Daniel Le Heron

2023

3D macro- and microfabric analyses of Neoproterozoic diamictites from the Valjean Hills, California (United States)

Kettler, C., Phillips, E., Pichler, K., Smrzka, D., Vandyk, T. M. & Le Heron, D. P., 25 May 2023, In: Frontiers in Earth Science. 11, 929011.

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A window into development of a complex ice-marginal lake prior to the Late Glacial Maximum (LGM) in Austria

Le Heron, D. P., Griesmeier, G. E. U. & Reitner, J. M., 2023, In: Geology. 51, 10, p. 914-918 5 p.

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A world-class example of a Late Palaeozoic glaciated landscape in Chad

Kettler, C., Wohlschlägl, R., Russell, C., Scharfenberg, L., Ghienne, J. F. & Le Heron, D. P., Sep 2023, In: Sedimentary Geology. 455, 106470.

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Chad's cabinet of icy curiosities: Sharpening the interpretation of subglacial and ice marginal environments during the LPIA glaciation of the Ennedi Plateau

Wohlschlägl, R., Kettler, C., Le Heron, D. P. & Zboray, A., Sep 2023, In: Sedimentary Geology. 455, 106483.

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Sedimentology of the Ediacaran barite-bearing cap dolostone from Gaolan, northern Three Gorges, South China

Chen, X., Kuang, H., Liu, Y., Le Heron, D. P., Wang, Y., Bai, H. & Peng, N., Feb 2023, In: Sedimentology. 70, 2, p. 381-406 26 p.

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2022

A grounding zone wedge origin for the Palaeoproterozoic Makganyene Formation of South Africa

Le Heron, D. P., Busfield, M. E., Smith, A. J. B. & Wimmer, S., 28 Sep 2022, In: Frontiers in Earth Science. 10, 16 p., 905602.

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Composite sand-ice wedge pseudomorphs suggestive of a frosty Ediacaran–Cambrian transition

Wang, Y., Kuang, H., Liu, Y., Chen, X., Zhao, F., Le Heron, D. P., Vandyk, T. M., Peng, N., Yang, Z. & Bai, H., Nov 2022, In: Precambrian Research. 382, 106873.

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Ediacaran cap dolomite of Shennongjia, northern Yangtze Craton, South China

Kuang, H., Liu, Y., Peng, N., Vandyk, T. M., Le Heron, D. P., Zhu, Z., Bai, H., Wang, Y., Wang, Z., Zhong, Q., Chen, J., Yu, H., Chen, X., Song, C. & Qi, K., Jan 2022, In: Precambrian Research. 368, 20 p., 106483.

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New Perspectives on Glacial Geomorphology in Earth’s Deep Time Record

Le Heron, D. P., Busfield, M. E., Chen, X., Corkeron, M., Davies, B. J., Dietrich, P., Ghienne, J. F., Kettler, C., Scharfenberg, L., Vandyk, T. M. & Wohlschlägl, R., 18 May 2022, In: Frontiers in Earth Science. 10, 17 p., 870359.

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Rapid geomorphological and sedimentological changes at a modern Alpine ice margin: lessons from the Gepatsch Glacier, Tirol, Austria

Le Heron, D., Kettler, C., Davies, B., Scharfenberg, L., Eder, L., Kettermann, M., Griesmeier, G., Quinn, R., Chen, X., Vandyk, T. & Busfield, M., May 2022, In: Journal of the Geological Society. 179, 3, 13 p., jgs2021-052.

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The Late Palaeozoic Ice Age unconformity in southern Namibia viewed as a patchwork mosaic

Le Heron, D. P., Kettler, C., Griffis, N. P., Dietrich, P., Montañez, I. P., Osleger, D. A., Hofmann, A., Douillet, G. & Mundil, R., Jun 2022, In: Depositional Record. 8, 2, p. 419-435 17 p.

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The role of siliciclastics in carbonate fabric diversity and preservation: A case study from the Neoproterozoic carbonate − siliciclastic Horse Thief Springs Formation, Death Valley

Smrzka, D., Kuzel, K., Chiarella, D., Joachimski, M. M., Vandyk, T. M., Kettler, C. & Le Heron, D. P., Aug 2022, In: Sedimentology. 69, 5, p. 2284-2318 35 p.

