Welcome to the Webpage of Dr. Joseph Meert
Associate Professor of
Geology
Updated December 6, 2011
Welcome to my home page.
Our research is focused broadly on the interval of geologic
time from the Mesoproterozoic (~1200 Ma) through the earliest
Paleozoic (~490 Ma). I use paleomagnetism and
geochronology to trace the history of continents during that
time period (particularly the continents making up
Gondwana). We also examine the relationship between
plate configuration, paleoclimate and the evolution of life on
earth. Past and current projects have covered vastly
different parts of the globe (Laurentia, Baltica, Urals,
Eastern Africa, southwest Africa, Madagascar, India,
Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Mongolia). We are
always interested in attracting new graduate students.
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Current Graduate/Undergraduates in the
Meert Group
Candler Turner (M.S.
Student 2012)- Detrital Geochronology of the Vindhyan and
Marwar Supergroups: A transect across India
Sadie Belica (M.S.
Student-2012)- Paleomagnetism and Geochronology of Mafic Dykes
Dharwar Craton
Kevin Liebe (M.S.
Student-2013)- Paleomagnetism and Geochronology of
Neoproterozoic sequences in the Baltic Urals
Bud Davis (B.S. Student
-2012)- Paleomagnetism of the Marwar Supergroup, India
Matt Celestino (BS
Student-2012)- Geochronology of Mafic Dykes
Recent Students
Vimal Pradhan (Ph.D. 2011)- Paleomagnetism
and Geochronology of Indian Dykes. Now at Sunburst Consulting
Nikki Cundiff (B.S. Student 2010)- Paleomagnetism and
Geochronology of Malani Dykes
Laura Gregory (MS 2009)- Malani
dykes and Majhgawan Kimberlite (see pubs). Now seeking Ph.D. at
Oxford University
Shawn Malone (MS 2008)-
Paleomagnetism of the Bhander-Rewa Groups India. Now seeking
Ph.D. at the University of Iowa
Jessica Yff (BS 2007)- Dzabkhan
Volcanic rocks
(Completed M.Sc. at University of Northern Arizona)
News from Our Research Group
NEWS ON OUR EDIACARA DISCOVERY
Meert,
J.G., Gibsher, A.S., Levashova, N.M., Grice, W.C. and Kamenov,
G.D., 2011. Glaciation and ~770 Ma Ediacara (?) Fossils from the
Lesser Karatau Microcontinent, Kazakhstan. Gondwana Research, 19,
867-880. pdf of proofs.
Earth:
Making
of
a
Planet: National Geographic Television (Meert was
Consultant)
1. Ongoing
Projects
EAR09-10888 National Science Foundation
(Tectonics): Further
Refinement
of
India's
Proterozoic Paleogeography and Geochronology: (co-PI with George
Kamenov University of Florida).
EAR11-19038
National Science Foundation (Tectonics): Ediacaran
Paleomagnetism
and geochronology of eastern Baltica: A key to paleogeography
and climatic history of the Continent (with Russian colleagues Natalia Levashova,
Andrey Maslov, Dmitriy Grazhdankin, Victor Puchkov).
2. Recently
Completed Projects
EAR04-09101:
The
Assembly of East Gondwana: A Proterozoic Perspective from
India
EAR05-08597:
Paleomagnetism
of Neoproterozoic to Lower Paleozoic rocks on microcontinents
of Central Asia: implicatins for the Precambrian glacial
paradox and the amalgamation of Eurasia
3. Projects Submitted for Funding-(Fall
2011 Round)-
National Science Foundation (Tectonics): TBA
4. Recent Publications (2007-2012)
2012
Meert, J.G., 2012.
What's in a name? The Columbia (Palaeopangea/Nuna)
Supercontinent., Gondwana
Research (in press) pdf of
submission.
Meert, J.G., 2012. The
Paleogeography of Evolution: Making sense of changing biology
and changing continents, Evolution: Education and Outreach special issue, (under review)
pdf of submission.
Pradhan, V.R., Meert, J.G.,
Levashova, N.M., Gibsher, A.S., Malone, S.J. and Gregory,
L.C., 2012. Geochronologic and paleomagnetic constraints
on the Late Neoproterozoic-early Paleozoic volcano-sedimentary
units of the Central Asian Orogenic Belt microcontinents, Tectonophysics, under review. pdf of submission.
