{"id":283,"date":"2012-10-29T06:38:16","date_gmt":"2012-10-29T10:38:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/web.colby.edu\/ragastal\/?page_id=283"},"modified":"2024-10-30T13:43:22","modified_gmt":"2024-10-30T17:43:22","slug":"devonian-paleobotany-sedimentology","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/ragastal\/publications\/devonian-paleobotany-sedimentology\/","title":{"rendered":"Silurian, Devonian, &amp; Mississippian Paleobotany &amp; Sedimentology"},"content":{"rendered":"<h5 style=\"text-align: left\">download available .pdf by clicking on appropriate <a href=\"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/ragastal\/publications\/devonian-paleobotany-sedimentology\/pdf_icon_sm\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2475\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-2475 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/ragastal\/files\/2023\/07\/PDF_ICON_Sm.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"30\" height=\"34\"><\/a><\/h5>\n<h3>&nbsp;<\/h3>\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 style=\"list-style-type: none\">\n<ul>\n<li>Glasspool, I.J. and Gastaldo, R.A., 2024, Don&#8217;t mind the \u2018Charcoal Gap\u2019: a reassessment of Devonian wildfire record: GEOLOGY, v. 136, p. 846-850, <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1130\/G52648.1\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1130\/G52648.1<\/a><\/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. <strong>(Gold Open Access) <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1130\/G52348.1\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1130\/G52348.1<\/a><strong><br \/>\n<\/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.&nbsp; <strong>(Gold Open Access)<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dx.doi.org\/10.2110\/palo.2024.009\"> https:\/\/dx.doi.org\/10.2110\/palo.2024.009<\/a>&nbsp;<\/li>\n<li>Gastaldo, R.A., Gensel, P., Glasspool, I., Hinds, S.J., King, O.A., McLean, D., Park, A.F., Stimson, M.R.,&nbsp; and Stonesifer, T., 2024, Enigmatic fossil plants with three-dimensional,&nbsp; arborescent-growth architecture from the earliest Carboniferous of New Brunswick, Canada: Current Biology, v. 34, p. 1-12.<strong> (Gold Open Access) <\/strong>DOI: <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.cub.2024.01.011\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.cub.2024.01.011 <\/a>&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>EXTENSIVE MEDIA COVERAGE INCLUDES:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none\">\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none\">\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none\">\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none\">\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none\">\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: left\">Highlighted by: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/science\/tree-fossil-1.7102888\">Canadian Broadcast Company<\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left\">Highlighted by: <a href=\"https:\/\/canadanewsmedia.ca\/did-truffula-trees-once-exist-fantastic-fossil-found-in-canadian-quarry-cbc-ca\/\">Canada News Media<\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left\">Highlighted by: Globe &amp; Mail (Canada)<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left\">Highlighted by: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.science.org\/content\/article\/rare-fossil-reveals-glimpse-early-weird-looking-trees\">Science.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left\">Highlighted by: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/02\/02\/science\/fossilized-tree.html?partner=calculated\">New York Times<\/a>, Trilobite science section<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left\">Highlighted by:&nbsp; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/science\/fossilized-trees-discovery-canada-8f7afd3a\">The Wall Street Journal<\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left\">Highlighted in: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2024\/02\/02\/world\/sanfordiacaulis-ancient-tree-fossils-discovery-scn\/index.html\">CNN Online<\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left\">Highlighted in: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/rare-fossils-reveal-absolutely-unique-tree-350-million-years-ago-1866364\">Newsweek<\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left\">Highlighted in: <a href=\"https:\/\/interestingengineering.com\/science\/rare-3d-fossil-discovery-sheds-light-on-unusual-shapes-of-early-trees\">Interesting Engineering<\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left\">Highlighted in: <a href=\"https:\/\/studyfinds.org\/ancient-forest-modern-seuss-like-trees\/\">StudyFinds<\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left\">Highlighted by: Science Live<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left\">Highlighted by: Science News<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left\">Highlighted in: Scientia (Netherlands)<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left\">Highlighted in: <a href=\"https:\/\/gizmodo.com\/alien-looking-fossil-trees-uncovered-in-canada-unlike-1851218709&quot;\">Gizmodo<\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left\">Highlighted in: <a href=\"https:\/\/phys.org\/news\/2024-02-rare-3d-fossils-early-trees.html\">Physics.