Selected publications
(Student co-authors are indicated with an asterisk)
Cox, R., Coleman, D.S., *Chokel, C.B., *DeOreo, S.B., Wooden, J.L., Collins,
A.S., Kröner, A., and de Waele, B., 2004, Proterozoic
tectonostratigraphy and paleogeography of central Madagascar derived from
detrital zircon U-Pb age populations
Journal of Geology, v. 112, p. 379-399.
Cox, R., Martin, M.W., *Comstock, J.C., *Dickerson, L.S., *Ekstrom, I.L.,
and *Sammons, J.H., 2002
Sedimentology, stratigraphy and geochronology
of the Proterozoic Mazatzal Group, central Arizona
Geological Society of America Bulletin, v. 114, p. 1535-1549.
Cox, R., *Gutmann, E.D., and *Hines, P.G., 2002
A diagenetic origin for quartz-pebble
conglomerates
Geology, v. 30, p. 323-3
Cox, R., *Atkinson, R.K., *Bear, B.R., Brandriss, M.E., *Chokel, C.B.,
*Comstock, J.C., *Gutmann, E.D., *Interess, L.B., *Schildgen, T.F., *Teplitzky,
S.J., *Willis, M.P., 2000
Changes in a fringing reef complex over a thirty-year period: coral loss
and lagoon infilling at Mary Creek, St. John, U.S. Virgin Islands
Bulletin of Marine Science, v. 66, p. 269-277.
Cox R., Armstrong R. A., and Ashwal L. D., 1998
Sedimentology, geochronology and provenance
of the Proterozoic Itremo Group, central Madagascar, and implications
for pre-Gondwana paleogeography
Journal of the Geological Society of London, v. 155, p. 1009-1024
*Beebee, R.A. and Cox, R., 1998
Dynamics of marine transgression onto a non-linear shoreline: the Middle
Cambrian Flathead Sandstone, Clarks Fork Valley, Wyoming
The Mountain Geologist, v. 35, p. 55-64
Cox, R. and Ashwal, L.D., (editors), 1997
Proceedings of the UNESCO-IUGS-IGCP 348/368 International Field Workshop
on Proterozoic Geology of Madagascar
Gondwana Research Group Miscellaneous Publication no. 5, 106 pp.
Cox, R. and Lowe, D. R., 1996
The effects of secondary matrix on detrital
modes of sandstones, and the relationships between sandstone chemistry
and tectonic setting: implications for provenance studies
Journal of Sedimentary Research, v. 66, p. 548-558.
Cox, R. and Lowe, D. R., 1995
Controls on sediment composition on a regional
scale: a conceptual review
Journal of Sedimentary Research, v.65, p. 1-12.
Cox, R. and Lowe, D. R., 1995
Compositional evolution of coarse clastic sediments in the southwestern United States from 1.8-0.2 Ga and implications for the relationships between the development of crustal blocks and their sedimentary cover
Journal of Sedimentary Research, v.65, p. 477-494.
Cox, R., Lowe, D. R. and Cullers, R. L., 1995
The influence of sediment recycling and
basement composition on evolution of mudrock chemistry in the southwestern
United States
Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, v. 59, p. 2919-2940.