SEDIMENTOLOGY

Published abstracts are listed, and downloadable reprints of these publications are available where indicated.
  1. Tackaberry, W.J., (2001) Spittal Pond, Bermuda: Implications for sea-level change (w/Dr. Bruce F. Rueger). [.pdf reprint from 11th Symposium on the Geology of the Bahamas and Other Carbonate Regions available]
    • Tackaberry, W.A., Rueger, B.F., and Gastaldo, R.A., 2000, Sedimentology and Holocene history of Spittal Pond, Bermuda: Geological Society of America, Abstracts with Program, v. 32, no. 7, p. A178.
    • Tackaberry, W.A., Rueger, B.F., and Gastaldo, R.A., 2001, Local Environmental Perturbations as Evidenced by Sedimentological Analysis: Spittal Pond, Bermuda: Geological Society of America, Abstracts with Program, v. 33, no. 1, p. A24.
    • Tackaberry, W.J., Rueger, B.F., and Gastaldo, R.A., 2002, Spittal Pond, Bermuda: Implications for Holocene Sea Level Change: in Lewis, R.D., and Panusak, B., eds., 11th Symposium on the Geology of the Bahamas and Other Carbonate Regions 2002, Gerace Research Center, San Salvador, Bahamas, Abstracts with program.
    • Gastaldo, R.A., Rueger, B.F., and Tackaberry, W.J., 2002, Spittal Pond, Bermuda: What do you want the Holocene history to be?: 11th Symposium on the Geology of the Bahamas and Other Carbonate Regions, San Salvador, Bahamas.
  2. Matthew J. Severs (2002) Sedimentological History of Warwick Pond, Bermuda. (w/Dr. Bruce F. Rueger)
    • Severs, M.J., Rueger, B.F., and Gastaldo, R.A., The Holocene History of Warwick Pond, Bermuda: Geological Society of America, Abstracts with Programs, v. 33, no. 6, p. A314.
  3. Carolyn F. Lindley (2002) Palynofacies Characterization of Holocene Bay Sediments from the Mobile-Tensaw River System, Alabama.
    • Lindley, C.F. Gastaldo, R.A., and Pross, J., 2000, Palynofacies characterization of Holocene Bay sediments from the Mobile-Tensaw River system, Alabama: Geological Society of America, Abstracts with Program, v. 32, no. 7, p. A413.
    • Lindley, C.F.,and Gastaldo, R.A., 2001, Dispersed organic matter (Palynofacies) in coastal environments: An example from the Mobile-Tensaw River delta and bay, Alabama: Geological Society of America, Abstracts with Program, v. 33, no. 1, p. A28.
    • Gastaldo, R.A., Nelson, R.E., Bandow, S.C., Lindley, C.F., and Trout, M.K., 2001, Early Middle Devonian Terrestrial Ecosytems of Maine: the Trout Valley Formation Revisited: Geological Society of America, Abstracts with Program, v. 33, no. 1, p. A63.
    • Nelson, R.E., Gastaldo, R.A., Allen, J.P., Lindley, C.F., Terkla, M.G., and Trout, M.K., 2001, Early Middle Devonian Arthropod Remains from the Trout Valley Formation of North-Central Maine, USA.: Geological Society of America Abstracts with programs, v. 33, no. 6, p. A-265.
  4. Jonathan P. Allen (2003; HONORS) Sedimentology and Plant Taphonomy of the Trout Brook Formation, Middle Devonian, Maine. [.pdf reprint of GSA Special Paper available]
    • Allen, J.P., Gastaldo, R.A., and Nelson, R.E., 2002, Wetland Plant Assemblages of the Trout Valley Formation, Middle Devonian, Maine: GSA Abstracts with Program, v. 34, No. 6, p. 18-19.
    • Allen, J.P., and Gastaldo, R.A., 2004, A Sedimentologic And Plant Taphonomic Evaluation of The Early Middle Devonian Trout Valley Formation, Maine: AAPG Annual Meeting 2004. AAPG Student Oral Presentation Awardee – 2nd Place.
