After a brief hiatus, we resume our deep and heady discussions: the next meeting of the BEER AND ROCKS society is scheduled for April 19th, at my digs (see your email for exciting details!).
Anyway, courtesy of Ben, our upcoming topic for discussion is... The Quantitative Revolution in Earth Sciences, Past and Future. A couple of fun papers this week, too! So, without further ado, here they are:
Burma, B.H., 1949, Studies in Quantitative Paleontology II: Multivariate Analysis - A new analytical tool for paleontology and geology: Journal of Paleontolgy, v23, p. 95-103.
Burma 1949
Sepkoski, D., 2005, Stephen Jay Gould, Jack Sepkoski, and the "Quantitative Revolution" in American Paleobiology: Journal of the History of Biology, v. 38, p. 209-237
Sepkoski 2005
Tuesday, April 13, 2010
Monday, March 8, 2010
March 15th Beer and Rocks Meetin'!
Straight outta the Burgess Shale for the next Meetin', my Droogs! Our very own Dr. Noel Heim, PhD, has sussed out some totally rad TO THE MAX Burgess Shale Papers for our illumination; these range from the AWESOME Gould "arguments" in Paleobiology all the way to sedimentation of Burgess Shale Style deposits! NEAT-O!
NOW, don't be SCARED by the NUMBER of Papers (six; there are six papers); RATHER, recognize that these are some SHORT-ASS PAPERS (that's the technical term), so print em, read em, and come ready for discussin' (and drinkin'). Papers are as FOLLOWS:
Morris 2009:
Morris 2009
GOULD 1991 Discussion and Reply
GOULD 1991
Gaines et al 2008
Gaines et al 2008
Gabbott et al 2008
Gabbott et al 2008
Daley et al 2009
Daley et al 2009
Collins 2009
Collins 2009
NOW, don't be SCARED by the NUMBER of Papers (six; there are six papers); RATHER, recognize that these are some SHORT-ASS PAPERS (that's the technical term), so print em, read em, and come ready for discussin' (and drinkin'). Papers are as FOLLOWS:
Morris 2009:
Morris 2009
GOULD 1991 Discussion and Reply
GOULD 1991
Gaines et al 2008
Gaines et al 2008
Gabbott et al 2008
Gabbott et al 2008
Daley et al 2009
Daley et al 2009
Collins 2009
Collins 2009
Thursday, February 18, 2010
Papers for March 1st Meeting - Thinkin' bout Thinkin'
Howdy everyone! We've got yet ANOTHER sed/paleo/strat/beer meeting (seriously...we need a better name, and one NOT affiliated with the hairy foulness of Robin Williams, please) coming on up here. Ben has generously offered his home up for our raucousness, so big round of applause there. Keep an eye on the email for instructions.
Anyway, the papers up for consideration this week are sort "philosophical" in nature (SEE WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU DON'T SUGGEST PAPERS!?!?), mostly around the theme of uniformitarianism in geology. As always, if problems persist in getting these papers, lemme know and I'll email em to you:
Simpson, G.G., 1963, Historical Science in Albritton (ed) The Fabric of Geology, p. 24-48
Simpson 1963
Gould, S.J., 1965, Is Uniformatarianism Neccessary: American Journal of Science, v. 263, p. 223-228.
Gould 1965
Ager, D., 1973, Catastrophic Stratigraphy (Ch 4) and Catastrophic Uniformatarianism (Ch 5) in "The Nature of the Stratigraphical Record", p. 36-57.
Ager 1973
Anyway, the papers up for consideration this week are sort "philosophical" in nature (SEE WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU DON'T SUGGEST PAPERS!?!?), mostly around the theme of uniformitarianism in geology. As always, if problems persist in getting these papers, lemme know and I'll email em to you:
Simpson, G.G., 1963, Historical Science in Albritton (ed) The Fabric of Geology, p. 24-48
Simpson 1963
Gould, S.J., 1965, Is Uniformatarianism Neccessary: American Journal of Science, v. 263, p. 223-228.
