Philip R. Ames

Engineering · Indiana University

Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis Geological formations and processes Coal and Its By-products Geology and Paleoclimatology Research Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping

Publications

Citations

459

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Active years

Publishing since 2003

Research summary

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Philip R. Ames studies the geology of ancient rock layers, focusing on Pennsylvanian-age (roughly 300-320 million years old) sedimentary formations in the Illinois Basin region of the central United States. The work involves identifying and correlating specific limestone and coal-related beds, reconstructing ancient peat swamps and river channels, and using microfossils called conodonts to date and match rock sequences across locations. This research helps clarify how these geological formations developed over time.

Sedimentary geology and stratigraphyPennsylvanian-age coal and peat depositsConodont-based rock correlationIllinois Basin geologyAncient depositional environments (channels and swamps)

Publication activity has been steady but modest over the past decade, averaging around one to two publications per year.

Generated by claude-opus-4-8 from public bibliographic data · Jul 11, 2026

Publication cadence

Publications per year over the last 10 years — averaging 1.4/year recently

Recent publications

Recognition of Four Distinct Limestone Beds in the Lead Creek Limestone Member of the Tradewater Formation (Atokan, Middle Pennsylvanian) in Western Kentucky and Southwestern Indiana
Journal of the Kentucky Academy of Science · 2026
Evolution of a Peat-Contemporaneous Channel: The Galatia Channel, Middle Pennsylvanian, of the Illinois Basin
IDEALS (University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign) · 2020
Floras characteristic of Late Pennsylvanian peat swamps arose in the late Middle Pennsylvanian
Stratigraphy · 2017
UPDATED CONODONT-BASED CORRELATIONS OF TRADEWATER (ATOKAN-DESMOINESIAN, MIDDLE PENNSYLVANIAN) MARINE CYCLOTHEMS IN THE ILLINOIS BASIN
Abstracts with programs - Geological Society of America · 2017
CURRENT STATUS OF CONODONT-BASED CORRELATIONS OF TRADEWATER (ATOKAN-DESMOINESIAN, MIDDLE PENNSYLVANIAN) MARINE CYCLOTHEMS IN THE ILLINOIS BASIN
Abstracts with programs - Geological Society of America · 2016

Publishes in

Indiana Journal of Earth Sciences×7
International Journal of Coal Geology×3
Abstracts with programs - Geological Society of America×2
Stratigraphy×1
IDEALS (University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign)×1

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Last updated Jul 11, 2026.

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