Representative Publications Francisca E. Oboh-Ikuenobe Peer Reviewed Journal Articles 1. Oboh-Ikuenobe, F.E., Benson, D.G., Scott, R.W., Holbrook, J.M., Evetts, M.J., and Erbacher, J., 2007. Re-evaluation of the Albian-Cenomanian boundary in the U.S. Western Interior based on dinoflagellate cysts. Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology, in press. 2. Benison, K.C., Bowen, B.B., Oboh-Ikuenobe, F.E., Jagniecki, E., LaClair, D.A., Story, S.L., Mormile, M.R., and Hong, B., 2007. The sedimentology of acid saline lakes in southern Western Australia: Newly described processes and products of an extreme environment. Journal of Sedimentary Research, in press. 3. Holbrook, J.M., Scott, R.W., and Oboh-Ikuenobe, F.E., 2006. Base-level buffers and buttresses: a model for upstream versus downstream control on preservation of fluvial geometry and architecture within sequences. Journal of Sedimentary Research, v. 76, p. 162-174. 4. Udeze, C.U., and Oboh-Ikuenobe, F.E., 2005. Neogene paleoceanographic and paleoclimatic events inferred from palynological data: Cape Basin off South Africa, ODP Leg 175. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, v. 219, p. 199-223. 5. Oboh-Ikuenobe, F.E., Obi, C.G., and Jaramillo, C.A., 2005. Lithofacies, palynofacies, and sequence stratigraphy of Paleogene strata in southeastern Nigeria. Journal of African Earth Sciences, v. 41, p. 79-102. 6. Scott, R.W., Holbrook, J.M., Oboh-Ikuenobe, F.E., Evetts, M.J., Benson, D.G., and Kues, B.S., 2004. Middle Cretaceous stratigraphy, Southern Margin, Western Interior Basin. Mountain Geologist, v. 41, p. 33-61. 7. Oboh-Ikuenobe, F.E., and De Villiers, S.E., 2003. Dispersed organic matter in samples from the western continental shelf of Southern Africa: palynofacies assemblages and depositional environments of Late Cretaceous and younger sediments. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, v. 201, p. 67-88. 8. Pardo-Trujillo, A., Jaramillo, C.A., and Oboh-Ikuenobe, F.E., 2003. Paleogene palynostratigraphy of the eastern Middle Magdalena Valley, Colombia. Palynology, v. 27, p. 155-178. Appendix 1: Palynomoprhs in the Uribe section; Appendix 2: Palynomorphs in the Sogamoso core; AASP Data Committee, PALYDISK 23, http://www.palynology.org/. 9. Overstreet, R.B., Oboh-Ikuenobe, F.E., and Gregg, J.M., 2003. Sequence stratigraphy and depositional facies of Lower Ordovician cyclic carbonate rocks, Southern Missouri. Journal of Sedimentary Research, v. 73, p. 421-433. 10. Pletsch, T., Erbacher, J., Holbourne, A.E.L., Kuhnt, W., Moullade, M., Oboh-Ikuenobe, F.E., Söding, E., and Wagner, T., 2001. Cretaceous separation of Africa and South America: the view from the West African margin (ODP Leg 159). Journal of South American Earth Sciences, v. 14, p. 147-174. 11. Oboh-Ikuenobe, F.E., Hoffmeister, A.P., and Chrisfield, R.A., 1999. Cyclical distribution of dispersed organic matter and dinocysts, ODP Site 959 (Early Oligocene-Early Miocene, Côte d'Ivoire-Ghana Transform Margin). Palynology, v. 23, p. 85-94. 12. Jaramillo, C.A., and Oboh-Ikuenobe, F.E., 1999. Sequence stratigraphic interpretations from palynofacies, dinocyst and lithological data of Upper Eocene-Lower Oligocene strata in southern Mississippi and Alabama, U.S. Gulf Coast. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, v. 145, p. 259-302. 13. Mascle, J., Lohmann, P., Clift, P., and ODP Leg 159 Scientific Party*, 1997. Development of a passive transform margin: Côte d’Ivoire-Ghana transform margin — ODP Leg 159 preliminary results. Geo-marine Letters, v. 17, p. 4-11. *The 30 authors constituting the shipboard scientific party on ODP Leg 159 were the co-chiefs (Mascle, P. Lohmann), staff scientist (Clift), and other scientists listed in alphabetical order: Akamaluk, T., Allerton, S., Ask, M., Barrera, E., Barton, E., Basile, C., Bellier, J.-P., Benkhelil, J., Brantuoh, E., Edwards, R., Ewert, E., Goncalves, C., Janik, A.G., Holmes, M.A., Hisada, K., Lohmann, K.C., Morita, S., Montera-Gutierrez, C.A., Norris, R.D., Oboh, F.E., Pletsch, T., Pickett, E.A., Ravizza, G., Shafik, S., Shin, I.C., Strand, K., Wagner, T., and Watkins, D. The articles and abstracts below, which list Leg 159 scientists as co-authors, were written less than one year after the cruise ended and included data from the cruise that had not been released to the general scientific community. 14. Oboh-Ikuenobe F.E., Yepes, O., and ODP Leg 159 Scientific Party, 1997. Palynofacies analysis of sediments from the Côte d'Ivoire-Ghana Transform Margin: preliminary correlation with some regional events in the eastern Equatorial Atlantic. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, v. 129, p. 291-314. 