Ethan Gordon Hyland
paleoclimate, isotope geochemistry, sedimentology/stratigraphy, paleoecology
Works (89)
2025 article
Late Miocene expansion of grasslands in northwest Argentina linked to shifting hydroclimate: A complex interaction among tectonics, climate, and ecology
Azmi, I., Hyland, E., Cotton, J., Ghosh, A., Raigemborn, M. S., Tineo, D., … Insel, N. (2025, March 7). GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA BULLETIN, Vol. 3.
2024 article proceedings
A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF LATE MIOCENE-PLIOCENE PALEOENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS IN NW ARGENTINA: INSIGHTS FROM PALEOSOL PROXIES
Presented at the GSA Connects 2024 Meeting in Anaheim, California.
2024 article proceedings
COMPARING SEASONAL SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURES FROM OXYGEN ISOTOPE RATIOS AND CLUMPED ISOTOPES RECORDED IN <b>MERCENARIA</b> SPP. SHELLS DURING THE PLIO-PLEISTOCENE
Presented at the 73rd Annual GSA Southeastern Section Meeting - 2024.

2024 conference paper
Comparing Seasonal Sea Surface Temperatures Using Traditional Oxygen Isotope Ratios versus Clumped Isotopes as recorded in Plio-Pleistocene Mercenaria spp.
AGU Meeting. Presented at the AGU Meeting.
Event: AGU Meeting
2024 article proceedings
IMPROVING PALEOCLIMATE PREDICTIONS FROM PALEOSOL GEOCHEMISTRY: A CASE STUDY FROM THE MIOCENE OF ARGENTINA
Presented at the GSA Connects 2024 Meeting in Anaheim, California.
Event: GSA Connects 2024 Meeting in Anaheim, California
2024 conference paper
Iguana Rocks: The occurrence of enteroliths in Galapagos marine iguanas (Amblyrhynchus cristatus)
6th Galapagos Symposium on Research and Conservation. Presented at the 6th Galapagos Symposium on Research and Conservation, San Cristobal, Galapagos, Ecuador.
Event: 6th Galapagos Symposium on Research and Conservation at San Cristobal, Galapagos, Ecuador
2024 article proceedings
LATE MIOCENE CLIMATE VARIABILITY AND C4 GRASS DYNAMICS IN SOUTH AMERICA: INSIGHTS FROM CLIMATE SIMULATIONS AND PALEOCLIMATE RECONSTRUCTIONS
Presented at the GSA Connects 2024 Meeting in Anaheim, California.
Event: GSA Connects 2024 Meeting in Anaheim, California

2024 journal article
Meta-omics reveals role of photosynthesis in microbially induced carbonate precipitation at a CO<sub>2</sub>-rich geyser
ISME COMMUNICATIONS, 4(1).
2024 article proceedings
OBSERVED SHIFT IN WESTERN INTERIOR BASIN CLIMATES ACROSS THE PEAK CRETACEOUS THERMAL MAXIMUM (OAE2)
Presented at the GSA Connects 2024 Meeting in Anaheim, California.
Event: GSA Connects 2024 Meeting in Anaheim, California

2024 journal article
Reconstructed seasonality during the Mid Piacenzian Warm Interval and early Pleistocene cooling as recorded by growth temperatures from <i>Mercenaria</i> shells
QUATERNARY SCIENCE REVIEWS, 328.