Meert, J.G,
Levashova, N.M., Liebe, K., 2012. Ediacaran paleomagnetism of
Baltica: A review, Gondwana
Research, under review. pdf
of submission.
Meert, J.G.,
Pandit, M.K., Belica, S. and Kamenov, G.D., Oh My!
Malani paleomagnetism again?, Gondwana Research (under review). pdf of submission.
Torsvik, T.H., Van
der Voo, R., Preeden, U., MacNiocaill, C., Steinberger, B.,
Doubrovine, P.V., van Hinsbergen, D.J.J., Domeir, M., Gaina,
C., Tohver, E., Meert, J.G., McCausland, P.J.A. and Cocks,
R.M., 2012. Phanerozoic polar wander, palaeogeography
and dynamics, Earth Science Reviews (under review). pdf of submission.
2011
Pradhan, V.R.,
Meert, J.G., Pandit, M.K., Kamenov, G. and Mondal, E.A., 2011.
Tectonic evolution if the Precambrian Bundelkhand craton,
central India: Insights from paleomagnetic and geochronologic
studies on the mafic dyke swarms, Precambrian Research (in press)
doi:10/1016/j.precamres.2011.11.011. pdf of accepted manuscript.
Grazhdankin, D.V., Marusin, V.V.,
Meert, J., Krunpenin, M.T. and Maslvov, A.V., 2011.
Kotlin Regional Stage in the South Urals, Doklady Earth
Sciences, 440,
1222-1226. pdf of
manuscript
Levashova, N., Gibsher, A.S.,
Meert, J.G. and Grice, W.C., 2011. The Origin of the Central Asian orogenic belt Microcontinents: Constraints
from Paleomagnetism and Geochronology, Precambrian
Research, 185,
37-54. pdf of accepted
manuscript
Levashova, N.,
Gibsher, A.S. and Meert, J.G., 2011. Precambrian
microcontinents of the Ural-Mongol Belt: new paleomagnetic and
geochronological data, Geotectonics,
45, 58-79. pdf of paper.
Meert, J.G., Gibsher, A.S.,
Levashova, N.M., Grice, W.C. and Kamenov, G.D., 2011.
Glaciation and ~770 Ma Ediacara (?) Fossils from the Lesser
Karatau Microcontinent, Kazakhstan. Gondwana Research, 19, 867-880. pdf of proofs.
Meert, J.G., Pandit, M.K. and
Pradhan, V.R. Kamenov, G.D., 2011. Preliminary report on the
Palaeomagnetism of 1.88 Ga dykes from the Bastar and Dharwar
cratons, Peninsular India, Gondwana Research, 20, 335-343. pdf of final
submission
2010
Levashova, N., Kalugin, V., Gibsher, A.S., Yff, J.,
Ryabinin, A.B., Meert, J.G. and Malone, S.J., 2010. The Origin of the Baydaric
Microcontinent, Mongolia: Constraints from Paleomagnetism and
Geochronology, Tectonophysics,
485, 306-320. pdf of
submission.
Pradhan, V.R., Meert, J.G.,
Pandit, M.K., Kamenov, G., Gregory, L.C. and Malone, S.J.,
2010. India's
changing place in global Proterozoic reconstructions: New
geochronologic constraints on key paleomagnetic poles from
the Dharwar and Aravalli/Bundelkhand cratons, J.
Geodynamics Special Issue, 50, 224-242, pdf of
proofs.
Razanatseheno, M.O.M., Nedelec,
A., Rakotondrazafy, M., Meert, J.G., and Ralison, B., 2010. Four stage building of
the Cambrian Carion pluton, in Hutton Special Voume on Granites,
100, 133-145. pdf
of paper.
Meert, J.G., Pandit, M.K.,
Pradhan, V.R., Banks, J.C., Sirianni, R., Stroud, M.,
Newstead, B., Gifford, J., 2010. Precambrian Crustal
Evolution of Peninsular India: A 3.0 billion year odyssey.,
J. Asian Earth Sciences,
39. 483-519, pdf
of paper.
