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Lazar, O. R., K. M. Bohacs, J. Schieber, J. H. S. Macquaker, and T. M. Demko, 2023, Mudstone nomenclature, in K. M. Bohacs and O. R. Lazar, eds.,Sequence stratigraphy: Applications to fine-grained rocks: AAPG Memoir 126, p. 21–34. https://sepm04.sitehost.iu.edu/PDF/M126-Chapter2-AC.pdf

Lazar, O. R., K. M. Bohacs, J. Schieber, J. H. S. Macquaker, and T. M. Demko, 2023, Tools and techniques for studying mudstones, in K. M. Bohacs and O. R. Lazar, eds., Sequence stratigraphy: Applications to fine-grained rocks: AAPG Memoir 126, p. 35–88. https://sepm04.sitehost.iu.edu/PDF/M126-Chapter3-AC.pdf

Lazar, O. R., K. M. Bohacs, J. Schieber, J. H. S. Macquaker, and T. M. Demko, 2023, Laminae, laminasets, beds, and bedsets, in K. M. Bohacs and O. R. Lazar, eds., Sequence stratigraphy: Applications to fine-grained rocks: AAPG Memoir 126, p. 89–106. https://sepm04.sitehost.iu.edu/PDF/M126-Chapter4-reduced.pdf

Lazar, O. R., and J. Schieber, 2023, New Albany Shale, Illinois Basin, USA—Devonian carbonaceous mudstone accumulation in an epicratonic sea: Stratigraphic insights from outcrop and subsurface data, in K. M. Bohacs and O. R. Lazar, eds., Sequence stratigraphy: Applications to fine-grained rocks: AAPG Memoir 126, p. 249–294. https://sepm04.sitehost.iu.edu/PDF/M126-Chapter9-reduced.pdf

Hart, B.S., Schieber, J., and Kalinec, J. (2023). Clay diagenesis and overpressure development in Upper Cretaceous and Tertiary shales of South Texas. Marine and Petroleum Geology, v. 147, 105978, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2022.105978. https://sepm04.sitehost.iu.edu/PDF/Hart_et_al_MPG-2023red.pdf

Schieber, J., Li, Z., Yawar, Z., Cao, X., Ashley, T. and Wilson, R. (2022), Kaolinite deposition from moving suspensions: The roles of flocculation, salinity, suspended sediment concentration and flow velocity/bed shear. Sedimentology.   https://doi.org/10.1111/sed.13034    https://sepm04.sitehost.iu.edu/PDF/Kaolinite-Deposition-SED-2022-comp.pdf

Li, Z., Schieber, J. and Pedersen, P.K. (2022), Reply to the Discussion by Al-Mufti on “On the origin and significance of composite particles in mudstones: Examples from the Cenomanian Dunvegan Formation” by Li et al. (2021), Sedimentology, 68, 737–754. Sedimentology, 69: 2682-2688. https://doi.org/10.1111/sed.13021  https://sepm04.sitehost.iu.edu/PDF/Dunvegan-Discussion-Li-et-al-2022-comp.pdf

Schieber, J., Bohacs, K.M., Coleman, M., Bish, D., Reed, M.H., Thompson, L., Rapin, W., Zawar, Z., 2022, Mars is a Mirror - Understanding the Pahrump Hills mudstones from a perspective of Earth analogues.  Sedimentology, https://doi.org/10.1111/sed.13024    https://sepm04.sitehost.iu.edu/PDF/Mars is a mirror-Sedimentology-2022-comp.pdf

Otharán, G., Zavala, C., Schieber, J., Olivera, D., Martínez, M., Díaz, P., Yawar, Z., and Agüero, L. (2022). Unravelling the fabrics preserved inside early diagenetic concretions: Insights for the distribution, accumulation and preservation of organic-rich mud in the interior of epicontinental basins.  Sedimentary Geology, 106254, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sedgeo.2022.106254.

Hallet, B., Sletten, R. S., Malin, M., Mangold, N., Sullivan, R. J., Fairén, A. G., Martínez, G., Baker, M., Schieber, J., Martin-Torres, J., and Zorzanoet, M.P. (2022). Active ground patterns near Mars' equator in the Glen Torridon region of Gale Crater. Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets, 127, e2021JE007126. https://doi.org/10.1029/2021JE007126

 Caravaca, G., Mangold, N., Dehouck, E., Schieber, J., Zaugg, L., Bryk, A.B., et al. (2022). From Lake to River: Documenting an Environmental Transition across the Jura/Knockfarril Hill Members Boundary in the Glen Torridon Region of Gale crater (Mars). Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets, 127, e2021JE007093. https://doi.org/10.1029/2021JE007093

