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Yancey, Thomas Professor
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- Faculty Affiliate, Energy Institute, Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station (TEES)
- Professor, Geology and Geophysics, College of Arts and Sciences
My research focuses on the study of carboniferous and Permian marine shelf paleoenvironments and paleooceanography.
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Publications
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academic article
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Witts, J. D., Landman, N. H., Garb, M. P., Irizarry, K. M., Larina, E., Thibault, N., ... Myers, C. E
(2021).
Cephalopods from the Cretaceous-Paleogene (K-Pg) boundary interval on the Brazos River, Texas, and extinction of the ammonites. AMERICAN MUSEUM NOVITATES.
1-52.
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Yancey, T. E., Wyse Jackson, P. N., Sutton, B. G., & Gottfried, R. J
(2019).
Evactinoporidae, a new family of Cystoporata (Bryozoa) from the Mississippian of North America: growth and functional morphology. Journal of Paleontology.
93(06), 1058-1074.
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Jordan, B. R., Yancey, T. E., Heinrich, P. V., Miller, B. V., & McGuire, K.
(2019).
The Age and Geochemistry of Volcanic Ash in the Catahoula Formation of Louisiana, Mississippi, and Texas, USA. The Journal of Geology.
127(2), 207-222.
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Yancey, T. E., Heizler, M. T., Miller, B. V., & Guillemette, R. N.
(2018).
EoceneOligocene chronostratigraphy of ignimbrite flareup volcanic ash beds on the Gulf of Mexico coastal plains. Geosphere.
14(3), 1232-1252.
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Henkes, G. A., Passey, B. H., Grossman, E. L., Shenton, B. J., Yancey, T. E., & Prez-Huerta, A.
(2018).
Temperature evolution and the oxygen isotope composition of Phanerozoic oceans from carbonate clumped isotope thermometry. Earth and Planetary Science Letters.
490, 40-50.
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Wahl, P. J., Yancey, T. E., Pope, M. C., Miller, B. V., & Ayers, W. B.
(2016).
U-Pb detrital zircon geochronology of the Upper Paleocene to Lower Eocene Wilcox Group, east-central Texas. Geosphere.
12(5), 1517-1531.
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Yancey, T. E., & Heintz, M. L
(2015).
Rates of Sediment Deposition during the Late Eocene of Central Texas Based on 40Ar/39Ar Dating of Volcanic Ash. 65, 421-425.
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Henkes, G. A., Passey, B. H., Grossman, E. L., Shenton, B. J., Prez-Huerta, A., & Yancey, T. E.
(2014).
Temperature limits for preservation of primary calcite clumped isotope paleotemperatures. GEOCHIMICA ET COSMOCHIMICA ACTA.
139, 362-382.
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Woodard, S. C., Thomas, D. J., Grossman, E. L., Olszewski, T. D., Yancey, T. E., Miller, B. V., & Raymond, A.
(2013).
Radiogenic isotope composition of Carboniferous seawater from North American epicontinental seas. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology.
370, 51-63.
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Carter, J. G., Harries, P., Malchus, N., Sartori, A., Anderson, L., Bieler, R., ... Zieritz, A
(2012).
Treatise Online no. 48: Part N, Revised, Volume 1, Chapter 31: Illustrated Glossary of the Bivalvia. Treatise Online.
0(0),
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Hendricks, J. K., Yancey, T. E., Flis, J. E., Flis, C. J., & Grossman, E. L.
(2012).
Formation of barrel concretions around methane seepage pathways in Upper Middle Eocene shelf sediments, Stone City Bluff, Texas. 62, 179-188.
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Yancey, T. E., Dunham, A., & Durney, K
(2012).
Paleocene-Eocene Marine Transgression in the Upper Calvert Bluff Formation, Wilcox Group, Bastrop County, Texas. 62, 491-503.
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Folk, R. L., McBride, E. F., & Yancey, T. E.
(2012).
Proposed Microbial Origin of Kaolinite in Simsboro Sandstone (Upper Paleocene), Limestone County, Texas. 62, 117-129.