2024 article proceedings
THE RISE OF C<sub>4</sub> GRASSES IN SOUTH AMERICA: LINKING GRASSLAND TRANSITION TO THE SOUTH AMERICAN SUMMER MONSOON
Presented at the GSA Connects 2024 Meeting in Anaheim, California.
Event: GSA Connects 2024 Meeting in Anaheim, California
2024 conference paper
Taphonomy and taxonomic diversity of “Happy Mary”, a polytypic bonebed from the Cretaceous Judith River Formation
SVP Meeting. Presented at the SVP Meeting, Montana, USA.
Event: SVP Meeting at Montana, USA
2024 article proceedings
USING BIOMARKERS TO DETERMINE THE IMPACTS OF FIRE FREQUENCY ON LATE MIOCENE C4 GRASS EXPANSION IN CENTRAL ARGENTINA
Presented at the GSA Connects 2024 Meeting in Anaheim, California.
Event: GSA Connects 2024 Meeting in Anaheim, California
2024 article proceedings
USING CARBON ISOTOPES IN PALEOSOLS TO CONSTRAIN THE LATE MIOCENE EXPANSION OF C<sub>4</sub> GRASSES IN TUCUMÁN AND LA RIOJA PROVINCES, NORTHWESTERN ARGENTINA
Presented at the GSA Connects 2024 Meeting in Anaheim, California.
2024 article proceedings
USING PALEOSOLS OF PATAGONIA TO RECONSTRUCT MID-CRETACEOUS TO EARLY PALEOGENE CLIMATES
Presented at the GSA Connects 2024 Meeting in Anaheim, California.

2023 article
Back from the past? Assessment of nitrogen removal ability of buried historic wetland soils before and after a 1-year incubation on a restored floodplain
Peck, E. K., Inamdar, S., Kan, J., Peipoch, M., Gold, A. J., Merritts, D. J., … Rahman, M. M. (2023, December 11). RESTORATION ECOLOGY, Vol. 12.

2023 article proceedings
CYCLICITY AND COMPARISON OF TERRESTRIAL AND MARINE ISOTOPE RECORDS FROM THE EARLY EOCENE CLIMATIC OPTIMUM
Presented at the GSA Connects 2023 Meeting in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Event: GSA Connects 2023 Meeting in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

2023 journal article
Cretaceous climates: Mapping paleo-Koppen climatic zones using a Bayesian statistical analysis of lithologic, paleontologic, and geochemical proxies
PALAEOGEOGRAPHY PALAEOCLIMATOLOGY PALAEOECOLOGY, 613.

2023 article proceedings
DERIVING QUANTITATIVE LOWER LIMITS ON PALEO-PRECIPITATION BASED ON THE PRESENCE OF COAL AND LIGNITE: A MULTIPROXY APPROACH
Presented at the GSA Connects 2023 Meeting in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
2023 conference paper
Iguana Rocks: Enteroliths in marine iguanas (Amblyrhynchus cristatus)
GSC/PNG Research Symposium. Presented at the GSC/PNG Research Symposium.
Event: GSC/PNG Research Symposium
2023 conference paper
Late Miocene hydroclimate variability and its impact on vegetation in NW and Central Argentina- a multiproxy investigation
AGU Meeting. Presented at the AGU Meeting.
Event: AGU Meeting
2023 article proceedings
PALEOGENE GLOBAL KÖPPEN-GEIGER CLIMATE MAPS: STAGE-LEVEL RECONSTRUCTIONS OF THE CENOZOIC GREENHOUSE
Presented at the GSA Connects 2023 Meeting in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Event: GSA Connects 2023 Meeting in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

2023 journal article
Paleogene Paleohydrology of Ellesmere and Axel Heiberg Islands (Arctic Canada) From Palustrine Carbonates
PALEOCEANOGRAPHY AND PALEOCLIMATOLOGY, 38(10).

2023 conference paper
Proxy-based reconstructions of Cretaceous climate extremes
The Anatomical Record, 306(S1), 3–267.
Event: 14th Mesozoic Terrestrial Environments Symposium
2023 book
Statistical package for estimating uncertainty on phytolith counts using bootstrapping analyses
(Version 2023).
2023 article proceedings
THE RISE OF C<sub>4</sub> GRASSES IN SOUTH AMERICA: LINKING GRASSLAND TRANSITION TO THE SOUTH AMERICAN SUMMER MONSOON
Presented at the Rocky Mountain Section - 73rd Annual Meeting - 2023.
Event: Rocky Mountain Section - 73rd Annual Meeting - 2023
2023 article proceedings
THERMAL EFFECTS OF CORDILLERAN PROCESSES ON THE MAGALLANES-AUSTRAL RETROARC FORELAND BASIN: A CASE STUDY USING THERMOCHRONOMETRY, VITRINITE REFLECTANCE, AND CARBONATE CLUMPED ISOTOPE ANALYSIS
Presented at the GSA Connects 2023 Meeting in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Event: GSA Connects 2023 Meeting in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

