Scott D Elrick

2023

Kasimovian floristic change in tropical wetlands and the Middle-Late Pennsylvanian boundary event

DiMichele, W. A., Eble, C. F., Pfefferkorn, H. W., Elrick, S. D., Nelson, W. J. & Lucas, S. G., Jun 14 2023, Ice Ages, Climate Dynamics and Biotic Events: the Late Pennsylvanian World. Lucas, S. G., DiMichele, W. A., Opluštil, S. & Wang, X. (eds.). Geological Society of London, p. 293-335 43 p. (Geological Society Special Publication; vol. 535, no. 1).

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter

Paleoclimate and the origin of two 1000 km Lower Mississippian facies tracts in southeastern Laurentia (USA): Cool-humid Famennian and Kinderhookian – warm-arid Osagean

Cecil, C. B., DiMichele, W. A., Rahl, J. M., Dulong, F. T., Michel, L. & Elrick, S. D., May 15 2023, In: Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology. 618, 27 p., 111521.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

Review of the cellulose acetate peel method and the physical and digital curation of coal balls

Lakeram, S. R., Elrick, S. & Punyasena, S. W., Nov 1 2023, In: Applications in Plant Sciences. 11, 6, e11556.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review

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The Cantabrian Substage should be abandoned: Revised chronostratigraphy of the Middle-Late Pennsylvanian boundary

Nelson, W. J., Lucas, S. G. & Elrick, S. D., Jun 14 2023, Ice Ages, Climate Dynamics and Biotic Events: the Late Pennsylvanian World. Lucas, S. G., DiMichele, W. A., Opluštil, S. & Wang, X. (eds.). Geological Society of London, p. 73-89 17 p. (Geological Society Special Publication; vol. 535).

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter

Vegetational change during the Middle–Late Pennsylvanian transition in western Pangaea

Schachat, S., Baresch, A., Bui, T., Falcon-Lang, H. J., Chaney, D. S., Nelson, W. J., Elrick, S. D., Kerp, H., Lucas, S. G. & Dimichele, W. A., Jun 14 2023, Ice Ages, Climate Dynamics and Biotic Events: the Late Pennsylvanian World. Lucas, S. G., DiMichele, W. A., Opluštil, S. & Wang, X. (eds.). Geological Society of London, p. 337-359 23 p. (Geological Society Special Publication; vol. 535).

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter

2022

Pennsylvanian-age cordaitalean wood from Knoxville, Iowa

Nelson, W. J., DiMichele, W. A., Wilson, B., Wilson, D., Lakeram, S. R. & Elrick, S. D., 2022, In: Bulletin of the New Mexico Museum of Natural History Science. 90, p. 309-319

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

Stigmaria: A Review of the Anatomy, Development, and Functional Morphology of the Rootstock of the Arboreous Lycopsids

Dimichele, W. A., Bateman, R. M., Rothwell, G. W., Duijnstee, I. A. P., Elrick, S. D. & Looy, C. V., Jul 2022, In: International Journal of Plant Sciences. 183, 6, p. 493–534 42 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

The Illinois Basin Carbon Core, Rare Earth, and Critical Mineral Initiative (IB CORE-CM)

Freiburg, J., Elrick, S. & Delpomdor, F., 2022, Geological Society of America, North-Central Section, 56th annual meeting; Geological Society of America, Southeastern Section, 71st annual meeting.

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

2021

Carboniferous–Permian conodonts and the age of the lower Cutler Group in the Bears Ears National Monument and vicinity, Utah, USA

Huttenlocker, A. K., Henderson, C. M., Berman, D. S., Elrick, S. D., Henrici, A. C. & Nelson, W. J., Jul 2021, In: Lethaia. 54, 3, p. 330-340 11 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

Comparing the grid analysis method of plant bearing coal balls with digital image analysis

Lakeram, S., Muddiman, B., Dimichele, W., Donovan, M., Duijnstee, I. A. P., Elrick, S., Looy, C. & Obrad, J., 2021, Geological Society of America, 2021 annual meeting; GSA connects 2021. Geological Society of America (GSA), Boulder, CO, United States

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

Visualizing ecological data in Pennsylvanian coal balls using computer tomography (CT)

Lakeram, S., Punyasena, S., Sivaguru, M. & Elrick, S., 2021, Geological Society of America, 2021 annual meeting; GSA connects 2021. Geological Society of America (GSA), Boulder, CO, United States

