Dr. Crossen in the Field
Kris standing within an ice cave on the Bering Glacier
Professional Background
Degrees
- Ph.D. in Geological Sciences, University of Washington
- M.S. in Quaternary Studies, University of Maine
- B.A. in Geology and Anthropology (double major), University of Southern Maine
Research
Dr. Crossen conducts research in the field of glacial geology and geoarcheology. Dr. Crossen has studied Holocene History of Bering Glacier, Alaska, the Little Ice Age Chronology and Dynamics of Portage Glacier, Alaska, Little Ice Age History of Spencer-Blackstone Ice Complex, Kenai Mts., Alaska, Deposition of Pleistocene Glaciomarine Deltas in Southern Maine, and Neotectonicsof Uplifted Glacial Marine Deltas in Coastal Maine. In the field of geoarcheology, Dr. Crossen has the Broken Mammoth Early Man Site within Delta, Alaska as well as Holocene Mammoths from Qagnax Cave of Pribilof Islands, Alaska.