Publications

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Publications in Progress

8) Burgener, L.K., Griffith, E., Hyland, E.G., in preparation, Variability in temperature seasonality reconstructions related to proxy environmental heterogeneity: implications for understanding greenhouse climates and ‘equability’: Geology.

7) Hyland, E., Huntington, K.W., in preparation, Resolving paleo-floral temperatures using the clumped isotope (Δ47) thermometer: Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology.  

6) Hyland, E., Zalmout, I.S., Gingerich, P.D., Alsobhi, S.A., Al-Masari, A.M., and Nadrah, A.O., Al-Mufareeh, Y.A., in preparation, Characteristics of Afro-Arabian primate habitats during the Oligocene: New evidence from the Shumaysi Formation (Kingdom of Saudi Arabia).

5) Ward, P., Mitchell, R., Hyland, E.G., in preparation, Oldest known Nautilus, Allonautilus fossils resolve “Baja-BC” translation.

4) Hyland, E.G., Huntington, K.W., Strömberg, C.A.E., Lechler, A., in preparation, Palouse loess sequence records glacial-interglacial ecological change.

3) Rhodes, R.L., Burgener, L.K., Reich, B., Scotese, C., Hyland, E.G., in preparation, Climate zone maps for key paleoclimate events: Quantitative compilations and Köppen-style interpolation improve Paleogene predictions.

2) Ghosh, A., Cotton, J.M., Hauswirth, S.C., Hyland, E.G., Azmi, I., Tineo, D., Raigemborn, M.S., Hayduk, T., Insel, N., in review, Precipitation controlled fire regimes and vegetation dynamics during the Late Miocene-Pliocene in central South America (NW Argentina): Geological Society of America Bulletin. 

1) Rhodes, R.L., Hyland, E.G., Passey, B.H., Sheldon, N.D., in review, Paleohydrology of paleolake Gosiute during the Early Eocene Climatic Optimum from Green River Formation stromatolites: Geological Society of America Bulletin.

Peer-reviewed Publications

35) Braniecki, G.F.N., Surge, D., Hyland, E.G., 2025, Seasonal Sea Surface Temperatures from Mercenaria spp. During the Plio-Pleistocene: Oxygen Isotope versus Clumped Isotope Paleothermometers: Geosciences, v. 15(8), 295.

34) Azmi, I., Hyland, E., Cotton, J., Ghosh, A., Raigemborn, M.S., Tineo, D., Hauswirth, S.C., Insel, N., 2025, Late Miocene expansion of grasslands in northwest Argentina linked to shifting hydroclimate: a complex interaction of tectonics, climate, and ecology: Geological Society of America Bulletin: https://doi.org/10.1130/B37868.1.

33) Violette, M.J., Hyland, E.G., Burgener, L.K., Ghosh, A., Montoya, B.M., Kleiner, M., 2024, Meta-omics reveals role of photosynthesis in microbially-induced carbonate precipitation at a CO2-rich geyser: ISME Communications, v. 4 (1), ycae139.

32) Braniecki, G., Surge, D., Hyland, E., Goodwin, D., 2024, Reconstructed seasonality during the mid-Pliocene warm interval and early Pleistocene cooling as recorded by growth temperatures from Mercenaria shells: Quaternary Science Reviews.

31) Peck, E.K., Inamdar, S., Kan, J., Peipoch, M., Gold, A.J., Merritts, D.J., Walter, R.C., Hyland, E.G., Wegmann, K.W., Yaculak, A.M., Rahman, M.M., 2024, Back from the Past? Comparison of buried hydric and modern wetland soils and relative changes following one-year incubation on a restored floodplain: Restoration Ecology, v. 32 (3), e14070.

30) Hönisch, B., Royer, D., Breecker, D., Polissar, P., Bowen, G., Henehan, M., Cui, Y., Steinthorsdottir, M., McElwain, J., Kohn, M., Pearson, A., Phelps, S., Uno, K., Ridgwell, A., Anagnostou, E., Austermann, J., Badger, M., Barclay, R., Bijl, P., Chalk, T., Scotese, C., de la Vega, E., DeConto, R., Dyez, K., Ferrini, V., Franks, P., Giulivi, C., Gutjahr, M., Harper, D., Haynes, L., Huber, M., Snell, K., Keisling, B., Konrad, W., Lowenstein, T., Malinverno, A., Guillermic, M., Mejia, L., Milligan, J., Morton, J., Nordt, L., Whiteford, R., Roth-Nebelsick, A., Rugenstein, J., Schaller, M., Sheldon, N., Sosdian, S., Wilkes, E., Witkowski, C., Zhang, Y., Anderson, L., Beerling, D., Bolton, C., Cerling, T., Cotton, J., Da, J., Ekart, D., Foster, G., Greenwood, D., Hyland, E., Jagniecki, E., Jasper, J., Kowalczyk, J., Kunzmann, L., Kurschner, W., Lawrence, C., Lear, C., Martinez-Boti, M., Maxbauer, D., Montagna, P., Naafs, B., Rae, J., Raitzsch, M., Retallack, G., Ring, S., Seki, O., Sepulveda, J., Sinha, A., Tesfamichael, T., Tripati, A., van der Burgh, J., Yu, J., Zachos, J., Zhang, L., 2023, Toward a Cenozoic History of Atmospheric CO2 : Science.

