Dr. Dustin Sweet

Curriculum Vitae

(updated 2/17/2026)
Department of Geosciences, Science Building, Room 318, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX 79409-1053

Contact information:                    

Name:  Dustin Edman Sweet
E-mail:  dustin.sweet@ttu.edu
Office Phone: (806) 834-8390
 

Education
2003-2009 University of Oklahoma, School of Geology and Geophysics, PhD. in Geology
Dissertation title: Glaciation in Equatorial Pangaea: Testing the hypothesis in the Pennsylvanian-Permian Fountain Formation (Colorado). 
Advisor: Dr. Gerilyn S. Soreghan
2000-2003 Boise State University, Department of Geology, M.S. in Geology
Thesis title: Tectonostratigraphy of the Central Pequop Mountains, Elko County, Nevada. 
Advisor: Dr. Walter S. Snyder
1996-2000 Boise State University, Department of Geology, B.S. in Geology
Thesis title: Jurassic Sedimentary Sequence in the Izee Terrane of West-Central, Idaho. 
Advisor: Dr. C.J. Northrup
 

Employment & Appointments
2024-Present: Journal of Sedimentary Research, Co-Editor

2020-2023: Undergraduate Program Director, Department of Geosciences, Texas Tech University 

2017-2023: Journal of Sedimentary Research, Associate Editor

2017-Present: Texas Tech University, Associate Professor

2017-2019: Geology Theme Leader, GSCO2, DOE Energy Frontier Research Center 

2011-2017: Texas Tech University, Assistant Professor

2009-2011: Chevron Energy Technology Company, New Ventures 

 
Courses Taught
Texas Tech University

Depositional Systems and Stratigraphy, Sedimentology & Stratigraphy, Sequence Stratigraphy, Sedimentary Geology of Carbonates, Sedimentary Processes, Field Geology of Carbonates, Field Methods in Sedimentary Geology, Hydrocarbon Exploration Methods, Application of Hydrocarbon Exploration Methods

University of Oklahoma

Stratigraphy and Structure for Petroleum Engineers

Boise State University

Sedimentary Petrology & Petrography, Sedimentation & Stratigraphy

Experiential Learning

Organized and led field trips on an annual to every other year basis while at Texas Tech. Trips ranged from international to domestic, undergraduate to graduate students with dozens to a handful of attendees. Locations include: Grand Canyon National Park, Carlsbad Caverns national Park, Guadalupe Mountains National Park, Petrified Forest National Park, White Sand National Park, Big Bend National Park, Sacramento Mountains (NM), Franklin Mountains (TX), Caprock Canyons State Park (TX), and San Salvador, Bahamas. 

Outreach Education

2025 Presentation on Rivers, Canyons and Deltas to McWhorter Elementary 5th graders (~80 students), STEM Center for Outreach, Research & Education, TTU

2019 Presentation on weathering, sediments, and soils to Roscoe Wilson Elementary 4th graders (~80 students), Unaffiliated presentation

2018 Presentation on weathering, sediments, and soils to Roscoe Wilson Elementary 4th graders (~80 students), Unaffiliated presentation

2018 Presented on rocks and soils to Monterey High School Forensics Science Class (~50 students), Unaffiliated Presentation

2017 Presented on rocks and soils to Monterey High School Forensics Science Class (~50 students), Unaffiliated Presentation

2017 Program Lead for continuing education course “Exploring Palo Duron Canyon with secondary science educators” (10 participants), Region 17 Education Service Center Continuing Education Course

2015 Course Development and Instructor for “Science: It’s a Girl Thing” summer program. Week-long course offered to 10 participants. Institute for the Development and Enrichment of Advanced Learners (IDEAL), Texas Tech University

Research Funding (Awards: $634,530; Effort Awarded: $474,814)

Sweet, D.E., (Principal 100% effort), “Building Collaboration to Assess Sand Grain Shape Modification during River Transport”, Office of International Affairs, Texas Tech University, Global Exchange Research Seed Grant, Submitted February 2026, Pending $3490

Sweet. D.E., (Principal 60% effort), Šegvić, B., (Co-PI), “Upland glaciation in the Central Pangean Mountains assessed through quartz grain microtextural analysis and chemical weathering of proximal fluvial deposits”, Sponsored by National Science Foundation, Federal, Submitted June 2025, Pending $284,215

Sweet, D.E., (Principal 100% effort), “Chronostratigraphic analysis of the Permian Basin, west Texas and southeastern New Mexico, USA”, AAPG-AEGIS Program, Foundation, Awarded $99,885 (July, 2026-June, 2029)

Sweet, D.E., (Principal 100% effort), “Untangling late Paleozoic deformation from Laramide-aged overprinting through geologic mapping and synthesis”, Sponsored by Department of the Interior, US Geological Survey EDMAP program, Federal, Awarded $70,275 (May 1, 2025-April 30, 2027)

Sweet. D.E., (Principal 60% effort), Šegvić, B., (Co-PI), Sylvester, P.J., (Co-PI), and Feinberg, J. (Co-PI), “Collaborative Research: Multi-proxy provenance analysis of eolian silt versus sand on the Southern High Plains: Assessing dust flux variation across the Mid-Pleistocene Transition”, Sponsored by National Science Foundation, Federal, Submitted November 2024, Pending $410,492

Emadibaladehi, H. (PI), Watson, M. (Co-PI), Ispas, I. (Co-PI), Yuan, Q. (Co-PI), Cleveland, T. (Co-PI), Keffer, B. (Co-PI), Ewing, B. (Co-PI), Henderson, S. (Co-PI), Giussani, A. (Co-PI), Sweet, D.E. (Co-PI 6% effort), and Reible, D. (Co-PI), Palo Duro Basin CarbonSAFE Phase II, Sponsored by Department of Energy, Federal, Submitted March 19, 2024, Declined $9,000,000

Sweet, D.E., (Principal 100% effort), “Untangling late Paleozoic deformation from Laramide-aged overprinting through geologic mapping”, Sponsored by Department of the Interior, US Geological Survey EDMAP program, Federal, Awarded $38,652 (May 1, 2024-April 30, 2025)

Sweet. D.E., (Principal 60% effort), Šegvić, B., (Co-PI), “Upland glaciation in the Central Pangean Mountains assessed through quartz grain microtextural analysis and chemical weathering of proximal fluvial deposits”, Sponsored by National Science Foundation, Federal, Submitted May 2023, Declined $197,446

Sweet. D.E., (Principal 60% effort), Yoshinobu, A.S (Co-PI), and McAdams, N.B. (Co-PI), “Subsidence, uplift, and deformation history of the Orogrande Basin-Pedernal Uplift system: Informing late Paleozoic ancestral Rocky Mountains intraplate tectonism”, Sponsored by National Science Foundation, Federal, Submitted July 2020, Declined $379,343. 

Sweet, D.E. (Principal 100% effort), Supplement from Capture and Storage of CO2, Energy Frontier Research Center, Sponsored by the Department of Energy, Federal, Awarded, $13,960 (August 1, 2018-July 31, 2019).

Sweet, D.E. (Principal 35% effort), Barnes, M.A., (Co-PI), Segvic, B., (Co-PI), Barnes, C.G., (Co-PI) and Sylvester, P. J. (Co-PI), Technical Response to the GSCO2 Research Question “How do reservoir-scale geologic features relate to geomechanical and seismic properties of rocks?”, Capture and Storage of CO2,  Energy Frontier Research Center, Sponsored by the Department of Energy, Federal, Awarded, $222,880, (January 1, 2017-July 31, 2018).

Sweet, D.E. (Principal 100% effort), “Testing carbonate shelf geometry as a control on highstand delivery of siliciclastics to basin settings,” Sponsored by the Petroleum Research Fund-American Chemical Society, Foundation, Awarded, $110,000, (January 1, 2017-August 31, 2019)

Bernard, C.R. (PI), Perry. G. (Co-PI), and Sweet, D.E., (Co-PI, 40% effort), “Enhancing the capacities of undergraduates at the University of Guyana and Texas Tech University to support the oil and gas sector”, 100,000 Strong in the Americas, Sponsored by Exxon-Mobil and the US Department of State, Awarded $24,740, (May 1, 2016-April 30, 2017)

Sweet, D.E. (Principal 100% effort), “CAREER: Building a proglacial fluvial proxy through SEM microtexture analysis to aid ancient glacier reconstruction,” Sponsored by National Science Foundation, Federal, Submitted July-2015, Declined $559,672

Sweet, D.E. (Principal 70% effort), Horita, J. (Co-Principal 30%), “Pleistocene loess-paleosol couplets on the Southern High Plains: Building a high-resolution climate record and sediment provenance,” Sponsored by National Science Foundation, Federal, Submitted May-2015, Declined $318,130 

Sweet, D.E. (Principal 70% effort), Horita, J. (Co-Principal 30%), “Quaternary loess-paleosol couplets on the Southern High Plains: Building a high-resolution climate record and sediment provenance,” Sponsored by National Science Foundation, Federal, Submitted July-2014, Declined $459,026 

Sweet, D.E. (Principal 70% effort), Horita, J. (Co-Principal 30%), “Quaternary loess-paleosol couplets on the Southern High Plains: Building a high-resolution climate record,” Sponsored by National Science Foundation, Federal, Submitted July-2013, Declined $304,692. 

