Publications of Ethan L. Grossman

RECENT ABSTRACTS (2006+) (*student author)

#Grossman, E.L., Yancey, T.E., Jones*, T.E., Chuvashov, B.I., and Mazzullo, S.J., 2007, The oxygen isotopic record of Late Pennsylvanian to Mid-Permian climate change in North America and the Russian Platform.  Geol. Soc. America Abstracts with Programs 39:356.

#Grossman, E.L., Wang, H-Y., and Yancey, T.E., 2007. Annual growth bands in the Carboniferous brachiopod Gigantoproductus: A high-resolution stable isotope and sclerochronology study. 1st International Sclerochronology Conference, St. Petersburg, FL. p. 39.

#Tao*, K.., and Grossman, E.L.,, 2007. Mid-Pliocene environments in the eastern U.S. Gulf Coast: A study of stable isotopes and growth increments in the gastropod Conus adversarius. 1st International Sclerochronology Conference, St. Petersburg, FL. p. 100.

#Grossman, E.L., Yancey, T.E., Jones*, T.E.,  Bruckschen, P., Chuvashov, B., Mazzullo, S.J., Mii, Horng-sheng, 2007. Glaciation and aridification in the Permo-Carboniferous: The oxygen isotopic record from low latitudes. 16th International Congress on the Carboniferous and Permian, Nanjing, China, p. 4 .

Diver, P.,Grossman, E.L.   McArthur, J., and Cervato, C., 2006. HERMES: A Database for Paleochemical Proxy Data in the CHRONOS System. Geol. Soc. America Abstracts with Programs 38:490.

Sosdian*, S., Gentry*, D.K., Lear, C., Grossman, E.L ., Hicks, D., Rosenthal, Y., 2006. Strontium to calcium ratios in the marine gastropod Conus ermineus : Growth rate effects and temperature calibration. Geol. Soc. America Abstracts with Programs 38:388.

#Grossman, E.L.,McArthur, J., and Cervato, C., et al., 2006. CHRONOS: Transforming Earth History Research by Seamlessly Integrating Stratigraphic Data and Tools. Geochemical Earth Reference Model (GERM)Workshop, New York, New York.


PAPERS (*student author) (reprints linked as pdf files)

55. Grossman,E.L., Yancey, T.E., Jones*, T.E., Chuvashov, B., Mazzullo, S.J., and Mii, H-S., 2008. Glaciation, aridification, and carbon sequestration in the Permo-Carboniferous: The isotopic record for low latitudes.  Palaeogeog., Palaeoclim., Palaeoecol. (in press).

54. Gentry*, D.K.,  Sosdian*, S., Grossman, E.L., Rosenthal, Y., Hicks, D.W., Lear, C., 2008. Seasonal isotope and trace-metal profiles of serially-sampled Conus gastropods: Proxies for paleoenvironmental change. Palaios (in press).

53. Mazzullo, S.J., Boardman, D.R., Grossman, E.L. , Dimmick-Wells, K., 2007. Oxygen-carbon isotope stratigraphy of Upper Pennsylvanian to Lower Permian marine deposits in Kansas and northeastern Oklahoma: implications for seawater isotopic composition, glaciation, and depositional cyclicity. Carbonates and Evaporites, v. 22, p. 55-72. pdf

52. Sosdian*, S., Gentry*, D.K., Lear, C., Grossman, E.L. , Hicks, D., Rosenthal, Y., 2006. Strontium to calcium ratios in the marine gastropod Conus ermineus: Growth rate effects and temperature calibration, Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems (G 3 ), v. 7, Q11023, doi:10.1029/2005GC001233.  pdf

51. Hyde, W.T., Grossman, E.L., Crowley, T.J., Pollard, D., and Scotese, C.R., 2006. Siberian glaciation as a constraint on Permo-Carboniferous CO2 levels. Geology, v. 34, p. 421-424.

