Kendrick C. Taylor
Current
Professional Interests:
Dr. Taylor is a Research Professor
with the Division of Hydrologic Sciences in the Desert Research Institute. Much of his work has focused on understanding
the causes of climate change. He has
been involved with ice core paleoclimate studies since 1981 and has worked on
every
Education:
Ph.D., Hydrogeology/Hydrology,
M.S., Geophysics,
B.S., Geophysics,
Professional
Experience:
1999 to present Research Professor, Division of Hydrologic Sciences, Desert Research Institute, Nevada System of Higher Education
2004 to present Chief Scientist for the WAIS Divide Ice Core Program which is a major element of the United States International Polar Year effort.
2004 to 2005 Deputy Director of Nevada NSF EPSCoR program.
2004 Organized the first meeting of the “International Partners in Ice Core Science” which is now an international effort to coordinate and facilitate international deep ice coring projects that involves 23 nations.
2000
to 2004 Conducted research
on the cause of the decreasing water clarity at
1995 to 2000 Served as the Chief Scientist for the Siple Dome ice core project and made electrical measurements of the core.
1989
to 1999 Associate Research
Professor, Desert Research Institute. Used polar ice cores
for paleoclimate investigations including work on the GISP2, Greenland and
Taylor Dome,
1985 to 1989 Assistant Research Professor, Desert Research Institute, Developed borehole geophysical methods to characterize the spatial variability of aquifer hydraulic properties.
1981 to 1983
Research Assistant an the
1979 to 1981 Field geophysicist for a geothermal exploration company
Involvement
with Professional Organizations:
Initial organizer of the International Partners in Ice Core Science,
which is an effort involving 23 nations to coordinate deep ice coring efforts.
Ice core working group member, 1993–1997; 2002 to present
Members of this committee are elected their by their peers in the ice coring community to represent the communities interests to the National Science Foundation.
West Antarctic Ice Sheet Project Executive Committee, member, 1996–present
The West Antarctic Ice Sheet Project is a multidisciplinary NSF-funded investigation of the stability of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet.
Paleoenvironments from Ice Cores (PICE), member, 1997–2002
This is a subcommittee of the Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR) that is involved with the international coordination of ice coring activities.
Member of the International Glaciological Society, Society of Exploration Geophysics, American Geophysical Union, Society of Engineering and Environmental Geophysics, and National Water Well Association.
Reviewing
Activities:
Awards:
Dandini Medal (1999): This award is made to a DRI scientist who has
developed an international reputation for the contributions they have made to
their field of science.
.
Teaching:
Research Grants:
Except where noted
Subsurface Geophysical
Methods for Hazardous Waste Site Investigation
Grantor: Environmental Protection Agency
Grant amount: $1,600,000 Competition: National peer review
Start date: 3/89 End date: 4/92
The geophysics portion of this
EPA-funded cooperative agreement ($800,000) was written by
Surface
Geophysical Instrumentation
Grantor: Department of Defense
Grant amount: $104,000 Competition: National peer review
Start date: 10/88 End date: 9/89
This equipment grant was used to upgrade DRI's geophysical instrumentation.
Application of
Transient Electromagnetics to Groundwater Investigations
Grantor:
Grant amount: $49,000 Competition: State request for proposals
Start date: 6/89 End date: 5/90
This
project used transient electromagnetic methods for groundwater exploration in
Electrical
Conductivity Measurements on the GISP2 Core
Grantor: National Science Foundation
Grant amount: $527,000 Competition: National peer review
Start date: 3/90 End date: 8/94
Electrical properties of the GISP2 Greenland ice core were measured leading to the development of a climate record extending 100,000 years into the past. This research resulted in the discovery that major changes in climate frequently occurred in less than a decade.