29) Renaut, R.K., Tucker, R.T., King, M.R., Crowley, J.L., Hyland, E.G., Zanno, L.E., 2023, Dating the Greenhorn transgression of the Western Interior Seaway in central Utah: Implications for the absolute age of the Cenomanian-Turonian boundary: Cretaceous Research.

28) Padgett, A.B., Hyland, E.G., West, C.K., Burgener, L.K., Greenwood, D., Basinger, J., 2023, Paleogene paleohydrology of Ellesmere and Axel Heiberg Islands (Arctic Canada) from palustrine carbonates: Palaeoceanography and Paleoclimatology.

27) Burgener, L.K., Hyland, E.G., Reich, B., Scotese, C., 2023, Climate zone maps for key paleoclimate events: Quantitative compilations and Köppen-style interpolation improve Cretaceous predictions: Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology (invited review).

26) Gates, T.A., Cai, H., Fei, H., Han, X., Griffith, E., Burgener, L., Hyland, E., Zanno, L., 2022, Estimating ancient biogeographic patterns with statistical model discrimination: The Anatomical Record.

25)  Krings, A., Szakacs, A.D., Hyland, E.G., 2022, Remnants of the “Grande Savane”? Insights from soil organic matter at two sites in the Deep River Triassic Basin of North Carolina: Castanea, v. 87, p. 244-267. 

24) Tucker, R.T., Hyland, E., Berndt, D., Zanno, L.E., Gates, T.A., King, M.R., Hanta, R., Khansubha, S., 2022, Reinterpreting the Sao Khua Formation (Khorat Group), Khorat Basin, Thailand: Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology.

23) Raigemborn, M.S., Lizzoli, S., Hyland, E., Cotton, J., Gomez Peral, L.E., Beilinson, E., Stromberg, C.A.E., Krause, J.M., 2022, A paleopedological approach to understanding Eocene environmental conditions of south Patagonia, Argentina: Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology.

22) Riegel, H., Casale, G., Mirabella, F., Tagalli, L., Hyland, E., 2022, External fluids driving slip along an active low angle normal fault: the Altotiberina fault (Italy): Frontiers in Earth Science.

21) Heitmann, E.O., Hyland, E.G., Schoettle-Greene, P., Brigham, C.A.P., Huntington, K.W., 2021, Rise of the Colorado Plateau: A synthesis of paleoelevation constraints from the region and a path forward using temperature-based elevation proxies: Frontiers in Earth Science.

20) Bernasconi, S.M., Daëron, M., Bergmann, K.D., Bonifacie, M., Meckler, A.N., Affek, H., Anderson, N., Bajnai, D., Barkan, E., Beverly, E., Blamart, D., Burgener, L., Calmels, D., Chaduteau, C., Clog, M., Davies, A., Dux, F., Eiler, J., Elliot, B., Fiebig, J., Goldberg, S., Hermoso, M., Huntington, K., Hyland, E., Ingalls, M., Jaggi, M., John, C.M., Jost, A.B., Katz, S., Kluge, T., Kocken, I.J., Laskar, A., Leutert, T.J., Liang, M., Lucarelli, J., Mackey, T., Mangenot, X., Müller, I., Murray, S., Packard, N., Passey, B., Pelletier, E., Schauer, A., Snell, K., Swart, P., Tripati, A., Upadhyay, D., Vennemann, T., Winkelstern, I., Yarian, D., Yoshida, N., Zhang, N., Ziegler, M., 2021, A community effort to improve inter-laboratory standardization of the carbonate clumped isotope thermometer using carbonate anchors: Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems.

19) Burgener, L.K., Hyland, E., Mitasova, H., Griffith, E., Zanno, L.E., Gates, T.A., 2021, Climate-induced ecological regionalization in the Upper Cretaceous Western Interior Basin of North America: Geological Society of America Bulletin. 

18) Arendt, C., Hyland, E., Piliouras, A., 2020, Geological Consequences of Global Climate Change, In: Elias, S. and Alderton, D. (Eds.), Encyclopedia of Geology (Elsevier, 2nd Edition).

17) Burgener, L.K., Hyland, E., Huntington, K.W., Kelson, J., Sewall, J.O., 2019, 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, v. 516, p. 244–267.

16) Parrish, J.T., Hyland, E., Hasiotis, S.A., Chan, M.A., 2019, Stable isotopes in the carbonate spring and lake deposits in the lower Jurassic Navajo Sandstone, southwestern United States: Sedimentology, v. 66, p. 32–52.

15) Hyland, E.G., Huntington, K.W., Sheldon, N.D., and Reichgelt, T., 2018, Temperature seasonality in the North American continental interior during the Early Eocene Climatic Optimum: Climate of the Past, v. 14, p. 1391–1404.

14) Kelson, J.R., Watford, D., Bataille, C., Huntington, K.W., Hyland, E., and Bowen, G.J., 2018, Warm terrestrial subtropics during the Paleocene and Eocene: Carbonate clumped isotope (∆47) evidence from the Tornillo Basin, Texas (USA): Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology, v. 33, p. 1230–1249.

