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Judith Totman Parrish

Judith Totman Parrish

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2018 - GSA Distinguished Service Award, The Geological Society of America
  • Fellow of the Geological Society of America

Overview

Judith Totman Parrish is affiliated with the University of Idaho in the United States and specializes in Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a particular focus on Earth-Surface Processes, Atmospheric Science, and Mechanics of Materials. Their research also intersects the fields of Global and Planetary Change and Anthropology.

Their work covers several main topics, including:

  • Geological formations and processes
  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
  • Aeolian processes and effects
  • Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis
  • Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics
  • Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology
  • Geological Studies and Exploration

The scientist has contributed to multiple publications in venues such as:

  • Abstracts with programs - Geological Society of America
  • Journal of Sedimentary Research
  • National Science Review
  • Geological Journal
  • Palaios

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Judith Totman Parrish include:

  • Defining bounding surfaces within and between eolian and non-eolian deposits, Lower Jurassic Navajo Sandstone, Moab Area, Utah, U.S.A.: Implications for subdividing erg system strata (2021, Journal of Sedimentary Research)
  • Hierarchical scales of soft-sediment deformation in erg deposits, Lower Jurassic Navajo Sandstone, Moab area, Utah, U.S.A. (2020, Journal of Sedimentary Research)
  • RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN BOUNDING SURFACES, ICHNOCOENOSES, AND ICHNOFACIES IN ERG SYSTEM STRATA: EXAMPLES FROM THE JURASSIC NAVAJO SANDSTONE (2021, Abstracts with programs - Geological Society of America)
  • DOLOMITIZATION PATTERNS IN FRESHWATER CARBONATE AS EVIDENCE OF DIFFERENTIAL BURIAL DEPTH OF THE JURASSIC NAVAJO SANDSTONE, UTAH, USA (2022, Abstracts with programs - Geological Society of America)
  • AN ERG LANDSCAPE MYSTERY: AN EXOTIC BLOCK IN JURASSIC EOLIAN-FLUVIAL DEPOSITS, GRAND STAIRCASE ESCALANTE NATIONAL MONUMENT, UTAH (2022, Abstracts with programs - Geological Society of America)

Frequently collaborating co-authors with whom they have shared multiple publications include:

  • Stephen T. Hasiotis
  • Marjorie A. Chan
  • Nancy Riggs
  • Jerry P. Fairley
  • R. J. Gillis

Judith Totman Parrish has been recognized by the Geological Society of America, having received the GSA Distinguished Service Award in 2018 and being named a Fellow of the Geological Society of America.

Best Publications

  • Climate of the Supercontinent Pangea

    Judith Totman Parrish

  • Atmospheric circulation, upwelling, and organic-rich rocks in the Mesozoic and Cenozoic eras

    Judith Totman Parrish;Rebecca L. Curtis

  • Rainfall patterns and the distribution of coals and evaporites in the Mesozoic and Cenozoic

    Judith Totman Parrish;A.M. Ziegler;Christopher R. Scotese

  • Upwelling and Petroleum Source Beds, With Reference to Paleozoic

    Judith Totman Parrish

  • Wind directions predicted from global circulation models and wind directions determined from eolian sandstones of the western United States—A comparison

    Judith Totman Parrish;Fred Peterson

  • The Pangaean Megamonsoon- Evidence from the Upper Triassic Chinle Formation, Colorado Plateau

    Russell F. Dubiel;Judith Totman Parrish;J. Michael Parrish;Steven C. Good

  • Interpreting pre-Quaternary climate from the geologic record

    Judith Totman Parrish

  • Carboniferous paleogeographic, phytogeographic, and paleoclimatic reconstructions

    David B. Rowley;Anne Raymond;Judith Totman Parrish;Ann L. Lottes

  • Late Cretaceous-early Tertiary palaeoclimates of northern high latitudes: a quantitative view

    Robert A. Spicer;Judith Totman Parrish

  • Late Cretaceous terrestrial vegetation: A near-polar temperature curve

    Judith Totman Parrish;Robert A. Spicer

  • Paleobotanical evidence for cool north polar climates in middle Cretaceous (Albian-Cenomanian) time

    Robert A. Spicer;Judith Totman Parrish

  • Late Cretaceous vertebrate fossils from the North Slope of Alaska and implications for dinosaur ecology

    J. Michael Parrish;Judith Totman Parrish;J. Howard Hutchison;Robert A. Spicer

  • Controls on the Distribution and Quality of Cretaceous Coals

    Peter J. McCabe;Judith Totman Parrish

  • Jurassic Climates as Inferred from the Sedimentary and Fossil Record - Discussion

    A. Hallam;J. A. Crame;M. O. Mancenido;J. Francis

  • Late Jurassic Climates, Vegetation, and Dinosaur Distributions

    P. McAllister Rees;Christopher R. Noto;J. Michael Parrish;Judith T. Parrish

  • Early Mesozoic phytogeography and climate

    Alfred M. Ziegler;J. Michael Parrish;Yao Jiping;Eric D. Gyllenhaal

  • Middle Cretaceous wood from the Nanushuk Group, central North Slope, Alaska

    Judith T Parrish;Robert A Spicer

  • Plant taphonomy in incised valleys: Implications for interpreting paleoclimate from fossil plants

    Timothy M. Demko;Russell F. Dubiel;Judith Totman Parrish

  • Jurassic “savannah”—plant taphonomy and climate of the Morrison Formation (Upper Jurassic, Western USA)

    Judith Totman Parrish;Fred Peterson;Christine E Turner

  • Geologic Evidence of Permian Climate

    J. T. Parrish

Frequent Co-Authors

Stephen T. Hasiotis
Stephen T. Hasiotis University of Kansas
Marjorie A. Chan
Marjorie A. Chan University of Utah
Robert A. Spicer
Robert A. Spicer The Open University
Christopher R. Scotese
Christopher R. Scotese Northwestern University
Gerilyn S. Soreghan
Gerilyn S. Soreghan University of Oklahoma
Anthony R. Fiorillo
Anthony R. Fiorillo New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science
David B. Rowley
David B. Rowley University of Chicago
Isabel P. Montañez
Isabel P. Montañez University of California, Davis
Aymon Baud
Aymon Baud University of Lausanne
David J. Bottjer
David J. Bottjer University of Southern California

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