Electrical
Measurements on the Taylor Dome Core
Grantor: National Science Foundation
Grant amount: $74,000 Competition: National peer review
Start date: 9/92 End date: 2/95
The electrical properties of ice cores
from Antarctica were measured providing a climate record extending 150,000
years into the past and demonstrating the regional response of climate changes
in
Interpretation
of the GISP2 Record
Grantor: National Science Foundation
Grant amount: $210,000 Competition: National peer review
Start date: 8/94 End date: 7/98
This project involved the interpretation of the 100,000 year climate record developed from the GISP2 ice core and showed that results reported by other researchers could not be replicated.
Recovery and
Science Coordination of an Ice Core at Siple Dome,
Grantor: National Science Foundation
Grant amount: $707,000 Competition: National peer review
Start date: 6/96 End date: 5/03
The grant supported the coordination of all science and logistical activities related to the recovery and interpretation of a 1,000 meter Antarctic ice core.
Electrical and
Optical Measurements on the Siple Dome Ice Core
Grantor: National Science Foundation
Grant amount: $341,000 Competition: National peer review
Start date: 3/96 End date: 2/04
Paleoclimate records from a 1,000m
Antarctic ice core were measured and interpreted. The records showed abrupt
climate changes have occurred in
Selection of
Favorable Shallow Water Well Locations in
Grantor: Conrad N. Hilton Foundation
Grant amount: $711,000 Competition: Private request for proposals
Start date: 6/95 End date: 10/97
This project developed remote sensing and surface geophysics methods to select favorable locations for water wells in fractured terrain, and trained staff from a local aid agency to independently utilize the method.
Investigation of
the Cause of Near Shore Clarity Loss at
Grantors: Tahoe
Regional Planning Agency,
Grant
amount: $425,000 Competition:
Start date: 6/99 End
date: 5/04
This has
been a series of 5 interrelated contracts investigating the Tahoe basin.
Preparations for Collection of a Deep Ice Core
Grantor: National Science Foundation
Grant
amount: $215,000 Competition: National Competition
Start date: 3/03 End date: 3/07
This project established a Science Coordination Office for
a deep ice coring project in West Antarctica and established
Optical Imaging
of Ice Cores
Grantor: National Science Foundation
Grant
amount: $332,000 Competition: National
Competition
Start date: 6/03 End date: 6/06
This project is developing an optical imaging system for
ice cores.
Development of a
Plan for Multinational Ice Coring Projects
Grantor: National Science Foundation
Grant
amount: $50,000 Competition: Invited
Solicitation
Start date:
11/03 End date: 7/04
This project
was to host a workshop with representatives from 11 nations to identify large
ice coring projects of interest to the international community and beginning
the process of forming an international consortium to work on these projects.
NSF EPSCoR Project to Develop
Nevada’s Research Infrastructure
Grantor:
National Science Foundation
Grant
amount: $13,500,000
Competition: National Competition
Start Date:
5/05 End
Date: 5/08
This
project is developing
Science
Coordination of the WAIS Divide Ice Core
Grantor: National Science Foundation
Grant
amount: $1,213,000 Competition:
National Competition
Start date: 6/05 End date: 6/10
This project established the Science Coordination Office
for the WAIS Divide ice core program which is responsible for coordinating the
activities of the approximately 18 science groups and the logistics and
drilling support teams.
Electrical
Measurements on the WAIS Divide Ice Core
Grantor: National Science Foundation
Grant
amount: $988,000 Competition: National
Competition
Start date: 6/05 End date: 6/10
This project is making electrical measurements on the WAIS Divide ice core that are used to develop the time scale for the climate information recorded by the core.
Peer Reviewed Publications:
*** Indicates most significant
contributions
Taylor, K.C., A. Mazzella, and J. Hess, 1989. Field
evaluation of a slim hole borehole induction tool. Ground Water Monitoring Review,
9(1):100-104.
Taylor,
K.C. and F. Molz, 1990. Determination of
hydraulic conductivity and porosity logs in wells with a disturbed
annulus. Journal of Contaminant Hydrology, 5:317-332.
Taylor,
K.C., S.W. Wheatcraft, J. Hess, J. Hayworth, and F. Molz, 1990. Evaluation of methods for
determining the vertical distribution of hydraulic conductivity. Ground
Water, 28(2):88-98.
