John P. Grotzinger
Publications
Refereed Papers
Grotzinger, J.P. and Read, J.F. 1983. Evidence for primary aragonite precipitation, early Proterozoic (1.9 Ga) Rocknest Dolomite, Wopmay Orogen, northwest Canada. Geology, v.11, n. 12, p. 710-713.
Read, J.F., Grotzinger, J.P., Bova, J.A., and Koerschner, W.F. 1986. Models for generation of carbonate cycles. Geology, v. 14, no. 2, p. 107 - 110.
Hofmann, H.J. and Grotzinger, J.P. 1986. Shelf-facies Microbiotas from the Odjick and Rocknest Formations (Epworth Group; 1.89 Ga), northwestern Canada. Can. Jour. Earth Sci., V.22, p. 1781-1792.
Grotzinger, J.P. 1986. Cyclicity and paleoenvironmental dynamics of an early Proterozoic carbonate platform, Rocknest Formation, Wopmay Orogen, N.W.T., Canada. Geol. Soc. Am. Bull., v. 97, p. 1208-1231.
Grotzinger, J.P. 1986. Shallowing-upward cycles of the Wallace Formation (Belt Supergroup), northwest Montana and northern Idaho, in, A Guide to the Belt, S. Roberts (ed.), Montana Bureau of Mines Spec. Pub. 94., p. 143-160.
Grotzinger, J.P. 1986. Upward shallowing platform cycles: A response to 2.2 billion years of low-amplitude, high-frequency (Milankovitch band) sea level oscillations. Paleoceanography, v. 1, no. 4, p. 403-416.
Grotzinger, J.P. 1986. Evolution of early Proterozoic passive-margin carbonate platform, Rocknest Formation, Wopmay Orogen, N.W.T., Canada. Journal of Sedimentary Petrology, v. 56, no. 6, p. 831-847.
Bond, G.C., Kominz, M.A. and Grotzinger, J.P. 1988. Cambro-Ordovician eustacy: Evidence from geophysical modeling of Cordilleran and Appalachian miogeoclines, in, New Perspectives in Basin Analysis, K. Kleinspehn and C. Paola (eds.), Springer-Verlag, New York, p.129-160.
Christie-Blick, N., Grotzinger, J.P., and von der Borch, C.C. 1988. Sequence stratigraphy in Proterozoic Successions. Geology, v. 16, p. 100-104.
Grotzinger, John P. and McCormick, David S. 1988. Flexure of the early Proterozoic lithosphere and the evolution of Kilohigok Basin (1.9 Ga), northwest Canadian Shield, in, New Perspectives in Basin Analysis, K. Kleinspehn and C. Paola (eds.), Springer-Verlag, New York, p. 405-430.
Pelechaty, S.M. and Grotzinger, J.P. 1989. Stromatolite bioherms of a 1.9 Ga foreland basin carbonate ramp, Beechey Formation, Kilohigok Basin, Northwest Territories, in, H.H.J. Geldsetzer et al. (eds.), Reefs of Canada and Adjacent Areas: Canadian Society of Petroleum Geologists Memoir 13, p. 93-104.
Hoffman, P.F. and Grotzinger, J.P. 1989. Abner/Denault reef complex (2.1 Ga), Labrador Trough, NE Quebec, in, H.H.J. Geldsetzer et al. (eds.), Reefs of Canada and Adjacent Areas: Canadian Society of Petroleum Geologists Memoir 13, p. 49-54.
Bond, G.C., Kominz, M.A., Steckler, M.S., and Grotzinger, J.P. 1989. Role of thermal subsidence, flexure and eustasy in the evolution of Early Paleozoic passive margin carbonate platforms, in, Crevello et al. (eds), Controls on Carbonate Platform and Basin Development: Society of Economic Paleontologists and Mineralogists Special Publication 44, p. 39-62.
Grotzinger, J.P. 1989. Introduction to Precambrian Reefs, in, H.H.J. Geldsetzer et al. (eds.), Reefs of Canada and Adjacent Areas: Canadian Society of Petroleum Geologists Memoir 13, p. 9-12.
Grotzinger, J.P. 1989. Construction of early Proterozoic (1.9 Ga) Barrier reef complex, Rocknest Platform, Northwest Territories, in, H.H.J. Geldsetzer et al. (eds.), Reefs of Canada and Adjacent Areas: Canadian Society of Petroleum Geologists Memoir 13, p. 30-37.