15. Oboh-Ikuenobe, F.E., 1996. Correlating palynofacies assemblages with sequence stratigraphy in Upper Cretaceous (Campanian) sedimentary rocks of the Book Cliffs, east- central Utah. Geological Society of America Bulletin, v. 108, p. 1275-1294. 16. Oboh, F.E., Jaramillo, C.A., and Morris, L M.R., 1996. Late Eocene-Early Oligocene paleofloristic patterns in southern Mississippi and Alabama, U.S. Gulf Coast. Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology, v. 91, p. 23-34. 17. Oboh, F.E., and Morris, L.M.R., 1995. Correlation between Sequoia type pollen and Lower Oligocene transgressive deposits in the eastern Gulf Coast. Palaios, v. 10, p. 371-382. 18. Mascle, J., Lohmann, G.P., Clift, P., and ODP Leg 159 Scientific Party, 1995. La marge transformante de Côte-d'Ivoire-Ghana: premiers résultas de la campagne ODP 159 (JanvierFévrier 1995). Compte Rendu Académie des Sciences Paris, t. 320, série II, p. 737-747. 19. Oboh, F.E., and Morris, L.M.R., 1994. Lower Oligocene palynosequences from the eastern Gulf Coast. Palynology, v. 18, p. 213-235. 20. Oboh, F.E., 1993. Depositional history of the Middle Miocene E2.0 Reservoir in the Kolo Creek Field, Niger Delta. Journal of Petroleum Geology, v. 16, p. 197-212. 21. Oboh, F.E., 1992a. Multivariate statistical analyses of palynodebris from the Middle Miocene of the Niger Delta and their environmental significance. Palaios, v. 7, p. 559-573. 22. Oboh, F.E., 1992b. Middle Miocene palaeoenvironments of the Niger Delta. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, v. 92, p. 55-84. 23. Oboh, F.E., Salami, M.B. and Chapman, J.L., 1992. Palynological interpretation of the palaeoenvironments of Miocene strata of the well Igbomotoru-1, Niger Delta. Journal of Micropalaeontology, v. 11, p. 1-6. 24. Oboh, F.E., and Salami, M.B., 1989. Lithostratigraphical and palynostratigraphical studies of Igbomotoru-1 Well, Niger Delta. Journal of African Earth Sciences, v. 9, p. 531-540. Peer Reviewed Book Chapters 1. Oboh-Ikuenobe, F.E., Holbrook, J.M., Scott, R.W., Akins, S.L., Evetts, M.J., Benson, D.G. and Pratt, L.M., 2007. Anatomy of epicontinental flooding: Late Albian-Early Cenomanian of the southern U.S. Western Interior. In: Holmden, C. and Pratt, B.R. (eds.), Dynamics of Epeiric Seas: Sedimentological, Paleontological and Geochemical Perspective. Geological Association of Canada, Special Paper (in press). 2. Scott, R.W., Benson, D.G., Morin, R.W., Shaffer, B.L., and Oboh-Ikuenobe, F.E., 2003. Integrated Albian-Lower Cenomanian chronostratigraphy standard, Trinity River section Texas. In: Scott, R.W. (ed.), U.S. Gulf Coast Cretaceous Stratigraphy and Paleoecology: Perkins Memorial Volume. Gulf Coast Section SEPM Foundation, Special Publications in Geology 1, p. 277-334. 3. Oboh-Ikuenobe, F.E., and Jaramillo, C.A., 2003. Palynological patterns in uppermost Eocene to lower Oligocene sedimentary rocks in the U.S. Gulf Coast. In: Prothero, D.R., Ivany, L., and Nesbitt, E. (eds.), The Marine Eocene-Oligocene Transition. Columbia University Press, p. 269-282. 4. Oboh-Ikuenobe, F.E., Yepes, O., and Gregg, J.M., 1998. Palynostratigraphy, palynofacies and thermal maturation of Cretaceous-Paleocene sediments from the Côte d'Ivoire-Ghana Transform Margin. In: Mascle, J., Clift, P., and Moullade, M. (eds.), Proceedings of the Ocean Drilling Program, Scientific Results, Vol. 159, p. 277-318. 5. Moullade, M., Watkins, D.K., Oboh-Ikuenobe, F.E., Bellier, J.P., Masure, E., Holbourne, A.E.L., Erbacher, J., Kuhnt, W., Pletsch, T., Kaminski, M.A., Rauscher, R., Shafik, S., Yepes, O., Dejax, J., Gregg, J.M., Shin, I.C., and Schuler, M., 1998. Mesozoic biostratigraphic, paleoenvironmental and paleobiogeographic synthesis, equatorial Atlantic. In: Mascle, J., Clift, P., and Moullade, M. (eds.), Proceedings of the Ocean Drilling Program, Scientific Results, Vol. 159, p. 481-490. 6. Oboh, F.E., 1995. Sedimentological and palynological characteristics of the E2.0 Reservoir (Middle Miocene) in the Kolo Creek Field, Niger Delta. In: Oti, M.N. and Postma, G. (eds.), Geology of Deltas. Balkema Publishers, Rotterdam, p. 243-256. 7. Oboh, F.E., 1992. Clay mineralogy, spore coloration and diagenesis in Middle Miocene sediments of the Niger Delta. In: Houseknecht, D.W. and Pittman, E.D. (eds.), Origin, Diagenesis and Petrophysics of Clay Minerals in Sandstones. SEPM Special Publication, No. 47, p. 175-183. Peer Reviewed Publications Arising from Conference Presentations 1. De La Rue, S. R., and Oboh-Ikuenobe, F.E., 2003. Temporal dynamics of Paleogene paleovegetational response to climatic changes and regional upwelling, West Africa (ODP Site 959). Transactions of the Gulf Coast Association of Geological Societies, v. 53, p. 160-169. 2. Holbrook, J.M., and Oboh-Ikuenobe, F.E., 2002. Bounding-surface hierarchies and related sources of heterogeneity in seemingly uniform fluvial sandstone sheets. Research Conference Proceedings of the Gulf Coast Section, SEPM, p. 217-230. 