Michael Retelle

DepartmentOrganizationEmailPhoneAddressLewiston , Maine 04240United StatesBioMichael J. Retelle is a Professor of Geology at Bates College, Lewiston, Maine. Dr. Retelle did his undergraduate studies at Salem State College (BS, 1976) prior to working as a field geologist on the Trans-Alaska Pipeline in 1976. He did his graduate work in Geosciences at the University of Massachusetts in Amherst (MS, 1979 and PhD, 1985). His primary research interests are in glacial and post-glacial environments on lakes in Maine, New Hampshire, and in the Canadian arctic. He's also part of an interdisciplinary geoarchaeology project in Shetland studying settlement disturbance in the Little Ice Age. Most recently he's participated in a National Science Foundation sponsored Research Experience for Undergraduates studying modern glacial and lacustrine processes and climate change in Svalbard.

Science Specialties

quaternary geology, glacial geology, paleolimnology

Current Research

Quaternary geology and paleoclimatology in the Canadian high arctic.High resolution climate change from laminated lacustrine and marine sediments.