Sweet, D.E. (Principal 100% effort), "Survivability of glacially induced quartz grain microtextures during glacio-fluvial transport," Sponsored by National Science Foundation, Federal, Awarded $49,943.00 (August 1, 2013 - July 31, 2016). 

Sweet, D.E. (Principal 100% effort), “Testing a Two Phase Subsidence Model for the Ancestral Rocky Mountains in the Taos Trough Region of Northern New Mexico,” Proposal Stimulus Award—TTU Vice President of Research, University, Submitted January-2013, Awarded $4,195.

Sweet, D.E. (Principal 100% effort), “Testing a Two Phase Subsidence Model for the Ancestral Rocky Mountains in the Taos Trough Region of Northern New Mexico,” Sponsored by National Science Foundation, Federal, Submitted July-2012, Declined $115,036.

Sweet, D.E. (Principal 100% effort), "Survivability of glacially induced quartz grain microtextures during glacio-fluvial transport," Sponsored by National Science Foundation, Federal, Submitted January 2012, Declined $ 144,437. 

Gurrola, H. (Principal), Hardin, E. (Co-Principal), Horita, J. (Co-Principal), McIntyre, N. (Co-Principal), Rainwater, K. (Co-Principal), Ridley, M. (Supporting), Allen, L. J. (Supporting), Griffis-Kyle, K. (Supporting), Sweet, D.E. (Supporting), “Increasing interest in STEM: School-wide change through involvement in high profile scientific research,” Sponsored by National Science Foundation, Federal, Submitted September 2011, Declined $1,499,925.

Advised Students
Graduate-21 MS students; 6-PhD Students

27) Charlie Johnston (MS in progress) Thesis Title: TBD

26) Omalka Chandrasiri (MS in progress) Thesis Title: TBD

25) Rocco Bowen (MS in progress) Thesis Title: TBD

24) Gyanendra Sapkota (PhD. in progress) Thesis Title: Untangling Late Paleozoic Deformation of the Ancestral Rocky Mountains from Laramide-aged Overprint through Geologic mapping and U-Pb Geochronology of Calcite”. [Sapkota is a Distinguished Graduate Student Assistantship recipient at Texas Tech University]

23) Christopher Wilson (Non-thesis M.S. 2025) Thesis Title: Chronostratigraphic Surfaces of the Permian Basin Region

22) Emily Hauf (PhD. in progress) Thesis Title:  Investigation of the Kinderhookian-Osagean boundary in the US midcontinent using integrated conodont morphometric analysis coupled with? high-resolution biostratigraphy, δ13C isotope chemostratigraphy, and magnetic susceptibility

21) Garrett Williamson (PhD. in progress) Thesis Title: Late Hemingfordian-Barstovian Mammalian biostratigraphy of the Middle Miocene Tesuque Formation, Española Basin, north-central New Mexico

20) Madison Deerman (M.S. Aug 2024) Thesis Title: Formation Mechanisms of Artesia Group Tepee Structures, southeast New Mexico and west Texas

19) Jesse Hensley (M.S. May 2022) Thesis Title: Subsidence analysis along the margin of the Central Basin Platform and Delaware Basin, West Texas and New Mexico

18) Justin Roeder (M.S. May 2022) Thesis Title: Subsidence analysis of the Northwest Shelf of the Delaware Basin: Implications for the initiation and movement of the late Paleozoic Pedernal uplift

17) John Brotherton (PhD. May 2022) Thesis Title: Late Paleozoic spatial and temporal subsidence patterns in intracratonic southwest Laurentia: Assessment of uplift, denudation, and demise of the Ancestral Rocky Mountains in modern south-central New Mexico. [Brotherton was a Presidential Graduate Fellow at Texas Tech University]

16) Valerie Tewell (M.S. August 2020) Thesis Title: Testing Depositional and Provenance Models of the Quaternary Blackwater Draw Formation of the Southern High Plains

15) Cameron Ramsey (M.S. May 2020) Thesis Title: Subsidence Analysis of the Midland Basin and Eastern Shelf of West Texas: Implications for Ancestral Rocky Mountain Timing and Deformation

14) Khaled Chowdhury (PhD. August 2019) Thesis Title: Developing a 3-D basin subsidence model for the late Paleozoic Taos Trough, northern New Mexico

13) Dillon Bagnall (M.S. August 2019) Thesis Title: Characterizing facies and clay mineralogy of Guadalupian tidal deposits in SE New Mexico: Implications of Dolomitization

12) Katie Pevehouse (M.S. May 2019) Thesis Title: Characterization of weathering profiles across the Great Unconformity-St. Francis Mountains, SE Missouri

11) Daniel St.-Germain (M.S. December 2018) Thesis Title: Fusulinid occurrence density maps to assess paleogeographic models of the Northwest Shelf of the Delaware Basin region

10) Phillip Frederick (PhD. August 2017) Thesis Title: Stratigraphy and paleogeography of the Peratrovich Formation and Ladrones Limestone (Mississippian to Pennsylvanian) southeastern Alaska

9) Eric Friedman (M.S. August 2017) Thesis Title: Comparing siliciclastic content of ramp to rimmed carbonate slope deposits during relative sea level highstands

8) Daniel Pike (M.S. August 2017) Thesis Title: Cyclicity, Dune Migration and Wind Velocity in Lower Permian Eolian Strata, Manitou Springs, Colorado

7) Audrey Pattat (M.S. August 2017) Thesis Title: Assessing post-Miocene tilting of the Southern High Plains through paleoslope reconstructions of the Ogallala Formation

6) Jill Garcia (M.S. May 2017) Thesis Title: Pennsylvanian-Permian chronostratigraphy of the eastern Midland Basin: Implications for basin-filling evolution and paleogeography

5) Matthew Pippin (M.S. May 2016) Thesis Title: Progressive downstream overprinting of glacially induced quartz microtextures during fluvial saltation, Salmon River, British Columbia and Alaska

4) David Brannan (M.S. August 2015) Thesis Title: Fluvial overprinting of glacially induced microtextures on quartz grains derived from the Chitina Glacier, Alaska

3) Hollee Baird (M.S. May 2015) Thesis Title: Assessing Pleistocene climate on the Southern High Plains through geochemical and physical characteristics of paleosols archived in the Blackwater Draw Formation

2) Aaron Watters (M.S. August 2014) Thesis Title: Middle Pennsylvanian paleogeography of the Taos Trough region, Northern New Mexico

1) Gabrielle Dunne (M.S. May 2013) Thesis Title: A geochemical and sedimentologic approach to infer paleoclimatic from buried soils within playa fill, Southern High Plains, Texas

Undergraduate Theses

39) Matthew Meador (B.S. May 2026) Thesis Title: End-member grain-size modelling of the Blackwater Draw Formation, Texas, USA

38) Rebecca Couvillion (B.S. December 2025) Thesis Title:Conodont biostratigraphy of the San Jose 7.5’ Quadrangle, New Mexico

37) Sara Grannis (B.S. August 2019) Thesis Title: Grain-size and mineralogic characterization of experimentally created fault gouge during shear of 1 m3 sandstone block

36) Tom Carlson (B.S. August 2019) Thesis Title: Fusulinid biostratigraphy constrains early Permian deformation on the Northwest Shelf of the Permian Basin, SE New Mexico

35) James Thomas (B.S. May 2018) Thesis Title: The migration of the shelf margin during Pennsylvanian through middle Permian: Delaware basin in Culberson, Texas

34) Joel Negrych (B.S. May 2018) Thesis Title: Late Paleozoic evolution of the southern Delaware Basin in Jeff Davis and Presidio counties, Texas

33) Michael Avelar (B.S. May 2018) Thesis Title: Evolution of the Marathon Foreland Basin, Terrell County, Texas