13) Hyland, E.G., Sheldon, N.D., Smith, S.Y., and Strömberg, C.A.E., 2018, Late Miocene rise and fall of C4 grasses in the western United States linked to aridification and uplift: Geological Society of America Bulletin, v. 131, p. 224–234.

12) Smiley, T.M., Hyland, E.G., Cotton, J.M., and Reynolds, R.E., 2018, Evidence of early C4 grasses, habitat heterogeneity, and faunal response during the Miocene Climatic Optimum in the Mojave region: Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, v. 490, p. 415–430.

11) Hyland, E., and Sheldon, N.D., 2017, 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): Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, v. 511, p. 639–642.

10) Hyland, E.G., Sheldon, N.D., and Cotton, J.M., 2017, Constraining the Early Eocene Climatic Optimum: a terrestrial inter-hemispheric comparison: Geological Society of American Bulletin, v. 129, p. 244–252.

9) Hyland, E.G., and Sheldon, N.D., 2016, Examining the spatial consistency of paleosol proxies: Implications for paleoclimatic and paleoenvironmental reconstructions in terrestrial sedimentary basins: Sedimentology, v. 63, p. 959–971.

8) Hyland, E.G., Sheldon, N.D., Van der Voo, R., Badgley, C.E., and Abrajevitch, A., 2015, A new paleoprecipitation proxy based on soil magnetic properties: Implications for expanding paleoclimate reconstructions: Geological Society of America Bulletin, v. 127, p. 975–981.

7) Hyland, E.G., Sheldon, N.D., and Cotton, J.M., 2015, Terrestrial evidence for a two-stage mid-Paleocene biotic event: Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, v. 417, p. 371–378.

6) Cotton, J.M., Hyland, E.G., and Sheldon, N.D., 2014, Multi-proxy evidence for tectonic control on the expansion of C4 grasses in northwest Argentina: Earth and Planetary Science Letters, v. 395, p. 41–50.

5) Hyland, E.G., 2014, Phytoliths as tracers of recent environmental change, In: Hembree, D.I., Platt, B.F., Smith, J.J., (Eds.), Experimental Approaches to Understanding Fossil Organisms: Lessons from the Living: Topics in Geobiology, v. 41, p. 207–225.  

4) Hyland, E., Smith, S.Y., and Sheldon, N.D., 2013, Representational bias in phytoliths from modern soils of central North America: Implications for paleovegetation reconstructions:  Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, v. 374, p. 338–348.

3) Hyland, E., Fan, M., and Sheldon, N.D, 2013, Terrestrial paleoenvironmental reconstructions indicate transient peak warming during the Early Eocene Climatic Optimum: Geological Society of America Bulletin, v. 125, p. 1338–1348.

2) Hyland, E.G., and Sheldon, N.D., 2013. Coupled CO2-climate response during the Early Eocene Climatic Optimum: Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, v. 369, p. 125–135.

1) Hyland, E., Murphy, B., Varela, P., Marks, K., Colwell, L., Tori, F., Monechi, S., Cleaveland, L., Brinkhuis, H., van Mourik, C., Coccioni, R., Bice, D., and Montanari, A., 2009, Integrated stratigraphy and astrochronologic calibration of the Eocene-Oligocene transition in the Monte Cagnero section (Northeastern Apennines, Italy): a potential parastratotype for the Massignano GSSP, In: C. Koeberl and A. Montanari (Eds.), Late Eocene Earth- Hothouse, Icehouse and Impacts: Geological Society of America Special Paper, v. 452, p. 303–322.

Conference & Technical Publications

97) Long, N., Hyland, E., 2026, A dual-isotope approach to enhancing isotopic models for the identification of human remains in North Carolina: 78th Annual American Association of Forensic Scientists Meeting, Abstract XXX.

96) Zanno, L.E., Tucker, R.T., Hyland, E.G., Suarez, C., Chinzorig, T., Gates, T.A., 2025, The impact of climate change and biogeographical exchange on the evolution of Cretaceous dinosaur ecosystems: 6th International Symposium on Asian Dinosaurs, Keynote #5.

95) Hyland, E., Heiges, E., Cross, E., Finch, S., Azmi, I., Zanno, L.E., 2025, Dietary and environmental information from phytoliths in dental calculus of dinosaurs during the ‘mid’ Cretaceous revolution: AGU Meeting Abstract XXX.

94) Braniecki, G., Surge, D., Hyland, E., 2025, Comparing low- and mid-latitude seasonal amplitudes using clumped isotopes as recorded in Plio-Pleistocene Mercenaria spp.: AGU Meeting Abstract XXX.

93) Azmi, I., Hyland, E.G., Cotton, J.M., Hauswirth, S., Ghosh, A., Littleton, S., Raigemborn, M.S., Tineo, D., Insel, N., 2025, Spatiotemporal variability of C4 grassland expansion in the central and south-central Andes: AGU Meeting Abstract XXX.

92) Beguesse, K., Hyland, E., Zanno, L.E., 2025, Effects of select temperature, chemical, and sample pre-treatment processes on stable and clumped isotope compositions of extant avian bone: SVP Meeting Abstract XXX.

