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Reports
Bowker, M.A., M.E. Miller, S.L. Garman, and R.T. Belote. Application of threshold concepts to conservation management of dryland ecosystems. In: Guntenspergen, ed., Application of threshold concepts in natural resource decision making. Springer, in press. Munson, S.M., J. Belnap, G.S. Okin. 2011. Responses of wind erosion to climate induced vegetation changes on the Colorado Plateau. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 108: 3854-3859. Miller, M.E., Belote, R.T., Bowker, M.A., and Garman, S.L., 2011, Alternative states of a semiarid grassland ecosystem: Implications for ecosystem services: Ecosphere, v. 2(5) p. 1-18. Kokaly, R.F., 2011, DESI-Detection of early-season invasives (software-installation manual and user's guide version 1.0): U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2010-1302, 39 p. Kokaly, R.F., 2011, Detecting cheatgrass on the Colorado Plateau using Landsat data: A tutorial for the DESI software: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2010-1327, 88 p. Belnap, J., Munson, S.M., Field, J.P., 2011, Aeolian and fluvial processes in dryland regions: The need for integrated studies. Ecohydrology, v. 4, 615-622. Lawrence, C.R., Neff, J.C., Painter, T., and Landry C., 2010, Contemporary geochemical composition and flux of aeolian dust to the San Juan Mountains, Colorado, United States: Journal of Geophysical Research, v. 115, G03007, doi:10.1029/2009JG001077. Reynolds, R.L., Goldstein, H., and Miller M.E., 2010, Atmospheric mineral dust in dryland ecosystems: Application of environmental magnetism: Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems. v. 11, no. 1 doi:10.1029/2010GC003101 ISSN: 1525-2027. Buckingham, S.E., Neff, J.C., Titiz, B., and Reynolds, R.L., 2010, Chemical and textural controls on phosphorous mobility in drylands of southeastern Utah: Biogeochemistry, DOI 10.1007/s10533-010-9408-7. Moser, K.A., Mordecai, J.S., Reynolds, R.L., Rosenbaum, J.G., and Ketterer, M.E., 2010, Diatom changes in two Uinta mountain lakes, Utah, USA: responses to anthropogenic and natural atmospheric inputs: Hydrobiologia, v. 648 (1) p. 91-108. doi:10.1007/s10750-010-0145-7. Miller, M.E., and D.M. Miller, Upland ecosystems, 2010, In: Miller, D.M., S. Finn, A. Woodward, A. Torregrosa, M.E. Miller, D.R. Bedford, and A. Brasher, Conceptual ecological models to guide integrated landscape monitoring of the Great Basin: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2010-5133. Miller, M.E., Sagebrush steppe and pinyon-juniper ecosystems, 2010, In: Miller, D.M., S. Finn, A. Woodward, A. Torregrosa, M.E. Miller, D.R. Bedford, and A. Brasher, Conceptual ecological models to guide integrated landscape monitoring of the Great Basin: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2010-5133. Li, J., Okin, G.S., Herrick, J.E., Belnap, J., Munson, S.M., Miller, M.E., 2010, A simple method to estimate threshold friction velocity of wind erosion in the field: Geophysical Research Letters 37: L10402. Belnap, J., Reynolds, R.L., Reheis, M.C., Phillips, S.L., Urban, F.E., and Goldstein, H.L., 2009, Sediment losses and gains across a gradient of livestock grazing and plant invasion in a cool, semi-arid grassland: Aeolian Research 1, 27-43. Field, J.P., Belnap, J., Breshears, D.D., Neff, J.C., Okin, G.S., Whicker, J.J., Painter, T.H., Ravi, S., Reheis, M.C., and Reynolds, R.L., 2009, The ecology of dust: Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment 2009; doi:10.1890/090050. Goldstein, H.L., Miller, M.E., Yount, J.C., Reheis, M.C., Reynolds, R.L., Belnap, J., Lamothe, P.J., and McGeehan, J.P., 2009, Physical, chemical, ecological, and age data and trench logs from surficial deposits at Hatch Point, southeastern Utah: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2009–1219, 190 p. Neff, J.C., Barger, N.N., Baisden, W.T., Fernandez, D.P., and Asner, G.P., 2009, Soil carbon storage responses to expanding pinyon-juniper populations in Southern Utah. Ecological Applications, v. 19(6) 1405-1416. doi: 10.1890/08-0784.1 Fernandez, D.P., Neff, J.C., Reynolds R.L., 2008, Biogeochemical and ecological impacts of livestock grazing in semi-arid Southeastern Utah, USA. Journal of Arid Environments. doi:10.1016/j.jaridenv.2007.10.009 Miller, Mark E., 2008, Broad-scale assessment of rangeland health, Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument, USA. Rangeland Ecology and Management, v. 61 (3), p. 249-262. Miller, M.E., Mann, R.K., Goldstein, H., and Yount, J.C., 2007, Ecological investigations of the federally endangered Shivwits milk-vetch (Astragalus ampullarioides); 2006 annual report: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2007-1050. Bowker, M. A., J. Belnap, D. W. Davidson and H. Goldstein, 2006, Correlates of biological soil crust abundance across a continuum of spatial scales: Support for a hierarchical conceptual model, Journal of Applied Ecology 43(1): 152-163. Newingham, B. A. and J. Belnap, 2006, Direct effects of soil amendments on field emergence and growth of the invasive annual grass Bromus tectorum L. and the native perennial grass Hilaria jamesii (Torr.) Benth., Plant and Soil 280(1-2): 29-40. Belnap, J., Phillips, S.L. and Troxler, T., 2006, Soil lichen and moss cover and species richness can be highly dynamic: The effects of invasion by the annual exotic grass Bromus tectorum and the effects of climate on biological soil crusts, Applied Soil Ecology, v. 32, Issue 1, p. 63-76. Barger, N. N., J. E. Herrick, J. Van Zee, and J. Belnap, 2006, Impacts of biological soil crust disturbance and composition on C and N loss from water erosion, Biogeochemistry 77(2): 247-263. Reynolds, R.L., Neff, J.C., Reheis, M.C., and Lamothe, P., 2006, Atmospheric dust in modern soil on aeolian sandstone, Colorado Plateau (USA): Variation with landscape position and contribution to potential plant nutrients: Geoderma, v. 130, p. 108-123. Reynolds, R.L., Reheis, M.C., Neff, J.C., Goldstein, H., and Yount, J.C., 2006, Late Quaternary eolian dust in surficial deposits of a Colorado Plateau grassland: Controls on distribution and ecologic effects: Catena, 66, 251-266. Fernandez. D.P., Neff, J.C., Belnap, J., and Reynolds, R.L., 2006, Soil respiration in the cold desert environment of the Colorado Plateau (USA): Abiotic regulators and thresholds: Biogeochemistry DOI:10.1007/s10533-005-4278-0 