Jeff Pigati - Publications

Publications

Refereed Publications

In prep.	Pigati, J.S., McGeehin, J.P., Muhs, D.R., and Bettis, E.A. Radiocarbon dating late Quaternary loess deposits using small terrestrial gastropod shells.

Submitted	Rakovan, M.T., Rech, J.A., Pigati, J.S., Nekola, J.C., and Wiles, G.C., An evaluation of terrestrial gastropod shells for dating historic alluvium in the Midwestern USA. Geomorphology.

Submitted	Shanahan, T.M., Beck, J.W., Overpeck, J.T., McKay, N., Pigati, J.S., Peck, J.A., Scholz, C., and King, J., 2012, Late Quaternary sedimentological and climate changes in Lake Bosumtwi, Ghana: new constraints from laminae analysis and radiocarbon age modeling. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems.

Accepted	Pigati, J.S., Quade, J., Rech, J.A., and Bright, J., Desert wetlands in the geologic record. In Springs Ecology and Stewardship: Concepts and Practices, Edwards, L. and Springer, A., eds, Island Press.

PDF 1.02 Mb	Pigati, J.S., Latorre, C., Rech, J.A., Betancourt, J.L., Martinez, K.E., and Budahn, J.R., Accumulation of “impact markers” in desert wetlands and implications for the Younger Dryas impact hypothesis. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, doi:10.1073/pnas.1200296109.

PDF 0.60 Mb	Rech, J.A., Nekola, J.C., and Pigati, J.S., Radiocarbon ages of terrestrial gastropods extend the duration of ice-free conditions at the Two Creeks forest bed, Wisconsin, USA. Quaternary Research 77, 289-292.

PDF 3.28 Mb	Pigati, J.S., Miller, D.M., Bright, J., Mahan, S.A., Nekola, J.C., and Paces, J.B., 2011, Chronology, sedimentology, and microfauna of ground-water discharge deposits in the central Mojave Desert, Valley Wells, California. Geological Survey of America Bulletin 123, 2224-2239.

PDF 1.10 Mb	Rech, J.A., Pigati, J.S., Lehmann, S.B., McGimpsey, C.N., Grimley, D.A., and Nekola, J.C., 2011, Assessing open-system behavior of carbon-14 in terrestrial gastropod shells. Radiocarbon 53(2), 325-335.

PDF 0.47 Mb	Kuhn, S.L., Pigati, J.S., Karkanas, P., Koumouzelis, M., Kozłowski, J.K., Ntinou, M., Stiner, M.C. 2010. Radiocarbon dating results for the Early Upper Paleolithic of Klissoura Cave 1. Eurasian Prehistory 7(2), 37-46.

PDF (2.40 Mb)	Pigati, J.S., Rech, J.A., and Nekola, J.C., 2010, Radiocarbon dating of small terrestrial gastropod shells in North America. Quaternary Geochronology, 5, 519-532.

PDF (0.70 Mb)	Pigati, J.S., Lifton, N.A., Jull, A.J.T., and Quade, J., 2010, A simplified in situ cosmogenic ¹⁴C extraction system, Radiocarbon, 52 (2-3), 1236-1243.

PDF (0.83 Mb)	Pigati, J.S., Lifton, N.A., Jull, A.J.T., and Quade, J., 2010, Extraction of in situ cosmogenic ¹⁴C from olivine, Radiocarbon, 52 (2-3), 1244-1260.

PDF (2.04 Mb)	Fraser, J., Pigati, J.S., Hubert-Ferrari, A., Vanneste, K., Avsar1, U., and Altinok, S., 2009, A 3000-year record of ground-rupturing earthquakes along the central North Anatolian Fault near Lake Ladik, Turkey. Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, 99 (5), 2681-2703.

PDF (2.43 Mb)	Pigati, J.S., Bright, J., Shanahan, T.M., and Mahan, S.A., 2009, Late Pleistocene paleohydrology near the boundary of the Sonoran and Chihuahuan Deserts, southeastern Arizona, USA. Quaternary Science Reviews, 28, 286-300.

PDF (0.85 Mb)	Pigati, J.S., Zreda, M., Zweck, C., Almasi, P.F., Elmore, D., Sharp, W., 2008, Ages and inferred causes of Late Pleistocene glacial expansions on Mauna Kea, Hawai’i. Journal of Quaternary Science, 23 (6-7), 683-702.