91) Cross, E.G., Hyland, E., Finch, S.P., Chinzorig, T., Tucker, R.T., Zanno, L.E., 2025, Stable isotope geochemistry illustrates niche partitioning in the Bayanshiree Formation of Mongolia: SVP Meeting Abstract XXX.

90) Moore, A.V., Hyland, E.G., Gates, T.E., Congreve, C.R., Zanno, L.E., 2025, The role of climatic constraints on dinosaurian faunal transitions during the ‘mid’-Cretaceous in the Western Interior Basin of Utah: SVP Meeting Abstract XXX.

89) Burgener, L.K., Hyland, E.G., Reich, B., Harris, A., Beggs, B., Kentish, C., Scotese, C., 2025, Proxy-based reconstructions of climate extremes at high- and low-latitudes during the Cretaceous greenhouse: 12th International Cretaceous Symposium, Abstract 328.

88) Burgener, L.K., Hyland, E.G., Reich, B., Rhodes, R.L., Beggs, B., Schmidt, C., Harris, A., Kentish, C., Tay, A., Christensen, M., Scotese, C., 2025, Global paleoclimate across the Phanerozoic: developing a new open-access database of geochemical, lithologic and paleontologic proxy records: Goldschmidt Abstract 32210.

87) Burgener, L.K., Hyland, E.G., Griffith, E., 2025, Variability in temperature seasonality in “equable” greenhouse climates: statistical analysis and evidence from Cretaceous western North America: GSA RM Abstracts with Programs T3:13-4.

86) Raigemborn, M.S., Cotton, J., Besket, M., Moyano-Paz, D., Lizzoli, S., Lonaze, V.P., Vera, E., Hyland, E., 2025, Using organic isotopes from southern Patagonia, Argentina, to understand Maastrichtian terrestrial conditions: 38th IAS Meeting, Abstract 588.  

85) Trujillo-Hassan, D., Hyland, E.G., Wesp, J., Rivas, S., 2025, Food web dynamics and resource access in the Muisca society during the Late Muisca period: A study of ecological change: 94th Annual Meeting of the AABA, Abstract Session 12.

84) Arney, I.D., Hyland, E.G., Jansma, R.J.W., Kinyanjui, R.N., Locke, E.M., Muteti, S.N., Gonzales, L.A., 2025, A revised chronology for the middle Miocene faunal assemblages from Maboko Island: 94th Annual Meeting of the AABA, Abstract Session 8.

83) Braniecki, G., Surge, D.M., Hyland, E., Goodwin, D.H., 2024, Comparing Seasonal Sea Surface Temperatures Using Traditional Oxygen Isotope Ratios versus Clumped Isotopes as recorded in Plio-Pleistocene Mercenaria spp.: AGU Meeting Abstract PP11D-0589.

82) Kellis, R., Cotton, J.M., Hyland, E.G., Hauswirth, S.C., Azmi, I., Littleton, S., Raigemborn, M.S., Tineo, D., Insel, N., 2024, Using biomarkers to determine the impacts of fire frequency on Late Miocene C4 grass expansion in central Argentina: GSA Abstracts with Programs T115: 63-6.

81) Cotton, J.M., Hyland, E.G., Azmi, I., Ghosh, A., Hauswirth, S.C., Littleton, S., Insel, N., Raigemborn, M.S., Tineo, D., 2024, The rise of C4 grasses in South America: Linking grassland transition to the South American Summer Monsoon: GSA Abstracts with Programs T115: 63-10. 

80) Besket, M., Cotton, J.M., Hyland, E.G., Azmi, I., Kellis, R.C., Raigemborn, M.S., Tineo, D., Insel, N., 2024, Using carbon isotopes in paleosols to constrain the Late Miocene expansion of C4 grasses in Tucuman and La Rioja Provinces, northwestern Argentina: GSA Abstracts with Programs T115: 63-7. 

79) Azmi, I., Hyland, E.G., Kellis, R., Cotton, J.M., 2024, A comparative study of Late Miocene-Pliocene paleoenvironmental conditions in NW Argentina: Insights from paleosol proxies: GSA Abstracts with Programs T115: 63-8.  

78) Hyland, E.G., Jackson, K., Griffith, E., Maity, A., Burgener L.K., Cotton, J.M., Ghosh, A., Littleton, S., Azmi, I., Raigemborn, M.S., Tineo, D., 2024, Improving paleoclimate predictions from paleosol geochemistry: A case study from the Miocene of Argentina: GSA Abstracts with Programs T115: 63-1.

77) Insel, N., Azmi, I., Hyland, E.G., Cotton, J.M., 2024, Late Miocene climate variability and C4 grass dynamics in South America: Insights from climate simulations and paleoclimate reconstructions: GSA Abstracts with Programs T115: 63-9.

76) Moore, A.V., Hyland, E.G., Zanno, L.E., Tucker, R.T., Burgener, L.K., Baron, L., 2024, Observed shift in Western Interior Basin climates across the peak Cretaceous Thermal Maximum (OAE2): GSA Abstracts with Programs T119: 112-1.

75) Raigemborn, M.S., Varela, A.N., Lizzoli, S., Hyland, E., Cotton, J.M., 2024, Using paleosols of Patagonia to reconstruct mid-Cretaceous to early Paleogene climates: GSA Abstracts with Programs T115: 63-5.

