Joshua Malone
B.A., Geography, Augustana College, 2020
M.S., Geological Sciences, University of Texas at Austin, 2022
Ph.D., Geological Sciences, University of Texas at Austin, expected 2026
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PhD candidate at the University of Texas at Austin studying deep-water carbonate depositional systems within the Pennsylvanian Bird Spring Formation in east-central California. My research integrates field-based sedimentologic/stratigraphic observations, 3D outcrop modeling, and provenance datasets (detrital zircon geochronology, petrography, and heavy mineral analysis) in order to understand how external forcings such as climate, tectonism, and sea level-change are recorded within the sedimentary record.
Other research efforts and on-going projects seek to understand tectonic and climatic depositional influences on Late Paleozoic Ice Age (LPIA) glacial systems within western Argentina/Falkland-Malvinas Islands.
Current Research Projects
Pennsylvanian and early Permian outcrops of the Keeler/Darwin Basin, east-central California: Analogs for deepwater Permian Basin stratigraphy
Past Research Projects
Jurassic dinosaurs on the move: Gastrolith provenance and long?distance migration
Sediment provenance and stratigraphic correlations of the Paleogene White River Group in the Bighorn Mountains, Wyoming
Detrital zircon provenance of Paleozoic strata in the Falkland/Malvinas Islands: Implications for paleogeography and Gondwanan reconstructions
SGD/SEPM Student Poster Winner - 2023 GSA Annual Meeting - SEPM (2023)
University of Texas Endowed Presidential Scholarship - University of Texas at Austin (2022)
GSA Student Research Grant - Outstanding Application Recipient - Geological Society of America (2022)
Graduate with Distinction - Augustana College (2020)
Joseph M. Hoare Prestigious Merit Scholarship in Geology - Augustana College (2020)
Senior Research Award - Augustana College (2020)
SGD/SEPM Student Poster Winner - 2018 GSA Annual Meeting - SEPM (2018)
Malone, J.R.., Dalziel, I.W.D.., Stone, P.. & Horton, B.K.. (2023). Provenance analysis of Paleozoic strata in the Falkland/Malvinas Islands: Implications for paleogeography and Gondwanan reconstructions. Gondwana Research, 121, 33-55. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1342937X23001156?via=ihub. doi:.
Malone, J.R.., Craddock, J.P.. & Malone, D.H.. (2022). Sediment provenance and stratigraphic correlations of the Paleogene White River Group in the Bighorn Mountains, Wyoming. Mountain Geologist, 59(4), 273-293. https://archives.datapages.com/data/mountain-geologist-rmag/data/059/059004/273_rmag-mg590273.htm. doi:.
Malone, J.R.., Strasser, J.C.., Malone, D.H.., D'Emic, M.D.., Brown, L.. & Craddock, J.P.. (2021). Jurassic dinosaurs on the move: Gastrolith provenance and long-distance migration. Terra Nova, 33, 375-382. doi:https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/ter.12522.
Malone, J.R.., Malone, J.E.., Isbell, J.L.., Malone, D.H.., Craddock, J.P.. & Pauls, K.N.. (2024). Unmixing detrital zircon U-Pb ages reveals tectonic and climatic depositional influences on the Carboniferous Ansilta Formation, Calingasta-Uspallata Basin, Western Argentina. Geoscience Frontiers, 15(4), 1-17. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1674987124000318?via=ihub. doi:.