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2886
World Ranking
9163
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2951

Research.com Recognitions

  • Fellow of the Geological Society of America
  • Fellow of the Geological Society of America

Overview

Gerilyn S. Soreghan is affiliated with the University of Oklahoma in the United States. Their research primarily falls within the field of Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a significant focus on several subfields including Atmospheric Science, Geophysics, Paleontology, Earth-Surface Processes, and Geochemistry and Petrology.

The main topics covered in their work include:

  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
  • Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils
  • Geological and Geochemical Analysis
  • Geological formations and processes
  • Geochemistry and Elemental Analysis
  • Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping
  • Landslides and related hazards

The scientist has published extensively, with recent papers including:

  • CONVOLUTIONAL NEURAL NETWORKS AS AN AID TO BIOSTRATIGRAPHY AND MICROPALEONTOLOGY: A TEST ON LATE PALEOZOIC MICROFOSSILS, 2020, published in Palaios
  • Loess in eastern equatorial Pangea archives a dusty atmosphere and possible upland glaciation, 2020, published in Geological Society of America Bulletin
  • Rock Magnetic Cyclostratigraphy of Permian Loess in Eastern Equatorial Pangea (Salagou Formation, South-Central France), 2020, published in Frontiers in Earth Science
  • A test of the efficacy of sand saltation for silt production: Implications for the interpretation of loess, 2020, published in Geology
  • An eolian dust origin for clastic fines of Devono-Mississippian mudrocks of the greater North American midcontinent, 2022, published in Journal of Sedimentary Research

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Gerilyn S. Soreghan include:

  • Lily S. Pfeifer
  • Alicia Bonar
  • Michael J. Soreghan
  • M. E. Elwood Madden
  • Andrew S. Elwood Madden

The scientist's work has appeared in several publication venues, notably:

  • Abstracts with programs - Geological Society of America
  • Frontiers in Earth Science
  • Journal of Sedimentary Research
  • Geological Society of America Bulletin
  • Global and Planetary Change

Gerilyn S. Soreghan has been recognized as a Fellow of the Geological Society of America.

Best Publications

  • AMPLITUDES OF LATE PENNSYLVANIAN GLACIOEUSTASY

    Gerilyn S. Soreghan;Katherine A. Giles

  • Explosive volcanism as a key driver of the late Paleozoic ice age

    Gerilyn S. Soreghan;Michael J. Soreghan;Nicholas G. Heavens

  • Equatorial Aridity in Western Pangea: Lower Permian Loessite and Dolomitic Paleosols in Northeastern New Mexico, U.S.A.

    Jennifer L.P. Kessler;Gerilyn S. Soreghan;Herbert J. Wacker

  • Paleowinds inferred from detrital-zircon geochronology of upper Paleozoic loessite, western equatorial Pangea

    Michael J. Soreghan;G.S. (Lynn) Soreghan;Michael A. Hamilton

  • Origin and significance of loess in late Paleozoic western Pangaea: A record of tropical cold?

    Gerilyn S. Soreghan;Michael J. Soreghan;Michael A. Hamilton

  • Sedimentologic-magnetic record of western Pangean climate in upper Paleozoic loessite (lower Cutler beds, Utah)

    G.S. (Lynn) Soreghan;R. Douglas Elmore;Michael T. Lewchuk

  • Generic types of stratigraphic cycles controlled by eustasy

    Gerilyn S. Soreghan;William R. Dickinson

  • Load-induced subsidence of the Ancestral Rocky Mountains recorded by preservation of Permian landscapes

    Gerilyn S. Soreghan;G. Randy Keller;M. Charles Gilbert;Clement G. Chase

  • Anomalous cold in the Pangaean tropics

    Gerilyn S. Soreghan;Michael J. Soreghan;Christopher J. Poulsen;Roger A. Young

  • Cosmogenic-nuclide burial ages for Pleistocene sedimentary fill in Unaweep Canyon, Colorado, USA

    Greg Balco;Gerilyn S. Soreghan;Dustin E. Sweet;Kristen R. Marra

  • Tracing Clastic Delivery To the Permian Delaware Basin, U.S.A.: Implications For Paleogeography and Circulation In Westernmost Equatorial Pangea

    Gerilyn S. Soreghan;Michael J. Soreghan

  • Stratigraphic responses to geologic processes: Late Pennsylvanian eustasy and tectonics in the Pedregosa and Orogrande basins, Ancestral Ricky Mountains

    Gerilyn S. Soreghan

  • Walther's law, climate change, and upper Paleozoic cyclostratigraphy in the ancestral Rocky Mountains

    Gerilyn S. Soreghan

  • Preservation and paleoclimatic significance of eolian dust in the Ancestral Rocky Mountains province

    Gerilyn S. Soreghan

  • Paleoclimatic inferences from paleopedology and magnetism of the Permian Maroon Formation loessite, Colorado, USA

    Kristy L. Tramp;G.S. (Lynn) Soreghan;R. Douglas Elmore

  • A model-based evaluation of tropical climate in Pangaea during the late Palaeozoic icehouse

    Nicholas G. Heavens;Natalie M. Mahowald;Gerilyn S. Soreghan;Michael J. Soreghan

  • Facies Character and Stratal Responses to Accommodation in Pennsylvanian Bioherms, Western Orogrande Basin, New Mexico

    Gerilyn S. Soreghan;Katherine A. Giles

  • Application of Quartz Sand Microtextural Analysis to Infer Cold-Climate Weathering for the Equatorial Fountain Formation (Pennsylvanian–Permian, Colorado, U.S.A.)

    Dustin E. Sweet;Gerilyn S. Soreghan

  • Upland Glaciation in Tropical Pangaea: Geologic Evidence and Implications for Late Paleozoic Climate Modeling

    Gerilyn S. Soreghan;Dustin E. Sweet;Nicholas G. Heavens

  • Lakes, Loess, and Paleosols In the Permian Wellington Formation of Oklahoma, U.S.A.: Implications For Paleoclimate and Paleogeography of the Midcontinent

    Jessica M. Giles;Michael J. Soreghan;Kathleen C. Benison;Gerilyn S. Soreghan

  • Permian dust in Oklahoma: Source and origin for Middle Permian (Flowerpot-Blaine) redbeds in Western Tropical Pangaea

    Alisan C. Sweet;Gerilyn S. Soreghan;Dustin E. Sweet;Michael J. Soreghan

Frequent Co-Authors

Linda A. Hinnov
Linda A. Hinnov George Mason University
Michael A. Hamilton
Michael A. Hamilton University of Toronto
Jeremy D. Owens
Jeremy D. Owens Florida State University
Cortland F. Eble
Cortland F. Eble University of Kentucky
Timothy W. Lyons
Timothy W. Lyons University of California, Riverside
Brenda L. Hall
Brenda L. Hall University of Maine
R. Douglas Elmore
R. Douglas Elmore University of Oklahoma
Michael D. Blum
Michael D. Blum University of Kansas
Stuart N. Thomson
Stuart N. Thomson University of Arizona
Natalie M. Mahowald
Natalie M. Mahowald Cornell University

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