2023 conference paper
Taphonomic effects on the C:N ratio and δ13C and δ15N isotopes in bone collagen
76th Annual American Association of Forensic Scientists Meeting. Presented at the 76th Annual American Association of Forensic Scientists Meeting.
Event: 76th Annual American Association of Forensic Scientists Meeting
2023 journal article
Timing of the Greenhorn transgression and OAE2 in Central Utah using CA-TIMS U-Pb zircon dating
CRETACEOUS RESEARCH, 146.

2023 journal article
Toward a Cenozoic history of atmospheric CO <sub>2
Science, 382(6675), 1136-+.

2023 article proceedings
USING CARBON ISOTOPES TO CONSTRAIN C4 EXPANSION FROM BAHIA BLANCA TO MENDOZA IN RESPONSE TO CHANGES IN PRECIPITATION DURING THE LATE MIOCENE
Presented at the Rocky Mountain Section - 73rd Annual Meeting - 2023.
Event: Rocky Mountain Section - 73rd Annual Meeting - 2023
2023 conference paper
Using biomarkers to investigate climate controls on Late Miocene C4 grass expansion in central Argentina
AGU Meeting. Presented at the AGU Meeting.
Event: AGU Meeting
2022 journal article
A paleopedological approach to understanding Eocene environmental conditions in southern Patagonia, Argentina
PALAEOGEOGRAPHY PALAEOCLIMATOLOGY PALAEOECOLOGY, 601.

2022 journal article
Age, depositional history, and paleoclimatic setting of Early Cretaceous dinosaur assemblages from the Sao Khua Formation (Khorat Group), Thailand
PALAEOGEOGRAPHY PALAEOCLIMATOLOGY PALAEOECOLOGY, 601.

2022 article
Coal: The return of 300-Million-Year-Old Plants
Hyland, E. (2022, January 15).
2022 article proceedings
DOLOMITIZATION PATTERNS IN FRESHWATER CARBONATE AS EVIDENCE OF DIFFERENTIAL BURIAL DEPTH OF THE JURASSIC NAVAJO SANDSTONE, UTAH, USA
Presented at the Joint 118th Annual Cordilleran/72nd Annual Rocky Mountain Section Meeting - 2022.
Event: Joint 118th Annual Cordilleran/72nd Annual Rocky Mountain Section Meeting - 2022

2022 journal article
Deep External Fluid Source Along the Gubbio Normal Fault (Italy): Implications for Slip Along the Altotiberina Active Low-Angle Normal Fault System
FRONTIERS IN EARTH SCIENCE, 10.

2022 conference paper
Development of the South American Monsoon System and its impact on grasslands
AGU Meeting. Presented at the AGU Meeting.
Event: AGU Meeting
2022 article proceedings
ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS OF EOCENE LAKE GOSIUTE AND GEOCHEMICAL EVIDENCE FOR HIGH TOPOGRAPHY RUNOFF
Presented at the GSA Connects 2022 meeting in Denver, Colorado.
Event: GSA Connects 2022 meeting in Denver, Colorado
2022 article
Earth’s Climate Change History
Hyland, E. (2022, January 15).

2022 article
Estimating ancient biogeographic patterns with statistical model discrimination
Gates, T. A., Cai, H., Hu, Y., Han, X., Griffith, E., Burgener, L., … Zanno, L. E. (2022, September 23). ANATOMICAL RECORD-ADVANCES IN INTEGRATIVE ANATOMY AND EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY, Vol. 9.