Sullivan, R., Baker, M., Newman, C., Turner, M., Schieber, J., Weitz, C., et al. (2022). The aeolian environment in Glen Torridon, Gale crater, Mars. Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets, 127, e2021JE007174. https://doi.org/10.1029/2021JE007174

Fedo, C. M., Bryk, A. B., Edgar, L. A., Bennett, K. A., Fox, V. K., Dietrich, W. E., et al. (2022). Geology and stratigraphic correlation of the Murray and Carolyn Shoemaker formations across the Glen Torridon region, Gale crater, Mars. Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets, 127, e2022JE007408. https://doi.org/10.1029/2022JE007408

Li., Z., and Schieber, J., 2022, Correlative conformity or subtle unconformity?  The distal expression of a sequence boundary in the Upper Cretaceous Mancos Shale, Henry Mountains Region, USA. Journal of Sedimentary Research, v. 92, p. 635-657.  https://sepm04.sitehost.iu.edu/PDF/Correlative-Conformity-JSR-2022.pdf

Teng, J., Liu, B., Mastalerz, M., and Schieber, J., 2022, Origin of organic matter and organic pores in the overmature Ordovician-Silurian Wufeng-Longmaxi Shale of the Sichuan Basin, China. Intern. J. Coal. Geol., v. 253, 103970. https://sepm04.sitehost.iu.edu/PDF/OM-pores-Wufeng-Longmaxi-IJCG-2022comp.pdf

Liu, B., Mastalerz, M., and Schieber, J., 2022, SEM petrography of dispersed organic matter in black shales: A review. Earth-Science Reviews, v. 224, 103874. https://sepm04.sitehost.iu.edu/PDF/OM-under-SEM-ESR-2022comp.pdf

Wilson, R., Schieber, J., and Bohacs, K., 2022, Sequence stratigraphic reconstruction of the late Middle Devonian Geneseo Formation of NY, USA: Developing a genetic model for "Upper Devonian" unconventional targets in the Northern Appalachian Basin. Marine and Petroleum Geology, v. 138, 105547. https://sepm04.sitehost.iu.edu/PDF/Geneseo-Sequ-Strat-2022comp.pdf

Schieber, J. and Wilson, R., 2021, Burrows without a trace - How meioturbation affects rock fabrics and leaves a record of meiobenthos activity in shales and mudstones. Paläontologische Zeitschrift, v. 95, p. 767-791. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12542-021-00590-7. https://sepm04.sitehost.iu.edu/PDF/Meioturbation-PalZ-2021-comp.pdf

Wilson, R., Schieber, J., and Stewart, C., 2021, The discovery of widespread agrichnia traces in Devonian black shales of North America - Another chapter in the evolving understanding of a "not so anoxic" ancient sea. Paläontologische Zeitschrift, v.95, p. 661-681. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12542-021-00599-y. https://sepm04.sitehost.iu.edu/PDF/Agrichnia-PalZ-2021-comp.pdf

 Pellegrini, C., Tesi, T., Schieber, J., Bohacs, K., et al., 2021, Fate of terrigenous organic carbon in muddy clinothems on continental shelves revealed by stratal geometries: Insight from the Adriatic sedimentary archive. Global and Planetary Change, v. 203, 103539. https://sepm04.sitehost.iu.edu/PDF/Adriatic-Clinoforms-Pellegrini-et-al-2021.pdf

Liu, B., Teng, J., Mastalerz, M., Schieber, J., Schimmelmann, A., and Bish, D., 2021, Compositional Control on Shale Pore Structure Characteristics across a Maturation Gradient: Insights from the Devonian New Albany Shale and Marcellus Shale in the Eastern United States.  Energy & Fuels, v. 35, p. 7913-7929. https://sepm04.sitehost.iu.edu/PDF/PoreStructure-NAS-Marcellus-EF-2021.pdf

 Schieber, J., Shao, X., 2021, Detecting detrital carbonate in shale successions – Relevance for evaluation of depositional setting and sequence stratigraphic interpretation.  Marine and Petroleum Geology, v. 130, 105130.  https://sepm04.sitehost.iu.edu/PDF/Portwood-detrital-carbonate-MPG-2021.pdf

Schieber, J., Shao, X., Yawar, Z., Liu, B., 2021, Cryptic Burrow Traces in Black Shales – A Petrographic Rorschach Test or the Real Thing? Sedimentology, v. 68, 2707-2731. https://sepm04.sitehost.iu.edu/PDF/Schieber-Petro-Rorschach-2021.pdf