PDF (1.66 Mb)	Felton, A.A., Russell, J.M., Cohen, A.S., Baker, M.E., Chesley, J., Lezzar, K.E., McGlue, M.M., Pigati, J.S., Quade, J., and Stager, J.C., 2007, Paleolimnological evidence for the onset and termination of glacial aridity from Lake Tanganyika, East Tropical Africa. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 252, 405-423.

PDF (0.53 Mb)	Pigati, J.S., Quade, J., Wilson, J., Jull, A.J.T., and Lifton, N.A., 2007, Development of low-background vacuum extraction and graphitization systems for ¹⁴C dating of old (40-60 ka) samples. Quaternary International, 16, 4-14.

PDF (0.74 Mb)	Shanahan, T.S., Overpeck, J.T., Beck, J.W., Wheeler, C.W., Pigati, J.S., Talbot, M.R., Scholz, C.A., Peck, J., and King, J.W., 2006, Paleoclimatic variations in West Africa from a record of late Pleistocene and Holocene lake level stands of Lake Bosumtwi, Ghana. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 242 (3-4), 287-302.

PDF (0.76 Mb)	Shanahan, T.M., Pigati, J.S., Dettman, D.L., Quade, J., 2005, Isotopic variability in the aragonite shells of freshwater gastropods living in springs with nearly constant temperature and isotopic composition. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 69 (16), 3949-3966.

PDF (0.60 Mb)	Pigati, J.S., Quade, J., Shanahan, T.M., Haynes, C.V. Jr., 2004, Radiocarbon dating of minute gastropods and new constraints on the timing of late Quaternary spring-discharge deposits in southern Arizona, USA. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 204 (1-2), 33-45.

PDF (0.34 Mb)	Pigati, J.S., and Lifton, N.A., 2004, Geomagnetic effects on time-integrated cosmogenic nuclide production with emphasis on in-situ ¹⁴C and ¹⁰Be. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 226, 193-205.

PDF (1.34 Mb)	Rech, J.A., Pigati, J.S., Quade, J., Betancourt, J.L., 2003, Re-evaluation of mid-Holocene wetland deposits at Quebrada Puripica, northern Chile. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 194, 207-222.

PDF (0.30 Mb)	Pigati, J.S., 2002, On correcting ¹⁴C ages of gastropod shell carbonate for fractionation. Radiocarbon, 44(3), 755-760.

PDF (4.07 Mb)	Stiner, M.C., Achyuthan, H., Arsebuk, G., Howell, F.C., Josephson, S.C., Juell, K.E., Pigati, J.S., Quade, J., 1998, Reconstructing cave bear paleoecology from skeletons: A cross-disciplinary study of middle-Pleistocene bears from Yarimburgaz Cave, Turkey. Paleobiology 24, 74-96.

Invited talks

PDF (22 kb)	Pigati, J.S., 2011, Testing new materials for radiocarbon dating: terrestrial gastropod shells. Pardee Keynote Symposium, Geological Society of America Annual Meeting, Minneapolis, MN. GSA Abstracts with Programs 43, (5).

PDF (14 kb)	Pigati, J.S., 2011, Fossil wetlands in the deserts of the American Southwest. Pacific Climate (PACLIM) Workshop, Pacific Grove, CA.

--	Pigati, J.S., 2009, Snails, ciénegas, and science of paleowetland deposits in the Desert Southwest. Geological Society of Washington, Washington, DC.

--	Pigati, J.S., 2009, Snails, ciénegas, and science of paleowetland deposits in the Desert Southwest. U.S. Geological Survey Central Division Seminar, Reston, VA.

PDF 8.17 Mb	Pigati, J.S. and Miller, D.M., 2008, Late Pleistocene wetland deposits at Valley Wells, eastern Mojave Desert, California: initial results. Proceedings of the 2008 Desert Symposium, Zzyzx, CA (extended abstract).

--	Pigati, J.S., 2008, Snails, ciénegas, and the science of paleowetland deposits. U.S. Geological Survey Central Division Seminar, Tucson, AZ.

--	Pigati, J.S., 2008, Snails, ciénegas, and the science of paleowetland deposits. U.S. Geological Survey Central Division Seminar, Denver, CO.

PDF (13 kb)	Pigati, J.S., Rech, J.A., and Nekola, J.A., 2007, Radiocarbon dating of North American terrestrial gastropods. Geological Society of America Annual Meeting, Denver, CO. GSA Abstracts with Programs.

