Member Since 2022
Udara Amarathunga
PhD Student, Australian National University
I am a PhD student at the Research School of Earth Sciences, Australian National University. In September 2023, I will be joining the Department of Geosciences at Princeton University as a Harry H. Hess fellow for my postdoctoral research work.
Professional Experience
Australian National University
PhD Student
2023 - Present
Education
University of Peradeniya
Bachelors
2017
Australian National University
Doctorate
Honors & Awards
Harry Elderfield Student Paper Award
Received 2023
In his
paleoceanographic studies, Udara Amarathunga combines high-resolution
multiproxy records with both physical oceanographic and climate modeling. With the 2023 Harry Elderfield Student Paper Award,
Amarathunga is recognized for his lead-authored...
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Publications
Estimating Plio‐Pleistocene North African Monsoon Runoff Into the Mediterranean Sea and Temperature ...
Sapropels are dark, organic‐rich layers found in Mediterranean sediments that formed during periods of bottom water anoxia. While various mec...
November 04, 2023
AGU Abstracts
Delayed resurgence of the Mediterranean following the post-Messinian megaflood
UNDERSTANDING THE INFLUENCES OF SEDIMENTARY AND OCEANOGRAPHIC PROCESSES ON GEOCHEMICAL ARCHIVES ACROSS GEOLOGIC TIME V ONLINE POSTER DISCUSSION
paleoceanography and paleoclimatology | 16 december 2022
Udara Amarathunga, Andrew M. Hogg, Elcho Rohling, ...
The Atlantic-Mediterranean gateway was re-established 5.33 Ma ago, terminating the Messinian Salinity Crisis. Collapse of the sill of Gibraltar trigge...
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