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The sedimentological death mask of a dying glacier

Le Heron, D. P., Kettler, C., Wawra, A., Schoepfer, M. & Grasemann, B., 5 Sep 2022, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Depositional Record. 8, 3, p. 992-1007 16 p.

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2021

Bedforms and sedimentary structures related to supercritical flows in glacigenic settings

Lang, J., Le Heron, D. P., Van den Berg, J. H. & Winsemann, J., Jun 2021, In: Sedimentology. 68, 4, p. 1539-1579 41 p.

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Fjord network in Namibia: A snapshot into the dynamics of the late Paleozoic glaciation

Dietrich, P., Griffis, N. P., Heron, D. P. L., Montañez, I. P., Kettler, C., Robin, C. & Guillocheau, F., Dec 2021, In: Geology. 49, 12, p. 1521-1526 6 p.

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High-latitude ice and climate control on sediment supply across SW Gondwana during the late Carboniferous and early Permian

Griffis, N., Montañez, I., Mundil, R., Le Heron, D., Dietrich, P., Kettler, C., Linol, B., Mottin, T., Iannuzzi, R., Huyskens, M., Yin, Q. Z. & Vesely, F. F., 2021, In: Bulletin of the Geological Society of America. 133, 9-10, p. 2113-2124 12 p.

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Ice-rafted dropstones in “postglacial” Cryogenian cap carbonates

Le Heron, D. P., Busfield, M. E. & Kettler, C., Mar 2021, In: Geology. 49, 3, p. 263-267 5 p.

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Reassessing classic evidence for warm-based Cryogenian ice on the western Laurentian margin: The “striated pavement” of the Mineral Fork Formation, USA

Vandyk, T. M., Kettler, C., Davies, B. J., Shields, G. A., Candy, I. & Le Heron, D. P., Sep 2021, In: Precambrian Research. 363, 18 p., 106345.

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Revisiting the Nantuo Formation in Shennongjia, South China: A new depositional model and multiple glacial cycles in the Cryogenian

Chen, X., Kuang, H., Liu, Y., Le Heron, D. P., Wang, Y., Peng, N., Wang, Z., Zhong, Q., Yu, H. & Chen, J., May 2021, In: Precambrian Research. 356, 19 p., 106132.

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2020

A window into the Great Unconformity: Insights from geochemistry and geochronology of Ediacaran glaciogenic rocks in the North China Craton

Li, M., Vandyk, T. M., Wu, G., Liu, W., Le Heron, D. P. & Xiao, Y., 1 Jun 2020, In: Journal of Asian Earth Sciences. 194, 104327.

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Sediment deformation and production beneath soft-bedded Palaeozoic ice sheets

Le Heron, D. P., Heninger, M., Baal, C. & Bestmann, M., Oct 2020, In: Sedimentary Geology. 408, 12 p., 105761.

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Subglacial bedforms and landscapes formed by an ice sheet of Ediacaran-Cambrian age in west Henan, North China

Chen, X., Kuang, H., Liu, Y., Wang, Y., Yang, Z., Vandyk, T. M., Le Heron, D. P., Wang, S., Geng, Y., Bai, H., Peng, N. & Xia, X., 15 Jul 2020, In: Precambrian Research. 344, 13 p., 105727.

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The laurentian neoproterozoic glacial interval: Reappraising the extent and timing of glaciation

Le Heron, D. P., Eyles, N. & Busfield, M. E., Jan 2020, In: Austrian Journal of Earth Sciences. 113, 1, p. 59-70 12 p.

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2019

A slippery slope for Cryogenian diamictites

Le Heron, D., 1 Jun 2019, In: The Depositional Record. 5, 2, p. 306-321 16 p.

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Bird’s-eye view of an Ediacaran subglacial landscape

Le Heron, D., Vandyk, T. M., Kuang, H., Liu, Y., Chen, X., Wang, Y., Yang, Z., Scharfenberg, L., Davies, B. & Shields, G., Aug 2019, In: Geology. 47, 8, p. 705-709 5 p.

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Glaciers, flows, and fans: Origins of a Neoproterozoic diamictite in the Saratoga Hills, Death Valley, California

Tofaif, S., Vandyk, T. M., Le Heron, D. P. & Melvin, J., 1 May 2019, In: Sedimentary Geology. 385, p. 79-95 17 p.

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Scratching the surface: Footprint of a late Carboniferous ice sheet

Le Heron, D. P., Dietrich, P., Busfield, M. E., Kettler, C., Bermanschlaeger, S. & Grasemann, B., Nov 2019, In: Geology. 47, 11, p. 1034-1038 5 p.