2022 conference paper
Meta-omics analysis of microbially induced carbonate precipitation in microbial communities derived from Utah soils and sediments
ISME 18th International Symposium. Presented at the ISME 18th International Symposium.
Event: ISME 18th International Symposium
2022 article
Oil: The Carbon Cycle in Its Liquid Form
Hyland, E. (2022, January 15).
2022 article proceedings
REFINING A ∆<sub>47</sub> PALEOTEMPERATURE CALIBRATION USING MODERN AND FOSSIL <b>MERCENARIA</b> SPP. (BIVALVIA) TO RECONSTRUCT DEEP-TIME SEASONALITY
Presented at the Joint 56th Annual North-Central/ 71st Annual Southeastern Section Meeting - 2022.
2022 conference paper
Reconstructed Seasonality During the Mid Pliocene Warm Interval and Early Pleistocene Cooling as Recorded in Oxygen Isotope Ratios from Shells of the Hard Clam, Mercenaria Spp.
AGU Meeting. Presented at the AGU Meeting.
Event: AGU Meeting
2022 conference paper
Refining a Δ47 paleotemperature calibration in bivalves to reconstruct deep-time seasonality
Ocean Sciences Meeting. Presented at the Ocean Sciences Meeting.
Event: Ocean Sciences Meeting
2022 journal article
Remnants of the "Grande Savane?" Insights from Soil Organic Matter at Two Sites in the Deep River Triassic Basin of North Carolina
CASTANEA, 87(2), 244–267.

2021 article proceedings
A NEW PALEOCLIMATE PROXY FOR GROWING SEASON PRECIPITATION USING PALEOSOL GEOCHEMISTRY: APPLICATIONS FOR RECONSTRUCTING SOUTH AMERICAN MONSOON CONDITIONS IN NORTHWEST ARGENTINA
Presented at the GSA Connects 2021 in Portland, Oregon.
Event: GSA Connects 2021 in Portland, Oregon

2021 journal article
An extreme climate gradient-induced ecological regionalization in the Upper Cretaceous Western Interior Basin of North America
GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA BULLETIN, 133(9-10), 2125–2136.
Contributors: L. Burgener n, n , E. Griffith n , H. Mitášová n , L. Zanno n & T. Gates n

2021 journal article
InterCarb: A Community Effort to Improve Interlaboratory Standardization of the Carbonate Clumped Isotope Thermometer Using Carbonate Standards
GEOCHEMISTRY GEOPHYSICS GEOSYSTEMS, 22(5).

2021 article proceedings
LATE MIOCENE EXPANSION OF GRASSLANDS IN NW ARGENTINA LINKED TO SHIFTING HYDROCLIMATE
Presented at the GSA Connects 2021 in Portland, Oregon.
Event: GSA Connects 2021 in Portland, Oregon
2021 article proceedings
LATE MIOCENE-PLIOCENE VEGETATION, FIRE AND HYDROCLIMATE DYNAMICS IN THE RÍO IRUYA BASIN, NORTHWEST ARGENTINA
Presented at the GSA Connects 2021 in Portland, Oregon.
Event: GSA Connects 2021 in Portland, Oregon
2021 article proceedings
RISE OF THE COLORADO PLATEAU: A SYNTHESIS OF PALEOELEVATION CONSTRAINTS FROM THE REGION AND A PATH FORWARD USING TEMPERATURE-BASED ELEVATION PROXIES
Presented at the GSA Connects 2021 in Portland, Oregon.
Event: GSA Connects 2021 in Portland, Oregon

2021 review
Rise of the Colorado Plateau: A Synthesis of Paleoelevation Constraints From the Region and a Path Forward Using Temperature-Based Elevation Proxies
[Review of ]. FRONTIERS IN EARTH SCIENCE, 9.

