Selected Publications

(* denotes student research advisee)

Königshof, P., Carmichael, S.K., Waters, J.A., Munkhjargal, A., and Gonchigdorj, S., 2025, Depositional history of Devonian and Mississippian rocks from southern Mongolia: Stratigraphic and sedimentologic framework of a volcanic arc system. Palaeobiodiversity and Palaeoenvironments, v. 105, p. 635–656 (special issue: The Central Asian Orogenic Belt (CAOB) during Late Devonian: new insights from southern Mongolia) (DOI: 10.1007/s12549-025-00649-2) 

Nazik, A., Königshof, P., Ariuntogos, M., Gonchigdorj, S., Waters, J. A., & Carmichael, S. K., 2025, Middle Devonian (Eifelian) ostracods from the Tsagaankhaalga Formation (Shinejinst region, Southern Mongolia), Palaeobiodiversity and Palaeoenvironments (special issue: The Central Asian Orogenic Belt (CAOB) during Late Devonian: new insights from southern Mongolia) (DOI: 10.1007/s12549-025-00669-y)

Königshof, P., Carmichael, S.K., Waters, J.A., Waters, J.W. , Munkhjargal, A., Gonchigdorj, S., Crônier, C., Nazik, A. , *Duckett, K., Foronda, J., Ziegler, J., and Linnemann, U., 2024, Devonian to Mississippian strata of the Shine Jinst region revisited: Facies development and stratigraphy in southern Mongolia (Gobi Altai Terrane), Palaeobiodiversity and Palaeoenvironments (special issue: The Central Asian Orogenic Belt (CAOB) during Late Devonian: new insights from southern Mongolia) (DOI: 10.1007/s12549-024-00608-3 )

Zheng, W., Gilleaudeau, G.J., Algeo, T.J., Zhao, Y., Song, Y., Zhang, Y., Sahoo, S.K., Anbar, A.D., Carmichael, S.K., Xie, S., Liu C-Q., and Chen, J., 2023, Mercury isotope evidence for recurrent photic-zone euxinia triggered by enhanced terrestrial nutrient inputs during the Late Devonian mass extinction, Earth and Planetary Science Letters (DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2023.118175)

Ariuntogos, M., Königshof, P., Waters, J.A., Carmichael, S.K., Gonchigdorj, S., Thassanapak, H., Udchachon, M., and Sharav, D., 2021, The Mandalovoo - Gurvansayhan Terranes in the southern Gobi of Mongolia: new insights from the Bayankhoshuu Ruins section, Palaeobiodiversity and Palaeoenvironments (special issue: The Central Asian Orogenic Belt (CAOB) during Late Devonian: new insights from southern Mongolia) (DOI: 10.1007/s12549-020-00471-y)

Ariuntogos, M., Königshof, P., Hartenfels, S., Jansen, U., Nazik, A., Carmichael, S. K., Waters, J. A., Sersmaa, G., Crônier, C., Ariunchimeg, Y., *Paschall, O. C., and *Dombrowski, A., 2020, The Hushoot Shiveetiin gol section (Baruunhuurai Terrane): Sedimentology and facies from a Late Devonian island arc setting. Palaeobiodiversity and Palaeoenvironments (special issue: The Central Asian Orogenic Belt (CAOB) during Late Devonian: new insights from southern Mongolia) (DOI: 10.1007/s12549-020-00445-0)

Waters, J.A., Waters, J.W., Königshof, P., Ariuntogos, M., and Carmichael, S.K., 2020. Famennian Crinoids and Blastoids (Echinodermata) from Mongolia. Palaeobiodiversity and Palaeoenvironments (special issue: The Central Asian Orogenic Belt (CAOB) during Late Devonian: new insights from southern Mongolia), p. 1-16.  DOI: 10.1007/s12549-020-00450-3

Nazik, A., Königshof, P., Ariuntogos, M., Waters, J.A., and Carmichael, S.K., 2020. Ostracode assemblage of the Late Devonian Hushoot Shiveetiin gol island arc section (Baruunhuurai Terrane, western Mongolia). Palaeobiodiversity and Palaeoenvironments (special issue: The Central Asian Orogenic Belt (CAOB) during Late Devonian: new insights from southern Mongolia), p. 1-18.  DOI: 10.1007/s12549-020-00446-z

Crônier, C., Ariuntogos, M., Königshof, P., Waters, J.A. and Carmichael, S.K., 2020, Late Devonian (Famennian) phacopid trilobites from western Mongolia, Palaeobiodiversity and Palaeoenvironments (special issue: The Central Asian Orogenic Belt (CAOB) during Late Devonian: new insights from southern Mongolia), pp.1-17 (DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s12549-020-00449-w) 

