MERLYND NESTELL

Ph.D., 1966, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon

PUBLICATIONS (last five years)

1998        with Boardman, D. R., II, and Wardlaw, B. R., Uppermost Carboniferous and Lowermost Permian Deposition and Conodont Biostratigraphy of Kansas, U. S. A. In: Yugan, J, Wardlaw, B. R., and Yue, W. eds. Palaeoworld 9: Special Issue: Permian Stratigraphy, Environments and Resources, v. 2: Stratigraphy and Environments, p. 19-32.

1999    with Kotlyar, G., Baud, A., Pronina, G. P., Zakharov, Yu., Belyaeva, G., and Marcoux, J. Permian and Triassic exotic limestone blocks of the Crimea. In: Crasquin-Soleau, S. and De Weaver, P., eds., Peri-Tethys: Stratigraphic Correlations 3, Geodiversitas, v. 21, p. 1-26.

1999    with Kotlyar, G., Nestell, G. P., and Zakharov, Y. D., Changhsingian of the Northwestern Caucasus, Southern Primoriye and Southeastern Pamirs. Permophiles, No. 35, p. 18-22.

2000    with Mikhalevich, V. I., and Pronina, G. P., The new Antarctic species Saccammina basispiculata sp. nov. and its taxonomic position. Fundamental Problems of Science and Technics, v. 1, no. 1, p. 184-190 [in Russian].

2001    with Pronina-Nestell, G. P., Late Changhsingian foraminifers of the northwestern Caucasus, Micropalentology, v. 47, p. 205-235.

2001    with Wardlaw, B. R. and Lambert, L.L., Latest Guadalupian-Earliest Lopingian conodont faunas from West Texas. Permophiles, No. 39, p. 31-32.

2002    with Perez-Ramos, O., Permian fusulinids from Cobachi area, central Sonora, Mexico. Revista Mexicana de Ciencias Geologicas, v. 19, no. 1, p. 25-37.

2002    with Lambert, L, Wardlaw, B. R., and Nestell, G. P., Late Guadalupian Conodonts and Foraminifers from the Apache Mountains, West Texas, v. 48, no. 4, 1-22

2002    with Ghandahari, M., A quadratic Fredholm integral equation and its solution for

            various kernals. Libertas Mathematica, v. 22, p. 41-48.

OTHER PUBLICATIONS

1999    with Danner, W. R., and Nestell, G. P., Geology and Paleontology of the Carboniferous and Permian of the Exotic Terranes of southwestern British Columbia: Chilliwack Valley, Cache Creek-Marble Canyon, and Kamloops-Harper Ranch Areas, PreCongress Fieldtrip No. 9, August 12-16, 1999. Guidebook, XIV International Congress on the Carboniferous-Permian, August 17-21, Calgary, 123 p.

1999    Correlation of Permian Tethyan Neoschwagerinida (Fusulinaceans) from the United States. In: Burov, B. V., Esaulova, N. K., and Gubareva, V. S., eds., Proceeding of International Symposium “Upper Permian Stratotypes of the Volga Region”. Moscow: GEOS, p. 161-171.

2000    with Wardlaw, B. R. and Rudine, S. F., Conodont biostratigraphy of the Permian beds at Las Delecias, Coahuila, Mexico. In: Wardlaw, B. R., ed., The Proceedings of the first Guadalupian Symposium, Alpine, 1993. Smithsonian Contributions to Earth Sciences, no. 32, p. 346- 355.

2000    with Boardman, D. R., Outcrop-based sequence stratigraphy of the Council Grove Group of the Midcontinent. In: Johnson, K. S. ed., Platform carbonates in the southern Midcontinent, 1996 Symposium: Oklahoma Geological Survey Circular 101, p. 275-306.

2000    with Danner, W. R., and Orchard, M. J., Paleontology of the Cache Creek and Quesnellia terranes, southwestern British Columbia. In: Woodsworth, G. J., Jackson, L. E., Nelson, J. L., and Ward, B. C., ed., Guidebook for geological field trips in southwestern British Columbia and northern Washington, Cordillleran Section meeting, Geological Society of America, Vancouver, p. 117-174.

ABSTRACTS PUBLISHED (last 5 years)

1999    with Kimbell, Rustin, 1999        with Kimbell, Rustin, Biostratigraphy and correlation of early Missourian (Pennsylvanian) strata in southwest Wise County, Texas. South-Central Section Meeting, Geol. Soc. of Am., Lubbock, Texas, Abs. with Programs, v. 31, p. 11.

