Geology Research Reports

2011 (to May 31, 2011) Geology Faculty Publications

underline = Baylor Geology Faculty

* = peer-reviewed journal article

S = Geology Ph.D. student first-authored publication

*(1) Blute N., Brandhuber P., De Haan M., Ghosh A., Gorczyca B., Gurian P., Hartson M., Kwan P., Lau B., Lemieux F., Liu Y., Lytle D., Marsh H., Nason J., Speight V., Rayburn C., and Via S., in press, Recent research every utility manager needs to know about: Journal of the American Water Works Association .

*(2) Driese, S.G. , Jirsa, M.A., Ren, M., Brantley, S.L., Sheldon, N.D., Parker, D. , and Schmitz, M., 2011, Neoarchean paleoweathering of tonalite and metabasalt: implications for reconstructions of 2.69 Ga early terrestrial ecosystems and paleoatmospheric chemistry: Precambrian Research , doi:10.1016/j.precamres.2011.04.003.

*(3) Driese, S.G. , Schultz, B.S., and McKay, L.D., 2011, Genesis of clay-rich soils from carbonate bedrock on upland surfaces in the Valley and Ridge Province, eastern Tennessee, USA: Southeastern Geology, v. 48, p. 1-22.

*(4) Deonarine A., Lau, B.L.T. , Aiken G.R., Ryan J.N. and Hsu-Kim H., 2011, Effects of humic substances on precipitation and aggregation of zinc sulfide nanoparticles: Enviromental Science and Technology, v. 45(8), p. 3217–3223; DOI: 10.1021/es1029798.

*(5) Faith, J.T., Choiniere, J.N., Tryon, C.A., Peppe, D.J. , and Fox, D.L., 2011, On the taxonomic status and paleoecology of Rusingoryx atopocranion (Mammalia, Artiodactyla), an extinct Pleistocene bovid from Rusinga Island, Kenya: Quaternary Research , v. 75, p. 697-707. doi:10.1016/j.yqres.2010.11.006.

*(6) Feng, Z.-D. , M. Ran, Q.L. Yang, X.W. Zhai, W. Wang, X.S. Zhang, and C.Q. Huang, in press, Stratigraphies and chronologies of Late Quaternary loess-paleosol sequences in the core area of Central Asian Arid Zone: Quaternary International (online: doi:10.1016/j.quaint.2010.10.019).

*(7) Feng, Z.-D. , and Yang, Q.L., in press, Problems in radiocarbon dating of eolian and lacustrine sequences: Radiocarbon.

*(8) Gallagher, M.E., Hockaday, W.C. , Masiello, C.A., Snapp, S., McSweeney, C.P., Baldock, J.A., 2011, Biochemical Suitability of crop residues for cellulosic ethanol: Disincentives to nitrogen fertilization in corn agriculture: Environmental Science and Technology , v. 45(5), p. 2013-2020; DOI: 10.1021/es103252s.

S*(9) Jennings, D.S., Lovelace, D.M., and Driese, S.G. , 2011, Differentiating paleowetland subenvironments using a multi-disciplinary approach: an example from the Morrison Formation, south central Wyoming, USA: Sedimentary Geology; doi:10.1016/j.sedgeo.2011.03.005.

*(10) Li, Z.-H., Labbé, N., Driese, S.G. , and Grissino-Mayer, H.D., 2011, Micro-scale analysis of tree-ring δ13C and δ18O on α-cellulose spline reveals high-resolution intra-annual climate variability and tropical cyclone activity: Chemical Geology , v. 284, p. 138-147.

S* (12) Mintz, J.S., Driese, S.G. , Ludvigson, G.A., and Breecker, D.O., in press, Seasonal influence of changing hydrology on pedogenic calcite precipitation in Vertisols, Dance Bayou, Brazoria County, TX: Implications for estimating paleoatmospheric pCO2: Journal of Sedimentary Research ; doi: 10.2110/jsr.2011.36.

*(13) Nordt, L.C. , in press, Late Quaternary fluvial landscape evolution of the Rio Casas Grandes and San Pedro: Implications for the archaeological record, in Late Archaic Cerros de Trincheras Sites of Chihuahua, Mexico , R. Hard and R. Roney (eds.), University of Utah Press.

