Publications

(student authors are underlined)

 

Journal articles:

Woods, A. D., 2009.  ÒAnatomy of anachronistic carbonate platform: Lower Triassic carbonates of the southwestern United StatesÓ.  Australian Journal of Earth Sciences, v. 56, pg. 825-839. 

 

Mary, M. L., and Woods, A. D., 2008. ÒStromatolites of the Lower Triassic Union Wash Formation, CA: Evidence for continued post-extinction environmental stress in western North America through the SpathianÓ. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, v. 261, pg. 78-86.

 

Mata, S. A., and Woods, A. D., 2008.  ÒSedimentology and paleoecology of the Lower Member of the Lower Triassic (Smithian-Spathian) Union Wash Formation, east-central CaliforniaÓ. PALAIOS, v. 23, pg. 514-524.

 

Woods, A. D., and Baud, A., 2008.  ÒAnachronistic facies from a drowned Lower Triassic carbonate platform: Lower member of the Alwa Formation (BaÕid Exotic), Oman MountainsÓ.  Sedimentary Geology, v. 209, pg. 1-14.

 

Woods, A. D., Bottjer, D. J., and Corsetti, F. A., 2007.  ÒDeep-water seafloor calcite precipitates from east-central California:  Sedimentology and paleobiological significanceÓ Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, v. 252, pg. 281-290.

 

Woods, A. D., 2005.  ÒPaleoceanographic and paleoclimatic context of Early Triassic TimeÓ.  Comptes Rendus Palevol, v. 4, p. 395-404.

 

Woods, A. D., and Bottjer, David J., 2000.  ÒDistribution of ammonoids in the Lower Triassic Union Wash Formation (eastern California):  Evidence for paleoceanographic conditions during recovery from the end-Permian mass extinctionÓ.  PALAIOS, v. 15, p. 535-545.

 

Woods, A. D., Bottjer, D. J., Mutti, M., and Morrison, J., 1999.  "Lower Triassic large seafloor carbonate cements: Their origin and a mechanism for the prolonged biotic recovery from the end-Permian mass extinction ".  Geology, v. 27, p. 645-648.

 

Algeo, T. J., and Woods, A. D., 1994.  "Microstratigraphy of the Lower Mississippian Sunbury Shale:  A Record of Solar-Modulated Climatic Cyclicity".  Geology, v. 22, p. 795-798.

 

Wignall, P. A., Woods, A. D., and Bottjer, D. J., 2005.  ÒComment on ÔPermian-Triassic boundary interval in the Abadeh section of Iran with implications for mass extinctionÕÓ.  Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, v. 217, p. 315-317.

 

Meeting abstracts:

 

Alms, P. D., and Woods, A. D., 2008.  ÒLimited Recovery from the Permian-Triassic Mass Extinction despite the Presence of Complex Ichnofabrics in the Lower Member of the Union Wash Formation, CaliforniaÓ in 2008 Annual Meeting of the Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, Vol. 40, 304-18.

 

Anderson, K., and Woods, A. D., 2008.  ÒA Taphonomic Study of Early Triassic Fossil Fishes from Vega-Phroso Siltstone Member of the Sulphur Mountain Formation, British Columbia, CanadaÓ in 2008 Annual Meeting of the Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, Vol. 40, 249-14.

 

Woods, A. D., 2008.  ÒThe Role of Environmental Conditions In Recovery from the Permian-Triassic Mass Extinction: Why the Greatest Mass Extinction In Earth History Is Associated with a Long, Complicated RecoveryÓ in 2008 Annual Meeting of the Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, Vol. 40, 285-11.

 

Alms, P. D., and Woods, A. D., 2008.  ÒTrace Fossils from the Lower Member of the Union Wash Formation, CA: Evidence of an Early Recovery from the Permian-Triassic Mass Extinction?Ó in 2008 Cordilleran Meeting of the Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, Vol. 40, p. 42.

 

Kervin, R., and Woods, A. D., 2008.  ÒOrigin and Evolution of Paleokarst from the Lower Ordovician Pogonip Group near Beatty, NVÓ in 2008 Cordilleran Meeting of the Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, Vol. 40, p. 38.

 

Anderson, K., and Woods, A. D., 2007.  ÒTaphonomy of Early Triassic ganoid fish fossils of Vega-Phroso Siltstone Member of the Sulphur Mountain Formation near Wapiti Lake in British ColumbiaÓ in 2007 Annual Meeting of the Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, Vol. 39, p. 397.

