedimentary organic matter analysis to understand Earth system response to change, 2023, International Journal of Coal Geology
  • Practical Guide to Measuring Wetland Carbon Pools and Fluxes, 2023, Wetlands
  • Regional variability in peatland burning at mid-to high-latitudes during the Holocene, 2023, Quaternary Science Reviews
  • Poleward amplification, seasonal rainfall and forest heterogeneity in the Miocene of the eastern USA, 2023, Global and Planetary Change
  • A 1.8 million year history of Amazon vegetation, 2022, Quaternary Science Reviews

The scientist collaborates regularly with a number of co-authors, frequently working alongside Miriam C. Jones, Michael Toomey, Thomas M. Cronin, Jessica R. Rodysill, and David J. Mallinson.

Best Publications

  • Medieval Warm Period, Little Ice Age and 20th century temperature variability from Chesapeake Bay

    TM Cronin;Gary Dwyer;T Kamiya;S Schwede

  • Phanerozoic stratigraphy of Northwind Ridge, magnetic anomalies in the Canada basin, and the geometry and timing of rifting in the Amerasia basin, Arctic Ocean

    Arthur Grantz;D. L. Clark;R. L. Phillips;S. P. Srivastava

  • Middle Pliocene paleoenvironmental reconstruction; PRISM2

    H.J. Dowsett;J.A. Barron;R.Z. Poore;R.S. Thompson

  • Joint investigations of the Middle Pliocene climate I: PRISM paleoenvironmental reconstructions

    Harry Dowsett;Robert Thompson;John Barron;Thomas Cronin

  • The impact of anthropogenic land-cover change on the Florida Peninsula Sea Breezes and warm season sensible weather

    Curtis H. Marshall;Roger A. Pielke;Louis T. Steyaert;Debra A. Willard

  • Experimental Cladistic Analysis of Anatomically Preserved Arborescent Lycopsids from the Carboniferous of Euramerica: An Essay on Paleobotanical Phylogenetics

    Richard M. Bateman;William A. DiMichele;Debra A. Willard

  • ATLAS OF POLLEN AND SPORES OF THE FLORIDA EVERGLADES

    Debra A. Willard;Christopher E. Bernhardt;Lisa Weimer;Sherri R. Cooper

  • Climatic variability in the eastern United States over the past millennium from Chesapeake Bay sediments

    Thomas M. Cronin;Debra A. Willard;A. Karlsen;S. Ishman

  • Historical trends in Chesapeake Bay dissolved oxygen based on benthic foraminifera from sediment cores

    Alexander W. Karlsen;Thomas M. Cronin;Scott E. Ishman;Debra A. Willard

  • Arctic vegetation, temperature, and hydrology during Early Eocene transient global warming events

    Debra A. Willard;Timme H. Donders;Tammo Reichgelt;David R. Greenwood

  • The Medieval Climate Anomaly and Little Ice Age in Chesapeake Bay and the North Atlantic Ocean

    Thomas M. Cronin;K. Hayo;Robert C. Thunell;Gary S. Dwyer

  • Late-Holocene climate and ecosystem history from Chesapeake Bay sediment cores, USA

    Debra A. Willard;Thomas M. Cronin;Stacey Verardo

  • Pollen assemblages as paleoenvironmental proxies in the Florida Everglades.

    D.A. Willard;L.M. Weimer;W.L. Riegel

  • Impact of millennial-scale Holocene climate variability on eastern North American terrestrial ecosystems: pollen-based climatic reconstruction

    Debra A. Willard;Christopher E. Bernhardt;David A. Korejwo;Stephen R. Meyers

  • Origin of the Pennsylvanian coal-bearing cyclothems of North America

    George deV. Klein;Debra A. Willard

  • A 26 million year gap in the central Arctic record at the greenhouse-icehouse transition: looking for clues

    Francesca Sangiorgi;Hans-Juergen Brumsack;Debra A. Willard;Stefan Schouten

  • Radiocarbon Dating, Chronologic Framework, and Changes in Accumulation Rates of Holocene Estuarine Sediments from Chesapeake Bay

    Steven M. Colman;Pattie C. Baucom;John F. Bratton;Thomas M. Cronin

  • Response of the Everglades ridge and slough landscape to climate variability and 20th-century water management

    Christopher E. Bernhardt;Christopher E. Bernhardt;Debra A. Willard

  • Rapid sea level rise and ice sheet response to 8,200-year climate event

    Thomas M. Cronin;P. R. Vogt;Debra A. Willard;Robert C. Thunell

  • Bedrock cores from 89° North: Implications for the geologic framework and Neogene paleoceanography of Lomonosov Ridge and a tie to the Barents shelf

    Arthur Grantz;Victoria L. Pease;Debra A. Willard;R.L. Phillips

  • Mid‐Cenozoic tectonic and paleoenvironmental setting of the central Arctic Ocean

    Matthew O’Regan;Kathryn Moran;Jan Backman;Martin Jakobsson

  • Late-Holocene climate and ecosystemhistory from Chesapeake Bay sedimentcores, USA

    Debra A. Willard;Thomas M. Cronin;Stacey Verardo

Frequent Co-Authors

Thomas M. Cronin
Thomas M. Cronin United States Geological Survey
Stéphanie Desprat
Stéphanie Desprat University of Bordeaux
Cathy Whitlock
Cathy Whitlock Montana State University
Linda E. Heusser
Linda E. Heusser Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory
Marie-Pierre Ledru
Marie-Pierre Ledru Institut de Recherche pour le Développement
Maria Fernanda Sanchez Goñi
Maria Fernanda Sanchez Goñi University of Bordeaux
R. Scott Anderson
R. Scott Anderson Northern Arizona University
Eric C. Grimm
Eric C. Grimm University of Minnesota
Gonzalo Jiménez-Moreno
Gonzalo Jiménez-Moreno University of Granada
Tadamichi Oba
Tadamichi Oba Hokkaido University

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