Chance B. Ronemus

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Chance B. Ronemus

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Education

Appointments and Major Projects

Publications [6 articles (3 first-author), 1 geologic map]

Peer-reviewed Publications

First-Author Journal Articles

  1. Ronemus, C.B., Orme, D.A., Guenthner, W.R., Cox, S.E., & Kussmaul, C.A.L. (2023). Orogens of Big Sky country: Reconstructing the deep-time tectonothermal history of the Beartooth Mountains, Montana and Wyoming, U.S.A. Tectonics, 42(1), e2022TC007541. DOI: 10.1029/2022TC007541.
  2. Ronemus, C.B., Howlett, C.J., DeCelles, P.G., Carrapa, B., & George, S.W.M. (2024). The Manantiales Basin, southern Central Andes (~32°S), preserves a record of Late Eocene–Miocene episodic growth of an east-vergent orogenic wedge. Tectonics, 43(3), e2023TC008100. DOI: 10.1029/2023TC008100.
  3. Ronemus, C.B., Orme, D.A., Campbell, S., Black, S.R., & Cook, J. (2021). Mesoproterozoic–Early Cretaceous provenance and paleogeographic evolution of the northern Rocky Mountains: Insights from the detrital zircon record of the Bridger Range, Montana, U.S.A. GSA Bulletin, 133(3–4), 777–801. DOI: 10.1130/B35628.1.

Contributing Author Journal Articles

  1. Romero, M.C., Orme, D.A., Surpless, K.D., Ronemus, C.B., & Morrow, Z. (2024). Age and provenance relationships between the basal Great Valley Group and its underlying basement: Implications for initiation of the Great Valley forearc basin, California, U.S.A. Journal of Sedimentary Research, 94(5), 641–662. DOI: 10.2110/jsr.2024.004.
  2. Howlett, C.J., Ronemus, C.B., Carrapa, B., & DeCelles, P.G. (2025). Miocene construction of the High Andes recorded by exhumation of the Frontal Cordillera, La Ramada Massif of western Argentina (32°S). Tectonics, 44(1), e2024TC008433. DOI: 10.1029/2024TC008433.
  3. George, S.W.M., Carrapa, B., DeCelles, P.G., Jepson, G., Nadoya, H., Tabor, C., Howlett, C.J., Ronemus, C.B., Clementz, M.T., & Schoenbohm, L. (2025). Increased moisture availability in the Central Andes during the Miocene Climatic Optimum. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 663, 112732. DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2025.112732.

Geologic Map Sheet

  1. Ronemus, C.B., & Orme, D.A. (2023). Geologic map of the eastern half of the Melrose 7.5' quadrangle and the western half of the Wickiup Creek 7.5' quadrangle, southwestern Montana (1 sheet, scale 1:24,000, EDMAP No. 16). Montana Bureau of Mines and Geology, Butte, MT.

Book Chapter (Popular Press)

  1. Ronemus, C.B. (2020). Regional geology: A journey through deep time. In Backcountry Skiing: Peaks and Couloirs of Southwest Montana (pp. 14–18). PKI Press.

Manuscripts in Review/Preparation

  1. Ronemus, C.B., Howlett, C.J., DeCelles, P.G., Carrapa, B., Echaurren, E., Barrionuevo, M., Mosolf, J.G., Foley, M.L., & Ducea, M.N. (in prep.). From extension to compression: A Cretaceous–Quaternary record of whole-rock and zircon geochemistry reveals how horizontal shortening built the southern Central Andes at ~35°S. [In Review with Earth and Planetary Science Letters].
  2. Ronemus, C.B., Howlett, C.J., DeCelles, P.G., Carrapa, B., Muller, V.A., Fennel, L.M., & Thirumalai, K. (in prep.). Volcanic glass and carbonate isotopes from the Manantiales Basin (~32°S) reveal a two-phase Miocene evolution of Andean hydroclimate and topographic growth. [Expected submission Winter 2025/2026 to Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems].
  3. Ronemus, C.B., Howlett, C.J., DeCelles, P.G., Carrapa, B., Muller, V.A., Fennel, L.M., Peluffo, N.A., Lothari, L., & Suriano, J. (in prep.). The Cretaceous–Neogene basin record of the High Andes and implications for evolution of the southern Central Andean orogenic system. [Expected submission Winter 2025/2026 to Earth Science Reviews].

Grants & Awards (21 awards; $353,995 total research funding)