1997        and Nestell, G. P., Foraminifers from Upper Guadalupian Strata, Northeast Guadalupe Mountains, Dark Canyon, New Mexico, U. S. A., International Congress on the Carboniferous-Permian, Calgary, Program with Abstracts, p.104.

1998        and Orchard, M. J., Late Paleozoic and Middle Late Triassic conodont assemblages from the Baker terrane of eastern Oregon,  Cordilleran Section Meeting, Geol. Soc. Am., Vancouver, Abs. with Programs, v. 32, p. ??

2000    Fusulinacean biostratigraphy of Mexico, Symposium on the Geology of Northwest Mexico, University of Sonora, Hermosillo, Abs. with Programs, p. ??

2000    with Perez, O, Fusulinidos del Permico de Cobachi, Sonora, Symposium on The Geology of Northwest Mexico, University of Sonora, Thermopile, Abs. with Program, p.??

2000    with Blame, C. D., and Brooks, H. C., Permian and Triassic faunas constrain the tectonic history of the Baker and Olds Ferry terrenes, Blue Mountains, Eastern Oregon, 9^th Meeting International Association of Radiolarian Paleontologists, Blairden, Calif., Abs. with Program, p. ??

2001    with Kelley, L. S., New data on the Palo Pinto Formation (Missourian,

            Pennsylvanian) northeast Palo Pinto County, Texas. American Association of

            Petroleum Geologists, Mid-Continent Section Meeting, Amarillo, TX

2001    with Rogalla, N. S., Gierse, D., and Amler, M. R. W., Benthic specialists of the

            Finis Shale (Virgilian) of North Central Texas. German Paleontological Society,

            Abs. With Program, Oldenburg,

1999        and Nestell, G. P. Late Permian foraminifers from the Episkopi Formation (Late Permian), Hydra Greece, Paleoforams, 2001, Abs. with Program, Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey, p. 33

2002    and Nestell, G. P., Wardlaw, B. R., and Lambert, L. L., Latest Guadalupian

            microfaunas (conodonts, foraminifers) from West Texas. South-Central Section

            Meeting, Geol. Soc. Am., Alpine, Tx., Abs. with Programs, v. 34, p.??

2002    and Nestell, G. P., Late Capitanian foraminifers from Dark Canyon, Guadalupe

            Mountains, New Mexico and their correlative potential. West Texas Geological

            Society, Midland, Abs. with Prog., p. 1.

2003    and Kimball, R., Correlation problems, lower part of the Canyon Group (Upper

            Pennsylvanian), western Wise County, Texas. American Association of

            Petroleum Geologists, Southwest Section, Fort Worth, Abs. with Prog., p.

MANUSCRIPTS IN PREPARATION

2004    with Boardman, D. R., II, and Wardlaw, B. R.., Sequence stratigraphy and conodont taxonomy and biostratigraphy of Late Carboniferous and Early Permian strata in Mid-Continent North America: Submitted to the Kansas Geological Survey to be published as a bulletin or special publication, 200 p. 39 plates, 110 diagrams.

2004    with Nestell, G. P., Late Middle Permian foraminifers, Dark Canyon, New Mexico.

2004    with Stevens, C., Late Paleozoic corals from a conglomerate in the the Brisbois Formation, Big Flat, central Oregon

RECENT AND CURRENT GRADUATE STUDENTS AND THESIS TITLES

Many of my graduate students have worked on the Stratigraphy and biostratigraphy of Middle-Late Pennsylvanian and Lower Permian strata of the north-central Texas region. A few have worked in other areas such as Mexico, Nevada, and eastern Oregon

Kimbell, Rustin, 1999, Stratigraphy of the Pennsylvanian Palo Pinto and Lower Graford formations in the vicinity of Bridgeport, Wise County, Texas.

Kelley, Scott, 2000, Stratigraphy of the Palo Pinto Formation in northeastern Palo Pinto County, Texas.

Chovanec, Yvette, 2003, Geothermal Analysis of Schellbourne, East Central Nevada, Steptoe Valley.

Blakeman, Julie, 2004, Radiolaria of the Late Middle Permian Bell Canyon Formation, Apache Mountains, West Texas

Doctoral Dissertations Supervised

2001    Perez-Ramos, Olivia: Bioestratigrafia del Permico en Sonora y consideraciones

paleobiogeograficas, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, 173 p.

TEACHING AWARDS

University of Texas at Arlington College of Science teacher of the year, 1990, 1994

University of Texas at Arlington Academy of Distinguished Teachers, 2003