v. 78, Number 3, p. 247-265. Miller, M.E., Belnap, J., Beatty, S.W., and Reynolds, R.L., 2006, Performance of Bromus tectorum L. in relation to soil properties, water additions, and chemical amendments in calcareous soils of southeastern Utah, U.S.A.: Plant Soil, DOI 10.1007/s11104-006-0058-4. Bowker, M.A., Belnap, J., and Miller, M.E., 2006, Spatial modeling of biological soil crusts to support rangeland assessment and monitoring, Rangeland Ecology and Management, 59:519-529. Miller, M.E., J. Belnap, S.W. Beatty, and Webb, B.L., 2006, Effects of water additions, chemical amendments, and plants on in situ measures of nutrient bioavailability in calcareous soils of southeastern Utah, U.S.A., Plant and Soil, 288: 19-29. Neff J.C., R. Reynolds, R.L. Sanford, Jr., D. Fernandez and P. Lamothe, 2006, Controls of bedrock geochemistry on soil and plant nutrients in Southeastern Utah. Ecosystems, 9:879-893.1007/s10021-005-0092-8. Rosenbloom N.A., Harden, J.W., Neff, J.C. and Schimel, D.S., 2006, Geomorphic control of landscape carbon accumulation, J. Geophys. Res., 111, G01004, doi:10.1029/2005JG000077. Belnap, J., Welter, J.R., Grimm, N.B., Barger, N.N. and Ludwig, J.A., 2005. Linkages between microbial and hydrologic processes in arid and semi-arid watersheds, Ecology, 86(2): 298-307. Neff, J., Reynolds, R.L., Belnap, J., and Lamothe, P., 2005, Multi-decadal impacts of grazing on soil physical and biogeochemical properties in Southeast Utah: Ecological Applications 15(1), 87-95. Reheis, M.C., Reynolds, R.L., Goldstein, H., Roberts, H.M., Yount, J.C., Axford, Y., Cummings, L.S., and Shearin, N., 2005, Late Quaternary eolian and alluvial response to paleoclimate, Canyonlands, southern Utah: Geological Society of America Bulletin, v. 117, issue 7, p. 1051-1069. Schwinning, S., Starr, B., Wojcik, N., Miller, M., Ehleringer, J., and Sanford, R.L, Jr., 2005, Effects of nitrogen deposition on an arid grassland in the Colorado Plateau cold desert, Rangeland Ecology and Management 58: 565-574. Miller, M.E., 2005, The structure and functioning of dryland ecosystems: Conceptual models to inform long-term ecological monitoring: US Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2005-5197, 73 p. Goldstein, H., Reynolds, R.L., Reheis, M., Yount, J., Lamothe, P., Roberts, H., and McGeehin, J., 2005, Particle-size, CaCO3, chemical, magnetic, and age data from surficial deposits in and around Canyonlands National Park: U.S. Geological Survey Open-file Report 2005-1186, 192 p. Parton W.J., J.C. Neff, and P.M. Vitousek, 2005, Modeling phosphorus dynamics in terrestrial ecosystems, in Organic Phosphorus and the Environment (BL Turner, E Frossard, ETH Lindau, DS Baldwin, eds.) Oxford University Press. 350 pages. pp 325-347. Belnap, J., Phillips, S.L. and Miller, M.E., 2004, Response of desert biological soil crusts to alterations in precipitation frequency, Oecologia, 141(2): 306-316. Cleveland C.C., J.C. Neff, A.R. Townsend, and E. Hood, 2004, Composition, dynamics, and fate of leached dissolved organic matter in terrestrial ecosystems: Results from a decomposition experiment, Ecosystems, v. 7(3), 175-285. Ollinger S., G. Ågren, B. Berg, E. Davidson, C. Field, M. Lerdau, J. Neff, O. Sala, M. Scholes, and R. Sterner, 2003, New frontiers in the study of element interactions, in Interactions of the Major Biogeochemical Cycles (Melillo, Field, and Moldan, eds.), pp 63-91. Sherrod, S.K., Belnap, J. and Miller, M.E., 2003, Comparison of ion-exchange resin counters in the nutrient measurement of calcareous soils: implications for correlative studies of plant-soil relationships, Communications in Soil Science and Plant Analysis, 34(13-14): 1981-2001 Harris, T.A., Asner, G., and Miller, M.E., 2003, Changes in vegetation structure after long-term grazing in pinyon-juniper ecosystems: Integrating imaging spectroscopy and field studies, Ecosystems 6:368-383. Neff, J.C., Chapin III, F.S., and Vitousek, P.M., 2003, Breaks in the cycle: dissolved organic nitrogen in terrestrial ecosystems, Frontiers in Ecology and Environmental Science. 1(4): 205-211. Belnap, Jayne, Phillips, S., Duniway, M., and Reynolds, R.L., 2003, Soil fertility in deserts: A review on the influence of biological soil crust and the effect of soil surface disturbance on nutrient inputs and losses: in Al Sharhan, A.R., Wood, W.W., Goudie, A.S., Fowler, A., and Abdellatif, E., (eds.) Desertification in the Third Millennium: Swets & Zeitlinger, Lisse, The Netherlands, p. 245-252. Belnap, J., 2003, Biological soil crusts in deserts: a short review of their role in soil fertility, stabilization, and water relations, Algological Studies, 109: 113-126. Belnap, J., 2001, Biological soil crusts and wind erosion, in J. Belnap and O.L. Lange (Editors), Biological Soil Crusts: Structure, Function, and Management. Ecological Studies Series 150. Springer-Verlag, Berlin, pp. 339-347. Miller, D.M. and Yount, J.C., 2001, Surficial geologic map of the Valjean area, Mojave Desert Ecosystem, California, U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report, digital format, scale 1:24,000. Reynolds, R.L., Belnap, J., Reheis, M., Lamothe, P., Mazza, N., and Luiszer, F., 2001, Eolian dust in Colorado Plateau soils: Nutrient inputs and recent change in source, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, v. 98, p. 7123-7127. Miller, M.E., 2000, Effects of resource manipulations and soil characteristics on Bromus Tectorum L. and Stipa Hymenoides R. & S. in calcareous soils of Canyonlands National Park, Utah, Ph.D. dissertation, Boulder, Univ. of Colorado, 113 p. Miller, D.M. and Yount, J.C., 1999, Surficial geology and geomorphic process studies in support of multidisciplinary ecosystem investigations: Examples from parts of Greenwater and Valjean Valleys, Mojave Desert Ecosystem, U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 99-153. Reynolds, R.L., Belnap, J., Reheis, M., and Mazza, N., 1999, Eolian dust on the Colorado Plateau--magnetic and geochemical evidence from sediment in potholes and biologic soil crust: in Busacca, A., (ed.), Dust aerosols, loess soils, and global change. Washington State University College of Agriculture and Home Economics, Misc. Publication No.MISC0190, Pullman, WA, p. 231-234. K.K. Hanson, 1999, Cheatgrass (Bromus tectorum L.) invasion in relation to phosphorus sources, Ph.D. Thesis, University of Denver, 114 p.
