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Articles Published in Peer-reviewed Refereed Journals (*denotes student co-authors):

Glumac, B., and *Spivak-Birndorf, M.L, 2002, Stable isotopes of carbon as a valuable stratigraphic tool: An example from the Cambrian of the northern Appalachians: Geology, v.30, p. 563-566.

Glumac, B., and Walker, K.R., 2002, Effects of grand cycle cessation on the diagenesis of Upper Cambrian carbonate deposits in the southern Appalachians: Journal of Sedimentary Research, v. 72, p. 571-587.

Glumac, B., 2001, Influence of early lithification on late diagenesis of microbialites: Insights from d18O compositions of Upper Cambrian carbonate deposits from the southern Appalachians: PALAIOS, v. 16, p. 593-600.

Glumac, B., and Walker, K.R., 2000, Carbonate deposition and sequence stratigraphy of the terminal Cambrian grand cycle in the southern Appalachians: Journal of Sedimentary Research, v. 70, p. 952-963.

Glumac, B., and Walker, K.R., 1998, A Late Cambrian positive carbon-isotope excursion in the southern Appalachians: Relation to biostratigraphy, sequence stratigraphy, environments of deposition, and diagenesis: Journal of Sedimentary Research, v. 68, p. 1212-1222.

Glumac, B., and Walker, K.R., 1997, Selective dolomitization of Cambrian microbial carbonate deposits: A key to mechanisms and environments of origin: PALAIOS, v. 12, p. 98-110.

Other published articles:

Glumac, B., 1995, Cessation of Grand Cycle deposition in the framework of passive-margin evolution: the Upper Cambrian Maynardville Formation (southern Appalachians): Guidebook for Field Trip Excursions, Southeastern Section, Geological Society of America, University of Tennessee Studies in Geology 24, p. 210-218.

Bukovec, D., and Glumac, B., 1991, Applying personal computers to the Natural History Museum inventory methods: Geoloski Vjesnik (Zagreb, Croatia), v. 44, p. 325.

Published Abstracts

As a senior author (*denotes student co-authors):

Glumac, B., *Clifthorne, S., Babic, Lj., and Zupanic, J., accepted, Relationships between isotopic composition and petrographic indicators for marine, brackish and freshwater carbonate deposition: Paleogene of Istria, Croatia: Geological Society of America Meeting, Denver, Colorado, October 2002.

Glumac, B., and *Berrios, L., accepted, A stable isotope investigation of calcareous tubes from Recent serpulid aggregates in Baffin Bay, Texas: Geological Society of America Meeting, Denver, Colorado, October 2002.

Glumac, B., *Berrios, L., Greer, L., and Curran, H.A., 2002, Depositional and diagenetic history of Holocene tufa-coated serpulid mounds from the Dominican Republic: Insights from petrography, stable isotopes and comparison with modern serpulid aggregates from Baffin Bay, Texas: The 11th Symposium on the Geology of the Bahamas and other Carbonate Regions, Abstracts and Program, p. 15.

Glumac, B., 2002, Stable isotopes of carbon as a tool for high resolution stratigraphy of the Sauk IISauk III sequence boundary:  Association of Petroleum Geologists, 2002 Annual Meeting Abstracts, Houston, Texas, p. 64.

Glumac, B., 2001, Controls on the distribution of saddle dolomite in the St. Louis Limestone (Mississippian) from Indiana: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, Annual Meeting, v. 33, p. 255.

Glumac, B., 2001, Investigating the causes for perturbations in the global cycling of carbon: Insights from strontium isotopes:  The Earth System Processes A Global Meeting Presented by The Geological Society of America and The Geological Society of London, Edinburgh, Scotland: Programmes with Abstracts, p. 34.

Glumac, B., 2001, Carbon isotopes as a tool for high resolution stratigraphy of Upper Cambrian strata: Southeastern Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, p. 59.

Glumac, B., 2001, A stable isotope study of carbonate components from lacustrine strata of the Turners Falls Formation (Newark Supergroup), Massachusetts: Northeastern Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, p. 67.

Glumac, B., 1999, A project-based undergraduate sedimentology course: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, Annual Meeting, v. 31, p. 36.

Glumac, B., Srinivasan, K., and Walker, K.R., 1998, Effects of changes in passive-margin depositional regimes on burial diagenesis of platform carbonates: Conasauga Group (Cambrian), southern Appalachians, USA: Program with Abstracts, SEPM Research Conference on Fluid Flow in Carbonates: Interdisciplinary Approaches, Wisconsin.