Taylor,
K.C., J. Hess, and A. Mazzella, 1990. Comparison of methods to determine the vertical stratification of
pore fluid. Ground Water Monitoring Review, 10:91-94.
Taylor,
K.C., R. Bochicchio, and M. Widmer, 1990.
A Transient Electromagnetic Survey to Define
Hydrogeology. A Case History. Geoexploration, Elsevier Science Publishers, B.V.,
Palais,
J.M., K. Taylor, P.A. Mayewski, and P. Grootes, 1991. Volcanic ash from the 1362
A.D. O'Refajokull eruption (
Taylor,
K., M. Widmer and M. Chesley, 1992. Use of transient electromagnetics to
define local hydrogeology in an arid alluvial environment. Geophysics,
57(2):343-352.
Taylor,
K., M. Rose, and G. Lamorey, 1992. Relationship of solar activity and climatic oscillations on the
Taylor,
K., R. Alley, J. Fiacco, P. Grootes, G. Lamorey, P.
Mayewski, and M.J. Spencer, 1992. Ice-core dating and
chemistry by direct-current electrical conductivity. Journal
of Glaciology, 38(130):325-332.
***Taylor,
K.C., C.U. Hammer, R.B. Alley, H.B. Clausen, D. Dahl–Jensen, A.J. Gow, N.S. Gundestrup, J. Klipfstuhl, J.C. Moore,
and E.D. Waddington, 1993. Electrical
conductivity measurements from the GISP2 and GRIP
Mayewski, P., L.D. Meeker, S. Whitlow, M.S. Twickler, M.C. Morrison,
R.B. Alley, P. Bloomfield, and K. Taylor, 1993. The
atmosphere during the Younger Dryas.
Science, 261:195-197.
***Taylor, K.C., G.W. Lamorey, G.A. Doyle,
R.B. Alley, P.M. Grootes, P.A. Mayewski, J.W.C. White, and L.K. Barlow,
1993. The `flickering switch' of late
Pleistocene climate change. Nature, 361:432-436.
Alley,
R.B., D.A. Meese, C.A. Shuman, A.J. Gow, K.C. Taylor, P.M. Grootes, J.W.C.
White, M. Ram, E.D. Waddington, P.A. Mayewski, and G.A. Zielinski, 1993. Abrupt increase in
Meese,
D.A., A.J. Gow, P. Grootes, P.A. Mayewski, M. Ram, M. Stuiver, K.C. Taylor,
E.D. Waddington, and G.A. Zielinski, 1994.
The accumulation record from the GISP2 core as an
indicator of climate change throughout the Holocene. Science,
266:1680-1682.
Mayewski,
P.A., M. Wumkes, J. Klinck,
M.S. Twickler, J.S. Putscher, K.C. Taylor, A.J. Gow,
E.D. Waddington, R.B. Alley, J.E. Gibb, P.M. Grootes, D.A. Meese, M. Ram, M.
Whalen, and A.T. Wilson, 1994. Record
drilling depth struck in
Mayewski,
P.A., L.D. Meeker, S. Whitlow, M.S. Twickler, M.C. Morrison, P. Bloomfield,
G.C. Bond, R.B. Alley, A.J. Gow, P.M. Grootes, D.A. Meese, M. Ram, K.C. Taylor,
and W. Wumkes, 1994. Changes in atmospheric
circulation and ocean ice cover over the north
Mayewski,
P.A., B. Lyons, G. Zielinski, M. Twickler, S. Whitlow, J. Dibb, P. Grootes, K.
Taylor, P. Whung, L. Fosberry, C. Wake, and K. Welch,
1994. An ice core based,
late Holocene history for the transantarctic
mountains,
Chylek, P., B. Johnson, P.A. Damiano,
K.C. Taylor, and P. Clement, 1995. Biomass burning record and
black carbon in the GISP2 ice core. Geophysical Research Letters, 22(2):89-92.
