Publications
Here, you can find my recent scientific publications.
The list is in reverse chronological order with first-author articles on top, followed by other publications.
PDFs are provided for open access articles.
Other articles are available at publisher links or upon request.
Journal Articles
Ronemus, C.B.,Howlett, C. J., DeCelles, P. G., Carrapa, B., & George, S.W.M., The Manantiales basin, southern Central Andes (∼32°S), preserves a record of late Eocene–Miocene episodic growth of an east‐vergent orogenic wedge: Tectonics, v. 43, no. 3 (cover article), e2023TC008100. doi:10.1029/2023TC008100, March 2024.
Ronemus, C.B., Orme, D.A., Guenthner, W.R., Cox, S.E., and Kussmaul, C.A.L., Orogens of Big Sky Country: Reconstructing the Deep-Time Tectonothermal History of the Beartooth Mountains, Montana and Wyoming, USA: Tectonics, v. 42, e2022TC007541, doi:10.1029/2022TC007541, January 2023.
Ronemus, C.B., Orme, D.A., Campbell, S., Black, S., Cooke, J., Mesoproterozoic–Early Cretaceous provenance and paleogeographic evolution of the Northern Rocky Mountains: Insights from the detrital zircon record of the Bridger Range, Montana, Geological Society of America Bulletin, v. 133, no. 3/4, p. 777-801, doi:10.1130/B35628.1, April 2021.
George, S.W.M., Carrapa, B., DeCelles, P.G… Ronemus, C.B., et al., Intensification of the South American Monsoon in the south Central Andes at the start of the Middle Miocene Climatic Optimum: Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, in press, doi:10.1016/j.palaeo.2025.112732, January 2025.
Howlett, C.J., Ronemus, C.B., Carrapa, B., & DeCelles, P.G., Miocene construction of the High Andes recorded by exhumation of the Frontal Cordillera, La Ramada massif of western Argentina (32°S): Tectonics, v. 44, e2024TC008433, doi:10.1029/2024TC008433, January 2025.
Romero, M.C., Orme, D.A., Surpless, K.D., Ronemus, C.B., & Morrow, Z., 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, v. 94, no. 5 (cover article), p. 641–662, doi:10.2110/jsr.2024.004, October 2024.
Geologic map plate
Ronemus, C.B. & Orme, D.A., 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: EDMAP portion of the National Geologic Mapping Program, Montana Bureau of Mines and Geology, 1 sheet, scale 1:24,000, April 2023.
Book chapter
Ronemus, C.B., Regional Geology: A Journey Through Deep Time, in Kussmaul, C.A.L., Peaks and Couloirs of Southwest Montana, PKI Press, ISBN: 978-1-7364316-2-7, December 2021.
**Second edition out now (November 2025), with new ski routes, guest contributions, aerial photography, and maps!**
(updated January, 2026)
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