Publications

Hao Zhu, Guijie Zhang, Menghan Li, Yawen Cui, Dandan Li, Lilin Sun, Shane D. Schoepfer, Charles M. Henderson, and Yanan Shen. 2025. δ¹³C_org record from the Latest Permian to Middle Triassic in the middle paleo-latitude Western Canada Sedimentary Basin: Global correlation and environmental implications. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 112741. (PDF)

Eva E. Stüeken, Alice Pellerin, Christophe Thomazo, Benjamin W. Johnson, Samuel Duncanson and Shane D. Schoepfer. 2024. Marine biogeochemical nitrogen cycling through Earth’s history. Nature Reviews Earth & Environment, Pages 1-16. (PDF)

Shane D. Schoepfer, Charles M. Henderson, Thomas F. Moslow and Chen Shen. 2024. Extremely high resolution XRF core scanning reveals the Early Triassic depositional history of the Montney Formation in northeastern British Columbia, Canada. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, Volume 637, 112019. (PDF)

Samantha R. Ritzer, Shane D. Schoepfer, Bella Bussian, Una C. Farrell, Tiffani Fraser, Charles M. Henderson, Junyao Kang, Chiza N. Mwinde, Austin Patch and Erik A. Sperling. 2024. The relationship between total organic carbon and bottom water redox state in North American black shales. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, Volume 649, 112266. (PDF)

Richard G. Stockey, Devon B. Cole, Una C. Farrell, Heda Agić, Thomas H. Boag, Jochen J. Brocks, Don E. Canfield, Meng Cheng, et al. 2024. Sustained increases in atmospheric oxygen and marine productivity in the Neoproterozoic and Palaeozoic eras. Nature Geoscience, Volume 17(7), Pages 667-674. (PDF)

Shane D. Schoepfer, Thomas J. Algeo, Bas van de Schootbrugge, Jessica H. Whiteside. 2022. The Triassic-Jurassic transition – A review of environmental change at the dawn of modern life. Earth Science Reviews, Volume 224, 104099. (PDF)

Shane D. Schoepfer, Jun Shen, Thomas J. Algeo, Hiroyoshi Sano. 2022. Onset of environmental disturbances in the Panthalassic Ocean over one million years prior to the Triassic-Jurassic boundary mass extinction. Earth Science Reviews, Volume 224, 103870. (PDF)

Shane D. Schoepfer and Charles M. Henderson. 2022. Paleogeographic implications of open marine anoxia in the Permian-Triassic Slide Mountain Ocean. SEPM Special Publication 113: Late Paleozoic Tectonostratigraphic Evolution of Western Pangea, Pages 205-225. (PDF)

Jun Shen, Runsheng Yin, Thomas J. Algeo, Henrik H. Svensen, and Shane D. Schoepfer. 2022. Mercury evidence for combustion of organic-rich sediments during the end-Triassic crisis. Nature Communications, Volume 13, Pages 1-8. (PDF)

Sean M. Newby, Jeremy D. Owens, Shane D. Schoepfer, and Thomas J. Algeo. 2021. Transient ocean oxygenation at end-Permian mass extinction onset shown by thallium isotopes. Nature Geoscience Volume 14, Pages 678-683. (PDF)

Lei Xiang, Shane D. Schoepfer, Dong-Xun Yuan, Quan-Feng Zheng, and Hua Zhang. 2021. Oceanic redox evolution across the end-Permian mass extinction at Penglaitan section, South China. Palaeoworld, Volume 31, Pages 93-102. (PDF)

Úna C. Farrell, Rifaat Samawi, Savitha Anjanappa, Roman Klykov, Oyeleye O. Adeboye, Heda Agic, Anne‐Sofie C. Ahm et al. 2021. The Sedimentary Geochemistry and Paleoenvironments Project. Geobiology, Volume 19, Pages 545-556.  (PDF)

Alex G. Lipp, Oliver Shorttle, Erik Sperling, J.J. Brocks, Devon Cole, P. W. Crockford, Lucas Del Mouro, et al.2021. The composition and weathering of the continents over geologic time. Geochemical Perspectives Letters, Volume 7, Pages 21-26. (PDF)

Lei Xiang, Hua Zhang, Shane D. Schoepfer, Chang-qun Cao, Quan-feng Zheng, Dong-xun Yuan, Yao-feng Cai, Shu-zhong Shen. 2020. Oceanic redox evolution around the end-Permian mass extinction at Meishan, South China. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, Volume 544, 109626. (PDF)

Lei Xiang, Shane D. Schoepfer, Hua Zhang, Zhen-wu Chen, Chang-qun Cao, and Shu-zhong Shen. 2020. Deep-water dissolved iron cycling and reservoir size across the Ediacaran-Cambrian transition. Chemical Geology, Volume 541, 119575. (PDF)

Zhong-Qiang Chen, Thomas J Algeo, Shane D Schoepfer. 2019. The Permian–Triassic transition in the eastern Paleo-Tethys and adjacent regions: Environmental and biotic changes in ocean and on land. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology,Volume 519, Pages 1-7. (PDF)

