Kowalski, E. A. and Dilcher, D. L., 2003. Warmer Paleotemperatures for Terrestrial Ecosystems. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 100(1): 167-170.

Kowalski, E. A., 2002. Mean Annual Temperature Estimation Based on Leaf Morphology: A Test from Tropical South America. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 188(3-4): 141-165.

Gunnell, G. F., Jacobs, B. F., Herendeen, P. S., Head, J. A., Kowalski, E. A., Msuya, C. P., Mizambwa, F. A., Harrison, T., Habersetzer, J., Storch, G., 2002. Oldest Placental Mammal from Sub-Saharan Africa: Eocene Microbat from Tanzania– Evidence for Early Evolution of Sophisticated Echolocation. Paleontologica Electronica, 5(2).

Kowalski, E.A., 2001. Middle to Late Miocene Environments of Southern Ecuador: Temperature, Elevation, and Fossil Plants of the Nabón Basin. Ph.D. Dissertation, Department of Geology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, U.S.A. 437 Pp.

Kowalski, E. A., and P. A. Meyers, 1997. Glacial-interglacial Variations in Quaternary Production of Marine Organic Matter at DSDP Site 594, Chatham Rise, Southeastern New Zealand Margin. Marine Geology, 140: 249-263.

Meyers, P. A., and E. A. Kowalski, 1994. Enhanced Accumulation of Continental Organic Matter in Coastal Sediments of Northern Gondwana during the Late Triassic: Evidence from the Wombat Plateau and the Carnarvon Basin, Northwest Australia, and the Himalayas. in B. Beauchamp, A. F. Embry, and D. Glass (eds.), Carboniferous to Jurassic Pangea, Canadian Society of Petroleum Geologists Memoir 17, p. 439-448.

Kowalski, E.A., submitted, August, 2002. Estimation of Mean Annual Temperature from Leaf Morphology in the Neotropics: Implications of the Effect of Elevation or Low Temperature on the Estimation of Paleotemperature. Paleobiology.

Sun, B., Dilcher, D. L., Beerling, D. J., Zhang, C.J., Defei, Y., Kowalski, E., submitted, November, 2002. Responses of Gingko biloba L. Leaves to Arid and Humid Climates. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

Kowalski, E.A. and D.L. Dilcher, in prep. Estimates of Mean Annual Temperature using Leaves and Wood from Modern Sites along a Latitudinal Gradient in Eastern North America.

Kowalski, E.A. and D.L. Dilcher, in prep. Estimating Rainfall Amounts using Leaf Morphology.

Kowalski, E. A., in prep. Late Miocene Paleotemperatures, Paleoelevation and Uplift Rate using Fossil Floras from the Nabón Basin, Ecuador.

Published Abstracts

Kowalski, E. A., and D. L. Dilcher, 2002. Improved Precipitation Estimates using Leaf Morphology. The Geological Society of America, Denver 2002 GSA Annual Meeting, Abstracts with Programs. 34(6):429.

Madden, R. H., E. A. Kowalski and M. Morgan, 2002. Middle to Late Miocene Paleoenvironments of Equatorial South America. Society of Vertebrate Paleontology 22(3): 82A.

Kowalski, E. A., and D. L. Dilcher, 2002. Precipitation Estimates using Leaves from Modern Sites in Eastern North America. The Geological Society of America, Lexington, Southeastern Regional Meeting, Abstracts with Programs.

Kowalski, E. A., and D. L. Dilcher, 2001. Estimates of Mean Annual Temperature using Leaves and Wood from Modern Sites along a Latitudinal Gradient in Eastern North America. The Geological Society of America, Boston 2001 Annual Meeting, Abstracts with Programs, 33(6): A-68.

Kowalski, E. A., and D. L. Dilcher, 2001. Estimates of Mean Annual Temperature using Leaves from Modern Sites along a Latitudinal Gradient in Eastern North America: Initial Results. Climate and Biota of the Early Paleogene: An International Conference, July 3-8, 2001, Powell, Wyoming.