74) Perry, Z.K., Orme, D.A., Hyland, E.G., Hall, L., Williams, S.A., Schweitzer, M.H., Scannella, J.B., 2024, Taphonomy and taxonomic diversity of “Happy Mary”, a polytypic bonebed from the Cretaceous Judith River Formation (Montana, USA): SVP Meeting Abstract XX:XX.

73) Lewbart, G.A., Munoz-Perez, J.P., Lohmann, K.J., Hirschfeld, M., Alarcon-Ruales, D., Valle, C., Paez-Rosas, D., Bolanos, J., Loyola, A., Townsend, K., Soldati, A., Curry, A., Hyland, E., Cohen, E., 2024, Iguana Rocks: The occurrence of enteroliths in Galapagos marine iguanas (Amblyrhynchus cristatus): 6th Galapagos Symposium on Research and Conservation, San Cristobal, Galapagos, Ecuador.

72) Braniecki, G., Surge, D., Hyland, E., Goodwin, D., 2024, Comparing oxygen isotope ratio and clumped isotope seasonal sea surface temperatures from Mercenaria spp. during the Plio-Pleistocene: GSA SE Abstracts with Programs T17:4-3.

71) Hyland, E., Berry, K., Azmi, I., Cardenal, E., Burgener, L., 2023, Statistical package for estimating uncertainty on phytolith counts using bootstrapping analyses (Version 2023): Zenodo, https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8347036.

70) Kellis, R., Cotton, J., Hauswirth, S., Hyland, E., Littleton, S., Azmi, I., Raigemborn, M.S., Tineo, D., Insel, N., 2023, Using biomarkers to investigate climate controls on Late Miocene C4 grass expansion in central Argentina: AGU Meeting Abstract PP21F-1358.

69) Azmi, I., Hyland, E., Cotton, J., Littleton, S., Raigemborn, M.S., Tineo, D., Insel, N., 2023, Late Miocene hydroclimate variability and its impact on vegetation in NW and Central Argentina- a multiproxy investigation: AGU Meeting Abstract PP51B-1076. 

68) Long, N., Ross, A., Hyland, E., 2023, Taphonomic effects on the C:N ratio and δ13C and δ15N isotopes in bone collagen: 76th Annual American Association of Forensic Scientists Meeting Abstract A25.

67) VanderLeest, R., Fosdick, J., Schwartz, T., Hyland, E., Mastalerz, M., Ali, R., 2023, Thermal effects of Cordilleran processes on the Magallanes-Austral retroarc foreland basin: A case study using thermochronometry, vitrinite reflectance, and carbonate clumped isotope analysis: GSA Abstracts with Programs T167:19-11.

66) Burgener, L., Rhodes, R., Hyland, E., 2023, Paleogene global Koppen-Geiger climate maps: stage level reconstructions of the Cenozoic greenhouse: GSA Abstracts with Programs T43:105-12.  

65) Kentish, C., Burgener, L., Hyland, E., 2023, Deriving quantitative lower limits on paleo-precipitation based on the presence of coal and lignite: a multiproxy approach: GSA Abstracts with Programs T43:105-7.

64) Rhodes, R., Hyland, E., Bohnenstiehl, D., 2023, Cyclicity and comparison of terrestrial and marine isotope records from the early Eocene climatic optimum: GSA Abstracts with Programs T41:54-10.

63) Lewbart, G.A., Cohen, E., Soldati, A., Munoz-Perez, J.P., Hirschfeld, M., Alarcon, D., Hyland, E., Curry, A., Loyola, A., Lohmann, K.J., 2023, Iguana Rocks: Enteroliths in marine iguanas (Amblyrhynchus cristatus): GSC/PNG Research Symposium.

62) Burgener, L., Hyland, E., 2023, Proxy-based reconstructions of Cretaceous climate extremes: The Anatomical Record: 14th Mesozoic Terrestrial Environments Symposium, v. 306-S1, p. 3-267.

61) Littleton, S., Cotton, J., Hyland, E., Azmi, I., Raigemborn, M., Tineo, D., Insel, N., 2023, Using carbon isotopes to constrain C4 expansion from Bahia Blanca to Mendoza in response to changes in precipitation during the Late Miocene: GSA Rocky Mountains Abstracts with Programs T10:15-3.

60) Cotton, J., Ghosh, A., Hyland, E., Hauswirth, S.C., Littleton, S., Azmi, I., Insel, N., Raigemborn, M.S., Tineo, D., 2023, The rise of C4 grasses in South America: Linking grassland transition to the South American Summer Monsoon: GSA Rocky Mountains Abstracts with Programs T10:15-7.

59) Insel, N., Hyland, E., Cotton, J.M., Rowley, D.B., 2022, Development of the South American Monsoon System and its impact on grasslands: AGU Meeting Abstract GC25B:02.

58) Braniecki, G., Surge, D., Hyland, E., Goodwin, D., 2022, 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 Abstract PP32C:0951.

57) Rhodes, R., Hyland, E., Passey, B., Sheldon, N., 2022, Environmental conditions of Eocene Lake Gosiute and geochemical evidence for high topography runoff: GSA Abstracts with Programs T21:146-4.

