Linda A. Hinnov
Professor of Geology
Department of Atmospheric, Oceanic and Earth Sciences
George Mason University

Paleozoic Milankovitch Cycles

This ongoing research effort has focused on multi-million year long, continuous cyclostratigraphic sequences, and capture of high-resolution quantitative measurements of rock magnetic parameters, gamma ray, XRF and sedimentary facies evolution.

Successions under investigation:

1. Upper Permian Changxing, Dalong and Wujiaping formations, China (Wu et al., 2013)
2. Middle Permian Gufeng Formation, China (Yao et al., 2015)
3. Middle Permian Maokou Formation, China (Fang et al., 2015)
4. Lower Carboniferous Copacabana Formation, Bolivia (Ma et al., in prep.)
5. Upper Devonian Hanover Shale, New York, USA (Tuskes et al., in prep.)
6. Upper Ordovician-Lower Silurian Wufeng Formation, China (Huang et al., in prep.)
7. Upper Ordovician Juniata Formation, USA (Hinnov and Diecchio, 2015)
8. Upper Ordovician Pingliang Formation, China (Fang et al., 2016)
9. Middle Ordovician Stein Formation, Norway (Rasmussen and Hinnov, in prep.)