Grotzinger, John P. 1989. Facies and evolution of Precambrian carbonate depositional systems: emergence of the modern platform archetype, in, P.D. Crevello et al. (eds.), Controls on Carbonate Platform and Basin Development: Society of Economic Paleontologists and Mineralogists Special Publication 44, p. 79-106.
Burdett, J.W., Grotzinger, J.P., and Arthur, M.A. 1990. Did major changes in the stable isotopic composition of Proterozoic seawater occur? Geology, v. 18, p. 227-230.
Grotzinger, J.P. 1990. Geochemical model for Proterozoic stromatolite decline. American Journal of Science, v. 290-A, p. 80-103.
Grotzinger, J.P. and Royden, L.H. 1990. Elastic strength of the Slave craton at 1.9 Gyr and implications for the thermal evolution of the continents. Nature, v. 347, p. 64-66.
Tirrul, R. and Grotzinger, J.P. 1990. Early Proterozoic collisional orogeny along the northern Thelon front, Northwest Territories, Canada: evidence from the foreland. Tectonics, v. 9, p. 1015 - 1036.
Pelechaty, S.M., James, N.P., Kerans, C., and Grotzinger, J.P. 1991. A Middle Proterozoic paleokarst unconformity and associated sediments, Elu Basin, northwest Canada. Sedimentology, v. 38, p. 775-797.
Kaufman, P., Grotzinger, J.P., and McCormick, D.S. 1991. A depth-dependent diffusion algorithm for simulation of sedimentation in shallow marine depositional systems. In, "Sedimentary Modeling: Computer Simulations and Methods for Improved Parameter Definition". Kansas Geological Survey Bulletin 233, p. 489-508.
Bowring, S.A., and Grotzinger, J.P. 1992. Implications of new chronostratigraphy for tectonic evolution of Wopmay Orogen, northwest Canadian Shield. American Journal of Science, v. 292, p. 1-20.
Walter, M. R., Grotzinger, J. P., and Schopf, J. W. 1992. Proterozoic Stromatolites, in, Schopf, J.W., and Klein, C., (eds.), The Proterozoic Biosphere. Cambridge University Press, p. 253-259.
Grotzinger, J.P., and Ingersoll, R. 1992. Evolution of Proterozoic sedimentary basins, in, Schopf, J.W., and Klein, C., (eds.), The Proterozoic Biosphere. Cambridge University Press, p. 47-50.
Heaman, L. M. and Grotzinger, J.P. 1992. Age and significance of gabbro sills in the Pahrump Group, California. Geology, v. 20, p. 637-640.
Kah, L.C. and Grotzinger, J.P. 1992. Fabrics and significance of early Proterozoic (1.9 Ga) thrombolites of the Rocknest Formation, Northwest Territories, Canada. Palaios, v. 7, p. 305-315.
Veizer, J., Plumb, K.A., Clayton, R.N., Hinton, R.W., and Grotzinger, J.P. 1992. Geochemistry of Precambrian carbonates: V. Late Proterozoic seawater. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, V. 56, p. 2487-2501.
McCormick, D. S., and Grotzinger, J. P. 1993. Distinction of marine from alluvial facies in the early Proterozoic (ca. 1.9 Ga) Burnside Formation, Kilohigok Basin, N.W.T. Journal of Sedimentary Petrology, v. 63, p. 398-419.
McCormick, D. S., and Grotzinger, J. P. 1993. Evolution and significance of an overfilled alluvial foreland basin: Burnside Formation (1.9 Ga), Kilohigok Basin, N.W.T., Canada. Basin Research, v. 4, p. 253-278.
Hoffman, P.F., and Grotzinger, J. P. 1993. Orographic precipitation, erosion, and orogenic style. Geology, v. 21, p. 195-198.
Grotzinger, J.P. and Kasting, J. 1993. New constraints on Precambrian ocean composition. Journal of Geology, v. 101, p. 235-243.
Sumner, D. Y. and Grotzinger, J. P. 1993. Numerical modeling of ooid size and the problem of Neoproterozoic giant ooids. Journal of Sedimentary Petrology, v. 63, p. 974-982.
Bowring, S.A., Grotzinger, J.P., Isachsen, C., Knoll, H.A., Pelechaty, S., and Kolosov, P. 1993. Calibrating rates of early Cambrian Evolution. Science, v. 261, p. 1293-1298.