 

Mata, S. A., and Woods, A. D., 2007.  ÒPaleoecology of an Early Triassic (Dienerian(?)-Smithian) Marginal Marine System: Analysis of the Lower Member of the Lower Triassic Union Wash FormationÓ in 2007 Annual Meeting of the Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, Vol. 39, p. 88.

 

Woods, A. D., 2007.  ÒMicrobial and inorganic Òcave depositsÓ from an abandoned gold mine, San Bernardino Mountains, CAÓ, in 2007 Annual Meeting of the Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, Vol. 39, p. 421.

 

Woods, A. D., and Baud, A., 2006.  ÒUnusual Lower Triassic (Smithian-Spathian) seafloor precipitates, microbialites, and carbonate cements from the Lower Alwa Formation, Wadi Alwa Megablock, Oman:  Implications for the biotic recovery from the Permian-Triassic mass extinctionÓ in 2006 Annual Meeting of the Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 38, p. 539.

 

Clemens-Knott, D., Bowman, D. D., Kirby, M. E., Knott, J. R., and Woods, A. D., 2006.  ÒOn-campus recruitment of geology majors:  Developing alternatives to physical geology at a large state universityÓ in 2006 Annual Meeting of the Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 38, p. 568.

 

Kervin, R., and Woods, A. D., 2006.  ÒSequence stratigraphy and paleokarst evolution of the Ordovician Antelope Valley Limestone near Beatty, NVÓ in 2006 Annual Meeting of the Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 38, p. 130.

 

Mary, M. L., and Woods, A. D., 2006.  ÒStromatolites of the Lower Triassic Union Wash Formation and their significance for the biotic recovery following the Permian-Triassic mass extinctionÓ in 2006 Annual Meeting of the Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 38, p. 539.

 

Mata, S. A., and Woods, A. D., 2006.  ÒSedimentologic and paleontologic analysis of the Lower Member of the Early Triassic Union Wash Formation:  Paleoceanographic conditions along the western coast of North America following the Permian-Triassic mass extinctionÓ in 2006 Annual Meeting of the Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 38, p. 554.

 

Woods, A. D., 2005, ÒAnachronistic periods in Earth history and their role in the search for extraterrestrial microbialites:  An example from the Early TriassicÓ in 2005 Annual Meeting of the Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 37, pg. 123.

 

Mary, M., and Woods, A. D., 2005, ÒStromatolites from the Lower Triassic Union Wash Formation of east-central California:  Sedimentology and paleobiological significanceÓ in 2005 Annual Meeting of the Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 37, pg. 137.

 

 

 

Woods, A. D., 2005.  ÒSedimentology of Inorganic Calcite Precipitates from the Union Wash Formation, East-Central California, U.S.A.:  Implications for the Biotic Recovery from the End-Permian Mass ExtinctionÓ, in 2005 Annual Meeting of the American Association of Petroleum Geologists Abstracts with Programs, v. 14, p. A155.

 

Woods, A. D., Bottjer, D. J., and Corsetti, F. A., 2005.  ÒLower Triassic Seafloor Precipitates from East-central California:  Sedimentology and Paleobiological SignificanceÓ, International Symposium on Triassic Chronostratigraphy and Biotic Recovery Program and Abstracts, Albertiana, v. 33, p. 90-93.

 

Woods, A. D., 2004.  ÒThe Smithian-Spathian Anoxic Event and its possible impact on the biotic recovery from the Permian-Triassic mass extinctionÓ, in 2004 Annual Meeting of the Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, p. 336.

 

Woods, A. D., 2003.  ÒPeering into the "Mad Max" world: An analysis of temporal and spatial shifts in environmental conditions along the western margin of North America during the Early TriassicÓ, in 2003 Annual Meeting of the Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, p. 493.

 

Woods, A. D., 2003.  ÒWidespread detrimental oceanic conditions along the western margin of North America during the Early Triassic: Anoxia without bordersÓ, in 2003 Cordilleran Meeting of the Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, p. 68.

 

Woods, A. D., 2002.  ÒThe role of subcutaneous fluid escape in the formation of a cavity system within a mid-Ordovician (Whiterockian) mud mound at Meiklejohn Peak, southwestern NevadaÓ, in 2002 Annual Meeting of the Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, p. 335.

