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Gary Kocurek is affiliated with The University of Texas at Austin in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a significant emphasis on Earth-Surface Processes and Atmospheric Science. Their work also spans subfields such as Ecology, Anthropology, and Astronomy and Astrophysics.

The main topics covered in Kocurek's research include:

  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
  • Aeolian processes and effects
  • Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology
  • Aquatic Ecosystems and Biodiversity
  • Planetary Science and Exploration
  • Geological formations and processes
  • Hydrology and Sediment Transport Processes

The scientist has authored or co-authored several papers, notable among them are:

  • Adaptive foraging behaviours in the Horn of Africa during Toba supereruption, 2024, published in Nature
  • Aeolian dune accommodation space for Holocene Wadi Channel Avulsion Strata, Wahiba Dune Field, Oman, 2020, published in Sedimentary Geology
  • Transverse Aeolian Ridge Growth Mechanisms and Pattern Evolution in Scandia Cavi, Mars, 2021, published in Frontiers in Earth Science
  • Pattern evolution and interactions in subaqueous dune fields: North Loup River, Nebraska, U.S.A., 2020, published in Journal of Sedimentary Research
  • A LARGE LATE QUATERNARY PALEOLAKE NEAR MONAHANS, TEXAS, INFERRED BY LARGE-SCALE BIOGENIC STRUCTURES, 2020, published in Abstracts with programs - Geological Society of America

Frequent publication venues for Kocurek's work include:

  • Abstracts with programs - Geological Society of America
  • Nature
  • Frontiers in Earth Science
  • Sedimentary Geology
  • Journal of Sedimentary Research

Frequent collaborators in their research endeavors are:

  • Caroline Hern
  • Logan A. Wiest
  • Steven L. Forman
  • Connor Mayhack
  • William E. Lukens

Best Publications

  • The Petrology of the Sedimentary Rocks

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  • A habitable fluvio-lacustrine environment at Yellowknife Bay, Gale crater, Mars.

    J. P. Grotzinger;D. Y. Sumner;L. C. Kah;K. Stack

  • Deposition, exhumation, and paleoclimate of an ancient lake deposit, Gale crater, Mars.

    J.P. Grotzinger;S. Gupta;M. C. Malin;D.M. Rubin

  • Aeolian system sediment state: theory and Mojave Desert Kelso dune field example

    Gary A Kocurek;Nicholas Lancaster

  • Volatile and organic compositions of sedimentary rocks in Yellowknife Bay, Gale crater, Mars.

    Douglas W. Ming;P. D. Archer;D. P. Glavin;J. L. Eigenbrode

  • Significance of interdune deposits and bounding surfaces in aeolian dune sands

    Gary A Kocurek

  • Conditions favourable for the formation of warm-climate aeolian sand sheets

    Gary A Kocurek;Jamie Nielson

  • Curiosity at Gale Crater, Mars: Characterization and Analysis of the Rocknest Sand Shadow

    D F Blake;R V Morris;G Kocurek;Shaunna M Morrison

  • Distinctions and Uses of Stratification Types in the Interpretation of Eolian Sand

    Gary Kocurek;Robert H. Dott

  • Eolian Sequence Stratigraphy--A Conceptual Framework: Chapter 16: Recent Developments in Siliciclastic Sequence Stratigraphy

    Gary Kocurek;Karen G. Havholm

  • First-order and super bounding surfaces in eolian sequences. Bounding surfaces revisited

    Gary A Kocurek

  • Synthesis of late Paleozoic and Mesozoic eolian deposits of the Western Interior of the United States

    Ronald C. Blakey;Fred Peterson;Gary A Kocurek

  • Late Pleistocene and Holocene dune activity and wind regimes in the western Sahara Desert of Mauritania

    Nicholas Lancaster;Gary Kocurek;Ashok Singhvi;V. Pandey

  • Eolian sequence stratigraphy - a conceptual framework

    Gary Kocurek;Karen G. Havholm

  • Interpretation of Ancient Eolian Sand Dunes

    Gary A Kocurek

  • Aeolian dune field self-organization – implications for the formation of simple versus complex dune-field patterns

    Gary A Kocurek;Ryan C. Ewing

  • Pattern analysis of dune-field parameters

    Ryan C. Ewing;Gary Kocurek;Larry W. Lake

  • Jurassic Paleogeography and Paleoclimate of the Central and Southern Rocky Mountains Region

    Gary Kocurek;Robert H. Dott

  • BEDFORM SPACING FROM DEFECT DYNAMICS

    B. T. Werner;G. Kocurek

  • White Sands Dune Field, New Mexico: Age, dune dynamics and recent accumulations

    Gary Kocurek;Mary Carr;Ryan Ewing;Karen G. Havholm

  • Dune and dune-field development on Padre Island, Texas, with implications for interdune deposition and water-table-controlled accumulation

    Gary A Kocurek;M. Townsley;E. Yeh;K. Havholm

  • Arid zone geomorphology: Process, form and change in drylands

    Gary Kocurek

Frequent Co-Authors

David Mohrig
David Mohrig The University of Texas at Austin
Ryan C. Ewing
Ryan C. Ewing Texas A&M University
Kevin W. Lewis
Kevin W. Lewis Johns Hopkins University
Dawn Y. Sumner
Dawn Y. Sumner University of California, Davis
Melissa S. Rice
Melissa S. Rice Western Washington University
Kenneth S. Edgett
Kenneth S. Edgett Malin Space Science Systems (United States)
David M. Rubin
David M. Rubin University of California, Santa Cruz
John P. Grotzinger
John P. Grotzinger California Institute of Technology
Ralph E. Milliken
Ralph E. Milliken Brown University
Juergen Schieber
Juergen Schieber Indiana University

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