Selected Publications
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Rimmer, S.M., Hawkins, S.J., Scott, A.C., and Cressler, W.L., III, 2015, The rise of fire: Fossil charcoal in Late Devonian marine shales as an indicator of expanding terrestrial ecosystems, fire, and atmospheric change. American Journal of Science v. 315, p. 713-733.
Rimmer, S.M., Crelling, J.C., and Yoksoulian, L.E., 2015, An occurrence of coked bitumen, Raton Formation, Purgatoire River Valley, Colorado, U.S.A. International Journal of Coal Geology, v. 141-142, p. 63-73.
Hudspith, V.A., Rimmer, S.M., and Belcher, C.M., 2015, Latest Permian chars may derive from wildfires not coal combustion: Reply: Geology, v. 43, p. e363.
Hudspith, V.A., Rimmer, S.M., and Belcher, C.M., 2014, Latest Permian chars may derive from wildfires not coal combustion. Geology, v. 42, p. 879-882.
Rahman, M.W., and Rimmer, S.M., 2014, Effects of rapid thermal alteration on coal: Geochemical and petrographic signatures in the Springfield (No. 5) Coal, Illinois Basin. International Journal of Coal Geology, v. 131, p. 63-73.
Rimmer, S.M., Rowe, H.D., Hawkins, S.J., and Francis, H., 2010, Geochemistry of the Cleveland Member of the Ohio Shale, Appalachian Basin: Indicators of depositional environment during sediment accumulation. Kirtlandia, no. 57, p. 3-12.
Rowe, H., Ruppel, S., Rimmer, S., and Loucks, R., 2009, Core-based chemostratigraphy of the Barnett Shale, Permian Basin, Texas. Gulf Coast Association of Geological Societies Transactions, v. 59, p. 675-686.
Rimmer, S.M., Yoksoulian, L. E., and Hower, J.C., 2009, Anatomy of an intruded coal, I: Effect of contact metamorphism on whole-coal geochemistry, Springfield (No. 5) (Pennsylvanian) coal, Illinois Basin. International Journal of Coal Geology, v. 79, p. 74-82.
Gröcke, D.R., Rimmer, S.M., Yoksoulian, L.E., Cairncross, B., Tsikos, H., and van Hunen, J., 2009, No evidence for thermogenic methane release in coal from the Karoo-Ferrar large igneous province. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, v. 277, p. 204-212.
Rowe, H.D., Loucks, R.G., Ruppel, S.C., and Rimmer, S.M., 2008, Mississippian Barnett Formation, Fort Worth Basin, Texas: Bulk geochemical inferences and Mo-TOC constraints on the severity of hydrographic restriction. Chemical Geology, v. 257, p. 16-25.
O’Keefe, J.M.K., Shultz, M.G., Rimmer, S.M., Hower, J.C., and Popp, J.T., 2008, Paradise (and Herrin) lost: Marginal depositional settings of the Herrin and Paradise coals, Western Kentucky Coalfield. International Journal of Coal Geology, v. 75, p. 144-156.
de la Rue, S.R., Rowe, H.D., and Rimmer, S.M., 2007, Palynological and bulk geochemical constraints on the paleoceanographic conditions across the Frasnian-Famennian boundary, New Albany Shale, Indiana. International Journal of Coal Geology, v. 71, p. 72-84.
Cooper, J.R., Crelling, J.C., Rimmer, S.M., and Whittington, A.G., 2007, Coal metamorphism by igneous intrusion in the Raton Basin, CO and NM: Implications for generation of volatiles. International Journal of Coal Geology, v. 71, p. 15-27.
Maharaj, S., Barton, C.D., Karathanasis, A.D., Rowe, H.D., and Rimmer, S.M., 2007, Distinguishing and Quantifying “New” Carbon from “Old” Carbon on Reclaimed Coal Mine Sites using Thermogravimetry: Part 2- Field Validation. Soil Science, v. 172, No. 4, p. 292-301.
Maharaj, S., Barton, C.D., Karathanasis, A.D., Rowe, H.D., and Rimmer, S.M., 2007, Distinguishing and Quantifying “New” Carbon from “Old” Carbon on Reclaimed Coal Mine Sites using Thermogravimetry: Part 1- Method Development. Soil Science, v. 172, No. 4, p. 302-312.
Rimmer, S.M., Rowe, H.D., Taulbee, D.N., and Hower, J.C., 2006, Influence of maceral content on d13C and d15N in a Middle Pennsylvanian coal. Chemical Geology, v. 225, p. 77-90.
Stewart, A.K., Massey, M., Padgett, P.L., Rimmer, S.M., and Hower, J.C., 2005, Influence of a basic intrusion on the vitrinite reflectance and chemistry of the Springfield (No. 5) Coal, Harrisburg, Illinois. International Journal of Coal Geology, v. 63, p. 58-67.
Rimmer, S.M., Thompson, J.A., Goodnight, S.A., and Robl, T., 2004, Multiple controls on the preservation of organic matter in Devonian-Mississippian marine black shales: Geochemical and petrographic evidence. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, and Palaeoecology, v. 215, p. 125-154.
Rimmer, S.M., 2004, Geochemical paleoredox indicators in Devonian-Mississippian black shales, central Appalachian Basin (U.S.A.). Chemical Geology, v. 206, p. 373-391.
Rimmer, S.M., Hower, J.C., Moore, T.A., Esterle, J.S., Walton, R.L., and Helfrich, C.T., 2000, Petrography and palynology of the Blue Gem coal bed (Middle Pennsylvanian), Southeastern Kentucky, USA. International Journal of Coal Geology, v. 42, p. 159-184.