35 Grotzinger, J.P. 1993. New views of old carbonate sediments. Geotimes, v. 38, p. 12-15.
Rothman, D., Grotzinger, J. P., and Flemings, P. 1994. Scaling in turbidite sedimentation. Journal of Sedimentary Research, v. A64, p. 59-67.
Grotzinger, J. P. Trends in Precambrian carbonate sediments and their implication for understanding evolution. in, Bengtson, S. (ed.), Early Life on Earth, Columbia University Press, p. 245-258 .
Freidmann, J.S., and Grotzinger, J.P. Sedimentology, stratigraphy, and tectonic implications of a Paleoproterozoic continental extensional basin: the El Sherana/Edith River Groups. Canadian Journal of Earth Science, v. 31, p. 748-764.
Rothman, D., Grotzinger, J. P., and Flemings, P., 1994. Scaling in turbidite sedimentation - Reply. Journal of Sedimentary Research, v. A64, p. 934.
Ritts, B., and Grotzinger, J.P. 1994. Depositional facies and detrital composition of the Paleoproterozoic Et-Then Group, NWT, Canada: sedimentary response to intracratonic indentation. Canadian Journal of Earth Science, v. 31, p. 1763-1778.
Rothman, D. H. and Grotzinger, J. P. 1995. Scaling properties of gravity-driven sediments. Non-linear Processes in Geophysics, v. 2, p. 178-185.
Knoll, A.H., Grotzinger, J.P., Kaufman, A.J., and Kolosov, P. 1995. Integrated approaches to Terminal Proterozoic stratigraphy: an example from the Olenek Uplift, northeastern Siberia. Precambrian Research, v. 73, p. 251-270.
Saylor, B. Z., Grotzinger, J. P., and Germs, J. B. 1995. Sequence stratigraphy and sedimentology of the Neoproterozoic Kuibis and Schwarzrand Subgroups (Nama Group), southwestern Namibia. Precambrian Research, v. 73, p. 153-171.
Sergeev, V., Knoll, A.H., and Grotzinger, J.P. 1995. Paleobiology of the Mesoproterozoic Billyakh Group, Anabar Uplift, Northeastern Siberia. Journal of Paleontology.
Grotzinger, J. P. and Knoll, A. H., 1995. Anomalous marine carbonate precipitates: Is the Precambrian the key to the Permian? Palaios, v. 10, p. 578-596.
Grotzinger, J. P., Bowring, S. A., Saylor, B. Z., and Kaufman, A. J., 1995. Biostratigraphic and geochronologic constraints on early animal evolution. Science, v. 270, p. 598-604.
Knoll, A. H., Kaufman, A. J., Semikhatov, M. A., Grotzinger, J. P., and Adams, W., 1995. Sizing up the sub-Tommotian unconformity in Siberia. Geology, v. 23, p. 823-850.
Sumner, D. Y., and Grotzinger, J. P. 1996. Herringbone calcite: petrography and environmental significance. Journal of Sedimentary Research, v. 66, p. 419-429.
Pelechaty, S. M., Kaufman, A. J., and Grotzinger, J. P., 1996. Evaluation of d13C isotope stratigraphy for intrabasinal correlation: Vendian strata of the Olenek uplift and Kharaulakh Mountains, Siberian platform, Russia. Geological Society of America Bulletin, v. 108, p. 992-1003.
Sumner, D. Y. and Grotzinger, J. P., 1996. Were kinetics of Archean calcium carbonate precipitation related to oxygen concentration? Geology, v. 24, p. 119-122.
Grotzinger, J. P. and Rothman, D. H., 1996. An abiotic model for stromatolite morphogenesis. Nature, v. 383, p. 423-425.
Pelechaty, S. M., Grotzinger, J. P., Kashirtsev, V.A., and Jerinovsky, V. P., 1996. Chemostratigraphic and sequence stratigraphic constraints on Vendian-Cambrian basin dynamics, northeast Siberian craton. Journal of Geology, v. 104, p. 543-564.
Adams, R.D., and Grotzinger J.P. 1996. Lateral continuity of facies and parasequences in Middle Cambrian platform carbonates, Carrara Formation, southeastern California, USA. Journal of Sedimentary Research, v. 66, p. 1079-1090.
Knoll, A. H., Bambach, R. K., Canfield, D. E., and Grotzinger, J. P., 1996. Comparative Earth history and Late Permian mass extinction. Science, v. 273, p. 452-457.
