Biographical Information
Education
- Ph.D., Harvard University (1997)
- S.M., Massachusetts Institute of Technology (1990)
- S.B., Massachusetts Institute of Technology (1990)
Employment
- Associate Professor, University of Tennessee (2006-present)
- Assistant Professor, University of Tennessee (2000-2006)
- Postdoctoral Research Fellow, University of Missouri (1998-2000)
- Associate Research Fellow, Tulane University (1997)
Recent Colleagues
- Dr. Julie Bartley (State University of West Georgia)
- Dr. Timothy Lyons (University of Missouri)
- Dr. Tracy Frank (University of Nebraska)
- Dr. Viktor Pushkov (Geological Insitiute, Ufa, Russia)
- Dr. Vachyslav Koslov (Geological Institute, Ufa, Russia)
- Dr. Janine Bertrand-Sarfati (Universite de Montpellier, France)
- Dr. Alexis Moussine-Pouchkine (Universite de Montpellier, France)
Personal
- Born: December 2, 1967 in Cleveland Heights, Ohio
- Married: Colin Sumrall on November 17, 2000 in Lake Tahoe, Nevada
- Favorite colors: spring green and sunshine yellow
- Favorite books: mysteries and non-fiction tales of Arctic exploration
- Favorite artist: Vermeer and Jan Steen, among others
- Favorite music: Prokofiev, Telemann, Trick Pony, Queen, Grateful Dead
- Favorite place: White Bay, northern Baffin Island
- Favorite food: pizza (w/ pepperoni, sausage, green peppers, and onions)
- Favorite hobby: participating in fiddler crab courting rituals with pet Gary
- Favorite pet names: Elso, Tuzo, Sargon, Jake, ZHD, Chicken
- Favorite NASCAR drivers: Bobby Labonte, Dale Jarrett, Junior
- Pet peeve: "due to the fact that" and other hideous grammatical constructions
- Least exciting moment: being tracked by a hungry grizzly in Arctic Canada
- Most exciting moment: my first field season on northern Baffin Island
- Least proud of: how easily I get frustrated
- Most proud of: my research students
Current Research Funding
- (2005-2013) NASA - MAHLI - MArs HandLens Imager for the Mars Science Laboratory (mission launch 2009).
- (2004-2005) NSF Earth Sciences SGER - Genesis and diagenesis of an enigmatic Precambrian carbonate cement: An investigation using microanalytical and experimental techniques
Past Research Funding
- (2002-2004) NASA Exobiology - Recognizing biotic influences on planetary evolution: Investigating the biogeochemical record of microbial metabolism during Mesoproterozoic ocean-atmosphere oxidation
- (2003) National Geographic Society - Mesoproterozoic biogeochemical change: Field studies in the Southern Urals, Russia
- (2003-2004) NSF Earth Sciences - Distribution and genesis of unusual carbonate fabrics, (reconnaissance field work)
- (2003-2004) National Geographic Society - Carbonate precipitation and the development of Proterozoic stromatolitic reefs, Mauritania
- (2002) University of Tennessee SARIF & Professional Development Awards - Stratigraphy and development of Proterozoic stromatolite reefs, Dismal Lakes Group, NWT, Canada
- (2000) University of Tennessee SARIF Award - Investigation of geologic materials: analysis and acquisition of image data by optical and cathodoluminescence microscopy
- (2000) University of Tennessee SARIF Award - Enhancement of sedimentary geochemistry preparatory facilities
- (1998-2000) NSF Earth Sciences - Geochemical and isotopic constraints on Mesoproterozoic ocean chemistry: working toward a global perspective
- (1998) University of Missouri Research Board - Sulfur isotopic records of Precambrian ocean chemistry via Carbonate Associated Sulfate (CAS)
- (1997) National Geographic Society - Mesoproterozoic cycling of carbon, sulfur, and strontium isotopes: do global tectonics influence biogeochemical cycling?