3. Jaramillo, C.A. and Oboh-Ikuenobe, F.E., 2001. Sequence stratigraphy of the Pachuta- Marianna interval (Upper Eocene-Lower Oligocene) in the U.S. Gulf Coast. In: Goodman, D.K., and Clarke, R.T. (eds.), Proceedings of the IX International Palynological Congress, Houston, Texas, U.S.A., 1996. American Association of Stratigraphic Palynologists Foundation, Dallas, p. 263-276. 4. Morris, E.J., and Oboh-Ikuenobe, F.E., 2000. Sedimentology, palynology, and sea level fluctuations recorded from two Pennsylvanian cores from northwestern Missouri. Transactions, Missouri Academy of Science, v. 34, p. 49-59. Other Peer Reviewed Articles and Scholarly Contributions 1. Scott, R.W., Holbrook, J.M., Evetts, M.J., and Oboh-Ikuenobe, F.E., 2001. Albian- Cenomanian depositional cycles transgressed from Chihuahua Trough to Western Interior. In: Lucas, S.G., and Ulmer-Scholle, D.S. (eds.), Geology of the Llano Estacado. New Mexico Geological Society, Fifty- second Annual Field Conference, p. 221-228. 2. Mascle, J., Lohmann, G.P., Clift, P.D. and ODP Leg 159 Scientific Party, 1996. Introduction. In: Mascle, J., Lohmann, G.P., Clift, P.D. (eds.), Proceedings of the Ocean Drilling Program, Initial Results, Vol. 159. College Station, Texas, p. 5-16. 3. Shipboard Scientific Party, 1996a. Sites 959 to 962. In: Mascle, J., Lohmann, G.P., Clift, P.D. (eds.), Proceedings of the Ocean Drilling Program, Initial Results, Vol. 159. College Station, Texas, p. 65-294. 4. Shipboard Scientific Party, 1996b. Principal Results. In: Mascle, J., Lohmann, G.P., Clift, P.D. (eds.), Proceedings of the Ocean Drilling Program, Initial Results, Vol. 159. College Station, Texas, p. 297-314. Abstracts and Presentations (*=presented during the preceding year) 1. Story, S.L., Oboh-Ikuenobe, F.E., Benison, K.C., Bowen, B.B., and Mormile, M.R., 2006. Acid hypersaline lakes in southern Western Australia: Preliminary palynological interpretations. Geological Society of America Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, PA, Paper No. 105-6. 2. Benison, K.C., Bowen, B.B., Oboh-Ikuenobe, F.E., Story, S.L., Jagniecki, E.A., Mormile, M.R., Hong, B., and 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, Paper No. 28-2. 3. Hong, B., Christiansen, J.M., Oboh-Ikuenobe, F.E., Beitler, B.B., Benison, K.C., and Mormile, M.R., 2006. Microbial diversity found in the acid saline lakes of Australia. ASM 106th General Meeting, Orlando, Fl, Session No. 132/N, Abstract N-086, p. 388. 4. Yu, W.-B., Oboh-Ikuenobe, F.E., and Lea, B.-R., 2006. Application of text mining in developing standardized descriptions of taxa in paleontology: A framework. Geoinformatics 2006 Conference, Reston, Virginia, May 11-12; http://web.umr.edu/~leabi/geoinformatic06.htm. 5. Story, S.L., Oboh-Ikuenobe, F.E., Benison, K.C., Mormile, M.R., Bowen, B.B., Hong, B., and Jagniecki, E., 2006a. Palynomorph and organic matter preservation in extreme lake environments, Western Australia. Missouri Academy of Science Annual Meeting, Kirksville, April 21-22. (Clayton Johnson Best Graduate Student Paper Award, 2nd Place, Geology and Geophysics Section) 6. Story, S.L., Oboh-Ikuenobe, F.E., Benison, K.C., Mormile, M.R., Bowen, B.B., Hong, B., and Jagniecki, E., 2006b. Using palynology to interpret lake sediments in Western Australia. American Society for Microbiology Regional Meeting, Kansas City, Missouri, April 7-8. (Best Graduate Student Paper Award, 2nd Place) 7. Oboh-Ikuenobe, F.E., Story, S.L., Mormile, M.R., Hong, B., Benison, K.C., Bowen, B.B., and Jagniecki, E., 2006. Palynological signals in extreme lake environments in Australia. 2006 American Association for the Advancement of Science Annual Meeting, 16-20 February, St. Louis, MO. 8. Benison, K.C., Bowen, B.B., Jagniecki, E., Mormile, M.R., Oboh-Ikuenobe, F.E., Hong, B., and Story, S.L., 2006. Acid saline lake systems hold clues to the search for life on Mars. 2006 American Association for the Advancement of Science Annual Meeting, 16-20 February, St. Louis, MO. 9. Antolinez, H., and Oboh-Ikuenobe, F.E., 2006.* Refinement of Early Paleogene biostratigraphy in West Africa using dinoflagellate cysts from Nigeria and ODP Hole 959D (Leg 159). Palynology, v. 30, p. 213. (L.R. Wilson Best Student Paper Award, 2005 Annual Meeting) 10. Story, S.L., Oboh-Ikuenobe, F.E., Benison, K.C., Mormile, M.R., Bowen, B.B., Hong, B., and Jagniecki, E., 2006.* Linking palynology with geomicrobial data in modern acidic and neutral hypersaline lakes of Western Australia: Preliminary field observations. Palynology, v. 30, p. ** 11. Foster, J.L., Antolinez, H., Oboh-Ikuenobe, F.E., Belt, G.K., Kaufmann, J., Springer, A.L., and Udeze, C., 2006.