Carmichael, Sarah K., Waters, Johnny. A., Königshof, Peter, Suttner, Thomas S., and Kido, Erika, 2019, Paleogeography and paleoenvironments of the Late Devonian Kellwasser Event: a review of its sedimentological and geochemical expression, Global and Planetary Change (special issue: Devonian global changes - recent advances and challenges in different domains, eds. G. Racki and P. Wignall) v. 183, #102984 (DOI: 10.1016/j.gloplacha.2019.102984) - click here for institutional repository copy with supplemental data

Suttner, Thomas J., Kido, Erika, Ariunchimeg, Yarinpil, Sersmaa, Gonchigdorj, Waters, Johnny A., Carmichael, Sarah K., *Batchelor, Cameron J., Ariuntogos, Munkhjargal, Hušková, Aneta, Slavik, Ladislav, Valenzuela-Ríos, José I., Liao, Jau-Chyn, and Gatovsky, Yury A., 2020, Conodonts from Late Devonian island arc settings (Baruunhuurai Terrane, western Mongolia), Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology (DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2019.03.001)

*Paschall, Olivia C., Carmichael, Sarah K., Waters, Johnny A., Koenigshof, Peter, Ta, Phuong H. Komatsu, Toshifumi, and *Dombrowski, Allison D., 2019, The Hangenberg Event in Vietnam: sustained ocean anoxia with a volcanic trigger?, Global and Planetary Change (special issue: Devonian global changes - recent advances and challenges in different domains, eds. G. Racki and P. Wignall), v. 175, p. 64-81 (DOI: 10.1016/j.gloplacha.2019.01.021) - click here for institutional repository copy with supplemental data

*Mara LC Cloutier, Sarah K Carmichael, Michael A Carson, Michael D Madrich, and Suzanna Bräuer, 2017, Carbon quantity and quality drives variation in cave microbial communities and regulates Mn(II) oxidation, Biogeochemistry, v. 134, p. 77–94 (DOI: 10.1007/s10533-017-0343-8)

Sarah K Carmichael, Daniel H Doctor, Crystal G Wilson, *Joshua Feierstein, Ryan J McAleer, 2017, New insight into the origin of manganese oxide ore deposits in the Appalachian Valley and Ridge of northeastern Tennessee and northern Virginia, USA, Geological Society of America Bulletin, v.129, p. 1158-1180 (DOI: 10.1130/B31682.1) - click here for institutional repository copy with supplemental data

Peter Königshof, Katarzyna Narkiewicz, Phuong Ta Hoa, Sarah K Carmichael, and Johnny Waters, 2017, Events in the mid-Paleozoic: Examples from the eastern Paleotethys (Si Phai section, NE Vietnam), Palaeobiodiversity and Palaeoenvironments, v. 97, no. 3, p. 481–496 (doi: 10.1007/s12549-017-0272-5)

Peter Königshof, Sarah K Carmichael, Johnny Waters, Ulrich Jansen, Ali Bahrami, Iliana Boncheva, and Mehdi Yazdi, 2017, Palaeoenvironmental study of the Palaeotethys Ocean:the Givetian-Frasnian boundaryof a shallow-marine environment using combined facies analysisand geochemistry (Zefreh Section/Central Iran), Palaeobiodiversity and Palaeoenvironments, v. 97, no. 3, p. 517–540 (DOI: 10.1007/s12549-016-0253-0)

Cynthia Liutkus-Pierce, Brian W Zimmer, Sarah K Carmichael, William McIntosh, Alan Deino, *Seth M Hewitt, *Katelyn J McGinnis, *Travis Hartney, James Brett, Sara Mana, Daniel M Deocampo, Brian G Richmond, Kevin Hatala, William Harcourt-Smith, Briana Pobiner, Adam Metallo, and Vince Rossi, 2016, Radioisotopic age, formation, and preservation of Late Pleistocene human footprints at Engare Sero, Tanzania, Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, v. 463, p. 68-82 (doi: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2016.09.019)

Carmichael, S.K., Waters, J.A., *Batchelor, C.J., Coleman, D., Suttner, T.J., Kido, E., *Moore, L.M., and Chadimova, L., 2016, Climate instability and tipping points in the Late Devonian: Detection of the Hangenberg Event in an open oceanic island arc in the Central Asian Orogenic Belt, Gondwana Research, v. 32, p. 213-231 (DOI:10.1016/j.gr.2015.02.009). - click here for institutional repository copy with supplemental data

