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

Cover of Tectonics volume 43, featuring the Manantiales basin article

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.

Title page of the Tectonics article on the deep-time tectonothermal history of the Beartooth Mountains

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.

Title page of the GSA Bulletin article on the detrital zircon record of the Bridger Range, Montana

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.

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Title page of the Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology article on the South American Monsoon

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.

Title page of the Tectonics article on Miocene exhumation of the Frontal Cordillera, La Ramada massif

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.

Cover of the Journal of Sedimentary Research featuring the Great Valley Group article

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

Preview of the geologic map of the Melrose and Wickiup Creek quadrangles, southwestern Montana

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.

Download Ronemus & Orme (2023, MBMG)

Book chapter

Opening page of the Regional Geology chapter in Peaks and Couloirs of Southwest Montana

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!**

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(updated January, 2026)