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left\">Highlighted in: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.earth.com\/news\/some-ancient-trees-sanfordiacaulis-looked-like-nothing-ever-seen-by-humans\/\">Earth.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left\">Highlighted in:<a href=\"https:\/\/www.kijkmagazine.nl\/nieuws\/3d-plantenfosssiel-prehistorische-boom\/\">Kijk Magazine (NL)<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/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<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>MEDIA COVERAGE<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none\">\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none\">\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none\">\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none\">\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none\">\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: left\">Highlighted by: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/05\/10\/science\/archaeology-climate-fire.html?unlocked_article_code=1.rE0.izs0.d0ALOudu_AKK&amp;smid=em-share\">New York Times<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Glasspool, I.J., and Gastaldo, R.A., 2022, Silurian wildfire proxies and atmospheric oxygen: Geology, v. 50, p. 1048-1052. <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1130\/G50193.1\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1130\/G50193.1<\/a>&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>AWARDS<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tsop.org\/Ralph_Gray_award.html\">Ralph Gray Award<\/a> from The Society for Organic Petrology (TSOP) for best 2022 refereed paper in organic petrology.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>MEDIA COVERAGE<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none\">\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none\">\n<ul>\n<li>Geological Society of America, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.geosociety.org\/GSA\/News\/pr\/2022\/22-34.aspx\">Press Release<\/a>: <strong><em>Earliest record of wildfires provide insights to Earth\u2019s past vegetation and oxygen levels<\/em><\/strong> (14 June 2022)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/science-environment-61929966\">BBC Science &amp; Environment<\/a> (27 June 2022): <em><strong>Earliest evidence of wildfire found in Wales<\/strong><\/em><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/beta.nsf.gov\/news\/discovery-pushes-back-earliest-record-wildfire-10-million-years?utm_medium=email&amp;utm_source=govdelivery\">National Science Foundation<\/a> (11 July 2022): <strong>Discovery pushes back the earliest record of wildfire by 10 million years<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/phys.org\/news\/2022-06-earliest-wildfires-insights-earth-vegetation.html\">Physics.com<\/a> (14 June 2022): <em><strong>Earliest record of wildfires provides insights into Earth&#8217;s past vegetation and oxygen levels<\/strong><\/em><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencedaily.com\/releases\/2022\/06\/220614122733.htm\">Science News<\/a> (14 June 2022): <em><strong>Earliest record of wildfires provides insights into Earth&#8217;s past vegetation and oxygen levels<\/strong><\/em><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.archyde.com\/early-wildfire-records-provide-insight-into-earths-past-vegetation-and-oxygen-levels\/\">Archyde<\/a> (14 June 2022): <em><strong>Earliest record of wildfires provides insights into Earth&#8217;s past vegetation and oxygen levels<\/strong><\/em><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/astrobiology.com\/2022\/06\/earliest-record-of-wildfires-provide-insights-to-earths-past-vegetation-and-oxygen-levels.html\">Astrobiology Web<\/a> (14 June 2022); <em><strong>Earliest record of wildfires provides insights into Earth&#8217;s past vegetation and oxygen levels<\/strong><\/em><\/li>\n<li>Switzerland Detail Zero (14 June 2022): <em><strong>Earliest record of wildfires provides insights into Earth&#8217;s past vegetation and oxygen levels<\/strong><\/em><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/quicktelecast.com\/amp\/earliest-record-of-wildfires-provides-insights-into-earths-past-vegetation-and-oxygen-levels\/\">QuickTelecast<\/a> (15 June 2022): <em><strong>Earliest record of wildfires provides insights into Earth&#8217;s past vegetation and oxygen levels<\/strong><\/em><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/vervetimes.com\/earliest-record-of-wildfires-provide-insights-to-earths-past-vegetation-and-oxygen-levels-sciencedaily\/\">VerveTimes<\/a> (15 June 2022): <em><strong>Earliest record of wildfires provide insights to Earth\u2019s past vegetation and oxygen levels \u2014 ScienceDaily<\/strong><\/em><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/cropforlife.com\/earliest-record-of-wildfires-provide-insights-to-earths-past-vegetation-and-oxygen-levels\/\">CropForLife<\/a> (18 June 2022): <em><strong>Earliest record of wildfires provides insights into Earth&#8217;s past vegetation and oxygen levels<\/strong><\/em><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.earth.com\/news\/earliest-record-of-wildfire-pushed-back-by-ten-million-years\/\">Earth.com<\/a> (19 June 2022): <em><strong>Earliest record of wildfire pushed back by ten million years<\/strong><\/em><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencealert.com\/430-million-year-old-wildfires-are-the-oldest-ever-found-and-have-lots-to-teach-us\">ScienceAlert<\/a> (20 