32) Mason Patterson (B.S. December 2017) Thesis Title: Development of the Northwest Shelf of the Permian Basin in Eddy County, New Mexico

31) Katie Pevehouse (B.S. August 2017) Thesis Title: Chronostratigraphic Study of the Central Basin Platform and Delaware Basin in Loving, Ward and Winkler Counties, Texas

30) Richard Bloomer (B.S. August 2017) Thesis Title: Influence of the Marathon fold and Thrust Belt on sediment deposition in the southern Delaware Basin denoted by depths of Fusulinid biozone tops in Pecos County, TX  

29) Eric Anderson (B.S. August 2017) Thesis Title: Chronostratigraphic evolution of the Eastern Shelf and Midland basin--Schleicher, Menard, Kimble and Concho Counties  

28) Anthony Pedraza (B.S. August 2017) Thesis Title: Late Pennsylvanian to Early Permian evolution of the Ozona-Pecos Arch and its connection to the Central Basin Platform     

27) Chris Spano (B.S. December 2016) Thesis Title: Structural Interpretation of the Matador Uplift and Late Paleozoic time periods in the Palo Duro Basin in hale and Floyd County, TX

26) Sterling Lepard (B.S. May 2016) Thesis Title: Permian and Pennsylvanian Evolution of the Central Basin Platform in Upton and Crane Counties

25) Seth Martin (B.S. August 2016) Thesis Title: Evolution of Basin Fill within the southern Palo Duro Basin in Northwest Texas

24) Robert Nelson (B.S. August 2016) Thesis Title: Strawn through Wolfcampian shelf edge progradation of the northeastern Midland Basin and southeastern palo Duro Basin, Kent, Dickens and Motley counties, west Texas.

23) Josh Newton (B.S. August 2016) Thesis Title: Transition of the Midland Basin to the Matador Arch in Bailey, Parmer and Cochran counties defined through reconstruction of depth to fusulinid biozones.

22) Daniel St-Germain (B.S. 2015) Thesis Title: Late Paleozoic development of the southern Midland Basin

21) Mason Villarreal (B.S. 2015) Thesis Title: Pennsylvanian-Permian evolution of the Midland Basin in Terry and Yoakum counties, Texas

20) Casey Shands (B.S. 2015) Thesis Title: Pennsylvanian uplift and early Permian subsidence of the Central Basin Platform in Ector and Midland Counties

19) Tyler Roy (B.S. 2015) Thesis Title: Pennsylvanian Development of the Horseshoe Atoll in the Midland Basin, Martin and Dawson Counties, West Texas

18) Alexander Geis (B.S. 2015) Thesis Title: Development of the Eastern Midland Basin Shelf within Tom Green County, Texas

17) Clinton Carr (B.S. 2015) Thesis Title: Chronostatigraphic Analysis of Irion and Reagan Counties, Texas

16) Joshua Sharkey (B.S. 2015) Thesis Title: Chronostratigraphic evolution of the Pennsylvanian-Permian eastern shelf of the Midland Basin within Sterling and Coke Counties, Texas

15) William Reeves (B.S. 2015) Thesis Title: Structure of the Ordovician Ellenberger Formation in Fisher and Nolan counties, Texas

14) Heather Barnes (B.S. 2015) Thesis Title: Chronostratigraphic Evolution of the Pennsylvanian-Permian Northern Shelf of the Midland Basin within Hockley County, Texas

13) James Duncan (B.S. 2015) Thesis Title: Development of the Horseshoe Atoll in the Northern Midland Basin, Howard and Mitchell Counties, Texas

12) Kendall Hamrick (B.S. 2015) Thesis Title: Development of the Wolfcamp Formation and Horseshoe Atoll in the Midland Basin, Borden and Scurry County, Texas

11) William Armstrong (B.S. 2015) Thesis Title: Late Paleozoic Development of the Northern Midland Basin Shelf in Lubbock and Lynn counties, TX

10) Ryan Robbins (B.S. December 2014) Thesis Title: Development of the Permian shelf in the Northern Midland Basin, Garza and Crosby counties, Texas

9) John Closuit (B.S. May 2014) Thesis Title: Downstream grain-size distribution of sand bed load in a proglacial system Chitina River, Alaska

8) Abner Godoy (B.S. May 2014) Thesis Title: Thickness variations between the early Permian and Pennsylvanian stratigraphy in the northern Denver Basin

7) Matt Terry (B.S. December 2013) Thesis Title: Grain-size control of mudcracks in a kaolinite matrix

6) Corbin Carsrud (B.S. May 2013) Thesis Title: A Pennsylvanian Age for the Fountain Formation constrained by litholologic comparison of overlying eolian units

5) Logan Worley (B.S. May 2013) Thesis Title: Pennsylvanian and Permian isopach comparisons within the Paradox Basin, Utah

4) Hollee Baird (B.S. December 2012) Thesis Title: Stable Inorganic Carbon and Oxygen Isotope Geochemistry of buried soils in Playa Wetland cores in the Southern High Plains

3) Bryce Mathis (B.S. December 2012) Thesis Title: Deciphering Paleogeography of the Ancestral Rockies in the Taos Trough Region through Soft-Sedimentary Folds and Provenance Analysis: Sangre de Cristo Mountains, New Mexico

2) Aaron Watters (B.S. May 2012) Thesis Title: Early Permian Wind Parameters Recorded in the Lyons Formation, Manitou Springs, Colorado

1) Clyde Findlay (B.S. May 2012) Thesis Title: Modeling Competency through Volume Expansion of Fine-grained Debris Flows Housed within the Fountain Formation, Colorado

Publications 
Peer-reviewed Papers (*indicates advised student author)

48) Sweet, D.E., Deerman, M., Zeyang, S., Grossman, E.L., Horita, J., and Šegvić, B., in review, It Starts with a Crack: Formation Mechanisms and Environmental Conditions of Artesia Group Tepee Structures, southeast New Mexico and west Texas: Journal of Sedimentary Research

47) Sweet, D.E., Barnes, M.A., and C.G. Barnes, in revision, Mesoproterozoic Granite-Rhyolite Province records two Temporally and Spatially distinct silicic large igneous provinces: Geology.

46) Bradford, M.Y., Benison, K.C., and Sweet, D.E., in press, Saline lake deposition and complex diagenesis in the Permian Cloud Chief Formation, Texas Panhandle: Journal of Sedimentary Research

45) Eyinla, D., Emadi, H., Henderson, S.K., Sweet, D.E., Zakariaya, Y., Abdellatif, M., and Arora, A., 2026, Investigation of the CO2 Storage Potential of the Hardeman basin through Geologic Systematic Ranking Approach: Fuel, v. 416, p. 138598. DOI: 10.1016/j.fuel.2026.138598

44) Brotherton, J.L.*, Sweet, D.E., and Yoshinobu, A.S., 2026, Evolution of the Pennsylvanian-early Permian Orogrande basin revealed through structural analysis and geohistory curves with implications for the Ancestral Rocky Mountains Orogen: Geological Society of America Bulletin, DOI: 10.1130/B38811.1

43) Stine, J.G., Feinberg, J., Geissman, J.W., and Sweet, D.E., 2025, Differentiating between tectonic and paleoclimate processes in Quaternary sedimentary records from the Fisher Valley Basin, Utah, Geological Society of America Bulletin, v. 137, p. 5454-5468

42) Wei, W., Algeo, T.J., and Sweet, D.E., 2025, Salinity variation in Carboniferous cyclothemic successions, Chemical Geology, v. 683. DOI: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2025.122760

41) Williamson, G.R.* and Sweet, D.E., 2024, Composite Stratigraphic section across the mid-Miocene climatic optimum and transition in the Tesuque Formation, Espanola Basin, north-central New Mexico: The Mountain Geologist, V. 61, p. 259-278. DOI: 10.31582/rmag.mg.61.4.259

40) Blum, M.D., and Sweet, D.E., 2024, Comment: Fluvial response to Late Pleistocene-Holocene climate change in the Colorado River drainage, central Texas, USA: Geology, v. 52, p. e576.

