Earth and Environmental Sciences

2025

A high-resolution record of Late Holocene drought in the eastern Sierra Nevada (California, USA) from June Lake carbonate geochemistry

Lyon, E. C., Erhardt, A. M., Streib, L. C., Zimmerman, S. R. H. & McGlue, M. M., Jan 1 2025, In: Quaternary Research (United States). 123

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Assessing the effects of anthropogenesis on Appalachian flood severity: An eastern Kentucky case study

Swallom, M. L., Dortch, J. M. & Thigpen, J. R., Aug 1 2025, In: Geomorphology. 482, 109818.

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Clay minerals origin and paleoclimate implications in quaternary deposits of the Saïs Plain, Fez-Morocco

Agharabi, A., Karrat, L., Ettensohn, F. R., Har, N., Gourari, L., Bedelean, H., Balica, C. & Mircescu, C. V., Mar 2025, In: Scientific African. 27, e02505.

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Coupled landslide analyses through dynamic susceptibility and forecastable hazard analysis

Francis, D. M. & Bryson, L. S., Feb 2025, In: Natural Hazards. 121, 3, p. 2971-2999 29 p., 100473.

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Development of a scaling function to estimate unsaturated mechanical soil behavior from a soil-water characteristic curve

Acheampong, L. & Sebastian Bryson, L., 2025, In: Canadian Geotechnical Journal. 62

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Electron microbeam investigations of the spent ash from the pilot-scale acid extraction of rare earth elements from a beneficiated Kentucky fly ash

Berti, D., Groppo, J. G., Joshi, P., Preda, D. V., Gamliel, D. P., Beers, T., Schrock, M., Hopps, S. D., Morgan, T. D., Zechmann, B. & Hower, J. C., Apr 17 2025, In: International Journal of Coal Geology. 303, 104738.

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Estimation of unsaturated small-strain shear modulus in a laboratory test box and field site from a soil-water characteristic curve

Acheampong, L. & Sebastian Bryson, L., May 2025, In: Transportation Geotechnics. 52, 101599.

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Evaluating root strength index as an indicator of landslide-prone slopes in eastern kentucky

Swallom, M. L., Koch, H. J., Dortch, J. M., Crawford, M. M., Thigpen, J. R. & Andrews, W. M., Feb 2025, In: Landslides. 22, 2, p. 567-578 12 p.

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High-resolution lake infill time modeling at Jackson Lake, Wyoming (USA)

Whitehead, S. J., Yeager, K. M., Dilworth, J. R., McGlue, M. M., Thigpen, J. R., Schindler, K. J. & Woolery, E. W., 2025, (Accepted/In press) In: Inland Waters.

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High-resolution sequence stratigraphy and microfacies analysis of the lower part of the Sa'di Formation in selected wells from the West Qurna oilfield, southern Iraq

Ismail, M. J., Mahdi, M. M., Ettensohn, F. R., Abdullah, R. A., Handhal, A. M. & Al-Abadi, A. M., Aug 2025, In: Journal of African Earth Sciences. 228, 105639.

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Influence of Hydrogeological and Climatic Conditions on Piston Flow in Karst Aquifers Using Statistical Approach

Ashjari, J., Fryar, A. E., Tobin, B. & Ashjari, Z., Mar 2025, In: Hydrological Processes. 39, 3, e70090.

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Integrating surface reflectance from multispectral satellite imagery and GIS-enabled LiDAR-derived techniques for sinkhole hazard detection

Rizzo, R. J. & Bryson, L. S., Apr 2025, In: Environmental Earth Sciences. 84, 8, 225.

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Machine learning for surficial geologic mapping

Johnson, S. E. & Haneberg, W. C., Jan 2025, In: Earth Surface Processes and Landforms. 50, 1, e6032.

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Possible influence of low latitude wetland area changes on the Holocene global atmospheric methane concentration trend

Song, Y., Xu, H. & Yeager, K. M., Jan 2025, In: Global and Planetary Change. 244, 104655.

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Probing the Critical Element Chemistry of Coal-Combustion Fly Ash: Examination of Zircon and Associated Minerals from a Beneficiated Kentucky Fly Ash

Berti, D., Groppo, J. G., Joshi, P., Preda, D. V., Gamliel, D. P., Beers, T., Schrock, M., Hopps, S. D., Morgan, T. D., Zechmann, B. & Hower, J., May 2025, In: Minerals. 15, 5, 461.

