Curriculum Vitae professional address: Department of Geology and Geophysics University of Wisconsin-Madison 1215 W Dayton St. Madison, WI 53706 msmith@geology.wisc.edu www.geology.wisc.edu/~msmith

Michael Elliot Smith

Education B.A. Geology, Carleton College, Northfield, MN [1999] Field Camp, University of Wisconsin-Madison [1999] M.S. Geology, University of Wisconsin-Madison [2002] Ph.D. Pending (anticipated June 2006) Geology, University of Wisconsin-Madison Advisors: Alan R. Carroll and Brad S. Singer - Minor: Geography Professional Experience Visiting Instructor, Carleton College, Northfield, MN [Fall 2004] Research Assistant, University of Wisconsin-Madison [2000–2002; 2003-present] Teaching Assistant, University of Wisconsin-Madison [1999-2000; 2002-2003] Publications In review - In prep Smith, M.E., Singer, B.S., Chamberlain, K., Carroll, A.R., (in prep, Chemical Geology) Intercomparison of precise U-Pb and ^40Ar/^39Ar ages for Green River Formation tuff beds. Smith, M.E., Carroll, A.R., (in prep, Basin Research) Direct temporal constraints on the Cretaceous-Eocene unroofing of Laramide Uplifts: Implications for sedimentation in surrounding basins. Smith, M.E., Carroll, A.R., and Singer, B.S., (in review, GSA Bulletin) Integrated chronostratigraphic model for a major ancient lake system: Eocene Green River Formation, Western United States. Smith, M.E., Singer, B.S., Carroll, A.R., and Fournelle, J.H. (in review, Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta) Biotite ^40Ar/^39Ar geochronology: Empirical evidence for alteration effects. Published - In press Secord, R., Gingerich, P.D., Smith, M.E., and Wilf, P., Singer, B.S., (in press, American Journal of Science) Revision and age calibration of mammalian biozones in the Middle and Late Paleocene of the Bighorn Basin, Wyoming. Smith, M.E., Singer, B.S., Carroll, A.R., and Fournelle, J.H., 2006, High-resolution calibration of Eocene timescales: ^40Ar/^39Ar geochronology of biotite in the Eocene Green River Formation: Geology, v. 34, p. 393-396. Carroll, A.R., Chetel, L., and Smith, M.E., 2006, Feast to Famine: Sediment Supply Control on Laramide Basin Fill: Geology, v. 34, p. 197-200. Wilf, P., Johnson, K. Cúneo, N.R., Smith, M.E., Singer, B.S., and Gandolfo, M.A., 2005, Eocene Plant Diversity at Laguna del Hunco and Río Pichileufú, Patagonia, Argentina: The American Naturalist, v. 165, p. 634-650. Smith, M.E., Singer, B.S., Carroll, A.R., 2004, Reply: ^40Ar/^39Ar geochronology of the Green River Formation, Wyoming: Geological Society of America Bulletin, v. 116, p. 253-256. Smith, M.E., Singer, B.S., Carroll, A.R., 2003, ^40Ar/^39Ar geochronology of the Green River Formation, Wyoming: Geological Society of America Bulletin, v. 115, p. 549-565. Pietras, J.T., Carroll, A.R., Singer, B.S., and Smith, M.E., 2003, 10 k.y. depositional cyclicity in the early Eocene: Stratigraphic and ^40Ar/^39Ar evidence from the lacustrine Green River Formation: Geology, v. 31, p. 593-596. Honors & Scholarships Baily Distinguished Graduate Student Fellowship [2005-2006] UW-Madison Geology and Geophysics Best Student Paper Award [2003] $500 GSA Research Grant [2002] $1,250 AAPG Research Grant [2001] $2,000 GSA Research Grant [2000] $1,350 Sigma Xi Research Grant [2000] $800 N.A.G.T. Summer Field Training Program, Nominated [1999] National Merit Scholarship, Carleton College [1995-1999] Abstracts Smith, M.E., and Carroll, A.R., 2005, Fine-scale stratigraphic and temporal calibration of orogenic strata adjacent to the Uinta Uplift using the Wilkins Peak Member of the Green River Formation: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 38, No. 6. Smith, M.E., Singer, B.S., and Carroll, A.R., 2005, On the ^40Ar/^39Ar age of biotite in Green River Formation ash: The advantages of incrementally heating single crystals with a laser: Goldschmidt 2005 Conference in Moscow, ID. Carroll, A.R., Graham, S.A., and Smith, M.E., 2005, Aridity and the evolution of closed basins in Asia: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 37, No. 5. Smith, M.E., Carroll, A.R., Singer, B.S., 2004, 8 m.y. of Eocene Lake Strata Surrounding the Uinta Uplift: ^40Ar/^39Ar Temporal Constraints on Uplift, Subsidence, and Paleohydrology in the Laramide Foreland [abs.]: Eos. Trans. AGU, 85(47) Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract T51D-07. Carroll, A.R., Graham, S.A., and Smith, M.E., 2004, Walled Sedimentary Basins of China: Perpetrators or Victims of Plateau Growth? [abs.]: Eos. Trans. AGU, 85(47) Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract T31B-1303. Smith, M.E., Secord, R., Wilf, P., Gingerich, P.D., and Singer, B.S., 2004, New radioisotopic age control on late Paleocene continental strata: implications for the age of Chron 26N: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 36, Paper No. 192-8. Smith, M.E., Carroll, A.R., Singer, B., 2003, Correlation of Lacustrine Strata across the Uinta Uplift using ^40Ar/^39Ar Geochronology [abs.]: Third International Limogeology Congress (ILIC3), Tuscon, Arizona, March 29 - April 2. Pietras, J.T., Smith, M.E., Carroll, A.R., Singer, B.S., 2002, Direct measurement of depositional cyclicity using ^40Ar/^39Ar dating; a 430 thousand year record from Eocene Lake Gosiute: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 34, no. 6, p. 479. Carroll, A.R., Smith, M.E., Pietras, J.T., Rhodes, M.K., Singer, B.S., 2002, Accumulation rates in ancient lakes; relationship to lake type evolution of the Green River Formation, Wyoming: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 34, no. 6, p. 479 Bohacs, K.M., Carroll, A.R., Pietras, J.T., Rhodes, M.K.,Smith, M., 2002, Evolution of the Great Lakes system of the Green River Formation; tectonically & topographically conditioned records of climate change, Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 34, no. 6, p 478-479. Carroll, A.R., Smith, M.E., Singer, B.S., Pietras, J.T., 2001, Laser Fusion ^40Ar/^39Ar geochronology and cyclostratigraphy of the Green River Formation: Testing micro- and meso- scale climate forcing [abs.]: Eos. Trans. AGU, 82(47), Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract T21D-08. Smith, M.E., Singer, B.S., Carroll, A.R., 2001, Precise ^40Ar/^39Ar laser fusion geochronology of the Green River Formation, Wyoming: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 33, no. 6, p. 79. Carroll, A.R., Smith, M.E., Singer, B.S., Pietras, J.T. , 2000, Deposition, alteration and crystallinity of Eocene tuffs of the Green River Formation, Wyoming and Utah: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 32, no. 7, p. 459.