Flemings, P. B., and Grotzinger, J. P., 1996. STRATA: Freeware for analyzing classic stratigraphic problems. GSA Today, v. 6, p. 1-7.
Narbonne, G. M., Saylor, B. Z., Grotzinger, J. P., 1997. The youngest Ediacaran fossils from southern Africa. Journal of Paleontology, v. 71, p. 953-967.
Saylor, B. Z., Kaufman, A. J., Grotzinger, J. P., and Urban, F., 1998, The partitioning of terminal Proterozoic time: Constraints from Namibia. Journal of Sedimentary Research, v. 68, p. 1223-1235.
Grotzinger, J. P and Knoll, A. H. 1999. Stromatolites: Evolutionary mileposts or environmental dipsticks? Annual Reviews of Earth and Planetary Science, v. 27, p. 313-358.
Grotzinger, J. P. , Watters, W. and Knoll, A. H., 2000, Calcified metazoans in thrombolite-stromatolite reefs of the terminal Proterozoic Nama Group, Namibia. Paleobiology, v. 26, p. 334-359.
Pope, M., Grotzinger, J., and Schreiber, B. C., 2000, Evaporitic subtidal stromatolites produced by in situ precipitation: Textures, facies associations, and temporal significance. Journal of Sedimentary Research, v. 70, p. 1139-1151.
Myrow, P. and Grotzinger, J. P., 2000, Chemostratigraphic proxy records: Forward modeling the effects of unconformities, variable sediment accumulation rates, and sampling-interval bias, in, SEPM Special Publication - Carbonate Sedimentation and Diagenesis in the Evolving Precambrian World, J. Grotzinger and N. James (eds), p. 43-58.
Pope, M. C., and Grotzinger, J. P., 2000, Controls on fabric development and morphology of tufa and stromatolites, uppermost Pethei Group (1.8 Ga), Great Slave Lake, northwest Canada, inp, SEPM Secial Publication - Carbonate Sedimentation and Diagenesis in the Evolving Precambrian World, J. Grotzinger and N. James (eds), p. 103-122.
Grotzinger, J. P. and James, N. P., 2000, Precambrian Carbonates: Evolution of Understanding, in, SEPM Special Publication #67 - Carbonate Sedimentation and Diagenesis in the Evolving Precambrian World, J. Grotzinger and N. James (eds), p. 3-22.
Sumner, D. Y. and Grotzinger, J. P., 2000, Evidence for Late Archean aragonite precipitation: Petrography, facies associations, and environmental significance, in, SEPM Special Publication - Carbonate Sedimentation and Diagenesis in the Evolving Precambrian World, J. Grotzinger and N. James (eds), p. 123-144.
Bartley, J. K., Knoll, A. H., Grotzinger, J. P., Sergeev, V. N., 2000, Lithification and fabric genesis in precipitated stromatolites and associated peritidal carbonates, Mesoproterozoic Billyakh Group, Siberia, in, SEPM Special Publication - Carbonate Sedimentation and Diagenesis in the Evolving Precambrian World, J. Grotzinger and N. James (eds), p. 59-74.
Laval, B., Cady, S. L., Pollack, J. C., McKay, C. P., Bird, J. S., Grotzinger, J. P., Ford, D. C., and Bohm, H. R., 2000, Modern freshwater microbialite analogues for ancient dendritic reef structures. Nature, v. 407, p. 626-629.
Grotzinger, J.P. 2000. Facies and paleoenvironmental setting of Thrombolite-Stromatolite Reefs, Terminal Proterozoic Nama Group (ca. 550-543 Ma), central and southern Namibia. Communications of the Geological Survey of Namibia, v. 12, p. 221-233.
Watters, W. A., and Grotzinger, J. P., 2001. Digital reconstruction of calcified early metazoans, terminal Proterozoic Nama Group, Namibia. Paleobiology, v. 27, p. 159-xxx.
Carlson, J. and Grotzinger, J. P. 2001. Submarine fan environment inferred from turbidite thickness distributions. Journal of Sedimentary Research. V. 48, p. 1331-1351.
Zhang, R., Follows, M. J., Grotzinger, J. P., and Marshall, J., 2001. Could the late Permian deep ocean have been anoxic? Paleoceanography, v. 16, p. 317-329.
Wood, R. A., Grotzinger, J. P., and Dickson, J.A.D, 2002. Proterozoic modular skeletal metazoan from the Nama Group, Namibia. Nature, v. 296, p. 2383-2386.
