Dr. Detlef "Dietz" Warnke passed away in San Mateo, California on October 24, 2008. He was a Geology professor at CSUEB for nearly 40 years. The University and Department have benefited from his service in various capacities including serving as Department Chair, on numerous committees and as a member of the Governing Board of the Moss Landing Marine Laboratories. Dietz is a world renowned researcher in paleoceanography and paleoclimatology. He was the recipient of numerous grant proposals, the author/co-author of over 50 publications, and convened/organized sessions at national and international scientific meetings. His research took him around the world on 8 ocean research cruises. Dietz's achievements in research were paralleled by his accomplishments in instruction. He was highly regarded by his undergraduate and graduate students for his knowledge, insight and his emphasis on research in education. Dietz has been the primary thesis advisor for a dozen graduate students and served as an examination committee member for many more. He was a gentle and patient teacher and mentor and we miss him sorely. Dietz is survived by his wife Holly, two sons Erik and Chris, daughter-in-law Sue, and 4 grandchildren Erik, Lia, Amber and Kane. At the request of his family, contributions to the Geology Program at CSUEB may be made in Dietz's memory. Click here to make a gift.

Research Interests: Marine and lake sediments, particularly glacial-marine sediments and climatic interpretations. Paleoceanography/Paleoclimatology/ Paleolimnology. Geomorphology

Expeditions

* Two icebreaker cruises to Antarctica
* Chief scientist, ARA Islas Orcadas Cruise 07-75
* Sedimentologist, DSDP Leg 38,
* ODP Leg 114
* Site-Survey Cruise TN057
* ODP Leg 177
* ODP Leg 188

Selected publications

Warnke, D. A., Filippelli, G. M., and Flores, J. -A. Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology of the Southern Ocean, in Warnke, D. A., Filippelli, G. M., and Flores, J. -A., Eds. Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology of the Southern Ocean: A Synthesis of the Three Decades of Scientific Ocean Drilling. Deep-Sea Res., v. 54, p. 2295-2292, 2007.

Teitler, L., Kupp, G., Warnke, D., and Burckle, L. Evidence for a long warm interval during Marine Isotope Stage 31: Comparison of two studies at proximal and distal marine sites in the Southern Ocean. U.S.G.S. and the Nat. Acad. USGS-Open File 2007-1047, e.a. 013, 2007 (on CD-ROM summer 2008).

Murphy, L., Warnke, D.A., Andersson, C., Channell, J., and Stoner, J. History of ice rafting at South-Atlantic ODP Site 177-1092, etc. Paleogeog., Paleoclim., Paleoecology, v. 182, p. 183-196, 2002.

Ibbeken, H., and Warnke, D. A., The Hanaupah Shoreline Deposit near Tule Spring, a Wisconsinan shoreline deposit of Lake Manly, Death Valley, California. J. of Paleolimnology, v.23, p. 439-447, 2000.

Shipboard Science Party, Ocean Drilling Program Leg 188 Preliminary Report, Prydz Bay-Cooperation Sea, Antarctica: Glacial History and Paleoceanography, 2000.

Shipboard Science Party, Ocean Drilling Program Leg 188, Six abstracts submitted to the Spring Annual Meeting, American Geophysical Union, June 2000, Washington, D.C.

Venz, K., Hodell, D.A., Stanton Frazee, C., and Warnke, D.A. : A 1.0 Ma record of glacial North Atlantic Intermediate Water variability from ODP Site 982 in the northeast Atlantic. Paleoceanography, in v. 14, p. 42-52.. 1999

Ibbeken, H., Warnke, D.A., and Diepenbroek, M.: Granulometry of the Hanaupah Fan, Death Valley, California. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, v. 23, p. 481-492, 1998.

Warnke, D.A., and Marzo, B., and Hodell, D.A. Major deglaciation of East Antarctica during the early Late Pliocene? Not likely from a marine perspective. Marine Micropaleontol., v. 27, p. 237-251, 1996.

Kennett, J.P., and Warnke, D.A., Eds., The Antarctic Paleoenvironment: A Perspective on Global Change, Pt. II, Antarctic Res. Ser., v. 60, 272 p., 1993.

Warnke, D. and Allen, C., Ice rafting, glacial-marine sediments and siliceous oozes: South Atlantic/Subantarctic Ocean. In Ciesielski, P.F., Kristoffersen, Y., et al., 1991. Proc. ODP, Sci. Res., v. 114, p. 589-598, 1991.

Warnke, D.A., et al., Miocene-Pliocene Antarctic glacial evolution as reflected in the sedimentary record. A synthesis of IRD, stable-isotope and planktonic foraminiferal indicators, ODP Leg 114 drill sites. In: Kennett, J.P. and Warnke, D.A., Eds: The Antarctic Paleoenvironment: A Perspective on Global Change. Antarctic Res. Ser., v. 56, p. 311-325, 1991.

Hodell, D. A., and Warnke, D. A., 1991. Climatic evolution of the Southern Ocean during the Pliocene Epoch. Quat. Sci. Rev., v. 10, p. 205-214.

Allen, C. and Warnke, D.A., History of ice rafting at ODP Leg 114 sites, Subantarctic/South Atlantic. In Ciesielski, P.F., Kristoffersen, Y., et al., 1991. Proc. ODP, Sci. Res., v. 114, p. 599-607, 1991.

Malone, P., et al. Biogenic opal and carbonate accumulation rates in the Subantarctic/South Atlantic: the late Neogene of Meteor Rise 704. In Ciesielski, P.F., Kristoffersen, Y., et al., 1991. Proc. ODP, Sci. Res., v. 114, p. 515-550, 1991.

Warnke, D.A., Pre-Middle Pliocene sediments of glacial and peri-glacial origin in the Norwegian-Greenland Seas: Results of DSDP Leg 38. Earth Evolution Sciences, v. 2, p. 69-78, 1982.