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Department of Geosciences

Texas Tech University

Lubbock, TX 79409-3131

 

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Office: Science 318

 

Email:dustin.sweet@ttu.edu

 

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Publications

 

 

 

 

  

 

Chowdhury, N.U.M.K.* and Sweet, D.E., 2020, Subsurface stratigraphy and basin-fill architecture of the late Paleozoic eastern Taos trough, northern New Mexico, U.S.A. The Mountain Geologist, v. 53, p. 149-176.

Pevehouse, K.J.*, Sweet, D.E., Šegvić, B., Monson, C.C., Zanoni, G., Marshak, S., and Barnes, M.A., 2020, Paleotopography controls weathering of Cambrian-aged profiles beneath the Great Unconformity, St. Francois Mountains, Se Missouri, U.S.A. Journal of Sedimentary Research, v. 90, p. 629-650.

Tarokh, A., Mahknenko, R.Y., Kim, K., Zhu, X., Popovics, J.S., Šegvić, B., and Sweet, D.E., 2020, Influence of CO2 injection on the poromechanical response of Berea Sandstone. International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control, v. 95.

Stine, J.M., Sweet, D.E., Geissman, J.W., Baird, H.*, and Ferguson, J.F., 2020, Climate and provenance variation across the mid-Pleistocene Transition revealed through sedimentology, geochemistry and rock magnetism of the Blackwater Draw Formation, Southern High Plains, Texas, U.S.A: in Waitt, R. (ed.), Ice-Age Climates-Glaciers, Flood, Lakes, and Wind: Interdisciplinary Quaternary science round the world to honor Stephen C. Porter. The Geological Society of America, Special Paper 548.

Brotherton, J.L.*, Chowdhury, N.U.M.K.*, and Sweet, D.E., 2020, A synthesis of late Paleozoic sedimentation in central and eastern New Mexico: Implications for timing of Ancestral Rocky Mountains deformation, in Henderson, C.M. Snyder, W.S., and Ritter, S.M. (eds)., Late Paleozoic and Early Mesozoic tectono-stratigraphy and biostratigraphy of Western Pangea. SEPM Special Publication 113.

Garcia, J.*, Sweet, D.E., and Barrick, J.E., 2020, Pennsylvanian-early Permian chronostratigraphic evolution of the Eastern Shelf of the Midland Basin: Implications for subsidence patterns across the Ancestral Rocky Mountains, in Henderson, C.M. Snyder, W.S., and Ritter, S.M. (eds)., Late Paleozoic and Early Mesozoic tectono-stratigraphy and biostratigraphy of Western Pangea. SEPM Special Publication 113.

Monson, C.C., Sweet, D.E., Segvic, B., Zanoni, G., Balling, K., Wittmer, J.M., Ganis, G.R., and Cheng, G., 2019, The Late Ordovician (Sandbian) Glasford structure: A marine-target impact crater with a possible connection to the Ordovician meteor event. Meteorics and Planetary Science, v. 54, p. 2927-2950.

Pike, J.D.* and Sweet, D.E., 2018, Environmental drivers of cyclicity recorded in lower Permian eolian strata, Manitou Springs, Colorado, western United States. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, v. 499, p. 1-12.

Sweet, D.E., 2017, Fine-grained debris flows in coarse-grained alluvial systems: Paleoenvirnomental implications for the Late Paleozoic Fountain and Cutler formations, Colorado, U.S.A. Journal of Sedimentary Research, v. 87, p. 763-779.

Sweet, D.E., and Brannan, D.K*, 2016, Proportion of glacially induced to fluvially induced quartz grain microtextures along the Chitina River, SE Alaska. Journal of Sedimentary Research, v. 86, p. 749-761.

Sweet, D.E. and Watters, A.J.*, 2015, Middle Pennsylvanian composite stratigraphic section of Holman Grade records cyclic fluvio-deltaic sedimentation within the Taos trough axis, in Lindline, J., Petronis, M., and Zebrowski, J. (eds.), Geology of the Las Vegas Region. New Mexico Geological Society Field Conference Guidebook 66, p. 229-239.

Soreghan, G.S., Sweet, D.E., Thomson, S.N., Kaplan, S.A., Marra, K.R., Balco, G., and Eccles, T.M., 2015, Geology of Unaweep Canyon and its role in the drainage evolution of the northern Colorado Plateau. Geosphere, v. 11, no.2, p. 320-341.