2021 article proceedings
TRIPLE OXYGEN ISOTOPE PALEOHYDROLOGY OF EARLY EOCENE PALEOLAKE GOSIUTE (WYOMING, USA)
Presented at the GSA Connects 2021 in Portland, Oregon.
Event: GSA Connects 2021 in Portland, Oregon
2021 chapter
The Geological Consequences of Global Climate Change
Encyclopedia of Geology, pp. 510–522.
2020 article proceedings
APPLICATION OF CLUMPED ISOTOPES TO INVESTIGATE THE ROLE AND SOURCE OF FLUIDS IN LOW-ANGLE NORMAL FAULTING
Presented at the GSA 2020 Connects Online.
Event: GSA 2020 Connects Online
2020 article proceedings
CLIMATIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL DRIVERS OF LATE CRETACEOUS VERTEBRATE ENDEMISM
Presented at the 72nd Annual GSA Rocky Mountain Section Meeting - 2020.
Event: 72nd Annual GSA Rocky Mountain Section Meeting - 2020

2020 article proceedings
CONSTRAINING C4 EXPANSION IN CONTINENTAL SOUTH AMERICA DURING THE LATE MIOCENE-PLIOCENE USING D13C ISOTOPIC PROXIES AND COMPLEX ORGANIC CARBON MOLECULES
Presented at the 116th Annual GSA Cordilleran Section Meeting - 2020.
Event: 116th Annual GSA Cordilleran Section Meeting - 2020
2020 article proceedings
DID INCREASING SEASONALITY AND FIRE FREQUENCY CAUSE THE C4 GRASSLAND TRANSITION IN SOUTH AMERICA (SA)? INVESTIGATIONS FROM TWO PALEOSOL SITES IN NW ARGENTINA USING δ13C ISOTOPES, MOLECULAR BIOMARKERS, PHYTOLITHS, AND X-RAY FLUORESCENCE (XRF)
Presented at the GSA 2020 Connects Online.
Event: GSA 2020 Connects Online
2020 article proceedings
EQUABLE OR NOT? INVESTIGATING THE INFLUENCE OF PROXY BIASES IN RECONSTRUCTIONS OF GREENHOUSE PERIOD TEMPERATURE SEASONALITY
Presented at the GSA 2020 Connects Online.
Event: GSA 2020 Connects Online

2020 article proceedings
LINKING THE LATE MIOCENE C<sub>4</sub> GRASSLAND EXPANSION TO EXPANSION OF THE SOUTH AMERICAN SUMMER MONSOON IN RIO IRUYA CANYON, NORTHWEST ARGENTINA
Presented at the 116th Annual GSA Cordilleran Section Meeting - 2020.
Event: 116th Annual GSA Cordilleran Section Meeting - 2020
2019 journal article
Late Miocene rise and fall of C-4 grasses in the western United States linked to aridification and uplift
GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA BULLETIN, 131(1-2), 224–234.

2019 journal article
Revisiting the equable climate problem during the Late Cretaceous greenhouse using paleosol carbonate clumped isotope temperatures from the Campanian of the Western Interior Basin, USA
PALAEOGEOGRAPHY PALAEOCLIMATOLOGY PALAEOECOLOGY, 516, 244–267.

2019 journal article
Stable and clumped isotopes in desert carbonate spring and lake deposits reveal palaeohydrology: A case study of the Lower Jurassic Navajo Sandstone, south-western USA
SEDIMENTOLOGY, 66(1), 32–52.
Ed(s): G. Porta

2018 article
Comment on "Paleosol-based paleoclimate reconstruction of the Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum, northern Argentina" by Andrews, E., White, T., and del Papa, C. [Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, v. 471, p. 181-195]
Hyland, E. G., & Sheldon, N. D. (2018, December 15). PALAEOGEOGRAPHY PALAEOCLIMATOLOGY PALAEOECOLOGY, Vol. 511, pp. 639–642.