Shu-zhong Shen, Jahandar Ramezani, Chang-qun Cao, Jun Chen, Douglas H. Erwin, Lei Xiang, Hua Zhang, Shane D. Schoepfer, Charles M. Henderson, Quan-feng Zheng, Samuel A. Bowring, Yue Wang, Xiang-dong Wang, Dong-xun Yuan, Yi-chun Zhang, Lin Mu, Jun Wang, Ya-sheng Wu. 2018. A sudden end-Permian mass extinction in South China. Geological Society of America Bulletin,Volume 131, Pages 205-223. (PDF)

Lei Xiang, Hua Zhang, Shane D. Schoepfer, Chang-qun Cao, Shu-zhong Shen. 2018. Evolution of primary producers and productivity across the Ediacaran-Cambrian transition. Precambrian Research, Volume 313, Pages 68-77. (PDF)

Zhong-Qiang Chen, Thomas J. Algeo, Yadong Sun, Shane D. Schoepfer. 2017. The Paleozoic-Mesozoic transition in South China: Oceanic environments and life from Late Permian to Late Triassic. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, Volume 486, Pages 1-5. (PDF)

Shane D. Schoepfer, Thomas S. Tobin, James D. Witts, Robert J. Newton. 2017. Intermittent euxinia in the high-latitude James Ross Basin during the latest Cretaceous and earliest Paleocene. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, Volume 477, Pages 40-54. (PDF)

Amanda L. Godbold, Shane D. Schoepfer, Charles M. Henderson. 2017. Precarious Ephemeral Refugia during the Earliest Triassic. Geology, Volume 45 (7), Pages 607-610. (PDF)

Lei Xiang, Shane D. Schoepfer, Shu-zhong Shen, Chang-qun Cao, Hua Zhang. 2016. Evolution of oceanic uranium and molybdenum reservoir size around the Ediacaran-Cambrian transition at western Zhejiang, South China. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, Volume 464, Pages 84-94. (PDF)

Guijie Zhang, Xiaolin Zhang, Dongping Hu, Dandan Li, Thomas J. Algeo, James Farquhar, Charles M Henderson, Liping Qin, Megan Shen, Danielle Shen, Shane Schoepfer, Kefan Chen, Yanan Shen. 2016. Redox chemistry changes in the Panthalassic Ocean linked to the end-Permian mass extinction and delayed Early Triassic biotic recovery. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Volume 114(8), Pages 1806-1810. (PDF)

Hanlie Hong, Qian Fang, Lulu Zhao, Shane Schoepfer, Chaowen Wang, Nina Gong, Zhaohui Li, Zhong-Qiang Chen. 2016. Weathering and alteration of volcanic ashes in various depositional settings during the Permian-Triassic transition in South China: Mineralogical, elemental, and isotopic approaches. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology. In Press. (PDF)

Shane D. Schoepfer, Thomas J. Algeo, Peter D. Ward, Kenneth H. Williford, James W. Haggart. 2016. Testing the limits in a greenhouse ocean: Did low nitrogen availability limit marine productivity during the end-Triassic mass extinction? Earth and Planetary Science Letters, Volume 451, Pages 138-148. (PDF)

Lei Xiang, Shane D. Schoepfer, Hua Zhang, Dong-xun Yuan, Chang-qun Cao, Quan-feng Zheng, Charles M. Henderson, Shu-zhong Shen. 2015. Oceanic redox evolution across the end-Permian mass extinction at Shangsi, South China. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, Volume 448, Pages 59-71. (PDF)

Gregory J. Barord, Fredrick Dooley, Andrew Dunstan, Anthony Ilano, Karen N. Keister, Heike Neumeister, Thomas Preuss, Shane Schoepfer, Peter D. Ward. 2014. Comparative Population Assessments of Nautilus sp. in the Philippines, Australia, Fiji, and American Samoa Using Baited Remote Underwater Video Systems. PLoS ONE 9(6): e100799. (LINK)

Shane D. Schoepfer, Charles M. Henderson, Geoffrey H. Garrison, Julien Foriel, Peter D. Ward, David Selby, James C. Hower, Thomas J. Algeo, Yanan Shen. 2013. Termination of a continent-margin upwelling system at the Permian–Triassic boundary (Opal Creek, Alberta, Canada). Global and Planetary Change, Volume 105, Pages 21-35. (PDF)

Shane D. Schoepfer, Charles M. Henderson, Geoffrey H. Garrison, Peter D. Ward. 2012. Cessation of a productive coastal upwelling system in the Panthalassic Ocean at the Permian–Triassic Boundary. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, Volumes 313–314, Pages 181-188. (PDF)

Andres Aslan, Karl Karlstrom, William C. Hood, Rex D. Cole, Thomas W. Oesleby, Charles Betton, M. Magdalena Sandoval, Andy Darling, Sam Kelley, Adam Hudson, Bryan Kaproth, Shane Schoepfer, Mary Benage, Rachel Landman. 2008. River incision histories of the Black Canyon of The Gunnison and Unaweep Canyon: Interplay between late Cenozoic tectonism, climate change, and drainage integration in the western Rocky Mountains, in Raynolds, R.G., ed., Roaming the Rocky Mountains and Environs: Geological Field Trips: Geological Society of America Field Guide 10, Pages 175–202. (PDF)