Sedimentary Geology Group (SED)
Purdue University - Department of Earth & Atmospheric Sciences
Selected Publications
2011Bowen, B.B., Ochoa, R., Wilkens, N.D., Brophy, J., Lovell, T.R., Fischietto, N., Medina, C., and Rupp, J., 2011, Depositional and Diagenetic Variability Within the Cambrian Mount Simon Sandstone: Implications for Carbon Dioxide Sequestration: Environmental Geosciences, v. 18, p. 69-89.
2010
Story, S., Bowen, B.B., Bension, K.C., and Schulze, D., 2010, Authigenic phyllosilicates in modern acid saline lake sediments and implications for Mars: Journal of Geophysical Research - Planets, v. 115, E12012, doi:10.1029/2010JE003687, 2010.
Bell, J.H., Bowen, B.B., and Martini, B., 2010, Imaging spectroscopy of jarosite cement in the Jurassic Navajo Sandstone: Remote Sensing of Environment, v. 114, p. 2259-2270, doi: 10.1016/j.rse.2010.05.002.
2009
Schreiner, K.M., Filley, T.R., Blanchette, R.A., Bowen, B.B., Bolskar, R.D., Hockaday, W.C., Masiello, C.A., Raebiger, J.W., 2009, White-rot basidiomycete-mediated decomposition of C60 fullerol: Environmental Science and Technology, v. 49, p. 3162-3168.
Bowen, B.B. and Benison, K.C., 2009, Geochemical characteristics of naturally acid and alkaline saline lakes in southern Western Australia: Applied Geochemistry, v. 24, p. 268-284.
2008
Bowen, G.J. and Bowen, B.B., 2008, Mechanisms of PETM global change constrained by a new record from central Utah: Geology, v. 36, p. 379-382.
Bowen, B.B., Benison, K.C., Oboh-Ikuenobe, F., Story, S., and Mormile, M., 2008, Active hematite concretion formation in modern acid saline lake sediments, Lake Brown, Western Australia: Earth and Planetary Science Letters, v. 268, p. 52-63.
Bowen, G.J., Andrews, D., and Bowen, B.B., 2008, Paleoenvironmental isotope geochemistry and paragenesis of lacustrine and palustrine carbonates, Flagstaff Formation, Central Utah, USA: Journal of Sedimentary Research, v. 78, p. 162-174.
2007
Benison, K.C., Bowen, B.B., Oboh-Ikuenobe, F.E., LaClair, D.A., Jagniecki, E.A., Story, S.L., Mormile, M.R., & Hong, B.Y., 2007, Sedimentology of acid saline lakes in southern Western Australia: Newly described processes and products of an extreme environment: Journal of Sedimentary Research, v. 77, p. 366-388.
Bowen, B.B., Martini, B.A., Chan, M.A., & Parry, W.T., 2007, Reflectance spectroscopic mapping of diagenetic heterogeneities and fluid flow pathways in the Jurassic Navajo Sandstone: American Association of Petroleum Geologists Bulletin, v. 91, p. 173-190.
Parry, W.T., Forster, C.B., Evans, J.P., Bowen, B.B., & Chan, M.A., 2007, Geochemistry of CO2 sequestration in the Jurassic Navajo Sandstone, Colorado Plateau, Utah: Environment Geosciences, v. 14, p. 91-109.
2006
Souza-Egipsy, V., Ormö, J., Bowen, B.B., Chan, M.A. & Komatsu, G., 2006, Ultrastructural study of iron oxide precipitates: Implications for the search for biosignatures in the Meridiani hematite concretions, Mars: Astrobiology, v. 6, no. 4, p. 527-545.
Benison, K.C. and Bowen, B.B., 2006, Acid saline lake systems give clues about past environments and the search for life on Mars: Icarus, v. 183, p. 225-229.
2005
Beitler, B., Parry, W.T., & Chan, M.A., 2005, Fingerprints of fluid flow: Chemical diagenetic history of the Jurassic Navajo Sandstone, southern Utah: Journal of Sedimentary Research, v. 75, p. 545-559.
Chan, M.A., Bowen, B.B., Parry, W.T., Ormo, J. & Komatsu, G., 2005, Red Rock and Red Planet Diagenesis: Comparisons of Earth and Mars concretions: GSA Today, v. 15, p. 4-10.
Chan, M.A., Beitler, B., and Parry, W.T., 2005, The Navajo Sandstone color palette and marvelous marbles: Canyon Legacy, Moab Museum publication, v. 54, p. 13-16.
