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Staff :: Dr. Charles A. Ver Straeten

Name:
Ver Straeten, Dr. Charles A. Ver Straeten, Dr. Charles A.
Title:
Stratigrapher
Phone:
(518) 486-2004
E-Mail:
cverstra@mail.nysed.gov
Specialties:
Devonian Stratigraphy and Sedimentation; E and sequence stratigraphy, tectonics and sedimentation, bentonites, paleoecology, regional to global Devonian stratigraphy, processes and events
Department:
Research & Collections :: Research :: Geology


Publications(Click to Expand):
 
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Ver Straeten, C.A. 2008. Volcanic Tephra Bed Formation and Condensation Processes: A Review and Examination from Devonian Stratigraphic Sequences. Journal of Geology 116:545-557.

Ver Straeten, C. 2007. Rock of Deep Ages. Legacy: The Magazine of the New York State Museum 3(1):10-11.

Ver Straeten, C.A., and Brett, C.E. 2006. Pragian to Eifelian Strata (Mid Lower to Lower Middle Devonian), Northern Appalachian Basin -- A Stratigraphic Revision. Northeastern Geology 28:80-95.

Ver Straeten, C. A. 2004. K-bentonites, Volcanic Ash Preservation, and Implications for Lower to Middle Devonian Volcanism in the Acadian Orogen, Eastern North America. Geological Society of America Bulletin 116:474-489.

Ver Straeten, C. 2004. Sprout Brook K-bentonites: New Interval of Devonian (Early Emsian?) K-bentonites in Eastern North America. Northeastern Geology and Environmental Science 26:298-305.

Ver Straeten, C. 2004. Volcanism in Eastern North America: A "Deep Time" Perspective. Members Update 15(1):7-8.

Sageman, B. B., Murphy, A. E., Werne, J. P., Ver Straeten, C. A., Hollander, D. J., and Lyons, T. W. 2003. A Tale of Shales: The Relative Roles of Production, Decomposition, and Dilution in the Accumulation of Organic-rich Strata, Middle-Upper Devonian, Appalachian Basin. Chemical Geology 195:229-273.

Ver Straeten, C. A., and Brett, C. E. 2000. Bulge Migration and Pinnacle Reef Development, Devonian Appalachian Basin. Journal of Geology 108:339-352.

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Ver Straeten, C.A. 2007. Basinwide Stratigraphic Synthesis and Sequence Stratigraphy, Upper Pragian, Emsian and Eifelian Stages (Lower to Middle Devonian), Appalachian Basin. In Devonian Events and Correlations. Special Publications 278, edited by R.T. Becker, and W.T. Kirchgasser, pp. 39-81. The Geological Society of London.

DeSantis, M.K., R.T. Brett, and C.A. Ver Straeten. 2007. Persistent Depositional Sequences and Bioevents in the Eifelian (Early Middle Devonian) of Eastern Laurentia: North American Evidence of the Kacak Events?. In Devonian Events and Correlations. Speical Publications 278, edited by R.T. Becker, and W.T. Kirchgasser, pp. 83-104. Geological Society, London, London, England.

Murphy, A. E., B. B. Sageman, C. A. Ver Straeten, and D. J. Hollander. 2000. Organic Carbon Burial and Faunal Dynamics in the Appalachian Basin during the Devonian (Givetian-Famennian) Greenhouse: An Integrated Paleoecological/Biogeochemical Approach. In Warm Climates in Earth History, edited by B.T. Huber, K. G MacLeod, and S. L. Wing, pp. 351-385. Cambridge University Press, New York, New York.

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Ver Straeten, C.A., J.R. Ebert, L.J. Bartholomew, L.J. Benedict, D.K. Matterson, and G.H. Shaw. 2005. Devonian Stratigraphy and K-bentonites in the Cherry Valley-Schoharie Valley Region. In Fieldtrip Guidebook, edited by D.T. Rodbell, pp. D-1 to D-57. Report prepared for Northeastern Section meeting of the Geological Society of America.

Ver Straeten, C.A. 2001. Event and Sequence Stratigraphy and a New Synthesis of the Lower to Middle Devonian, Eastern Pennsylvania and Adjacent Areas. In Delaware Water Gap, edited by J.D. Inners, and G.M. Fleeger, pp. 35-53. Report prepared for 66th Annual Field Conference of Pennsylvania Geologists.

Inners, J.D., and C.A. Ver Straeten. 2001. Riccobono's 'Quarry in the Schoharie': Stratigraphy, Operations and Mass Movement. In Delaware Water Gap, edited by J.D. Inners, and G.M. Fleeger, pp. 61-67. Report prepared for 66th Annual Field Conference of Pennsylvania Geologists.

Ver Straeten, C.A., J.D. Inners, and J.B. Epstein. 2001. Stop 7. East Stroudsburg Railroad Cut: Schoharie Formation and Onondaga Limestone - Stratigraphy and Structure. In Delaware Water Gap, edited by J.D. Inners, and G.M. Fleeger, pp. 219-230. Report prepared for 66th Annual Field Conference of Pennsylvania Geologists.

Ver Straeten, C.A., D.H. Monteverde, and J.D. Inners. 2001. Stop 8. Fairway and U.S. 209 Shale Pit: Upper Onondaga Limestone, Union Springs Formation, and Basal Union Springs Decollement. In Delaware Water Gap, edited by J.D. Inners, and G.M. Fleeger, pp. 232-243. Report prepared for 66th Annual Field Conference of Pennsylvania Geologists.

Ver Straeten, C.A. 2001. The Schoharie Formation in Eastern Pennsylvania. In Delaware Water Gap, edited by J.D. Inners, and G.M. Fleeger, pp. 54-60. Report prepared for 66th Annual Field Conference of Pennsylvania Geologists.

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Ver Straeten, C. A. 2009 The Classic Devonian of the Catskill Front: A Foreland Basin Record of Acadian Orogenesis. Report prepared for New York State Geological Association, Albany, New York.

Brett, C.E., C.A. Ver Straeten, and G.C. Baird 2000 Anatomy of a Composite Sequence Boundary: The Silurian-Devonian Contact in Western New York State. Report prepared for New York State Geological Association, 72nd Annual Meeting, Field Trip Guidebook.

Cadwell, D. H., W. M. Kelly, and C. A. Ver Straeten 2000 Down Below and Long Ago: Geology of Secret Caverns and Fossil Collecting, Schoharie County, New York. Report prepared for New York State Museum, Albany, New York.

Baird, G.C., C.E. Brett, and C.A. Ver Straeten 2000 Facies and Fossils of the Lower Hamilton Group (Middle Devonian) in the Livingston County-Onondaga County Region. Report prepared for New York State Geological Association, 72nd Annual Meeting, Field Trip Guidebook.

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