Sedimentology Research at Wisconsin

Welcome to the home page for the Sedimentology Research Group at the University of Wisconsin-Madison Department of Geology and Geophysics. Our group works on a wide range of research topics. A summary of faculty and current graduate student research is listed below.

A 2004 West Texas field trip with El Capitan in the background.

The Sedimentology and Paleontology Research Group:

Faculty Field of Study
Charles Byers Sedimentary Geology
Alan Carroll Sedimentary Basin Analysis
Dana Geary Paleobiology
D. Clay Kelly Micropaleontology/Paleoceanography
Shanan Peters Sedimentary Geology

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Graduate Student
Advisor
Thesis Title
Aswasereelert, Wasinee Simo Implications of Thin Shale-Rich Strata in Fluid Flow
Baddouh, M'Bark Byers Identification of Sequence Boundary between Tunnel City Formation and St. Lawrence Formation
Bolger, Kathleen Kelly Terrestrial paleoclimate signatures
Chetel, Lauren Carroll Geometry, timing and provenance of the Sand Butte bed of the Green River Formation, Wyoming
Clechenko, Elizabeth (Leslie) Kelly Multi-proxy study of transient warmth and feedback mechansims during the Paleocne/Eocene Thermal Maximum, Williston Basin
Doebbert, Amalia Carroll The Green River Oxygen isotope record
Dragan, Eduard Simo GPR and Seismic Characterization of Carbonate Mounds
Eisenach, Adam Geary Prolific Braarudosphaera Depositional Events and its Paleoceanographic Impact for the Early Oligocene south Atlantic
Freiheit, James Geary Paleoecology and Evolution of Neogene Strombid Gastropods from the Dominican Republic
Gordon, Christopher Simo Salt Tectonics and Mechanical Stratigraphy, Mesozoic Tunesia
Gosses, Justin Carroll Effects of Volcanology and Sedimentation Rate on Lacustrine Stratigraphy in the Laguna del Hunco Formation of Argentina
Hoffman, Erik Geary Revised Taxonomy of Admetopsis (Cretacious Brackish Gastropod) Suggests Rapid Evolution
Horsman, Eric Tikoff Deformation of Polymictic Conglomerates and Rheological Constraints on Crustal Materials
Jirutthitijaroen, Preeya Simo The Visualization from GPR of Carbonate Outcrops, Pyrenees, Spain
Kuchta, Matthew Geary Paleoenvironmental significance of nonmarine mollusca in the luman tongue of the Green River Formation, Wyoming
Lopez, Jessica Carroll Sedimentology of non-marine Mesozoic sediments, Argentina
Mayer, Paul Geary The Paleoecology of the Devonian of Wisconsin
Mitchell, Laura Kelly Paleoclimate
Naranjo, John Simo Oligocene Kujung Carbonates of East Java
Nielsen, Jennifer Kelly Paleoecology/Paleoceanography/Micropaleontology of Foraminifera during the Eocene - Oligocene Transition at the Kerguelen Plateau, Southern Ocean
Shullenberger, Eric Kelly Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum: a terrestrial climate record
Smith, Michael Carroll Rates of Uplift, Subsidence, and Lacustrine Sedimentation: Eocene of Wyoming
Tang, Jennifer Simo Sedimentology of Miocene Mixed Siliciclastic-Carbonate Systems, East Java, Indonesia: Implications for the Tectonic Evolution of Southeast Asia
VanAlstine, Jana Carroll Mesozoic lakes of N Central China, Ordos Basin
Walling, Colin Carroll Sequence Stratigraphy of the Phosphoria Rock Complex
Wartes, Marwan Carroll Basin Analysis of the Lower Cretaceous Colville Foreland Basin: Stratigraphic, Geochemical, and Tectonic Constraints on the Evolution of the Brookian Orogeny, Northern Alaska
Wegner, Marybeth Simo Siltstones of the Upper Brushy Canyon and Lower Cherry Canyon Formations, Permian (Guadalupian), Delaware Basin, West Texas: Implications for Deposition and Architecture

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