Presentations (with peer-reviewed abstracts)
Belnap, J., Reynolds, R.L., Reheis, M. Painter, T., Neff, J., Munson, S., Deems, J., Kind, A., Okin, G., Wilcox, B. 2011, Ecohydrology across scales in an arid, human-dominated landscape: implications for ecosystems, water availability and human interactions: EOS, Transactions of the American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting Supplement, Abstract H00Z-nn. Neff, J.C., Fernandez, D.M., Munson, S., Reynolds, R.L., 2011, Total suspended particulates, PM10, and PM2.5 measurements for use in biogeochemical studies: The role of large particles in aerosol concentrations and flux estimates: Geological Society of American Annual Meeting Program with Abstracts, v. 43, No. 5, p.284. Munson, S.M., Belnap, J., Reynolds, R.L., Okin, G., Goldstein, H., Neff, J.C., Breit, G.N., Lowers, H.A., 2011, From source to sink: aeolian dust in Colorado Plateau ecosystems: 11th Biennial Conference of Research on the Colorado Plateau, Oct. 2011, Flagstaff, AZ. Reynolds, R.L., Goldstein, H., Miller, M.E., Neff, J.C., Fernandez, D.P., and Reheis, M.C., 2010, Distribution of atmospheric mineral dust across dryland ecosystems: EOS, Transactions of the American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting Supplement 90(52), Abstract B22B-01. Goldstein, H., Reheis, M.C., Miller, M.E., Reynolds, R.L., Forman, S.L., Belnap, J., and Yount, J.C., 2010, Physical characteristics and ages of loess deposits in the Hatch Point-Canyon Rims area, and correlation to aeolian and fluvial records in southwestern Utah: Geological Society of America Annual Meeting Abstracts with Program, v. 42, No. 5, paper 120-9. Breit, G.N., Goldstein, H., Morman, S.A., Reynolds, R.L., 2010, Geochemical processes affecting arsenic distribution in arid basins of the Mojave Desert, USA: Geological Society of America Program with Abstracts, v. 42, no. 5; paper 88-3. Miller, M.E., Reynolds, R.L., Reheis, M., Goldstein, H., Yount, J., 2010, Wind erosion and post-fire rehabilitation strategies-Lessons from the Milford Flat fire: 16th Wildland Shrub Symposium, Logan, UT, 18-20 May 2010. Miller, M.E., Reynolds, R.L., Reheis, M., Goldstein, H., and Yount, J., 2010, Post-fire wind erosion in low-elevation rangelands: Lessons from the Milford Flat Fire: Society for Range Management Annual Meeting, Denver, CO, Feb. 2010. Belnap, J., Reynolds, R.L., Reheis, M.C., Phillips. S., Miller, M.E., Urban, F., and Goldstein, H., 2009, "Eco" at the local scale affects "Hydro" at the regional scale AGU Chapman Conference on Examining Ecohydrological Feedbacks of Landscape Change Along Elevation Gradients in Semiarid Regions, Boise, Idaho, USA 4 - 8 October 2009. Quick, D., Reheis, M., Stewart, B., and Chadwick, O., 2009, Impact of 100 years of Owens Lake playa dust on nearby alluvial soils: EOS, Transactions of the American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting Supplement. Belnap, J., Reynolds, R.L., Reheis, M.C., Neff, J.C., Urban, F.E., Goldstein, H., and Painter, T., 2008, Implications of disturbance and drought on aeolian processes in the southwestern US: Ecological Society of America Abstracts with Program. Reheis, M.C., and Reynolds, R.L., 2008, Regional controls on dust generation and accumulation in the southwestern US: Ecological Society of America Abstracts with Program. Reynolds, R.L., Neff, J.C., Fernandez, D. Reheis, M.C., Miller, M.E., Goldstein, H., Urban, F.E., Moser, K.A., Rosenbaum, J.G., Ketterer, M.E., 2008, Far-traveled magnetite and hematite in deposited atmospheric dust-records of climatic change and human influence on regional landscapes: 2008 International Conference on Rock Magnetism, Cargese, France, June, 2008; Program and Abstracts, p. 75. Miller, M.E., 2008, Post-fire monitoring of soil stability and dust emission on the Milford Flat fire, west-central Utah. Symposium on Wildfires and Invasive Plants in American deserts; Reno, NV 9-11 December, 2008. Belnap, J., Reynolds, R.L., Reheis, M., Phillips, S.L., Urban, F., and Goldstein, H.L., 2008, The effects of land use and climate change on the erodibility of desert soils: Geological Society of America Annual Meeting Abstracts with Program, v. 40, no. 6. Abstract 72-6. Lawrence, C. and Neff, J.C., 2008, Long-term patterns of dust deposition in high-elevation ecosystems downwind of aridic dust sources: The influence of dust accumulation on terrestrial and aquatic biogeochemistry: Geological Society of America Annual Meeting Abstracts with Program, v. 40, no. 6. Abstract 51-7. Miller, M.E., 2008, Short-term effects of mechanical land treatments on soil stability and wind erosion in dryland ecosystems: Geological Society of America Annual Meeting Abstracts with Program, v. 40, no. 6. Abstract 51-11. Miller, M.E., Mann, R.K., Goldstein, H., and Yount, J. C., 2007, Habitat relations and effects of invasive exotic plants on the federally endangered Shivwits milk-vetch (Astragalus ampullarioides), Washington County, Utah: Ninth Biennial Conference of Research on the Colorado Plateau Flagstaff, AZ. Buckingham, S.E. and Neff, J.C., 2007 Data mining of landscape spatial patterns to identify controls on arid dryland productivity: American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing Annual Conference, Tampa, FL. (May 2007). Conference program p 54. Neff, J.C., Reynolds, R.L., Farmer, L., and Reheis, M.C., 2007, The changing role of dust in biogeochemical cycling: EOS, Transactions of the American Geophysical Union 88(52) Fall Meeting Supplement, Abstract