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

2020

Coal Ash Response Team final report

Locke, R., Keefer, L., Barker, T., Elrick, S., Hemrich, V., Huber, A., Kelly, W., Rajagopalan, K., Stodola, A., Winkel, R. & Yacucci, M., Sep 2020, Prairie Research Institute. 61 p. (PRI Response Team Report)

Research output: Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Technical report

Open Access

Evolution of a Peat-Contemporaneous Channel: The Galatia Channel, Middle Pennsylvanian, of the Illinois Basin

Nelson, W. J., Elrick, S. D., DiMichele, W. A. & Ames, P. R., 2020, Illinois State Geological Survey. (ISGS Circular; no. 605)

Research output: Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Technical report

Open Access

Geothermal Heat Recovery Complex: Large-Scale, Deep Direct-Use System in a Low-Temperature Sedimentary Basin: FINAL REPORT, 2017-2019

Lin, Y. F., Stumpf, A., Frailey, S., Okwen, R., Lu, Y., Holcomb, F., Tinjum, J., Stark, T., Damico, J. R., Elrick, S., Fisher, K., Fu, W., Garner, D., Hammock, C., Kirksey, J., Korose, C., Lin, J., Lin, Z., McKaskle, R. & Nelson, J. & 5 others, Salih, H., Thomas, L., Urlaub, J., Vance, A. & Yang, F., 2020, U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, Geothermal Technologies Office.

Research output: Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Technical report

Open Access

Mining geology of the principal resource coals of the Illinois Basin

Greb, S. F., Nelson, W. J. & Elrick, S. D., Dec 1 2020, In: International Journal of Coal Geology. 232, p. 103589 103589.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review

Re-opening the Phillips Coal Ball Collection treasure trove; unparalleled records from tropical Pangea during the late Paleozoic ice age

Looy, C. V., Muddiman, B. B., Duijnstee, I. A. P., Elrick, S. D. & Dimichele, W. A., 2020.

Research output: Contribution to conference › Abstract

Sequence stratigraphy of the late Desmoinesian to early Missourian (Pennsylvanian) succession of southern Illinois: Insights into controls on stratal architecture in an icehouse period of Earth history

Fielding, C. R., John Nelson, W. & Elrick, S. D., Feb 7 2020, In: Journal of Sedimentary Research. 90, 2, p. 200-227 28 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

Trends in plant diversity and ecology in the Euramerican Pennsylvanian tropics

Muddiman, B. B., Duijnstee, I. A. P., Dimichele, W. A., Elrick, S. D. & Looy, C. V., 2020.

Research output: Contribution to conference › Abstract

Open Access

2019

Coal-ball archive of Pennsylvanian-Age tropical peat-formation processes

DiMichele, W. A., Elrick, S. D. & Cecil, C. B., 2019, Abstracts with Programs - Geological Society of America. Vol. 51.

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

Coal balls: outcrop to specimen scale cross-cutting relationships and distribution patterns - insights and constraints on timing of formation and possible depositional frameworks

Elrick, S. D. & DiMichele, W., 2019, Abstracts with Programs - Geological Society of America. Geological Society of America (GSA), Boulder, CO, United States, Vol. 51. (Abstracts with Programs - Geological Society of America).

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

Geologic setting of coal balls in Iowa

Nelson, W. J. & Elrick, S. D., 2019, Abstracts with Programs - Geological Society of America. Geological Society of America (GSA), Boulder, CO, United States, Vol. 51.

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

Laramide deformation in the Fra Cristobal Range, southern New Mexico

Nelson, W. J., Elrick, S. D. & Lucas, S. G., 2019, Geological Society of America, 53rd South-Central/53rd North-Central/71st Rocky Mountain Section meeting. Vol. 51. (Geological Society of America, 53rd South-Central/53rd North-Central/71st Rocky Mountain Section meeting).