Coe, R.S., Stock, G.M., Lyons, J.J., Beitler, B., and Bowen, G.J., 2005, Yellowstone hotspot volcanism in California? A paleomagnetic test of the Lovejoy flood basalt hypothesis: Geology, v. 33, p. 697-700.
2004
Beitler, B., Chan, M.A., Parry, W.T., Ormo, J. & Komatsu, G., 2004, Diagenetic analogs to hematite regions on Mars: examples from Jurassic sandstones of Southern Utah, USA: in Proceedings of SPIE Volume 5555, Instruments, Methods, and Missions for Astrobiology VIII, eds., Hoover, R.B., Levin, G.V., & Rozanov, A.Y., SPIE, Bellingham, WA, p. 162-169.
Chan, M.A., Beitler, B., Parry, W.T, Ormö, J. and Komatsu, G., 2004, A possible terrestrial analogue for hematite concretions on Mars: Nature, v. 429, p. 731-734.
Ormö, J., Komatsu, G., Chan, M.A., Beitler, B. , & Parry, W.T., 2004, Geological features indicative of processes related to the hematite formation in Meridiani Planum and Aram Chaos, Mars: A comparison with diagenetic hematite deposits in southern Utah, USA: Icarus, v. 171, p. 295-316.
Parry, W.T., Chan M.A. & Beitler, B., 2004, Chemical Bleaching Indicates Episodes of Fluid Flow in Deformation Bands in Sandstone: American Association of Petroleum Geologists Bulletin, v. 88, p. 175-191.
2003
Beitler, B., Chan, M.A., and Parry, W.T., 2003, Bleaching of Jurassic Navajo Sandstone on Colorado Plateau Laramide Highs: Evidence of Exhumed Hydrocarbon Supergiants?: Geology, v. 31, p. 1041-1044.
Published Abstracts:
2009Chan, M.A., Potter, S.L., and Bowen, B.B., 2009, Overview of iron oxide concretions and implications for Mars: Current knowledge and gaps: 40th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, The Woodlands, TX.
Fischietto, N.E., Bowen, B.B., and Rupp, J.A., 2009, Facies analysis and reservoir characterization of the Cambrian Mount Simon Formation in the Illionois Basin: Implications for CO2 sequestration and storage: American Association of Petroleum Geologists annual meeting, Denver, CO.
Ochoa, R., Bowen, B.B., and Rupp, J.A., 2009, Characterization of diagenesis and porosity in the Mount Simon Sandstone in the Illinois Basin: Implications for a regional CO2 sequestration reservoir: American Association of Petroleum Geologists annual meeting, Denver, CO.
2008
Schreiner, K., Filley, T., Blanchette, R., Bowen, B.B., and Bolskar, R., 2008, Degredation of C60 Fullerol by White-Rot Basidiomycete Fungi: American Geophysical Union Annual meeting, San Francisco, CA.
Benison, K.C. and Bowen, B.B., 2008, Sulfur, sulfates, and fossils in acid saline deposits in Western Australia and Chile: Clues for understanding Mars: GSA Abstracts with Programs Vol. 40, Abstract 147606.
Bowen, B.B., Bell, J.H., Story, S., and Benison, K.C., 2008, Spectral properties of chemical sediments in modern acid saline lakes and implications for Mars: GSA Abstracts with Programs Vol. 40, Abstract 148321.
Bell, J.H. and Bowen, B.B., 2008, Evaluating structural diagenesis with imaging spectroscopy: Examples from the Jurassic Navajo Sandstone: GSA Abstracts with Programs Vol. 40, Abstract 147770.
Bowen, B.B., Benison, K.C., 2008, Sulfate mineral assemblages from Mars-analog environments I: Indicators of general environmental conditions: Goldschmidt meeting, Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta, v. 72, 12S, A106.
Benison, K.C., and Bowen, B.B., 2008, Sulfate mineral assemblages from Mars-analog environments II: Indicators of specific environmental conditions: Goldschmidt meeting, Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta. V. 72, 12S, A106.
2007
Bowen, G.J., Huber, M., and Bowen, B.B., 2007, Regional water cycle change during the PETM from new records in central Utah and CCSM: American Geophysical Union Annual meeting, San Francisco, CA, Abstract No. PP23B-1341.
Bell, J.H. and Bowen, B.B., 2007, Spectral Reflectance Characteristics of an Ancient Mars Analog Environment: American Association of Geographers Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA, Abstract No. 15147.