Schicker, A., Gier, S., Schieber, J., Krois, P., 2021, Diagenesis of the Malmian Mikulov Formation source rock, Vienna Basin: Focus on matrix and pores. Marine and Petroleum Geology, v. 129, 105082. https://sepm04.sitehost.iu.edu/PDF/Vienna-Basin-Malm-2021.pdf

Li, Z., Schieber, J., and Pedersen, P.K., 2021, On the origin and significance of composite particles in mudstones: Examples from the Cenomanian Dunvegan Formation.  Sedimentology, v. 68, p. 737-754. https://sepm04.sitehost.iu.edu/PDF/Dunvegan-composite-2021.pdf

Choudhuri, A., J Schieber, S Sarkar, ME Bickford, A Basu, 2020, The “Lower Kaimur Porcellanite”(Vindhyan Supergroup) is of Sedimentary Origin and not Tuff.  Journal of the Geological Society of India 95 (1), 17-24. https://sepm04.sitehost.iu.edu/PDF/KaimurPorcellanite-2020.pdf

Liu, B., J Teng, M Mastalerz, J Schieber, 2020, Assessing the thermal maturity of black shales using vitrinite reflectance: Insights from Devonian black shales in the eastern United States.  International Journal of Coal Geology, v. 220, Article 103426. https://sepm04.sitehost.iu.edu/PDF/T-maturity-Devonian-2020.pdf

Hao, J., AH Knoll, F Huang, J Schieber, RM Hazen, I Daniel, 2020, Cycling phosphorus on the Archean Earth: Part II. Phosphorus limitation on primary production in Archean ecosystems.  Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, v. 280, p. 360-377. https://sepm04.sitehost.iu.edu/PDF/Archean-Pcycle-2020.pdf

Rampe, E.B., et al., 2020, Mineralogy and geochemistry of sedimentary rocks and eolian sediments in Gale crater, Mars: A review after six Earth years of exploration with Curiosity.  Geochemistry, v. 80 (2), Article 125605. https://sepm04.sitehost.iu.edu/PDF/Rampe-etal-2020.pdf

Schieber, J., et al, 2020.  Engraved on the rocks –aeolian abrasion of Martian mudstone exposures and relation to modern wind patterns in Gale Crater, Mars.  The Depositional Record, v. 6, https://doi.org/10.1002/dep2.110. https://sepm04.sitehost.iu.edu/PDF/Engraved-on-the-Rocks.pdf

Rivera-Hernandez, F., et al., 2020, Grain Size Variations in the Murray Formation: Stratigraphic Evidence for Changing Depositional Environments in Gale Crater, Mars.  JGR-Planets, v. 125, e2019JE006230, https://doi.org/10.1029/2019JE006230.

Liu, B., Schieber, J., Mastalerz, M., Teng, J., 2020, Variability of rock mechanical properties in the sequence stratigraphic context of the Upper Devonian New Albany Shale, Illinois Basin.  Marine and Petoleum Geology, v. 112, Article 104068, doi.org/10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2019.104068. https://sepm04.sitehost.iu.edu/PDF/Rock-mech-NAS-2020.pdf

Li, Z., Schieber, J., and Bish, D., 2020, Decoding the origins and sources of clay minerals in the Upper Cretaceous Tununk Shale of south-central Utah: Implications for the pursuit of climate and burial histories.  The Depositional Record, v. 6, p. 172-191, https ://doi.org/10.1002/dep2.93 https://sepm04.sitehost.iu.edu/PDF/Tununk-Clays-2020.pdf

Li, Z., and Schieber, J., 2020, Application of sequence stratigraphic concepts to the Upper Cretaceous Tununk Shale Member of the Mancos Shale Formation, south-central Utah: Parasequence styles in shelfal mudstone strata. Sedimentology, v. 67, p. 118-151. https://sepm04.sitehost.iu.edu/PDF/Tununk-sequ-strat-2020.pdf

Liu, B., M Mastalerz, J Schieber, J Teng, 2020, Association of uranium with macerals in marine black shales: Insights from the Upper Devonian New Albany Shale, Illinois Basin.  International Journal of Coal Geology, v. 217, Article 103351. https://sepm04.sitehost.iu.edu/PDF/Uranium-in-NAS-2020.pdf

Minitti, M., et al., 2019, Distribution of primary and secondary features in the Pahrump Hills outcrop (Gale crater, Mars) as seen in a Mars Descent Imager (MARDI) “sidewalk” mosaic.  Icarus, v. 328, p. 194-209. https://sepm04.sitehost.iu.edu/PDF/Pahrump-sidewalk-2019.pdf

Liu, B., Schieber, J., Mastalerz, M., 2019, Petrographic and Micro-FTIR Study of Organic Matter in the Upper Devonian New Albany Shale During Thermal Maturation: Implications for Kerogen Transformation.  AAPG Memoir 120, p. 165-188. https://sepm04.sitehost.iu.edu/PDF/OM-in-NAS-2019.pdf