Major Fellowships

Research Grants and Other Awards

Invited Presentations

Conference Proceedings

  1. Muller, V.A., Carrapa, B., Thomson, S.N., DeCelles, P.G., Howlett, C.J., Ronemus, C.B., & Beck, S.L. (2025). Exhumation of the Eastern Cordillera, NW Argentina: a record of competing river incision and fold-and-thrust belt propagation. GSA Connects, San Antonio, TX.
  2. Howlett, C.J., Ronemus, C.B., Carrapa, B., & DeCelles, P.G. (2025). Cordilleran orogenic wedge evolution in a transitional segment of the South-Central Andes (34.5°S), Chile and Argentina. GSA Connects, San Antonio, TX.
  3. Ronemus, C.B., Howlett, C.J., Carrapa, B., Echaurren, A., Barrionuevo, M., Mosolf, J.G., & Foley, M.L. (2025). Crustal thickness evolution of the southern Central Andes (~35°S): Insights from igneous paleomohometry and zircon petrochronology. GSA Connects, San Antonio, TX.
  4. Howlett, C.J., Ronemus, C.B., Carrapa, B., & DeCelles, P.G. (2025). New thermochronology insights from the South-Central Andes (32–35°S) and relation to regional tectonics. Along Strike Variations in Central Andean Subduction and Mountain Building (NSF Funded Workshop), Tucson, AZ.
  5. Ronemus, C.B., Howlett, C.J., Müller, V.A., DeCelles, P.G., Carrapa, B., Fennel, L., Suriano, J., & Lothari, L. (2025). Foreland basin evolution in the Andes (~32°S). Along Strike Variations in Central Andean Subduction and Mountain Building (NSF Funded Workshop), Tucson, AZ.
  6. Beck, S.L., Bradford, J., Mahanti, S.S., Howlett, C.J., Ronemus, C.B., et al. (2024). The tale of two mountain belts along the South America convergent margin. AGU Annual Meeting, Washington, DC.
  7. Lothari, L.D., Suriano, J., Mescua, J.F., del Llano, M., Echaurren, A., Giambiagi, L.B., Cottle, J., & Ronemus, C.B. (2024). El registro sedimentario Paleógeno del retroarco Andino (33–32°S): Extensión hacia el sureste del evento compresivo del Eoceno Temprano. XXII Congreso Geológico Argentino, San Luis, Argentina.
  8. Ronemus, C.B., Suriano, J., Howlett, C.J., & Muller, V.A. (2024). La naturaleza de las discontinuidades en la cuenca del antepaís andino: Datos de un nuevo registro sedimentario del Eoceno-Mioceno a ~31.75°S. XIX Reunión de Tectónica, San Juan, Argentina.
  9. Beck, S.L., Comte, D., Kiser, E., Ronemus, C.B., et al. (2023). TransANdean Great Orogeny (TANGO)–High-resolution imaging of the Andean Cordillera from the mantle to the surface. AGU Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA.
  10. George, S.W.M., Carrapa, B., DeCelles, P.G., & Ronemus, C.B. (2023). Intensification of the South American monsoon at the start of the Middle Miocene climatic optimum in the Central Andes as a modulator of orogenic shortening. GSA Connects, Pittsburgh, PA.
  11. Howlett, C., Ronemus, C.B., DeCelles, P.G., & Carrapa, B. (2023). Exhumation of the La Ramada Massif of western Argentina: field and thermochronological data from Cerro Mercedario (6720 m). GSA Connects, Pittsburgh, PA.
  12. Ronemus, C.B., Howlett, C.J., DeCelles, P.G., Carrapa, B., & George, S.W.M. (2023). Miocene wedge-top sedimentation adjacent to out-of-sequence thrust faults in the Manantiales basin, southern Central Andes (~32°S). GSA Connects, Pittsburgh, PA.
  13. Sabor, F., Ronemus, C.B., & Howlett, C.J. (2023). Sedimentologic insights into Late Cretaceous to Early Miocene foreland basin development in the southern Central Andes (~36°S) [student mentee first author]. GSA Connects, Pittsburgh, PA.
  14. Baird, C., Orme, D.A., Malkowski, M.A., & Ronemus, C.B. (2022). Reinvestigation of the sedimentary processes, depositional environments, and provenance of the Mesoproterozoic LaHood Formation in Jefferson Canyon, Montana. GSA Connects, Denver, CO.
  15. Ronemus, C.B., & Orme, D.A. (2022). Overlap of structural styles associated with reactivation of Proterozoic structures during Cordilleran orogenesis: Geologic mapping and geo/thermochronology results from the Highland Mountains, southwest Montana, USA. GSA Connects, Denver, CO.
  16. Ronemus, C.B., & Orme, D.A. (2021). Geologic map of the eastern half of the Melrose 7.5' quadrangle and the western half of the Wickiup Creek 7.5' quadrangle, southwestern Montana (USGS Best Student Map Competition, 1st place). GSA Connects, Portland, OR.
  17. Ronemus, C.B., & Orme, D.A. (2021). Overlap of structural styles associated with reactivation of Proterozoic structures during Cordilleran orogenesis. Tobacco Roots Geological Society Field Conference, Mackay, ID.
  18. Ronemus, C.B., Orme, D.A., Guenthner, W.R., & Cox, S.E. (2021). Orogens of Big Sky country: Reconstructing the deep-time tectonothermal history of the Beartooth Mountains, Montana and Wyoming. 17th Annual Conference on Thermochronology, Santa Fe, NM.
  19. Romero, M.C., Orme, D.A., & Ronemus, C.B. (2020). Depositional age, provenance, and basin development of the basal Great Valley forearc basin, northern California. GSA Connects (Online), Virtual.
  20. Ronemus, C.B., Orme, D.A., Campbell, S., Black, S., & Cooke, J. (2019). Provenance and paleogeography of Mesoproterozoic-Mesozoic strata, Bridger Range, Montana, USA. GSA Annual Meeting, Phoenix, AZ.
  21. Ronemus, C.B., Orme, D.A., Campbell, S., Black, S., & Cooke, J. (2019). Provenance and paleogeography of Mesoproterozoic-Mesozoic strata, Bridger Range, Montana, USA. Tobacco Roots Geological Society Annual Field Conference, Deer Lodge, MT.

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Student Mentorship

Undergraduate student researchers mentored as postdoctoral fellow

Undergraduate student researchers mentored as Ph.D. student

Undergraduate student researchers co-mentored as Masters student

Field Research (Total fieldwork: > 18 months)

Service & Outreach

Conference Organization

University & Scientific Community Service

Public Service & Outreach

Industry Experience

Updated: January 11, 2026