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Works by Bruce M. Simonson in Earth Sciences

2023

Implications of the loess record for Holocene climate and human settlement in Heye Catchment, Jiuzhaigou, eastern Tibetan Plateau, Sichuan, China, Amanda C. Henck Schmidt, Brian D. Collins, Amanda Keen-Zebert, Jade D'Alpoim Guedes, Anke Hein, Andrew Womack, Casey McGuire, James Feathers, Lyman Persico, Dominic Fiallo, Ya Tang, Bruce M. Simonson
Faculty & Staff Scholarship

2018

Archean Asteroid Impacts on Earth: Stratigraphic and Isotopic Age Correlations and Environmental Consequences, Alexandra E. Krull-Davatzes, Steven Goderis, Bruce M. Simonson
Faculty & Staff Scholarship

2017

Raman Microspectroscopic Mapping with Multivariate Curve Resolution–Alternating Least Squares (MCR-ALS) Applied to the High-Pressure Polymorph of Titanium Dioxide, TiO 2 -II, Joseph P. Smith, Frank C. Smith, Joshua Ottaway, Alexandra E. Krull-Davatzes, Bruce M. Simonson, Billy P. Glass, Karl S. Booksh
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2016

Shock-metamorphosed rutile grains containing the high-pressure polymorph TiO2-II in four Neoarchean spherule layers, Frank C. Smith, Billy P. Glass, Bruce M. Simonson, Joseph P. Smith, Alexandra E. Krull-Davatzes, Karl S. Booksh
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Spherule layers, crater scaling laws, and the population of ancient terrestrial impactors, Brandon C. Johnson, Gareth S. Collins, David A. Minton, Timothy J. Bowling, Bruce M. Simonson, Maria T. Zuber
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Review: Landscapes and Landforms of South Africa, Bruce M. Simonson
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2015

Review: Geology and resource potential of the Congo Basin, Bruce M. Simonson
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Review: Four revolutions in the earth sciences: from heresy to truth, Bruce M. Simonson
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Review: Introducing the planets and their moons, Bruce M. Simonson
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First detection of extraterrestrial material in ca. 2.49 Ga impact spherule layer in Kuruman Iron Formation, South Africa, Bruce M. Simonson, Steven Goderis, Nicolas J. Beukes
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2014

Review: Planetary Geology: an Introduction, Bruce M. Simonson
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Review: The Earth as Cradle for Life: The Origin, Evolution and Future of the Environment, Bruce M. Simonson
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Review: Dune Worlds: How Windblown Sand Shapes Planetary Landscapes, Bruce M. Simonson
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2013

Distal Impact Ejecta Layers: A Record of Large Impacts in Sedimentary Deposits, Billy P. Glass, Bruce M. Simonson
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Ni-rich spinels and platinum group element nuggets condensed from a Late Archaean impact vapour cloud, Steven Goderis, Bruce M. Simonson, Iain McDonald, Scott W. Hassler, Andrei Izmer, Joke Belza, Herman Terryn, Frank Vanhaecke, Philippe Claeys
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Review: Working on Mars: Voyages of Scientific Discovery with the Mars Exploration Rovers, Bruce M. Simonson
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Review: How to Build a Habitable Planet: the Story of Earth from the Big Bang to Humankind, Bruce M. Simonson
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Review: Lunar Domes: Properties and Formation Processes, Bruce M. Simonson
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Review: Impact Cratering: Processes and Products, Bruce M. Simonson
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Faculty Picks: 5 Best Books on Water Resource Management, Bruce M. Simonson
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Application of laser ablation-ICP-mass spectrometry for 2-dimensional mapping of element distributions in a Late Archean impact spherule layer, Andrei Izmer, Steven Goderis, Bruce M. Simonson, Iain McDonald, Scott W. Hassler, Philippe Claeys, Frank Vanhaecke
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2012

Ion microprobe analyses of δ18O in early quartz cements from 1.9Ga granular iron formations (GIFs): A pilot study, Lauren C. Cunningham, F. Zeb Page, Bruce M. Simonson, Reinhard Kozdon, John W. Valley
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An Archaean heavy bombardment from a destabilized extension of the asteroid belt, William F. Bottke, David Vokrouhlický, David A. Minton, David Nesvorný, Alessandro Morbidelli, Ramon Brasser, Bruce M. Simonson, Harold F. Levison
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Distal Impact Ejecta Layers: Spherules and More, Billy P. Glass, Bruce M. Simonson
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2011

