Paleontology and Magnetostratigraphy of Wyoming |
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Much of my current research focuses on early Cenozoic sedimentary and paleontological records preserved in Rocky Mountain foreland basins. This work can be broken down into three main topics: 1) studying mammalian and sedimentological turnover across the Paleocene-Eocene boundary, 2) calibrating the timing of the Paleogene part of the North American Land Mammal Age (NALMA) framework using magnetostratigraphy, and 3) investigating the role of climate and local tectonics in the development of paleosols. To the left is a picture of early Eocene paleosols in the Wasatch Formation near South Pass, Wyoming. These beds record the boundary between the Wasatchian and Bridgerian Land Mammal Ages and correspond to one of the warmest intervals of earth history. |