Yancey, Thomas
individual record
Professor
Positions:
- Faculty Affiliate, Energy Institute, Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station (TEES), Division of Research
- Professor, Geology and Geophysics, College of Geosciences
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overview
My research focuses on the study of carboniferous and Permian marine shelf paleoenvironments and paleooceanography.
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
selected publications
Academic Articles71
- 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. (3964), 1-52.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
Books1
Chapters4
- 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. 252-268. Columbia University Press.
- 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. 61-71.
- Yancey, T. E (1979). Permian positions of the Northern Hemisphere continents as determined from marine biotic provinces.. 239-247.
- Wilde, P., & Yancey, T (1970). Sediment Distribution and its Relations to Circulation Patterns in Bolinas Bay, California. Coastal Engineering 1970. 1397-1415. American Society of Civil Engineers.
Conference Papers7
- 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. Lunar and Planetary Science Conference. 28, 567-567.
- Heymann, D., Yancey, T. E., & Thiemens, M. H (1997). Native Sulfur in Sediments from KT Boundary Sites of the Brazos River, Texas. Lunar and Planetary Science Conference. 28, 565-565.
- Yancey, T. E. (1997). Depositional environments of Late Eocene lignite-bearing strata, east-central Texas. International Journal of Coal Geology. 34(3-4), 261-275.
- Davidoff, A. J., & Yanccy, T. E (1993). Eustatic cyclicity in the paleocene and eocene: data from the Brazos River Valley, Texas. Tectonophysics. 222(3-4), 371-395.
- YANCEY, T. E (1986). CONTROLS ON DEPOSITION OF MIXED CARBONATE AND SILICICLASTIC SEDIMENTS ON EASTERN SHELF OF MIDLAND BASIN, PENNSYLVANIAN, OF TEXAS. AAPG BULLETIN-AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF PETROLEUM GEOLOGISTS. 70(9), 1191-1191.
awards and honors
recent teaching activities
- GEOL101 Principles Of Geology Instructor
- GEOL106 Historical Geology Instructor
- GEOL210 Geological Communication Instructor
- GEOL289 Sptp: Geology Of Texas Instructor
- GEOL291 Research Instructor
chaired theses and dissertations
- Wahl, Preston James (2015-08). U-Pb Detrital Zircon Geochronology of the Late Paleocene Early Eocene Wilcox Group, East-Central Texas. (Master's Thesis)
- Heintz, Mindi (2013-12). Tephrochronology and Stratigraphy of Eocene and Oligocene Volcanic Ashes of East and Central Texas. (Master's Thesis)
- Aydin, Tuba (2013-08). Dinoflagellate Cyst Biostratigraphy, Palynofacies and Paleoenvironmental Analysis of the Maastrichtian and Basal Danian, Brazon River, Texas. (Master's Thesis)
- Flake, Ryan Christopher (2011-05). Circulation of North American epicontinental seas during the Carboniferous using stable isotope and trace element analyses of brachiopod shells. (Master's Thesis)
- Hull, Thomas Frederick (2010-08). High-Resolution Characterization of Reservoir Heterogeneity and Connectivity in Clastic Environments. (Master's Thesis)
Email
tyancey@tamu.edu
First Name
Thomas
Last Name
Yancey
mailing address
Texas A&M University; Geology; 3115 TAMU
College Station, TX 77843-3115
USA
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