Bowen, B.B., Benison, K.C., and Chan, M.A., 2007, How to make a martian sedimentary rock: Diversity in terrestrial processes leading to Mars analog features: GSA Abstracts with Programs Vol. 39, No. 6, Abstract No. 131678.
Bowen, G.J. and Bowen, B.B., 2007, Paleocene to Eocene climate change in central Utah: Chemo- and lithostratigraphy of the Flagstaff Formation, Central Utah: GSA Abstracts with Programs Vol. 39, No. 6, Abstract No: 129481.Jagneicki, E.A., Benison, K.C., Bowen, B.B., Mormile, M., Tecklenberg, M., 2007, Petrographic differences between acid and neutral halites: GSA Abstracts with Programs Vol. 39, No. 6, Abstract No: 131539.
Martini, B.A., Bowen, B.B., Riley, D. and Bell, J.H., 2007, Full-range hyperspectral mapping in altered sandstones: Implications for weathered vs. diagenetic systems on Earth and on Mars: GSA Abstracts with Programs Vol. 39, No. 6, Abstract No: 131466.
Story, S.L., Obaoh-Ikuenobe, F.E., Benison, K.C., Bowen, B.B., and Mormile, M.R., 2007, Detecting Paleolimnological and environmental changes in modern hypersaline lakes in Australia using palynology: GSA Abstracts with Programs Vol. 39, No. 6, Abstract No: 128757.K.C. Benison, B.B. Bowen, R.M Foster, E.A. Jagneicki, D.A. LaClair, J. Walker, M.M. Gonzales, M.C. Sirbescu, J.J. Student, S.L. Story, F.E. Oboh-Ikuenobe, B. Hong, M.R. Mormile, M. Storrie-Lombardi, and S.S. Johnson, 2007, Field observations and lab tests of acid brines: Implications for past deposition, diagenesis, erosion, and life on Mars: 7th International Conference on Mars, Lunar and Planetary Institute, Pasadena, CA.
Bowen, B.B., Benison, K.C., Oboh-Ikuenobe, F., and Mormile, M., 2007, Hematite concretions from modern acid saline lake sediments as geochemical and astrobiological tombs: 7th International Conference on Mars, Lunar and Planetary Institute, Pasadena, CA.; LPI Contributions, Report 1353, Abstract 3175.
2006
Benison, K.C., Bowen, B.B., Oboh-Ikuenobe, F., Story, S., Jagniecki, E., Mormile, M.R., Hong, B. & LaClair, D., 2006, Varied and unusual sediments and diagenetic features in shallow cores from modern acid saline lakes in Western Australia and Victoria: Geological Society of America Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, PA., GSA Abstracts with Programs vol. 38, no.7, p. 103.
Bowen, B.B., & Benison, K.C., 2006, Chemical diversity of natural waters in the acid saline systems of south Western Australia: Geological Society of America Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, PA., GSA Abstracts with Programs vol. 38, no.7, p. 103.
Story, S.L., Obaoh-Ikuenobe, F.E., Benison, K.C., Bowen, B.B., & Mormile, M.R., 2006, Acid hypersaline lakes in southern Western Australia: Preliminary palynological interpretations: Geological Society of America Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, PA., GSA Abstracts with Programs vol. 38, no.7, p. 103.
Jagniecki, E.A., Benison, K.C., & Bowen, B.B., 2006, Fluid inclusion freezing/melting behaviors in acid and neutral lake halites from southern Western Australia: Geological Society of America Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, PA., GSA Abstracts with Programs vol. 38, no.7, p. 502.
Benison, K.C., Bowen, B.B., Jagniecki, E.A., Mormile, M.R., Oboh-Ikuenobe, F.E., Hong, B., & Story, S.J., 2006, Acid saline lake systems hold clues to the search for life on Mars: American Association for the Advancement of Science Annual Meeting, St. Louis, MO.
Oboh-Ikuenobe, F.E., Story, S.L., Mormile, M.R., Hong, Benison, K.C., Bowen, B.B., & Jagniecki, E.A., 2006, Palynological Signals in Extreme Lake Environments in Australia: American Association for the Advancement of Science Annual Meeting, St. Louis, MO.
2005
Bowen, B.B., Benison, K., Oboh-Ikuenobe, F., & Mormile, M., 2005, Hypersaline acid lakes in southwestern Australia as depositional and early diagenetic analogs for the Burns Formation on Mars: Geological Society of America Annual Meeting, Salt Lake City, UT.
Bowen, B.B., Benison, K.C., Mormile, M.R., & Oboh-Ikuenobe, F.E., 2005, Preliminary geology, geochemistry, and biology of acid saline lakes in Western Australia and Victoria: 9th Conference, International Society for Salt Lake Research, Perth, Australia, p. 59-60.
