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Earth and Oceanographic Science

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Peter Lea

Associate Professor of Earth and Oceanographic Science

On leave of absence for the 2012-13 academic year.

Spring 2012

On Leave for the Academic Year 2011-2012

Phone	725-3439
Title	Associate Professor
Department	Earth & Oceanographic Science
Work Location	120 D Druckenmiller Hall
E-Mail	plea@bowdoin.edu

Education:

A.B. (Dartmouth)
M.S. (Washington)
Ph. D. (Colorado-Boulder)

Peter D. Lea teaches hydrology, glacial processes and landforms, and sedimentology. His research includes climatic and environmental change of the Bering land bridge, as well as the flow dynamics, biogeochemistry, and environmental history of Merrymeeting Bay, a freshwater tidal system in mid-coast Maine.