Tinker, J., de Wit, M., and Grotzinger, J. P., 2002. Seismic stratigraphic constraints on Neoarchean-Paleoproterozoic evolution of the western margin of the Kaapvaal Craton, South Africa. Journal of South African Earth Sciences, v. 105, p. 107-134.
Noffke, N., Knoll, A. H., and Grotzinger, J. P., 2002. Controls on the formation and preservation of microbial mats in siliciclastic deposits: A case study from the Upper Neoproterozoic Nama Group, Namibia. Palaios.
Parsons, J. D., Schweller, W. J., Stelting, C. W., Southard, J. B., Lyons, W., and Grotzinger, J. P., 2002. A preliminary experimental study of turbidite fan deposits. Journal of Sedimentary Research, v. 72, p. 619-628.
Cady, S. L., Framer, J. D., Grotzinger, J. P., Schopf, J. W., and Steele, A., 2003, Morphological biosignatures and the search for life on Mars. Astrobiology, v. 3, p. 351-368.
Amthor, J. A., Grotzinger, J. P., Schröder, S., Bowring, S. A., Ramezani. J., Martin, M.W., and Matter, A., 2003. Extinction of Cloudina and Namacalathus at the Precambrian-Cambrian boundary in Oman. Geology, v. 31, 431-434.
Pope, M. C., and Grotzinger, J. P., 2003. Paleoproterozoic Stark Formation, Athapuscow basin, northwest Canada: Record of cratonic-scale salinity crisis. Journal of Sedimentary Research, v. 73, p. 280-295.
Peters, J., Filbrandt, J., Grotzinger, J. P., Newall, M., Shuster, M., and Al-Siyabi, H., 2003, Surface-piercing salt domes of interior north Oman, and their significance for the Ara carbonate “stringer” hydrocarbon play. GeoArabia, v. 8, p. 231-270.
Adams, E., Schröder, S., Grotzinger, J. P., and McCormick, D. S., 2004, Digital reconstruction and stratigraphic evolution of a microbial-dominated, isolated carbonate platform (terminal Proterozoic, Nama Group, Namibia). Journal of Sedimentary Research, v. 74, p. 479-497.
Cozzi, A., Allen, P. A., Grotzinger, J. P., 2004, Understanding carbonate ramp dynamics using d13C profiles: examples from the Neoproterozoic Buah Formation of Oman. Terra Nova, v. 16, p. 62-67.
Cozzi, A., Grotzinger, J., Allen, P., 2004, Evolution of a terminal Proterozoic carbonate ramp system (Buah Formation, Sultanate of Oman): Effects of basement paleotopography. Bulletin of the Geological Society of America, v. 116, p. 1367-1384.
Squyres, S., Arvidson, R. E., Bell, J. F. III, Bruckner, J., Cabrol, N. A., Calvin, W., Carr, M. H., Christensen, P. R., Clark, B. C., Crumpler, L., Des Marais, D. J., d’Uston, C., Economou, T., Farmer, J., W., Farrand, W. H., Folkner, W., Golombek, M., Gorevan, S., Grant, J. A., Greeley, R., Grotzinger, J. P., and 29 others, 2004, The Spirit Rover’s Athena Science Investigation at Gusev Crater, Mars. Science, v. 305, p. 794-799.
Bell, J. F. III, Squyres, S., Arvidson, R. E., Arneson, H. M., Bass, D., Calvin, W., Farrand, W. H., Goetz, W., Golombek., M., Greeley, R., Grotzinger, J. P., and 29 others, 2004, Pancam multispectral imaging results from the Opportunity rover at Meridiani Planum. Science, v. 306, p. 1703-1709.
Herkenhoff , K. E., Squyres, S., Arvidson, R. E., Bass, D., Bell, J. F. III, Bertelsen, P., Ehlmann, B. L., W., Farrand, W. H., Gaddis, L., Greeley, R., Grotzinger, J. P., and 21 others, 2004, Evidence from Opportunity’s microscopic imager for ancient water on Meridiani Planum. Science, v. 306, p. 1727-1729.
Soderblom, L. A., Anderson, R. C., Arvidson, R. E., Bell, J. F. III, Cabrol, N. A., Calvin, W., Christensen, P. R., Clark, B. C., Economou, T., Ehlmann, B. L., Farrand, W. H., Fike, D. H., Gellert, R., Glotch, T. D., Golombek., M., Greeley, R., Grotzinger, J. P., and 28 others, 2004, Soils of Eagle Crater and Meridiani Planum at the Opportunity rover landing site. Science, v. 306, p. 1723-1726.