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McBride, E. F., Folk, R. L., & Yancey, T. E.
(2012).
Silica-Cemented Sandstones (Groundwater Silcretes) in Outcrops of the Jackson Group, Texas Coastal Plain. 62, 273-285.
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hart, M. B., Yancey, T. E., Leighton, A. D., Miller, B. V., Liu, C., Smart, C. W., & Twitchett, R. J
(2012).
The Cretaceous-Paleogene Boundary on the Brazos River, Texas: New Stratigraphic Sections and Revised Interpretations. 1, 69-80.
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Wilson, M. A., Vinn, O., & Yancey, T. E
(2011).
A New Microconchid Tubeworm from the Artinskian (Lower Permian) of Central Texas, USA. ACTA PALAEONTOLOGICA POLONICA.
56(4), 785-791.
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Carter, J. G., Altaba, C. R., Anderson, L. C., Araujo, R., Biakov, A. S., Bogan, A. E., ... Yancey, T
(2011).
A Synoptical Classification of the Bivalvia (Mollusca). Paleontological Contributions.
1-47.
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Yancey, T. E., Garvie, C. L., & Wicksten, M.
(2010).
The Middle Eocene Belosaepia ungula (Cephalopoda: Coleoida) from Texas: structure, ontogeny and function. Journal of Paleontology.
84(2), 267-287.
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Yancey, T. E., Hull, T. F., & Dickey, R. L
(2010).
Depositional environments of sediments near the Paleocene-Eocene boundary, Bastrop, Texas. 60, 679-691.
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Bralower, T., Eccles, L., Kutz, J., Yancey, T., Schueth, J., Arthur, M., & Bice, D.
(2010).
Grain size of Cretaceous-Paleogene boundary sediments from Chicxulub to the open ocean: Implications for interpretation of the mass extinction event. GEOLOGY.
38(3), 199-202.
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Dickey, R. L., & Yancey, T. E
(2010).
Palynological age control of sediments bracketing the Paleocene-Eocene boundary, Bastrop, Texas. 60, 717-724.
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Seu, B., Ntzel, A., Mapes, R. H., & Yancey, T. E.
(2009).
Facies and fauna of the Pennsylvanian Buckhorn Asphalt Quarry deposit: a review and new data on an important Palaeozoic fossil Lagersttte with aragonite preservation. Facies: international journal of paleontology, sedimentology and geology.
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Hutto, A. P., Yancey, T. E., & Miller, B. V
(2009).
Provenance of Paleocene-Eocene Wilcox Group sediments in Texas: the evidence from detrital zircons. 59, 357-362.
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Grossman, E. L., Yancey, T. E., Jones, T. E., Bruckschen, P., Chuvashov, B., Mazzullo, S. J., & Mii, H.
(2008).
Glaciation, aridification, and carbon sequestration in the Permo-Carboniferous: The isotopic record from low latitudes. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology.
268(3-4), 222-233.
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SENOWBARI-DARYAN, B., & YANCEY, T. E
(2007).
A SPHINCTOZOAN SPONGE FROM THE LATE TRIASSIC (NORIAN) OF THE UNITED ARAB EMIRATES. Journal of Paleontology.
81(5), 1128-1131.
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STANTON,, R. J., & YANCEY, T. E
(2007).
PRESENTATION OF THE HARREL L. STRIMPLE AWARD OF THE PALEONTOLOGICAL SOCIETY TO CHRISTOPHER L. GARVIE. Journal of Paleontology.
81(4), 818-818.
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O'Keefe, J., Sancay, R. H., Raymond, A. L., & Yancey, T. E.
(2005).
A comparison of late Paleocene and late Eocene lignite depositional systems using palynology, upper Wilcox and upper Jackson Groups, east-central Texas. ISOTOPIC AND ELEMENTAL TRACERS OF CENOZOIC CLIMATE CHANGE.
387, 59-71.
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HOARE, R. D., MAPES, R. H., & YANCEY, T. E
(2002).
STRUCTURE, TAXONOMY, AND EPIFAUNA OF PENNSYLVANIAN ROSTROCONCHS (MOLLUSCA). Journal of Paleontology.
