Publications Related to Stratigraphy, Sedimentology and Paleontology

1) Becker, M., Slattery, W. and Chamberlain, J., 1996, Reworked Campanian and Maastrichtian Macrofossils in a Sequence Bounding, Transgressive Lag Deposit, Monmouth County, New Jersey, Northeast Geology and Environmental Science, Vol. 18, pp. 234-252.

2) Becker, M., Slattery, W., and Chamberlain, J., 1998, Mixing of Santonian and Campanian Chondrichthyan and Ammonite Macrofossils along a Transgressive Lag Deposit, Greene County, Western Alabama, Southeastern Geology, Vol. 7, No. 1, pp. 1-12.

3) Becker, M., Meier, J., and Slattery, W., 1999, Spiral Coprolites from the Upper Cretaceous Wenonah-Mt. Laurel and Navesink Formations in the Northern Coastal Plain of New Jersey, Northeastern Geology and Environmental Science, Vol. 21, No. 3, pp. 181-187.

4) Becker, M., Chamberlain, J., and Stoffer, P., 2000, Pathological Tooth Deformities in Modern and Late Cretaceous Chondrichthyans: A Consequence of Feeding Related Injury, Lethaia,, Vol. 36, No. 2, pp. 1-16.

5) Becker, M., and Chamberlain, J., 2001, Fossil Turtles from the Lowermost Navesink Formation (Maastrichtian) in Monmouth County New Jersey, Northeastern Geology and Environmental Science, Vol. 23, No. 4, pp. 332-339.

6) Becker, M., Earley R., and Chamberlain, J., 2002, A Survey of Non-Tooth Chondrichthyan Hard-Parts from the Lower Navesink Formation (Maastrichtian) in Monmouth County, New Jersey, Northeastern Geology and Environmental Science, Vol. 24, No. 4, pp. 282-292.

7) Chamberlain, J., Terry, D., Stoffer, P. and Becker, M., 2001, Paleontology of the K/T Boundary: Badlands National Park, South Dakota; in Santucci, V. L. and McClelland, L., eds., Proceedings of the 6 th Fossil Resource Conference: National Park Service Geological Resource Division Technical Report, pp. 11-22.

8) Becker, M., Brady, D. and Chamberlain, J., 2005, Rostral Morphology of the Sawfish, Ischyrhiza mira, from the Lower Navesink Formation (Maastrichtian) Monmouth County, New Jersey, Northeastern Geology and Environmental Science, Vol. 23, No. 4, pp. 332-339.

9) Becker, M., Chamberlain, J., and Terry, D. 2005, Chondrichthyans of the Fairpoint Member of the Fox Hills Formation, Meade County, South Dakota, Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, Vol. 24, No. 4, pp. 780-793.

10 ) Becker, M., Chamberlain, J., and Wolf, G. 2006, Chondrichthyans from the Arkadelphia Formation (Upper Cretaceous: late Maastrichtian) of Hot Spring County, Arkansas, Journal of Paleontology, Vol. 80, No. 4, p. 700-716.

11) Becker, M. and Chamberlain, J., 2006, Evidence for a Shark-Bitten Turtle Costal From The Lowermost Navesink Formation (Campanian-Maastrichtian) Monmouth County, New Jersey Northeastern Geology and Environmental Science, Vol. 28, No. 2, pp. 174-181 .

12) Becker, M. and Chamberlain, J., 2006, Anomuran Microcoprolites from the Lowermost Navesink Formation (Maastrichtian), Monmouth County, New Jersey, Ichnos, Vol. 13, pp. 1-9 .

13) Becker, M., Chamberlain, R., and Chamberlain, J., 2007,The Paradox of Large Carcharhinoid-Type Shark Vertebrae in the Upper Cretaceous of New Jersey, Proceeding of the Geologic Association of New Jersey, Vol. 24, pp. 69-84.

Publications Related to Minerals and Earth Science Education:

1) Becker, M., 1998, Recent Mineral Finds at the Millington Quarry, Somerset County, New Jersey, Rocks and Minerals, Vol. 73, No. 5, pp. 320-324.

2) Becker, M., Slattery, W., and Stoll, C., 1998, City Rocks and National Standards: A Teaching Module Designed to Engage Urban and Suburban Students in Inquiry Based Earth Science Activities, Science Activities, Classroom Projects and Curriculum Ideas, Heldref Publications, Washington, D.C., Vol. 34, pp. 1-9.

3) Slattery, W. Hundley, S., Stoll, C., and Becker, M., 1998, Collecting Science in a Net, Learning and Leading with Technology, Vol. 26, No. 1, pp. 25-30.

4) Slattery, W. Becker, M. and Plank, C. 1999, A Gateway Website that Provides Earth-System Science Internet Activities to K-12 Teachers, Journal of Geoscience Education, Vol. 47, pp. 462-467.

5) Becker, M., 1999, Traprock Treasures: Zeolite Finds in New Jersey’s Quarries, Rock and Gem, August, 1999, pp. 48-51.

6) Becker, M., and Brady, D. 2003, New Jersey’s Traprock Prehnite, Prospecting and Mining Journal, Vol. 72, No. 6, pp. 14-19.

Papers and Lectures for Conferences or Professional Societies:

1) Becker, M., Slattery, W., and Buhl, D., 1999 Bimodal Age Distribution of Chondrichthian Teeth in a Transgressive Lag Deposit Determined by Strontium Isotopic Ratios: An Example from the Upper Cretaceous of Alabama, U.S.A., Geologic Society of America: Abstracts with Programs, A-234. Denver, Colorado.