* Palynological signals in the Tertiary sequence at DSDP sites 94 and 540, Gulf of Mexico. Palynology, v. 30, p. ** 12. Bowen, B.B., Benison, K.C., Mormile, M.R., and Oboh-Ikuenobe, F.E., 2005. Preliminary geology, geochemistry, and biology of acid saline lakes in Western Australia and Victoria. Program and Abstracts, 9th International Society for Salt Lake Research Meeting, Perth, Australia, p, 59. 13. Benison, K.C, Bowen, B.B., Mormile, M.R, and Oboh-Ikuenobe, F.E., 2005. Acid saline lakes in Australia: Clues to past environments and life at Meridian Planum, Mars?. Program and Abstracts, 9th International Society for Salt Lake Research Meeting, Perth, Australia, p. 5. 14. Bowen, B.B., Benison, K., Oboh-Ikuenobe, F., and Mormile, M., 2005. Hypersaline acid lakes in southwestern Australia as depositional and early diagenetic analogs for the Burns Formation on Mar. Geological Society of America Annual Meeting, Salt Lake City, Paper No. 249-12. 15. Mormile, M., Benison, K., Oboh-Ikuenobe, F., and Bowen, B.B., 2005. Microbial life in saline lakes and pans: A microbiologist’s perspective. Geological Society of America Annual Meeting, Salt Lake City, Paper No. 52-11. 16. Benison, K., Mormile, M., Oboh-Ikuenobe, F., Bowen, B.B., Hong, B., Jagniecki, E., Story, S., 2005. Modern microbial life in saline lakes and pans in Austalia: A field perspective. Geological Society of America Annual Meeting, Salt Lake City, Paper No. 52-12. 17. Scott, R.W., Benson, Jr. D.G., Evetts M.J., Oboh-Ikuenobe, F., Holbrook. J.M., 2005. Age of the Albian-Cenomanian boundary: a dilemma. 7th International Symposium on the Cretaceous, Neuchàtel, Switzerland, September 5-9, 2005. 18. Campbell, C.E., Oboh-Ikuenobe, F.E., and Eifert, T.L., 2005. Is the “Paleocene” Clayton Formation in the southeastern portion of the Mississippi Embayment the K/T boundary megatsunami deposit? SEPM Research Conference, The Sedimentary Record of Meteorite Impacts, Abstracts with Program Volume, Springfield, Missouri, May 21-22, p. 11. 19. Hogan, J.P., Atekwana, E.A., Dunn-Norman, S., Elmore, A.C., Gregg, J., Laudon, R.C., Maerz, N.H., Oboh-Ikuenobe, F, Rogers, J.D., and Wronkiewicz, D.J., 2004. Oh take me out to field: geological excursions at the Department of Geological Sciences and Engineering, University of Missouri-Rolla. Geological Society of America, Abstracts with Programs, v.37 (6) (on CD-Rom). 20. Eifert, T.L., and Oboh-Ikuenobe, F.E., 2004. Paleoenvironmental implications of palynomorphs from the Porters Creek Clay Formation (Late Paleocene) of southeast Missouri. Geological Society of America, Abstracts with Programs, v.36 (3), p. 14. 21. Oboh-Ikuenobe, F.E., Scott, R.W., Holbrook, J.M., Evetts, M.J., Akins, S.L., and Benson, D.G., 2004. Models of epeiric seaway connections: Middle Cretaceous of the U.S. Western Interior. Geological Society of America, Abstracts with Programs, v. 36 (3), p. 14. 22. Oboh-Ikuenobe, F.E., and Benson, D.G. Jr., 2004. Dinoflagellate cysts as proxies for recognizing the Albian-Cenomanian boundary in the U.S. Western Interior. Abstracts of the XI International Palynological Congress, Polen, v. 14, p. 177. 23. Eifert, T.L, and Oboh-Ikuenobe, F.E., 2004. Overview of the biostratigraphy and paleoecology of the uppermost Cretaceous and lower Tertiary strata in the northern Mississippi Embayment. Abstracts of the XI International Palynological Congress, Polen, v. 14, p. 200. 24. Willumsen, P.S., Antolinez, H., Jaramillo, C., and Oboh-Ikuenobe, F., 2004. Maastrichtian to early Eocene dinoflagellate cysts of Nigeria, West Africa. Abstracts of the XI International Palynological Congress, Polen, v. 14, p. 414-415. 25. Scott, R.W., Benson, D.G. Jr., Evetts, M.J., Oboh-Ikuenobe, F.E., and Holbrook, J.M., 2004. Age of the Albian-Cenomanian boundary: a dilemma. 32nd International Geological Congress, 2004, Florence, Italy, Abstracts Volume, part 1, abstract 69-13, p. 338-339. 26. Watkins, C.M., Rogers, J.D., and Oboh-Ikuenobe, F.E., 2004. Reconnaissance of megaslides along the Vermillion Cliffs of the Colorado Plateau, Arizona. Association of Engineering Geologists Annual Meeting, Dearborn, Michigan, AEG News, v. 47, p. 56. 27. Rogers, J.D., Watkins, C.M., and Oboh-Ikuenobe, F.E., 2004. Analysis and dating of composite bedrock landslides in the Grand Canyon. Annual Meeting of the Association of Engineering Geologists, Dearborn, Michigan, AEG News, v. 47, p. 52. 28. Eifert, T., Oboh-Ikuenobe, F.E., and Campbell, C.C., 2004.* Integrated paleontology of the first reported occurrence of the K/T boundary in southeastern Missouri: palynology, micropaleontology, invertebrate and vertebrate paleontology. Palynology, v. 28, p. 241. 29. Antolinez, H.J., Jaramillo, C.A., and Oboh-Ikuenobe, F.E., 2004.