Zielinski,
G.A., M.S. Germani, G. Larsen, M.G.L. Baillie, S.
Whitlow, M.S. Twickler, and K. Taylor, 1995.
Evidence of the Eldgjá (
Taylor, K.C., R.B. Alley, G.W. Lamorey and P. Mayewski, 1995. Electrical conductivity measurements on the GISP2 core. Arctic Research of the
Taylor, K.C., P.A. Mayewski, M.S. Twickler, and S.I. Whitlow, 1996.
Biomass burning recorded in the GISP2 ice core: A record from eastern
Zielinski,
G.A., P.A. Mayewski, L.D. Meeker, S. Whitlow, M.S. Twickler, and K. Taylor,
1996. Potential atmospheric impact of the Toba mega-eruption
~71,000 years ago. Geophysical Research Letters, 23(8):837-840.
Mayewski,
P.A., M.S. Twickler, S.I. Whitlow, L.D. Meeker, Q. Yang, J. Thomas, K. Kreutz,
P.M. Grootes, D.L. Morse, E.J. Steig, E.D. Waddington, E.S. Saltzman, P.Y.
Whung, and K.C. Taylor, 1996. Climate change during the last deglaciation in
Yang, Q., P.A. Mayewski, G.A. Zielinski, M. Twickler, and K.C. Taylor,
1996. Depletion of atmospheric
nitrate and chloride as a consequence of the Toba volcanic eruption. Geophysical Research Letters,
23(18):2513-2516.
Zielinski,
G.A., P.A. Mayewski, L.D. Meeker, K. Grönvold, M.S. Germani, S. Whitlow, M.S. Twickler, and K. Taylor,
1996. Volcanic aerosol
records and tephrochronology of the
Alley, R.B., P.A. Mayewski, T. Sowers, M. Stuiver, K.C. Taylor, and
P.U. Clark, 1997.
Holocene climatic instability; A prominent, widespread
event 8,200 years ago. Geology, 25(6):483-486.
Taylor K.C., R. B. Alley, G. W. Lamorey, and P. M. Mayweski, 1997. Electrical measurements on the GISP2 core. Journal
of Geophysical Research, 102:26,511-26,519.
***Taylor,
K.C., P.A. Mayewski, R.B. Alley, E.J. Brook, A.J. Gow, P.M. Grootes, D.A.
Meese, E.S. Saltzman, J.P. Severinghaus, M.S. Twickler, J.W.C. White, S.
Whitlow, and G.A. Zielinski, 1997. The
Holocene/Younger Dryas transition recorded at
Alley,
R.B., C.A. Shuman, D.A. Meese, A.J. Gow, K.C. Taylor, K. M. Cuffey, J.J.
Fitzpatrick, P.M. Grootes, G.A. Zielinski, M. Ram, G. Spinelli,
and B. Elder, 1998. Visual-stratigraphic dating of the GISP2 ice core: Basis,
reproducibility and application. Journal of Geophysical Research,
102:26,367-26,383.
Messe D.A., A.J.
Gow, R.B. Alley, G.A. Zielinski, P.M. Grootes, M. Ram, K.C. Taylor, P.A.
Mayewski, and J.F. Bolzan, 1998. The GISP2 depth-age
scale: Methods and results. Journal of Geophysical Research, 102,
26,411-26,425.
Smith,
H.J., M. Wahlen, D. Mastroianni , K. Taylor, and
P.M. Mayewski, 1998. The CO2
concentration of air trapped in GISP2 formed during periods of rapid climate
change. Journal of Geophysical Research, 102:26,577-26,583.
Thorsteinsson, T., E.D. Waddington, K.C.
Taylor, R.B. Alley, and D.D. Blankenship, 1999. Strain rate enhancement at Dye 3,
Taylor, K.C., T.B. Minor, M.M. Chesley, and K. Matanawi,
1998. Cost effectiveness of well site selection
methods in a fractured aquifer. Ground Water, 37:24,271-275.
