{"id":267,"date":"2012-10-29T06:41:05","date_gmt":"2012-10-29T10:41:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/web.colby.edu\/ragastal\/?page_id=267"},"modified":"2025-11-12T15:57:22","modified_gmt":"2025-11-12T20:57:22","slug":"plant-taphonomy","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/ragastal\/publications\/plant-taphonomy\/","title":{"rendered":"Plant Taphonomy"},"content":{"rendered":"<h5>download available .pdf by clicking on appropriate <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.colby.edu\/%7Eragastal\/Images\/pdf.gif\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\"><\/h5>\n<h3>Publications with Students<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>BOLD<\/strong> indicates Graduate Student co-author<\/li>\n<li><strong><em>BOLD ITALICS<\/em><\/strong> indicates Undergraduate Student co-author<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none\">\n<ul>\n<li>Gastaldo, R.A., and Degges, C.W., 2025, Experimental Modeling of Carboniferous Cordaites and Calamites Casts: SEDIMENTOLOGY, v. 72, 70057 https\/\/doi.org\/10.1111\/sed.70057&nbsp;<\/li>\n<li>Gastaldo, R.A., Gensel, P., Glasspool, I., Hinds, S.J., King, O.A., Park, A.F., and Stimson, M.R., 2024, To rush into the secret house of death; the fate of a Tournaisian plant: GEOLOGY, v. 136, p. 784-788.&nbsp; <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1130\/G52348.1\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1130\/G52348.1<\/a> <strong>(Gold Open Access)<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Glasspool, I.J. and Gastaldo, R.A., 2024, Through fire, and through water, an abundance of Mid-Devonian charcoal: PALAIOS, v. 39, p, 301-322.<a href=\"https:\/\/dx.doi.org\/10.2110\/palo.2024.009\"> https:\/\/dx.doi.org\/10.2110\/palo.2024.009<\/a> <strong>(Gold Open Access)<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Gastaldo, R.A., and Bamford, M., 2023, The influence of time and taphonomy on the paleobotanical record of the Permian\u2014Triassic transition of the Karoo Basin (and elsewhere): Journal of African Earth Sciences, 204 (2023) 104960 <a href=\"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/ragastal\/publications\/2023_gastaldo_bamford_jaes_pdf_a\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2502\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-2493\" src=\"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/ragastal\/files\/2023\/07\/PDF_icon_-_grey-red_-_16px.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"16\" height=\"16\">&nbsp;<\/a><strong> (Gold Open Access)<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.jafrearsci.2023.104960\">DOI:doi.org\/10.1016\/f.fafrearsci.2023.104960&nbsp;<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Gastaldo, R.A., Wan, M., and Yang, W., 2023, The taphonomic character, occurrence, and persistence of upper Permian\u2013Lower Triassic plant assemblages in the mid-paleolatitudes, Bogda Mountains, western China: PALAIOS, v. 38, p. 1-21. <a href=\"http:\/\/DOI: http:\/\/dx.doi.org\/10.2110\/palo.2022.025\" data-wplink-url-error=\"true\">DOI: http:\/\/dx.doi.org\/10.2110\/palo.2022.025<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Glasspool, I.J., and Gastaldo, R.A., 2022, A baptism by fire: fossil charcoal from eastern Euramerica reveals the earliest (Homerian) terrestrial biota evolved in a flammable world: Geological Society of London, jgs2022-072. (Open Access) <a href=\"https:\/\/doi-org.colby.idm.oclc.org\/10.1144\/jgs2022-072\">https:\/\/doi-org.colby.idm.oclc.org\/10.1144\/jgs2022-072<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Gastaldo, R.A., 2012, Taphonomic Controls on the Distribution of Palynomorphs in Tidally-influenced Coastal Deltaic Settings: PALAIOS, v. 27, p. 798-810. <cite>doi:10.2110\/palo.2012.p12-030r <\/cite> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.colby.edu\/~ragastal\/RAG_reprints\/RAG2012b.pdf\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.colby.edu\/~ragastal\/Images\/pdf.gif\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\"><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Gastaldo, R.A., and Demko, T.M., 2010, Long term hydrology controls the plant fossil record: in Allison, P.A., and Bottjer, D.J., eds., Taphonomy, Second Edition: Processes and Bias Through Time: Topics in Geobiology, v. 32, p. 249-286 (doi 10.1007\/978-90-481-8643-3_7) <a href=\"http:\/\/www.colby.edu\/~ragastal\/RAG_reprints\/RAG2010d.pdf\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.colby.edu\/~ragastal\/Images\/pdf.