56) Jensen, M., Hyland, E., Burgener, L., Ghosh, A., Kleiner, M., 2022, Meta-omics analysis of microbially induced carbonate precipitation in microbial communities derived from Utah soils and sediments: ISME 18th International Symposium. 

55) Braniecki, G., Surge, D., Hyland, E., Goodwin, D., 2022, Refining a Δ47 paleotemperature calibration using modern and fossil Mercenaria spp. (Bivalvia) to reconstruct deep-time seasonality: GSA North Central/Southeastern Abstracts with Programs 18:2.

54) Parrish, J.T., Chan, M., Hasiotis, S., Hyland, E.G., 2022, Dolomitization patterns in freshwater carbonate as evidence of differential burial depth of the Jurassic Navajo Sandstone (Utah, USA): GSA Rocky Mountain Abstracts with Programs T24:45-5.

53) Braniecki, G., Surge, D., Hyland, E., Goodwin, D., 2022, Refining a Δ47 paleotemperature calibration in bivalves to reconstruct deep-time seasonality: Ocean Sciences Meeting Abstract 05:11.

52) Anthony, C., Riegel, H., Hyland, E., Casale, G., 2021, Evidence of deep, external fluids along epidetachment normal faults and their implications for slip along the Altotiberina fault system: AGU Meeting Abstract T55B:0073.

51) Burgener, L.K., Reich, B., Scotese, C., Hyland, E.G., 2021, Mapping Cretaceous Köppen climate zones: quantitative constraints on climatic and environmental changes from 145 to 66 Ma: AGU Meeting Abstract PP24B:005. 

50) Rhodes, R.L., Hyland, E.G., 2021, Establishing Methodology for Carbonate Clumped Isotope Thermometry of Nahcolite: Implications for the Paleobarometer and Refining Greenhouse pCO2 Sensitivity: AGU Meeting Abstract PP55B:0651.

49) Heitmann, E.O., Hyland, E.G., Schoettle-Greene, P., Brigham, C.A., Huntington, K.W., 2021, Rise of the Colorado Plateau: A synthesis of paleoelevation constraints from the region and a path forward using temperature-based elevation proxies: GSA Abstracts with Programs T2:034.  

48) Rafter, M., Cotton, J.M., Hyland, E.G., Ghosh, A., Raigemborn, M.S., Tineo, D., Insel, N., 2021, A new paleoclimate proxy for growing season precipitation using paleosol geochemistry: applications for reconstructing South American Monsoon conditions in Northwest Argentina: GSA Abstracts with Programs D14:029.

47) Passey, B., Packard, N., Kelson, J., Sheldon, N., Niemi, N., Rhodes, R., Hyland, E., Carroll, A., 2021, Triple oxygen isotope paleohydrology of early Eocene Lake Gosiute (Wyoming, USA): GSA Abstracts with Programs T68:138.

46) Ghosh, A., Cotton, J.M., Hyland, E.G., Azmi, I., Raigemborn, M.S., Tineo, D., Hayduk, T., Insel, N., 2021, Late Miocene-Pliocene vegetation, fire and hydroclimate dynamics in the Río Iruya basin, Northwest Argentina: GSA Abstracts with Programs D19:166.

45) Azmi, I., Hyland, E.G., Cotton, J.M., Ghosh, A., Raigemborn, M.S., Tineo, D., Insel, N., 2021, Late Miocene expansion of grasslands in NW Argentina linked to shifting hydroclimate: GSA Abstracts with Programs T31:038.

44) Vanderleest, R.A., Fosdick, J.C., Schwartz, T.M., Hyland, E.G., Rsme, A., Mastalerz, M., 2021, Investigating the thermal effects of Cordilleran processes on a retroarc forelan basin: A case study from the Magallanes-Austral retroarc foreland basin using thermochronometry, vitrinite reflectance, and carbonate clumped isotopes: 17th International Conference on Thermochronology.

43) Beguesse, K., Canoville, A., Hyland, E., Walker, C., Zanno, L.E., 2021, A novel approach for discriminating medullary form pathologic bone in extant and extinct archosaurs: SVP Meeting Conference Program & Abstracts, v. 2021, p. 55.

42) Gates, T.A., Cai, H., Hu, Y., Han, X., Griffith, E., Burgener, L., Hyland, E., Zanno, L.E., 2021, Model-testing the biogeographic distribution of extinct biotas: SVP Meeting Conference Program & Abstracts, v. 2021, p. 118.

41) Riegel, H., Hyland, E., Casale, G., Mirabella, F., Talegalli, L., 2020, Application of clumped isotopes to investigate the role and source of fluids in low-angle normal faulting: GSA Abstracts with Programs T103:118-2.

41) Ghosh, A., Cotton, J., Hyland, E., Hauswirth, S., Raigemborn, M., Tineo, D., Insel, N., 2020, Did increasing seasonality and fire frequency cause the C4 grassland transition in South America? Investigations from two paleosol sites in NW Argentina using δ13C isotopes, molecular biomarkers, phytoliths, and X-ray fluorescence: GSA Abstracts with Programs T62:178-6.

39) Burgener, L., Hyland, E., Griffith, E., 2020, Equable or not? Investigating the influence of proxy biases in reconstructions of greenhouse period temperature seasonality: GSA Abstracts with Programs T59:11-10.