50. Beck*, W. C., Grossman, E. L., and Morse, .J. W., 2005, Experimental studies of oxygen isotope fractionation in the carbonic acid system at 15o, 25 o, and 40o C. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, v. 69, p. 3493-3503. pdf

49. Cervato, C. Goldstein, S.L., Grossman, E.L., Lehnert, K., and McArthur, J., 2004. Joint discussion of [sedimentary geochemistry] data management systems that cross the waterline. EOS, v. 85, no. 44, p. 450, 452 [Words in brackets appears in online and book versions only.].  pdf

48. Kobashi*, T.,Grossman, E.L . , Dockery III, D.T., and Ivany, L.C., 2004. Water mass stability reconstructions from greenhouse (Eocene) to icehouse (Oligocene) for the northern Gulf Coast continental shelf (USA), Paleoceanography, 19, PA1022, doi:10.1029/2003PA000934. pdf   

47. Kobashi*, T., and Grossman, E.L. , 2003. The oxygen isotopic record of seasonality in Conus shells and its application to understanding Late Middle Eocene (38 Ma) climate. Paleontological Research, v. 7, no. 4, p. 343-355. pdf

46. Grossman, E.L., Bruckschen, P., Mii, H-S., Chuvashov, B.I., Yancey, T.E., and Veizer, J., 2002. Carboniferous paleoclimate and global change: Isotopic evidence from the Russian Platform. In Carboniferous stratigraphy and Paleogeography in Eurasia. Institute of Geology and Geochemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, Urals Branch, Ekaterinburg, p. 61-71 (invited) pdf

45. Grossman E.L. , Cifuentes, L.A., and Cozzarelli, I.M., 2002. Anaerobic methane oxidation in a landfill-leachate plume. Environmental Sci. Technol., v. 36, p. 2436-2442. pdf

44. Grossman, E.L., 2002. Stable carbon isotopes as indicators of microbial activity in aquifers, in Manual of Environmental Microbiology, 2nd ed., C.J. Hurst et al. (eds.), American Society for Microbiology Press, Washington, DC, p. 728-742 (invited). Figure 1 / Figure 2 / Figure 3 / Figure 4 / Figure 5

43. Kobashi*, T., Grossman, E.L., Yancey, T.E., and Dockery, D.T. III, 2001. Reevaluation of conflicting Eocene tropical temperature estimates: Molluskan oxygen-isotope evidence for warm low-latitudes. Geology , v. 29, p. 983-986. Figures 1 - 3 pdf ( jpg [140K] , pdf [68K] ) / Appendix 1 ( , excel ) / Appendix 2 ( pdf [revised 7/3/02], excel [revised 7/3/02])

42. Routh*, J., Grossman, E.L. , Murphy, E.M., and Benner, R., 2001. Characterization and origin of  dissolved organic carbon in Yegua groundwaters (Brazos County, Texas): Ground Water, v. 39 (5), p. 760-767.  pdf

41. Mii*, H., Grossman, E.L. , Yancey, T.E., Chuvashov, B., Egorov A., 2001. Isotope records of brachiopod shells from the Russian Platform—evidence for the onset of mid-Carboniferous glaciation. Chemical Geology, v. 175, p. 133-147 (invited; Special IGCP Project #386 issue) pdf .   Figure 6 / Figure 7 / Appendices ( pdf , Word )

40. Grossman, E.L. , and Desrocher*, S., 2001. Microbial sulfur cycling in terrestrial subsurface environments.  In Fredrickson, J.K., and Fletcher, M., Subsurface Microbiology and Biogeochemistry , New York, John Wiley and Sons,  p. 219-248 (Invited).

39. Routh*. J., Grossman, E.L. , Ulrich*, G.A., and Suflita, J., 2001. Volatile organic acids in the Yegua formation, east-central Texas: Applied Geochemistry, v. 16, p. 183-195.  pdf

38. Mii*, H-S., Grossman, E.L. , and Yancey, T.E.,  1999. Carboniferous isotope stratigraphies of North America: Implications for Carboniferous paleoceanography and Mississippian glaciation : Geol. Soc. America Bull., v. 111, p. 960-973.  pdf /  Figure 7 / Figure 8 / Appendix Fig. 1 / Appendix I ( , text )

37. Routh*, J., McDonald, T.J., Grossman, E.L. , 1999. Sedimentary organic matter sources and depositional environment in Yegua Formation (Brazos County, Texas): Organic Geochemistry, v. 30, p. 1437-1453.  pdf

36. Grossman, E.L. , 1999. Oxygen isotopes, in Marshall, C.P., and Fairbridge, R.W., eds., The Encyclopedia of Geochemistry, Kluwer Academic Publishers, Lancaster, p. 469-474.