June 2022): <em><strong>Scientists have found the 0ldest wildfires on record, dating back 430 million years<\/strong><\/em><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.natureworldnews.com\/articles\/51463\/20220620\/430-million-year-old-charcoal-deposits-oldest-wildfires.htm\">Nature World News<\/a> (20 June 2022): <strong><em>430-million-year-old charcoal deposits reveal the oldest wildfires on record<\/em><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/sputniknews.com\/20220620\/scientists-discover-earths-earliest-major-wildfire-dating-some-430-million-years-ago-1096469583.html\">Sputnik International<\/a> (20 June 2022): <em><strong>Scientists discover Earth&#8217;s earliest major wildfire dating some 430 million years ago<\/strong><\/em><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/gadgets360.com\/science\/news\/wildfires-dating-back-430-million-years-worlds-oldest-discovered-3082794\">Gadgets360<\/a> (20 June 2022): <em><strong>World\u2019s oldest wildfires date back 430 million years, shed light on Earth\u2019s flora and oxygen levels then<\/strong><\/em><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehansindia.com\/offbeat\/scientists-have-discovered-the-worlds-oldest-wildfires-749558\">The Hans India<\/a> (20 June 2022): <em><strong>Scientists have discovered the world&#8217;s oldest wildfires<\/strong><\/em><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/hindisip.com\/oldest-wildfires-in-the-world-found-to-be-430-million-years-old\/\">HindiSip<\/a> (20 June 2022): <em><strong>Oldest wildfires in the world found to be 430 million years old<\/strong><\/em><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/dailynews369.com\/oldest-wildfires-within-the-world-discovered-to-be-430-million-years-previous\/\">DailyNews369<\/a> (20 June 2022): <em><strong>Oldest wildfires within the world discovered to be 430 million years previous<\/strong><\/em><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/journalstar.com\/news\/video_ab66fb50-f848-59e5-9c49-194bd80c987d.html\">The Journal Star<\/a> (20 June 2022): <em><strong>Experts discover evidence of possibly the world&#8217;s oldest wildfires<\/strong><\/em><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/digitnews.in\/new-discovery-fire-in-the-forests-has-been-going-on-for-43-million-years-scientists-have-discovered-that-place\/\">DigitNews<\/a> (20 June 2022): <em><strong>New discovery: Fire in the forests has been going on for 43 million years, scientists have discovered that place<\/strong><\/em><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/newshunt365.net\/oldest-wildfires-in-the-world-found-to-be-430-million-years-old\/\">NewsHunt265<\/a> (20 June 2022): <em><strong>Oldest wildfires in the world found to be 430 million years old<\/strong><\/em><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/japan.postsen.com\/technology\/8011\/Traces-of-the-oldest-wildfire-in-history-found-430-million-years-ago-revealing-the-ecosystem-at-that-time-GIGAZINE.html\">Japan Posts English<\/a> (20 June 2022): <em><strong>Traces of \u201cthe oldest wildfire in history\u201d found 430 million years ago, revealing the ecosystem at that time<\/strong><\/em><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/chicagotoday.news\/world-nation\/the-oldest-recorded-forest-fire-on-earth\/\">Chicago Today News<\/a> (21 June 2022): <em><strong>The oldest recorded forest fire on Earth<\/strong><\/em><\/li>\n<li>BBC&#8217;s World Service<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/programmes\/w3ct3694\"> Science-in-Action Podcast<\/a> (23 June 2022): <em><strong>The earliest wildfires in Earth&#8217;s history<\/strong><\/em><strong>&nbsp;<\/strong>interview with Ian Glasspool begins at 19.07&nbsp; minutes.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencenews.org\/article\/earth-oldest-wildfire-430-million-years-ago-fossil-charcoal\">ScienceNews<\/a> (24 June 2022):<em><strong> Earth\u2019s oldest known wildfires raged 430 million years ago<\/strong><\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Gastaldo, R.A., 2016, New Paleontological Insights into the Emsian\u2013Eifelian Trout Valley Formation, Baxter State Park\u2019s Scientific Forest Management Area, Aroostock County, Maine: PALAIOS, v. 31, p. 339-346.&nbsp; DOI: http:\/\/dx.doi.org\/10.2110\/palo.2016.035<\/li>\n<li>Kennedy, K.R., Gibling, M.R., Eble, C.E., Gastaldo, R.A., Gensel, P.G., Werner-Zwanziger, U., and Wilson, R.A., 2013, Early Devonian Coaly Shales of Northern New Brunswick, Canada:&nbsp; Plant Accumulations in the Early Stages of Terrestrial Colonization: Journal of Sedimentary Research<\/li>\n<li>Greb, S.F., DiMichele, W.D., and Gastaldo, R.A., 2006, Evolution of Wetland Types and the Importance of Wetlands in Earth History: in DiMichele, W.A., and Greb, S., eds., Wetlands Through Time: Geological Society of America, Special Publication, v. 399, p. 1-40. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.colby.edu\/~ragastal\/RAG_reprints\/RAG2006a.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.<\/li>\n<li><em><strong>Selover, R.W.<\/strong><\/em>, Gastaldo, R.A., and Nelson, R.E., 2005, An Estuarine Assemblage from the Middle Devonian Trout Valley Formation of Northern Maine: PALAIOS, v. 20, p. 192-197.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>K<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>download available .pdf by clicking on appropriate 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