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Temperate glaciation on a Snowball Earth: Glaciological and palaeogeographic insights from the Cryogenian Yuermeinak Formation of NW China

Vandyk, T. M., Wu, G., Davies, B. J., Xiao, Y., Li, M., Shields, G. A. & Le Heron, D. P., 1 Sep 2019, In: Precambrian Research. 331, 19 p., 105362.

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2018

An exhumed Paleozoic glacial landscape in Chad

Heron, D. P. L., 1 Jan 2018, In: Geology. 46, 1, p. 91-94 4 p.

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Cryptic climatic signatures and tectonic controls on cryogenian diamictites in the NW Tarim Craton, China

Wu, G., Le Heron, D. P., Yang, L., Luo, B., Xiao, Y. & Wang, B., 1 Jul 2018, In: Journal of the Geological Society. 175, 4, p. 642-658 17 p.

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Indicators of relative completeness of the glacial record of the Port Askaig Formation, Garvellach Islands, Scotland

Ali, D. O., Spencer, A. M., Fairchild, I. J., Chew, K. J., Anderton, R., Levell, B. K., Hambrey, M. J., Dove, D. & Le Heron, D. P., Dec 2018, In: Precambrian Research. 319, p. 65-78 14 p.

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New perspectives on the Luoquan Glaciation (Ediacaran‐Cambrian) of North China

Le Heron, D., 2018, In: The Depositional Record. 4, 2, p. 274-292 19 p.

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Precambrian olistoliths masquerading as sills from Death Valley, California

Vandyk, T. M., Le Heron, D. P., Chew, D. M., Amato, J. M., Thirlwall, M., Dehler, C. M., Hennig, J., Castonguay, S. R., Knott, T., Tofaif, S., Ali, D. O., Manning, C. J., Busfield, M. E., Doepke, D. & Grassineau, N., 1 May 2018, In: Journal of the Geological Society. 175, 3, p. 377-395 19 p.

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Snowball earth under the microscope

Busfield, M. E. & Le Heron, D. P., 1 May 2018, In: Journal of Sedimentary Research. 88, 5, p. 659-677 19 p.

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The Cryogenian record in the southern Kingston Range, California: The thickest Death Valley succession in the hunt for a GSSP

Le Heron, D. P., Busfield, M. E., Ali, D. O., Al Tofaif, S. & Vandyk, T. M., Dec 2018, In: Precambrian Research. 319, p. 158-172 15 p.

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2017

A diamictite dichotomy: Glacial conveyor belts and olistostromes in the Neoproterozoic of Death Valley, California, USA

Le Heron, D. P., Tofaif, S., Vandyk, T. & Ali, D. O., 2017, In: Geology. 45, 1, p. 31-34 4 p.

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2016

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The Hirnantian glacial landsystem of the Sahara: A meltwater-dominated system

Le Heron, D. P., 2016, In: Geological Society Memoir. 46, 1, p. 509-516 8 p.

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The search for ‘hot shales’ in the western Kufra Basin, Libya: geochemical and mineralogical characterisation of outcrops, and insights into latest Ordovician climate

Meinhold, G., Le Heron, D. P., Elgadry, M. & Abutarruma, Y., 1 Jan 2016, In: Arabian Journal of Geosciences. 9, 1, p. 1-15 15 p., 62.

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2015

Early Palaeozoic evolution of Libya: Perspectives from Jabal Eghei with implications for hydrocarbon exploration in Al Kufrah Basin

Heron, D. P. L., Meinhold, G., Elgadry, M., Abutarruma, Y. & Boote, D., 1 Feb 2015, In: Basin Research. 27, 1, p. 60-83 24 p.

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Influence of microbial framework on Cryogenian microbial facies, Rasthof Formation, Namibia

Le Ber, E., Le Heron, D. P. & Oxtoby, N. H., 1 Jan 2015, In: Geological Society Special Publications. 418, 1, p. 111-122 12 p.

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Styles, origins and implications of syndepositional deformation structures in Ediacaran microbial carbonates (Nama Basin, Namibia)

Winterleitner, G., Le Heron, D. P., Mapani, B., Vining, B. A. & Mccaffrey, K. J. W., 1 Jan 2015, In: Geological Society Special Publications. 418, 1, p. 87-109 23 p.

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