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Production of alinite-chlormayenite clinker and its hydration behavior with increasing gypsum content

Simoni, M., Baral, A., Ren, Z., Duvallet, T. Y., Jewell, R. B., Rößler, C. & Hanein, T., Mar 2025, In: Cement and Concrete Research. 189, 107774.

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Quantifying Temporal Dynamics of E. coli Concentration and Quantitative Microbial Risk Assessment of Pathogen in a Karst Basin

Sarker, S. K., Dapkus, R. T., Byrne, D. M., Fryar, A. E. & Hutchison, J. M., Mar 2025, In: Water (Switzerland). 17, 5, 745.

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Rainfall-induced landslide hazard analyses using spatiotemporal retrievals of soil moisture and geomorphologic data

Francis, D. M. & Bryson, L. S., Apr 2025, In: Environmental Earth Sciences. 84, 8, 201.

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Sedimentary records of late Pleistocene-Holocene paleoenvironments from Convict Lake (California, USA)

Hodelka, B. N., Black, M., Benfield, A. J., Ivory, S. J., Woolery, E. W., Woller, K., Zimmerman, S. R. H. & McGlue, M. M., Apr 15 2025, In: Quaternary International. 724, 109739.

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The timing and significance of mid-crustal shearing and exhumation of amphibolite-facies rocks along the Great Glen Fault Zone, Scotland

Law, R. D., Thigpen, J. R., Mako, C. A., Kylander-Clark, A., Caddick, M. J., Moore, L. R., Becker, C., Holdsworth, R. E., Strachan, R. A. & Leslie, A. G., Jul 7 2025, In: Journal of the Geological Society. 182, 4, jgs2024-264.

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2024

A Comparative Study of Cave System Calcium Isotope Ratios: Implications for Quantitative Reconstruction of Paleorainfall From Speleothems

de Wet, C. B., Griffith, E. M., Erhardt, A. M. & Oster, J. L., Oct 2024, In: Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems. 25, 10, e2024GC011691.

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Assessing the Depositional Environment of Cretaceous Ge-Rich Coals in the Wulantuga Mine, Shengli Coalfield, Northeastern China

Wang, X., Chen, Y., Tang, Y., Gupta, R., Schobert, H. H., Hower, J. C., Shao, L. & Ma, T., Feb 15 2024, In: Energy and Fuels. 38, 4, p. 2777-2789 13 p.

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Constraining Displacement Magnitude on Crustal-Scale Extensional Faults Using Thermochronology Combined With Flexural-Kinematic and Thermal-Kinematic Modeling: An Example From the Teton Fault, Wyoming, USA

Helfrich, A. L., Thigpen, J. R., Buford-Parks, V. M., McQuarrie, N., Brown, S. J. & Goldsby, R. C., Jul 2024, In: Tectonics. 43, 7, e2024TC008308.

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Detecting climate-driven ecological changes in high-altitude lakes in the Sierra Nevada, California

Lopera-Congote, L., McGlue, M. M., Westover, K. S., Yeager, K., Streib, L. & Stone, J. R., Jul 2024, In: Holocene. 34, 7, p. 870-880 11 p.

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Developing evolutionary models for deformation band formation in high-porosity suprasalt sandstones: An example from Paradox Basin, Utah

Goldsby, R. C., Thigpen, J. R., Preece, M. B. & Swanger, W. R., Aug 2024, In: Journal of Structural Geology. 185, 105188.

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Diatom spatial variations in Gull Lake (California) sediments: implications for improving paleolimnological interpretations in small glacial lakes

Lopera Congote, L., McGlue, M. M., Yeager, K. M., Westover, K. S. & Stone, J. R., Dec 2024, In: Hydrobiologia. 851, 21, p. 5151-5166 16 p.

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Expanding Karst Groundwater Tracing Techniques: Incorporating Population Genetic and Isotopic Data to Enhance Flow-Path Characterization

Tobin, B. W., Miller, B. V., Niemiller, M. L. & Erhardt, A. M., Feb 2024, In: Hydrology. 11, 2, 23.