  5. Robert W. Selover (2004) A new interpretation of the Wagendrift Section near Estcourt, KwaZulu Natal Province, South Africa. [.pdf reprint of Journal of South African Geology available]
    • Selover, R.W., and Gastaldo, R.A., 2003, A new interpretation of the Wagendrift Section near Estcourt, KwaZulu Natal Province, South Africa: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Program, v. 35, no. 6, A208-15.
    • Selover, R.W., 2004, A new interpretation of the Wagendrift Section near Estcourt, KwaZulu Natal Province, South Africa: The Maine Geologist, v. 30, no. 2, p. 11.
  6. Robin H. Nesbeda (2004; HONORS) Sedimentological and Geochemical Characterization of East Pond, Belgrade Lakes Watershed, central Maine. [Honors Thesis download]
    • Nesbeda, R., and Gastaldo, R.A., 2003, Sedimentological and Geochemical Characterization of East Pond, Belgrade Lakes Watershed, central Maine: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Program, v. 35, no. 6, A84-20.
    • Nesbeda, R., 2004, Sedimentological and Geochemical Characterization of East Pond, Belgrade Lakes Watershed, central Maine: The Maine Geologist, v. 30, no. 2, p. 9-10.
  7. Sam W. Gray (2005)  Search for the Elusive Permian-Triassic “Laminites” in the Karoo Basin, South Africa.
    • Gray, S.W., Neveling, J., and Gastaldo, R.A., 2004, Search for the Elusive Permian-Triassic “Laminites” in the Karoo Basin, South Africa: GSA Abstracts with Program, v. 36, n. 5, p. 74.
  8. Daniel W. Pace (2006) Characteristics of Early Triassic Fluvial Systems in the Karoo Basin at Carlton Heights. [.pdf reprint of Journal of Sedimentary Geology available]
    • Pace, D.W., Desjardin, D., Masters, L.B., Rolerson, M.W., Weeks, S.S., Gastaldo, R.A., and Neveling, J., 2005, Characteristics of Early Triassic Fluvial Systems in the Karoo Basin – Carlton Heights: GSA Abstracts with Program, v. 37, n. 7, p. 139.
  9. Samuel B. Reid (2008) Fluvial Systems and Carbonate Nodules Reveal Late Permian Climate Change at Wapadsberg Pass, Eastern Cape Province, South Africa. [.pdf reprint of Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, and Palaeoecology available]
    • Reid, S.B. , Gastaldo, R.A., Neveling, J., and Adendorff, R., 2006, Late Permian Fluvial Facies and Architectures Preserving an Autochthonous Leaf Litter, Wapadsberg Pass, Eastern Cape Province, South Africa: Geological Society of America, Abstracts with Program, v. 38, n. 7, p.
    • Reid, S.B., Gastaldo, R.A., Neveling, J., and Tabor, N., 2007, Fluvial Systems and Carbonate Nodules Reveal Late Permian Climate Change at Wapadsberg Pass, Eastern Cape Province, South Africa: Geological Society of America, Abstracts with Program, v. 39, p. 85.
  10. Sophie S. Newbury (2008) High Resolution Stratigraphy of the Earliest Permian at Bethulie, Karoo Basin South Africa. [.pdf reprint from GEOLOGY available]
    • Newbury, S., Clark, C.K., Gastaldo, R.A., and Neveling, J., 2007, High Resolution Stratigraphy of the Permian-triassic Boundary at Bethulie, Karoo Basin South Africa: Geological Society of America, Abstracts with Program, v. 39, p. 148.
  11. C. Kittinger Clark (2008) High Resolution Stratigraphy of the Latest Permian at Bethulie, Karoo Basin South Africa. [.pdf reprint from GEOLOGY available]
    • Newbury, S., Clark, C.K., Gastaldo, R.A., and Neveling, J., 2007, High Resolution Stratigraphy of the Permian-triassic Boundary at Bethulie, Karoo Basin South Africa: Geological Society of America, Abstracts with Program, v. 39, p. 148.
