BRENNAN O'CONNELL
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18. O'Connell, B. and Wallace, M.W., 2025. The palaeoenvironmental and biological significance of marine carbonate depositional surfaces. Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 556(1), pp.SP556-2024.
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17. O'Connell, B., McMahon, W.J., Nduutepo, A., Pokolo, P., Mocke, H., McMahon, S., Boddy, C.E. and Liu, A.G. (2025), Transport of ‘Nama’-type biota in sediment gravity and combined flows: Implications for terminal Ediacaran palaeoecology. Sedimentology, 72: 365-407. https://doi.org/10.1111/sed.13239
16. O’Connell B., Wallace, M.W., Hood, A.v.S, Lechte, M., Mahon, E.M., Nearshore environments before the evolution of land plants, 2022, Precambrian Research.
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15. O’Connell B., Wallace, M.W., Hood, A.v.S, Rebbechi, L., Deep water cuspate stromatolites in the Cryogenian Trezona Formation, 2022, Geobiology.
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14. Dorsey, R.J., Alarcón, J.C.B., Gardner, K. and O'Connell, B., 2021. Early Pliocene Marine Transgression into the Lower Colorado River Valley, Southwestern USA, by Re-Flooding of a Former Tidal Strait. 2021, Geological Society of London, Special Volume on Straits and Seaways.
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13. Dorsey, R.J., O’Connell, B., Gardner, K.K., Homan, M.B., Bennett, S.E., Thacker, J.O. and Darin, M.H., 2021. Tectonostratigraphic record of late Miocene–early Pliocene transtensional faulting in the Eastern California shear zone, southwestern USA. Geosphere.
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12. O'Connell, B., Dorsey, R.J., vs Hood, A. and Hasiotis, S.T., 2021. Mixed carbonate-siliciclastic tidal sedimentation in the Miocene to Pliocene Bouse Formation, palaeo-Gulf of California. Sedimentology, 68, 1028-1068
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11. O'Connell, B., Wallace, M.W., vS Hood, A., Lechte, M.A. and Planavsky, N., 2020. Iron-rich carbonate tidal deposits, Angepena Formation, South Australia: A redox-stratified Cryogenian basin. Precambrian Research, p.105668.
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10. Stockey, R., Cole, D., Farrell, U., Agić, H., Boag, T., Brocks, J., Canfield, D., Cheng, M., Crockford, P., Cui, H. … O’Connell, B., and Dahl, T., 2023. Multiple sustained increases in atmospheric oxygen and marine productivity through the Neoproterozoic and Paleozoic Eras. in-revision Nature Geoscience, Preprint DOI:10.21203/rs.3.rs-3438740/v1
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9. Dorsey, R.J.D., O’Connell, B., Gardner K., Homan, M., Bennett, S.K.E., Thacker, J.O., Darin, M.O., 2021, Tectonostratigraphic record of late Miocene–early Pliocene transtensional faulting in the Eastern California shear zone, southwestern USA, 2021, Geosphere, 17(4), 1101-1125
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8. Lipp, A. G., Shorttle, O., Sperling, E., Brocks, J. J., Cole, D., Crockford, P. W., ... O’Connell, B. ... 2021, The composition and weathering of the continents over geologic time. Geochemical Perspectives Letters, 7, 21-26.
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7. Konhauser, K.O., Hao, W., Li, Y., von Gunten, K., Bishop, B.A., Alessi, D.S., Tarhan, L.G., O'Connell, B., Robbins, L.J., Planavsky, N.J. and Gingras, M.K., 2019. Diopatra cuprea worm burrow parchment: a cautionary tale of infaunal surface reactivity. Lethaia.
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6. Cole, D.B., O'Connell, B. and Planavsky, N.J., 2018. Authigenic chromium enrichments in Proterozoic ironstones. Sedimentary Geology, 372, pp.25-43.
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5. Jin, C., Lib, C. Algeo, T.J., O’Connell, B., Cheng, M., Shi W., Shen, J. Xieb, S., Planavsky, N.P.. Highly heterogeneous “poikiloredox” conditions in the early Ediacaran Yangtze Sea, Precambrian Research
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4. Planavsky, N.J., Slack, J.F., Cannon, W.F., O'Connell, B., Terry-Tang, Y., Asael, D., Jackson, J.C., Hardisty, D.S., Lyons, T.W. and Bekker, A., 2018. Evidence for episodic oxygenation in a weakly redox-buffered deep mid-Proterozoic ocean. Chemical Geology.
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3. O’Connell, B., Dorsey, R.J. and Humphreys, E.D., 2017. Tidal rhythmites in the southern Bouse Formation as evidence for post-Miocene uplift of the lower Colorado River corridor. Geology, 45(2), pp.99-102.
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2. Dorsey, R.J., O'Connell, B., McDougall, K. and Homan, M.B., 2017. Punctuated Sediment Discharge During Early Pliocene Birth of the Colorado River: Evidence from Regional Stratigraphy, Sedimentology, and Paleontology. Sedimentary Geology.
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1. Gootee, B.F., Pearthree, P.A., House, P.K., Youberg, A., Spencer, J.E., and O’Connell, B., 2016, Geologic Map of the Cibola 7 ½ Quadrangle and the northwestern part of Cibola SE 7½ Quadrangle, LA Paz County, Arizona, and Imperial County, California. Arizona Geological Survey Digital Map DGM117, Scale 1:24000, with text
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