Squyres, S., Grotzinger, J. P., Bell, J. F. III, Calvin, W., and 14 others, 2004, In-situ evidence for an aqueous environment at Meridiani Planum, Mars. Science, v. 306, p. 1709-1714.
Squyres, S., Arvidson, R. E., Bass, D., Bell, J. F. III, Bertelsen, P., Bruckner, J., Cabrol, N. A., Calvin, W., Carr, M. H., Christensen, P. R., Clark, B. C., Crumpler, L., Des Marais, D. J., d’Uston, C., Economou, T., Farmer, J., W., Farrand, W. H., Folkner, W., Golombek, M., Gorevan, S., Grant, J. A., Greeley, R., Grotzinger, J. P., and 28 others, 2004, The Opportunity Rover’s Athena science investigation at Meridiani Planum, Mars. Science, v. 306, p. 1698-1703.
Sumner, D. Y., and Grotzinger, J. P., 2004. Implications for Neoarchaean ocean chemistry from primary carbonate mineralogy of the Campbellrand-Malmani Platform, South Africa. Sedimentology, v. 51, p. 1273-1299.
Adams. E., Grotzinger, J., Schröder, S., McCormick, D, and Al-Siyabi, H., 2005, Digital characterization of thrombolite-stromatolite reef distribution within a carbonate ramp system (terminal Proterozoic, Nama Group, Namibia). American Association of Petroleum Geologists Bulletin, v. 89, p. 1293-1318.
Grotzinger, J. P., Adams, E., and Schröder, S., 2005, Microbial-metazoan reefs of the terminal Proterozoic Nama Group (ca. 550-543 Ma), Namibia. Geological Magazine, v. 142, p. 499-517.
DiBenedetto, S., and Grotzinger, J. P., 2005, Geomorphic evolution of a storm-dominated carbonate ramp (ca. 549 Ma), Nama Group, Namibia. Geological Magazine, v. 142, p. 583-604.
Corsetti, F. A., and Grotzinger, J. P., 2005. Origin and significance of tube structures in Neoproterozoic post-glacial cap carbonates: Example from Noonday Dolomite, Death Valley, United States. Palaios, v. 20, p. 348-362.
Grotzinger, J.P., and 16 others, 2005, Stratigraphy and Sedimentology of a Dry to Wet Eolian Depositional System, Burns Formation, Meridiani Planum, Mars: Earth and Planetary Science Letters, v. 240, p. 11-72.
Clark, B.C., Morris, R.V., McLennan, S.M., Gellert, R., Jolliff, B., Knoll, A.H., Squyres, S.W., Lowenstein, T.K., Ming, D.W., Tosca, N.J., Yen, A., Christensen, P.R., Gorevan, S.P., Brückner, J., Calvin, W.M., Dreibus, G., Farrand, W.H., Grotzinger, J.P., and 6 others, 2005, Chemistry and Mineralogy of outcrops at Meridiani Planum, Earth and Planetary Science Letters 240, p. 73-94.
Knoll, A.H., Carr, M.H., Clark, B.C., Des Marais, D.J., Farmer, J.D., Fischer, W.W., Grotzinger, J.P., and 7 others, 2005, An astrobiological perspective on Meridiani Planum, Earth and Planetary Science Letters, v. 240, 179-189.
McLennan, S. M., Bell III, J. F., Calvin, W., Grotzinger, J. P., and 28 others, 2005, Provenance and diagenesis of the evaporite-bearing Burns formation, Meridiani Planum, Mars. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, v 240, 95-121.
Tosca, N. J., McLennan, S.M., Clark, B.C., Grotzinger, J. P., Hurowitz, J. A., Knoll, A.H., Schroder, C., and Squyres, S.W., 2005, Geochemical modeling of evaporation processes on Mars: Insight from the sedimentary record at Meridiani Planum. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, v. 240, p. 122-148.
Sullivan. R., Banfield, D., Bell, J. F., III, Calvin, W., Fike, D., Golombek, M., Greeley, R., Grotzinger, J., and 10 others, 2005, Aeolian processes at the Mars Exploration Rover Meridiani Planum landing site. Nature, v. 436, p. 58-61.
Schröder, S., Grotzinger, J. P., Amthor, J. E., and Matter, A., 2005. Carbonate deposition and hydrocarbon reservoir development at the Precambrian-Cambrian boundary: The Ara Group in south Oman. Sedimentary Geology, v. 180, p. 1-28.