Rapin, W., et al, 2019, An interval of high salinity in ancient Gale crater lake on Mars.  Nature Geoscience, v. 12, p. 889-895, doi.org/10.1038/s41561-019-0458-8. https://sepm04.sitehost.iu.edu/PDF/Gale-high-salinity-2019.pdf

Hahm, J., et al., 2019, Lithologically controlled subsurface critical zone thickness and water storage capacity determine regional plant community composition. Water Resources Research, v. 55, p. 3028-3055. https://sepm04.sitehost.iu.edu/PDF/Franciscan-Critical-Zone-2019.pdf

Schieber, J., Miclaus, C., Seserman, A., Liu, B., and Teng., J., 2019, When a mudstone was actually a “sand”: Results of a sedimentological investigation of the bituminous marl formation (Oligocene), Eastern Carpathians of Romania.  Sedimentary Geology, v. 384, p. 12-28. https://sepm04.sitehost.iu.edu/PDF/Schieber-etal-2019-SedGeol-BMF-augmented.pdf

Smith, L.B., Schieber, J., and Wilson, R.D., 2019, Shallow-water onlap model for the deposition of Devonian black shales in New York, USA.  Geology, v. 47/3, p. 279-283.  https://sepm04.sitehost.iu.edu/PDF/Smith_et_al_Shallow_Onlap_2019.pdf

Li, Z. and Schieber, J, 2018, Composite Particles in Mudstones: Examples from the Late Cretaceous Tununk Shale Member of the Mancos Shale Formation. Journal of Sedimentary Research, v. 88, p. 1319-1344. https://sepm04.sitehost.iu.edu/PDF/Li_Schieber_JSR2018_Composite_Particles.pdf

Mastalerz, M., L Wei, A Drobniak, A Schimmelmann, J Schieber, 2018, Responses of specific surface area and micro-and mesopore characteristics of shale and coal to heating at elevated hydrostatic and lithostatic pressures.  International Journal of Coal Geology, v. xx, p. yy. https://sepm04.sitehost.iu.edu/PDF/IJ-Coal-Geol-2018-shale-exp.pdf

Li, Z., and Schieber, J. (2018), Detailed facies analysis of the Upper Cretaceous Tununk Shale Member, Henry Mountains Region, Utah: Implications for mudstone depositional models in epicontinental seas.  Sedimentary Geology, v. 364, p. 141-159. https://sepm04.sitehost.iu.edu/PDF/TununkShale-Facies-SedGeol2018-red.pdf

Edgar, L. A., Gupta, S., Rubin, D. M., Lewis, K. W., Kocurek, G. A., Anderson, R. B., Bell, J. F., Dromart, G., Edgett, K. S., Grotzinger, J. P., Hardgrove, C., Kah, L. C., Leveille, R., Malin, M. C., Mangold, N., Milliken, R. E., Minitti, M., Palucis, M., Rice, M., Rowland, S. K., Schieber, J., Stack, K. M., Sumner, D. Y., Wiens, R. C., Williams, R. M. E. and Williams, A. J. (2017), Shaler: in situ analysis of a fluvial sedimentary deposit on Mars. Sedimentology, v. 65, p. 96-122. https://sepm04.sitehost.iu.edu/PDF/Edgar_et_al-2017-Sedimentology.pdf

Stein, N., J.P. Grotzinger, J. Schieber, N. Mangold, B. Hallet, H. Newsom, K.M. Stack, J.A. Berger, L. Thompson, K.L. Siebach, A. Cousin, S. Le Mouélic, M. Minitti, D.Y. Sumner, C. Fedo, C.H. House, S. Gupta, A.R. Vasavada, R. Gellert, R. C. Wiens, J. Frydenvang, O. Forni, P. Y. Meslin, V. Payré, and E. Dehouck, 2018, Desiccation cracks provide evidence of lake drying on Mars, Sutton Island member, Murray formation, Gale Crater.  Geology, v. 46, p. 515-518. https://doi.org/10.1130/G40005.1.