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

The Cretaceous System in central Sierra County, New Mexico

Lucas, S. G., Nelson, W. J., Krainer, K. & Elrick, S. D., 2019, In: New Mexico Geology. 41, 1, p. 3-39 37 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2018

A multitaxic bonebed near the Carboniferous–Permian boundary (Halgaito Formation, Cutler Group) in Valley of the Gods, Utah, USA: Vertebrate paleontology and taphonomy

Huttenlocker, A. K., Henrici, A., John Nelson, W., Elrick, S., Berman, D. S., Schlotterbeck, T. & Sumida, S. S., Jun 15 2018, In: Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology. 499, p. 72-92 21 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

Feasibility of a deep direct-use geothermal system at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

Stumpf, A., Damico, J., Okwen, R., Stark, T., Elrick, S., John Nelson, W., Lu, Y., Holcomb, F., Tinjum, J., Yang, F., Frailey, S. & Lin, Y. F., 2018, Geothermal's Role in Today's Energy Market - Geothermal Resources Council 2018 Annual Meeting, GRC 2018. Geothermal Resources Council, p. 227-248 22 p. (Transactions - Geothermal Resources Council; vol. 42).

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

Geochemistry and organic petrology of the Anna Shale (Pennsylvanian) and pyrite "suns" in southwestern Illinois

Dyson, J. R., Rimmer, S. M. & Elrick, S. D., 2018, Abstracts with Programs - Geological Society of America. Vol. 50:6.

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

New insights on the stepwise collapse of the Carboniferous Coal Forests: Evidence from cyclothems and coniferopsid tree-stumps near the Desmoinesian–Missourian boundary in Peoria County, Illinois, USA

Falcon-Lang, H. J., Nelson, W. J., Heckel, P. H., DiMichele, W. A. & Elrick, S. D., Jan 15 2018, In: Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology. 490, p. 375-392 18 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2017

Facies changes in the Bursum Formation (Pennsylvanian-Permian) related to tectonic activity, Soccorro, Mexico.

Nelson, W. J., Elrick, S. D., Krainer, K. & Lucas, S. G., 2017, Bulletin of the New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science. Vol. 77. p. 309-320 (Bulletin of the New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science).

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter

Floras characteristic of Late Pennsylvanian peat swamps arose in the late Middle Pennsylvanian

Elrick, S. D., Nelson, W. J., Ames, P. R. & DiMichele, W. A., 2017, In: Stratigraphy. 14, 1-4, p. 123-141 19 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

Fossil Wood from Late Pennsylvanian Sabkhas in Socorro County, New Mexico

Elrick, S. D., Nelson, W. J. & Lucas, S. G., 2017, New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science Bulletin. Vol. 77 (Carboniferous-Permian transition in Socorro County, New Mexico). p. 101-108 (New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science Bulletin).

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter

PALYNOLOGY, PETROLOGY AND GEOCHEMISTRY OF THE SPRINGFIELD COAL BED IN PROXIMITY TO A PALEOCHANNEL, EASTERN INTERIOR (ILLINOIS) BASIN, USA

Eble, C., Nelson, J., Elrick, S., Greb, S. & DiMichele, W., 2017, Abstracts with Programs - Geological Society of America. Vol. 49.

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

Vegetational zonation in a swamp forest, Middle Pennsylvanian, Illinois Basin, U.S.A., indicates niche differentiation in a wetland plant community

DiMichele, W. A., Elrick, S. D. & Nelson, W. J., Dec 1 2017, In: Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology. 487, p. 71-92 22 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

Open Access

2016

1967-2016, celebrating 50 years of geoscience in the mid-continent: guidebook for the 50th annual meeting of the Geological Society of America, North-Central Section, April 18-19, 2016

Lasemi, Z., Elrick, S., Illinois State Geological Survey & Midwest Friends of the Pleistocene Field Conference, 2016, Champaign, Illinois: Illinois State Geological Survey, Prairie Research Institute. (Guidebook 43)

Research output: Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Technical report

Open Access

65 years of coal mined out areas in Illinois; evolution of coal mined out area maps at the Illinois State Geological Survey (ISGS)

Myers, A., Chenoweth, C., Obrad, J., Korose, C. & Elrick, S. D., 2016, Abstracts with Programs - Geological Society of America. Champaign, IL, Vol. 48:5.

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

A new online handbook of Illinois stratigraphy

Obrad, J., Nelson, W. J., Johnson, I., Myers, A., Korose, C. & Elrick, S. D., 2016, Abstracts with Programs - Geological Society of America. Champaign, IL, Vol. 48:5.

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

Cataclysmic burial of Pennsylvanian Period coal swamps in the Illinois Basin: Hypertidal sedimentation during Gondwanan glacial melt‐water pulses

Archer, A. W., Elrick, S., Nelson, W. J. & DiMichele, W. A., 2016, Contributions to Modern and Ancient Tidal Sedimentology: Proceedings of the Tidalites 2012 Conference. John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., Vol. 47. p. 217--231 (Special Publication of the International Association of Sedimentologists).

