Portrait of Anne Jennings
Senior Research Associate • Editor, Arctic, Antarctic and Alpine Research •
• Arctic paleoclimate & paleoceanography • Ice-sheet/ocean interactions • Foraminifera
anne.jennings@colorado.edu
303 492-7621

Office: SEEC S156B
Lab: SEEC S173
Pronouns: she/her

Micropaleontology Lab

Read about many aspects of my research in the CU Boulder Today article:  "What 25-million-year-old ocean sediment can teach us about our planet’s future."

Education

  • PhD: University of Colorado, 1989
  • BS: Duke University, 1980

Awards

  • Fellow, Geological Society of America, 2015
  • Creative Research Award, Graduate School, CU Boulder, 1986

Publications

 

A quantitative x-ray diffraction inventory of volcaniclastic inputs into the marine sediment archives off Iceland: a contribution to the Volcanoes in the Arctic System programme

CU Boulder Authors: Jennings, Anne
All Authors: Andrews JT; Kristjansdottir GB; Eberl DD; Jennings AE
Published in: Polar Research
Publication Date: 2013-01-01
Type: Journal Article

Glacimarine lithofacies, provenance and depositional processes on a West Greenland trough-mouth fan

CU Boulder Authors: Jennings, Anne
All Authors: Cofaigh CO; Andrews JT; Jennings AE; Dowdeswell JA; Hogan KA; Kilfeather AA; Sheldon C
Published in: Journal of Quaternary Science
Publication Date: 2013-01-01
Type: Journal Article

Cooling and freshening at 8.2 ka on the NW Iceland Shelf recorded in paired δ18O and Mg/Ca measurements of the benthic foraminifer Cibicides lobatulus

CU Boulder Authors: Jennings, Anne ; Marchitto, Tom
All Authors: Quillmann U; Marchitto TM; Jennings AE; Andrews JT; Friestad BF
Published in: Quaternary Research
Publication Date: 2012-11-01
Type: Journal Article

Varying sediment sources (Hudson Strait, Cumberland Sound, Baffin Bay) to the NW Labrador Sea slope between and during Heinrich events 0 to 4

CU Boulder Authors: Jennings, Anne
All Authors: Andrews JT; Barber DC; Jennings AE; Eberl DD; Maclean B; Kirby ME; Stoner JS
Published in: Journal of Quaternary Science
Publication Date: 2012-07-01
Type: Journal Article

THE HOLOCENE HISTORY OF NARES STRAIT: Transition from Glacial Bay to Arctic-Atlantic Throughflow

CU Boulder Authors: Jennings, Anne
All Authors: Jennings AE; Sheldon C; Cronin TM; Francus P; Stoner J; Andrews J
Published in: Oceanography
Publication Date: 2011-09-01
Type: Journal Article

Holocene environmental evolution of the SE Greenland Shelf North and South of the Denmark Strait: Irminger and East Greenland current interactions

CU Boulder Authors: Jennings, Anne
All Authors: Jennings A; Andrews J; Wilson L
Published in: Quaternary Science Reviews: the international multidisciplinary research and review journal
Publication Date: 2011-04-01
Type: Journal Article

Reconstructing Holocene palaeoclimate and palaeoceanography in Isafjaroardjup, northwest Iceland, from two fjord records overprinted by relative sea-level and local hydrographic changes

CU Boulder Authors: Jennings, Anne
All Authors: Quillmann U; Jennings A; Andrews J
Published in: Journal of Quaternary Science
Publication Date: 2010-10-01
Type: Journal Article

Holocene variations in mineral and grain-size composition along the East Greenland glaciated margin (ca 67 degrees-70 degrees N): Local versus long-distance sediment transport

CU Boulder Authors: Jennings, Anne
All Authors: Andrews JT; Jennings AE; Coleman GC; Eberl DD
Published in: Quaternary Science Reviews: the international multidisciplinary research and review journal
Publication Date: 2010-09-01
Type: Journal Article

History of sea ice in the Arctic

CU Boulder Authors: Jennings, Anne ; White, James William Carl; Serreze, Mark C.
All Authors:
Polyak L; Alley RB; Andrews JT; Brigham-Grette J; Cronin TM; Darby DA; Dyke AS; Fitzpatrick JJ; Funder S; Holland M...
  • Polyak L
  • Alley RB
  • Andrews JT
  • Brigham-Grette J
  • Cronin TM
  • Darby DA
  • Dyke AS
  • Fitzpatrick JJ
  • Funder S
  • Holland M
Published in: Quaternary Science Reviews: the international multidisciplinary research and review journal
Publication Date: 2010-07-01
Type: Journal Article

A robust, multisite Holocene history of drift ice off northern Iceland: implications for North Atlantic climate

CU Boulder Authors: Jennings, Anne
All Authors: Andrews JT; Darby D; Eberle D; Jennings AE; Moros M; Ogilvie A
Published in: The Holocene: a major interdisciplinary journal focusing on recent environmental change
Publication Date: 2009-02-01
Type: Journal Article

Past rates of climate change in the Arctic

CU Boulder Authors: White, James William Carl; Jennings, Anne
All Authors: White JWC; Alley RB; Jennings AE; Johnsen S; MILLER GH; Nerem S
Publication Date: 2009-01-01
Type: Chapter

History of sea ice in the Arctic. A report by the U.S. Climate Change Program and Subcommittee on Global Change Research

CU Boulder Authors: Jennings, Anne ; Serreze, Mark C.
All Authors:
Polyak L; Andrews JT; Brigham-Grette J; Darby D; Dyke A; Funder S; Holland M; JENNINGS A; Savelle J; Serreze M...
  • Polyak L
  • Andrews JT
  • Brigham-Grette J
  • Darby D
  • Dyke A
  • Funder S
  • Holland M
  • JENNINGS A
  • Savelle J
  • Serreze M
Publication Date: 2009-01-01
Type: Chapter

Great-earthquake paleogeodesy and tsunamis of the past 2000 years at Alsea Bay, central Oregon coast, USA

CU Boulder Authors: Jennings, Anne
All Authors: Nelson AR; Sawai Y; Jennings AE; Bradley L-A; Gerson L; Sherrod BL; Sabean J; Horton BP
Published in: Quaternary Science Reviews: the international multidisciplinary research and review journal
Publication Date: 2008-04-01
Type: Journal Article

New spatial Mg/Ca-temperature calibrations for three Arctic, benthic foraminifera and reconstruction of north Iceland shelf temperature for the past 4000 years

CU Boulder Authors: Jennings, Anne
All Authors: Kristjansdottir GB; Lea DW; Jennings AE; Pak DK; Belanger C
Published in: G3: Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems: an electronic journal of the earth sciences
Publication Date: 2007-03-15
Type: Journal Article

A paleomagnetic approach toward refining Holocene radiocarbon-based chronologies:: Paleoceanographic records from the north Iceland (MD99-2269) and east Greenland (MD99-2322) margins

CU Boulder Authors: Jennings, Anne
All Authors: Stoner JS; Jennings A; Kristjansdottir GB; Dunhill G; Andrews JT; Hardardottir J
Published in: Paleoceanography
Publication Date: 2007-02-23
Type: Journal Article

Geochemistry of Holocene cryptotephras from the north Iceland shelf (MD99-2269): intercalibration with radiocarbon and palaeomagnetic chronostratigraphies

CU Boulder Authors: Jennings, Anne
All Authors: Kristjansdottir GB; Stoner JS; Jennings AE; Andrews JT; Gronvold K
Published in: The Holocene: a major interdisciplinary journal focusing on recent environmental change
Publication Date: 2007-02-01
Type: Journal Article

Freshwater forcing from the Greenland Ice Sheet during the Younger Dryas: evidence from southeastern Greenland shelf cores

CU Boulder Authors: Jennings, Anne
All Authors: Jennings AE; Hald M; Smith M; Andrews JT
Published in: Quaternary Science Reviews: the international multidisciplinary research and review journal
Publication Date: 2006-02-01
Type: Journal Article

Glacial-marine or subglacial origin of diamicton units from the southwest and North Iceland shelf: Implications for the glacial history of Iceland

CU Boulder Authors: Jennings, Anne
All Authors: Principato SM; Jennings AE; Kristjansdottir GB; Andrews JT
Published in: Journal of Sedimentary Research
Publication Date: 2005-11-01
Type: Journal Article

Modern foraminiferal faunas of the southwestern to northern Iceland shelf: Oceanographic and environmental controls

CU Boulder Authors: Jennings, Anne
All Authors: Jennings AE; Weiner NJ; Helgadottir G; Andrews JT
Published in: Journal of Foraminiferal Research
Publication Date: 2004-07-01
Type: Journal Article

Nonuniform response of the major surface currents in the Nordic Seas to insolation forcing:: Implications for the Holocene climate variability -: art. no. PA2003

CU Boulder Authors: Jennings, Anne
All Authors: Andersen C; Koç N; Jennings A; Andrews JT
Published in: Paleoceanography
Publication Date: 2004-04-06
Type: Journal Article

Holocene thermal maximum in the western Arctic (0-180°W)

CU Boulder Authors: Jennings, Anne
All Authors:
Kaufman DS; Ager TA; Anderson NJ; Anderson PM; Andrews JT; Bartlein PJ; Brubaker LB; Coats LL; Cwynar LC; Duvall ML...
  • Kaufman DS
  • Ager TA
  • Anderson NJ
  • Anderson PM
  • Andrews JT
  • Bartlein PJ
  • Brubaker LB
  • Coats LL
  • Cwynar LC
  • Duvall ML
Published in: Quaternary Science Reviews: the international multidisciplinary research and review journal
Publication Date: 2004-03-01
Type: Journal Article

Middle and late Quaternary glacial limits in Greenland

CU Boulder Authors: Jennings, Anne
All Authors: Funder S; JENNINGS A; Kelly M
Publication Date: 2004-01-01
Type: Chapter

High-resolution study of Icelandic tephras in the Kangerlussuaq Trough, southeast Greenland, during the last deglaciation

CU Boulder Authors: Jennings, Anne
All Authors: Jennings AE; Gronvold K; Hilberman R; Smith M; Hald M
Published in: Journal of Quaternary Science
Publication Date: 2002-12-01
Type: Journal Article

Accumulation in East Greenland fjords and on the continental shelves adjacent to the Denmark strait over the last century based on Pb-210 geochronology

CU Boulder Authors: Jennings, Anne
All Authors: Smith LM; Alexander C; Jennings AE
Published in: Arctic
Publication Date: 2002-06-01
Type: Journal Article

Holocene sediment properties of the east Greenland and Iceland continental shelves bordering Denmark Strait (64-68 degrees N), North Atlantic

CU Boulder Authors: Jennings, Anne
All Authors: Andrews JT; Kihl R; Kristjansdottir GB; Smith LM; Helgadottir G; Geirsdottir A; Jennings AE
Published in: Sedimentology
Publication Date: 2002-02-01
Type: Journal Article

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