Li, Yifan, Juergen Schieber, Tailiang Fana, Xiaojie Wei, 2018, Pore characterization and shale facies analysis of the Ordovician-Silurian transition of northern Guizhou, South China: The controls of shale facies on pore distribution.  Marine and Petroleum Geology, v. 92, p. 697-718. https://sepm04.sitehost.iu.edu/PDF/Li-2018-M&PG-Pores-OrdSil-China-red.pdf

Wilson, R., and Schieber, J. (2017), Association between wave- and current-aided hyperpycnites and flooding surfaces in shelfal mudstones: An integrated sedimentologic, sequence stratigraphic, and geochemical approach.  Journal of Sedimentary Research, v. 87, p. 1143-1155.  https://sepm04.sitehost.iu.edu/PDF/Wilson%20and%20Schieber,%202017_JSR.pdf

Liu, B., Schieber, J., and Mastalerz, M. (2017), Combined SEM and reflected light petrography of organic matter in the New Albany Shale (Devonian-Mississippian) in the Illinois Basin: A perspective on organic pore development with thermal maturation.  International Journal of Coal Geology, v. 184, p. 57-72.  https://sepm04.sitehost.iu.edu/PDF/Liu-OM-Pores-IJCG-2017.pdf

Mastalerz, M. and Schieber, J. (2017), Effect of ion milling on the perceived maturity of shale samples: Implications for organic petrography and SEM analysis. International Journal of Coal Geology, v. 183, p. 110-119.  https://sepm04.sitehost.iu.edu/PDF/Ion-milling-vs-maturity-2017.pdf

Yawar, Z., and Schieber, J. (2017), On the origin of silt laminae in laminated shales.  Sedimentary Geology, v. 360, p. 22-34.   https://sepm04.sitehost.iu.edu/PDF/Yawar-Schieber-SiltLam-SedGeol-2017.pdf

Wilson, R., and Schieber, J. (2017), Sediment transport processes and lateral facies gradients across a muddy shelf: Examples from the Geneseo Formation of central New York, United States. AAPG Bulletin, v. 101, p. 423-431. https://sepm04.sitehost.iu.edu/PDF/Wilson-Schieber-AAPGBull-field-guide-2017.pdf

Li, Y., Schieber, J., Fan, T., Li, Z., and Zhang, J., (2017), Regional depositional changes and their controls on carbon and sulfur cycling across the Ordovician-Silurian boundary, northwestern Guizhou, South China. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, v. 485, p. 816-832.  https://sepm04.sitehost.iu.edu/PDF/Li-Ordovician-blsh-China-P3-2017.pdf

Bickford, M.E., et. al. (2017), U-Pb Age and Hf Isotopic Compositions of Magmatic Zircons from a Rhyolite Flow in the Porcellanite Formation in the Vindhyan Supergroup, Son Valley (India): Implications for Its Tectonic Significance. The Journal of Geology, v. 125, p. 367-379.  https://sepm04.sitehost.iu.edu/PDF/Bickford-J-Geol-Porcellanite-2017.pdf

Wilson, R., and Schieber, J. (2017), The role of muddy hyperpycnites in shelfal mudstones and their effect on reservoir quality: Examples from the Geneseo Formation of New York, USA. AAPG Memoir 112. https://sepm04.sitehost.iu.edu/PDF/Wilson-AAPGMemoir112Chapter09.pdf

Schieber, J., Bish, D., Coleman, M., Reed, M., Hausrath, E. M., Cosgrove, J., Gupta, S., Minitti, M. E., Edgett, K. S. and Malin, M. (2017), Encounters with an unearthly mudstone: Understanding the first mudstone found on Mars. Sedimentology, 64: 311–358. https://sepm04.sitehost.iu.edu/PDF/Schieber-et_al-2017-Sedimentology-comp.pdf

Schieber, J., Lazar, R., Bohacs, K., Klimentidis, R., Dumitrescu, M., and Ottman, J., 2016. Porosity in the Eagle Ford Shale of Texas—Pore Types and Porosity Distribution in a Depositional and Sequence-stratigraphic Context.  AAPG Memoir 110, p. 167-186. https://sepm04.sitehost.iu.edu/PDF/Schieber-AAPG-Mem-110-Eagle-Ford-2016-red.pdf

Schieber, J., 2016, Mud-redistribution in epicontinental basins - Exploring likely processes. Marine and Petroleum Geology, v. 71, p. 119-133. https://sepm04.sitehost.iu.edu/PDF/Schieber-Epi-process-M&PG-2016.pdf

Schieber, J., 2016, Experimental Testing of the transport-durability of Shale Lithics and its implications for interpreting the rock record. Sedimentary Geology, v. 331, p. 162-169. https://sepm04.sitehost.iu.edu/PDF/Schieber-Shale-Lithics-SedGeo-2016.pdf

Wilson, R., and Schieber, J., 2015, Sedimentary Facies and Depositional Environment of the Middle Devonian Geneseo Formation of New York, USA.  Journal of Sedimentary Research, v. 85, p. 1393-1415. https://sepm04.sitehost.iu.edu/PDF/Wilson-Schieber-JSR-2015-reduced.pdf

