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Sr-isotope chronology of carbonate rocks: Quantifying the uncertainty of inversion (2019)
Book Chapter
Wan, R., Liu, W., McArthur, J. M., & Wang, Z. (2019). Sr-isotope chronology of carbonate rocks: Quantifying the uncertainty of inversion. In M. Montenari (Ed.), Stratigraphy & Timescales (35-72). Elsevier. https://doi.org/10.1016/bs.sats.2019.08.003

The ages of carbonate rocks can be determined by comparing their 87Sr/86Sr ratios with the well-established seawater 87Sr/86Sr curve. Current models and databases provide no explicit solution to the problem of accurately assigning uncertainties to de... Read More about Sr-isotope chronology of carbonate rocks: Quantifying the uncertainty of inversion.

Isotope stratigraphy of Precambrian sedimentary rocks from Brazil: Keys to unlock Earth's hydrosphere, biosphere, tectonic, and climate evolution (2019)
Book Chapter
Caxito, F. D. A., Uhlein, G. J., Uhlein, A., Pedrosa-Soares, A. C., Kuchenbecker, M., Reis, H., …Rodrigues de Paula, J. (2019). Isotope stratigraphy of Precambrian sedimentary rocks from Brazil: Keys to unlock Earth's hydrosphere, biosphere, tectonic, and climate evolution. In M. Montenari (Ed.), Timescales (73-132). Elsevier. https://doi.org/10.1016/bs.sats.2019.08.002

Brazil is a natural laboratory for the application of isotope stratigraphy tools on the study of Precambrian sedimentary successions, with excellent registers of Archean, Paleo, Meso, and Neoproterozoic age. Those successions witnessed the most extre... Read More about Isotope stratigraphy of Precambrian sedimentary rocks from Brazil: Keys to unlock Earth's hydrosphere, biosphere, tectonic, and climate evolution.

Sulfur isotopes—Use for stratigraphy during times of rapid perturbations (2019)
Book Chapter
Yao, W., Wortmann, U. G., & Paytan, A. (2019). Sulfur isotopes—Use for stratigraphy during times of rapid perturbations. In M. Montenari (Ed.), Stratigraphy & Timescales (1-33). Elsevier. https://doi.org/10.1016/bs.sats.2019.08.004

The sulfur isotopic composition of seawater sulfate oscillates over geological time, responding to changes in the redox state and biogeochemical processes on the Earth's surface. During times of rapid perturbations in sulfur isotopes where biostratig... Read More about Sulfur isotopes—Use for stratigraphy during times of rapid perturbations.

Case Studies in Isotope Stratigraphy (2019)
Book
Montenari, M. (2019). M. Montenari (Ed.). Case Studies in Isotope Stratigraphy. Amsterdam: Elsevier

Case Studies in Isotope Stratigraphy, Volume Four in the Advances in Sequence Stratigraphy series, covers current research across many stratigraphic disciplines, providing information on the most recent developments for the geoscientific research com... Read More about Case Studies in Isotope Stratigraphy.

Computer modeling of Zircon (ZrSiO4)—Coffinite (USiO4) solid solutions and lead incorporation: Geological implications (2019)
Journal Article
Jackson, & Montenari. (2019). Computer modeling of Zircon (ZrSiO4)—Coffinite (USiO4) solid solutions and lead incorporation: Geological implications. https://doi.org/10.1016/bs.sats.2019.08.005

The structure of zircon, ZrSiO4 is modeled using interatomic potentials. The uranium end-member, coffinite (USiO4) and intermediate solid solutions of zircon and coffinite (UxZr1–xSiO4) are then modeled, allowing the prediction of lattice parameters... Read More about Computer modeling of Zircon (ZrSiO4)—Coffinite (USiO4) solid solutions and lead incorporation: Geological implications.

Cyclostratigraphy and Astrochronology in 2018 (2018)
Book Chapter
Hinnov, L. A. (2018). Cyclostratigraphy and Astrochronology in 2018. In M. Montenari (Ed.), Stratigraphy & Timescales (1-80). Elsevier. https://doi.org/10.1016/bs.sats.2018.08.004

After more than a century of doubt and equivocation, cyclostratigraphy – the stratigraphic record of astronomically forced paleoclimatic change – has come to be widely accepted in the geosciences. Cyclostratigraphy depicts a paleoclimate system that... Read More about Cyclostratigraphy and Astrochronology in 2018.

Astronomical Time Scale for the Mesozoic (2018)
Book Chapter
Huang, C. (2018). Astronomical Time Scale for the Mesozoic. In M. Montenari (Ed.), Stratigraphy & Timescales (81-150). Elsevier. https://doi.org/10.1016/bs.sats.2018.08.005

The astronomical theory and its application to sediment cyclostratigraphy have been widely studied over the past thirty years. Especially during the past decade, these have been successfully applied for a continuous high-resolution calibration of por... Read More about Astronomical Time Scale for the Mesozoic.

Muschelkalk Ramp Cycles Revisited (2018)
Book Chapter
Götz, A. E., & Török, Á. (2018). Muschelkalk Ramp Cycles Revisited. In M. Montenari (Ed.), Stratigraphy & Timescales (265-284). Elsevier. https://doi.org/10.1016/bs.sats.2018.08.003

Anisian Muschelkalk ramp cycles are well documented from the northwestern Tethys shelf and its northern Peri-Tethys Basin by detailed studies in Germany, the Netherlands, Poland, and Hungary. High-resolution correlation based on cyclostratigraphy has... Read More about Muschelkalk Ramp Cycles Revisited.