39) Smith, O.F., Šegvić, B., and Sweet, D.E., 2024, Understanding siderite mineralization in phyllosilicate-associated cementations in the mid-Carboniferous Anadarko Basin clastic series, U.S.A.: Journal of Sedimentary Research, v. 94, p. 231-249. DOI: 10.2110/jsr.2023.100

38) Soreghan, G.S., Pfeifer, L.S., Sweet, D.E., and Heavens, N.G., 2023, Response: Detecting upland glaciation in Earth’s pre-Pleistocene record. Frontiers in Earth Science, DOI: 10.3389/feart.2023.1241577

37) Leila, M., Moscariello, A., Sweet, D.E.., and Šegvić, B., 2023, Diagenetic signatures in the deltaic and fluvial-estuarine Messinian sandstone reservoirs in the Nile Delta as a tool for high-resolution stratigraphic correlations: International Journal of Sedimentary Research. DOI: 10.1016/j.ijsrc.2023.05.002

36) Zanoni, G., Šegvić, B., and Sweet, D.E., 2022, Clay mineral diagenesis in alternating mudstone-sandstone beds from late Paleozoic strata of the Anadarko Basin, United States: Geological Journal. DOI: 10.1002/gj.4582

35) Babarinde, O., Stanchits, S., Bauer, R., Frailey, S., Oye, V., and Sweet, D.E., 2022, Relationships between fault characteristics and seismic responses in a large lab-scale tri-axial injection test conducted on an artificially faulted Castlegate Sandstone: Journal of Structural Geology, v. 162.

              DOI: 10.1016/j.jsg.2022.104684

34) Soreghan, G.S., Pfeifer, L.S., Sweet, D.E., and Heavens, N.G., 2022, Detecting upland glaciation in Earth’s pre-Pleistocene record. Frontiers in Earth Science, DOI: 10.3389/feart.2022.904787

33) Sturmer, D.M., Bidgoli, T.S., and Sweet, D.E., 2022, Introduction to special issue: Laurentian evolution during the late Paleozoic—interactions and feedbacks between tectonism, sedimentation, and climate. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, v. 576.

           DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2021.110900

32) Sweet, D.E., Brotherton, J.L.*, Chowdhury, N.U.M.K.*, and Ramsey, C.*, 2021, Tectonic subsidence analysis of the Ancestral Rocky Mountains from the interior to the southern margin. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, v. 576.

           DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2021.110508

31) Šegvić, B., Zanoni, G., Bozkaya, O., Sweet, D.E., Barnes, M.A., Boulsteix, T., and Sole, J., 2021, K-Ar geochronology and trace-element geochemistry of 2M1 illite from Late Paleozoic shale of SW Laurentia – illations on sediment origin and drainage pathways in the Anadarko Basin, USA. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, v. 575.

 DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2021.110486

30) Babrinde, O., Okwen, R., Frailey, S., Yang, F., Whittaker, S., Sweet, D.E., 2021, A workflow to assess the efficacy of brine extraction for managing injection-induced seismicity potential using data from a CO2 injection site near Decatur, Illinois. International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control, v. 109, DOI: 10.1016/j.ijggc.2021.103393.

29) Stine, J.M., Geissman, J.W., Sweet, D.E., and Baird, H.*, 2021, The effect of differential weathering on the magnetic properties of paleosols: A case study on magnetic enhancement vs. magnetic depletion in the Pleistocene Blackwater Draw Formation, Texas. Frontiers in Earth Science, 9:601401, p. 206-236. DOI: 10.3389/feart.2021.601401.

28) Chowdhury, N.U.M.K.* and Sweet, D.E., 2020, Subsurface stratigraphy and basin-fill architecture of the late Paleozoic eastern Taos trough, northern New Mexico, U.S.A. The Mountain Geologist, v. 53, p. 149-176.

27) Pevehouse, K.J.*, Sweet, D.E., Šegvić, B., Monson, C.C., Zanoni, G., Marshak, S., and Barnes, M.A., 2020, Paleotopography controls weathering of Cambrian-aged profiles beneath the Great Unconformity, St. Francois Mountains, Se Missouri, U.S.A. Journal of Sedimentary Research, v. 90, p. 629-650.

26) Tarokh, A., Mahknenko, R.Y., Kim, K., Zhu, X., Popovics, J.S., Šegvić, B., and Sweet, D.E., 2020, Influence of CO2 injection on the poromechanical response of Berea Sandstone. International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control, v. 95. DOI: 10.1016/j.ijggc.2020.102959

25) Stine, J.M., Sweet, D.E., Geissman, J.W., Baird, H.*, and Ferguson, J.F., 2020, Climate and provenance variation across the mid-Pleistocene Transition revealed through sedimentology, geochemistry and rock magnetism of the Blackwater Draw Formation, Southern High Plains, Texas, U.S.A: in Waitt, R. (ed.), Untangling the Quaternary Period—A Legacy of Stephen C. Porter, The Geological Society of America, Special Paper 548, p. 37-62.

24) Brotherton, J.L.*, Chowdhury, N.U.M.K.*, and Sweet, D.E., 2020, A synthesis of late Paleozoic sedimentation in central and eastern New Mexico: Implications for timing of Ancestral Rocky Mountains deformation, in Henderson, C.M. Snyder, W.S., and Ritter, S.M. (eds)., Late Paleozoic and Early Mesozoic tectono-stratigraphy and biostratigraphy of Western Pangea. SEPM Special Publication 113.

23) Garcia, J.*, Sweet, D.E., and Barrick, J.E., 2019, Pennsylvanian-early Permian chronostratigraphic evolution of the Eastern Shelf of the Midland Basin: Implications for subsidence patterns across the Ancestral Rocky Mountains, in Henderson, C.M. Snyder, W.S., and Ritter, S.M. (eds)., Late Paleozoic and Early Mesozoic tectono-stratigraphy and biostratigraphy of Western Pangea. SEPM Special Publication 113.

22) Monson, C.C., Sweet, D.E., Segvic, B., Zanoni, G., Balling, K., Wittmer, J.M., Ganis, G.R., and Cheng, G., 2019, The Late Ordovician (Sandbian) Glasford structure: A marine-target impact crater with a possible connection to the Ordovician meteor event. Meteorics and Planetary Science, v. 54, p. 2927-2950.

21) Pike, J.D.* and Sweet, D.E., 2018, Environmental drivers of cyclicity recorded in lower Permian eolian strata, Manitou Springs, Colorado, western United States. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, v. 499, p. 1-12

20) Sweet, D.E., 2017, Fine-grained debris flows in coarse-grained alluvial systems: Paleo-environmental implications for the Late Paleozoic Fountain and Cutler formations, Colorado, U.S.A. Journal of Sedimentary Research, v. 87, p. 763-779.

19) Sweet, D.E., and Brannan, D.K*, 2016, Proportion of glacially induced to fluvially induced quartz grain microtextures along the Chitina River, SE Alaska. Journal of Sedimentary Research, v. 86, p. 749-761.

18) Sweet, D.E. and Watters, A.J.*, 2015, Middle Pennsylvanian composite stratigraphic section of Holman Grade records cyclic fluvio-deltaic sedimentation within the Taos trough axis, in Lindline, J., Petronis, M., and Zebrowski, J. (eds.), Geology of the Las Vegas Region. New Mexico Geological Society Field Conference Guidebook 66, p. 229-239.

17) Soreghan, G.S., Sweet, D.E., Thomson, S.N., Kaplan, S.A., Marra, K.R., Balco, G., and Eccles, T.M., 2015, Geology of Unaweep Canyon and its role in the drainage evolution of the northern Colorado Plateau. Geosphere, v. 11, no.2, p. 320-341.

16) Sweet, D.E., Carsrud, C.R.* and Watters, A.J.*, 2015, Proposing an entirely Pennsylvanian age for the Fountain Formation through new lithostratigraphic correlation along the Front Range. The Mountain Geologist, v. 52, no. 2, p. 43-70.

15) Soreghan, G.S., Sweet, D.E. and Heavens, N.G., 2014, Evidence for Glaciation in the late Paleozoic Ancestral Rocky Mountains, and Implications for Upland Glaciation in Tropical Pangaea. Journal of Geology, v. 122, p. 137-163.

14) Soreghan, G.S. and Sweet, D.E., 2013, New Views on late Paleozoic climate and tectonics in the Ancestral Rocky Mountains, in Abbott, L.D., and Hancock, G.S., (eds.), Classic Concepts and New Directions: Exploring 125 Years of GSA Discoveries in the Rocky Mountain Region. Geological Society of America Field Guide 33, p. 295-330.

13) Balco, G., Soreghan, G.S., Sweet, D.E. and Marra, K.R., 2013, Cosmogenic-nuclide burial ages for Pleistocene sedimentary fill in Unaweep Canyon, Colorado, USA. Quaternary Geochronology, v. 18, p. 149-157.