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Fire activities and their impacts on local ecosystems in the southern Ordos Basin during the Middle Jurassic: Evidence from pyrogenic PAHs and petrography of inertinite-rich coal

Han, Q., Liu, J., Hower, J. C., Moore, T. A., Shang, N., Zhao, S., Jia, R. & Dai, S., Feb 15 2024, In: Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology. 636, 111972.

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Fluvial avulsions influence soil fertility in the Pantanal wetlands (Brazil)

Louzada, R. O., Bergier, I., McGlue, M. M., de Oliveira Roque, F., Rasbold, G., Domingos-Luz, L., Lo, E. & Assine, M. L., May 20 2024, In: Science of the Total Environment. 926, 172127.

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Fossil cutin of Karinopteris (Middle Pennsylvanian pteridosperm) from the “paper” coal of Indiana, U.S.A.

D'Angelo, J. A., Hower, J. C. & Camí, G., Mar 18 2024, In: International Journal of Coal Geology. 284, 104460.

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Holocene limnological changes in saline and freshwater lakes, Lower Nhecolândia, Pantanal, Brazil

Rasbold, G. G., Pessenda, L. C. R., De Oliveira, P. E., Alves, E. E. N., Silva, D. R., Carvalho, H. W., Bendassolli, J. A., Montes, C. R., Melfi, A. J. & McGlue, M. M., Apr 2024, In: Hydrobiologia. 851, 7, p. 1723-1739 17 p.

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Holocene paleoenvironmental history of Jackson Lake (Grand Teton National Park, USA) deduced from CHIRP seismic reflection and radiocarbon-dated sediment cores

Dilworth, J. R., McGlue, M. M., Thigpen, R. J., Brown, S. J., Yeager, K. M., Woolery, E. W., Johnson, S. E., Whitehead, S. J., Cortese, C. J. & Matocha, C., Jul 15 2024, In: Quaternary Science Reviews. 336, 108748.

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Impacts of anthropogenic sedimentation on shell-bed habitats in Lake Tanganyika, Africa

Soreghan, M., Cohen, A., McGlue, M., Yeager, K., Ryan, E., Johns, A. & Kimirei, I., Jun 2024, In: Journal of Great Lakes Research. 50, 3, 102325.

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Inorganic Hydrogeochemistry in the 21st Century

Zhu, C., Fryar, A. E. & Apps, J., Mar 1 2024, In: Groundwater. 62, 2, p. 174-183 10 p.

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Insights on the regional thermal evolution from semianthracite petrology of the Fengfeng coalfield, China

Wang, N., Esterle, J. S., Rodrigues, S., Hower, J. C. & Dai, S., Aug 6 2024, In: International Journal of Coal Geology. 290, 104548.

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Isotope values reveal “canopy effect” in deer territoriality and maize consumption for dogs from archaeological sites in Kentucky dating to the Middle Woodland through Late Fort Ancient time periods

Bonzani, R. M., Manzano, B. L., Davidson, M. J., Whitten, A. N., White, J. M., Gauri, D., Royster, T., Guerre, L., Metz, A. M., Erhardt, A. & Tykot, R. H., Nov 2024, In: Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports. 59, 104741.

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Late Quaternary ostracode stratigraphy of Mono Lake (California, USA): evidence for benthic ecosystem sensitivity to climate change

Hodelka, B. A. I. L. E. E. N., Mcglue, M. I. C. H. A. E. L. M., Palacios-Fest, M. A. N. U. E. L. R., Benfield, A. D. A. M. J., Ivory, S. A. R. A. H. J., Starratt, S. C. O. T. T. W. & Zimmerman, S. U. S. A. N. R. H., May 2024, In: Journal of Quaternary Science. 39, 4, p. 648-664 17 p.

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Magnetotelluric insights into the formation and reactivation of trans-crustal shear zones in Precambrian basement of the eastern U.S. Midcontinent

Murphy, B. S., DeLucia, M. S., Marshak, S., Ravat, D. & Bedrosian, P. A., 2024, In: Bulletin of the Geological Society of America. 136, 7-8, p. 2661-2675 15 p.

