Matthew Garb

Education:

M.A., Brooklyn College - 2003 (Geology)

Areas of Expertise:

Paleontological and sedimentalogical changes on the Atlantic Coastal Plain (New Jersey, Delaware and Maryland), Gulf Coastal Plain (Missouri and Mississippi) and Western Interior (South Dakota, Montana and Wyoming) leading up to the end-Cretaceous mass extinction event.

Books and Publications

Landman, Neil H., Zbigniew Remin, Matthew P. Garb and John A. Chamberlain Jr. "Cephalopods from the Badlands National Park Area, South Dakota: Reassessment of the Position of the Cretaceous/Paleogene Boundary." Cretaceous Research 42: 1-27. (Books and Publications: Peer Reviewed Article) 2013

Landman, Neil H., Kirk J. Cochrane, Neal L. Larson, Jamie Brezina, Matthew P. Garb and Peter J. Harries. "Methane Seeps as Ammonite Habitats in the U.S. Western Interior Seaway Revealed by Isotopic Analyses of Well-preserved Shell Material." Geology 40.6: 507-10. (Books and Publications: Peer Reviewed Article) 2012

Landman, Neil H., Matthew P. Garb, Remy Rovelli, Denton S. Ebel and Lucy E. Edwards. "Short-term Survival of Ammonites in New Jersey After the End-Cretaceous Bolide Impact." Acta Palaeontoligica Polonica 57.4: 703-15. (Books and Publications: Peer Reviewed Article) 2012

Becker, Martin A., John A Chamberlain Jr., Al J. Robb, Dennis O. Terry Jr. and Matthew P. Garb. "Osteichthyans From the Fairpoint Member of the Fox Hills Formaition (Maastrichtian), Meade County, South Dakota." Journal of Cretaceous Research 30.4: 1031-40. (Books and Publications: Peer Reviewed Article) 2009

Landman, N.H., R.O. Johnson, M.P. Garb, L.E. Edwards and F.T. Kyte. "Cephalopods from the Cretaceous/Tertiary Boundary Interval on the Atlantic Coastal Plain, With a Description of the Highest Ammonite Zones in North America, Part III, Manasquan River Basin, Monmouth County, New Jersey." Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 303: 122. (Books and Publications: Peer Reviewed Article) 2007

Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums

Boas, Caitlin, Matthew P. Garb, Neil, H. Landman, Remy Rovelli and Ekaterian Larina. "The Significance of a Fossiliferous Spherule Bed at the K/Pg Boundary in Northern Mississippi." SE Sectional Meeting of the Geological Society of America. Paper 28-5. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2013

Dastas, Natalie R., John Chamberlain Jr. and Matthew P. Garb. "Dinoflagellates of the K/Pg Transition Sequence in Southeastern Missouri." SE Sectional Meeting of the Geological Society of America. Paper 6-4. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2013

Buynevich, Ilya V., Eve Eisemann, Dennis Terry Jr., Kenneth M. Hayes, David E. Grandstaff, Matthew P. Garb, Jason Schein, Kenneth J. Lacovara, Neil H. Landman and Ekaterina Larina. "Ichnology of K/T Sections of Central New Jersey: Burrow Geometry and Magnetic Properties." NE sectional Meeting of the Geological Society of America. Paper 37-1. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2012

Dastas, Natalie R., John A. Chamberlain Jr. and Matthew P. Garb. "Palynmorphs of the Clayton Formation, Southeastern Missouri, as Indicators of Time and Deposition Through the K/Pg Mass Extinction Event." Northeast Sectional Meeting of the Geological Society of America. Paper 17-6. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2012

Fernandez, Michael, Matthew P. Garb, Neil H. Landman and Remy Rovelli. "A White Layer at the K/Pg Boundary in Mounmouth County New Jersey - Impact Related or Post-Depositional Diagenisis?" Annual Meeting of the Geological Society of America. Paper 161-8. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2012

Kopun, Jeanne, Carolina Castro, Matthew P. Garb, Ekaterina Larina and Zbyszek Remin. "Taphonomic Analysis of a Late Cretaceous Oyster Bed at the Top of the Mount Laurel Formation in Mounmouth County New Jersey: Long Term Hiatal Concentration, Storm Deposit or Tsunami?" Annual Meeting of the Geological Society of America. Paper 102-30. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2012

Larina, Ekaterina, Neil H. Landman, Kirk Cochran, Nicholas Thibault, Matthew P. Garb and Lucy E. Edwards. "Insights into Climatic and Faunal Changes at the End of the Maastrichtian at the Type Locality of the Owl Creek Formation, Mississippi." Annual Meeting of the Geological Society of America. Paper 158-12. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2012

Garb, Matthew P., Neil H. Landman, Ekaterina Larina, Remy Rovelli, Corrine E. Myers and George E. Phillips. "First Recorded Occurrence of Impact Spherules at the K/Pg Boundary in Mississippi." Annual Meeting of the Geological Society of America. Paper 99-8. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2011

Larina, Ekaterina, Neil H. Landman, Matthew P. Garb, Corrine Myers, Remy Rovelli and Susan M. Klofak. "Faunal Changes at the End of the Maastrichtian: Biostratigraphy and Isotopic Analyses at the Type Locality of the Owl Creek Formation, Mississippi." Annual Meeting of the Geological Society of America. Paper 99-7. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2011