76(sp58), 1-30.
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YANCEY, T. E
(2002).
Evolutionary Paleoecology: The Ecological Context of Macroevolutionary Change. Palaios.
17(4), 415-416.
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HOARE, R. D., PLAS, L. P., & YANCEY, T. E
(2002).
PERMIAN POLYPLACOPHORA (MOLLUSCA) FROM NEVADA, UTAH, AND ARIZONA. Journal of Paleontology.
76(2), 256-264.
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Kobashi, T., Grossman, E. L., Yancey, T. E., & Dockery, D. T.
(2001).
Reevaluation of conflicting Eocene tropical temperature estimates: Molluskan oxygen isotope evidence for warm low latitudes. GEOLOGY.
29(11), 983-983.
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Yancey, T. E., & Heaney, M. J.
(2000).
Carboniferous praecardioid bivalves from the exceptional Buckhorn Asphalt biota of south-central Oklahoma, USA. Geological Society Special Publication.
177(1), 291-301.
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ELSIK, W. C
(2000).
PALYNOMORPH BIOZONES IN THE CONTEXT OF CHANGING PALEOCLIMATE, MIDDLE EOCENE TO LOWER OLIGOCENE OF THE NORTHWEST GULF OF MEXICO. PALYNOLOGY.
24(1), 177-186.
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Yancey, T. E., & Stanley, Jr, G. D
(1999).
Giant alatoform bivalves in the Upper Triassic of western North America. Palaeontology.
42(1), 1-23.
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Mii, H., Grossman, E. L., & Yancey, T. E.
(1999).
Carboniferous isotope stratigraphies of North America: Implications for Carboniferous paleoceanography and Mississippian glaciation. Geological Society of America Bulletin.
111(7), 960-973.
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YANCEY, THOMAS, and RENALD GUILLEME
(1998).
Abstract: Major Volcanic Ash Units in the Late Eocene of East Texas. American Association of Petroleum Geologists (AAPG) Bulletin.
82 (1998).
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Yancey, T. E.
(1997).
Geology in the Lower Mississippi Valley. Environmental & Engineering Geoscience.
III(4), 599-601.
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Mii, H., Grossman, E. L., & Yancey, T. E.
(1997).
Stable carbon and oxygen isotope shifts in Permian seas of West Spitsbergen-Global change or diagenetic artifact?. GEOLOGY.
227-227.
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Hoare, R. D., Mapes, R. H., Yancey, T. E., & Nestell, M. K
(1996).
Late Paleozoic turrilepadid machaeridians from North America. ACTA PALAEONTOLOGICA POLONICA.
41(2), 127-145.
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D'Agostino, A. E., & Yancey, T. E.
(1996).
Bio- and Sequence Stratigraphy of the Upper Portion of the Kincaid Formation, Frost Bluff, Milam County, Texas. 46, 459-461.
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Ethan L. Grossman, Horng-Sheng Mii.
(1996).
Chemical Variation in Pennsylvanian Brachiopod Shells--Diagenetic, Taxonomic, Microstructural, and Seasonal Effects. Journal of Sedimentary Research.
Vol. 66(5), 1011-1022.
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Renald N. Guillemette, Thomas E. Ya
(1996).
Composition and Provenance of Volcanic Glass in Late Eocene Manning Formation, East-Central Texas. 46, 159-166.
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Yancey, T. E
(1996).
Stratigraphy and Depositional Environments of the Cretaceous-Tertiary Boundary Complex and Basal Paleocene section, Brazos River, Texas. 46, 433-442.
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Yancey, T. E., Davidoff, A. J., & Donaho, T. S
(1993).
Depositional Gradient Analysis in Transgressive Systems Tracts and Highstand Systems Tracts, Mid-Late Eocene of the Brazos River Valley, Texas. 43, 465-471.
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DAVIDOFF, ANDREW J., and THOMAS E
(1993).
