Jon J. Smith


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  • Associate Scientist

Contact Info

Office Phone:
Parker Hall, room #115

Biography

My short biography

Research

Research Statement

Research interests:

  • paleontology
  • sedimentology
  • chronostratigraphy

Teaching

Teaching

Teaching interests:

  • stratigraphy
  • paleontology
  • sedimentology
  • chronostratigraphy

Selected Publications

Ludvigson, G. A., L. A. González, D. A. Fowle, J. A. Roberts, S. G. Driese, M. A. Villarreal, J. J. Smith, and M. B. Suarez. “Paleoclimatic Implications and Modern Process Studies of Pedogenic Siderite.” Book Chapters. In New Frontiers in Paleopedology and Terrestrial Paleoclimatology, edited by S. G. Driese and L. C. Nordt, 79–87. , 2013.Smith, J. J., and R. Sleezer. “Preliminary Geology Field Maps and Stratigraphic Column, Harvey County, Kansas (Peabody NW, Elbing, and Whitewater USGS 7.5 Minute Quadrangles).” Reports. Kansas Geological Survey, September 2012.

Selected Presentations

Smith, J. J. (11/4/2016). Getting to the Bottom of the High Plains Aquifer: New insights into the Depositional History and Stratigraphy of the Cenozoic High Plains. National Association of State Boards of Geology, Council of Examiners Workshop Subject Matter Experts meeting. Lawrence, KSSmith, J. J. (1/25/2015). Lessons from the Living: Using Modern Organisms to Answer Paleontological Questions. Kansas-Missouri Paleontological Society meeting. Park University at Parkville, MOSmith, J. J. (10/24/2014). Lessons from the Living: Two Neoichnological Case Studies. New Mexico Highlands University, Department of Natural Sciences. Las Vegas, NMSmith, J. (4/17/2014). Getting to the Bottom of the Ogallala: Scientific Drilling in the High Plains of Western Kansas. University of Mississippi, Department of Geology and Geological Engineering. University of MississippiSmith, J. J. (9/13/2012). Coring the Ogallala: Scientific Drilling in the High Plains of Western Kansas. University of Kansas, Department of Geology Colloquium SeriesSmith, J. J. (11/4/2008). Chemostratigraphic, Paleopedologic, and Paleobiologic Response to Climate Change: Two Case Studies in Terrestrial Cenozoic Deposits. Kansas Geological SurveySmith, J. J. (9/13/2007). Ichnology and Paleopedology of the Willwood Formation, Bighorn Basin, Wyoming Through the Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum: Response of Soil Ecosystems to a Transient Global Warming Event. Kansas Geological SurveySmith, J. J. (5/9/2007). The Occurrence and Distribution of Ichnofossils Across the Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum (PETM), Willwood Formation, Wyoming: The Response of Ancient Soil Biota to Global Warming. University of Kansas, Natural History Museum and Biodiversity Research Center

Service

Service Statement