  12. Morgan Davies (2008)  Black Carbon in Taylor Pond, Maine.
  13. Alyssa Charsky (2009)  Evidence for pulsed flooding periods from a Series of Terraces Along the Burdekin River in Northeast Queensland, Australia, during the Late Quaternary.
    • Charsky, A., Gastaldo, R.A., Wust, R.A.J., and Rieser, U., 2008, Evidence for pulsed flooding periods from a Series of Terraces Along the Burdekin River in Northeast Queensland, Australia, during the Late Quaternary: Implication for climate change: Geological Society Abstracts with Program, Abstract 146-1.
  14. Cassandra L. Knight (2010; HONORS) Late Permian paleoenvironmental factors expounded through analysis of a forest-floor paleosol profile, Karoo Basin, South Africa. [Honors Thesis download]
    • Knight, C., Gastaldo, R.A., and Neveling, J., 2009, Late Permian paleoenvironmental factors expounded through analysis of a forest-floor paleosol profile, Karoo Basin, South Africa: Geological Society of America, Abstracts with Program, v. 41, n. 7, p. 101.
  15. Christopher Englert (2010, HONORS) Spectral Analysis of Rotary Sonar Images for Comparison to Predictive Ripple Models. [Honors Thesis download]
    • Englert, C., 2009, Spectral Analysis of Rotary Sonar Images for Comparison to Predictive Ripple Models: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 41, n. 7, p. 449.
  16. Bryce A. Pludow (2011, HONORS) Comparing Middle Permian and Early Triassic environments: Mud aggregates as a proxy for climate change in the Karoo Basin, South Africa. [Honors Thesis download]
    • Pludow, B.A., Gastaldo, R.A., and Neveling, J., 2009, Deciphering the Early Triassic recovery environment: The search for mud aggregates in the Karoo Basin, South Africa: Geological Society of America, Abstracts with Program, v. 41, n. 7, p. 101.
  17. Daren McGregor (2012) Sedimentology and Geochemistry of Fjord-Floor Sediments in Kongsfjorden, Svalbard, Norway.
    • McGregor, D., Kelley, P.H., and Dietl, G.P., 2010, Paleontologic Analysis of the Waccamaw Formation at Neils Eddy Landing, Acme, North Carolina: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 42, n. 5, p. 256. WINNER OF THE 2010 Best Student Poster Presentation by the Paleontological Society
    • Kelley, P.H., Dietl, G.P., McGregor, D.A., Ottens, K., Smith, J.A., Thornberg, H.M., Villarosa G.M., Visaggi, C.C., Parnell, B.A., and Burzynski, G.M., 2011, Lack of Evidence for Molluscan Genus-level Diversity Decline Across the Reputed Multi-phased Plio-pleistocene Mass Extinction in Southeastern North Carolina?: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 43, n. 2, p. 3.
  18. Chishala Kapupu (2012) Characterization of a Middle Permian Deltaic Distributary Channel, in the Karoo Basin, South Africa.
    • Kapupu, C., Gastaldo, R.A., and Neveling, J., 2010, The Lithological Characterization of a Middle Permian Deltaic Distributary Channel, in the Karoo Basin, South Africa: Geological Society of America, Abstracts with Program, v. 42, n. 5, p. 428.
  19. Kody Spencer (2014J) The Late Permian Stratigraphy of the Basal Tweefontein section, Eastern Cape Province, South Africa.
    • Spencer, K., Gastaldo, R.A., Neveling, J., Prevec, R., Geissman, J., and Kamo, S., 2013, The Late Permian Stratigraphy of the Basal Tweefontein Section, Eastern Cape Province, South Africa: Geological Society of America, Abstracts with Program, v. 45, n. 7, p. 127.
  20. Mduduzi Langwenya (2014) The Late Permian Stratigraphy of the Upper Tweefontein section, Eastern Cape Province, South Africa.
    • Langwenya, M., Gastaldo, R.A., Neveling, J., Prevec, R., Geissman, J., and Kamo, S., 2013, The Late Permian Stratigraphy of the Upper Tweefontein Section, Eastern Cape Province, South Africa: Geological Society of America, Abstracts with Program, v. 45, n. 7, p. 127.