Sweet, D.E., Carsrud, C.R.* and Watters, A.J.*, 2015, Proposing an entirely Pennsylvanian age for the Fountain Formation through new lithostratigraphic correlation along the Front Range. The Mountain Geologist, v. 52, no. 2, p. 43-70.

Soreghan, G.S., Sweet, D.E. and Heavens, N.G., 2014, Evidence for Glaciation in the late Paleozoic Ancestral Rocky Mountains, and Implications for Upland Glaciation in Tropical Pangaea. Journal of Geology, v. 122, p. 137-163.

Soreghan, G.S. and Sweet, D.E., 2013, New Views on late Paleozoic climate and tectonics in the Ancestral Rocky Mountains. Geological Society of America Field Guide 33, p. 295-330.

Balco, G., Soreghan, G.S., Sweet, D.E., Marra, K.R. and Bierman, P.R., 2013, Cosmogenic-nuclide burial ages for Pleistocene sedimentary fill in Unaweep Canyon, Colorado, USA. Quaternary Geology, v. 18, p. 149-157.

Sweet, A.C., Soreghan, G.S., Sweet, D.E., Soreghan, M.J., and Madden, A.S., 2013, A re-intepretation of the source and origin for the middle Permian (Flowerpot-Blaine) redbeds in Oklahoma: Palaeogeographic and Palaeoclimatic implications. Sedimentary Geology, v. 284-285, p. 181-196.

Sweet, D.E. and Soreghan, G.S., 2012, Estimating magnitudes of relative sea-level change in a coarse-grained fan delta system: Implications for Pennsylvanian glacioeustasy. Geology, V. 40, p. 979-982.

Soreghan, G.S., Keller, G.R., Gilbert, M.C., Chase, C.G., and Sweet, D.E., 2012, Load-induced subsidence of the ancestral Rocky Mountains recorded by preservation of Permian landscapes. Geosphere, V. 8, no. 3, p. 654-668.

Sweet, D.E. and Soreghan, G.S., 2010, Application of quartz sand microtextural analysis to infer cold-climate weathering for the equatorial Fountain Formation (Pennsylvanian-Permian, Colorado). Journal of Sedimentary Research, v. 80, p. 666-677.

Sweet, D.E. and Soreghan, G.S., 2010, Late Paleozoic tectonics and paleogeography of the Ancestral Front Range: Structural, stratigraphic and sedimentological evidence from the Fountain Formation (Manitou Springs, Colorado). Geological Society of America Bulletin, v. 122, p. 575-594.

Soreghan, G.S., Soreghan, M.J., Poulsen, C.J., Young, R.A, Sweet, D.E. and Davogustto, O.C., 2009, Anomalous cold in Pangaean tropics: Reply to Discussion. Geology, p. e193-e194.

Soreghan, G.S., Soreghan, M.J., Sweet, D.E., and Moore, K.D., 2009, Alluvial fan or proglacial outwash? An alternative interpretation for the proximal Cutler Formation (upper Paleozoic, Paradox Basin). Journal of Sedimentary Research, v. 79, p. 495-522.

Soreghan, G.S., Sweet, D.E., Marra, K.R., Eble, C.F., Soreghan, M.J., Elmore, R.D., Kaplan, S.A., and Blum, M.D., 2009, An exhumed Late Paleozoic canyon in the Rocky Mountains: Reply to Discussion. Journal of Geology, v. 117, p. 215-220.

Sweet, D.E. and Soreghan, G.S., 2008, Polygonal Cracking in Coarse Clastics Records Cold Temperatures in the Equatorial Fountain Formation (Pennsylvanian-Permian, Colorado). Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, v. 268, no. 3-4, p. 193-204.

Soreghan, G.S., Soreghan, M.J., Poulsen, C.J., Young, R.A, Sweet, D.E. and Davogustto, O.C., 2008, Anomalous cold in Pangaean tropics. Geology, v. 36, No. 8, p. 659-662.

Moore, K.D., Soreghan, G.S. and Sweet, D.E., 2008, Stratigraphic and structural relations in the proximal Cutler Formation of the Paradox Basin: Implications for the timing of movement on the Uncompahgre fault. The Mountain Geologist, v. 45, no. 2, p. 49-68.

Soreghan, G.S., Sweet, D.E., Marra, K.R., Eble, C.F., Soreghan, M.J., Elmore, R.D., Kaplan, S.A., and Blum, M.D., 2007, An exhumed Late Paleozoic canyon in the Rocky Mountains. Journal of Geology, v. 115, p. 473-481.