*(14) Nordt, L.C. , Collins, M., Monger, H., and Fanning, D., in press, Entisols (2nd Edition), in Handbook of Soil Science , P. Huang (ed.), CRC Press, Boca Raton, Florida.

*(15) Nordt, L.C. , Dworkin, S.I. , and Atchley, S.C. , accepted, Biogeochemical and ecosystem behavior interpreted from Late Cretaceous and Early Paleocene paleosols and climates in the western interior of North America: Geological Society of America Bulletin .

*(16) Peppe, D.J. , Johnson, K.R., Evans, D.A., accepted, Magnetostratigraphy of the Lebo and Tongue River Members of the Fort Union Formation (Paleocene) in the northeastern Powder River Basin, Montana: American Journal of Science.

*(17) Peppe, D.J. , Royer, D.L., Cariglino, B., Oliver, S.Y., Newman, S., Leight, E., Enikolopov, G., Fernandez-Burgos, M., Herrara, F., Adams, J.M., Correa, E., Currano, E.D., Erickson, J.M., Hinojosa, L.F., Hoganson, J.W., Iglesias, A., Jaramillo, C.A., Johnson, K.R., Jordan, G., Kraft, N.J.B., Lovelock, E.C., Lusk, C.H., Niinemetes, Ü., Peńuelas, J. Rapson, G., Wing, S.L., Wright, I.J., 2011, Sensitivity of leaf size and shape to climate: global patterns and paleoclimatic applications: New Phytologist , v. 190: 724-739. doi: 10.1111/j.1469-8137.2010.03615.x.

*(18) Ramezani, J., Hoke, G.D., Fastovsky, D.E., Bowering, S., Therrien, F., Dworkin, S.I. , Atchley, S.C. , and Nordt, L.C. , in press, High-precision U-Pb zircon geochronology of the Late Triassic Chinle Formation, Petrified Forest National Park (Arizona, USA): Geological Society of America Bulletin .

*(19) Southard, R.J., Driese, S.G. , and Nordt, L.C. , in press, Vertisols: Chapter E5.7, (2nd Edition), in Handbook of Soil Science, P. Huang (ed.), CRC Press, Boca Raton, Florida.

S*(20) Stinchcomb, G.E., Messner, T.C., Driese, S.G. , Nordt, L.C. , and Stewart, R.M., 2011, Pre-colonial (A.D. 1,100-1,600) sedimentation related to prehistoric maize agriculture and climate change in eastern North America: Geology , v. 39, p. 363-366.

S*(21) Trendell, A.M., Atchley, S.C. , Nordt, L.C. , and Dworkin, S.I., accepted, Depositional and diagenetic controls on reservoir attributes within a fluvial outcrop analog: Late Triassic Sonsela Member, Petrified Forest National Park, Arizona: American Association of Petroleum Geologists Bulletin.

*(22) Tryon, C.A., Peppe, D.J. , Faith, J.T., *Van Plantinga, A., Nightingale, S., Ogondo, J., Fox, D.L., accepted, Late Pleistocene artefacts and associated fauna from Rusinga and Mfangano islands, Lake Victoria, Kenya: Azania .

*(23) Wang, W., Ma, Y.Z., Feng, Z.-D., Narantsetseg, T., Liu, K.-B., and Zhai, X., 2011, A prolonged dry mid-Holocene climate revealed by pollen and diatom records from Lake Ugii Nuur in central Mongolia: Quaternary International., v. 229, p. 74-83. doi:10.1016/j.quaint.2010.06.005.

*(24) Waters, M.R., Forman, S.L., Jennings, T.A., Nordt, L.C. , Driese, S.G. , Feinberg, J.M., Keene, J.L., Halligan, J., Lindquist, A., Pierson, J., Hallmark, C.T., Collins, M.B., and Wiederhold, J.E., 2011, The Debra L. Friedkin Site, Texas and the origins of Clovis: Science, v. 331, p. 1599-1603.

*(25) Zeng, F. -W., Masiello, C.A., Hockaday, W.C., in press, Controls on the origin and cycling of riverine dissolved inorganic carbon in the Brazos River, Texas: Biogeochemistry , doi: 10.1007/s10533-010-9501-y.

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