  21. Sean Cusack (2015) Aggradational and degradational landscapes and climate implications in the Upper Palingkloof Member of the Karoo Basin, South Africa
  22. Li, Jiawen (2016) Petrography, Mineralogy, and Geochemistry of Greenish- and Reddish-gray Siltstones Straddling the Vertebrate-defined Permian–Triassic Boundary in South Africa [Honors Thesis download]
    • Li, J., Gastaldo, R.A., and Neveling, J., Iron, Climate, and Mass Extinction: Geochemistry of Green-Gray and Red-Gray Siltstones Straddling the Vertebrate-Defined, Permian–Triassic Mass Extinction in South Africa: Geological Society of America, Abstracts with Program, v. 47, p. 570.
    • Li, J., Iron, Climate, and Mass Extinction: Geochemistry of Green-Gray and Red-Gray Siltstones Straddling the Vertebrate-Defined, Permian–Triassic Mass Extinction in South Africa: Geological Society of Maine, Spring Meetings, Abstracts with Program, v. ** p. **. WINNER OF THE 2016 Walter Anderson Prize for Best Oral Presentation
  23. Kathy Lipshultz (2016) High resolution stratigraphy of a porcellanite-bearing channel deposit of Early Changhsingian age at Old Lootsberg Pass, South Africa
    • Lipshultz, K., Gastaldo, R.A., Kamo, S., Neveling, J., and Geissman, J.W., Stratigraphic Contextualization of Volcanic Ash Deposited near the Permian-Triassic Boundary in the Karoo Basin, South Africa: Geological Society of America, Abstracts with Program, v. 47, p. 569.
    • >Lipshultz, K., Gastaldo, R.A., Kamo, S., Neveling, J., and Geissman, J.W., Stratigraphic Contextualization of Volcanic Ash Deposited near the Permian-Triassic Boundary in the Karoo Basin, South Africa: Geological Society of Maine, Abstracts with Program, v. **, p. **.
  24. Takuto Sasajima (2016) Employing Drone Technology to Model Fluvial Architecture of the Katberg Sandstone, Old Wapadsberg Pass, South Africa
    • Sasijima, T., Gastaldo, R.A., and Neveling, J., Using Drone Technology to Characterize the Katberg Sandstone above the Permian–Triassic Boundary at Old Wapadsberg Pass, Karoo Basin, South Africa: Geological Society of America, Abstracts with Program, v. 47, p. 570.
    • Sasajima, T., Gastaldo, R.A., and Neveling, J., Drone, Photomosaic, 3D Model: Adopting New and Traditional Methods to Assess the Katberg Sandstones above the Permian–Triassic Boundary at Old Wapadsberg Pass in the Karoo Basin: Geological Society of Maine, Spring Meetings, Abstracts with Program, v. **., p. **.
  25. Oriana Battifarano (2017) A lithostratigraphic study of the end-Permian extinction record at Bethulie, South Africa
    • Battifarano, O.K., Churchill, A.N., Gastaldo, R.A., Neveling, J., and Geissman, J.W., Lithostratigraphy and Lateral Variation in Vertebrate Biostratigraphy near the Permian-Triassic Boundary at Bethulie, South Africa: Geological Society of America, Abstracts with Program, v. 47, p. 570.
  26. Alyson Churchill (2019) A lithostratigraphic study of the end-Permian extinction record at Bethulie, South Africa
    • Battifarano, O.K., Churchill, A.N., Gastaldo, R.A., Neveling, J., and Geissman, J.W., Lithostratigraphy and Lateral Variation in Vertebrate Biostratigraphy near the Permian-Triassic Boundary at Bethulie, South Africa: Geological Society of America, Abstracts with Program, v. 47, p. 570.