Squyres, S. W., Aharonson, O., Arvidson, R. E., Bell, J. F. III, Christensen, P. R., Clark, B. C., Crisp, J. A., Farrand, W., Glotch, T., Golombek, M., Grant, J., Grotzinger, J., and 9 others, 2006, Bedrock formation at Meridiani Planum: a response to "A volcanic environment for bedrock diagenesis at Meridiani Planum, Mars" Nature, v. p. E1-E2.443,
Squyres, S. W., Knoll, A. H., Arvidson, R. E., Clark, B. C., Grotzinger, J. P., and 13 others, 2006, Two years at Meridiani Planum: Results from the Opportunity rover. Science, v. 313, p. 1403-1407.
Jerolmack, D. J., Mohrig, D., Grotzinger, J. P., Fike, D., and Watters, W. A., 2006, Spatial grain-size sorting in eolian ripples and estimation of wind conditions on planetary surfaces: Application to Meridiani Planum, Mars. Journal of Geophysical Research, v. 11, E12S02, doi:10.1029/2005JE002544.
Johnson, J., and Grotzinger, J. P., 2006. Affect of sedimentation on Ediacaran stromatolite reef growth and morphology, Omkyk Member (Nama Group), Namibia. Journal of the Geological Society of South Africa, v. 109, p. 87-96.
In Press
Fike, D.A., Grotzinger, J.P., Pratt, L.M., and Summons, R.E., 2006, Oxidation of the Ediacaran Ocean. Nature.
Grotzinger, J. P., and 17 others, In Press, Sedimentary textures formed by aqueous processes, Erebus crater, Meridiani Planum, Mars. Geology.
Farrand, W.H., Bell, J.F.III, Johnson, B.L., Jolliff, B.L., Knoll, A.H., McLennan, S.M., Squyres, S.W., Calvin, W.M., Grotzinger, J. P., and 5 others, In Review, Visible and Near Infrared multispectral analysis of rocks at Meridiani Planum, Mars by the Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity. Journal of Geophysical Research.
Grotzinger, J. P., and Miller, R., In Press, The Nama Group. In, R. Miller (ed.), The Geology of Namibia.
Schröder, S. and Grotzinger, J. P., In Press, Evidence for anoxia at the Ediacaran-Cambrian boundary: The record of redox-sensitive trace elements and rare-earth elements in Oman. Journal of the Geological Society of London.
Squyres, S.W., Arvidson, R.E., Bollen, D., Bell, J.F. III, Bruckner, J., Cabrol, N.A., Calvin, W.M., Carr, M.H., Christensen, P.R., Clark, B.C., Crumpler, L., Des Marais, D.J., d’Uston, C., Economou, T., Farmer, J., Farrand, W.H., Folkner, W., Gellert, R., Glotch, T.D., Golombek, M., Gorevan, S., Grant, J., Greeley, R., Grotzinger, J.P., and 29 others, In Press, Overview of the Opportunity Mars Exploration Rover Mission to Meridiani Planum: Eagle crater to Purgatory ripple. Journal of Geophysical Research.
Books
Press, F., Siever, R., Grotzinger, J. P., Jordan, T. H., 2003, Understanding Earth, 4th Edition. Freeman, 567 pp.
Grotzinger, J. P., Jordan, T. H., Press, F., and Siever, R., 2007, Understanding Earth, 5th Edition, Freeman, 579 pp.
Maps, Field Guides, Reports
Hoffman, P.F., St-Onge, M.R., Easton, R.M., Grotzinger, J.P., and Schulze, D.E. 1980. Syntectonic plutonism in north-central Wopmay Orogen (early Proterozoic), Hepburn Lake map area, District of Mackenzie. In, Current Research, Part A. Geological Survey of Canada Paper 82-1A, p. 171-177.
Grotzinger, J.P. 1982. A preliminary account of the internal stratigraphy of the Rocknest Formation, foreland fold-thrust belt of Wopmay Orogen, District of Mackenzie. In, Current Research, Part A. Geological Survey of Canada Paper 82-1A, p. 117-118.
Hoffman, P.F., Tirrul, R.T., and Grotzinger, J.P. 1983. The externides of Wopmay Orogen, Point Lake and Kikerk Lake map areas, District of Mackenzie. In, Current Research, Part A. Geological Survey of Canada Paper 83-1A, p. 429-435.