Kowalski, E. A., and R. J. Burnham, 2000. La Flora y Vegetación del Mioceno Superior de la Cuenca de Nabón, Ecuador. III Congreso Ecuatoriano de Botanica. October 25-27, 2000. Quito, Ecuador. http://www.joethejuggler.com/Funbotanica/2nda/Pres.html

Kowalski, E. A., 1999. Late Miocene Paleotemperature, Elevation, and Uplift Rate using Fossil Floras from the Nabón Basin, Ecuador, Northern Andes. The Geological Society of America, Denver 1999 Annual Meeting, Abstracts with Programs, 31(7): A-365.

Kowalski, E. A., 1998. Correlation of Mean Annual Temperature and Elevation: An Effective Tool for the Reconstruction of Paleoelevation in Areas with Single Paleofloras. The Geological Society of America, Toronto 1998 Annual Meeting, Abstracts with Programs, 30(7): A-28.

Kowalski, E. A., P. A. Meyers and L. Diester-Haass, 1994. Effects of Glacial/ interglacial Cycles on Sedimentation and Delivery of Organic Matter in Deep-Sea Sediments. AGU Baltimore National Meeting, EOS, Transactions American Geophysical Union, 75: 204-205

Meyers, P. A., and E. A. Kowalski, 1994. Triassic Burial of Organic Matter on the Northern Margin of Pangea and Consequences of Subsequent Continental Breakup. AAPG/SEPM Annual Meeting, Denver, p. 215.

Kowalski, E. A., P. A. Meyers and L. Diester-Haass, 1993. Glacial/Interglacial Variations Recorded by Organic Matter Contents of Deep-Sea Sediments. AGU San Francisco National Meeting, EOS, Transactions American Geophysical Union, 74: 366.

Meyers, P. A., and E. A. Kowalski, 1993. Source and Maturity of Organic Matter in Late Triassic Sedimentary Rocks from the Wombat Plateau and the Carnarvon Basin, Northwest Australia Margin. Canadian Society of Petroleum Geologists Annual Convention, Calgary, Canada, Program and Abstracts, p. 209.

Kowalski, E. A., J. D. Halfman and J. King, 1991. New Geochronological Controls on Paleoclimatic Signals from Lake Turkana, Kenya. AGU San Francisco National Meeting, EOS, Transactions American Geophysical Union, 72: 271.

2002 Improved Precipitation Estimates using Leaf Morphology. The Geological Society of America, Denver 2002 GSA Annual Meeting. (oral presentation).

2002 Precipitation Estimates using Leaves from Modern Sites in Eastern North America. The Geological Society of America, Lexington, KY, Southeastern Regional Meeting, (oral presentation).

2001 Estimates of Mean Annual Temperature using Leaves and Wood from Modern Sites along a Latitudinal Gradient in Eastern North America. The Geological Society of America, Boston, MA, 2001 Annual Meeting (oral presentation).

2001 Estimates of Mean Annual Temperature using Leaves from Modern Sites along a Latitudinal Gradient in Eastern North America: Initial Results. Climate and Biota of the Early Paleogene: An International Conference, Powell, WY (poster presentation).

2000 Temperature Estimates from Leaf Physiognomy: A Test from South America. The 17th Midcontinent Paleobotanical Colloquium, Chapel Hill, NC (oral presentation).

1999 Late Miocene Paleotemperature, Elevation, and Uplift Rate using Fossil Floras from the Nabón Basin, Ecuador, Northern Andes. The Geological Society of America, Denver, CO, 1999 Annual Meeting (oral presentation).

1998 Correlation of Mean Annual Temperature and Elevation: An Effective Tool for the Reconstruction of Paleoelevation in Areas with Single Paleofloras. The Geological Society of America, Toronto, 1998 Annual Meeting (poster presentation).

1997 Miocene Coussapoa (Cecropiaceae) from the Nabón Basin, Ecuador, South America. The 14th Midcontinent Paleobotanical Colloquium, Athens, OH (poster presentation).

1994 Effects of Glacial/ interglacial Cycles on Sedimentation and Delivery of Organic Matter in Deep-Sea Sediments. American Geophysical Union National Meeting, Baltimore, MD (oral presentation).