35. Ulrich*, G., Martino*, D., Burger*, K., Grossman, E. , Ammerman, J., and Suflita, J., 1998. S-cycling in the terrestrial subsurface: Commensal interactions, spatial scales, and microbial heterogenity: Microbial Ecology, v. 36, p. 141-151.  pdf

34. Jolley*, D.M., Grossman, E.L. , and Tilford, N.R., 1998. Dating calcic soils under marginal climatic or lithologic conditions using a soil developmental index: An example from the Stockton Plateau, Terrell County, Texas. Environ. Engineering Geosci., v. 4, p. 209-223.   pdf

33. Martino*, D.P., Grossman, E.L. , Ulrich*, G.A., Burger*, K.C., Schlichenmeyer*, J.L., Suflita, J.M., and Ammerman, J.W., 1998. Microbial abundance and activity in a low conductivity aquifer system in east-central Texas : Microbial Ecology, v. 35, p. 224-234.  pdf / Figure 3

32. Zhang*, C., Grossman, E. L ., and Ammerman, J. W., 1998. Factors influencing methane distribution in Texas aquifers. Ground Water,  v. 36, no. 1, p. 58-66. pdf | Well information from Zhang (1994, Ph.D. dissertation)

31. Lee*, Y-J., Wiltschko, D.V., Grossman, E.L., Morse, J.W., and Lamb, W.M., 1997. Opening and precipitation history of calcite veins in the Austin Chalk Formation, Texas: J. Geophys. Res., v. 102, No. B10, p. 22,611-22,624.  pdf

30. Mii*, H-S., Grossman, E.L ., and Yancey, T.E., 1997. Stable carbon and oxygen isotope shifts in Permian seas of West Spitsbergen-global change or diagenetic artifact? Geology, v. 25, p. 227-230.  pdf / Figure 3 / Appendix I ( pdf , text ) / Appendix II ( pdf , text )

29. Grossman, E.L. , 1997. Stable carbon isotopes as indicators of microbial activity in aquifers, C.J. Hurst et al. (eds.), American Society for Microbiology Press, Washington, DC, p. 565-575. Figure 2

28. Grossman, E.L. , Mii*, H., Zhang*, C., and Yancey, T.E., 1996. Chemical variation in Pennsylvanian brachiopod shells-Diagenetic, taxonomic, microstructural, and seasonal effects . Jour. Sed. Research, v. 66, p. 1011-1022.  pdf / Figure 10 / Appendix ( Word 6.0 , text )

27. Mii*, H-S., Yancey, T.E., and Grossman, E.L., 1996. Stable isotope variations in Late Pennsylvanian brachiopods from north New Mexico. New Mexico Geological Society Guidebook, 47th Field Conference, p. 189-197.

26. Grossman, E.L. , Zhang*, C., Ammerman, J.W., and MacRae*, M., 1995. Methane and methanotrophy in Texas aquifers, in Proceedings of the 24th Water for Texas Conference, R. Jensen, ed., Texas Water Resources Institute, College Station, p. 453-456. pdf

25. Mii*, H., and Grossman, E.L ., 1994. Late Pennsylvanian seasonality reflected in the 18 O and elemental composition of a brachiopod shell : Geology, v. 22, p. 661-664.  pdf / Figure 2

24. Grossman, E.L., 1994. The carbon and oxygen isotopic record during the evolution of Pangea: Carboniferous to Triassic. Special Paper 288, Pangea: Paleoclimate, Tectonics, and Sedimentation during Accretion, Zenith, and Breakup of a supercontinent, G.D. Klein, ed., Geological Society of America , p. 207-228.

23. Grossman, E.L., 1994. Book review: Ground-water Microbiology and Geochemistry, Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta, v. 58, p. 5364.  pdf

22. Grossman, E.L., Mii*, H-S., and Yancey, T.E., 1993. Stable isotopes in late Pennsylvanian brachiopods from the United States: Implications for Carboniferous paleoceanography: Geol. Soc. America Bull., v. 105, p. 1284-1296. pdf / Appendix I ( html , text , pdf ) / Appendix II ( html , text , pdf ) / Appendix III (text)

21. Grossman, E.L., 1993. Comment on MacLeod and Hoppe (1992): "Evidence that inoceramid bivalves were benthic and harbored chemosynthetic symbionts", Geology, v. 21, p. 94-95. pdf

20. Alcalá-Herrera*, J.A., Grossman, E.L., and Gartner, S., 1992. Nannofossil diversity and equitability and fine-fraction d13C across the Cretaceous-Tertiary boundary at Walvis Ridge Leg 74, South Atlantic: Mar. Micropaleontol., v. 20, p. 77-88. pdf

19. Romanek*, C.S., Grossman, E.L ., and Morse, J.W., 1992. Carbon isotope fractionation in synthetic aragonite and calcite: effects of temperature and precipitation rate: Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta, v. 56, p. 419-430.  pdf