2) Becker, M., Meier, J., and Slattery, W., 1999, Spiral Coprolites from the Upper Cretaceous Wenonah-Mt. Laurel and Navesink Formations in the Northern Coastal Plain of New Jersey, Geologic Society of America: Northeastern Section: Abstracts with Programs, A-4. Providence, Rhode Island.

3) Becker, M., Chamberlain, J., and Stoffer, P., 2000, Pathological Tooth Deformities in Late Cretaceous Chondrichthyans: A Consequence of Feeding Related Injury, Geologic Society of America: Northeastern Section: Abstracts with Programs, A-4, New Brunswick, New Jersey.

4) Becker, M., and Chamberlain, J., 2000, Probable Cervical Vertebra From the Extinct Elk-moose, Cervalces scotti, Dredged from the Inner Continental Shelf of Central New Jersey, Geologic Society of America: Abstracts with Programs, No. 20626. Reno, Nevada.

5) Chamberlain, J., Terry, D., Stoffer, P., and Becker, M., 2001, Fossils of the Cretaceous/Tertiary Transition, Badlands Region of South Dakota, Geologic Society of America: Abstracts with Programs, No. 28. Boston, Massachusetts.

6) Becker, M., Earley, R., and Chamberlain, J., 2001, Taphonomy of Fossil Turtles from the Lowermost Navesink Formation in Monmouth County, New Jersey, Geologic Society of America: Abstracts with Programs, A-43. Boston, Massachusetts.

7) Becker, M., Earley, R., and Chamberlain, J., 2002, A Survey of Non-Tooth Chondrichthyan Hard-Parts from the Lower Navesink Formation (Maastrichtian) in Monmouth County, New Jersey, Geologic Society of America: Abstracts with Programs, A-74. Denver, Colorado.

8) Becker, M., Chamberlain, J., and Terry, D. 2003, Chondrichthyans of the Fairpoint Member of the Fox Hills Formation, Meade County, South Dakota, Geologic Society of America: Abstracts with Programs, A-149. Seattle, Washington.

9) Becker, M., Brady, D. and Chamberlain, J., 2003, Rostral Morphology of the Sawfish, Ischyrhiza mira, from the Lower Navesink Formation (Maastrichtian) Monmouth County, New Jersey, Geologic Society of America: Abstracts with Programs, A-224. Seattle, Washington.

10) Terry, D, Chamberlain, J., Stoffer, P., Becker, M., Jannett, P., Palamarczuk, S., Garb, M., and Beeney, B., 2004, A Widespread Zone of Soft Sediment Deformation and Ejecta in the Fox Hills Formation of Southwest South Dakota: an Impactite without a Crater. Geologic Society of America: Abstracts with Programs, A-36. Baltimore, Maryland.

11) Becker, M., Chamberlain, J., and Wolf, G. 2005, Chondrichthyans from the Arkadelphia Formation (Late Maastrichtian) of Hot Springs County, Arkansas, Geologic Society of America Abstracts with Programs, Vol 36, No. 5, P. 363. Denver Colorado.

12) Chamberlain, J., Becker, M., and Garb, M., 2005, Sharks from the Basal Hornerstown Formation, Monmouth County, New Jersey: Implications for a Severe Chondrichthyan Extinction at or Near the K/T Boundary, Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, Vol. 37, No. 1, p. 82- Saratoga Springs, New York.

13) Becker, M. and Chamberlain, J., 2005, Anomuran Microcoprolites from the Lowermost Navesink Formation (Maastrichtian), Monmouth County, New Jersey, Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, No. 57-13. Salt Lake City, Utah.

14) Chamberlain, J. and Becker, M., 2005, Biostratigraphy and Age of the Lower Fairpoint Member of the Fox Hills Formation (Maastrichtian), Badlands Area of South Dakota, Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, No. 160-31, Salt Lake City, Utah.

15) Mielnik K., Chamberlain, J, Garb, M. and Becker, M., 2006, Chondrichthyans of the Cretaceous-Tertiary Boundary Sequence, Monmouth County, New Jersey, Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, Vol. 38, No. 7, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

16) Becker, M., Chamberlain, J., Lundberg, J., L’Amoreaux, W., Chamberlain, R., and Holden, T., 2006, The First Record of Probable Holocentrids from the Late Cretaceous-Tertiary of New Jersey, Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, Vol. 38, No. 7, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

17) Becker, M., Chamberlain, R., and Chamberlain, J., 2007, Annular and Non-annular banding in shark vertebrae: What it tells us about ontogeny and behavior in fossil sharks.  History of Earth Sciences and E.L. Yochelson Memorial Symposium, Northeastern Science Foundation, Troy, N.Y., June 24-26, page 7.

 18) Becker, M., Chamberlain, R., and Chamberlain, J., 2007, The Paradox of Large Carcharhinoid-Type Shark Vertebrae in the Upper Cretaceous of New Jersey, Geologic Association of New Jersey, Oct. 12, 2007. In: Contributions to the Paleontology of New Jersey: Field Guide and Proceedings. Emma C. Rainforth (ed.), Vol. 24, 112p.

19) Becker, M., Chamberlain, R., Chamberlain, J., Sosna, M., and Linteris, J., 2007, The Paradox of Large Carcharhinoid-Type Shark Vertebrae in the Upper Cretaceous of New Jersey, Geological Society of America: Abstracts with Programs, No. 26-24. Denver, Colorado.

20) Mielnik, K., Chamberlain, J., Garb, M., and Becker, M., 2007, Chondrichthyan Diversity at the Cretaceous-Tertiary Boundary, Western Monmouth County, New Jersey, Geological Society of America: Abstracts with Programs, No. 208-17. Denver, Colorado.