* Late Paleocene-Early Eocene dinoflagellate cyst assemblages in Nigeria: biostratigraphic implications for tropical 30. Udeze, C.U., and Oboh-Ikuenobe, F.E., 2003a. The use of palynomorphs as a proxy for reconstructing the paleoceanographic changes in the Middle Cape Basin (ODP Leg 175). Geological Society of America, Abstracts with Programs, v. 35 (2), p. 52. 31. Udeze, C.U., and Oboh-Ikuenobe, F.E., 2003b. Neogene paleoceanographic signals from palynomorphs and dispersed organic matter in the Middle Cape Basin, ODP Leg 175. Geological Society of America, Abstracts with Programs, v.35 (6) (on CD-Rom). 32. Eifert, T., and Oboh-Ikuenobe, F.E., 2003. Preliminary lithostratigraphy of the Cretaceous and Paleogene deposits in the northern Mississippi Embayment of southeast Missouri: palynology and biostratigraphy. Geological Society of America, Abstracts with Programs, v. 35 (2), p. 52. 33. Holbrook, J.M., and Oboh-Ikuenobe, F.E., 2003. Base-level buffers and buttresses as a proposed control on fluvial valley-fill geometry and facies. AAPG Annual Meeting, Salt, Lake City Utah, p. A78-A79. 34. Scott, R.W., Holbrook, J.M., Oboh-Ikuenobe, F.E., Evetts, and M.J., Benson, D.G., 2003. Cyclicity in paralic deposits, Mid-Cretaceous, U.S. Western Interior. AAPG Annual Meeting, Salt Lake City, Utah, p. A154. 35. Oboh-Ikuenobe, F.E., Evetts, M.J., Holbrook, J.M., Scott, R.W., and Benson, D.G. Jr., 2003.* Lateral biofacies changes in Mid-Cretaceous high-resolution sequences in the U.S. Western Interior. Palynology, v. 27, p. 240. 36. Holbrook, J.M., Scott, R.W., Oboh-Ikuenobe, F., Evetts, M.J., and Akins, S., 2002. Sequence stratigraphic and paleoecologic lowstand model of ephemeral connections in epeiric seaways, U.S. Western Interior Cretaceous. AAPG Annual Meeting, Dallas, Texas, p. A79. 37. Corbett, M., and Oboh-Ikuenobe, F.E., 2002. Palynofacies and thermal maturation of organic debris in Cambrian sediments from southeast Missouri. Missouri Academy of Science Bulletin, v. 30 (4), p. 19. 38. Corbett, M.E., Oboh-Ikuenobe, F.E., and Gregg, J.M., 2002. Palynofacies and thermal maturation of Early Paleozoic rocks in southern Missouri: preliminary comparison between the Reelfoot Rift and adjacent platform. Geological Society of America, Abstracts with Programs, v. 34 (6), P. A427. 39. Oboh-Ikuenobe, F.E., Holbrook, J.M., Evetts, M.J., and Scott, R.W., 2002.* Palynofacies model of marine transgressions: Mid-Cretaceous flooding, Western Interior Seaway. Palynology, v. 26, p. 272. 40. Jaramillo, C.A., Oboh-Ikuenobe, F.E., and Obi, G.C., 2002*. The early Eocene floras of equatorial latitudes: first record of a tropical rainforest in geologic history. Palynology, v. 26, p. 267. 41. Oboh-Ikuenobe, F.E., 2001. A palynological record of Middle Miocene to Lower Pliocene sedimentary rocks, ODP Hole 1085A (Cape Basin, southwestern Africa). EOS Transactions, American Geophysical Union, v. 82 (20), Spring Meeting Supplement, OS42A-05, p. S228. 42. De La Rue, S.R., and Oboh-Ikuenobe, F.E., 2000a. Palynological analysis of Early Tertiary sediments from the Côte d'Ivoire-Ghana Transform Margin: biostratigraphic and paleoclimatic significance of deep-sea assemblages. Transactions, Missouri Academy of Science, v. 34, p. 99. 43. De La Rue, S.R., and Oboh-Ikuenobe, F.E., 2000b. Late Paleocene–Early Oligocene palynofloras, paleosuccession, and paleoclimatic change, Côte d'Ivoire-Ghana Transform Margin, Eastern Equatorial Atlantic. Geological Society of America, Abstracts with Programs, v. 32 (7), p. A413. 44. Overstreet, R.B., Gregg, J.M., and Oboh-Ikuenobe, F.E., 2000a. Sea level curves from the Lower Ordovician of southern Missouri. Transactions, Missouri Academy of Science, v. 34, p. 100-101. 45. Overstreet, R.B., Gregg, J.M., and Oboh-Ikuenobe, F.E., 2000b. Sequence stratigraphy and depositional facies of Lower Ordovician cyclic carbonates, southern Missouri. Geological Society of America, Abstracts with Programs, v. 32 (7), p. A177. 46. De La Rue, S.R., and Oboh-Ikuenobe, F.E., 1999a.* Eocene palynomorphs from a deep bathyal environment in the Equatorial Atlantic (ODP Hole 959D): preliminary biostratigraphic and paleoenvironmental observations. Palynology, v. 23, p. 254. 47. De La Rue, S.R., and Oboh-Ikuenobe, F.E., 1999b. Biostratigraphic and paleoenvironmental significance of Eocene-Oligocene palynomorphs from a deep bathyal environment, Côte d'IvoireGhana Transform Margin. Missouri Academy of Science Bulletin, v. 27 (4), p. 15. 