Publications

(student authors are underlined)

Journal articles

Woods, A. D. , 2009.  “Anatomy of anachronistic carbonate platform: Lower Triassic carbonates of the southwestern United States”.  Australian Journal of Earth Sciences, v. 56, pg. 825-839. 

Mary, M. L. , and Woods, A. D., 2008. “Stromatolites of the Lower Triassic Union Wash Formation, CA: Evidence for continued post-extinction environmental stress in western North America through the Spathian”. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, v. 261, pg. 78-86.

Mata, S. A. , and Woods, A. D., 2008.  “Sedimentology and paleoecology of the Lower Member of the Lower Triassic (Smithian-Spathian) Union Wash Formation, east-central California”. PALAIOS, v. 23, pg. 514-524.

Woods, A. D., and Baud, A., 2008.  “Anachronistic facies from a drowned Lower Triassic carbonate platform: Lower member of the Alwa Formation (Ba’id Exotic), Oman Mountains”.  Sedimentary Geology, v. 209, pg. 1-14.

Woods, A. D., Bottjer, D. J., and Corsetti, F. A., 2007.  “Deep-water seafloor calcite precipitates from east-central California:  Sedimentology and paleobiological significance” Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, v. 252, pg. 281-290.

Woods, A. D., 2005.  “Paleoceanographic and paleoclimatic context of Early Triassic Time”.  Comptes Rendus Palevol, v. 4, p. 395-404.

Woods, A. D. , and Bottjer, David J., 2000.  “Distribution of ammonoids in the Lower Triassic Union Wash Formation (eastern California):  Evidence for paleoceanographic conditions during recovery from the end-Permian mass extinction”.  PALAIOS, v. 15, p. 535-545.

Woods, A. D. , Bottjer, D. J., Mutti, M., and Morrison, J., 1999.  "Lower Triassic large seafloor carbonate cements: Their origin and a mechanism for the prolonged biotic recovery from the end-Permian mass extinction ".  Geology, v. 27, p. 645-648.

Algeo, T. J., and Woods, A. D., 1994.  "Microstratigraphy of the Lower Mississippian Sunbury Shale:  A Record of Solar-Modulated Climatic Cyclicity".  Geology, v. 22, p. 795-798.

Wignall, P. A., Woods, A. D., and Bottjer, D. J., 2005.  “Comment on ‘Permian-Triassic boundary interval in the Abadeh section of Iran with implications for mass extinction’”.  Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, v. 217, p. 315-317.

 

Meeting Abstracts

Alms, P. D. , and Woods, A. D., 2008.  “Limited Recovery from the Permian-Triassic Mass Extinction despite the Presence of Complex Ichnofabrics in the Lower Member of the Union Wash Formation, California” in 2008 Annual Meeting of the Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, Vol. 40, 304-18.

Anderson, K. , and Woods, A. D., 2008.  “A Taphonomic Study of Early Triassic Fossil Fishes from Vega-Phroso Siltstone Member of the Sulphur Mountain Formation, British Columbia, Canada” in 2008 Annual Meeting of the Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, Vol. 40, 249-14.

Woods, A. D. , 2008.  “The Role of Environmental Conditions In Recovery from the Permian-Triassic Mass Extinction: Why the Greatest Mass Extinction In Earth History Is Associated with a Long, Complicated Recovery” in 2008 Annual Meeting of the Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, Vol. 40, 285-11.

Alms, P. D. , and Woods, A. D., 2008.  “Trace Fossils from the Lower Member of the Union Wash Formation, CA: Evidence of an Early Recovery from the Permian-Triassic Mass Extinction?” in 2008 Cordilleran Meeting of the Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, Vol. 40, p. 42.

Kervin, R., and Woods, A. D., 2008.  “Origin and Evolution of Paleokarst from the Lower Ordovician Pogonip Group near Beatty, NV” in 2008 Cordilleran Meeting of the Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, Vol. 40, p. 38.

Anderson, K. , and Woods, A. D., 2007.  “Taphonomy of Early Triassic ganoid fish fossils of Vega-Phroso Siltstone Member of the Sulphur Mountain Formation near Wapiti Lake in British Columbia” in 2007 Annual Meeting of the Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, Vol. 39, p. 397.