18. Grossman, E.L., 1992. Isotope studies of Paleozoic paleoceanography-opportunities and pitfalls: Palaios (invited "Online" contribution), v. 7, p. 241-243.  pdf

17. Grossman, E.L., Zhang*, C., and Yancey, T.E., 1991. Stable isotope stratigraphy from brachiopods in Pennsylvanian (Upper Carboniferous) shales of Texas: Geol. Soc. America Bull., v. 103, p. 953-965. Appendix |  pdf

16. Hays*, P.D., and Grossman, E.L., 1991. Oxygen isotopes in meteoric calcite cements as indicators of continental climate: Geology, v. 19, p. 441-444.  pdf

15. Romanek*, C.S., and Grossman, E.L., 1989. Stable isotope profiles of Tridacna maxima as environmental indicators: Palaios, v. 4, p. 402-413.  pdf

14. Grossman, E.L ., Coffman*, B.K., Fritz, S.J., and Wada, H., 1989. Bacterial production of methane and its influence on groundwater chemistry in east-central Texas aquifers: Geology, v. 17, p. 495-499.  Cross-listing of wells to TWDB well numbers.

13. Yancey, T.E., Grossman, E.L ., Adlis*, D.S., and McLerran*, R.D., 1989. Isotope stratigraphy and paleodepth changes of Pennsylvanian shales in north-central Texas, in Middle and Late Pennsylvanian Chronostratigraphic Boundaries in North-Central Texas: Glacial-eustatic Events, Biostratigraphy, and Paleoecology, Guidebook with Contributed Papers, Part II, Geol. Soc. America, South-central Section, p. 305-316.

12. Adlis*, D.S., Grossman, E.L ., Yancey, T.E., and McLerran*, R.D., 1988. Isotope stratigraphy and paleodepth changes of Pennsylvanian cyclical sedimentary deposits: Palaios, v. 3, no. 6, p. 487-506. pdf

11. Newton, M.S., and Grossman, E.L., 1988. Late Quaternary chronology of tufa deposits, Walker Lake, Nevada: Jour. Geology, v. 96, p. 417-433.  pdf

10. Fritz, S.J., Hinz*, D.W., and Grossman, E.L., 1987. Hyperfiltration-induced fractionation of carbon isotopes: Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta., v. 51, p. 1121-1134. pdf

9. Grossman, E.L., 1987. Stable isotopes in modern benthic foraminifera: A study of vital effect: Jour. Foram. Res., v. 16, p. 48-61. pdf |  Figure 1 ,

8. Gennett*, J.A., and Grossman, E.L., 1986. Oxygen and carbon isotope trends in a late Glacial-Holocene pollen site in Wyoming, U.S.A.: Geographie Physique et Quaternaire, v. 40, p. 161-169. pdf

7. Grossman, E.L., and Ku, T-L., 1986. Oxygen and carbon isotope fractionation in biogenic aragonite: Temperature effects: Chem. Geol. (Isot. Geosci. Sect.), v. 59, p. 59-74. pdf

6. Grossman, E.L., Hahn*, R.W., and Fritz, S.J., 1986. Origin of gaseous hydrocarbons in the Sparta Aquifer in Brazos and Burleson Counties, Texas: Trans. Gulf Coast Assoc. Geol. Soc., v. 36, p. 457-470. Cross-listing of wells to TWDB well numbers.

5. Grossman, E.L., Betzer, P.R., Dudley, W.C., and Dunbar, R.B., 1986. Stable isotopic variation in pteropods and atlantids from North Pacific sediment traps. Mar. Micropaleontol., v. 10, p. 9-22. Table 2 | pdf

4. Grossman, E.L., Adlis*, D.A., and Yancey, T.E., 1985. Stable isotopes as paleoenvironmental indicators in shales of Late Pennsylvanian cyclic sedimentary deposits, i n Recent Interpretations of Late Paleozoic Cyclothems, Proceedings of Third Annual Meeting and Field Conference, Mid-Continent Section, SEPM, p. 269-270.

3. Grossman, E.L., 1984. Stable isotope fractionation in live benthic foraminifera from the Southern California Borderland: Palaeogeogr., Palaeoclim., Palaeoecol., v. 47, p. 301-327. pdf

2. Grossman, E.L., 1984. Carbon isotopic fractionation in live benthic foraminifera: Comparison with inorganic precipitate studies: Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta, v. 48, p. 1505-1512. pdf

1. Grossman, E. L. , 1982. Stable Isotopes in Live Benthic Foraminifera from the Southern California Borderland. Ph.D. dissertation, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, 164 p. Table 3