 

Van der Elst, N., and Woods, A. D., 2002.  ÒSpeleothems from an abandoned gold mine, San Bernardino Mountains, CaliforniaÓ, in 2002 Annual Meeting of the Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, p. 150.

 

Woods, A. D., 2001.  ÒTiming and origin of cavities within Meiklejohn Peak, a Mid-Ordovician mudmound from southwestern NevadaÓ, in 2001 Annual Meeting of the Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, p. 256.

 

Woods, A. D., 2001.  ÒOrdovician cave dwellers?  An examination of possible cryptic fauna from Meiklejohn Peak mudmound, southwestern Nevada", in 2001 Cordilleran Meeting of the Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, p. 53.

 

Woods, A. D., and Bottjer, D. J., 2000.  ÒMass extinction recoveries and environmental conditions:  evidence from the Early Triassic Union Wash FormationÓ ", in 2000 Annual Meeting of the Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, p. 369.

 

Woods, A. D., and Bottjer, D. J., 1999.  "Ammonoids of the Lower Triassic Union Wash Formation:  their sedimentologic and paleoenvironmental significance", in 1999 Annual Meeting of the Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, p. 140.

 

Woods, A. D., Mutti, M., and Bottjer, D. J., 1999.  Extensive growth of inorganic carbonate cements during the Triassic is linked to local anoxia and shifting global oceanic conditions", in 1999 Annual Meeting of the American Association of Petroleum Geologists Abstracts with Programs, p. 153.

 

Woods, A. D., Mutti, M., and Bottjer, D. J., 1998  "Extensive inorganic calcium carbonate precipitation during the Triassic reflects unique global oceanic chemistry coupled with anoxiaÓ.  Eos, Transactions of the American Geophysical Union, v. 79, p. F413.

 

Woods, A. D., and Bottjer, D. J., 1998,  ÒEarly Triassic anoxia, seafloor calcium carbonate precipitates, and ammonoid beds from eastern Panthalassia:  implications for understanding the prolonged end-Permian mass extinction biotic recovery", in 1998 Annual Meeting of the Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, p.311.

 

Woods, A. D., and Bottjer, D. J., 1998.  "The Lower Triassic Union Wash Formation:  High resolution cyclostratigraphy offers insight into Pangean climatic oscillations", in 1998 Annual Meeting of the American Association of Petroleum Geologists Abstracts with Programs, v. 1, p. 710.

 

Woods, A. D., and Bottjer, D. J., 1997.  Cyclostratigraphy of a Lower Triassic outer shelf sequence:  Nested cycles with frequencies ranging from decadal to millennial, and possibly Milankovitch", in 1997 Annual Meeting of the American Association of Petroleum Geologists Abstracts with Programs, p. 126.

 

Woods, A. D., Bottjer, D. J., and Fischer, Alfred, G., 1997.  "Lower Triassic Calcium Carbonate Seafloor Precipitates:  Is The Permian The Key To The Triassic?", in 1997 Annual Meeting of the Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, p. 42.

 

Woods, A. D., and Bottjer, D. J., 1996.  "Anoxia along the western margin of North America during the Early Triassic", in 1996 Annual Meeting of the American Association of Petroleum Geologists Abstracts with Programs, p. 153.

 

Woods, A. D., Bottjer, D. J., and Fischer, Alfred, G., 1996.  "Enigmatic Lower Triassic calcite precipitates", in 1996 Annual Meeting of the Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, p. 35.

 

Woods, A. D., and Bottjer, D. J., 1995.  ÒEvidence of widespread anoxia along the western margin of North America during the Early Triassic:  implications for the delayed Mesozoic radiationÓ, in 1995 Annual Meeting of the Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs. p. 370.

 

Algeo, T. J., and Woods, A. D., 1994.  ÒMicrostratigraphic analysis of laminated Lower Mississippian black shales from the central Appalachian Basin; a record of solar-modulated climatic cyclicityÓ,  in 1994 North-central Meeting of the Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, p. 2.

 

Woods, A. D. and Algeo, T. J., 1993.  "Fine-Scale Stratigraphy of the Lower Mississippian Sunbury Shale:  A Record of Solar-Modulated Cyclicity",  in Proceedings: 1993 Eastern Oil Shale Symposium, Lexington, Kentucky.

 

Woods, A. D. and Algeo, T. J., 1993.  "Geochemical analysis of the microstratigraphy of a Lower Mississippian black shale: A View Towards Fine Scale Climatic Change", in 1993 North-central Meeting of the Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs.

 

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