12) Sweet, A.C., Soreghan, G.S., Sweet, D.E., Soreghan, M.J., and Madden, A.S., 2013, Permian dust in Oklahoma: Source and origin for Middle Permian (Flowerpot-Blaine) redbeds in Western Tropical Pangaea. Sedimentary Geology, v.284-285, p. 181-196. 

11) Sweet, D.E. and Soreghan, G.S., 2012, Estimating magnitudes of relative sea-level change in a coarse-grained fan delta system: Implications for Pennsylvanian glacioeustasy. Geology, V. 40, 979-982.

10) Soreghan, G.S., Keller, G.R., Gilbert, M.C., Chase, C.G., and Sweet, D.E., 2012, Load-induced subsidence of the ancestral Rocky Mountains recorded by preservation of Permian landscapes. Geosphere, V. 8, no. 3, p. 654-668.

9) Sweet, D.E. and Soreghan, G.S., 2010, Application of quartz sand microtextural analysis to infer cold-climate weathering for the equatorial Fountain Formation (Pennsylvanian-Permian, Colorado). Journal of Sedimentary Research, v. 80, p. 666-677. 

8) Sweet, D.E. and Soreghan, G.S., 2010, Late Paleozoic tectonics and paleogeography of the Ancestral Front Range: Structural, stratigraphic and sedimentological evidence from the Fountain Formation (Manitou Springs, Colorado). Geological Society of America Bulletin, v. 122, p. 575-594.

7) Soreghan, G.S., Soreghan, M.J., Poulsen, C.J., Young, R.A, Sweet, D.E. and Davogustto, O.C., 2009, Anomalous cold in Pangaean tropics: Reply to Discussion. Geology, p. e193-e194.

6) Soreghan, G.S., Soreghan, M.J., Sweet, D.E., and Moore, K.D., 2009, Alluvial fan or proglacial outwash? An alternative interpretation for the proximal Cutler Formation (upper Paleozoic, Paradox Basin). Journal of Sedimentary Research, v. 79, p. 495-522.

5) Soreghan, G.S., Sweet, D.E., Marra, K.R., Eble, C.F., Soreghan, M.J., Elmore, R.D., Kaplan, S.A., and Blum, M.D., 2009, An exhumed Late Paleozoic canyon in the Rocky Mountains: Reply to Discussion. Journal of Geology, v. 117, p. 215-220.

4) Sweet, D.E. and Soreghan, G.S., 2008, Polygonal Cracking in Coarse Clastics Records Cold Temperatures in the Equatorial Fountain Formation (Pennsylvanian-Permian, Colorado). Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, v. 268, no. 3-4, p. 193-204.

3) Soreghan, G.S., Soreghan, M.J., Poulsen, C.J., Young, R.A, Sweet, D.E. and Davogustto, O.C., 2008, Anomalous cold in Pangaean tropics. Geology, v. 36, No. 8, p. 659-662.

2) Moore, K.D., Soreghan, G.S. and Sweet, D.E., 2008, Stratigraphic and structural relations in the proximal Cutler Formation of the Paradox Basin: Implications for the timing of movement on the Uncompahgre fault. The Mountain Geologist, v. 45, no. 2, p. 49-68.

1) Soreghan, G.S., Sweet, D.E., Marra, K.R., Eble, C.F., Soreghan, M.J., Elmore, R.D., Kaplan, S.A., and Blum, M.D., 2007, An exhumed Late Paleozoic canyon in the Rocky Mountains. Journal of Geology, v. 115, p. 473-481.

Non Peer-Reviewed Publications, Technical Reports, & Editorials

4) Sweet, D.E., Kaczmarek, S., and Lester, M., 2025, Introducing a New Publication Platform: JSR Review Papers. Journal of Sedimentary Research, v. 95. DOI: 10.2110/jsr.2025.120

3) Kaczmarek, S., Sweet, D.E., and Lester, M., 2025, JSR Editors Page. Journal of Sedimentary Research, v. 95. DOI: 10.2110/jsr2025.058

2) Kaczmarek, S., Sweet, D.E., and Lester, M., 2025, JSR Editors Page. Journal of Sedimentary Research, v. 95. DOI: 10.2110/jsr2025.026

1) Frailey, S.M., Popovics, J., Valocchi, A., Oye, V., Sweet, D.E., and Werth, C., 2020, Center for the Geologic Storage of CO2 (GSCO2), Final Report: U.S. Department of Energy, Report Number DOE-UIUC-12504, 14 p. DOI: 10.2172/1691497

 
Extended Abstracts
5) Soreghan, G.S., Soreghan, M.J. and Sweet, D.E., 2009, Hypothesized glaciation in tropical Pangaea: The challenge of assessing upland glaciation. 27th International Association of Sedimentary Geology, Abstracts and Programs.

4) Schiappa, Tamra A., Snyder, W.S., Trexler, J.H., Davydov, V.I., and Sweet, D.E., 2003, Depositional Architecture of Basins of the Upper Paleozoic Antler Foreland, Northern Pangaea: Examples from Nevada, USA. XVth International Congress on Carboniferous and Permian Stratigraphy, Abstracts and Programs, p. 468-469.

3) Snyder, Walter S., Schiappa, Tamra A., Trexler, James H., Cashman, P., Davydov, V.I., Sweet, D.E., 2003, Permo-Carboniferous tectonostratigraphic framework for Western North America:  Implications for global correlation. XVth International Congress on Carboniferous and Permian Stratigraphy, Utrecht Netherlands, Abstracts and Programs, p. 510-512.

2) Sweet, D.E. and Snyder, W.S., 2002, Middle Pennsylvanian through Early Permian Tectonically Controlled Basins: Evidence from the Central Pequop Mountains, Northeast Nevada. AAPG Hedberg Research Conference-Late Paleozoic Tectonics and Hydrocarbon Systems of Western North America—The Greater Ancestral Rocky Mountains, p. 74-77.

1) Snyder, W. S., Trexler, J. H., Jr., Davydov, V., I., Cashman, P., Schiappa, T. A., and Sweet, D.E., 2002, Upper Paleozoic Tectonostratigraphic Framework for the Western Margin of North America. AAPG Hedberg Research Conference-Late Paleozoic Tectonics and Hydrocarbon Systems of Western North America-The Greater Ancestral Rocky Mountains, p. 58-61.

 
Abstracts (*indicates advised student authors)

74) Boone, Maddy, Hauf, Emily*, and Sweet, D.E., 2026, Interstate correlation of the Mississippian Kinderhookian-Osagean boundary position in Northeastern Oklahoma, USA using conodont biostratigraphic and carbon isotopic data paired with magnetic susceptibility and pXRF. Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs

73) Sapkota, G.R.* and Sweet, D.E., 2025, Geologic Mapping of the 7.5-Minute San Jose Quadrangle, New Mexico with Emphasis on Ancestral Rocky Mountains (ARM) Deformation. Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs

72) Meador, M.D.*, Langton, E.T.*, and Sweet, D.E., 2025, End-Member Modeling of Grain Size Distributions in the Blackwater Draw Formation: Evidence for Sediment Provenance Shifts Across the Mid-Pleistocene Transition. Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs

71) Couvillion, R.*, Hauf, E.S.*, Sweet, D.S. and McAdams, N., 2025, Desmoinesian Conodonts of the southern Taos Trough region: Evidence from the San Jose 7.5’ Quadrangle, New Mexico. Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs

70) Williamson, G.* and Sweet, D.E., 2025, Implications of the mid-Miocene climatic transition on local depositional environments, ecology, and mammalian faunal (Tesuque Formation, Espanola Basin, New Mexico. Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 57, no. 1, doi: 10.1130/abs/2025SC-408922

69) Bradford, M., Benison, K., and Sweet, D.E., 2024, Ephemeral saline lakes and mudflats from the Permian Cloud Chief Formation, Texas: Evidence from textures in gypsum: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 56, no. 5, doi: 10.1130/abs/2024AM-400574

68) Williamson, G. and Sweet, D.E., 2024, Late Hemingfordian-Barstovian Mammalian biostratigraphy of the middle Miocene Tesuque Formation, Espanloa Basin, North-Central New Mexico: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 56, no. 3, doi: 10.1130/abs/2024NC-398828

67) Deerman, M. *, Sweet, D.E., Yoshinobu, A.S., and Šegvić, B., 2023, Formation mechanisms of Artesia Group tepee structures, southeast New Mexico and west Texas: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs v. 55, no. 6., doi: 10.1130/abs/2023AM-390393