V13F-01. Huang, C., Asner, G., Martin, R., Barger, N., and Neff, J.C., 2007, A cross-scale remote sensing approach to estimate tree cover and above-ground biomass in pinyon-juniper woodlands of the Colorado Plateau, USA: EOS, Transactions of the American Geophysical Union 88(52) Fall Meeting Supplement, Abstract B53B-1170. Castle, S.C. and Neff, J.C., 2007, Plant foliar response to soil nutrient availability across contrasting geologic settings: EOS, Transactions of the American Geophysical Union 88(52) Fall Meeting Supplement, Abstract B23A-0925. Reynolds, R.L., Neff, J.C., Urban, F., Goldstein, H., Fernandez, D.P., Reheis, M.C., Belnap, J., 2007, Nutrients in grassland soils of the central Colorado Plateau-Spatial controls by substrate composition, geomorphic setting, and land-use effects. Geological Society of America Program with Abstracts, v. 39, no. 6, p. 425. Fernandez, D.P., Neff, J.C., Barger, N., Asner, G., and Reynolds, R.L., 2006, Biogeochemical and ecological impacts of livestock grazing in semi-arid Utah grassland and pinyon-juniper landscapes: Learning from the Land Symposium, Sept. 12-14 2006 Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument. Miller, M.E., Belnap, J, Reynolds, R., Neff, J, and Reheis, M., 2006, Cheatgrass performance in relation to soil characteristics in Colorado Plateau drylands. Learning From the Land 2006 Science Symposium, Bureau of Land Management Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument, Cedar City, UT, Sept. 2006. Miller, M.E., 2006, Broad-scale assessment of upland ecosystem conditions in Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument. Learning from the Land 2006 Science Symposium, Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument, Cedar City, UT, Sept. 2006. Buckingham, S.E., and Neff, J., and Fernandez D., 2006, Hyperspectral mapping of phosphorous in dryland ecosystems: American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing Annual Conference, Reno, NV. (May 2006). Neff, J.C., Painter, T., Reynolds, R.L., 2005, Effects of Desert Dust on Nutrient Cycling in the San Juan Mountains, Colorado: EOS, Transactions of the American Geophysical Union 86(52) Fall Meeting Supplement, Abstract B34B-06. Reynolds, R.L., Neff, J.C., Reheis, M.C., and Belnap, J., 2005, Eolian dust: Physical and ecological linkages: George Wright Society Biennial Conference on Parks, Protected Areas, and Cultural Sites, March, 2005, Philadelphia, PA. Program and Abstracts, p. 138. Miller, M.E., Belnap, J., Reynolds, R.L., Neff, J.C., and Reheis, M., 2005, Cheatgrass performance in relation to soil characteristics in Colorado Plateau drylands: Ecology and Management of Pinyon-Juniper and Sagebrush Communities, Interagency FWS/BLM/PLP Conference. Fernandez, D., Belnap, J., Neff, J.C., and Reynolds, R.L., 2004, Decomposition in a desert environment: Abiotic regulators and thresholds: Ecological Society of America Annual Meeting Abstracts p. 153. Miller, M.E., Belnap, J., Reynolds, R.L., Sanford, R., Neff, J., Reheis, M., and Kokaly, R., 2004, Cheatgrass patterns on the Colorado Plateau - Effects of geology and earth-surface processes: Ecological Society of America Annual Meeting Abstracts p. 351-352. Neff, J.C., Belnap, J., Sanford, R., Miller M.E., and Reynolds, R.L., 2004, Plant stoichiometric response to landscape-scale variation in bedrock geochemistry: Interactions of P, Ca, and Fe in a semi-arid environment: Ecological Society of America Annual Meeting Abstracts p. 369. Reynolds R.L., Reheis, M., Lamothe, P., Goldstein, H., and Roberts, H., 2004, Late Quaternary changes in nutrient inputs from dust to Colorado Plateau (USA) drylands: 32nd International Geological Congress Abstracts, Florence, Italy, p. 949. Reynolds, R.L., Neff, J.C., and Reheis, M., 2004, Geology and ecosystems: A framework for understanding contemporary ecologic processes through geologic settings and processes: Ecological Society of America Annual Meeting Abstracts p. 425. Reynolds, R.L., Reheis, M.C., Yount, J., Lamothe, P., Goldstein, H., Neff, J.C., and Roberts, H., 2004, Dust and nutrients in modern and late Quaternary ecosystems of central Colorado Plateau drylands: EOS, Transactions of the American Geophysical Union, v. 85(47), Fall Meeting Supplement, Abstract GP-34A-02. Reheis, M.C., Sanford, R.L. Jr., Belnap, J., and Reynolds, R., 2003, Silver linings: Fertility gains and losses through dust redistribution at local and regional scales: Ecological Society of America Annual Meetings Abstracts, p. 278. Miller, M.E., 2003, Issues and challenges associated with the integration of science and resource management on the Colorado Plateau. 7th Biennial Colorado Plateau Science Conference, Flagstaff, AZ, November 2003. Reynolds R.L., Reheis, M. Neff, J.C., Goldstein, H., and Yount, J., 2003 Geologic, ecologic, climatic, and land-use interactions in the high desert of the central Colorado Plateau (USA)-the past 40,000 years: XVI International Quaternary Association Congress Programs with Abstracts, p. 139. Reynolds, R.L., Neff, J.C., Reheis, M., Goldstein, H. and Lamothe, P., 2003, Distribution of aeolian dust in surficial substrates for grass- and shrublands, central Colorado Plateau (Utah), determined from magnetic and chemical properties: AGU, 2003, EOS, Transactions of the American Geophysical Union, v. 83 (47), Fall Meeting Supplement. Belnap, J., Reheis, M., Reynolds, R.L., Phillips, S., 2002, Using geology to predict sites of annual grass invasions, or make sure there is "geo" in your "eco": Geological Society of America Program with Abstracts, v. 34, p. 75. Ojima, D., Schimel, D., Hilinski, T., McKeown R., Neff, J., 2002, The impact of disturbance on carbon source and sinks in Colorado ecosystems: EOS, Transactions of the American Geophysical Union, v. 82, Fall Meeting Supplement. Neff J., Reynolds R., Lamothe P., Moscato S., Belnap J., 2002, Does dust matter? Geologic and eolian controls over arid ecosystem dynamics. Ecological Society of America, Annual Meeting. Tucson AZ. Neff J., Schimel D., Ojima D., McKeown R., Aulenbach S., Hilinski T., 2002, Wildland Fire, Fire Suppression, and the US Carbon Budget: a Colorado Case Study. Transactions of the American Geophysical Union, v. 83, Fall Meeting Supplement. Sanford, R., Reheis, M., and Belnap, J., 2002, Phosphorus availability changes seasonally in eolian dust inputs and in surface soils: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 34, no. 6, p. 75. Reheis, M., Reynolds, R., Yount, J., Goldstein, H., Roberts, H., 2002, Aeolian history of the Needles district of Canyonlands National Park: Dunes and dust, in Lee, J.A., and Zoback, T.M., Proceedings of ICAR5/GCTE-SEN Joint Conference: International Center for Arid and Semiarid Lands Studies, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas, USA Publication 02-2, p. 416-419. Reynolds, R., 2002, Past, modern, and future impacts of climate change and land use on the Southwest U.S., USGS Workshop Southwest Landscape Change, Las Crucas, NM, Feb. 2002. Reynolds, R.L., Reheis, M., Goldstein, H., Neff, J.C., Simmons, K., Axford, Y., Yount, J. Gonzales, K., and Belnap, J., 2001, Eolian dust in Colorado Plateau soils: Linking landscape and ecosystem evolution. EOS, Transactions of the American Geophysical Union, v. 82, Fall Meeting Supplement, p. F163. Sanford, R.L., Reheis, M., Gonzales, K., and Reynolds, R.L., 2001, Phosphorus in soils of a cool desert ecosystem: Dust inputs and land-use effects on erosion, Colorado Plateau, USA. EOS, Transactions of the American Geophysical Union, v. 82, Fall Meeting Supplement, p. F163. Neff, J., Reynolds, R.L., Lamothe, P., and Belnap, J., 2001, Plant and microbial dynamics along gradients in soil texture and eolian dust accumulation in the Colorado Plateau. EOS, Transactions of the American Geophysical Union, v. 82, Fall Meeting Supplement, p. F163. Reynolds, R., et al., 2001, Aeolian dust in southwestern soils: changes in nutrient inputs related to climate change and land use. Predicting hydrologic, geologic, and biologic responses to a drier and warmer climate in the desert Southwest: USGS Workshop on A Warmer and Drier Southwest, Tucson, AZ. Belnap, J., 2001, Changes in temperatures, rainfall timing, CO2 and land use: wild speculations on what the future holds for ecosystems of the arid southwest. Predicting hydrologic, geologic, and biologic responses to a drier and warmer climate in the desert Southwest, USGS Workshop Tucson, AZ. Neff, J., 2001, Ecological responses to climate, land-use change, and eolian deposition: new approaches to modeling terrestrial biogeochemistry. Predicting hydrologic, geologic, and biologic responses to a drier and warmer climate in the desert Southwest, USGS Workshop Tucson, AZ, 2001. Goldstein, H., Reynolds, R.L., Reheis, M., Axford, Y., Yount, J., Tigges, R., Sanford, R.L., Gonzales, K., Neff, J., and Belnap, J., 2001, Aeolian dust in Colorado Plateau (USA) soils: Linking landscape evolution and ecosystem dynamics. Dryland Change 2001 International Conference Abstracts, Upington, South Africa, p. 14. Belnap, J., Phillips, S., Duniway, M., Reynolds, R.L., 2000, Soil fertility in deserts: The effect of soil surface disturbance on nutrient inputs and losses. Dubai International Conference on Desertification, Dubai, U.A.E., Abstracts, p. 100. Belnap, J, Reynolds, R.L., Reheis, M.C., and Phillips, S.L., 2000, What makes the desert bloom? The contribution of dust and crusts to soil fertility on the Colorado Plateau. Supplement Bulletin Ecological Society of America abstracts. ESA Annual Meeting. Reynolds, R., Yount, J., Reheis, M., Miller, D., and Belnap, J., 2000, Detection of aeolian dust in arid-land soils using magnetic petrology: IGCP conference, Linkages among fluvial, lacustrine, and aeolian systems, Oct. 23-27, 2000, Desert Studies Center, Zzyzx, CA. Reynolds, R., Yount, J., Reheis, M., and Belnap, J., 2000, Eolian dust in arid-land soils-magnetic petrology and nutrient inputs. Geol. Soc. Am. Abstracts with Program, v. 32, p. A-256. Shearin, N., Reheis, M., Boardman, E., Caldwell, M., and Thurlow, M., 2000, Effects of Holocene erosion on a prehistoric lithic procurement site in Utah's Canyonlands. Society of American Archaeology, April 2000. Reynolds, R.L., Yount, J., Reheis, M., Mazza, N., and Belnap, J., 1999, Rapid detection of eolian dust in desert soils--applications to ecosystem studies. Geological Society of America Program with Abstracts, v. 31, no. 7, p. A-483. Hanson, K.K., Sanford, R.L., Reynolds, R.L., and Reheis, M.C., 1999, Eolian deposition influences phosphorus cycling and Bromus tectorum (cheatgrass) distribution in Canyonlands National Park, Utah. Ecological Society of America abstracts, Annual Meeting, Ecological Society of America abstracts, Annual Meeting, v. 80, p. 102. Reynolds, R.L., Reheis, M.C., Vogt, B., and Belnap, J., 1998, Aeolian dust in surficial sediment on the Colorado Plateau, USA--magnetic and geochemical evidence. 4th International Conference on Aeolian Research, Oxford, England, July 1998, p. 67.