- (1997) NSF Earth Sciences - Studies in Precambrian Paleontology
- (1994) National Geographic Society - Physical, chemical and biological controls on Mesoproterozoic carbonate sedimentation, Arctic Canada
Recent Publications
Kah, L.C., Crawford, J.C., Bartley, J.K., Kozlov, V.I., Sergeeva, N.D., Puchkov, V.N., Carbon isotope chemostratigraphy as a tool for constraining the age of subsurface strata (Kama-Belaya Trough, East European Platform, Russia): Stratigraphy and Geological Correlation (in press).
Bartley, J.K., Kah, L.C., McWilliams, J.L., Stagner, A.F., Carbon isotope chemostratigraphy of the Avzyan Formation (Southern Urals, Russia): signal recovery in a fold-and-thrust belt: Chemical Geology (in press)
Pollock, M.D., Kah, L.C., and Bartley, J.K. Morphology of molar-tooth structures in Precambrian carbonates: imfluence of substrate rheology and implications for genesis: Journal of Sedimentary Research (in revision).
Bartley, J.K., and Kah, L.C., 2004, Marine carbon reservoir, Corg-Ccarb coupling, and the evolution of the Proterozoic carbon cycle: Geology, v. 32, p. 129-132. PDF
Kah, L.C., Lyons, T.W., and Frank, T.D., 2004, Low marine sulphate and protracted oxygenation of the Proterozoic biosphere: Nature, v. 431, p. 834-838. PDF
Lyons, T.W., Kah, L.C., and Gellatly, A.M., in press, The Precambrian sulfur isotope record of evolving atmospheric oxygen: in Tempos and Events in Precambrian Time (P.G. Eriksson et al., eds.), Developments in Precambrian Geology, Elsevier. PDF
Frank, T.D., Kah, L.C., and Lyons, T.W., 2003, Changes in organic matter production and accumulation as a mechanism for isotopic evolution in the Mesoproterozoic ocean: Geological Magazine. PDF
Kah, L.C. and Bartley, J.K., 2001, Preface: in Rodinia and the Mesoproterozoic Earth-Ocean System (J.K. Bartley and L.C. Kah, eds.), Precambrian Research, v. 111, p. 1-4. PDF
Kah, L.C. Lyons, T.W., and Chesley, J., 2001, Geochemistry of a 1.2 Ga carbonate-evaporite succession, northern Baffin and Bylot islands: Implications for Mesoproterozoic marine evolution: in Rodinia and the Mesoproterozoic Earth-Ocean System (J.K. Bartley and L.C. Kah, eds.), Precambrian Research, v. 111, p. 203-234. PDF
Kah, L.C., 2000, Preservation of depositional d18O signatures in Proterozoic dolostones: Geochemical constraints on seawater chemistry and early diagenesis: in Deposition and Diagenesis in an Evolving Precambrian World (J.P. Grotzinger and N.P. James, eds.), SEPM Special Publication, v. 67, p. 245-360. PDF
Kah, L.C., Sherman, A.B., Narbonne, G.M., Kaufman, A.J., and Knoll, A.H., 1999, d13C stratigraphy of the Proterozoic Bylot Supergroup, northern Baffin Island: Implications for regional lithostratigraphic correlations: Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences, v. 36, p. 313-332. PDF
Kah, L.C. and Knoll, A.H., 1996, Microbenthic distribution of Proterozoic tidal flats: Environmental and taphonomic considerations: Geology, v. 24, p. 79-82. PDF
Kah, L.C. and Grotzinger, J.P., 1992, Early Proterozoic (1.9 Ga) thrombolites of the Rocknest Formation, Northwest Territories, Canada: Palaios, v. 7, p. 305-315. PDF
Linda Kah
Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences
1412 Circle Drive
Knoxville, TN 37996-1410
Phone: (865) 974-6399
Email: lckah@utk.edu