66) Brotherton, J.L.*, Sweet, D.E., 2022, Unroofing of the Pedernal Uplift: Identification of reverse stratigraphy in the Orogrande Basin, South-central New Mexico: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs v. 54, no. 5, doi: 10.1130/abs/2022AM-377874

65) Sweet, D.E., 2022, Pennsylvanian and early Permian subsidence patterns of southwestern Laurentia cratonic basins: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 52, no. 5, doi: 10.1130/abs/2022AM-378256 

64) Sweet, D.E., 2022, Early Permian subsidence patterns of cratonic basins in southwestern Laurentia: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 54, no. 2, doi: 10.1130/abs/2022CD-374118

63) Brotherton, J.L. and Sweet, D.E., 2022, Initiation and destruction of the Pennsylvanian-early Permian Orogrande basin revealed through geohistory curves and structural analysis: Implications for ancestral Rocky Mountains tectonism: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 54, no. 2. doi: 10.1130/abs/2022CD-374037

62) Stine, J.M., Geissman, J.W., and Sweet, D.E., J.F., 2021, Environmental magnetism and paleomagnetic investigation of the Quaternary Harpole Mesa Formation in the Fisher Valley basin, Grand County, Utah: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 53, no. 5, doi.org/10.1130/abs/2021AM-369461

61) Stine, J.M., Geissman, J.W., and Sweet, D.E., J.F., 2020, Changing paleoclimatic conditions in the Southern High Plains during the Quaternary and their effects on the development of different magnetic phases: A study of magnetic enhancement and magnetic depletion within the Blackwater Draw Formation, AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 

60) Stine, J.M., Geissman, J.W., Sweet, D.E., and Ferguson, J.F., 2019, Magnetic Mineralogy of the Quaternary Blackwater Draw Formation, Southern High Plains, Texas, United States of America: A study in the use of magnetic proxies to better understand the Quaternary paleoclimatic conditions of the Southwestern United States, Geophysical Research Abstracts, v. 21, p. 1-1.

59) Stine, J.M., Geissman, J.W., Sweet, D.E., and Ferguson, J.F., 2019, The role of climate in the development of salt-withdrawal minibasins in terrestrial settings. 81st EAGE Conference and Exhibition. doi: 10.3997/2214-4609.201901291

58) Stine, J.M., Geissman, J.W., Sweet, D.E., and Ferguson, J.F., 2019, Using rock magnetic properties to study the Pleistocene paleoclimatic conditions of the Southern High Plains, West Texas, AGU, Fall Meeting Abstracts.

57) Sweet, D.E., Chowdhury, N.U.Md.K.*, Brotherton, J.L., 2019, A fundamental change in subsidence across the Ancestral Rocky Mountains at the Pennsylvanian-Permian Boundary (Invited Presentation), GSA Abstracts with Programs, v. 51, No. 5, doi: 10.1130/abs/2019AM-334660.

56) Brotherton, J.L.*, Yoshinobu, A.S., and Sweet, D.E., 2019, Preliminary investigation of pre-early Permian deformation associated with the Ancestral Rocky Mountains orogeny, Sacramento Mountains, New Mexico, GSA Abstracts wit Programs, v. 51, No. 5, doi: 10.1130/abs/2019AM-339859

55) Ramsey, C.E.* and Sweet, D.E., 2019, Tectonic subsidence of the Midland Basin and Eastern Shelf: Informing Ancestral Rocky Mountain evolution, GSA Abstracts with Programs, V. 51, No. 5, doi: 10.1130/abs/2019AM-332824.

54) Tewell, V.* and Sweet, D.E., 2019, Grain-size analysis of the Quaternary Blackwater Draw Formation, Southern High Plains, TX: Evidence from a newly cored interval. GSA Abstracts with Programs, V. 51, No. 5. doi: 10.1130/abs/2019AM-339419

53) Barnes, M.A., Sweet, D.E., and Ewing, T.E., 2019, The Granite Rhyolite Province of North America. GSA Abstract with Programs, V. 51.

52) Segvic, B., Zanoni, G., Sweet, D.E., and Moscariello, A., 2018, Clay mineralogy and the origin of unconventional Paleozoic shale reservoirs from the North American Midcontinent. Mid-European Clay Conference, Zagreb, Croatia.

51) Zanoni, G., Segvic, B., Coe, J., and Sweet, D.E., 2018, Smectite stability in alternating mudstone-sandstone facies from the Pennsylvanian Hoxbar Group (Anadarko Basin, Oklahoma). Mid-European Clay Conference, Zagreb, Croatia.

50) Diaby, M., Zanoni, G., Sweet, D.E., and Segvic, B., 2018, Clay minerals as Quaternary climate change indicators in the Southern High Plains, West Texas. Annual Meeting of the Texas Academy of Science, Midland, Texas.

49) Zanoni, G., Segvic, B., Moscariello, A., and Sweet, D.E., 2018, Trace Element Geochemistry of Late Pennsylvanian Shales of the Anadarko Basin (OK) – Implications for Sediment Provenance and Shale Diagenesis. AAPG, ACE 2018 Annual convention and exhibition.

48) Cheng, G., Marshak, S., Monson, C.C., Sweet, D.E., Segvic, B., and Lundstrom, C.C., 2018, Mesoscopic and microscopic deformation in the Glasford Meteorite impact structure, Illinois: Impact fracking in carbonate bedrock. GSA Abstracts with Programs, v. 50.

47) Stine, J., Geissman, J.W., Sweet, D.E., and Ferguson, J.F., 2018, Paleoclimatic variation revealed by rock magnetic data from Plio-Pleistocene sediments of the Fisher Valley Basin: A high-fidelity record of paleoclimatic conditions for the Colorado Plateau. GSA Abstract with Programs, v. 50.

46) Stine, J., Geissman, J.W., and Sweet, D.E., 2018, Rock Magnetic cyclostratigraphy of the Pliocene and Quaternary sediments of the Fisher Valley Basin, Utah. AAPG, ACE 2018 Annual convention and exhibition.

45) Stine, J., Ferguson, J.F., Geissman, J.W., and Sweet, D.E., 2017, Analysis of the variations in rock magnetic properties of the Quaternary Blackwater Draw (Eolian) Formation, West Texas. EOS transactions, AGU, Fall Meeting Supplement.

44) Brotherton, J.L.* and Sweet, D.E., 2017, Unroofing sequence in the Orogrande Basin: Preliminary assessment of the rate of denudation of the Pedernal uplift, southern New Mexico. GSA abstracts with Programs, v. 49, No. 6, doi: 10.1130/abs/2017AM-298615

43) Pevehouse, K.J.* and Sweet, D.E., 2017, Assessing the utility of well cuttings to characterize weathering profiles of crystalline basement. GSA abstracts with Programs, v. 49, No. 6, doi: 10.1130/abs/2017AM-305504

42) Sweet, D.E., Barnes, M.A., Marshak, S., Barnes, C.G., and Rothfolk, A., 2017, Preservation of paleotopography of the granite-rhyolite province of the midcontinent, USA: A burial and exhumation history. GSA abstracts with Programs, v. 49, No. 6, doi: 10.1130/abs/2017AM-303019

41) Stine, J.*, Sweet, D.E., and Geissman, J.W., 2017, Rock magnetic cyclostratigraphy and magnetic polarity stratigraphy of the Quaternary Blackwater Draw Formation, west Texas. GSA abstracts with Programs, v. 49, No. 6, doi: 10.1130/abs/2017AM-305656

42) Sweet, D.E., Stine, J.*, and Geissman, J.W., 2017, The effect of the mid-Pleistocene transition on the character of sedimentation on the southern high plains. GSA abstracts with Programs, v. 49, No. 6, doi: 10.1130/abs/2017AM-298799

41) Garcia, J.* and Sweet, D.E., 2017, Pennsylvanian-Permian Chronostratigraphy of the eastern Midland Basin: Implications for basin filling evolution and paleogeography. Southwest Section-American Association of Petroleum Geologists, Annual Meeting. Midland, Texas.

40) Friedman, E.T.* and Sweet, D.E., 2017, Analyzing siliciclastic content of ramp to rimmed carbonate slope deposits during relative sea level highstands. Southwest Section of American Association of Petroleum Geologists, Annual Meeting. Midland, Texas.

39) Pike, J. Daniel* and Sweet, D.E., 2017, Cyclicity, dune migration and wind velocity in lower Permian eolian strata, Manitou Springs, Colorado. American Association of Petroleum Geologists Annual Convention, Houston, Texas.