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Dust - Geomorphic, Hydrologic, and Climatic Factors of Dust Emission, and Societal Effects
Reports
Okin, G.S., Bullard, J.E., Reynolds, R.L., Ballantine, J-A., Schepanski. K., Todd, M.C., Belnap, J., Baddock, M.C., Gill, T.E., Miller, M.E., 2011, Dust: small-scale processes with global-scale consequences: EOS, Transactions of the American Geophysical Union, v. 92, no. 29, 19 July 2011, p. 241-242. Reheis, M.C., and Urban, F.E., 2011, Regional and climatic controls on seasonal dust generation in the southwestern U.S.: Aeolian Research, doi:10.1016/j.aeolia.2011.03.008. Goldstein, H.L., Breit, G.N., Yount, J.C., Reynolds, R.L., Reheis, M.C., Skipp, G.L., Fisher, E.M., and Lamothe, P.J., 2011, Physical, chemical, and mineralogical data from surficial deposits, groundwater levels, and water composition in the area of Franklin Lake playa and Ash Meadows, California and Nevada: U.S. Geological Survey Data Series 607, 12 p. Reynolds, R.L., Mordecai, J., Rosenbaum, J., Ketterer, M.E., Walsh, M.K., Moser, K., 2010, Compositional changes in sediments of subalpine lakes, Uinta Mountains, Utah: Evidence for the effects of human activity on atmospheric dust inputs: Journal of Paleolimnology, 44 (1) ISSN 0921-2728, doi:10.1007/s10933-009-9394-8. Urban, F.E., Reynolds, R.L., and Fulton, R., 2009, The dynamic interaction of climate, vegetation, and dust emission, Mojave Desert, USA, in Fernandez-Bernal, A. and De La Rosa, M.A. (eds.) Arid Environments and Wind Erosion. NOVA Science Publishers, Inc. Chapter 11, p. 243-267. ISBN 978-1-60692-411-2. Reynolds, R.L., Bogle, R., Vogel, J., Goldstein, H., and Yount, J.C., 2009, Dust emission at Franklin Lake playa, Mojave Desert (USA): Response to meteorological and hydrologic changes 2005-2008, in Oren, A., Naftz, D.L., and Wurtsbaugh, W.A. (eds.). Saline lakes around the world: unique systems with unique values. Natural Resources and Environmental Issues 15:105-116 (ISSN 1069-5370). Breit, G., Goldstein, H., Reynolds, R.L., and Yount, J.C., 2009, Distribution of major anions and trace elements in the unsaturated zone beneath Franklin Lake playa, California. in Oren, A., Naftz, D.L., and Wurtsbaugh, W.A. (eds.). Saline lakes around the world: unique systems with unique values. Natural Resources and Environmental Issues 15:93-103 (ISSN 1069-5370). Reheis, M.C., Budhan, J.R., Lamothe, P.L., and Reynolds, R.L., 2009, Compositions of modern dust and surface sediments in the desert southwest, USA: Journal of Geophysical Research, Earth Surface, 114, F01028, doi:10.1029/2008JF001009, 2009. Goldstein, H.L., R. L. Reynolds, M. C. Reheis, J. C. Yount, and J. C. Neff, 2008, Compositional trends in aeolian dust along a transect across the southwestern United States, J. Geophys. Res., 113, F02S02, doi:10.1029/2007JF000751. Neff, J.C., Ballantyne, A.P., Famer, G.L., Mahowald, N.M., Conroy, J.L., Landry, C.C., Overpeck, J.T., Painter, T.H., Lawrence, C.R., and Reynolds, R.L., 2008, Increasing eolian dust deposition in the western United States linked to human activity. Nature - Geosciences. doi:10.1038/ngeo133. Katra, I., and Lancaster, N., 2008, Surface-sediment dynamics in a dust source from spaceborne multispectral thermal infrared data: Remote Sensing of Environment, doi:10.1016/j.rse.2008.03.016. Reheis, M., Honke, J., Lamothe, P., and Fisher, E., 2008, Description and analytical results for deposited dust samples from a two-year monitoring program near Deer Trail, Colorado (USA), 2006-2007: U.S. Geological Survey Open-file Report 2008-1361. 23 p. Reynolds, R.L., Yount, J.C., Reheis, M.C., Goldstein, H., Chavez, Jr., P., Fulton, R., Whitney J., Fuller, C., Forester, R.M., 2007, Dust Emission from wet and dry playas in the Mojave Desert: Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, v. 32, 1811-1827. DOI: 10.1002/esp.1515. Goldstein, H.L., Reynolds, R.L., Reheis, M.C., Yount, J.C., 2007, Physical and chemical data from eolian sediment collected along a transect from the Mojave Desert to the Colorado Plateau, US Geological Survey Open File Report 2007-1153. Reheis, M.C., 2006, A 16-year record of eolian dust in Southern Nevada and California, USA: Controls on dust generation and accumulation: Journal of Arid Environments, v. 67, p. 487-520. Reynolds, R.L., Reheis, M.C., Yount, J., and Lamothe, P., 2006, Composition of aeolian dust in natural traps on isolated surfaces of the central Mojave Desert (USA)-insights to mixing, sources, and nutrient inputs: Journal of Arid Environments, v. 66, p. 42-61. Reynolds, R.L. and Rosenbaum, J.G., 2005, Magnetic mineralogy of sediments in Bear Lake and its watershed, Utah, Idaho, and Wyoming: Support for paleoenvironmental and paleomagnetic interpretations: U.S. Geological Survey Open-file Report 2005-1406, 17 p. Kohfeld, K., Reynolds, R.L., Pelletier, J., and Nickling, W., 2005, Linking the scales of process, observation, and modeling of dust emissions: EOS, Transactions of the American Geophysical Union: v. 8, no. 11, 15 March 2005, p. 113-114. MacKinnon, D., Clow, G., Tigges, R., Reynolds, R.L., and Chavez, P.S., Jr., 2004, Comparison of aerodynamically and model-derived roughness lengths (z0) over diverse surfaces, central Mojave Desert, California, USA: Geomorphology, v. 63, p. 103-113. Reynolds, R.L., Reheis, M., Chavez, P., Hinkley, T., Tigges, R., Clow, G., MacKinnon, D., Lamothe, P., Lancaster, N., Miller, M., Yount, J., Velasco, M., Sides, S., Soltesz, D., Meeker, G., Fulton, R., and Belnap, J., 2003, Dust emission and deposition in the southwestern U.S.