Gould 1965
Ager, D., 1973, Catastrophic Stratigraphy (Ch 4) and Catastrophic Uniformatarianism (Ch 5) in "The Nature of the Stratigraphical Record", p. 36-57.
Ager 1973
Wednesday, February 3, 2010
Cycles, Climate, and Milankovitch - Papers for Feb 15th, 2010
We've got some awesome climate-flavored cycle papers for consideration this time around. Dr. Noel Heim, PhD, has suggested a completely amazing paper on synthetic stratigraphy and Milankovitch cycles, and we've got some counterpoints to consider as well. The papers are below, and as always, feel free to email me if you have trouble nabbing them of the site.
Enjoy!
Dexter, T.A., Kowalewski, M., and Read, J.F., 2009, Distinguishing Milankovitch-driven processes in the rock record from stochasticity using computer-simulated stratigraphy: Journal of Geology, v. 117, p. 349-361.
Dexter et al 2009
Algeo, T.J., and Wilkinson, B.H., 1988, Periodicity of mesoscale phanerozoic sedimentary cycles and the role of Milankovitch orbital modulation: Journal of Geology, v. 96, p. 313-322
Algeo and Wilkinson 1988
Zeller, E.J., 1966, Cycles and Psychology in Merriam, D.F., (ed), Symposium on Cyclic Sedimentation, Kansas Geological Survey Special Publication 169, p. 631-636
Zeller 1966
Enjoy!
Dexter, T.A., Kowalewski, M., and Read, J.F., 2009, Distinguishing Milankovitch-driven processes in the rock record from stochasticity using computer-simulated stratigraphy: Journal of Geology, v. 117, p. 349-361.
Dexter et al 2009
Algeo, T.J., and Wilkinson, B.H., 1988, Periodicity of mesoscale phanerozoic sedimentary cycles and the role of Milankovitch orbital modulation: Journal of Geology, v. 96, p. 313-322
Algeo and Wilkinson 1988
Zeller, E.J., 1966, Cycles and Psychology in Merriam, D.F., (ed), Symposium on Cyclic Sedimentation, Kansas Geological Survey Special Publication 169, p. 631-636
Zeller 1966
Friday, January 22, 2010
First Meeting of 2010 - Arid and Hyperarid paleoenvironments
In honor of the cold, wet winter we are experiencing, let's start off the semester with a discussion of arid paleoenvironments! Below are the three papers up for consideration, all available from SCRIB'D. Should you have troubles seizing em, give me an email, and I'll send em your way!
ENJOY!
Thomas, D.S.G., 1989, Reconstructing ancient arid environments in Thomas, D.S.G. (ed), Arid Zone Geomorphology, Halstead Press, London, p. 311 - 334
Thomas 1989
Wright and Marriott, 2007, The dangers of taking mud for granted: Lessons from the Old Red Sandstone dryland river systems of South Wales: Sedimentary Geology v. 195, p. 91-100
Wright and Marriott 2007
Brookfield, 2008, Paleoenvironments and paleotectonics of the arid to hyperarid intracontinental latest Permian - late Triassic Solway Basin (U.K.): Sedimentary Geology, v. 210, p. 27-47
Brookfield 2008
ENJOY!
Thomas, D.S.G., 1989, Reconstructing ancient arid environments in Thomas, D.S.G. (ed), Arid Zone Geomorphology, Halstead Press, London, p. 311 - 334
Thomas 1989
Wright and Marriott, 2007, The dangers of taking mud for granted: Lessons from the Old Red Sandstone dryland river systems of South Wales: Sedimentary Geology v. 195, p. 91-100
Wright and Marriott 2007
Brookfield, 2008, Paleoenvironments and paleotectonics of the arid to hyperarid intracontinental latest Permian - late Triassic Solway Basin (U.K.): Sedimentary Geology, v. 210, p. 27-47
Brookfield 2008
Saturday, February 7, 2009
Papers for Thursday 23 Feb 2009: Stratigraphic Paleontology
Allright all you secular humanist-atheistic-Darwinists! What better way to celebrate the birth of Our Lord (Charles Darwin) AND the publication of His Holiest Book (The Origin) than with a SedStratPaleo meeting!