Glumac, B., 1997, Evaluating the potential of ancient microbial carbonate deposits for reconstructing syndepositional marine isotopic compositions: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, Annual Meeting, v. 29, p. 41.

Glumac, B., and Walker, K.R., 1997, Global and regional significance of diagenetic phases from the last Cambrian Grand Cycle: Insights from stable and radiogenic isotopes: Southeastern Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 29, p. 19.

Glumac, B., and Walker, K.R., 1996, A Late Cambrian carbon isotope excursion: Relation to bio- and sequence stratigraphy and implications for diagenesis, southern Appalachians: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, Annual Meeting, v. 28, p. 276.

Glumac, B., and Walker, K.R., 1995, Controls on the distribution and composition of diagenetic phases within a terminal Grand Cycle carbonate succession, southern Appalachians: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, Annual Meeting, v. 27, p. 273.

Glumac, B., and Walker, K.R., 1995, Carbonate depositional dynamics on an evolving Cambrian passive margin, southern Appalachians: The 1st SEPM Congress on Sedimentary Geology, Congress Program and Abstracts, v. 1, p. 59-60.

Glumac, B., and Walker, K.R., 1995, Identification of sequence boundaries in peritidal carbonate successions: conformable vs. unconformable surfaces: Southeastern Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 27, p. 56.

Glumac, B., and Walker, K.R., 1994, Differing styles of stromatolite diagenesis: implication for stromatolite origin and diagenesis of Upper Cambrian peritidal carbonates: Southeastern Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 26, p. 16.

Glumac, B., and Walker, K.R., 1994, Sedimentologic aspects of passive-margin evolution: transition from Cambrian Grand Cycles to mature passive-margin deposition: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, Annual Meeting, v. 26, p. 129.

Glumac, B., Walker, K.R., and Srinivasan, K., 1993, Anatomy of an exposure/flooding interval formed under arid conditions, the Upper Cambrian Maynardville Formation, east Tennessee: Southeastern Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 25, p. 19.

As a mentor for Smith College undergraduate geology students (*denotes student authors):

*Berrios, L., Glumac, B., Greer, L., and Curran, H.A., accepted, Tufa-coated serpulid mounds in the Dominican Republic: A unique substrate for Taino Indian petroglyphs: Geological Society of America Meeting, Denver, Colorado, October 2002.

*Mutti, L.E., and Glumac, B., accepted, Insights from carbon isotope stratigraphy into Late Cambrian (Steptoean) sedimentation and responses to sea level change along the northeastern Laurentian margin: Geological Society of America Meeting, Denver, Colorado, October 2002.

*Kramer, M., *Able, L., Pufall, A., Caldanaro, T., Glumac, B., and Curran, H.A., 2002, Water Quality on San Salvador Island, Bahamas: Preliminary Investigations in January 2002: The 11th Symposium on the Geology of the Bahamas and other Carbonate Regions, Abstracts and Program, p. 18-19.

*Clifthorne, S., Glumac, B., and Babic, Lj., 2002, Delineation between marine, brackish and freshwater carbonate depositional environments: Upper Cretaceous and Paleogene of Istria, Croatia: Northeastern Section, Geological Society of America Meeting, Abstracts with Programs, v. 34, No. 1, p. 15.

*Marchefka, A., and Glumac, B., 2002, Stratigraphy of the Big Spring Station Member of the Conococheague Limestone, south-central Pennsylvania: Northeastern Section, Geological Society of America Meeting, Abstracts with Programs, v. 34, No. 1, p. 15.

*Mutti, L.E., and Glumac, B., 2002, Correlation of Upper Cambrian carbonate strata from southeastern New York and western Massachusetts: Northeastern Section, Geological Society of America Meeting, Abstracts with Programs, v. 34, No. 1, p. 73.

*Spivak-Birndorf, M.L., and Glumac, B., 2001, Carbon-isotope stratigraphy of the Lower Gorge Formation (Upper Cambrian), Northwestern Vermont: Northeastern Section, Geological Society of America Meeting, Abstracts with Programs, v. 33, p. 28-29.

*McKinstry, L.H., *Marchefka, A.M., Glumac, B., and Green, M.D., 2001, Enigmatic fossils from the Martinsburg Formation (Upper Ordovician), northeastern Tennessee: Southeastern Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, p. 73.