-Integrated field, remote sensing, and modeling studies to evaluate response to climatic variability and land use: in Al Sharhan, A.R., Wood, W.W., Goudie, A.S., Fowler, A., and Abdellatif, E., (eds.) Desertification in the Third Millennium: Swets & Zeitlinger, Lisse, The Netherlands, p. 271-282. Reheis, M., 2003, Dust deposition in Nevada, California, and Utah, 1984-2002: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 03-138. Bao, Huiming, and Reheis, M., 2003, Multiple oxygen and sulfur isotopic analyses on water-soluble sulfate in bulk atmospheric deposition from southwestern U.S.A.: Journal of Geophysical Research, Atmospheres, v. 108, D14, 4430, doi:10.1029/2002JD003022. Okin, G., and Reheis, M., 2002, An ENSO predictor of dust emission in the southwestern United States: Geophysical Research Letters, v. 29, no. 9, 10.1029/2001GL014494. Reheis, M.C., Budahn, J.R., and Lamothe, P., 2002, Geochemical evidence for diversity of dust sources in the southwestern United States: Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, v. 66, p. 1569-1587. Chavez, P.S., Jr., MacKinnon, D.J., Reynolds, R.L., Velasco, M.G., 2002, Monitoring dust storms and mapping landscape vulnerability to wind erosion using satellite and ground-based digital images: Arid Lands Newsletter, v. 51, Office of Arid Land Studies, Univ. of Arizona. Tigges, R., Sides, S., Ohms, M., 2001, Automated Remote Digital Imaging System (ARDIS) - application for monitoring dust storms, U.S. Geological Survey Open-file Report 2001-0230, 75 p. Husar, R.B., Reheis, M.C., and others, 2001, Asian dust events of April, 1998: Journal of Geophysical Research, v. 106, no. D16, p. 18137-18330. Gill, T.E., Reynolds, R.L., and Zobeck, T.M., 2000, Measurements of current and historic settled dusts in west Texas: Proceedings of the 93rd Air and Waste Management Association, AMWA Publication VIP-97, Paper No. 175, p. 1-15. Reheis, M.C., Budahn, J.R., and Lamothe, P., 1999, Elemental analyses of modern dust in southern Nevada and California, U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 99-0531 (data release on World-Wide Web).
Presentations (with peer-reviewed abstracts)
Reynolds, R.L., Goldstein, H., Moskowitz, B., Berquó, T., Flagg, C., Kokaly, R., 2011, Characterization of iron oxide minerals in atmospheric dust: Geological Society of American Annual Meeting Program with Abstracts, v. 43, No. 5, p. 337. Reheis, M.C. and Honke, J.S., 2011,Changes in deposited dust chemistry in the southwestern U.S., 1984-2010: Geological Society of American Annual Meeting Program with Abstracts, v. 43, No. 5, p. 336. Reynolds, R.L., Goldstein, H.L., Moskowitz, B., Till, J., Flagg, C., Kokaly, R., Munson, S., Landry, C., Lawrence, C., Hiza, M., D'Odorico, P., Painter, T.H., 2011, Iron minerals in atmospheric dust and source sediments-studies of types and properties to assess environmental effects: EOS, Transactions of the American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting Supplement. Neff, J.C., Fernandez, D.M., Munson, S., Reynolds, R.L., 2011, Desert dust in rural western U.S.--the influence of dust storms, large particles, and land-use change on aerosol loads: EOS, Transactions of the American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting Supplement. Flagg, C., Neff, J.C., Reynolds, R.L., and Belnap, J., 2011, Spatial and Temporal Variability of Fugitive Dust Flux from Colorado Plateau Landscapes: EOS, Transactions of the American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting Supplement. Yauk, K., Till, J., Berquó, T., Banerjee, S.K., Moskowitz, B., Reynolds, R.L., Goldstein, H., T., 2011, Magnetic Properties of iron oxide minerals in atmospheric dust and source sediments from Western US: EOS, Transactions of the American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting Supplement. Goldstein, H., Reynolds, R.L., Moskowitz, B., Flagg, C., Kokaly, R., 2011, Composition of atmospheric mineral dust deposited on mountain snow cover in western United States: Geological Society of American Annual Meeting Program with Abstracts, v. 43, No. 5, p. 284. Morman, S.A., and Reynolds, R.L., 2011, Effects of mineral dust on human health-roles of earth science: Geological Society of American Annual Meeting Program with Abstracts, v. 43, No. 5, p. 337. Reynolds, R.L., Neff, J.C., Miller, M.E., Reheis, M.C., Bogle, R., Goldstein, H., Gill, T., Redsteer, M., Clow, G., Landry, C., Luo, L., Okin, G., Munson, S., and Belnap, J., 2011, Two hundred years of dust emission in western North America, 1850-2050: International Quaternary Association, July 2011, Bern. Paper 1511. Reynolds, R.L. Breit, G.N., Morman, S., Goldstein, H.L., Nickovic, W., Sprigg, W., Clow, G., Miller, M.E., Plumlee, G., Reheis, M., Urban, F., Whitney, J.W., and Plumlee, G., 2010, Anticipating the health risks of atmospheric dust from dust-source settings: American Public Health Association Annual Meeting, Denver, CO, Nov. 6-10, 2010. Reheis, M.C., and Urban, F.E., 2010, Climatic controls on dust generation and deposition in the southwestern United States: Abstracts Volume; International Conference on Aeolian Research VII, Santa Rosa, Argentina, July, 2010. p. 56. Reynolds, R.L., Breit, G.N., Morman, S.A., Clow, G.D., Goldstein, H.L., Miller, M.E., Reheis, M.C., Urban, F.E., Whitney, J.W., Plumlee, G., Sprigg, W.A., and Nickovic, S., 2010, Integrated evaluation of dust sources - a basis for