Noel (who is a hell-bound evolutionist) has suggested an appropriatly Darwin-flavored topic for us to mull over, as well: STRATIGRAPHIC PALEONTOLOGY! He's agreed to put up with us in his very own house for the evening of Feb 23, 2009 (Monday), so gather up some beer, some food, and some blasphemy, and we'll see you all there.
The papers for the meeting are:
Scarponi, D., and Kowaleski, M., 2004, Stratigraphic paleoecology: Bathymetric signatures and sequence overprint of mollusc associations from the upper Quaternary sequences of the Po Plain, Italy: Geology, v. 32, p. 989-992.
Scarponi and Kowaleski 2004
Olszewski and Patzkowsky, 2001, Measuring recurrance of marine biotic gradients: A case study from the Pennsylvanian-Permian Midcontinent: Palaios, v. 16, p. 444-460
Olszewski and Patzkowsky 2001
Crampton et al., 2006, Second-order sequence stratigraphic controls on the quality of the fossil record at an active margin: New Zealand Eocene to Recent Molluscs: Palaios, v. 21, p. 86-105
Crampton Et Al 2006
Noel (who is a hell-bound evolutionist) has suggested an appropriatly Darwin-flavored topic for us to mull over, as well: STRATIGRAPHIC PALEONTOLOGY! He's agreed to put up with us in his very own house for the evening of Feb 23, 2009 (Monday), so gather up some beer, some food, and some blasphemy, and we'll see you all there.
The papers for the meeting are:
Scarponi, D., and Kowaleski, M., 2004, Stratigraphic paleoecology: Bathymetric signatures and sequence overprint of mollusc associations from the upper Quaternary sequences of the Po Plain, Italy: Geology, v. 32, p. 989-992.
Scarponi and Kowaleski 2004
Publish at Scribd or explore others:
Olszewski and Patzkowsky, 2001, Measuring recurrance of marine biotic gradients: A case study from the Pennsylvanian-Permian Midcontinent: Palaios, v. 16, p. 444-460
Olszewski and Patzkowsky 2001
Publish at Scribd or explore others:
Crampton et al., 2006, Second-order sequence stratigraphic controls on the quality of the fossil record at an active margin: New Zealand Eocene to Recent Molluscs: Palaios, v. 21, p. 86-105
Crampton Et Al 2006
Publish at Scribd or explore others:
Tuesday, January 20, 2009
Papers for Thurs 29 Jan, 2009: Foreland Basin Geodynamics!!!
Hail and well-met, Earthy-nerds! That tingling sensation you are experiencing is the anticipation of the very first meeting of the Sed/Strat/Paleo/Beer club for 2009 (the Year of Our Secret Muslim Lord).
I heartily entreat you to gather 'round the tables of Good Sir David Lovelace, who has agreed to host our esteemed company on the Night of Thursday, 29th of January, at 7 o'clock in the evening. Bring food and drink to share, and a merry time shall be had by all!
Anyway, I have sent out an email with Dave's address, so keep alert for it.
The papers up for discussion are all about the Geodynamics of Foreland Basins (which are, by definition, RAD), so enjoy!
DeCelles and Giles 1997
DeCelles and Giles 1996
Catuneanu et al 1997
Catuneanu Et Al 1997
Burgess and Moresi 1999
I heartily entreat you to gather 'round the tables of Good Sir David Lovelace, who has agreed to host our esteemed company on the Night of Thursday, 29th of January, at 7 o'clock in the evening. Bring food and drink to share, and a merry time shall be had by all!
Anyway, I have sent out an email with Dave's address, so keep alert for it.
The papers up for discussion are all about the Geodynamics of Foreland Basins (which are, by definition, RAD), so enjoy!
DeCelles and Giles 1997
DeCelles and Giles 1996
Publish at Scribd or explore others:
Catuneanu et al 1997
Catuneanu Et Al 1997
Publish at Scribd or explore others:
AND Burgess and Moresi 1999
Burgess and Moresi 1999
Publish at Scribd or explore others:
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