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"16\" height=\"16\" border=\"0\"><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Gastaldo, R.A., 2010, Peat or No Peat: Why do the Rajang and Mahakam Deltas Differ?: International Journal of Coal Geology, v. 83, p. 162-172. (doi; 10.1016\/j.coal.2010.01.005) <a href=\"http:\/\/www.colby.edu\/~ragastal\/RAG_reprints\/RAG2010a.pdf\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.colby.edu\/~ragastal\/Images\/pdf.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"16\" height=\"16\" border=\"0\"><\/a><\/li>\n<li><em><strong>Daly, R.G.<\/strong><\/em>, and Gastaldo, R.A., 2010, The Effect of Orientation to growing-season sunlight on stomatal parameters of <em>Quercus rubra<\/em> around the Belgrade Lakes, Central Maine: PALAIOS, v. 25, p. 339-346. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.colby.edu\/~ragastal\/RAG_reprints\/RAG2010b.pdf\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.colby.edu\/~ragastal\/Images\/pdf.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"16\" height=\"16\" border=\"0\"><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Gastaldo, R.A., 2007, TAPHONOMY: in Parker, S.P., ed., McGraw Hill Encyclopedia of Science and Technology. 10th Edition (updated and revised).<\/li>\n<li>Gastaldo, R.A., and <strong>Degges, C.W.<\/strong>, 2007, Sedimentology and Paleontology of a Carboniferous Log Jam: International Journal of Coal Geology, v. 69, p. 103-118. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.colby.edu\/~ragastal\/RAG_reprints\/RAG2007a.pdf\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.colby.edu\/~ragastal\/Images\/pdf.gif\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\"><\/a><\/li>\n<li><em><strong>Allen, J.P.,<\/strong><\/em> and Gastaldo, R.A., 2006, Sedimentology and taphonomy of the Early to Middle Devonian plant-bearing beds of the Trout Valley Formation, Maine: in DiMichele, W.A., and Greb, S., eds., Wetlands Through Time: Geological Society of America, Special Publication 399, p. 57-78. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.colby.edu\/~ragastal\/RAG_reprints\/RAG2006b.pdf\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.colby.edu\/~ragastal\/Images\/pdf.gif\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\"><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Gastaldo, R.A., Adendorff, R., Bamford, M.K., Labandeira, Neveling, J., and Sims, H.J., 2005, Taphonomic Trends of Macrofloral Assemblages Across the Permian-Triassic Boundary, Karoo Basin, South Africa: PALAIOS, v. 20, p. 478-497. (doi 10.1016\/j.palaeo.2010.03.052) <a href=\"http:\/\/www.colby.edu\/~ragastal\/RAG_reprints\/RAG2005a.pdf\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.colby.edu\/~ragastal\/Images\/pdf.gif\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\"><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Gee, C.T., and Gastaldo, R.A., 2005, Sticks &amp; Mud, Fruits &amp; Nuts, Leaves &amp; Climate: Plant Taphonomy Comes of Age: PALAIOS, v. 20, p. 415-418. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.colby.edu\/~ragastal\/RAG_reprints\/RAG2005b.pdf\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.colby.edu\/~ragastal\/Images\/pdf.gif\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\"><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Gastaldo, R.A., 2004, The relationship between bedform and log orientation in a Paleogene fluvial channel, Weisselster basin, Germany: Implications for the use of coarse woody debris for paleocurrent analysis: PALAIOS, v. 19, p. 595-606. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.colby.edu\/~ragastal\/RAG_reprints\/RAG2004a.pdf\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.colby.edu\/~ragastal\/Images\/pdf.gif\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\"><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Gastaldo, R.A., <strong>Stevanovic-Walls, I.,<\/strong> and <strong>Ware, W.N.<\/strong>, 2004, <em>In Situ<\/em>, Erect Forests Are Evidence for Large-Magnitude, Coseismic Base-Level Changes within Pennsylvanian Cyclothems of the Black Warrior Basin, USA: <em>in<\/em> Pashin, J.C., and Gastaldo, R.A., eds., Coal-bearing Strata: Sequence Stratigraphy, Paleoclimate, and Tectonics: AAPG Studies in Geology, v. 51, p. 219-238. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.colby.edu\/~ragastal\/RAG_reprints\/RAG2004d.pdf\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.colby.edu\/~ragastal\/Images\/pdf.gif\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\"><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Gastaldo, R.A., 2001, Plant Taphonomy: <em>in<\/em> Briggs, D.E.G. and Crowther, P.R., eds. Palaeobiology II: Blackwell Scientific, Oxford, UK. p. 314-317.<\/li>\n<li>Behrensmeyer, A.K., Kidwell, S.M., and Gastaldo, R.A., 2000, Taphonomy and Paleobiology. Paleobiology, v. 26 (No. 4), p. 103-147. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.colby.edu\/~ragastal\/RAG_reprints\/RAG2000a.pdf\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.colby.edu\/~ragastal\/Images\/pdf.gif\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\"><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Gastaldo, R.A. and Staub, J.R., 1999, A Mechanism to Explain the Preservation of Leaf Litters Lenses in Coals Derived from Raised Mires. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, v. 149, p. 1-14. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.colby.edu\/~ragastal\/RAG_reprints\/RAG1999c.pdf\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.colby.edu\/~ragastal\/Images\/pdf.gif\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\"><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Gastaldo, R.A., 1999, Collection and Analysis Techniques for Paleoecological Studies in Coastal-Deltaic Setting: <em>in<\/em> Jones, T.P. and Rowe, N.P., eds., Fossil Plants and Spores: Modern Techniques: Geological Society, London, p. 279-284.<\/li>\n<li>Gastaldo, R.A. and Staub, J.R., 1997, Water Column and Grab Sample Palynofacies Assemblages from the Rajang River Delta, Sarawak, East Malaysia: <a href=\"http:\/\/opal.geology.utoronto.ca\/AASP\/\">PALYNOLOGY<\/a>, v.21, p. 145-171.<\/li>\n<li>Hofmann, C.C., Zetter, R., Ferguson, D.K., and Gastaldo, R.A., 1996, Taphonomishe Untersuchungen im Mobile-Delta, Alabama, USA &#8211; Teil 1: Zusammensetzung der Floren in den vershiedenen Environments: Mitteilung Abteilung Geologie und Pal\u00e4ontologie Landesmuseum Joanneum, v. 54, p. 93-111.<\/li>\n<li>Gastaldo, R.A., 1996, Palynofacies of the Wetland Soils in the Temperate-Subtropical Mobile-Tensaw River Delta, <em>in<\/em> Rich, R., Chmura, G., and Gastaldo, R. A. <em>Palynology of Wetland Environments of the Southern United States<\/em>, Ninth International Palynological Congress Field Trip Guidebook, Houston, TX., A3:1-37.<\/li>\n<li>Gastaldo, R.A., <a name=\"Feng, Weiwei\"><\/a><strong>Feng, Weiwei,<\/strong> and Staub, J.R., 1996, Palynofacies Patterns in Channel Deposits of the Rajang River and Delta, Sarawak, East Malaysia: PALAIOS, v. 11, p. 266-279. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.colby.edu\/~ragastal\/RAG_reprints\/RAG1996f.pdf\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.colby.edu\/~ragastal\/Images\/pdf.gif\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\"><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Gastaldo, R.A., Walther, H., Rabold, J. and Ferguson, D., 1996, Criteria to distinguish parautochthonous leaves in Cenophytic alluvial channel-fills: Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology, v. 91, p. 1-21. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.colby.edu\/~ragastal\/RAG_reprints\/RAG1996g.pdf\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.colby.edu\/~ragastal\/Images\/pdf.gif\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\"><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Gastaldo, R.A., Pfefferkorn, H.W. and DiMichele, W.A., 1995, Taphonomic and Sedimentologic Characterization of &#8220;Roof-Shale&#8221; floras, <em>in<\/em> Lyons, P., Wagner, R.H. and Morey, E., eds. <em>Historical Persepctive of Early Twentieth Century Carboniferous Paleobotany in North America<\/em>. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.geosociety.org\">Geological Society of America<\/a> Memoir 185, p. 341-352. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.colby.edu\/~ragastal\/RAG_reprints\/RAG1995c.pdf\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.colby.edu\/~ragastal\/Images\/pdf.gif\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\"><\/a>Note: This is a large 38MB .pdf file!<\/li>\n<li>Gastaldo, R.A., 1994, The genesis and sedimentation of phytoclasts with examples from coastal environments <em>in<\/em> A. Traverse, ed. <em>Sedimentation of Organic Particles<\/em>. Cambridge University Press. Chapter 7, pp. 103-127.<\/li>\n<li>Gastaldo, R.A., Allen, G.P., and Huc, A.Y., 1993, Detrital peat formation in the tropical Mahakam River delta, Kalimantan, eastern Borneo: Formation, plant composition, and geochemistry <em>in<\/em> Cobb, J.C., and Cecil, C.B., eds., Modern and Ancient Coal-forming Environments. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.geosociety.org\/\">Geological Society of America<\/a> Special Paper 286, p. 107-118.<\/li>\n<li>Gastaldo, R.A., 1992, Taphonomic considerations for plant evolutionary investigations: The Palaeobotanist, v. 41, p. 211-223.<\/li>\n<li>Gastaldo, R.A., and Huc, A.Y., 1992, Sediment facies, depositional environments, and distribution of phytoclasts in the Recent Mahakam River delta, Kalimantan, Indonesia: PALAIOS, v. 7(6), p. 574-591. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.colby.edu\/~ragastal\/RAG_reprints\/RAG1992c.pdf\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.colby.edu\/~ragastal\/Images\/pdf.gif\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\"><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Gastaldo, R.A., 1992, Plant taphonomic character of the Late Carboniferous Hamilton Quarry, Kansas, USA: Preservational modes of walchian conifers and implied relationships for residency time in aquatic environments. <em>in<\/em> J. Kovar-Eder, ed. Palaeovegetational Development in Europe and Regions Relevent to its Palaeofloristic Evolution. Museum of Natural History Vienna, p. 393-399.<\/li>\n<li>Gastaldo, R.A., 1992, Regenerative growth in fossil horsetails (<em>Calamites<\/em>) following burial by Alluvium: Historical Biology, v. 6(3), p. 203-220.<\/li>\n<li>Gastaldo, R.A., 1990, Phytotaphocoenoses in Late Quaternary temperate and tropical coastal deltaic regimes. Paleofloristic and paleoclimatic changes in the Cretaceous and Tertiary. <em>in<\/em> E. Knobloch and Z. Kvaek, eds. Proceedings of the International Symposium &#8211; Paleofloristic and Paleoclimatic Changes in the Cretaceous and Tertiary. International Geological Correlation Programme Project No. 216: Global Biological Events in Earth History. Geological Survey of Czechoslovakia, Prague. p. 285-290.<\/li>\n<li>Gastaldo, R.A., 1990, The paleobotanical character of log assemblages necessary to differentiate blow-downs resulting from cyclonic winds: PALAIOS, v. 5(5), p. 472-478. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.colby.edu\/~ragastal\/RAG_reprints\/RAG1990c.pdf\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.colby.edu\/~ragastal\/Images\/pdf.gif\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\"><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Gastaldo, R.A., 1989, Processes of incorporation of plant parts in deltaic coastal sedimentary environments: Implications for paleoecological restorations. Compte Rendu XIth International Carboniferous Congress of Stratigraphy &amp; Geology, Beijing, China. V. 3, p. 109-120.<\/li>\n<li>Gastaldo, R.A., <strong>Demko, T.M., Liu, Y., Keefer,<\/strong> <strong>W.D., <\/strong>and <strong> Abston<\/strong>, <strong>S.L. <\/strong>, 1989, Biostratinomic processes for the development of of mud-cast logs in Carboniferous and Holocene swamps: PALAIOS, v. 4, p. 356-365. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.colby.edu\/~ragastal\/RAG_reprints\/RAG1989c.pdf\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.colby.edu\/~ragastal\/Images\/pdf.gif\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\"><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Gastaldo, R.A., 1989, Introduction: Review of Palaeobotany &amp; Palynology, v. 58(1), p. 1-4.<\/li>\n<li>Gastaldo, R.A., <strong>Bearce, S.C., <a name=\"C. Degges\"><\/a>Degges, C., Hunt, R.J., Peebles, M.W.,<\/strong> and <strong>Violette, D.L.<\/strong>, 1989, Biostratinomy of a Holocene oxbow lake: A backswamp to mid-channel transect: Review of Palaeobotany &amp; Palynology, v. 58(1), p. 47-60.<\/li>\n<li>Gastaldo, R.A., 1989, Preliminary observations on phytotaphonomic assemblages in a subtropical\/temperate Holocene bayhead delta: Mobile Delta, Gulf Coastal Plain, Alabama: Review of Palaeobotany &amp; Palynology, v. 58(1), p. 61-84.<\/li>\n<li>Gastaldo, R.A., 1988, A Conspectus of Phytotaphonomy: <em>in<\/em> DiMichele, W.A., and Wing, S.L., eds., Methods and Applications of Plant Paleoecology: Notes for a Short Course: Paleontological Society Special Publication 3, p. 14-28. <a href=\"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/ragastal\/files\/2023\/06\/1986_Conspectus_of_phytotaphonomy.pdf\">1986_Conspectus_of_phytotaphonomy<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Gastaldo, R.A., 1986, Selected aspects of plant taphonomic processes in coastal deltaic regimes, <em>in<\/em> Broadhead, T.W. (Ed.), Fossil Land Plants: Notes for a Short Course (sponsored by The Paleontological Society): University of Tennessee, Department of Geological Sciences, Studies in Geology 15, p. 27-44. <a href=\"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/ragastal\/files\/2023\/06\/1986_Coastal_Deltaic_Taphonomy.pdf\">1986_Coastal_Deltaic_Taphonomy<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Gastaldo, R.A., 1985, Plant Accumulating Deltaic Depositional Environments. Field Trip Guide, Paleobotanical Section, Botanical Society of America Meetings, 8-11 August: Auburn University Continuing Education. Alabama Geological Survey Reprint Series 66, 35 p.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>download available .pdf by clicking on appropriate Publications with Students BOLD indicates Graduate Student co-author BOLD ITALICS indicates Undergraduate Student co-author Gastaldo, R.A., and Degges, C.W., 2025, Experimental Modeling of Carboniferous Cordaites and Calamites Casts: SEDIMENTOLOGY, v. 72, 70057 https\/\/doi.org\/10.1111\/sed.70057&nbsp; &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/ragastal\/publications\/plant-taphonomy\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":423,"featured_media":1301,"parent":2,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","template":"onecolumn-page.php","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/ragastal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/267"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/ragastal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/ragastal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/ragastal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/423"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/ragastal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=267"}],"version-history":[{"count":15,"href":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/ragastal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/267\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2952,"href":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/ragastal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/267\/revisions\/2952"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/ragastal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/ragastal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1301"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/ragastal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=267"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}