Relating Sequence Stratigraphy to Lithostratigraphy in Paleogene Siliciclastic-Dominated Shelf Settings, Central-East Texas. American Association of Petroleum Geologists (AAPG) Bulletin.
77.
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GROSSMAN, E. L., MII, H., & YANCEY, T. E.
(1993).
Stable isotopes in Late Pennsylvanian brachiopods from the United States: Implications for Carboniferous paleoceanography. Geological Society of America Bulletin.
105(10), 1284-1296.
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GROSSMAN, E. L., ZHANG, C., & YANCEY, T. E
(1991).
Stable-isotope stratigraphy of brachiopods from Pennsylvanian shales in Texas. Geological Society of America Bulletin.
103(7), 953-965.
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Stanley, G. D., & Yancey, T. E
(1990).
In reply: paleobiogeography of the ancient pacific. Science.
249(4969), 680-681.
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Stevens, C. H., Yancey, T. E., & Hanger, R. A
(1990).
Significance of the provincial signature of Early Permian faunas of the eastern Klamath terrane. ISOTOPIC AND ELEMENTAL TRACERS OF CENOZOIC CLIMATE CHANGE.
255, 201-218.
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YANCEY, T. E
(1988).
PATTERNS OF MIXED CARBONATE-SILICICLASTIC SEDIMENTATION ON AN INCLINED SHELF. American Association of Petroleum Geologists (AAPG) Bulletin.
72(2), 260-260.
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Adlis, D. S., Grossman, E. L., Yancey, T. E., & McLerran, R. D.
(1988).
Isotope Stratigraphy and Paleodepth Changes of Pennsylvanian Cyclical Sedimentary Deposits. Palaios.
3(5), 487-487.
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Yancey, T. E.
(1986).
Comment and Reply on Volcaniclastic and carbonate sedimentation in late Paleozoic island-arc deposits, Eastern Klamath Mountains, California. GEOLOGY.
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Yancey, T. E.
(1986).
Comment and Reply on Volcaniclastic and carbonate sedimentation in late Paleozoic island-arc deposits, Eastern Klamath Mountains, CaliforniaCOMMENT. GEOLOGY.
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Yancey, T. E
(1986).
Controls on the Deposition of Mixed Carbonate and Siliciclastic Sediments on the Eastern Shelf of the Midland Basin, Pennsylvanian of Texas. 36, 361-366.
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Yancey, T. E., & Ozaki, K.
(1986).
Redescription of the genus Shikamaia, and clarification of the hinge characters of the family Alatoconchidae (Bivalvia). Journal of Paleontology.
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Stanley, G. D., & Yancey, T. E
(1986).
A new late Paleozoic chondrophorine (Hydrozoa, Velellidae) by-the-wind sailor from Malaysia. Journal of Paleontology.
60(1), 76-83.
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YANCEY, T. E., & HOJNACKI, R
(1985).
DEPOSITIONAL TRENDS IN CARBONATE-DOMINATED AND CLASTIC-DOMINATED LATE PENNSYLVANIAN CYCLES IN NORTH TEXAS. American Association of Petroleum Geologists (AAPG) Bulletin.
69(1), 147-147.
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YANCEY, T. E
(1985).
BIVALVIA OF THE HS LEE FORMATION (PERMIAN) OF MALAYSIA. Journal of Paleontology.
59(5), 1286-1297.
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YANCEY, T. E
(1984).
CYCLE CORRELATION IN LATE PENNSYLVANIAN STRATA OF MIDLAND BASIN. American Association of Petroleum Geologists (AAPG) Bulletin.
68(1), 120-120.
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YANCEY, T. E., & KENNEDY, N. L
(1984).
RELATIVE DEPTH POSITION OF FUSULINIDS AND AMMONOIDS IN LATE PENNSYLVANIAN REGRESSIVE SEQUENCES IN NORTH-TEXAS. American Association of Petroleum Geologists (AAPG) Bulletin.
68(4), 541-541.
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BOARDMAN, D. R., YANCEY, T. E., MAPES, R. H., & MALINKY, J. M
(1983).
A NEW MODEL OF SUCCESSION OF MIDDLE AND LATE PENNSYLVANIAN FOSSIL COMMUNITIES IN NORTH TEXAS, MID-CONTINENT, AND APPALACHIANS WITH IMPLICATIONS ON BLACK SHALE CONTROVERSY. American Association of Petroleum Geologists (AAPG) Bulletin.
67(3), 426-426.
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YANCEY, T. E., & BOYD, D. W
(1983).
REVISION OF THE ALATOCONCHIDAE - A REMARKABLE FAMILY OF PERMIAN BIVALVES. Palaeontology.
26(JUL), 497-520.
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YANCEY, T. E
(1982).
Recent benthic foraminiferal provinces between Newfoundland and Yucatan: Discussion and reply. Geological Society of America Bulletin.
93(10), 1059-1059.
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YANCEY, T. E., & DOUGLASS, R. C
(1981).
CARBONIFEROUS-PERMIAN BOUNDARY SEQUENCE OF NORTHERN OQUIRRH BASIN, IDAHO-UTAH. American Association of Petroleum Geologists (AAPG) Bulletin.
65(5), 1010-1010.
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Strimple, H. L., & Yancey, T. E
(1976).
Moscovicrinus preserved in magnetite from Selumar, Belitung Island, Indonesia. 50(6), 1195.
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Yancey, T. E
(1975).
Permian marine biotic provinces in North America. 49(4), 758.
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Yancey, T. E
(1975).
Evidence against Devonian unconformity and middle Paleozoic age of Langkawi folding phase in Northwest Malaya. 59(6), 1015.
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Yancey, T. E
(1973).
A new genus of Permian siphonodentalid scaphopods, and its bearing on the origin of the Siphonodentaliidae. 47(6), 1062.
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Yancey, T. E
(1973).
Reassignment of Dentalium canna White, 1874, to Prodentalium. 47(6), 1126.
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YANCEY, T. E., & LEE, J. W.
(1972).
Major Heavy Mineral Assemblages and Heavy Mineral Provinces of the Central California Coast Region. Geological Society of America Bulletin.
83(7), 2099-2099.
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Yancey, T. E
(1969).
A molluscan faunal assemblage from the Arcturus Formation, Nevada. PaleoBios.
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Witts, J. D., Landman, N. H., Garb, M. P., Irizarry, K. M., Larina, E., Thibault, N., ... Myers, C. E
(2021).
Cephalopods from the Cretaceous-Paleogene (K-Pg) boundary interval on the Brazos River, Texas, and extinction of the ammonites. AMERICAN MUSEUM NOVITATES.
1-52.
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book
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Yancey, T
(2015).
Historical Geology Lab Manual
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Yancey, T
(2015).
Historical Geology Lab Manual
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chapter
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Yancey, T. E., Elsik, W. C., & Sancay, R. H.
(2003).
The Palynological Record of Late Eocene Climate Change, Northwest Gulf o Mexico. Prothero, D. R., Ivany, L. C., & Nesbitt, E. A. (Eds.),
From Greenhouse to Icehouse The Marine Eocene-Oligocene Transition.
(pp. 252-268).
Columbia University Press.
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Grossman, E. L., Bruckschen, P., Mii, H. S., Chuvashov, B. I., Yancey, T. E., & Veizer, J
(2002).
Carboniferous paleoclimate and global change: isotopic evidence from the Russian Platform. Carboniferous Stratigraphy and Paleogeography in Eurasia. Institute of Geology and Geochemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, Urals Branch, Ekaterinburg.
(pp. 61-71).
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Yancey, T. E
(1979).
Permian positions of the Northern Hemisphere continents as determined from marine biotic provinces. (pp. 239-247).
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Wilde, P., & Yancey, T
(1970).
Sediment Distribution and its Relations to Circulation Patterns in Bolinas Bay, California. Coastal Engineering 1970.
(pp. 1397-1415).
American Society of Civil Engineers.
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Yancey, T. E., Elsik, W. C., & Sancay, R. H.
(2003).
The Palynological Record of Late Eocene Climate Change, Northwest Gulf o Mexico. Prothero, D. R., Ivany, L. C., & Nesbitt, E. A. (Eds.),
From Greenhouse to Icehouse The Marine Eocene-Oligocene Transition.
(pp. 252-268).
Columbia University Press.
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conference paper
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Heymann, D., Yancey, T. E., Wolbach, W. S., Johnson, E. A., Roach, D., & Moecker, S
(1997).
Carbon in Sediments at the KT Boundary Site of the Brazos River, Texas. 567-567.
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Heymann, D., Yancey, T. E., & Thiemens, M. H
(1997).
Native Sulfur in Sediments from KT Boundary Sites of the Brazos River, Texas. 565-565.
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Yancey, T. E.
(1997).
Depositional environments of Late Eocene lignite-bearing strata, east-central Texas. International Journal of Coal Geology.
261-275.
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Davidoff, A. J., & Yanccy, T. E
(1993).
Eustatic cyclicity in the paleocene and eocene: data from the Brazos River Valley, Texas. Tectonophysics.
371-395.
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YANCEY, T. E
(1986).
CONTROLS ON DEPOSITION OF MIXED CARBONATE AND SILICICLASTIC SEDIMENTS ON EASTERN SHELF OF MIDLAND BASIN, PENNSYLVANIAN, OF TEXAS. American Association of Petroleum Geologists (AAPG) Bulletin.
1191-1191.
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Yancey, T. E., & Hojnacki, R
(1985).
DEPOSITIONAL TRENDS IN CARBONATE-DOMINATED AND CLASTIC-DOMINATED LATE PENNSYLVANIAN CYCLES OF NORTH TEXAS. 206.
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Kennedy, N. L., & Yancey, T. E
(1985).
DEPTH-GRADIENT ANALYSIS AND BIOTIC SUCCESSION IN THE COLONY CREEK CYCLE (LATE PENNSYLVANIAN) OF NORTH TEXAS. 176.
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Heymann, D., Yancey, T. E., Wolbach, W. S., Johnson, E. A., Roach, D., & Moecker, S
(1997).
Carbon in Sediments at the KT Boundary Site of the Brazos River, Texas. 567-567.
Teaching
teaching activities
- GEOL101 Principles Of Geology Instructor
- GEOL106 Historical Geology Instructor
- GEOL210 Geological Communication Instructor
- GEOL289 Sptp: Geology Of Texas Instructor
- GEOL291 Research Instructor
- GEOL485 Directed Studies Instructor
- GEOL491 Research Instructor
- GEOL681 Seminar Instructor
- GEOL685 Directed Studies Instructor
- GEOL691 Research Instructor
- GEOL691 Research Instructor
Works By Students
chaired theses and dissertations
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Aydin, Tuba (2013-08). Dinoflagellate Cyst Biostratigraphy, Palynofacies and Paleoenvironmental Analysis of the Maastrichtian and Basal Danian, Brazon River, Texas.
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Flake, Ryan Christopher (2011-05). Circulation of North American epicontinental seas during the Carboniferous using stable isotope and trace element analyses of brachiopod shells.
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Heintz, Mindi (2013-12). Tephrochronology and Stratigraphy of Eocene and Oligocene Volcanic Ashes of East and Central Texas.
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Hull, Thomas Frederick (2010-08). High-Resolution Characterization of Reservoir Heterogeneity and Connectivity in Clastic Environments.
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Wahl, Preston James (2015-08). U-Pb Detrital Zircon Geochronology of the Late Paleocene Early Eocene Wilcox Group, East-Central Texas.
Background
education and training
- Ph.D. in Paleontology, University of California, Berkeley - (Berkeley, California, United States) 1971
- M.A. in Geology, University of California, Berkeley - (Berkeley, California, United States) 1969
- B.A. in Geology, University of California, Berkeley - (Berkeley, California, United States) 1966
awards and honors
Contact
first name
- Thomas
has last name
- Yancey
mailing address
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Texas A&M University
Geology
3115 TAMU
College Station, TX 77843-3115
USA
Other
- tyancey@tamu.edu