***
McConnell J., G. Lamorey, S. Lambert, and K. Taylor, 2002. Continuous Ice Core Chemical Analyses Using Inductively
Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometry. Environmental
Science Technology 36:7-11.
Hawley, R., E.D. Waddington, R.B. Alley, and K.C. Taylor, 2003. Annual layers in polar firn detected by
borehole optical stratigraphy. Geophysical
Research Letters, 30(5):1788-1794.
J. Anh, M.
Wahlen, B. Deck, E. Brook, P. Mayewski, K. Taylor, and J. White, 2004. A record
of atmospheric CO2 during the last 40,000 years from the Siple Dome,
***Taylor, K.C.,
J.W.C. White, J.P. Severinghaus, E.J. Brook, P.A. Mayewski, R.B. Alley, E.J.
Steig, M.K. Spencer, E. Meyerson, D.A. Meese, G.W. Lamorey, A. Grachev, A.J.
Gow and B.A. Barnett, 2004. Abrupt late
glacial climate change in the Pacific sector of
Taylor, K.C.
and R.B. Alley, 2004. Two dimensional
electrical stratigraphy of the Siple Dome,
Taylor,
K.C., R.B. Alley, D.A. Meese, M.K. Spencer, E.J. Brook, N.W. Dunbar, R. Finkel,
A.J. Gow, A.V. Kurbatov, G.W. Lamorey, P.A. Mayewski, E. Meyerson, K.
Nishiizumi and G.A. Zielinski, 2004.
Dating the Siple Dome,
Taylor, K.C.; Alley, R.B., 2004.
Two-dimensional electrical stratigraphy of the Siple Dome (Antarctica) ice core. Journal of Glaciology. v.169. s.50. pp.231-235.
Waddington, E.D.; Conway, H.; Steig, E.J.; Alley, R.B.; Brook, E.J.; Taylor, K.C.; White,
J.W.C., 2005.
Decoding the dipstick: Thickness of Siple Dome, West Antarctica, at the Last Glacial Maximum. Geology. v.33.
s.4. pp.281-284. ISI:000228127100011.
Bentley, C.R.; Taylor, K.C.; Shturmakov, A.J.; Mason, W.P.; Emmell,
G.R.; Lebar, D.A., 2005.
Coring to the West Antarctic ice sheet bed with a new Deep
Ice Sheet Coring (DISC) drill. American Geophysical Union. San Francisco, CA.
Taylor, K.C., 2005.
Results from the West Antarctic Ice Sheet Project. Naples, Italy.
Taylor, K.C., 2005.
Computer Assisted Interpretation of Ice Core Annual Layers. Copenhagen, Denmark.
Taylor, K.C., 2006.
History of Ice Core Science. A 2800 word invited article published in the Encyclopedia
of Quaternary Science.
Taylor, K.C., 2006.
Ice Core Conductivity Studies. A 3,100 word invited article published in the Encyclopedia
of Quaternary Science.
Ahn, J.; Headly, M.; Wahlen, M.; Brook, E.J.; Mayewski,
P.A.; Taylor, K.C, 2008 (submitted).
CO2 diffusion in polar ice: observations from naturally
formed CO2 spikes in the Siple Dome (Antarctica) ice
core. J. Glaciology. v.54.
n.188. pp.685-695.
McGwire, K.C.; Alley, R.B.; Banta,
J.R.; Hargreaves, G.M.; McConnell, J.R.; Taylor, K.C. , 2008.
Dating annual layers of a shallow Antarctic Ice core with an
optical scanner. Journal of
Glaciology. v.54. n.188. pp.831-838.
Banta, J.R.; McConnell, J.R. ; Frey, M.; Taylor, K. , 2008.
Spatial and temporal variability in snow accumulation at
WAIS Divide over recent centuries. Journal of Geophysical Research. v.113.
doi:10.1029/2008JD01235.
Contact Information
Address: Professor Kendrick Taylor
Division of Hydrological Sciences
Desert Research Institute
Email: Kendrick@dri.edu
Phone: 775.673.7375
Fax: 775.673.7363