Publications

Maithel, S., Nick, K., and Brand, L. R., 2022, Freeze drying as a method for preparing randomly oriented clay mounts for X-ray diffraction (XRD) analysis: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 54, no. 5.

Maithel, S., Brand, L. R., and Whitmore, J., 2021, Characterizing variation among prints interpreted as “raindrop impressions” in the Permian Coconino Sandstone (northern Arizona, USA): Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 53, no. 6.

Maithel, S. A., Brand, L. R., and Whitmore, J. H., 2019, Differentiating the undifferentiatable? A classification of hard-to-distinguish dune stratification types in the Permian Coconino Sandstone: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 51, no. 5.

Maithel, S. A., Brand, L. R., and Whitmore, J. H., 2018, New insights on cross-bed facies in the Permian Coconino Sandstone (Arizona, USA) from high-resolution scans and scanning electron microscopy: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 50, no. 6.

Brand, L. R., and Maithel, S. A., 2017, Soft-sediment deformation features in the Permian Coconino Sandstone, Arizona, possibly produced by seismic activity: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 49, no. 6.

Maithel, S. A., Brand, L. R., and Whitmore, J. H., 2017, Along-dip textural trends in the Permian Coconino Sandstone from thin section and laser diffraction particle analysis: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 49, no. 6.

Maithel, S. A., Brand, L. R., and Whitmore, J. H., 2016, Using textural trends to interpret cross-bed depositional processes in the Coconino Sandstone (Permian), Arizona: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 48, no. 7.

Maithel, S. A., Brand, L. R., and Whitmore, J. H., 2015, Morphological analysis of "grainflow" cross-strata in the Coconino Sandstone (Permian), Arizona: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 47, no. 7, p. 589.

Maithel, S. A., Brand, L. R., and Whitmore, J. H., 2014, “Ripple marks,” “slump features,” and “rainprints” in the Coconino Sandstone near Ash Fork, Arizona: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 46, no. 6, p. 768.

Maithel, S. A., Brand, L., and Whitmore, J. H., 2013, Morphology of avalanche beds in the Coconino Sandstone at Chino Wash, Seligman, Arizona: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 45, no. 7, p. 126.

Maithel, S. A., Garner, P. A., and Whitmore, J. H., 2012, Petrology of the Hopeman Sandstone (Permo-Triassic), Moray Firth Basin, Scotland: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 44, no. 7, p. 555.

Emery, M. K., Maithel, S. A., and Whitmore, J. H., 2011, Can compaction account for lower-than-expected cross-bed dips in the Coconino Sandstone (Permian), Arizona?: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 43, no. 5, p. 430.

Maithel, S. A., and Whitmore, J. H., 2010, Textural analysis of the Coconino Sandstone, Chino Point, Arizona: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 42, no. 5, p. 426.

Journal Publications

Brand, L., and Maithel, S., 2021, Small-scale soft-sediment deformation structures in the cross-bedded Coconino Sandstone (Permian; Arizona, United States); possible evidence for seismic influence: Frontiers in Earth Science, v. 9, no. 723495, p. 1-19.

Link: https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/feart.2021.723495

Maithel, S. A., Brand, L. R., and Whitmore, J. H., 2021, Characterization of hard-to-differentiate dune stratification types in the Permian Coconino Sandstone (Arizona, USA): Sedimentology, v. 68, no. 1, p. 238–265.

Link: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/sed.12774

Maithel, S. A., Brand, L. R., and Whitmore, J. H., 2019, A methodology for disaggregation and textural analysis of quartz-cemented sandstones: Journal of Sedimentary Research, v. 89, p. 599-609.

Link: https://pubs.geoscienceworld.org/sepm/jsedres/article/89/7/599/572088/a-methodology-for-disaggregation-and-textural

Maithel, S. A., Garner, P. A., and Whitmore, J. H., 2015, Preliminary assessment of the petrology of the Hopeman Sandstone (Permo-Triassic), Moray Firth Basin, Scotland: Scottish Journal of Geology, v. 51, no. 2, p. 177-184.

Link: https://pubs.geoscienceworld.org/sjg/article/51/2/177/325606/preliminary-assessment-of-the-petrology-of-the

Conference Abstracts

Dissertation

Maithel, S. A., 2019, Characterization of cross-bed depositional processes in the Coconino Sandstone [PhD Dissertation]: Loma Linda University, 434 p.