Carmichael, S.K., *Zorn, B.T., Santelli, C.M., *Roble, L.A., *Carmichael, M.J., and Bräuer, S.L., 2015, Nutrient input influences fungal community composition and size and can stimulate Mn(II) oxidation in caves, Environmental Microbiology Reports, v. 7, no. 4, p. 592-605 (DOI:10.1111/1758-2229.12291) - click here for institutional repository copy with supplemental data

Carmichael, Sarah K., and Bräuer, Suzanna L., 2015, Microbial diversity and manganese cycling: a review of Mn-oxidizing microbial cave communities, in Engel, A., ed., Microbial Life of Cave Systems, in Wagner, D., ed., Life in Extreme Environments, Volume 3, De Gruyter, Boston, MA, p. 137-160 (DOI: 10.1515/9783110339888-009) (invited book chapter) - click here for copy

Königshof, P., Da Silva, AC., Suttner, T.J., Kido, E., Waters, J., Carmichael, S.K., Jansen, U., Pas, D., and Spassov, S., 2015, Shallow water facies setting around the Kačák Event – a multidisciplinary approach in Becker, R. T., Königshof, P. & Brett, C. E., eds., Devonian Climate, Sea Level and Evolutionary Events, Special Publication 423 of the Geological Society of London. (DOI:10.1144/SP423.4) 

Carmichael, Sarah K., Waters, Johnny A., Suttner, Thomas J., Kido, Erika, and *DeReuil, Aubry, 2014, A New Model for the Kellwasser Anoxia Events (Late Devonian): Shallow Water Anoxia in an Open Oceanic Setting in the Central Asian Orogenic Belt, Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, v. 399, p. 394-403 - click here for institutional repository copy with supplemental data

Carmichael, Sarah K., *Carmichael, Mary Jane, *Roble, Leigh Anne, Johnson, Krissy, Gao, Yongli, and Bräuer, Suzanna, 2013, Evidence of sustained anthropogenic impact in Carter Saltpeter Cave, Carter County, Tennessee and the potential effects on manganese cycling, Journal of Cave and Karst Science, v. 73, no. 3, p. 184-209 - click here for institutional repository copy with supplemental data

*Carmichael, Mary Jane, Carmichael, Sarah K., Santelli, Cara, Strom, Amanda C., and Bräuer, Suzanna L., 2013, Mn(II)-oxidizing Bacteria are Abundant and Environmentally Relevant Members of Ferromanganese Deposits in Caves of the Upper Tennessee River Basin, Geomicrobiology Journal, v. 13, no. 9, p. 779-800 (DOI: 10.1080/01490451.2013.769651 ) (open access)

Carmichael, Sarah K., Ferry, John M., and McDonough, William F., 2008, Formation of replacement dolomite in the Latemar carbonate buildup, Dolomites, northern Italy: Part 1. Field relations, mineralogy, and geochemistry. American Journal of Science, v. 308, no. 7, p. 851-884. - click here for institutional repository copy with supplemental data

Carmichael, Sarah K., and Ferry, John M., 2008, Formation of replacement dolomite in the Latemar carbonate buildup, Dolomites, northern Italy: Part 2. Origin of the dolomitizing fluid and the amount and duration of fluid flow. American Journal of Science, v. 308, no. 8, p. 885-904. - click here for institutional repository copy with supplemental data

Brady, John B., Mohlman, Heidi K., Harris, Caroline, Carmichael, Sarah K., Jacob, Lisa J., and Chaparro, Wilfredo R., 2004, General geology and geochemistry of metamorphosed Proterozoic mafic dikes and sills, Tobacco Root Mountains, Montana. In Brady, John B., Burger, H. Robert, Cheney, John T., and Harms, Tekla A., eds., Precambrian geology of the Tobacco Root Mountains, Montana. Geological Society of America Special Paper 377, p. 89-104.

Cheney, John T., Cheney, John T., Brady, John B., Tierney, Kara A., DeGraff, Kathleen A., Mohlman, Heidi K., Frisch, Jessica D., Hatch, Christine E., Steiner, Michael L., Carmichael, Sarah K., Fisher, Robin G. M., Tuit, Carrie B., Steffen, Kurt J., Cady, Pamela, Lowell, Josh, Archuleta, LeAndra L., Hirst, Jillian, Wegmann, Karl W., Monteleone, Brian, 2004, Proterozoic metamorphism of the Tobacco Root Mountains, Montana. In Brady, John B., Burger, H. Robert, Cheney, John T., and Harms, Tekla A., eds., Precambrian geology of the Tobacco Root Mountains, Montana. Geological Society of America Special Paper 377, p. 105-129. 

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