Li, Z., Bhattacharya, J., and Schieber, J., 2015, Evaluating along-strike variation using thin-bedded facies analysis, Upper Cretaceous Ferron Notom Delta, Utah.  Sedimentology, v. 62, p. 2060-2089. https://sepm04.sitehost.iu.edu/PDF/Li_et_al-2015-Sedimentology-reduced.pdf

Li, Y., and Schieber, J., 2015, On the Formation of Phosphate Enriched Interval in the Chattanooga Shale (Upper Devonian) of Tennessee – A combined sedimentologic, petrographic, and geochemical study. Sedimentary Geology, v. 329, p. 40-61.  https://sepm04.sitehost.iu.edu/PDF/Li-2015-phosphate.pdf

Grotzinger JP, Gupta S, Malin MC, Rubin DM, Schieber J, Siebach K, Sumner DY, Stack KM, Vasavada AR, Arvidson RE, Calef III F, Edgar L, Fischer WW, Grant JA, Griffes J, Kah LC, Lamb MP, Lewis KW, Mangold N, Minitti ME, Palucis M, Rice M, E. Williams RME, Yingst RA, Blake D, Blaney D, Conrad P, Crisp J, Dietrich WE, Dromart G, Edgett KS, Ewing RC, Gellert R, Hurowitz JA, Kocurek G, Mahaffy P, McBride MJ, McLennan SM, Mischna M, Ming D, Milliken R, Newsom H, Oehler D, Parker TJ, Vaniman D, Wiens RC, Wilson SA (2015) Deposition, exhumation, and paleoclimate of an ancient lake deposit, Gale Crater, Mars, Science, 350, in press, online Oct. 9, 2015, doi: 10.1126/science.aac7575. http://web.gps.caltech.edu/~wfischer/pubs/Grotzingeretal2015.pdf

Lazar, O.R., Bohacs, K.M., Macquaker, J.H.S., Schieber, J., and Demko, T.M., 2015, Integrated approach for the nomenclature and description of the spectrum of fine-grained sedimentary rocks. Journal of Sedimentary Research, v. 85, p. 230-246. https://sepm04.sitehost.iu.edu/PDF/Lazar-2015-nom-paper.pdf

Schieber, J., 2015, Discussion: “Mud dispersal across a Cretaceous prodelta: Storm-generated, wave-enhanced sediment gravity flows inferred from mudstone microtexture and microfacies” by Plint (2014), Sedimentology 61, 609–647 (pages 389–393). Sedimentology, v. 62, p. 389-393. https://sepm04.sitehost.iu.edu/PDF/Schieber-2015-Sedimentology.pdf

Schieber, J., 2014, Traces In the Dark—Sedimentary Processes and Facies Gradients In the Upper Devonian–Lower Mississippian Upper Shale Member of the Bakken Formation, Williston Basin, North Dakota, U.S.A.—Discussion. Journal of Sedimentary Research, v. 84, p. 837-838. https://sepm04.sitehost.iu.edu/PDF/Schieber-TitD-discussion-JSR-2014.pdf

Wilson, R., and Schieber, J., 2014, Muddy prodeltaic hyperpycnites in the Lower Genesee Group of Central New York, USA: Implications for mud transport in epicontinental seas. Journal of Sedimentary Research, v. 84, p. 866-874. https://sepm04.sitehost.iu.edu/PDF/Wilson-Schieber-JSR2014-hyperpycnites.pdf

Schieber, J., Southard, J.B., Kissling, P., Rossman, B., and Ginsburg, R., 2013, Experimental Deposition of Carbonate Mud From Moving Suspensions: Importance of Flocculation and Implications For Modern and Ancient Carbonate Mud Deposition.  Journal of Sedimentary Research, v. 83, p. 1025-1031. https://sepm04.sitehost.iu.edu/PDF/Schieber_CarbonateMud_2013_JSR.pdf