38) Heitmann, E., Huntington, K., Hyland, E., 2020, Rise of the Colorado Plateau and Southern Rocky Mountain Region: A Synthesis of Paleoelevation Constraints and a Path Forward Using Temperature-Based Elevation Proxies: AGU Meeting Abstract EP026-02.

37) Ghosh, A., Cotton, J., Hyland, E., Hauswirth, S., Tineo, D., Raigemborn, M., Hayduk, T., Insel, N., 2020, Reconstructing the Late Miocene-Pliocene paleoenvironment and paleoclimate of southern continental South America in order to determine the factors driving expansion of C4 grasslands: δ13C isotopes, molecular biomarkers, phytoliths, and X-ray fluorescence from Río Iruya, NW Argentina: AGU Meeting Abstract PP001-0016.

36) Rhodes, R., Hyland, E., Gipson, L., Smith, M., 2020, Linking core to outcrop: High-resolution isotopic records of the Wilkins Peak Member (Green River Formation) at White Mountain (Wyoming, USA): AGU Meeting Abstract PP046-0010.

35) Hyland, E., Burgener, L., Reich, B., Scotese, C., 2020, Developing Köppen climate zone maps for key paleoclimate events: quantitative compilations and interpolation improve Late Cretaceous predictions: AGU Meeting Abstract PP041-0006.

34) Riegel, H., Casale, G., Mirabella, F., Talegalli, L., Hyland, E., 2020, Evidence of subduction-related fluid circulation along the active Altotiberina low-angle normal fault: AGU Meeting Abstract H160-04.

33) VanderLeest, R.A., Fosdick, J.C., Schwartz, T.M., Hyland, E.G., Ali, R., Mastalerz, M., 2020, Investigating the thermal effects of Cordilleran processes on a retroarc foreland basin using thermochronometry, vitrinite reflectance, and carbonate clumped isotopes: AGU Meeting Abstract T049-0004.

32) Burgener, L., Gates, T.A., Hyland, E.G., Mitasova, H., Zanno, L., 2020, Climatic and environmental drivers of Late Cretaceous vertebrate endemism: GSA Rocky Mountain Abstracts with Programs D1:1-1.

31) Ghosh, A., Cotton, J.M., Hyland, E.G., Raigemborn, M.S., Tineo, D., Insel, N., 2020, Constraining C4 expansion in continental South America during the Late Miocene-Pliocene using δ13C isotopic proxies and complex organic carbon molecules: GSA Cordilleran Abstracts with Programs D9:22-36.

30) Hayduk, T.S., Cotton, J.M., Hyland, E.G., Insel, N., 2020, Linking the Late Miocene C4 grassland expansion to expansion of the South American summer monsoon in Rio Iruya Canyon, northwest Argentina: GSA Cordilleran Abstracts with Programs D9:22-35.

29) Burgener, L., Hyland, E., Mitasova, H., 2019, Hothouse paleoclimate and paleoenvironmental reconstructions at the continental scale: spatial interpolations of surface temperature, precipitation, and vegetation proxy data: AGU Meeting Abstract PP13C-1481.

28) Burgener, L., Hyland, E., Huntington, K., Kelson, J., Sewall, J., 2019, Revisiting the equable climate problem during the Late Cretaceous greenhouse using paleosol carbonate clumped isotope temperatures: 7th International Clumped Isotope Workshop, P5-8.

27) Rhodes, R.L., Carroll, A., Walters, A., Hyland, E.G., 2018, High-resolution isotope (δ13C, δ18O, Δ47) analyses of an Eocene lacustrine stromatolite (Green River Formation, Wyoming): Evidence of spatiotemporal patterns in carbonate precipitation: AGU Meeting Abstract PP51E-1550.  

26) Padgett, A.B., West, C., Hyland, E.G., 2018, Carbonate clumped isotope-derived climate records of the early Paleogene from Ellesmere Island and Axel Heiberg Island, Nunavut, Arctic Canada: AGU Meeting Abstract PP51E-1176.

25) Lyons, T., Hren, M., Fox, D., Hyland, E., Kehrwald, N., 2017, Earth-Life Transitions: Towards a new understanding of Earth systems: NSF EarthRates Research Coordination Network Perspective Report, p. 11–14.

24) Brandon, M.T., Mitchell, R.N., Hyland, E.G., Ward, P.D., Miller, I.M., 2017, Using paleoclimate data to estimate paleolatitude of Cordilleran terranes: GSA Abstracts with Programs P5:223-5.

23) Kelson, J., Huntington, K., Hyland, E., Saenger, C., 2017, Hot summers on land in the Early Eocene subtropics: GSA Abstracts with Programs T38: 268-22.

22) Parrish, J.T., Hyland, E., Chan, M., Hasiotis, S., Dorney, L., 2017, Construction of a spring-lake system in the Jurassic Navajo Sandstone, Utah— Evidence from stable isotopes of oxygen and carbon: GSA Abstracts with Programs T84:182-24. 

21) Fiorella, R.P., Hyland, E.G., Sheldon, N.D., 2017, Reconciling changes in the ocean and terrestrial carbon cycles to constrain causal mechanisms for the early Eocene climatic optimum: Climatic and Biotic Events of the Paleogene Conference. 