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Mechanical Behavior of Weathered Compacted Shales

Bryson, L. S., Mahmoodabadi, M. & Gomez-Gutierrez, I. C., May 2024, In: Geotechnical and Geological Engineering. 42, 3, p. 1993-2009 17 p.

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Middle and Late Holocene paleolimnological changes in central Lake Tanganyika: Integrated evidence from the Kavala Island Ridge (Tanzania)

Domingos-Luz, L., Soreghan, M. J., Rasbold, G. G., Ellis, G. S., Birdwell, J. E., Kimirei, I. A., Scholz, C. A. & McGlue, M. M., Sep 2024, In: Holocene. 34, 9, p. 1167-1180 14 p.

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Mineralogy and geochemistry of altered Emeishan basaltic volcaniclastics with respect to their critical element mineralization

Shen, M., Dai, S., Nechaev, V. P., Graham, I. T., Hower, J. C., Liu, S., Tarasenko, I. A., Zin'kov, A. V., Chekryzhov, I. Y., Antonchenko, V. V. & Zhang, S., Sep 2024, In: Journal of Geochemical Exploration. 264, 107527.

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Numerical modeling of development of Leandras and Double Bopper Caves, Grand Canyon, USA

Ashjari, J., Tobin, B., Fryar, A. E. & Ashjari, Z., Sep 2024, In: Hydrogeology Journal. 32, 6, p. 1751-1768 18 p.

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Organic petrography, biomarkers, and stable isotope (δ¹³C, δD, δ¹⁵N, δ¹⁸O) compositions of liptinite-rich coals

Liu, B., Bechtel, A., Stojanović, K., Hower, J. C., Zhao, C. & Guo, X., Aug 6 2024, In: International Journal of Coal Geology. 290, 104561.

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Organic petrology, palynology, and geochemistry of soils from serpentine barrens, Chester and Lancaster counties, Pennsylvania: Notes on maceral development

Hower, J. C., O'Keefe, J. M. K., Latham, R. E., Dai, S., Silva, L. F. O., Henke, K. R. & Thorson, J. S., Jul 15 2024, In: International Journal of Coal Geology. 289, 104532.

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Paradox lost: wide gape in the Ordovician brachiopod Rafinesquina explains how unattached filter-feeding strophomenoids thrived on muddy substrates

Dattilo, B. F., Freeman, R. L., Hartshorn, K., Peterman, D., Morse, A., Meyer, D. L., Dougan, L. G. & Hagadorn, J. W., Mar 1 2024, In: Palaeontology. 67, 2, e12697.

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Partitioning of selenium from coal to fly ash: The key roles of Fe-bearing minerals and implications for Se potential recovery

Fu, B., Chen, G., Cao, Y., Hower, J. C., Huang, Y., Huang, Y., Chen, L., Luo, G., Dong, L. & Yao, H., Feb 5 2024, In: Journal of Hazardous Materials. 463, 132790.

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Predicting Dynamic Contact Stresses at Crosstie-Ballast Interface Based on Basic Train Characteristics

Unluoglu, H. A., Sebastian Bryson, L. & Rose, J. G., 2024, In: Journal of Transportation Engineering Part A: Systems. 150, 5, 04024014.

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Recognition and (semi-)quantitative analysis of REE-bearing minerals in coal using automated scanning electron microscopy

Fu, B., Xu, G., Hower, J. C., Cao, Y., Huang, Y., Si, L., Xian, L., Luo, G., Liu, G., Hu, G. & Yao, H., Feb 1 2024, In: International Journal of Coal Geology. 282, 104443.

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Revision of Uppermost Cambrian (Furongian series) to Lowest Ordovician (Tremadocian stage) stratigraphy in Eastern Nevada, USA

Miller, J. F., Dattilo, B. F., Freeman, R. L., Repetski, J. E., Evans, K. R., Ripperdan, R. L. & Ethington, R. L., 2024, In: Stratigraphy. 21, 2, p. 101-168 68 p.

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Speculations on the sources of coal associated with thirteenth-century archaeological site, Lee County, southwestern Virginia

Hower, J. C., Meyers, M., Hatch Nally, R., Drew, J. W. & Johnston, M. N., Apr 2024, In: Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports. 54, 104453.

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