38) Friedman, E. T.* and Sweet, D.E., 2016, Preliminary Results: Comparing siliciclastic content of ramp to rimmed carbonate slope deposits during relative sea level highstands. GSA Abstracts with Programs, v. 48, no. 7.

37) Pattat, A.N.* and Sweet, D.E., 2016, Assessing post-Miocene tilting of the southern High Plains through paleoslope reconstructions of the Ogallala Formation. GSA Abstracts with Programs, v. 48, no. 7.

36) Frederick, P.A. Jr.*, Sweet, D.E., and Rohr, D.M., 2016, Facies analysis and age relationships of Late Devonian-Middle Pennsylvanian carbonates of the southern Alexander Terrane, SE Alaska. GSA Abstracts with Programs, v. 48, no. 7.

35) Chowdhury, Nur Uddin Md. Khaled* and Sweet, D.E., 2016, Constructing a subsidence model for the eastern portion of the Taos trough through correlation of backstripped geohistory curves. GSA Abstracts with Programs, v. 48, no. 7.

34) Pike, J. Daniel* and Sweet, D.E., 2016, Cyclicity, dune migration and wind velocity in lower Permian eolian strata, Manitou Springs, Colorado. GSA Abstracts with Programs, v. 48, no. 7.

33) Garcia, J.* and Sweet, D.E., 2016, Reconstructing the evolution of the Midland Basin with chronostratigraphic surfaces derived from fusulinid biostratigraphy. GSA Abstracts with Programs, v. 48, no. 7.

32) Sweet, D.E., 2016, Subsidence analysis and sedimentology indicates a wrench basin for the western portion of the Taos trough. GSA Abstracts with Programs, v. 48, no. 7.

31) Sweet, D.E., 2016, Fine-grained debris flows in a coarse-grained alluvial system: paleoenvironmental implications of the Fountain and Cutler Formations, Colorado. GSA Abstracts with Programs, v. 48, no. 7.

30) Garcia, J.* and Sweet, D.E., 2016, Late Paleozoic evolution of west Texas revealed through fossils. National ESRI user conference. San Diego, California.

29) Garcia, J.* and Sweet, D.E., 2016, Using Fusulinid Biostratigraphy to reconstruct Pennsylvanian-Early Permian History of the Midland Basin. Southwest Section-American Association of Petroleum Geologists, Annual Meeting. Abilene, Texas.

28) Sweet, D.E., 2015, PABZT: Permian Basin Archival of Biostratigraphic Tops. West Texas Geological Society, Fall Symposium: The Permian basin: Past, Present, and Future.

27) Baird, H.C.* and Sweet, D.E., 2014, Relative precipitation variations archived in Quaternary paleosols on the southern High Plains. GSA Abstracts with Programs, v. 46, no. 6.

26) Brannan, D.K.* and Sweet, D.E., 2014, Preliminary Assessment: Fluvial overprinting of glacially-induced microtextures on quartz grains derived from the Chitina River, Alaska. GSA Abstracts with Programs, v. 46, no. 6.

25) Soreghan, G. S., Sweet, D.E., 2013, The Case for Upland Ice in Low-Latitude Late Paleozoic Pangaea. GSA Abstracts with Programs, v. 45, no. 7.

24) Watters, A. J.*, Sweet, D.E., 2013, Early Pennsylvanian Paleogeographic analysis of the Taos trough, New Mexico. GSA Abstracts with Programs, v. 45, no. 7.

23) Sweet, D.E., Carsrud, C. T.*, Watters, A. J.*, (2013). Proposing an entirely Pennsylvanian age for the Fountain formation exposed along the Front Range, Colorado. GSA Abstracts with Programs, v. 45, no. 7.

22) Carsrud, C.*, Watters, A. J.*, Sweet, D.E., (2013). A Pennsylvanian Age for the Fountain Formation constrained by litholologic comparison of overlying eolian units. GSA Abstracts with Programs, v. 45, no. 3. pp. 13. 

21) Baird, H.*, Sweet, D.E., Horita, J., 2013, Carbonate Stable Isotopes from Soil Cores from Playa Lakes, Southern High Plains, Texas, GSA Abstracts with Programs, v. 45, no. 3, pp. 27.  

20) Mathis, B. A.*, Sweet, D.E., 2013, Deciphering Early Pennsylvanian paleogeography of the ancestral Rocky Mountains in the Taos trough region through soft-sedimentary fold analysis: Sangre de Cristo Mountains, New Mexico. GSA Abstracts with Programs, v. 45, no. 3, pp. 12.

19) Sweet, D.E., 2013, Load-induced subsidence model of the core Ancestral Rocky Mountains: The hypothesis and preliminary tests. GSA Abstracts with Programs, v. 45, no. 3., pp. 67. 

18) Dunne, G.*, Sweet, D.E., Barnes, M., Baird, H.*, Hudnall, W., 2013, Whole-rock geochemical climate signatures of paleosols recovered from playa cores, southern High Plains, Texas. GSA Abstracts with Programs, v. 45, no. 3, pp. 71. 

17) Watters, A.J.* and Sweet, D.E., 2012, Early Permian Wind Parameters recorded in the Lyons Formation, Manitou Springs, Colorado. GSA Abstracts with Programs, v. 44, no. 6.

16) Findlay, C.P. III* and Sweet, D.E., 2012, Modeling competency through volume expansion of fine-grained debris flows housed within the Fountain Formation, Colorado. GSA Abstracts with Programs, v. 44, no. 6.

15) Soreghan, G.S. and Sweet, D.E., 2010, Evidence for Upland Glaciation in Western Tropical Pangaea

14) Sweet, D.E. and Soreghan, G.S., 2009, Magnitude of early Pennsylvanian (Morrow-Atokan) eustatic change: Constraints from a fan-delta setting. AAPG Annual Meeting—Programs with Abstracts.

13) Soreghan, G.S., Soreghan, M.J., Hamilton, M.A. and Sweet, D.E., 2008, Ice, dust and cold in the Late Paleozoic tropics. AAPG Annual Meeting—Programs with Abstracts.

12) Sweet, D.E. and Soreghan, G.S., 2007, SEM textures of quartz from the upper Paleozoic Fountain Formation (Manitou Springs, Colorado) suggest a possible glacial influence on sedimentation. GSA Abstracts with Programs, v. 39, no. 6.

11) Soreghan, G.S. (Lynn), Sweet, D. E., Marra, Kristen R., Eble, Cortland F., Soreghan, Michael J., Elmore, R. Douglas, Kaplan, Sara A., and Blum, Michael D., 2006, A Paleozoic Landscape in the Rocky Mountains. GSA Abstracts with Programs, v. 38, no. 6.

10) Sweet, D.E. and Soreghan, G.S., 2005, Periglacial Features in the Paleoequatorial Fountain Formation (Permo-Pennsylvanian, Colorado)?. Eos Transactions, AGU, 86(52), Fall Meeting Supplement, PP11B-1466.

9) Soreghan, G.S., Soreghan, M.J., Eble, C.F., Sweet, D.E., Davogustto, O., Young, R.A. and Elmore, R.D., 2005, Late Paleozoic Deglaciation in Western Equatorial Pangaea. Eos Transactions, AGU, 86(52), Fall Meeting Supplement, T11D-0466.

8) Sweet, D.E., and Soreghan, G.S., 2005, Periglacial Features in the Fountain Formation (Permo-Pennsylvanian, Colorado)?. GSA Abstracts with Programs, v. 37, no. 5.

7) Kaplan, S.A., Soreghan, G.S., Sweet, D.E., and Blum, M.D., 2005, The History of the Ancestral Gunnison River Through Western Unaweep Canyon and Gateway (Colorado). GSA Abstracts with Programs, v. 37, no. 5.

6) Soreghan, G.S., Marra, K.R., Sweet, D.E., Eble, C.F., and Soreghan, M.J., 2005, Preliminary Results of Deep Drilling in Western Unaweep Canyon (Colorado): A Paleozoic to Cenozoic History Revealed. GSA Abstracts with Programs, v. 37, no. 5.

5) Sweet, D.E. et al., 2004, Style and Spatial Distribution of the C5 Unconformity (Desmoinesian) in Eastern Nevada: Implications for the Destruction of the Ely Basin and Initiation of the Hogan Basin. GSA Abstracts with Programs, v. 36, no. 5.

4) Sweet, D.E., Snyder, Walter S., Trexler, J.H. Jr., 2002, Middle Pennsylvanian through Early Permian Regional Tectonic Unconformities in Northeastern and Eastern Nevada. GSA Abstracts with Programs, v. 34, no. 6.