Grotzinger, J.P., Sumner, D.Y., Kah, L.C., Stack, K., Gupta, S., Edgar, L., Rubin, D., Lewis, K., Schieber, J., Mangold, N., Milliken, R., Conrad, P.G., DesMarais, D., Farmer, J., Siebach, K., Calef, F., Hurowitz, J., McLennan, S.M., Ming, D., Vaniman, D., Crisp, J., Vasavada, A., Edgett, K.S., Malin, M., Blake, D., Gellert, R., Mahaffy, P., Wiens, R.C., Maurice, S., Grant, J.A., Wilson, S., Anderson, R.C., Beegle, R., Arvidson, R., Hallet, B., Sletten, R.S., Rice, M., Bell, J., Griffes, J., Ehlmann, B., Anderson, R.B., Bristow, D.F., Dietrich, W.E., Dromart, G., Eigenbrode, J., Fraeman, A., Hardgrove, C., Herkenhoff, K., Jandura, L., Kocurek, G., Lee, S., Leshin, L.A., Leveille, R., Limonadi, D., Maki, S., McCloskey, S., Meyer, M., Minitti, M., Newsom, H., Oehler, D., Okon, A., Palucis, M., Parker, T., Rowland, S., Schmidt, M., Squyres, S., Steele, A., Stolper, E., Summons, R., Treiman, A., Williams, R., Yingst, A., and The MSL Science Team, 2013, A Habitable Fluvio-Lacustrine Environment at Yellowknife Bay, Gale Crater, Mars. Science, 9 December 2013, p. 1-18. https://sepm04.sitehost.iu.edu/PDF/Science-2013-Grotzinger.pdf

Schieber, J., and Bennett, R., 2013, Bedload Transport of Mud Across a Wide, Storm-Influenced Ramp: Cenomanian–Turonian Kaskapau Formation, Western Canada Foreland Basin—Discussion. Journal of Sedimentary Research, v. 83, p. 1198-1199. https://sepm04.sitehost.iu.edu/PDF/Schieber-Plint-JSR2013.pdf

Schieber, J., 2013, SEM Observations on Ion-milled Samples of Devonian Black Shales from Indiana and New York: The Petrographic Context of Multiple Pore Types. AAPG Memoir 102, p. 153-172. https://sepm04.sitehost.iu.edu/PDF/Schieber-AAPG-Mem102.pdf

Schieber, J., 2011, Reverse Engineering Mother Nature – Shale Sedimentology from an Experimental Perspective. Sedimentary Geology, v. 238, p. 1-22. https://sepm04.sitehost.iu.edu/PDF/Schieber_EMS_SedGeo238.pdf

Schieber, J., 2011, Marcasite in Black Shales—a Mineral Proxy for Oxygenated Bottom Waters and Intermittent Oxidation of Carbonaceous Muds. Journal of Sedimentary Research, v. 81, p. 447-458. https://sepm04.sitehost.iu.edu/PDF/Schieber_Marcasite_2011_JSR.pdf

Schieber, J., 2011, Shale microfabrics and pore development – An overview with emphasis on the Importance of depositional processes. In: Gas Shale of the Horn River basin, D.A. Leckie and J.E. Barclay (Eds.), Canadian Society of Petroleum Geologists, Calgary, p. 115-119. https://sepm04.sitehost.iu.edu/PDF/CSPG_2011_Pores.pdf

Schieber, J., Southard, J.B., and Schimmelmann, A., 2010, Lenticular Shale Fabrics Resulting from Intermittent Erosion of Muddy Sediments – Comparing Observations from Flume Experiments to the Rock Record. Journal of Sedimentary Research, v. 80, p. 119-128. https://sepm04.sitehost.iu.edu/PDF/JS-J47-lenticular-fabric-red.pdf

Schieber, J., and Yawar, Z., 2009, A New Twist on Mud Deposition - Mud Ripples in Experiment and Rock Record. The Sedimentary Record, v. 7/2, p. 4-8. https://sepm04.sitehost.iu.edu/PDF/JS-J46-SedRecord-2009.pdf

Schieber, J., and Southard, J.B., 2009, Bedload Transport of Mud by Floccule Ripples – Direct Observation of Ripple Migration Processes and their Implications. Geology, v. 37, p. 483-486. https://sepm04.sitehost.iu.edu/PDF/JS-J45-Geology-2009.pdf

Patranabis-Deb, S., Schieber, J., and Basu, A., 2009, Almandine Garnet Phenocrysts in a ~1Ga Old Rhyolitic Tuff from Central India. Geological Magazine, v. 146, p. 133-143. https://sepm04.sitehost.iu.edu/PDF/JS-J44-Garnets-GeolMag-2009.pdf

Schieber, J., 2009, Discovery of Agglutinated Benthic Foraminifera in Devonian Black Shales and Their Relevance for the Redox State of Ancient Seas. Paleogeograpy, Paleoclimatology, Paleoecology, v. 271, p. 292-300. https://sepm04.sitehost.iu.edu/PDF/JS-J43-Agglutes-P3-2009.pdf

Schieber, J., Southard, J.B., and Thaisen, K., 2007, Accretion of Mudstone Beds from Migrating Floccule Ripples, Science, v. 318, p. 1760-1763. https://sepm04.sitehost.iu.edu/PDF/JS-J40-mudripples-Science-2007.pdf