48. Oboh-Ikuenobe, F.E., and Jaramillo, C.A., 1999. Palynological patterns in uppermost Eocene to lowermost Oligocene sedimentary rocks in the U.S. Gulf Coast. Geological Society of America Penrose Conference, Olympia, Washington, August 16-22, 1999. (Invited) 49. Morris, E.J., and Oboh-Ikuenobe, F.E., 1999. Sedimentology, palynology, and sea level changes recorded by two Pennsylvanian cores from Northwestern Missouri. Transactions, Missouri Academy of Science, v. 33, p. 45. (Best paper Award, 2nd Place, 1999 Missouri Academy of Science Meeting (Collegiate Division), Cape Girardeau) 50. Oboh-Ikuenobe, F.E., and Hoffmeister, A.P., 1998*. Mid-Tertiary palynomorphs from DSDP Holes 94 and 98, Gulf of Mexico and Bahama Plateau. Palynology, v. 22, p. 251. 51. Hoffmeister, A.P. and Oboh-Ikuenobe, F.E., 1998. Evidence for offshore transport of organic material at DSDP Site 94, Gulf of Mexico: Missouri Academy of Science Bulletin, v. 26 (4), p. 18 52. Pletsch, T., Wagner, T., Erbacher, J., Holbourn, A E.L., Kuhnt, W., Moullade, M., ObohIkuenobe, F.E., and Söding, E., 1998. Opening of the Equatorial Atlantic Gateway (ODP Leg 159): Did it influence organic carbon accumulation in the Cretaceous Atlantic? European Ocean Drilling Forum, Edinburgh, Scotland (Invited). 53. Hoffmeister, A.P., and Oboh-Ikuenobe, F.E., 1997. Cyclic patterns in Tertiary dinocysts from ODP Leg 159, Côte d'Ivoire-Ghana Transform Margin: preliminary results. Missouri Academy of Science Bulletin, v. 25 (4), p. 17. 54. Oboh-Ikuenobe, F.E., Hoffmeister, A.P., and Chrisfield, R.A., 1997. Patterns of palynomorphs and palynofacies distribution in Upper Oligocene and Lower Miocene sediments of the Côte d'Ivoire-Ghana Transform Margin. Memorias del VIII Congreso Géológico Venezolano, Sociedad Venezolano de Géológico, tomo II, p. 204. (Invited) 55. Jaramillo, C., Yepes, O., and Oboh, F., 1996. 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Liu, and P.G. Silver, Southern African crustal evolution and composition: Constraints from receiver function studies, Journal of Geophysical Research, 111, B02304, doi:10.1029/2005JB003802, 2006. pdf Gao, S.S., K.H. Liu, and C. Chen, Significant crustal thinning beneath the Baikal rift zone: New constraints from receiver function analysis, Geophysical Research Letters, Vol 31, L20610, doi:10.1029/2004GL020813, 2004. pdf Gao, S.S., and K.H. Liu, Seafloor asymmetry in the Atlantic Ocean, Oceanic and Coastal Sea Research, Vol. 3, pp. 191-194, 2004. Liu, K.H., S.S. Gao, P.G. Silver, and Y. Zhang Mantle Layering Across Central South America, Journal of Geophysical Research, Vol. 108, No. B11, 2510, doi:10.1029/2002JB002208, 2003. pdf Hubbard, M.S., S.S. Gao, K.H. Liu, K.E. Nicolaysen, and C.G. Oviatt, Great Plains workshop held to prepare for USArray Deployment, Eos, Trans. Am. Geophys. Union, Vol. 84, Pages 314 and 320, 2003. Gao, S.S., K.H. Liu, P.M. Davis, P.D. Slack, Y. A. Zorin, V.V. Mordvinova, and V.M. Kozhevnikov, Evidence for Small-Scale Mantle Convection in the Upper Mantle Beneath the Baikal Rift Zone, Journal of Geophysical Research, Vol. 108(B4), 2194, doi:10.1029/2002JB002039, pp. 5: 1-12, 2003. pdf Liu, K.H. , Effects of inelasticity on the apparent depth and detectability of seismic discontinuities in the mantle, Geophysical Research Letters, 30(9), 1455, doi:10.1029/2002GL015264, 2003. pdf Gao, S.S, P.G. Silver, K.H. Liu, and the Kaapvaal Seismic Group, Mantle Discontinuities Beneath Southern Africa, Geophysical Research Letters, 29(10), P. 1291-1294, 10.1029/2001GL013834, 2002. pdf Liu, K.H., S.S. Gao, Characterization of a Continuous, Very Narrow-band Seismic Signal Near 2.08 Hz, Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, 91: 19101916, 2001. pdf Silver, P.G., S.S. Gao, K.H. Liu, and the Kaapvaal Seismic Group, Mantle deformation beneath southern Africa, Geophysical Research Letters, 28: 2493-2496, 2001. pdf Davis, P. M., J. L. Rubinstein, K. H. Liu, S. Gao, L. Knopoff, Northridge earthquake damage caused by geologic focusing of seismic waves, Science, 289:, 1746-1750, 2000. pdf Gao, S., P.M. Davis, H. Liu, P.D. Slack, A.W. Rigor, Yu.A. Zorin, V.V. Mordvinova, V.M. Kozhevnikov, and N. A. Logatchev, SKS splitting beneath continental rift zones, Reply to Comment by Vauchez et al. on "SKS splitting beneath continental rift zones" by Gao et al., Journal of Geophysical Research, 104: 10,791-10,794, 1999. pdf Liu, H., Path and Site Effects on Localized Damage Caused by the 1994 Northridge Earthquake, PhD thesis, UCLA, 258pp, 1998. Gao, S., P.M. Davis, H. Liu, P.D. Slack, A.W. Rigor, Yu.A. Zorin, V.V. Mordvinova, V.M. Kozhevnikov, and N. A. Logatchev, SKS splitting beneath continental rift zones, Journal of Geophysical Research, 102:, 22,781-22,797, 1997. pdf Liu, H., S. Gao, and P. M. Davis, Analysis of Northridge aftershock amplitudes and damage, Annual report of the Southern California Earthquake Center, B8-B13, 1997. Davis, P.M., H. Liu, and S. Gao, Progress report: Northridge earthquake aftershock analysis, Annual report of the Southern California Earthquake Center, 