Story, S.L., Oboh-Ikuenobe, F.E., Benison, K.C., Mormile, M.R., Bowen, B.B., Hong, B., & Jagniecki, E.A., 2005, Linking palynology with geomicrobiology or modern acidic and neutral hypersaline lakes in Western Australia: Preliminary field observations: American Association of Stratigraphic Palynologists Annual Meeting, St. Louis, MO
Benison, K., Mormile, M., Oboh-Ikuenobe, F., Bowen, B.B., Hong, B., Jagniecki, E.A., & Story, S.L. 2005, Modern microbial life in saline lakes and pans in Australia: A field perspective: Geological Society of America Annual Meeting, Salt Lake City, UT.
Mormile, M., Benison, K., Oboh-Ikuenobe, F., & Bowen, B.B., 2005, Microbial life in saline lakes and pans: A microbiologist’s perspective: Geological Society of America Annual Meeting, Salt Lake City, UT.
Chan, M.A., Beitler, B., & Parry, W.T., 2005, Red rock concretions: Groundwater records, science resource, and analogs to Mars: Geological Society of America Annual Meeting, Salt Lake City, UT.
Benison, K.C., Bowen, B.B., Mormile, M.R., & Oboh-Ikuenobe, F.E., 2005, Acid saline lakes in
Australia: Clues to past environments and life at Meridiani Planum, Mars?: 9th Conference, International Society for Salt Lake Research, Perth, Australia, p. 5-6.Chan, M.A., Beitler, B., Parry, W.T., Ormö, J. & Komatsu, G., 2005, Hematite Concretions as Records of Groundwater History: Analogs from Earth to Mars: AAPG Annual Meeting, Calgary, Alberta.
Chan, M.A., Beitler, B., Parry, W.T., Ormö, J. & Komatsu, G., 2005, Utah Marbles and
Mars blueberries: Comparitive terrestrial analogs for hematite concretions on Mars: Lunar and Planetary Science XXXVI, Abstract 1402.2004
Beitler, B., Chan, M.A., & Parry, W.T., 2004, Geochemical and hyperspectral analysis of diagenetic alteration in the Jurassic Navajo Sandstone, southern Utah: Geological Society of America Annual Meeting, Denver, CO.
Beitler, B., Chan, M.A., Parry, W.T., Ormö, J. & Komatsu, G., 2004, Spectral analysis of Chemical diagenesis related to concretionary iron oxide deposits in the Jurassic Navajo Sandstone: Implications for paleo-groundwater geochemistry on Mars: Geologic, hydrologic, and climatic evolution and the implications for life: Lunar and Planetary Institute conference, Jackson Hole, WY.
Beitler, B., Ormö, J., Komatsu, G., Chan, M.A., & Parry, W.T., 2004, Geomorphic and Diagenetic Analogs to Martian Knobs, Bleaching, and Hematite Deposits in Jurassic Sandstones of Southern Utah, USA: Lunar and Planetary Science XXXV, Abstract 1289.
Chan, M.A., Beitler, B., Parry, W.T., Ormö, J. & Komatsu, G., 2004, Red Rock Diagenesis: From Earth to Mars: Geological Society of America Annual Meeting, Denver, CO.
Chan, M.A., Beitler, B., Parry, W.T, Ormö, J. & Komatsu, G, 2004, Possible terrestrial analogue for hematite concretions on Mars: Second conference on early Mars: Geologic, hydrologic, and climatic evolution and the implications for life: Lunar and Planetary Institute conference, Jackson Hole, WY.
Chan, M., Parry, W.T, & Beitler, B., 2004, Chemical Bleaching: An Indicator for Fluid Flow in Sandstone Deformation Bands: American Association of Petroleum Geologists Hedberg Conference: Structural Diagenesis: Fundamental Advances and New Applications from a Holistic View of Mechanical and Chemical Processes, Austin, TX.
2003
Beitler, B., Chan, M.A., & Parry, W.T., 2003, Paleo-reservoir characteristics and diagenetic bleaching in the Jurassic Navajo Sandstone, Southern Utah: American Association of Petroleum Geologist Annual Meeting, Salt Lake City, UT.
Beitler, B., Chan, M.A., & Parry, W.T., 2002, Field mapping and multispectral analysis of Jurassic Navajo Sandstone color and iron mineralization, Grand Staircase –Escalante National Monument, Utah: Geological Society of America Annual Meeting, Denver, CO.
