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John L. Isbell is affiliated with the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee in the United States and specializes in Earth and Planetary Sciences. Their research spans multiple subfields including Atmospheric Science, Earth-Surface Processes, Paleontology, Geochemistry and Petrology, and Geology. Isbell's work concentrates on geological formations, paleoclimatology, paleontology, stratigraphy, and geochemical analysis.

Their recent publications cover critical topics related to the late Paleozoic Ice Age and associated geological and climatic changes. Notable papers include:

  • Evaluation of physical and chemical proxies used to interpret past glaciations with a focus on the late Paleozoic Ice Age (2021, Earth-Science Reviews)
  • The late Paleozoic Ice Age along the southwestern margin of Gondwana: Facies models, age constraints, correlation and sequence stratigraphic framework (2020, Journal of South American Earth Sciences)
  • Records of chemical weathering and volcanism linked to paleoclimate transition during the Late Paleozoic Icehouse (2022, Global and Planetary Change)
  • Reassessing a glacial landscape developed during terminal glaciation of the Late Paleozoic Ice Age in Uruguay (2023, Sedimentary Geology)
  • Provenance of late Paleozoic glacial/post-glacial deposits in the eastern Chaco-Paraná Basin, Uruguay and southernmost Paraná Basin, Brazil (2020, Journal of South American Earth Sciences)

Isbell frequently collaborates with other researchers, including:

  • Nicholas D. Fedorchuk
  • Eduardo Menozzo da Rosa
  • Fernando Farias Vesely
  • Eduardo L.M. Rosa
  • Libby R. W. Ives

The scientist's work has been published repeatedly in venues such as:

  • Abstracts with programs - Geological Society of America
  • Journal of South American Earth Sciences
  • Sedimentary Geology
  • Boletim Paranaense de Geociências
  • Earth-Science Reviews

The main research topics investigated by Isbell include:

  • Geological formations and processes
  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
  • Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils
  • Geochemistry and Elemental Analysis
  • Geological and Geochemical Analysis
  • Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping
  • Geological and Geophysical Studies

John L. Isbell's research contributes to understanding ancient climatic and geological phenomena, with particular emphasis on glaciations and icehouse conditions during the late Paleozoic era. The interdisciplinary nature of their studies spans geochemistry, sedimentology, paleontology, and stratigraphy, integrating field observations and geochemical proxies to interpret Earth's past environments.

Best Publications

  • CO2-Forced Climate and Vegetation Instability During Late Paleozoic Deglaciation

    Isabel P. Montañez;Neil J. Tabor;Deb Niemeier;William A. DiMichele

  • Timing of late Paleozoic glaciation in Gondwana: Was glaciation responsible for the development of northern hemisphere cyclothems?

    John L. Isbell;Molly F. Miller;Keri L. Wolfe;Paul A. Lenaker

  • The late Paleozoic ice age—A review of current understanding and synthesis of global climate patterns

    Christopher R Fielding;Tracy D Frank;John L Isbell

  • Glacial paradoxes during the late Paleozoic ice age: Evaluating the equilibrium line altitude as a control on glaciation

    John L. Isbell;Lindsey C. Henry;Erik L. Gulbranson;Erik L. Gulbranson;Carlos Oscar Limarino;Carlos Oscar Limarino

  • High-Precision U-Pb Calibration of Carboniferous Glaciation and Climate History, Paganzo Group, NW Argentina

    Erik L. Gulbranson;Isabel P. Montañez;M. D. Schmitz;Carlos Oscar Limarino;Carlos Oscar Limarino

  • A paleoclimatic review of southern South America during the late Paleozoic: A record from icehouse to extreme greenhouse conditions

    Carlos Oscar Limarino;Silvia Nelida Cesari;Luis Antonio Spalletti;Arturo Cesar Taboada

  • Late Devonian and Early Carboniferous glacial records of South America

    Mário Vicente Caputo;José Henrique Gonçalves de Melo;Maurice Streel;John L Isbell

  • Resolving the late Paleozoic ice age in time and space

    Christopher R. Fielding;Tracy D. Frank;John L. Isbell

  • Reevaluation of the timing and extent of late Paleozoic glaciation in Gondwana: Role of the Transantarctic Mountains

    John L. Isbell;Paul A. Lenaker;Rosemary A. Askin;Molly F. Miller

  • Permian-Triassic Transantarctic basin

    James W. Collinson;John L. Isbell;David H. Elliot;Molly F. Miller

  • Carboniferous-Permian glaciation in the main Karoo Basin, South Africa: Stratigraphy, depositional controls, and glacial dynamics

    John L Isbell;Douglas I Cole;Octavian Catuneanu

  • A new stratigraphic framework built on U-Pb single-zircon TIMS ages and implications for the timing of the penultimate icehouse (Paraná Basin, Brazil)

    Neil Patrick Griffis;Roland Mundil;Isabel Patricia Montañez;John Isbell

  • Tetrapod and Large Burrows of Uncertain Origin in Triassic High Paleolatitude Floodplain Deposits, Antarctica

    Molly F. Miller;Stephen T. Hasiotis;Loren E. Babcock;John L. Isbell

  • Coupled stratigraphic and U-Pb zircon age constraints on the late Paleozoic icehouse-to-greenhouse turnover in south-central Gondwana

    Neil Patrick Griffis;Neil Patrick Griffis;Isabel Patricia Montañez;Roland Mundil;Jon Richey

  • Permian glacigenic deposits in the Transantarctic Mountains, Antarctica

    John L Isbell;Zelenda J Koch;Gina M Szablewski;Paul A Lenaker

  • Evaluation of physical and chemical proxies used to interpret past glaciations with a focus on the late Paleozoic Ice Age

    John L. Isbell;Fernando F. Vesely;Eduardo L.M. Rosa;Kathryn N. Pauls

  • The Kukri Erosion Surface; a reassessment of its relationship to rocks of the Beacon Supergroup in the central Transantarctic Mountains, Antarctica

    John L. Isbell

  • Tetrapod Burrows From the Triassic Of Antarctica

    Christian A. Sidor;Molly F. Miller;John L. Isbell

  • Mid-Carboniferous deglaciation of the Protoprecordillera, Argentina recorded in the Agua de Jagüel palaeovalley

    Lindsey C. Henry;John L. Isbell;Carlos O. Limarino;Lindsay J. McHenry

  • Carboniferous glacigenic deposits of the proto-Precordillera of west-central Argentina

    Lindsey C Henry;John L Isbell;Carlos O Limarino

  • Paleozoic-Mesozoic crayfish from Antarctica: Earliest evidence of freshwater decapod crustaceans

    Loren E. Babcock;Molly F. Miller;John L. Isbell;James W. Collinson

Frequent Co-Authors

Isabel P. Montañez
Isabel P. Montañez University of California, Davis
Roland Mundil
Roland Mundil Berkeley Geochronology Center
Qing-Zhu Yin
Qing-Zhu Yin University of California, Davis
Carlos O. Limarino
Carlos O. Limarino University of Buenos Aires
Sergio A. Marenssi
Sergio A. Marenssi University of Buenos Aires
Christopher R. Fielding
Christopher R. Fielding University of Connecticut
Tracy D. Frank
Tracy D. Frank University of Connecticut
Loren E. Babcock
Loren E. Babcock The Ohio State University
Thomas N. Taylor
Thomas N. Taylor University of Kansas
Stephen T. Hasiotis
Stephen T. Hasiotis University of Kansas

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