Paleocene-Eocene Calcareous Nannofossil Biostratigraphy and Cyclostratigraphy From the Neo-Tethys, Pabdeh Formation of the Zagros Basin (Iran) (2018)
Book Chapter
Azami, S. H., Wolfgring, E., Wagreich, M., & Mahmudy Gharaie, M. H. (2018). Paleocene-Eocene Calcareous Nannofossil Biostratigraphy and Cyclostratigraphy From the Neo-Tethys, Pabdeh Formation of the Zagros Basin (Iran). In M. Montenari (Ed.), Stratigraphy & Timescales (357-383). Elsevier. https://doi.org/10.1016/bs.sats.2018.08.006

The Pabdeh Formation in the Zagros Basin, Iran, records cyclic pelagic sedimentation from the middle Paleocene to the middle Eocene in a Tethyan setting. The cyclic successions consist of deeper-water pelagic to hemipelagic shale, marl (stone) and li... Read More about Paleocene-Eocene Calcareous Nannofossil Biostratigraphy and Cyclostratigraphy From the Neo-Tethys, Pabdeh Formation of the Zagros Basin (Iran).

Mechanisms of Preservation of the Eccentricity and Longer-term Milankovitch Cycles in Detrital Supply and Carbonate Production in Hemipelagic Marl-Limestone Alternations (2018)
Book Chapter
Martinez, M. (2018). Mechanisms of Preservation of the Eccentricity and Longer-term Milankovitch Cycles in Detrital Supply and Carbonate Production in Hemipelagic Marl-Limestone Alternations. In M. Montenari (Ed.), Stratigraphy & Timescales (189-218). Elsevier. https://doi.org/10.1016/bs.sats.2018.08.002

Eccentricity cycles often exert a strong influence on sedimentary series, while they only have weak powers in the insolation series. Three case studies previously published in Early Cretaceous hemipelagic marl-limestone alternations of the Tethyan ar... Read More about Mechanisms of Preservation of the Eccentricity and Longer-term Milankovitch Cycles in Detrital Supply and Carbonate Production in Hemipelagic Marl-Limestone Alternations.

Arabian Orbital Sequences (2018)
Book Chapter
Al-Husseini, M. (2018). Arabian Orbital Sequences. In M. Montenari (Ed.), Stratigraphy & Timescales (219-264). Elsevier. https://doi.org/10.1016/bs.sats.2018.08.001

The orbital scale of glacio-eustasy adopts stratons as the fundamental time-rock units of sequence stratigraphy, numbers them as consecutive integers and approximates their duration as 405 kyr (Matthews and Al-Husseini, 2010). It predicts 12 stratons... Read More about Arabian Orbital Sequences.

The Down-dip Preferential Sequence Record of Orbital Cycles in Greenhouse Carbonate Ramps (2018)
Book Chapter
Bádenas, B., & Aurell, M. (2018). The Down-dip Preferential Sequence Record of Orbital Cycles in Greenhouse Carbonate Ramps. In M. Montenari (Ed.), Stratigraphy & Timescales (285-325). Elsevier. https://doi.org/10.1016/bs.sats.2018.07.002

High-frequency sequences of different scales were recorded in the distinct carbonate ramps developed in the Iberian Basin (Spain) in the Jurassic times. This work reviews and compares the sedimentary record of these sequences in four Iberian carbonat... Read More about The Down-dip Preferential Sequence Record of Orbital Cycles in Greenhouse Carbonate Ramps.

Cyclostratigraphy of Shallow-Marine Carbonates – Limitations and Opportunities (2018)
Book Chapter
Strasser, A. (2018). Cyclostratigraphy of Shallow-Marine Carbonates – Limitations and Opportunities. In M. Montenari (Ed.), Stratigraphy & Timescales (151-187). Elsevier. https://doi.org/10.1016/bs.sats.2018.07.001

The sedimentary record of ancient shallow-marine carbonate platforms commonly displays a stacking of different facies, which reflects repetitive changes of depositional environments through time. These changes can be induced by external factors such... Read More about Cyclostratigraphy of Shallow-Marine Carbonates – Limitations and Opportunities.

Astronomical Calibration of the Tithonian – Berriasian in the Neuquén Basin, Argentina (2018)
Book Chapter
Kietzmann, D. A., Iglesia Llanos, M. P., & Martínez, M. K. (2018). Astronomical Calibration of the Tithonian – Berriasian in the Neuquén Basin, Argentina. In M. Montenari (Ed.), Stratigraphy & Timescales (327-355). Elsevier. https://doi.org/10.1016/bs.sats.2018.07.003

Detailed cyclostratigraphical analyses have been made from five Tithonian–Berriasian sections of the Vaca Muerta Formation, exposed in the Neuquén Basin, Argentina. The Vaca Muerta Formation is characterized by decimetre-scale rhythmic alternations o... Read More about Astronomical Calibration of the Tithonian – Berriasian in the Neuquén Basin, Argentina.

Upper Devonian Biostratigraphy, Event Stratigraphy, and Late Frasnian Kellwasser Extinction Bioevents in the Iowa Basin: Western Euramerica (2017)
Book Chapter
Day, J., & Witzke, B. J. (2017). Upper Devonian Biostratigraphy, Event Stratigraphy, and Late Frasnian Kellwasser Extinction Bioevents in the Iowa Basin: Western Euramerica. In M. Montenari (Ed.), Stratigraphy & Timescales (243-332). Elsevier. https://doi.org/10.1016/bs.sats.2017.08.002

Upper Devonian (Upper Frasnian) strata in the Iowa area (central United States) provide one of the best records in North America of Late Frasnian sea-level history and the associated Kellwasser Extinction Events within a detailed conodont biostratigr... Read More about Upper Devonian Biostratigraphy, Event Stratigraphy, and Late Frasnian Kellwasser Extinction Bioevents in the Iowa Basin: Western Euramerica.