Dr Valerie Yuleridge ~ Adjunct Research Associate

My research interests revolve around temporal calibration of sedimentary records that preserve evidence of critical periods in Earth history. I am an avid U-Pb geochronologist with a background in CA-ID-TIMS and I thrive within the intersection of geochemistry, sedimentology, stratigraphy, volcanology and more.

I currently lead research in tephrostratigraphy and tephrochronology using phenocrystic zircon from volcanic ash interbedded with basin sequences. My focus is the calibration of strata representing critical periods in Earth’s history including the peak of dinosaur diversity during the end Cretaceous preceding the K-Pg mass extinction. The development of temporally precise frameworks for fossil ecosystems facilitates investigation of complex palaeoecological patterns by coupling processes that occur at different time scales from crustal processes, to volcanism, to biotic evolution and climatic change.

Teaching

• CS3002: Soil Mechanics and Geology (Level 3; TSV)
• EA2010: Introductory Geology (Level 2; TSV)
• EA2110: Introduction to Sedimentology (Level 2; CNS & TSV)
• EA3110: Sedimentology and Stratigraphy (Level 3; CNS & TSV)
• EA3650: Energy Resources and Basin Analysis (Level 3; TSV)
• EA5650: Energy Resources and Basin Analysis (Level 5; TSV)

Research Disciplines

• Geology (3705)

Socio-Economic Objectives

• Expanding knowledge (2801)

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Journal Articles

• Beveridge T, Roberts E, Ramezani J, Titus A, Eaton J, Irmis R and Sertich J (2022) Refined geochronology and revised stratigraphic nomenclature of the Upper Cretaceous Wahweap Formation, Utah, U.S.A. and the age of early Campanian vertebrates from southern Laramidia. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 591.
• Ramezani J, Beveridge T, Rogers R, Eberth D and Roberts E (2022) Calibrating the zenith of dinosaur diversity in the Campanian of the Western Interior Basin by CA-ID-TIMS U-Pb geochronology. Scientific Reports, 12.
• Beveridge T, Roberts E and Titus A (2020) Volcaniclastic member of the richly fossiliferous Kaiparowits Formation reveals new insights for regional correlation and tectonics in southern Utah during the latest Campanian. Cretaceous Research, 114.

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