Cochran, J. Kirk, Neil H. Landman, Peter J. Harries, Neal L. Larson, Matthew P. Garb, Susan M. Klofak, Corinne Myers and Jamie Brezina. "Stable Isotopes in Well-preserved Shells of a Methane Seep Fauna From the Upper Cretaceous (Campanian) Pierre Shale, U.S. Western Interior." 8th International Symposium Cephalopods - Past and Present (p. 119). (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2010

Cohen, Ashley, Matthew P. Garb, Susan M. Klofak and Neil H. Landman. "The Cretaceous-Tertiary Transition: A Unique Paleoenvironmental Perspective on the New Jersey Coastal Plain." Annual Meeting of the Geological Society of America, Paper 102-7. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2010

Rovelli, Remy, Matthew P. Garb and Neil H. Landman. "Ammonite Jaws at the Base of the Danian-Hornerstown Formation, Monmouth County, New Jersey." 8th International Symposium Cephalopods - Past and Present (p. 144). (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2010

Rovelli, Remy, Matthew P. Garb and Neil H. Landman. "Death and Recovery at the KT Boundary: Evidence From New Sites in New Jersey." Annual Meeting of the Geological Society of America, Paper 102-6. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2010

Braudy, Nicole, Neil H. Landman, Matthew P. Garb and Ralph O. Johnson. "A Late Cretaceous Faunal Assemblage at Rancocas, New Jersey: Biostratigraphic Implications" abstract with program. Annual Meeting of the Geological Society of America. Paper 32-42. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2009

Rovelli, Remy, Danielle Jeffrey, Matthew P. Garb and Neil H. Landman. "Danian-ammonite Jaws at the Base of the Hornerstown Formation, Monmouth County, New Jersey." Annual Meeting of the Geological Society of America. Paper 245-36. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2009

"The Cretaceous/Paleogene Boundary in New Jersey: Possible Survivors of the Great Asteroid Impact." Temple University seminar series. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2008

Odea, Michelle S., Matthew P. Garb, Rebecca A. Rudolph, Emily T. Griffiths and John A. Chamberlain Jr. "Authigenic Quartz Grains in the Upper Tinton Formation, Cretaceous-Paleocene Boundary, Manasquin Basin, New Jersey" abstract with program. NE Section Meeting, Geological Society of America. Paper 40-3. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2008

Garb, Matthew P., Ralph O. Johnson and John A. Chamberlain Jr. "Stratigraphic Implications of the Distribution of Late Cretaceous Ammonites on the North Atlantic Coastal Plain" abstract with program. Annual Meeting of the Geological Society of America. Paper 26-10. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2007

Landman, Neil H., Ralph O. Johnson, Matthew P. Garb, Lucy E. Edwards and Frank T. Kyte. "Cephalopods at the Cretaceous/Tertiary Boundary in New Jersey." Seventh International Symposium Cephalopods. Paper 48. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2007

Mielnek, Kinga, John A. Chamberlain Jr. Matthew P. Garb and Martin A. Becker. "Chondrichthyan Diversity at the Cretaceous-Tertiary Boundary, Western Monmoutn County, New Jersey" abstgract with program. Annual Meeting of the Geological Society of America. Paper 208-17. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2007

Becker, Martin A., John A. Chamberlain Jr., Matthew P. Garb, Todd M. Holden, Michelle Carter, T.W. Michelle and Ralph O. Johnson. "The First Record of Catfish from the Late Cretaceous/Early Tertiary of New Jersey" abstract with program. NE Section Meeting, Geological Society of America. Paper 24-10. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2006

Landman, Neil H., Ralph O. Johnson, Matthew P. Garb, Lucy E. Edwards and Frank T. Kyte. "Cephalopods from the Cretaceous/Tertiary Boundary Interval in the Manasquan River Basin, Monmouth County, New Jersey" abstract with program. Annual Meeting of the Geological Society of America. Paper 165-5. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2006

Mielnek, Kinga, John A. Chamberlain Jr. Matthew P. Garb and Martin A. Becker. "Chondrichthyans of the Cretaceous-Teritary Boundary Sequence, Monmouth County, New Jersey" abstract with program. Annual Meeting of the Geological Society of America. Paper 230-37. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2006

Chamberlain Jr., J.A., S. Palamarczuk, D.O. Terry, Jr., P.W. Stoffer, M.A. Becker, M.P. Garb and P. Jannett. "Biostratigraphy and Age of the Lower Fairpoint Member of the Fox Hills Formation (Maastrichtian) Badlands Area of South Dakota" abstract with program. Annual Meeting of the Geological Society of America. Paper 160-31. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2005

Chamberlain Jr., John A., Martin A. Becker and Matthew P. Garb. "Sharks From the Basal Hornerstown Formation, Monmouth Country, New Jersey: Implications for a Severe Chondrichthyan Extinction at or Near the K/T Boundary" abstract with program. NE Section Meeting, Geological Society of America. Paper 33-5. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2005

Terry, Dennis O., John A. Chamberlain Jr., Philip W. Stoffer, Martin A. Becker, Patricia A. Jannett, Susanna Palamarczuk, Matt Garb and Brett Beeney. "A Widespread Zone of Soft Sediment Deformation and Ejecta in the Fox Hills Formation of Southwest South Dakota: An Impactite Without a Crater" abstract with program. NE Section Meeting, Geological Society of America. Paper 41-4. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2004

Garb, M. and J.A. Chamberlain, Jr. "Sedimentological and Paleontological Changes Across a Late Cretaceous Regressive/Transgressive Boundary, Atlantic Coastal Plain of New Jersey" abstract with program. NE Section Meeting, Geological Society of America. Paper 32-12. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2002