Tack, L., Wingate, M.T.D., De Waele, B., Meert, J.G.,
Belousova, E., Griffin, B., Tahon, A. and Fernandez-Alonso,
M., 2010. The
Mesoproterozoic "Kibaran event" in Central Africa: A 1375 Ma
intracratonic emplacement of a Large Igneous Province (LIP),
Precambrian
Research, 180, 63-84. pdf of
accepted manuscript.
2009
Gregory, L.C., Meert,
J.G., Bingen, B., Pandit, M.K. and Torsvik, T.H., 2009. Paleomagnetism and
geochronology of the Malani igneous suite, NW India:
Implications for the configuration of Rodinia and the assembly
of Gondwana, Precambrian Research, 170,
13-26. pdf of submission.
Meert, J.G., Pruett, F.D.,
Merino., E. 2009. An 'inverse conglomerate' paleomagnetic test and
timing of in-situ Terra Rossa formation at Bloomington,
Indiana, J. Geology, 117, 126-138. pdf of
submission.
2008
Meert, J.G and Lieberman, B.S., 2008. The
Neoproterozoic Assembly of Gondwana and its relationship to the
Ediacaran-Cambrian Radiation,
Gondwana Research, 14: 5-21. pdf of submission.
Pradhan, V.R., Pandit, M.K.
and Meert, J.G.,
2008. A
cautionary note on the age of the paleomagnetic pole obtained
from the Harohalli dyke swarms, Dharwar craton, southern India,
in Indian Dykes Srivastava et al. (eds), Narosa Publishing
House, New Delhi, India, 339-352. pdf
of proofs.
Malone, S.J., Meert, J.G., Banerjee, D.M., Pandit, M.K., Tamrat,
E., Kamenov, G., Pradhan, V.R. and Sohl, L., 2008. Paleomagnetism and
detrital zircon geochronology of the Upper Vinhdyan sequence,
Son Valley and Rajasthan, India: A 1000 Ma closure age for the
Purana basins?, Precambrian Research, 164,
137-159. pdf of
corrected proofs.
2007
Meert, J.G., Walderhaug,
H.J., Torsvik, T.H. and Hendricks, B.W.H. 2007. Age and paleomagnetic
signature of the Alno Carbonatite complex ( NE Sweden ): Additional Controversy for the Neoproterozoic
position of Baltica, Precambrian Research
, 154, 159-174. pdf of
submission.
Meert, J.G., 2007. Testing the Neoproterozoic
glacial models, Gondwana
Research, 11, 573-574. pdf of
submission.
Goderris, Y.,
Donnadiue, Y., Dessert, C., Dupre, B., Fluteau, F., Francois,
L.M., Meert, J.G., Nedelec, A., Ramstein, G., 2007. Coupled modeling of global
carbon cycle and climate in the Neoproterozoic: links between
Rodinia breakup and major glaciations, C. R. Geoscience volume
339,
212-222. pdf of paper.
For a
complete list of publications and copies of papers please follow
this link.
5. Recently In the News
News
and Views Nature Article: pdf of paper
American Chemical Society Article on Judge John E. Jones
presentation to GSA 2006 (requires subscription)
National
Geographic Discusses our Work on the Vindhyan Basins
6. Current Vitae
December 2011
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7. Lab Photos
The
UF Paleomagnetic Laboratory
DeGaussian
Annex: Auxiliary Lab
8. Gondwana Database (note Database is no
longer being updated)
The database was
developed with partial financial support from the
National Science Foundation Grant NSF EAR98-05306 to J.G. Meert
Note Database v. 1.0 is
superseded by v. 1.1. The password for the database can be
obtained by e-mailing me directly. Please let me know of
any errors or omissions. I am working on publishing the
database on the web as a searchable file. You can point
out errors or add your own new (or old) data into the database
by accessing the following form.
9. Other
Organizations/Interests
Faculty Advisor Gator Aviators Student Aviation Club: Find us on
Facebook
Angel Flight Southeast
10. Contact
Information
Joseph Meert
University of Florida
Department of Geological Sciences
274 Williamson Hall
Gainesville, FL 32611 USA
e-mail: jmeert(@)ufl.edu
Phone: 352-846-2414
Cell: 352-301-6240
Fax: 352-392-9294
10.
My Works as Defender of the Old Earth and Evolution
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