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Sedimentary rocks can provide clues that allow past environmental conditions to be reconstructed. 4, p. 403-416.
2012. Bontognali TRR, Sessions AL, Allwood AC, Fischer WW, Grotzinger JP, Summons RE, Eiler JM (2012) Sulfur isotopes of organic matter preserved in 3.45 Gyr-old stromatolites reveal microbial metabolism, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 109, 15146-15151. 1983.
of Arizona, Tucson. Wilson, J.P., Grotzinger, J.P., et al., 2012, Deep-water incised valley deposits at the Ediacaran-Cambrian boundary in southern Namibia contain abundant Treptichnus Pedum. Metz, J.M., Grotzinger, J.P., Rubin, D.M., Lewis, K.W., Squyres, S.W., and Bell III, J.F., 2009. Therefore, the detection of sediment transport by water and wind in ancient sedimentary layers is important, because it provides insight into past climatic regimes and potential habitability. How We Study Earth (Ch. Accretion hypotheses can be tested using numerical simulations based on modern stromatolite growth processes. Globally distributed carbonate rocks of middle Ediacaran age (ca. Grotzinger, J. P. (2014) Habitability, Taphonomy, and the Search for Organic Carbon on Mars.
), Henno Martin Medal, Geological Society of Namibia (2002; significant contributions to understanding the geology of Namibia), Donath Medal, Geological Society of America (1992; outstanding achievement in contributing to geologic knowledge – under 35 years old. Grotzinger, J. P., and Miller, R., 2008, The Nama Group.
Science, v. 343, DOI:10.1126/science.1248097.
Sedimentology, doi: 10.1111/j.1365-3091.2011.01313.x. Geological Society of London Special Publication, v. 366, DOI: 10.1144/SP366.10. NASA Outstanding Public Leadership Medal (2013; notable leadership of a NASA space mission), Roy Chapman Andrews Explorer Award (2013; outstanding achievement in scientific discovery through exploration), Halbouty Award, American Association of Petroleum Geologists (2012; exceptional leadership in the petroleum geosciences), Lawrence Sloss Award, Geological Society of America (2011; lifetime achievement in sedimentary geology), Charles Doolittle Walcott Medal, National Academy of Sciences (2007; "for the insightful elucidation of ancient carbonates and the stromatolites they contain, and for meticulous field research that has established the timing of early animal evolution". Journal of Sedimentary Research, 79, p. 247-264.
[1] In addition to biogeological studies done on Earth, Grotzinger is also active in research into the geology of Mars and has made contributions to NASA's Mars Exploration Program.[2][3].