  27. Alyson Churchill (2019) Geochemistry of Palingkloof Siltstones near the Vertebrate-defined PTB at Tweefontein, South Africa
    • Churchill, A.N., Gastaldo, R.A., and Neveling, J., Geochemistry of Palingkloof Siltstones near the Vertebrate-defined PTB at Tweefontein, South Africa: Geological Society of America, Abstracts with Program, v. 48, No. 7
      doi: 10.1130/abs/2016AM-282896
  28. Samuel Sinkler (2018) Sandstones, Siltstones, and Trace Fossils in a Succession of Lowermost Triassic Rocks Near Lootsberg Pass, Eastern Cape Province, South Africa
    • Sinkler, S., Gastaldo, R.A., Neveling, J., and Geissman, J.W., 2017, Sandstones, Siltstones, and Trace Fossils in a Succession of Lowermost Triassic Rocks near Lootsberg Pass, Eastern Cape Province, South Africa: Geological Society of America, Abstracts with Program, Vol. 49, No. 6 doi: 10.1130/abs/2017AM-303765
  29. Kaci Kus (2018; HONORS) Calcic Paleosols in a Stratigraphic Context from Quaggas Fontein, Eastern Cape Province, South Africa: Correlations in the Wapadsberg Pass Area and Implications for Late Permian Climate
    • Kus, K., Gastaldo, R.A., Neveling, J., Geissman, J.W., and Looy, C.V., 2017, Calcisols, Palynofloras, and Rare Charcoal from Quaggasfontein, Eastern Cape Province, South Africa: Correlations in the Wapadsberg Pass Area and Implications for Late Permian Climate: Geological Society of America, Abstracts with Program, Vol. 49, No. 6 doi: 10.1130/abs/2017AM-303520
    • Kus, K., and Gastaldo, R.A., Calcic Paleosols in a Stratigraphic Context from Quaggasfontein, Eastern Cape Province, South Africa: Implications for Late Permian Climate: Geological Society of Maine, Abstracts with Program, April 6 2018, pg. 6.
  30. Alicia Fischer (2018; HONORS) Geochemical differences in calcic horizons due to parent material and anthropogenic water input in Southeastern Arizona
    • Fischer, A., Shepherd, C., and Rasmussen, C., 2017, Geochemical Differences in Petrocalcic and Calcic Horizons Due to Soil Parent Material in Southeastern Arizona: Geological Society of America, Abstracts with Program, Vol. 49, No. 6 ISSN 0016-7592 doi: 10.1130/abs/2017AM-303806
    • Fischer, A., 2018, Geochemical Differences in Calcic Horizons Due to Parent Material and Anthropogenic Water Input in Southeastern Arizona: Geological Society of Maine, Abstracts with Program, April 6 2018, pg. 7.WINNER OF THE 2018 Walter Anderson Prize for Best Oral Presentation
  31. Scott Harrison (2019) Stratigraphy, Sedimentology, and Calcic Horizons on the Donald 207 (Fairydale) farm, Free State, South Africa
    • Harrison, S.D., Gastaldo, R.A., and Neveling, J., 2019, Testing for Carbonate-rich Paleosols in the Lower Lystrosaurus Assemblage Zone, Karoo Basin, South Africa: Geological Society of America, Abstracts with Program, v. 50, n. 6, ISSN 0016-7592 doi: 10.1130/abs/2018AM-318060
  32. Ruofei Jia (2020; Columbia 5-year program) Fluvial architecture of the Swartberg Member, Katberg Formation, Bethel farm, Free State, South Africa
    • Jia, R., Stonesifer, T.R., Gastaldo, R.A., and Neveling, J., 2019, Drones and 3d Modeling of the Katberg Formation in a Classical Permian—Triassic Boundary Site: Geological Society of America, Abstracts with Program, v. 50, n. 6, ISSN 0016-7592 doi: 10.1130/abs/2018AM-318057
    • Stonesifer, T.R., Jia, R., Gastaldo, R.A., and Neveling, J., 2019, Using Drone Technology, Photogrammetry, and Virtual Reality in the Analysis of Remote and Inaccessible Classic Localities: the Vertebrate-defined Permian–Triassic Section on the Bethel Farm, Free State Province, South Africa: Geological Society of America, Abstracts with Program, v. 50, n. 6, ISSN 0016-7592 doi: 10.1130/abs/2018AM-318053