Mata, S. A. , and Woods, A. D., 2007.  “Paleoecology of an Early Triassic (Dienerian(?)-Smithian) Marginal Marine System: Analysis of the Lower Member of the Lower Triassic Union Wash Formation” in 2007 Annual Meeting of the Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, Vol. 39, p. 88.

Woods, A. D. , 2007.  “Microbial and inorganic “cave deposits” from an abandoned gold mine, San Bernardino Mountains, CA”, in 2007 Annual Meeting of the Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, Vol. 39, p. 421.

Woods, A. D., and Baud, A., 2006.  “Unusual Lower Triassic (Smithian-Spathian) seafloor precipitates, microbialites, and carbonate cements from the Lower Alwa Formation, Wadi Alwa Megablock, Oman:  Implications for the biotic recovery from the Permian-Triassic mass extinction” in 2006 Annual Meeting of the Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 38, p. 539.

Clemens-Knott, D., Bowman, D. D., Kirby, M. E., Knott, J. R., and Woods, A. D., 2006.  “On-campus recruitment of geology majors:  Developing alternatives to physical geology at a large state university” in 2006 Annual Meeting of the Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 38, p. 568.

Kervin, R., and Woods, A. D., 2006.  “Sequence stratigraphy and paleokarst evolution of the Ordovician Antelope Valley Limestone near Beatty, NV” in 2006 Annual Meeting of the Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 38, p. 130.

Mary, M. L., and Woods, A. D., 2006.  “Stromatolites of the Lower Triassic Union Wash Formation and their significance for the biotic recovery following the Permian-Triassic mass extinction” in 2006 Annual Meeting of the Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 38, p. 539.

Mata, S. A., and Woods, A. D., 2006.  “Sedimentologic and paleontologic analysis of the Lower Member of the Early Triassic Union Wash Formation:  Paleoceanographic conditions along the western coast of North America following the Permian-Triassic mass extinction” in 2006 Annual Meeting of the Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 38, p. 554.

Woods, A. D., 2005, “Anachronistic periods in Earth history and their role in the search for extraterrestrial microbialites:  An example from the Early Triassic” in 2005 Annual Meeting of the Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 37, pg. 123.

Mary, M., and Woods, A. D., 2005, “Stromatolites from the Lower Triassic Union Wash Formation of east-central California:  Sedimentology and paleobiological significance” in 2005 Annual Meeting of the Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 37, pg. 137.

Woods, A. D., 2005.  “Sedimentology of Inorganic Calcite Precipitates from the Union Wash Formation, East-Central California, U.S.A.:  Implications for the Biotic Recovery from the End-Permian Mass Extinction”, in 2005 Annual Meeting of the American Association of Petroleum Geologists Abstracts with Programs, v. 14, p. A155.

Woods, A. D., Bottjer, D. J., and Corsetti, F. A., 2005.  “Lower Triassic Seafloor Precipitates from East-central California:  Sedimentology and Paleobiological Significance”, International Symposium on Triassic Chronostratigraphy and Biotic Recovery Program and Abstracts, Albertiana, v. 33, p. 90-93.

Woods, A. D., 2004.  “The Smithian-Spathian Anoxic Event and its possible impact on the biotic recovery from the Permian-Triassic mass extinction”, in 2004 Annual Meeting of the Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, p. 336.

Woods, A. D. , 2003 .  “ Peering into the "Mad Max" world: An analysis of temporal and spatial shifts in environmental conditions along the western margin of North America during the Early Triassic”, in 2003 Annual Meeting of the Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, p. 493.

Woods, A. D. , 2003.  “Widespread detrimental oceanic conditions along the western margin of North America during the Early Triassic: Anoxia without borders”, in 2003 Cordilleran Meeting of the Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, p. 68.

Woods, A. D. , 2002.  “The role of subcutaneous fluid escape in the formation of a cavity system within a mid-Ordovician (Whiterockian) mud mound at Meiklejohn Peak, southwestern Nevada”, in 2002 Annual Meeting of the Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, p. 335.

Van der Elst, N., and Woods, A. D., 2002.  “Speleothems from an abandoned gold mine, San Bernardino Mountains, California”, in 2002 Annual Meeting of the Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, p. 150.