Variation In Distal Impact Ejecta With Distance From The Source Crater: A Model, Billy P. Glass, Bruce M. Simonson
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Laser Ablation Mapping Of Siderophile Elements In The Late Archaean Reivilo Impact Spherule Layer, South Africa (abstract), Iain McDonald, Bruce M. Simonson, Christian Koeberl, Wolf Uwe Reimold
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Paraburdoo Spherule Layer (Hamersley Basin, Western Australia): Distal Ejecta From A Fourth Large Impact Near The Archean-proterozoic Boundary, Scott W. Hassler, Bruce M. Simonson, Dawn Y. Sumner, Louis Bodin
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Iron Ore Deposits Associated With Precambrian Iron Formations, Bruce M. Simonson
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On Proterozoic ecosystems and the carbon isotopic composition of carbonates associated with Banded Iron Formations, A. E. Fallick, V. A. Melezhik, Bruce M. Simonson
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Review: Water in the Universe, Bruce M. Simonson
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2010

Discovery Of A Shock-induced Polymorph Of Rutile With Alpha-pbo2 Structure (tio2ii) In Four Neoarchean Spherule Layers From Western Australia And South Africa, Frank C. Smith, J. B. Zullo, Billy P. Glass, Bruce M. Simonson
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Review: Megaflooding on Earth and Mars, Bruce M. Simonson
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Review: Planetary Tectonics, Bruce M. Simonson
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Authigenic minerals in macropores and veins in Late Triassic mudstones of the Newark Basin: implications for fluid migration through mudstonen, Bruce M. Simonson, Joseph Smoot, Jennifer L. Hughes
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2009

Geochemistry of 2.63-2.49Ga impact spherule layers and implications for stratigraphic correlations and impact processes, Bruce M. Simonson, Iain McDonald, Alex Shukolyukov, Christian Koeberl, Wolf Uwe Reimold, Günter W. Lugmair
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Review: Planetary Crusts: Their Composition, Origin and Evolution, Bruce M. Simonson
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Correlating multiple Neoarchean–Paleoproterozoic impact spherule layers between South Africa and Western Australia, Bruce M. Simonson, Dawn Y. Sumner, Nicolas J. Beukes, S. Johnson, J. Gutzmer
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Review: Early Life on Earth: A Practical Guide, Bruce M. Simonson
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Banded iron formations and the early atmosphere, Bruce M. Simonson, A. J. Kaufman
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Review: Unmasking Europa: The Search for Life on Jupiter's Ocean Moon, Bruce M. Simonson
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2008

Textural constraints on the formation of impact spherules: A case study from the Dales Gorge BIF, Paleoproterozoic Hamersley Group of Western Australia, Dawn Sweeney, Bruce M. Simonson
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Secular change in the Precambrian silica cycle: Insights from chert petrology, Robert G. Maliva, Andrew H. Knoll, Bruce M. Simonson
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The GSA Committee on Research Grants, Bruce M. Simonson
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The ancient anoxic biosphere was not as we know it, A. E. Fallick, V. A. Melezhik, Bruce M. Simonson
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Geology of Vermilion Watershed, Bruce M. Simonson
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Review: Our Changing Planet: The View from Space, Bruce M. Simonson
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Roy W. Simonson: A Century as a Soil Scientist, Bruce M. Simonson
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2007

Review: Ogallala Blue: Water and Life on the High Plains, Bruce M. Simonson
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Review: Big Coal: The Dirty Secret Behind America's Energy Future, Bruce M. Simonson
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2006

Sedimentology and geochemistry of extensive very coarse deepwater submarine fan sediments in the Middle Jurassic of Oman, emplaced by giant tsunami triggered by submarine mass flows, M.E. Brookfield, I. Blechschmidt, R. Hannigan, M. Coniglio, Bruce M. Simonson, G. Wilson
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Using impact spherule layers to correlate sedimentary successions: a case study of the Neoarchean Jeerinah layer (Western Australia), Sarah Jones-Zimberlin, Bruce M. Simonson, David Kreiss-Tomkins, Daniel Garson
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Diagenetic alteration of impact spherules in the Neoarchean Monteville layer, South Africa, Issaku Kohl, Bruce M. Simonson, Melissa Berke
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2005