As a co-author:

Stefaniak, A., Glumac, B., Dunagan, S.P., Srinivasan, K., Walker, K.R., Beall, J.L., and Rankey, E.C., 1995, Comparative development of Cambrian carbonate platforms on the eastern Laurentian margin: Conasauga Group, southern Appalachians: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, Annual Meeting, v. 27, p. 171.

Driese, S.G., Glumac, B., Srinivasan, K., Stefaniak, A., and Richards, I.J., 1994, Influence of subaerial exposure and karstification on diagenesis of Upper Mississippian carbonate rocks, Pennington Formation, Tennessee: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, Annual Meeting, v. 26, p. 65-66.

Srinivasan, K., Glumac, B., Rankey, E.C., Roberson, K.E., Steinhauff, D.M., and Walker, K.R., 1993, Identifying and evaluating the significance of Lower Paleozoic exposure surfaces: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, Annual Meeting, v. 25, p, 399.

Foster, C.J., Dunagan, S.P., Glumac, B., Ottinger, G.A., and Walker, K.R., 1997, Diagenesis of the Sneedville Formation, Upper Silurian (Pridoli), northeastern Tennessee: Southeastern Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 29, p. 17.

Stefaniak, A., Dunagan, S.P., Glumac, B., and Walker, K.R., 1995, The role of carbonate platform growth and sea level rise in the evolution of a Cambrian intrashelf basin: The 1st SEPM Congress on Sedimentary Geology, Congress Program and Abstracts, v. 1, p. 117.

Driese, S.G., Capelle, D.G., Glumac, B., Srinivasan, K., Stefaniak, A., and Stapor, F.W., 1994, Pre-Pennsylvanian paleokarst at the top of the Upper Pennington Formation, central Tennessee: Southeastern Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 26, p. 11.

Stefaniak, A., Srinivasan, K., Glumac, B., Capelle, D.G., Dunagan, S.P., Geddes, D., Blackburn, C.G., and Walker, K.R., 1994, A drowning interval in the Maryville Limestone (Middle Cambrian), southern Appalachians: implications for platform geometry and sequence stratigraphy: Southeastern Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 26, p. 63-64.

Dunagan, S.P., Stefaniak, A., Glumac, B., Hageman, S.A., Srinivasan, K., and Walker, K.R., 1994, Co-occurrence of burial and penecontemporaneous peritidal dolomite in the Maryville Limestone (Middle Cambrian), southern Appalachians: Southeastern Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 26, p. 130.

Ottinger, G.A., Dunagan, S.P., Foster, C.J., Glumac, B., and Walker, K.R., 1997, Depositional packages of the uppermost Honaker Dolomite and lower Nolichucky Formation (Middle Cambrian, Conasauga Group): Evolving carbonate sedimentation in a platformal to deep water setting: Southeastern Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 29, p. 61.

Driese, S.G., Tobin, K.J., Mora, C.I., Caudill, M.R., Glumac, B., Sherwood, S.C., and Dorsch, J., 1992, Paleopedology and stable isotope geochemistry of Mississippian vertic claystone paleosols, Pennington Fm., Tennessee: Southeastern Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 24, p. 13.

 

Articles in preparation:  (*denotes undergraduate student authors)

Glumac, B., *McKinstry, L.H., *Marchefka, A.M., and Green, M.D., in preparation, Enigmatic Carbonized Tubes from the Martinsburg Formation (Upper Ordovician), Northeastern Tennessee: The Oldest Macroscopic Record of Land Plants?: PALAIOS.

Glumac, B., in preparation, Dolomite formation and hydrology of Jurassic lakes in the Deerfield rift basin, Massachusetts: Insights from stable isotopes: Geology.

*Mutti, L.E., and Glumac, B., in preparation, Late Cambrian (Steptoean) sedimentation and responses to sea level change along the northeastern Laurentian margin: Insights from carbon isotope stratigraphy: Geological Society of America Bulletin.

Glumac, B., *Berrios, L., Greer, L., and Curran, H.A., in preparation, Origin and Diagenetic History of Holocene Tufa-coated Serpulid Mounds from the Dominican Republic: Insights from Petrography, Stable Isotopes and Comparison with Modern Serpulid Aggregates from Baffin Bay, Texas: Proceedings of the 11th Symposium on the Geology of the Bahamas and other Carbonate Regions.

Glumac, B., Srinivasan, K., and Steinhauff, D.M., in preparation, Strontium isotopes as tracers for two distinct sources of late diagenetic dolomitizing fluids in the Lower Paleozoic carbonate platform successions of the southern Appalachians: Journal of Sedimentary Research.