20) Hyland, E., Huntington, K., Sheldon, N., Smith, S.Y., Strömberg, C.A.E., 2016, Comparing floral and isotopic paleoelevation estimates: Examples from the western United States: AGU Meeting Abstract T44B-04.

19) Hyland, E., and Huntington, K., 2015, Resolving paleo-floral temperatures using the clumped isotope thermometer: Implications for Florissant and the uplift of the Colorado Plateau: AGU Meeting Abstract PP21A-2210.

18) Sheldon, N., Cotton, J., Hren, M., Hyland, E., Smith, S.Y., Strömberg, C.A.E., 2015, Bringing organic carbon isotopes and phytoliths to the table as additional constraints on paleoelevation: AGU Meeting Abstract T21B-2814.

17) Hyland, E., Huntington, K., and Sheldon, N., 2015, Temperature seasonality in continental North America during the Early Eocene Climatic Optimum: GSA Abstracts with Programs 47:7.  

16) Zalmout, I.S., Memesh, A.M., Al-Mufareeh, Y.A., Haptari, M.A., Soubhi, S.S., Bahameem, A.A., Hyland, E.G.,  Abdulshakoor, A.J., Matari, A.H., and Gingerich, P.D., 2015, Ujayfa Quarry in the Shumaysi Formation of Saudi Arabia yielding Saadanius hijazensis and other mid-Oligocene vertebrates: SVP Meeting Abstract B79.

15) Smiley, T.M., Hyland, E.G., and Cotton, J.M., 2015, Approaches for reconstructing paleoenvironment in the Cajon Valley and Crowder Formations, Southern California: 29th Annual Desert Symposium Special Publication. 

14) Sheldon, N.D., and Hyland, E., 2014, Deconvolving floodplain dynamical processes from pedogenic processes on ancient floodplains: AGU Meeting Abstract EP44A-07.

13) Smiley, T., Badgley, C., Hyland, E., Cotton, J., and Reynolds, R., 2014, Coupling environmental change and ecological response: the Miocene of the Mojave Desert, California: SVP Meeting Abstract TS6-5. 

12) Niemi, N.A., Lacroix, B., Hyland, E., Hren, M., and Sheldon, N., 2014, Comparison of paleotemperature proxies from the Goler Formation, California: AGU Meeting Abstract T24-02.   

11) Hyland, E.G., Fiorella, R.P., and Sheldon, N.D., 2014, Reexamining causal mechanisms for the Early Eocene Climatic Optimum: GSA Abstracts with Programs 46:6. 

10) Hyland, E., Sheldon, N.D., Smith, S.Y., Cotton, J.M., and Strömberg, C.A.E., 2014, Dynamics of the rise of C4 grasslands in southwestern Montana: NAPC Meeting Abstract 27:8.  

9) Hyland, E., Cotton, J.M., and Sheldon, N.D., 2013, Evidence for orbital forcing in terrestrial Paleocene hyperthermal records (South America): AGU Meeting Abstract PP54A-08. 

8) Hyland, E., Sheldon, N.D., Van der Voo, R., Badgley, C., and Abrajevitch, A., 2013, A new precipitation proxy from soil magnetics: Implications for expanding paleoclimate reconstructions: GSA Abstracts with Programs 45:7.

7) Hyland, E., Cotton, J.M., and Sheldon, N.D., 2012, Constraining the Paleogene of South America: Magnetostratigraphy and paleoclimate proxy records from Cerro Bayo (Provincia de Salta, Argentina): AGU Meeting Abstract PP11B-2018.

6) Hyland, E., Zalmout, I.S., Gingerich, P.D., Alsobhi, S.A., Al-Masari, A.M., Nadrah, A.O., and Sheldon, N.D., 2012, Oligocene characteristics of Afro-Arabian habitats: New evidence from paleosols of the Shumaysi Formation, western Saudi Arabia: GSA Abstracts with Programs 44:7.

5) Hyland, E., Fan, M., and Sheldon, N.D., 2011, Paleoenvironmental reconstruction of the Early Eocene Wind River Formation in the Wind River Basin, Wyoming: AGU Meeting Abstract T13F-2457.

4) Hyland, E., Smith, S.Y., and Sheldon, N.D., 2011, Representational bias in phytoliths from extant soils: GSA Abstracts with Programs 208:9.

3) Cotton, J.M., Hyland, E., and Sheldon, N.D., 2011, Organic carbon isotopic reconstruction of C3/C4 photosynthesis and implications for the tectonic evolution of the Santa María Basin, northwest Argentina: GSA Abstracts with Programs 277:5. 

2) Hyland, E., Sheldon, N.D., and Smith, S.Y., 2010, Paleoecological reconstruction of the Cenozoic Global Climate Optimum using paleosol proxies from the Green River Basin (South Pass, Wyoming): GSA Abstracts with Programs 42:190. 

1) Sheldon, N.D., Smith, S.Y., Strömberg, C.A.E., Hyland, E., and Miller, L.A., 2010, Multiproxy records of Eocene vegetation and climate dynamics from North America: AGU Meeting Abstract B51F- 418.