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Earth & Planetary Sciences Faculty

Hilde L Schwartz
  • Pronouns she, her, her, hers, herself
  • Title
    • Senior Lecturer
  • Division Physical & Biological Sciences Division
  • Department
    • Earth & Planetary Sciences Department
  • Phone
    831-459-5429
  • Email
  • Office Location
    • Earth & Marine Sciences, A347
    • Earth and Marine Sciences A347
  • Office Hours Monday 1-3 p.m.
  • Mail Stop Earth and Planetary Sciences

Summary of Expertise

Vertebrate Paleontology, Environmental Geology, Paleoecology

Research Interests

General vertebrate paleontology and taphonomy, fossil preservation, and sedimentary geology. Specific ongoing projects involve taphonomic and sedimentologic history of the Manyara Basin, Tanzania; taphonomy of dinosaur gastroliths; geochemistry and mineralogy of bone preservation.

Biography, Education and Training

B.A. Geology, UC Santa Barbara, 1978
Ph.D. Earth Sciences, UC Santa Cruz, 1983