Spherule textures in the Neoarchaean Wittenoom impact layer, Western Australia: consistency in diversity, A. Scally, Bruce M. Simonson
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Neoarchaean impact spherule layers in the Fortescue and Hamersley Groups, Western Australia: stratigraphic and depositional implications of re-correlation, Scott W. Hassler, Bruce M. Simonson, Dawn Y. Sumner, M. Murphy
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2004

Spherule layers—records of ancient impacts, Bruce M. Simonson, Billy P. Glass
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2001

New evidence for a large Palaeoproterozoic impact: spherules in a dolomite layer in the Ketilidian orogen, South Greenland, Brian Chadwick, Philippe Claeys, Bruce M. Simonson
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The sedimentary record of extraterrestrial impacts in deep-shelf environments: Evidence from the early Precambrian, Scott W. Hassler, Bruce M. Simonson
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2000

Geochemical evidence for an impact origin for a Late Archean spherule layer, Transvaal Supergroup, South Africa, Bruce M. Simonson, Christian Koeberl, Iain McDonald, Wolf Uwe Reimold
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Bedforms produced by impact-generated tsunami, ~2.6Ga Hamersley basin, Western Australia, Scott W. Hassler, H. F. Robey, Bruce M. Simonson
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Discovery of a layer of probable impact melt spherules in the Late Archaean Jeerinah Formation, Fortescue Group, Western Australia, Bruce M. Simonson, D. Davies, Scott W. Hassler
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Have distal impact ejecta changed through geologic time?, Bruce M. Simonson, Paul Harnik
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1999

Roll-up structures: Evidence of in situ microbial mats in late Archean deep shelf environments, Bruce M. Simonson, K. E. Carney
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1998

Iridium anomaly but no shocked quartz from Late Archean microkrystite layer: Oceanic impact ejecta?, Bruce M. Simonson, Darian Davies, Malcolm Wallace, Shane Reeves, Scott W. Hassler
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Isotopic dating of an Archean bolide impact horizon, Hamersley basin, Western Australia, Jon D. Woodhead, Janet M. Hergt, Bruce M. Simonson
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1997

Revised correlations in the early Precambrian Hamersley Basin based on a horizon of resedimented impact spherules, Bruce M. Simonson, Scott W. Hassler
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1996

Was the deposition of large Precambrian iron formations linked to major marine transgressions?, Bruce M. Simonson, Scott W. Hassler
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1995

Carbonate Pb-Pb ages of the Wittenoom Formation and Carawine Dolomite, Hamersley Basin, Western Australia (with implications for their correlation with the Transvaal Dolomite of South Africa), Bor-ming Jahn, Bruce M. Simonson
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1993

Carbonate sedimentology of the early Precambrian Hamersley Group of Western Australia, Bruce M. Simonson, Kathryn A. Schubel, Scott W. Hassler
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1992

Geological evidence for a strewn field of impact spherules in the early Precambrian Hamersley Basin of Western Australia, Bruce M. Simonson
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1990

Petrography and diagenesis of cherts from Lake Magadi, Kenya, Kathryn A. Schubel, Bruce M. Simonson
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1989

First discovery of ferruginous chert arenites in the early Precambrian Hamersley Group of Western Australia, Bruce M. Simonson, A. D.T. Goode
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Deposition and alteration of volcaniclastic strata in two large, early Proterozoic iron-formations in Canada, Scott W. Hassler, Bruce M. Simonson
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1987

Early silica cementation and subsequent diagenesis in arenites from four early Proterozoic iron formations of North America, Bruce M. Simonson
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1985

Sedimentological constraints on the origins of Precambrian iron-formations, Bruce M. Simonson
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Sedimentology of cherts in the Early Proterozoic Wishart Formation, Quebec–Newfoundland, Canada, Bruce M. Simonson
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1981

Early Proterozoic microfossils and penecontemporaneous quartz cementation in the Sokoman Iron Formation, Canada, Andrew H. Knoll, Bruce M. Simonson
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