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

Overview

John F. Wehmiller is affiliated with the University of Delaware in the United States. Their research primarily falls within the field of Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a focus on several subfields including Atmospheric Science, Environmental Chemistry, Ecology, Earth-Surface Processes, and Paleontology.

Their work centers on topics such as Geology and Paleoclimatology Research, Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena, Isotope Analysis in Ecology, Geological formations and processes, Archaeology and ancient environmental studies, Marine and environmental studies, and earthquake and tectonic studies.

Key recent publications by John F. Wehmiller include:

  • Molluscan aminostratigraphy of the US Mid-Atlantic Quaternary coastal system: Implications for onshore-offshore correlation, paleochannel and barrier island evolution, and local late Quaternary sea-level history, 2021, Quaternary Geochronology
  • Long-term preservation of amino acid racemization interlaboratory comparison samples, 2022, Quaternary Geochronology
  • US MID-ATLANTIC COASTAL PLAIN MOLLUSCAN AMINOCHRONOLOGY AND ITS RELATION TO MIS-3 OSL AGES FOR EMERGENT COASTAL UNITS, 2022, Abstracts with programs - Geological Society of America

Other associated publications relevant to their field include works by frequent collaborators:

  • MIS 5e relative sea-level index points along the Pacific coast of North America, 2021, Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Depositional Environments and Stratigraphy of Quaternary Paleochannel Systems Offshore of the Georgia Bight, Southeastern U.S.A., 2021, Journal of Coastal Research

John F. Wehmiller frequently collaborates with several co-authors, including K.W. Ramsey, David S. Foster, C.R. Mattheus, Christopher J. Hein, and Daniel R. Muhs.

Their research has been published prominently in venues such as:

  • Abstracts with programs - Geological Society of America
  • Quaternary Geochronology
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Journal of Coastal Research
  • Journal of the Franklin Institute

They have been recognized as a Fellow of the Geological Society of America.

Best Publications

  • Racemization of Amino Acids in Marine Sediments

    John Wehmiller;P. E. Hare

  • A review of amino acid racemization studies in Quaternary mollusks: Stratigraphic and chronologic applications in coastal and interglacial sites, pacific and Atlantic coasts, United States, United Kingdom, baffin Island, and tropical islands

    John F. Wehmiller

  • Quaternary coasts of the United States : marine and lacustrine systems

    Charles H. Fletcher;John F. Wehmiller

  • Aminostratigraphy and faunal correlations of late Quaternary marine terraces, Pacific Coast, USA

    George L. Kennedy;Kenneth R. Lajoie;John F. Wehmiller

  • Interlaboratory comparison of amino acid enantiomeric ratios in fossil Pleistocene mollusks

    John F. Wehmiller

  • Air‐ground temperature coupling and subsurface propagation of annual temperature signals

    Jason E. Smerdon;Henry N. Pollack;Vladimir Cermak;John W. Enz

  • Comparative taphonomy of bivalves and foraminifera from Holocene tidal flat sediments, Bahia la Choya, Sonora, Mexico (northern Gulf of California): Taphonomic grades and temporal resolution

    Ronald E. Martin;John F. Wehmiller;M. Scott Harris;W. David Liddell

  • A review of the aminostratigraphy of Quaternary mollusks from United States Atlantic Coastal Plain sites

    John F. Wehmiller;Daniel F. Belknap;Brian S. Boutin;June E. Mirecki

  • Aminostratigraphic Dating Methods in Quaternary Geology

    John F. Wehmiller;Gifford H. Miller

  • Daily, seasonal, and annual relationships between air and subsurface temperatures

    Jason E. Smerdon;Henry N. Pollack;Vladimir Cermak;John W. Enz

  • Quaternary sea level history of the United States

    Daniel R. Muhs;John F. Wehmiller;Kathleen R. Simmons;Linda L. York

  • AMINO ACID RACEMIZATION GEOCHRONOLOGY OF REWORKED QUATERNARY MOLLUSKS ON U.S. ATLANTIC COAST BEACHES : IMPLICATIONS FOR CHRONOSTRATIGRAPHY, TAPHONOMY, AND COASTAL SEDIMENT TRANSPORT

    John F. Wehmiller;Linda L. York;Michelle L. Bart

  • Quantitative comparisons and models of time-averaging in bivalve and brachiopod shell accumulations

    Richard A. Krause;Susan L. Barbour;Michał Kowalewski;Darrell S. Kaufman

  • Uranium-series coral ages from the US Atlantic Coastal Plain–the “80 ka problem” revisited

    John F. Wehmiller;Kathleen R. Simmons;Hai Cheng;R. Lawrence Edwards

  • Comparison of Amino Acid Racemization Geochronometry with Lithostratigraphy, Biostratigraphy, Uranium-Series Coral Dating, and Magnetostratigraphy in the Atlantic Coastal Plain of the Southeastern United States

    L. McCartan;J. P. Owens;B. W. Blackwelder;B. J. Szabo

  • Depositional Patterns Resulting From High Frequency Quaternary Sea Level Fluctuations In Northeastern North Carolina

    Stanley R. Riggs;Linda L. York;John F. Wehmiller;Stephen W. Snyder

  • Correlation and chronology of Pacific Coast marine terrace deposits of continental United States by fossil amino acid stereochemistry technique, evaluation, relative ages, kinetic model ages, and geologic implications

    John F. Wehmiller;K.R. Lajoie;K.A. Kvenvolden;Etta Peterson

  • Amino acid studies of the Del Mar, California, midden site: Apparent rate constants, ground temperature models, and chronological implications

    John F. Wehmiller

  • Relative and Absolute Dating of Quaternary Mollusks With Amino Acid Racemization: Evaluation, Applications and Questions

    John F. Wehmiller

  • Alternative kinetic models for the interpretation of amino acid enantiomeric ratios in Pleistocene mollusks: Examples from California, Washington, and Florida

    John F. Wehmiller;Daniel F. Belknap

  • Applications of Organic Geochemistry for Quaternary Research

    John F. Wehmiller

Frequent Co-Authors

David J. Mallinson
David J. Mallinson East Carolina University
Stephen J. Culver
Stephen J. Culver East Carolina University
Stanley R. Riggs
Stanley R. Riggs East Carolina University
E. Robert Thieler
E. Robert Thieler United States Geological Survey
Darrell S. Kaufman
Darrell S. Kaufman Northern Arizona University
Benjamin P. Horton
Benjamin P. Horton City University of Hong Kong
Debra A. Willard
Debra A. Willard United States Geological Survey
Thomas M. Cronin
Thomas M. Cronin United States Geological Survey
Kenneth G. Miller
Kenneth G. Miller Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Gerard Muyzer
Gerard Muyzer University of Amsterdam

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