HILDE SCHWARTZ Lecturer Vertebrate Paleontology, Environmental Geology, Paleoecology
		Office: EMS A347 Phone: 831-459-5429 Fax: 831-459-3074 E-mail: hildes@es.ucsc.edu

Education and Training

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

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.