2018 journal article
Evidence of early C4 grasses, habitat heterogeneity, and faunal response during the Miocene Climatic Optimum in the Mojave Region
Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 490, 415–430.
2018 article
Response to Referee #3
Hyland, E. (2018, August 24). (Vol. 8). Vol. 8.
2018 article
Response to reviewer G. Retallack
Hyland, E. (2018, June 7). (Vol. 6). Vol. 6.
2018 article
Response to reviewer N. Barbolini
Hyland, E. (2018, July 16). (Vol. 7). Vol. 7.
2018 article
Supplementary material to "Temperature seasonality in the North American continental interior during the early Eocene climatic optimum"
Hyland, E. G., Huntington, K. W., Sheldon, N. D., & Reichgelt, T. (2018, March 28).

2018 journal article
Temperature seasonality in the North American continental interior during the Early Eocene Climatic Optimum
CLIMATE OF THE PAST, 14(10), 1391–1404.

2018 article
Temperature seasonality in the North American continental interior during the early Eocene climatic optimum
Hyland, E. G., Huntington, K. W., Sheldon, N. D., & Reichgelt, T. (2018, March 28).

2018 journal article
Warm Terrestrial Subtropics During the Paleocene and Eocene: Carbonate Clumped Isotope (Delta(47)) Evidence From the Tornillo Basin, Texas (USA)
PALEOCEANOGRAPHY AND PALEOCLIMATOLOGY, 33(11), 1230–1249.

2017 article proceedings
CONSTRUCTION OF A SPRING-LAKE SYSTEM IN THE JURASSIC NAVAJO SANDSTONE, UTAH—EVIDENCE FROM STABLE ISOTOPES OF OXYGEN AND CARBON
Presented at the GSA Annual Meeting in Seattle, Washington, USA - 2017.
2017 journal article
Constraining the early Eocene climatic optimum: A terrestrial interhemispheric comparison
Geological Society of America Bulletin.
2017 report
Earth-Life Transitions: Towards a new understanding of Earth systems
In NSF EarthRates Research Coordination Network Perspective Report (pp. 11–14).
2017 article proceedings
HOT SUMMERS ON LAND IN THE EARLY EOCENE SUBTROPICS
Presented at the GSA Annual Meeting in Seattle, Washington, USA - 2017.
2017 article proceedings
USING PALEOCLIMATE DATA TO ESTIMATE PALEOLATITUDE OF CORDILLERAN TERRANES
Presented at the GSA Annual Meeting in Seattle, Washington, USA - 2017.

2016 journal article
Examining the spatial consistency of palaeosol proxies: Implications for palaeoclimatic and palaeoenvironmental reconstructions in terrestrial sedimentary basins
Sedimentology, 63(4), 959–971.
Ed(s): D. Ariztegui

2015 journal article
A new paleoprecipitation proxy based on soil magnetic properties: Implications for expanding paleoclimate reconstructions
Geological Society of America Bulletin.

2015 journal article
Terrestrial evidence for a two-stage mid-Paleocene biotic event
Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 417, 371–378.

2014 journal article
Dynamics of the Rise of C<sub>4</sub> Grasslands in Southwestern Montana
The Paleontological Society Special Publications, 13, 115–116.
2014 journal article
Multi-proxy evidence for tectonic control on the expansion of C4 grasses in northwest Argentina
Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 395, 41–50.
2014 chapter
Phytoliths as Tracers of Recent Environmental Change
In Topics in Geobiology.

2013 journal article
Coupled CO2-climate response during the Early Eocene Climatic Optimum
Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 369, 125–135.
2013 journal article
Representational bias in phytoliths from modern soils of central North America: Implications for paleovegetation reconstructions
Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 374, 338–348.

2013 journal article
Terrestrial paleoenvironmental reconstructions indicate transient peak warming during the early Eocene climatic optimum
Geological Society of America Bulletin.
2009 chapter
Integrated stratigraphic and astrochronologic calibration of the Eocene-Oligocene transition in the Monte Cagnero section (northeastern Apennines, Italy): A potential parastratotype for the Massignano global stratotype section and point (GSSP)
In The Late Eocene Earth—Hothouse, Icehouse, and Impacts.

Employment
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2022 - present
2017 - 2022
Education
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2009 - 2014
Funding History
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