Woods, A. D. , 2001.  “Timing and origin of cavities within Meiklejohn Peak, a Mid-Ordovician mudmound from southwestern Nevada”, in 2001 Annual Meeting of the Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, p. 256.

Woods, A. D. , 2001.  “Ordovician cave dwellers?  An examination of possible cryptic fauna from Meiklejohn Peak mudmound, southwestern Nevada", in 2001 Cordilleran Meeting of the Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, p. 53.

Woods, A. D. , and Bottjer, D. J., 2000.  “Mass extinction recoveries and environmental conditions:  evidence from the Early Triassic Union Wash Formation” ", in 2000 Annual Meeting of the Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, p. 369.

Woods, A. D. , and Bottjer, D. J., 1999.  "Ammonoids of the Lower Triassic Union Wash Formation:  their sedimentologic and paleoenvironmental significance", in 1999 Annual Meeting of the Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, p. 140.

Woods, A. D. , Mutti, M., and Bottjer, D. J., 1999.  Extensive growth of inorganic carbonate cements during the Triassic is linked to local anoxia and shifting global oceanic conditions", in 1999 Annual Meeting of the American Association of Petroleum Geologists Abstracts with Programs, p. 153.

Woods, A. D. , Mutti, M., and Bottjer, D. J., 1998  "Extensive inorganic calcium carbonate precipitation during the Triassic reflects unique global oceanic chemistry coupled with anoxia”.  Eos, Transactions of the American Geophysical Union, v. 79, p. F413.

Woods, A. D. , and Bottjer, D. J., 1998,  “Early Triassic anoxia, seafloor calcium carbonate precipitates, and ammonoid beds from eastern Panthalassia:  implications for understanding the prolonged end-Permian mass extinction biotic recovery", in 1998 Annual Meeting of the Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, p.311.

Woods, A. D. , and Bottjer, D. J., 1998.  "The Lower Triassic Union Wash Formation:  High resolution cyclostratigraphy offers insight into Pangean climatic oscillations", in 1998 Annual Meeting of the American Association of Petroleum Geologists Abstracts with Programs, v. 1, p. 710.

Woods, A. D. , and Bottjer, D. J., 1997.  Cyclostratigraphy of a Lower Triassic outer shelf sequence:  Nested cycles with frequencies ranging from decadal to millennial, and possibly Milankovitch", in 1997 Annual Meeting of the American Association of Petroleum Geologists Abstracts with Programs, p. 126.

Woods, A. D. , Bottjer, D. J., and Fischer, Alfred, G., 1997.  "Lower Triassic Calcium Carbonate Seafloor Precipitates:  Is The Permian The Key To The Triassic?", in 1997 Annual Meeting of the Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, p. 42.

Woods, A. D. , and Bottjer, D. J., 1996.  "Anoxia along the western margin of North America during the Early Triassic", in 1996 Annual Meeting of the American Association of Petroleum Geologists Abstracts with Programs, p. 153.

Woods, A. D. , Bottjer, D. J., and Fischer, Alfred, G., 1996.  "Enigmatic Lower Triassic calcite precipitates", in 1996 Annual Meeting of the Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, p. 35.

Woods, A. D. , and Bottjer, D. J., 1995.  “Evidence of widespread anoxia along the western margin of North America during the Early Triassic:  implications for the delayed Mesozoic radiation”, in 1995 Annual Meeting of the Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs. p. 370.

Algeo, T. J., and Woods, A. D., 1994.  “Microstratigraphic analysis of laminated Lower Mississippian black shales from the central Appalachian Basin; a record of solar-modulated climatic cyclicity”,  in 1994 North-central Meeting of the Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, p. 2.

Woods, A. D. and Algeo, T. J., 1993.  "Fine-Scale Stratigraphy of the Lower Mississippian Sunbury Shale:  A Record of Solar-Modulated Cyclicity",  in Proceedings: 1993 Eastern Oil Shale Symposium, Lexington, Kentucky.

Woods, A. D. and Algeo, T. J., 1993.  "Geochemical analysis of the microstratigraphy of a Lower Mississippian black shale: A View Towards Fine Scale Climatic Change", in 1993 North-central Meeting of the Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs.