Peer Reviewed Journal Articles and Book Chapters

(students underlined)

Bailey, J.V., Joye, S.B., Kalanetra, K.M., Flood, B.E., Corsetti, F.A., 2007, Evidence of giant sulfur bacteria in Neoproterozoic phosphorites, Nature, v. 445, p. 198-201.

Corsetti, F.A., Link, P.K., and Lorentz, N.J., 2007, d¹³C Chemostratigraphy of the Neoproterozoic Succession near Pocatello, Idaho, in R.S. Lewis and P.K. Link, eds., Proterozoic Geology of Western North America and Siberia, Society for Sedimentary Geology special publication.

Corsetti, F.A., Hagadorn, J.W., and Stewart, J.H., 2007 Neoproterozoic diamictite-cap carbonate succession and d¹³C chemostratigraphy from eastern Sonora, Mexico, Chemical Geology, v. 237, p. 129-142.

Kaufman, A.J., Corsetti, F.A., and Varni, M, 2007, The effect of rising atmospheric oxygen on carbon and sulfur isotope anomalies in the Neoproterozoic Johnnie Formation, Death Valley, USA, Chemical Geology, 237, p. 47-63.

Lorentz, N.J., and Corsetti, F.A., 2007, Another test for Snowball Earth, Geology, v. 35, p. 383.

2006

Bailey, J.V., Corsetti, F.A., Bottjer, D.J., and Marenco, K.A., 2006, Microbially mediated environmental influences on metazoan colonization of matground ecosystems: Evidence from the Lower Cambrian Harkless Formation, Palaios, v. 21, p. 215-226.

Corsetti, F.A., Kidder, D.L., and Marenco, P.J., 2006, Trends in oolite dolomitization across the Neoproterozoic-Cambrian boundary:  A case study from Death Valley, California, Sedimentary Geology, v. 191, p. 135-150.

Corsetti, F.A., and Lorentz. N.J, 2006, On Neoproterozoic cap carbonates as chronostratigraphic markers, in Xiao, S. and Kaufman, A.J., editors, Neoproterozoic Geobiology, Topics in Geobiology, Springer, New York, v. 27, p. 273-294.

Corsetti, F.A., Olcott, A., and Bakermans, C., 2006, The biotic response to Snowball Earth, PALAEO-3, v.232, p. 114-130.

Pruss, S. B., D. J. Bottjer, Corsetti, F. A., and, Baud, A., 2006, A global marine sedimentary response to the end-Permian mass extinction: Examples from southern Turkey and the western United States, Earth-Science Reviews, v. 78, p. 193-206.

2005

Clapham, M.E. and Corsetti, F.A., 2005, Tectonically driven deep valley incision in the terminal Neoproterozoic (Ediacaran) Johnnie Formation, eastern California, Precambrian Research, v. 141, p. 154-164.

Corsetti, F.A., Baud, A., Marenco, P.J., and Richoz, S., 2005, Summary of Early Triassic carbon isotope records, Comptes Rendus Palevol, v. 4 p. 405-418.

Corsetti, F.A. and Grotzinger, J.P., 2005. Origin of tube structures in Neoproterozoic post-glacial cap carbonates: Example from Noonday Dolomite, Death Valley, United States. Palaios, v. 20 p. 348-362. (Honorable Mention, best Palaios paper 2005)

Corsetti, F.A, and Kaufman, A.J., 2005, The relationship between the Neoproterozoic Noonday Dolomite and the Ibex Formation: New observations and their bearing on ‘snowball Earth’, Earth Science Reviews.

Olcott, A. Sessions, A., Corsetti, F.A., Kaufman, A.J., and de Oliviera, F., 2005, Biomarker Evidence for Photosynthesis During Neoproterozoic Glaciation, Science, v. 310, p. 471-474.

Pruss, S.B., Corsetti, F.A.,, and Bottjer, D.J., 2005, The unusual sedimentary rock record of the Early Triassic: A case study from the southwestern United States, PALAEO-3, v. 222, p. 33-52.

Pruss, S. B., Corsetti, F. A., and D. J. Bottjer, 2005, Environmental trends of Early Triassic biofabrics: Implications for understanding the aftermath of the end-Permian mass extinction, in: Morrow, J. D., Over, D. J., and P. B. Wignall (eds.), Understanding Late Devonian and Permian-Triassic Biotic and Climatic Events: Towards and Integrated Approach, p. 313-332.

2004

Bosak, T., Souza-Egipsy, V., Corsetti, F.A., and Newman, D.K., 2004, Microbially produced micron-scale porosity of carbonate rocks., Geology, 32, p. 781-784.

Corsetti, F.A., 2004, Carbon isotope stratigraphy of the Neoproterozoic-Cambrian transition: An introduction, Paleontological Society Papers v. 10 p. 17-34.

Corsetti, F.A., Lorentz, N.J., and Pruss, S.B., 2004. Formerly-Aragonite seafloor fans from Neoproterozoic Strata, Death Valley and Southeastern Idaho, United States: Implications for  “cap carbonate” formation and snowball Earth. in: Jenkins, G., McMenamin, M., and Sohl, L. (Eds), The Extreme Proterozoic: Geology, Geochemistry, and Climate, American Geophysical Union Geophysical Monograph Series (146), Washington, DC, pp. 33-44.

Lorentz, N.J, Corsetti, F.A., and Link, P. K., 2004, Seafloor precipitates and C-isotope stratigraphy from the Scout Mountain Member of the Pocatello Formation, southeast Idaho: implications for Neoproterozoic Earth systems behavior, Precambrian Research, v. 130, p. 57-70.

Storrie-Lombardi, M.C., Corsetti, F.A., Grigolini, P., Ignaccolo, M., Allegrini, P., Galatolo, S., and Tinetti, G., 2004, Complexity Analysis to Explore the Structure of Ancient Stromatolites, Chaos, Solitons, and Fractals, v. 20, p. 139-144.

2003

Corsetti, F.A., Awramik, S.M., and Pierce, D., 2003, A complex microbiota from snowball Earth times: Microfossils from the Neoproterozoic Kingston Peak Formation, Death Valley, USA: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (USA), v. 100, p. 4399-4404 (Editors Choice, Science, 2003)

Corsetti, F.A. and Hagadorn, J.W., 2003, The Precambrian-Cambrian transition in the southern Great Basin, USA, The Sedimentary Record (SEPM), v.1, p. 4-9.

Corsetti, F.A. and Kaufman, A.J., 2003 Stratigraphic investigations of carbon isotope anomalies and Neoproterozoic ice ages in Death Valley, California, Geological Society of America Bulletin, v.115 p. 916-932.

Corsetti, F.A., and Storrie-Lombardi, M., 2003, Lossless compression of stromatolite images: A biogenicity index?, Astrobiology, v. 3 p. 649-655.

DiFilippo, E., Hammond, D., and Corsetti, F.A., 2003, Geochemical constraints for coexisting CO₂ gas hydrate and calcite: Implications for sheet cracks, stromatactis, zebra and tepee-like structures, Sedimentary Geology, v. 160 p. 1-6.

Fraiser, M. and Corsetti, F.A., 2003, Neoproterozoic carbonate shrubs: Interplay of microbial activity and unusual environmental conditions in post-snowball oceans, Palaios, v. 18, no. 4-5, p. 378-387.

≥2002

Awramik, S. M., Corsetti, F. A., and Shapiro, R., 2000, Stromatolites and the pre-Phanerozoic to Cambrian history of the area south east of Death Valley, Bulletin of the San Bernardino County Museum, v. 47 no. 2, p. 65-74.

Corsetti, F.A., Awramik, S.M., Pierce D., and Kaufman, A.J., 2000, Carbon isotope stratigraphy of Neoproterozoic-Cambrian units, Southern Great Basin USA: Calibrating the temporal magnitude of disconformities in poorly fossiliferous successions, International Geology Review, v. 42, p 516-533.

Corsetti, F.A. and Hagadorn, J., 2000, The Precambrian-Cambrian Transition, Death Valley, USA, Geology, v. 28, p. 299-302.

Corsetti, F.A. and Kaufman, A.J., 1994, Chemostratigraphy of Neoproterozoic-Cambrian units, White-Inyo region, eastern California and western Nevada: Implications for global correlation and faunal distribution, Palaios, v. 9 p. 211-219.

Link, P.K., Corsetti, F.A., and Lorentz, N.J., 2005, The Pocatello Formation and overlying strata, southeastern Idaho: Snowball Earth diamictites, cap carbonates, and Neoproterozoic isotopic profiles, Geological Society of America excursions.

Corsetti, F.A, Shapiro, R.S., and Awramik, S.M., 2002, Proterozoic-Cambrian of the southern Death Valley region: Microbialites, carbonate depositional environments, and Neoproterozoic glacial strata, in F.A. Corsetti, editor, The Proterozoic-Cambrian of the Great Basin and Beyond, Pacific Section Society for Sedimentary Geology (SEPM) Book 93, p. 1-20. Link to Pacific Section SEPM: http://www.sci.sdsu.edu/pacsepm/

Fraiser, M. and Corsetti, F.A., 2002, Neoproterozoic carbonate shrubs: A new cap carbonate facies, in F.A. Corsetti, editor, The Proterozoic-Cambrian of the Great Basin and Beyond, Pacific Section Society for Sedimentary Geology (SEPM) Book 93, p. 21-30.

Lorentz, N.J, Corsetti, F.A., and Link, P. K., 2002, Seafloor precipitates and negative d¹³C values from the Scout Mountain Member of the Pocatello Formation, Southeast Idaho, in F.A. Corsetti, editor, The Proterozoic-Cambrian of the Great Basin and Beyond, Pacific Section Society for Sedimentary Geology (SEPM) Book 93, p. 43-50.

Marenco, P. J., Corsetti, F.A., and Bottjer, D.L., 2002, Noonday tubes: Observations and reinterpretations based on better preservation from a new locality, in F.A. Corsetti, editor, The Proterozoic-Cambrian of the Great Basin and Beyond, Pacific Section Society for Sedimentary Geology (SEPM) Book 93, p. 31-42.

Pruss, S.B., and Corsetti, F.A., 2002, Unusual aragonite precipitates in the Neoproterzoic Rainstorm Member of the Johnnie Formation, in F.A. Corsetti, editor, The Proterozoic-Cambrian of the Great Basin and Beyond, Pacific Section Society for Sedimentary Geology (SEPM) Book 93, p. 51-60.

Rowland, S.M., and Corsetti, F.A., 2002, A brief history of research on the Precambrian-Cambrian boundary in the southern Great Basin, in F.A. Corsetti, editor, The Proterozoic-Cambrian of the Great Basin and Beyond, Pacific Section Society for Sedimentary Geology (SEPM) Book 93, p. 79-86.

Shapiro, R.S., and Corsetti, F.A., 2002, Geology and paleontology across the Precambrian-Cambrian boundary, in S.M. Rowland, editor, Geology of the Southern Nevada Region, National Association of Geoscience Teachers (NAGT) Spring Field Conference, Las Vegas, Nevada, April 5-7, 2002, p. 21-38.

Abolins, M., Oskin, R., Prave, T., Summa, C., and Corsetti, F.A., 2000, Neoproterozoic glacial record in the Death Valley region, California and Nevada, in Lageson, D.R.P., Stephen G.; Lahren, Mary M., ed., Great Basin and Sierra Nevada GSA Field Guide, Volume 2: Boulder, Colorado, Geological Society of America, p. 319-335.