3) Elias, E., Sweet, D.E., and Northrup, C.J., 2002, Structural Analysis of the Variscan Nappe Zone, Porto Corallo, Sardinia, Italy: GSA Abstracts with Programs, v. 34, no. 6.

2) Sweet, D.E., Snyder, W.S., Davydov, V.I., Trexler, J.H.Jr., and Groves, J.R., 2001, Upper Paleozoic Tectonic Unconformities in the Central Pequop Mountains, Nevada. GSA Abstracts with Programs, v. 33, no. 5, P47.

1) Sweet, D.E., 2000, A Jurassic Sedimentary Sequence in the Izee Terrane of West-Central, Idaho. GSA Abstracts with Programs, v. 32, no. 5, p. A40.

Invited Presentations

11) Sweet, D.E. (Invited Talk), Geological Society of America National Meeting, “Pennsylvanian-early Permian subsidence patterns of southwestern Laurantia cratonic basins” (October, 2022)

10) Sweet, D.E. (Invited Talk), Department Colloquium, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, TX, “Sub-Cambrian weathering of the midcontinent below the Great Unconformity” (November 5, 2021)

9) Sweet, D.E. (Invited Talk), Geological Society of America National Meeting, “A fundamental change in subsidence across the Ancestral Rocky Mountains at the Pennsylvanian-Permian Boundary” (September 2019)

8) Sweet, D.E. (Invited Talk), Department Colloquium, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK, “Tale of Two Basins: Subsidence histories of the Taos Trough and Midland Basin, and implications for Ancestral Rocky Mountains tectonics” (April 25, 2019)

7) Sweet, D.E. (Invited Talk), Luncheon Keynote Speaker, PBS-SEPM, Midland, TX, “PABZT: Permian Basin Archival of Biostratigraphic Tops” (January 17, 2017)

6) Sweet, D.E. (Invited Talk), Department Colloquium, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM, “Unaweep Canyon: An Enigmatic Landform” (November 2, 2016)

5) Sweet, D.E. (Invited Talk), Geological Society of America National Meeting “Subsidence analysis and sedimentology indicates a wrench basin for the western portion of the Taos trough”, (September 2016)

4) Sweet, D.E. (Invited Talk), University Seminar, University of Guyana, Georgetown, Guyana, “Pleistocene climatic conditions archived in paleosols of the Southern High Plains” (August 2, 2016)

3) Sweet, D.E. (Invited Talk), Climate Science Center, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX, “Pleistocene climatic conditions archived in paleosols of the Southern High Plains” (March 3, 2015)

2) Sweet, D.E. (Invited Talk), Department Colloquium, University of Texas-Dallas, Richardson, TX, “The Ancestral Rocky Mountains: New Perspectives on an Enigmatic Orogenic Event” (October 18, 2013)

1) Sweet, D.E. (Invited Talk), Luncheon Keynote Speaker, PBS-SEPM, Midland, TX, “The Ancestral Rocky Mountains: New Perspectives on an Enigmatic Orogenic Event” (April 16, 2013)

 

KTXT College of Arts & Sciences, Texas Tech University Radio Spot (2014)

Professional Service

Society Council

SEPM Council Member (2024-present)

Editor

Journal of Sedimentary Research (2024-present)

Guest Editor

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology Special Volume Late Paleozoic of Laurentia (2019-2021)

Associate Editor

Journal of Sedimentary Research (2017-2023)

National Science Foundation Panelist

2016 NSF Post-Doc Panelist

Manuscript Reviews

Geology (n=4), Geomicrobiology (n=1), Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences (n=2), Geosciences (n=1), Sedimentary Geology (n=1), Journal of Geology (n=2), Journal of Sedimentary Research (n=2), Tectonics (n=4), Polish Polar Research (n=1), Earth Surface Processes and Landforms (n=1), Geografiska Annaler (n=1), The Journal of Scanning Microscopies (n=1), Texas Bureau of Economic Geology (n=3), Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology (n=1), Geological Society of London special Publications (n=1), Progress in Physical Geography (n=1), Palaois (n=2), Plos One (n=1), SEPM Books (n=1), Lithosphere (n=1), Aeolian Research (n=1), Minerals (n=1), Earth-Science Reviews (n=1), Precambrian Research (n=2), The Depositional Record (n=1), Geosphere (n=2), Gondwanan Research (n=1), Rocky Mountain Geology (n=1), Geological Society of America Bulletin (n=2), New Mexico Bureau of Geology and Mineral Resources (n=1), Geomorphology (n=1)

Proposal Review

     External Entity Proposals (n = 10), National Science Foundation Proposals (n = 7)

Awards and Honors
·   Texas Tech President’s Excellence in Teaching Award, 2024

·   Excellence in Peer Review, American Chemical Society-Petroleum Research Fund, 2021

·   Ben Hare Most Outstanding Graduate Research, 2009

·   Outstanding Paper of the Year, The Mountain Geologist, 2008

·   University of Oklahoma Graduate College Outstanding Teaching Award, 2007

·   DeGolyer Presidential Fellow, University of Oklahoma, 2007

·   Geochemistry Faculty search committee, graduate representative, 2007

·   Student Advisory Committee, School of Geology & Geophysics, 2006

·   Stan Cunningham Excellence in teaching award, 2003-2004

·   Teaching assistant of the year, Boise State Geology Club Award, 2001-2002

·   Will Burnham Scholarship: academic year 1999-2000, 2001-2002

·   Dean’s List with Honors: spring 1997, Fall 1998, Fall 1999, Spring 2000

Chevron Energy Technology Projects
·   Prospect mapping and maturation in west Africa [January-March, 2011]
·   Regional upper Cretaceous paleogeographic maps of west Africa (southern Gabon, Republic of Congo, Angola) [April-December, 2010]
·   Assessed the prospectivity of a post salt Cretaceous deepwater sandstone play in the Republic of Congo through the integration of seismic, well and analog data [January-March, 2010]
·   Lower Congo Basin Presalt Play Risk GENV Workshop, Presented paleogeographic maps and finalized the workshop workflow and results report [September-October, 2009]
·   Created Neocomian-Aptian (presalt) paleogeography of the western Atlantic margin (Lower Congo Basin) through the integration of 2-D seismic, 3-D seismic, well data, analogue and models [April-December, 2009]
·   Utilized 2-D seismic, climate models and geologic literature to assess paleogeography, paleoclimate, regional stratigraphy, basin formation, structure, and petroleum systems in Baffin Bay (Greenland)—intern project [April-June, 2008]
·   Utilized 2-D seismic and well data to determine sand delivery pathways as reservoir risk assessment for 2007 Caribe Bid round in Rioacha Field and surrounding region (Columbia)—intern project [May-August, 2007]
 

Short Courses & Workshops
·   Hedberg Research Conference-Late Paleozoic Tectonics and Hydrocarbon Systems of western Pangaea [2003]

·   Late Paleozoic Icehouse Workshop, National Science Foundation sponsored [2004]

·   Sequence stratigraphy, Instructors: Kirt Campion (ExxonMobil) & Art Donovan (BP) [2005]

·   Continental trace fossils, SEPM short course, Instructor: Stephen Hasiotis [2005]

·   Predictive stratigraphy, St. Anthony Falls Laboratory, Instructor: Marty Perlmutter & Chris Paola [2007]

·   Rift Fill workshop, Chevron Energy Technology Center, Instructor: Christopher Scholz [2008]

·   RiskOG Risk and Uncertainty School, Chevron Exploration Review Team and Rose & Associates, Instructors: Truett Enloe (Chevron) & Bob Otis (Rose & Associates) [2009]

·   Applied Subsurface Geologic Mapping, Subsurface Consultants & Associates, Instructor: Siamak Agah [2009]

·   Earth Science Pathways Training, Chevron Energy Technology Company [2009]

·   Seismic Fundamentals, Texseis, Inc., Instructor: Mike Graul [2009]

·   Interpretation of 3D Seismic Data, Nautilus, Instructor: Alistair Brown [2010]

·   Applied Petroleum Geochemistry, Chevron Energy Technology Company, Instructors: Joe Curiale, Richard Parrish and Fang Lin [2010]

·   Formation Evaluation, Chevron Energy Technology Company, Instructor: Barry Reik [2010]

·   Tying Seismic Data to Wells, Chevron Energy Technology Company, Instructor: Jennifer Zhang and Patrick Ditty [2010]