--	Pigati, J.S., 2007, Paleohydrology in the American Southwest. U.S. Geological Survey Western Earth Surface Processes Seminar, Menlo Park, CA.

PDF (21 kb)	Pigati, J.S., Quade, J., Jull, A.J.T., and Lifton, N.A., 2007, On extending the range of radiocarbon dating. XVII Congress of the International Union for Quaternary Research (INQUA), Cairns, Australia.

--	Pigati, J.S., Quade, J., 2007, Beyond radiocarbon’s “black hole”: ¹⁴C dating samples older than 40,000 years, Integrative Graduate Education and Research Traineeship (IGERT) Seminar, Anthropology Department, University of Arizona.

PDF (27 kb)	Pigati, J.S., Lifton, N.A., Jull, A.J.T., and Quade, J., 2005, Experimental developments in low level ¹⁴C research. Geological Society of America 2005 Annual Meeting, Salt Lake City, UT. GSA Abstracts with Programs.

PDF (15 kb)	Pigati, J.S., Lifton, N.A., and Desilets, D., 2005, Integrating geomagnetic records and cosmogenic nuclide production. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta (Abstracts of the 14^th annual V.M. Goldschmidt Conference, Moscow, Idaho).

PDF (20 kb)	Pigati, J.S., Quade, J., Lifton, N.A., and Jull, A.J.T., 2005, Radiocarbon dating in the 35-50 ka time range. International Union for Quaternary Research (INQUA) Drylands Dating Workshop, Mohave Desert, CA.

Selected abstracts

PDF (12 kb)	Pigati, J.S., Miller, D.M., Reheis, M.C., and Menges, C.M., 2007, Late Pleistocene ground-water discharge at Valley Wells, eastern Mojave Desert, USA. Geological Society of America Annual Meeting, Denver, CO. GSA Abstracts with Programs.

PDF (13 kb)	Pigati, J.S., Shanahan, T.M., Bright, J., Kaufman, D., Haynes, Jr., C.V., and Forester, R., 2007, Pleistocene ground-water discharge at the boundary of the Sonoran and Chihuahuan Deserts, Southwestern U.S. – work (still) in progress. XVII Congress of the International Union for Quaternary Research (INQUA), Cairns, Australia.

PDF (20 kb)	Pigati, J.S., 2007, Evaluation of Late Pleistocene ground-water discharge deposits in the Mojave Desert, eastern California. 23rd Desert Symposium, Zzyzx, CA.

PDF (21 kb)	Pigati, J.S., Quade, J., Lifton, N.A., Jull, A.J.T., and Wilson, J., 2006, Beyond radiocarbon’s black hole: ¹⁴C dating of old (35-55 ka) charcoal. 19^th International ¹⁴C Conference, Oxford, England.

PDF (19 kb)	Pigati, J.S., Lifton, N.A., Jull, A.J.T., and Quade, J., 2005, Extracting in situ cosmogenic ¹⁴C from olivine: significance for the CRONUS-Earth project. EOS, Transactions, American Geophysical Union.

PDF (23 kb)	Pigati, J.S., Zreda, M., Almasi, P.F., Elmore, D., Wolfe, E.W., and Sharp, W.D., 2004, Cosmogenic ³⁶Cl ages of full and late-glacial ice caps on Mauna Kea, Hawai‘i. Geological Society of America 2004 Annual Meeting, Denver CO. GSA Abstracts with Programs, v. 36, n. 5, p. 250.

PDF (15 kb)	Pigati, J.S., Quade, J., Shanahan, T.M., Haynes, C.V., Jr., 2003, New ¹⁴C ages of late Quaternary spring-discharge deposits in southern Arizona, USA using minute gastropods. Geological Society of America 2003 Annual Meeting, Seattle WA. GSA Abstracts with Programs, v. 35, n. 6, p. 440.

PDF (26 kb)	Pigati, J.S., Zreda, M., Sharp, W.D., Almasi, P.F., Wolfe, E.W., Elmore, D., 2003, No more ice in paradise: Chronology of late Quaternary glaciations on Mauna Kea, Hawai‘i. Congress of the International Union for Quaternary Research (INQUA), Reno NV, v. 16, p. 189.

PDF (15 kb)	Pigati, J.S., Shanahan, T.M., and Quade, J., 2002, ¹⁴C dating of minute gastropods: evaluation of live specimens and implications for dating late Quaternary sediments. Geological Society of America 2002 Annual Meeting, Denver, CO. GSA Abstracts with Programs v. 34, n. 6, p. 368.