1996. Gao, S., H. Liu, P.M. Davis, and L. Knopoff, Localized amplification of seismic waves and correlation with damage due to the Northridge earthquake: evidence for focusing in Santa Monica, Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, 86: No. 1B, pp. S209-S230, Feb. 1996. pdf Kohler, M. D., P.M. Davis, H. Liu, M. Benthien, S. Gao, G. S. Fuis, R. W. Clayton, D. Okaya, and J. Mori, Data report for the 1993 Los Angeles Region Seismic Experiment (LARSE93), Southern California: a passive study from Seal Beach northeastward through the Mojave Desert, USGS Open File Report, OF 96-0085, 1996. Gao, S., H. Liu, P.M. Davis, L. Knopoff, and G. Fuis, A 98-station seismic array to record aftershocks of the 1994 Northridge earthquake, USGS Open File Report, OF 96-690, 1996. html Liu, H., P.M. Davis, and S. Gao, SKS splitting beneath southern California, Geophysical Research Letters, 22: 767-770, 1995. pdf Davis, P.M, S. Gao, H. Liu, P.D. Slack, M. Benthien and D. Daniels, Baikal 1992 seismic array project data report, DARPA/NMRO and IRIS Data Management Center, 1994. Gao, S., P.M. Davis, H. Liu, P. Slack, Y.A. Zorin, N.A. Logatchev, M. Kogan, P. Burkholder and R.P. Meyer, Asymmetric upwarp of the asthenosphere beneath the Baikal rift zone, Siberia, Journal of Geophysical Research, 99: 15,319-15,330, 1994. pdf Gao, S., P.M. Davis, H. Liu, P.D. Slack, Yu.A. Zorin, V.V. Mordvinova, V.M. Kozhevnikov, and R.P. Meyer, Seismic anisotropy and mantle flow beneath the Baikal rift zone, Nature, 371: 149151, 1994. pdf Gao, S., P.M. Davis, H. Liu, P.D. Slack, Yu.A. Zorin, N.A. Logatchev, M.G. Kogan, P.D. Burkholder, and R.P. Meyer, Preliminary Results of Teleseismic Studies of the Mantle of the Baikal Rift, Physics of the Earth, N7-8: 113-122, Moscow, Russia, 1994. html Tian, C., D. Li, Z. Wang, H. Liu, and T. Liu, A Synthetical study on beach dam facies in Eogene system Raoyang depression, J. of East China Petroleum Inst., 10: 1-8, Dec. 1986. MEETING PRESENTATIONS Cullers, R.L., S.S. Gao, and K.H. Liu, A Geologic Classification of Worldwide Seismic Sites , AGU annual meeting in San Francisco, 2005. Gao, S.S., K.H. Liu, and R.L. Cullers, Crustal thickness beneath ocean islands, AGU annual meeting in San Francisco, 2005. Liu, K.H., and S.S. Gao, A Cold Mantle Transition Zone Beneath the Baikal Rift, AGU annual meeting in San Francisco, 2005. Gao, S.S., K.H. Liu, Z. Zhang, and Y. Gao, Searching for the difference in attenuation between the fast and slow shear waves, AGU annual meeting in San Francisco, 2004. Kaur, K., Y. Gao, K.H. Liu, and S.S. Gao, Mantle anisotropy above the deflected Pacific slab beneath Northeast China, AGU annual meeting in San Francisco, 2004. Liu, K.H., S. Gao, and S.K. Nair, Temporal variations of crustal characteristics AGU annual meeting in San Francisco, 2004. Chinaka, C., K.H. Liu, and S.S. Gao, Constraints on South American crustal evolution and composition from crustal Poisson's ratio and thickness measurements, AGU annual meeting in San Francisco, 2003. Liu, K.H., and S.S. Gao, Searching for sharp lower-mantle discontinuities in the lower mantle beneath the western United States by stacking thousands of P-to-S converted phases, AGU annual meeting in San Francisco, 2003. Nair, S.N., K.H. Liu, S.S. Gao, and P.G. Silver, Spatial variations in crustal thickness and $V_P/V_S$ ratio in southern Africa and their geological implications, AGU annual meeting in San Francisco, 2003. Bruce, E., R. Yarnell, S. Gao, and K.H. Liu, Mantle structure and dynamics beneath east Asia: consequences of subducting slabs and continental collision, GSA meeting in Kansas City, 2003. Gao, S.S., A. Cao, C. Chen, M. Hubbard, K.H. Liu, C. Oviatt, J. Zachary, and Y. Zhang, Small earthquakes in NE Kansas and their possible causes, GSA meeting in Kansas City, 2003. Gao, S.S., and K.H. Liu, Systematic Measurements of Splitting Parameters of P-to-S Converted Phases from Mantle Discontinuities, Fall AGU annual meeting in San Francisco, 2002. Liu, K.H., and S.S. Gao, Structure of the 660-km discontinuity below a deflected slab: complex or simple? Fall AGU annual meeting in San Francisco, 2002. Chen, C., S.S. Gao, and K.H. Liu, Variation of Crustal Thickness and Vp/Vs Across Mongolian Foldbelt, the Baikal Rift, and Siberian Platform: Observations and Interpretation, GSA annual meeting in Denver, 2002. Gao, S.S., and K.H. Liu, Aimin Cao, Chizheng Chen, Mary Hubbard, Jim Zachary, Yongkai Zhang, Old Rifts Never Die: Crustal Thickening Across the Midcontinent Rift and Its Possible Role in Post-rifting Tectonics, GSA annual meeting in Denver, 2002. Liu, K.H., and S.S. Gao, Possible Seismic Discontinuities in the Lower Mantle, Oral presentation, chaired the session, GSA annual meeting in Denver, 2002. Cao, A., K.H. Liu, and S.S. Gao, Evidences