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First known Permian rocks in Illinois improve understanding of regional tectonism

Nelson, W. J., Young, T. & Elrick, S. D., 2016, Abstracts with Programs - Geological Society of America. Champaign, IL, Vol. 48:5.

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Megaflora and palynoflora associated with a late Pennsylvanian coal bed (Bursum Formation, Carrizo Arroyo, New Mexico, USA) and paleoenvironmental significance

DiMichele, W. A., Schneider, J. W., Lucas, S. G., Eble, C. F., Falcon-Lang, H. J., Looy, C. V., Nelson, W. J., Elrick, S. D. & Chaney, D. S., 2016, Guidebook - New Mexico Geological Society The geology of the Belen area;. Frey, B. A., Karlstrom, K. E., Lucas, S. G., Williams, S., Ziegler, K., McLemore, V. T. & Ulmer-Scholle, D. S. (eds.). Vol. 67. p. 351-368 18 p.

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

2015

Early Permian (Asselian) vegetation from a seasonally dry coast in western equatorial Pangea: Paleoecology and evolutionary significance

Falcon-Lang, H. J., Lucas, S. G., Kerp, H., Krainer, K., Montañez, I. P., Vachard, D., Chaney, D. S., Elrick, S. D., Contreras, D. L., Kurzawe, F., DiMichele, W. A. & Looy, C. V., Sep 1 2015, In: Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology. 433, p. 158-173 16 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

Lithostratigraphy, biostratigraphy and sedimentology of the upper Paleozoic Sangre de Cristo Formation, southwestern San Miguel County, New Mexico

Lucas, S. G., Krainer, K., Dimichele, W. A., Voigt, S., Berman, D. S., Henrici, A. C., Tanner, L. H., Chaney, D. S., Elrick, S. D., Nelson, W. J. & Rinehart, L. F., 2015, Geology of the Las Vegas region. Lindline, J., Petronis, M. S. & Zebrowski, J. (eds.). Vol. 66. p. 211-228 (Guidebook - New Mexico Geological Society).

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

Plant architecture and spatial structure of an early Permian woodland buried by flood waters, Sangre de Cristo Formation, New Mexico

Rinehart, L. F., Lucas, S. G., Tanner, L., John Nelson, W., Elrick, S. D., Chaney, D. S. & DiMichele, W. A., Apr 5 2015, In: Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology. 424, p. 91-110 20 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

The meadow bank: A nontectonic linear feature in the wabash valley seismic zone

Larson, T. H., Phillips, A. C. & Elrick, S. D., Nov 1 2015, In: Seismological Research Letters. 86, 6, p. 1730-1736 7 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2014

Back to the forest

Elrick, S. D., 2014, In: Illinois Audubon Magazine. 328, p. 5--9

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

Fossil floras from the Pennsylvanian-Permian Cutler Group of southeastern Utah

DiMichele, W. A., Cecil, C. B., Chaney, D. S., Elrick, S. D. & Nelson, W. J., 2014, Geology of Utah's far south. MacLean, J. S., Biek, R. F. & Huntoon, J. E. (eds.). Utah Geological Association, Vol. 43. p. 491--504

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter

In support of early peat to coal compaction; evidence from Pennsylvanian strata of the Appalachian and Illinois Basins

Greb, S. F., Di Michele, W. A., Elrick, S. D. & Eble, C. F., 2014, Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs. Geological Society of America (GSA), Boulder, CO, United States, Vol. 46. p. 604

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Middle and late pennsylvanian cyclothems, American midcontinent: Ice-age environmental changes and terrestrial biotic dynamics

Blaine Cecil, C., DiMichele, W. A. & Elrick, S. D., Jul 2014, In: Comptes Rendus - Geoscience. 346, 7-8, p. 159-168 10 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2013

Age and paleo-environmental significance of upper Paleozoic ostracodes from the Appalachian and eastern Illinois Basins

Sanders, S. C., Tibert, N. E., Elrick, S. D. & Nelson, W. J., 2013, Abstracts with Programs - Geological Society of America. Boulder, CO: Geological Society of America, Vol. 45. p. 61

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

Scott D Elrick

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