Rimmer, S.M., Hawkins, S.J., Scott, A.C., and Cressler, W.L., III, 2015, The rise of fire: Fossil charcoal in Late Devonian marine shales as an indicator of expanding terrestrial ecosystems, fire, and atmospheric change. American Journal of Science v. 315, p. 713-733.
Rimmer, S.M., Crelling, J.C., and Yoksoulian, L.E., 2015, An occurrence of coked bitumen, Raton Formation, Purgatoire River Valley, Colorado, U.S.A. International Journal of Coal Geology, v. 141-142, p. 63-73.
Hudspith, V.A., Rimmer, S.M., and Belcher, C.M., 2015, Latest Permian chars may derive from wildfires not coal combustion: Reply: Geology, v. 43, p. e363.
Hudspith, V.A., Rimmer, S.M., and Belcher, C.M., 2014, Latest Permian chars may derive from wildfires not coal combustion. Geology, v. 42, p. 879-882.
Rahman, M.W., and Rimmer, S.M., 2014, Effects of rapid thermal alteration on coal: Geochemical and petrographic signatures in the Springfield (No. 5) Coal, Illinois Basin. International Journal of Coal Geology, v. 131, p. 63-73.
Rimmer, S.M., Rowe, H.D., Hawkins, S.J., and Francis, H., 2010, Geochemistry of the Cleveland Member of the Ohio Shale, Appalachian Basin: Indicators of depositional environment during sediment accumulation. Kirtlandia, no. 57, p. 3-12.
Rowe, H., Ruppel, S., Rimmer, S., and Loucks, R., 2009, Core-based chemostratigraphy of the Barnett Shale, Permian Basin, Texas. Gulf Coast Association of Geological Societies Transactions, v. 59, p. 675-686.
Rimmer, S.M., Yoksoulian, L. E., and Hower, J.C., 2009, Anatomy of an intruded coal, I: Effect of contact metamorphism on whole-coal geochemistry, Springfield (No. 5) (Pennsylvanian) coal, Illinois Basin. International Journal of Coal Geology, v. 79, p. 74-82.
Gröcke, D.R., Rimmer, S.M., Yoksoulian, L.E., Cairncross, B., Tsikos, H., and van Hunen, J., 2009, No evidence for thermogenic methane release in coal from the Karoo-Ferrar large igneous province. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, v. 277, p. 204-212.
Rowe, H.D., Loucks, R.G., Ruppel, S.C., and Rimmer, S.M., 2008, Mississippian Barnett Formation, Fort Worth Basin, Texas: Bulk geochemical inferences and Mo-TOC constraints on the severity of hydrographic restriction. Chemical Geology, v. 257, p. 16-25.
O’Keefe, J.M.K., Shultz, M.G., Rimmer, S.M., Hower, J.C., and Popp, J.T., 2008, Paradise (and Herrin) lost: Marginal depositional settings of the Herrin and Paradise coals, Western Kentucky Coalfield. International Journal of Coal Geology, v. 75, p. 144-156.
de la Rue, S.R., Rowe, H.D., and Rimmer, S.M., 2007, Palynological and bulk geochemical constraints on the paleoceanographic conditions across the Frasnian-Famennian boundary, New Albany Shale, Indiana. International Journal of Coal Geology, v. 71, p. 72-84.
Cooper, J.R., Crelling, J.C., Rimmer, S.M., and Whittington, A.G., 2007, Coal metamorphism by igneous intrusion in the Raton Basin, CO and NM: Implications for generation of volatiles. International Journal of Coal Geology, v. 71, p. 15-27.
Maharaj, S., Barton, C.D., Karathanasis, A.D., Rowe, H.D., and Rimmer, S.M., 2007, Distinguishing and Quantifying “New” Carbon from “Old” Carbon on Reclaimed Coal Mine Sites using Thermogravimetry: Part 2- Field Validation. Soil Science, v. 172, No. 4, p. 292-301.
Maharaj, S., Barton, C.D., Karathanasis, A.D., Rowe, H.D., and Rimmer, S.M., 2007, Distinguishing and Quantifying “New” Carbon from “Old” Carbon on Reclaimed Coal Mine Sites using Thermogravimetry: Part 1- Method Development. Soil Science, v. 172, No. 4, p. 302-312.
Rimmer, S.M., Rowe, H.D., Taulbee, D.N., and Hower, J.C., 2006, Influence of maceral content on d13C and d15N in a Middle Pennsylvanian coal. Chemical Geology, v. 225, p. 77-90.
Stewart, A.K., Massey, M., Padgett, P.L., Rimmer, S.M., and Hower, J.C., 2005, Influence of a basic intrusion on the vitrinite reflectance and chemistry of the Springfield (No. 5) Coal, Harrisburg, Illinois. International Journal of Coal Geology, v. 63, p. 58-67.
Rimmer, S.M., Thompson, J.A., Goodnight, S.A., and Robl, T., 2004, Multiple controls on the preservation of organic matter in Devonian-Mississippian marine black shales: Geochemical and petrographic evidence. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, and Palaeoecology, v. 215, p. 125-154.
Rimmer, S.M., 2004, Geochemical paleoredox indicators in Devonian-Mississippian black shales, central Appalachian Basin (U.S.A.). Chemical Geology, v. 206, p. 373-391.
Rimmer, S.M., Hower, J.C., Moore, T.A., Esterle, J.S., Walton, R.L., and Helfrich, C.T., 2000, Petrography and palynology of the Blue Gem coal bed (Middle Pennsylvanian), Southeastern Kentucky, USA. International Journal of Coal Geology, v. 42, p. 159-184.