Schieber, J., 2007, Oxydation of Detrital Pyrite as a Cause for Marcasite Formation in Marine Lag Deposits from the Devonian of the Eastern US. Deep Sea Research II, v. 54, p. 1312-1326. https://sepm04.sitehost.iu.edu/PDF/JS-J38-DSR2007.pdf

Schieber, J., and Riciputi, L., 2005, Pyrite-marcasite coated grains in the Ordovician Winnipeg Formation, Canada: An intertwined record of surface conditions, stratigraphic condensation, geochemical “reworking”, and microbial activity. Journal of Sedimentary Research, v. 75, p. 905-918. https://sepm04.sitehost.iu.edu/PDF/JS-J35-sedp-75-5-907.pdf

Schieber, J., and Riciputi, L., 2004, Pyrite ooids in Devonian Black Shales record intermittent Sea level drop and shallow water conditions. Geology, v. 32, p. 305-308.  https://sepm04.sitehost.iu.edu/PDF/JS-J34-Geology-py-ooids.pdf

Schieber, J., 2003, Simple gifts and hidden treasures – Implications of finding bioturbation and erosion surfaces in black shales. The Sedimentary Record, v. 1, p. 4-8. https://sepm04.sitehost.iu.edu/PDF/sedrecord2003.pdf

Schieber, J., 2002, Sedimentary Pyrite: A window into the microbial past. Geology, v. 30, p. 531-534. https://sepm04.sitehost.iu.edu/PDF/JS-J31-Geology_pyrite_microbes.PDF

Schieber, J., and Baird, G., 2001, On the origin and significance of pyrite spheres in Devonian black shales of North America.  Journal of Sedimentary Research, v. 71, p. 155-166. https://sepm04.sitehost.iu.edu/PDF/JS-J28-pyrite_balls.pdf

Schieber, J., Krinsley, D., and Riciputi, L., 2000, Diagenetic origin of quartz silt in mudstones and implications for silica cycling.  Nature, v. 406, p. 981-985.  https://sepm04.sitehost.iu.edu/PDF/JS-J27-silica_cycling.pdf

Book contributions & Book Chapters

Journals   Book Chapters   Guidebooks

A new book on clastic rock petrography with a healthy amount of shale information. has been published by AAPG as Memoir 109.

Schieber, J., Bose, P.K., Eriksson, P.G., Banerjee, S., Sarkar, S., Altermann, W., and Catuneau, O., (Eds.), 2007, Atlas of microbial mat features preserved within the clastic rock record, Volume 2 of Atlases in Geoscience, Elsevier, 311 p. Link has links to chapters by J. Schieber and other authors

Schieber, J., and Over, J., 2005, Sedimentary Fill of the Late Devonian Flynn Creek Crater: A Hard Target Marine Impact. In: Over, D.J., Morrow, J.R., and Wignall, P.B., eds., Understanding Late Devonian and Permian-Triassic Biotic and Climatic Events: Towards and Integrated Approach, Elsevier, p. 51-69. https://sepm04.sitehost.iu.edu/PDF/JS-B18-Flynn-Creek-final-chapter4.pdf

Schieber, J., 2004, Microbial Mats in the Siliciclastic Rock Record: A Summary of Diagnostic Features. In: P.G. Eriksson, W. Altermann, D. Nelson, W.U. Mueller, O. Catuneanu, and K. Strand (editors), The Precambrian Earth: Tempos and Events, Developments in Precambrian Geology, Elsevier, p. 663-672. https://sepm04.sitehost.iu.edu/PDF/JS-B17-Microbia Mats in the Siliciclastic.pdf

Schieber, J., 2003, Black Shales. In: Gerard V. Middleton et al. (eds.), Encyclopedia of Sediments and Sedimentary Rocks, Kluwer Scientific Publishers, p. 83-85. https://sepm04.sitehost.iu.edu/PDF/JS-B15-SedEncyclop-black-shale.pdf

Schieber, J., 2003, Depositional Fabric of Mudstones. In: Gerard V. Middleton et al. (eds.), Encyclopedia of Sediments and Sedimentary Rocks, Kluwer Scientific Publishers, p. 203-207. https://sepm04.sitehost.iu.edu/PDF/JS-B16-SedEncyclop-mudstone-fabric.pdf

Guidebooks & guidebook chapters

Journals   Book Chapters   Guidebooks

Schieber, J., and Lazar, R.O., 2004, (eds.) Devonian Black Shales of the Eastern U.S.: New Insights into Sedimentology and Stratigraphy from the Subsurface and Outcrops in the Illinois and Appalachian Basins.  Field Guide for the 2004 Great Lakes Section SEPM Annual Field Conference. Indiana Geological Survey Open File Study 04-05, 90pp.

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Last updated: April 03, 2023.