Grotzinger, J.P. and Hoffman, P.F. 1983. Aspects of the Rocknest Formation, Asiak Thrust-Fold Belt, Wopmay Orogen, Districty of Mackenzie. In, Current Research, Part B. Geological Survey of Canada Paper 83-1B, p. 83-92.
Hoffman, P.F., Tirrul, R., Grotzinger, J.P., Lucas, S.B., and Eriksson, K.A. 1984. The externides of Wopmay Orogen, Tikijuq Lake and Kikerk Lake map areas, District of Mackenzie. In, Current Research, Part A. Geological Survey of Canada Paper 84-1A, p. 383-395.
Grotzinger, J.P. 1986. Measured stratigraphic sections and palinspastic cross-sections, Rocknest Formation (1.9 Ga), Wopmay Orogen, N.W.T., Canada. Geological Survey of Canada Open File Report 1278.
Grotzinger, J.P. and Gall, Q. 1986. Preliminary investigations of early Proterozoic Western River and Burnside River Formations: Evidence for foredeep origin of Kilohigok Basin, N.W.T., Canada. In, Current Research, Part A. Geological Survey of Canada Paper 86-1A, p. 95 - 106.
Grotzinger, J.P., McCormick, D.S., and S. Pelechaty. 1987. Progress report on the stratigraphy, sedimentology, and significance of the Kimerot and Bear Creek Groups (new names), Kilohigok basin, District of Mackenzie. In, Current Research. Geological Survey of Canada Paper 87-1A, p. 219-238.
Pelechaty, Shane M., Grotzinger, John P., Goodarzi, Fari, Snowdon, Lloyd R., and Verne Stasiuk. 1988. Middle Proterozoic karst development and bitumen emplacement, Parry Bay Formation (dolomite), Bathurst Inlet area, District of Mackenzie: A preliminary analysis. In, Current Research, Part C. Geological Survey of Canada Paper 88-1C, p. 299-312.
McCormick, D.S. and J.P. Grotzinger. 1988. Aspects of the Burnside Formation, Bear Creek Group, Kilohigok Basin, District of Mackenzie, N.W.T. In, Current Research, Part C. Geological Survey of Canada Paper 88-1C, p. 321-340.
Grotzinger, J.P., Gamba, C., Pelechaty, S.M., and D.S. McCormick. 1988. Stratigraphy of a 1.9 Ga foreland basin shelf-to-slope transition: Bear Creek Group, Tinney Hills area of Kilohigok Basin, District of Mackenzie. In, Current Research, Part C. Geological Survey of Canada Paper 88-1C, p. 313-320.
Grotzinger, J.P., Adams, R.D, McCormick, D.S., and Myrow, P. 1989. Sequence stratigraphy, correlations between Wopmay orogen and Kilohigok Basin, and further investigations of the Bear Creek Group (Goulburn Supergroup), District of Mackenzie. In, Current Research, Part C. Geological Survey of Canada Paper 89-1C, p. 107-119.
Freidmann, S. J., and Grotzinger, J. P. 1991. Stratigraphy, sedimentology and tectonic evolution of the El Sherana and Edith River Groups, Northern Territory, Australia. Australia Bureau of Mineral Resources, Mineral Provinces Series #8, 25 pp.
Saylor, B.Z., and Grotzinger, J. P., 1996. Reconstruction of important Proterozoic-Cambrian boundary exposures through recognition of thrust deformation in the Nama Group of southern Namibia. Communications of the Geological Survey of Namibia, v. 11, p. 1-12.
Grotzinger, J. P., 2001. Reservoir stratigraphy of the A2C and A3C intrasalt carbonate stringers in the greater Harweel area – A status report. Petroleum Development Oman, Exploration Note 308.
Grotzinger, J. P., 2002. Field Guide: Stratigraphy, Facies, and Paleoenvironmental setting of a terminal Proterozoic carbonate ramp, Nama Group (ca. 550-543 Ma), Namibia. International Association of Sedimentologists, Field Trip A3, 75 pp.
Grotzinger, J. P., Newall, M., and Al-Siyabi, H., 2002. Core Evaluation of Northern Stringers Facies Distributions, Including the Eastern Flank (With secondary objectives of pre-salt and western deformation front facies evaluation in selected wells). Petroleum Development Oman Report.
Grotzinger, J. P., 2003. Summary of A1C reservoir stratigraphy. Petroleum Development Oman Report.
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