of a Stalled-Slab beneath the Coast Ranges, California, from Seismicity and Converted Phases, Eos, Trans. Am. Geophys. Union, 2001. Gao, S.S., K.H. Liu, and P.G. Silver, SKS/SKKS Splitting Parameters Beneath GSN Stations: A Web-Based Database, Eos, Trans. Am. Geophys. Union, 2001. Liu, K.H., S.S. Gao, A. Cao, Y. Zhang, J. Zachary, and C. Chen, Mantle Layering Beneath GSN Stations from Nonlinear Stacking of P-to-S Converted Waves, Eos, Trans. Am. Geophys. Union, 2001. Gao, S.S., K.H. Liu, P.G. Silver, and R. Willemann, Near Real-Time Determination of ShearWave Splitting Parameters IAGA-IASPEI Joint Scientific Assembly in Vietnam, 2001. Liu, K.H., A. Cao, J. Zachary, S.S. Gao, and P.G. Silver, KSArray: A Portable Seismic Experiment for the Study of the Mantle Transition between the Rocky Mountains and the North American Craton, 13th Annual IRIS (Incorporated Research Institutions for Seismology) Workshop, 2001. Liu, K.H., S.S. Gao, and P.G. Silver, High Resolution Imaging of Mantle Discontinuities across South America at 20 Degrees South, Eos, Trans. Am. Geophys. Union, 2000. Zachary, J.A., K.H. Liu, and S.S. Gao, Rapid Variation of Crustal Thickness from an Ancient Craton to a Young Orogenic Belt, Eos, Trans. Am. Geophys. Union, 2000. Gao, S.S., J.A. Zachary, A. Cao, K.H. Liu, C.G. Oviatt, and P.G. Silver, KSArray: A Portable Seismic Network in the Heart of the Conterminous United States, Eos, Trans. Am. Geophys. Union, 2000. Cao, A., K.H. Liu, and S.S. Gao, SKS Splitting beneath TriNet Stations in Southern California, Eos, Trans. Am. Geophys. Union, 2000. Liu, K.H., S.S. Gao, and P.G. Silver, Characteristics of a Very Narrow Band Seismic Signal Near 2.085 Hz, Eos, Trans. Am. Geophys. Union, 81: 2000. Gao, S.S., K.H. Liu, and P.G. Silver, Lateral variations in mantle discontinuities depth across Antarctica and the Indian Ocean from the stacking of SS precursors, Eos, Trans. Am. Geophys. Union, 81: 2000. Liu, K.H., S.S. Gao, P.G. Silver, and D.E. James, Spatial variation of mantle velocity discontinuities across South America, Eos, Trans. Am. Geophys. Union, 80: 1999. Liu, H., S. Gao, and P.M. Davis, Seismic body wave attenuation beneath the Baikal rift zone, Siberia, Eos, Trans. Am. Geophys. Union, 78: 1997. Liu, H., P.M. Davis, and S. Gao, Possible causes of enhanced damage during the 1994 Northridge earthquake Eos, Trans. Am. Geophys. Union, 78: 433, 1997. Pei, G., P.M. Davis, S. Gao, and H. Liu, Qp and Qs beneath southern California, Eos, Trans. Am. Geophys. Union, 77: 1996. Liu, H., S. Gao, P.M. Davis, and L. Knopoff, Comparison of seismic approaches for strong ground motion prediction using weak motion data, Eos, Trans. Am. Geophys. Union, 77: 1996. Kohler, M.D., P.M. Davis, M. Benthien, H. Liu, and S. Gao, Structural features under Southern California from teleseismic recorded during the Los Angeles Region Seismic Experiment passive phase, Eos, Trans. Am. Geophys. Union, 76: 1995. Liu, H., S. Gao, P.M. Davis, and L. Knopoff, Basin focusing and local site effects from Northridge aftershocks, Eos, Trans. Am. Geophys. Union, 76: 356, 1995. Liu, H., P.M. Davis and S. Gao, Seismic anisotropy in the western United States, Eos, Trans. Am. Geophys. Union, 75: 67, June, 1994. Davis, P.M., P. Slack, S. Gao, and H. Liu, Teleseismic anomalies in the mantle beneath continental rifts, Eos, Trans. Am. Geophys. Union, 75: 67, June 1994. Liu, H., P.M. Davis, and S. Gao, Preliminary results from the 1994 Northridge earthquake aftershock recording (NEAR-94) project in Santa Monica region, California, Eos, Trans. Am. Geophys. Union, 75: 167, 1994. Davis, P.M., H. Liu, M. Benthien, J. Norris, S. Gao, G.S. Fuis, J. Murphy, T. Brocher, R.W. Clayton, K. Hafner, C. Contopoulos, C. Scrivner, T.L. Henyey, M. Robertson, H. Ekstrom, and J. Bhowmik, The Los Angeles region seismic experiment - Passive and active phases, Seismological Research Letters, 65: 15, March 1994. Liu, H., P.M. Davis, and S. Gao, SKS splitting measurements and mantle deformation in California, Seismological Research Letters, 65: 20, March 1994. Liu, H., P.M. Davis, and S. Gao, SKS splitting in California related to modern plate movement Eos, Trans. Am. Geophys. Union, 74: 404, 1993. Davis, P.M., S. Gao, H. Liu, and P.D. Slack, Baikal 1991 seismic array project data report, Darpa/NMRO and IRIS DMC, January 20, 1993. Davis, P.M., S. Gao, H. Liu, and P. Slack, Seismic array study of the Baikal rift zone, Siberia, Proceedings of the 14th Annual Pl/DARPA Seismic Research Symposium: 99-110, 1992. Gao, S., H. Liu, P.D. Slack, P.M. Davis, P.D. Burkholder, L. Delitsin, R.P. Meyer, Yu.A. Zorin, and N.A. Logachev, Seismic array studies traversing the Siberian craton, Lake Baikal, to the Gobi Desert, EOS, Trans. Am. Geophys. Union, 73: 408, 1992.