understanding health risks of atmospheric dust: Abstracts Volume; International Conference on Aeolian Research VII, Santa Rosa, Argentina, July, 2010. p. 125. Goldstein, H.L., Breit, G.N., King, J., Yount, J.C., Reynolds, R.L., Reheis, M.C., 2010, Controls on the emission and composition of dust generated from Ash Meadows - Franklin Lake playa, Mojave Desert, southwestern U.S.A. Abstracts Volume; International Conference on Aeolian Research VII, Santa Rosa, Argentina, July, 2010. p. 41. Reynolds, R.L., Belnap, J., Miller, M.E., Neff, J.C., and Reheis, M.C., 2010, Atmospheric dust in the past, present, and future-issues for land management, human health, ecosystem health, and air quality: 2010 DOI Conference on the Environment, Portland, OR, April 26-30, 2010. Breit, G.N., Goldstein, H.L., McKelvey, S., and Reynolds, R.L., 2010, Water, salt, and plants-links in climate sensitive niches of the Mojave Desert: Great Basin-Mojave Desert Climate Change Workshop, Univ. of Nevada, Las Vegas, April 20-22, 2010. Goldstein, H.L., Breit, G.N., King, J., Yount, J.C., Reynolds, R.L., and Reheis, M.C., 2010 Controls on the emission and composition of dust generated from Ash Meadows-Franklin Lake playa, Mojave Desert, southwestern U.S.A.: Great Basin-Mojave Desert Climate Change Workshop, Univ. of Nevada, Las Vegas, April 20-22, 2010. Breit, G.N., Goldstein, H.L., and Reynolds, R.L., 2010, Processes affecting salts at the Ash Meadow Wildlife Refuge and vicinity: 2010 Ash Meadows NWR Symposium, Pahrump NV, Feb. 17-18, 2010. Reynolds, R.L., Breit, G.N., Clow, G., Goldstein, H.L., Miller, M.E., Morman, S., Plumlee, G., Reheis, M., Whitney, J.W., and Urban, F., 2009, Dust source settings as factors for anticipating the health effects of atmospheric dust: Geological Society of America Annual Meeting Abstracts with Program. Whitney, J.W., Breit, G.N., Buckingham, S.E., Bogle, R.C., Goldstein, H.L., Reynolds, R.L., Yount, J.C., King, J., and Vogel, J.M., 2009, Accelerated deflation on Mesquite Lake playa, Mojave Desert: EOS, Transactions of the American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting Supplement. Clow, G.D., Reynolds, R.L., Urban, F.E., Bogle, R.C., and Vogel, J.M., 2009, Influence of complex terrain on wind fields in the Mojave Desert, southwestern U.S.: EOS, Transactions of the American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting Supplement. Urban, F.E., Reynolds, R.L., and Fulton, R.E., 2009, The influence of precipitation-driven annual plant growth on dust emission in the Mojave desert, USA: EOS, Transactions of the American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting Supplement. Reheis, M., and Urban, F.E., 2009, Regional and climatic controls on dust flux in the southwestern U.S.: EOS, Transactions of the American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting Supplement. Reynolds, R.L., Goldstein, H.L., Ketterer, M., Moser, K., Neff, J.C., Reheis, M.C., and Rosenbaum, J.G., 2009, Compositional changes in atmospheric dust in western United States during the past 150 years: EOS, Transactions of the American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting Supplement. Reynolds, R.L., Breit, G.N., Goldstein, H.L., Morman, S., Reheis, M., Yount, J.C., and King, J., 2009, Bioaccessibility of trace metals in dust from playas in the Mojave Desert: International Association of Geomorphology, Melbourne, Australia July 2009. Paper 241. ISBN 1 877040 74 6. Reynolds, R.L., Neff, J.C., and Reheis, M.C., 2008, Wind erosion and dust emission in western deserts-more or less in the future? Climate and Deserts Workshop: Adaptive Management of Desert Ecosystems in a Changing Climate: Univ. of Arizona, April, 2008. Reynolds, R.L., Yount, J.C., Breit, G.N., Reheis, M.C., Goldstein, Skipp, G., Bogle, Velasco, M., Fulton, R., 2008, Crusts and dusts at playas in the Mojave Desert, USA: 10th International Conference on Salt Lake Research, Program and Abstracts, University of Utah, May, 2008, p. 70. Breit, G.N., Goldstein, H. Yount, J.C., Reynolds, R.L., 2008, Relations of trace metals in surface salts with underlying ground water of Franklin Lake Playa and the Ash Meadows area of Nevada and California: 10th International Conference on Salt Lake Research, Program and Abstracts, University of Utah, May, 2008, p. 40. Reynolds, R.L., Neff, J.C., Reheis, M.C., Moser, K., Rosenbaum, J.G., 2008, Influences of human activities on dust composition and flux in western North America during the past 150 years: International Geological Congress Abstracts on CD 33IGC/1342441.html. Reheis, M.C., Reynolds, R.L., 2008, Regional controls on dust generation and accumulation in the southwestern U.S.: Ecological Society of America. Bryant, R.G., Reynolds, R.L, Yount, J.C., Reheis, M., Goldstein, H., Chavez, Jr., P. Whitney. J., Breit, G.N., Velasco, M.G., and Bogle R.C., 2008, Mapping aeolian erosion on Mesquite Lake, California and Nevada, USA. Windy Day Conference 2008, Department of Geography, Kings College London, UK. Reheis, M.C., 2008, Regional Differences In Seasonal Dust Deposition Rates In the Southwestern U.S.: Geological Society of America Annual Meeting Abstracts with Program, v. 40, no. 6, Abstract 72-6. Morman, S., Reynolds, R.L., Reheis, M., Goldstein, H., Plumlee, G., and Wolf, R.E., 2008, Bioaccessibility of toxic elements in dusts from dry saline lakes in the Mojave Desert (USA): Geological Society of America Annual Meeting Abstracts with Program, v. 40, no. 6. Abstract 78-10. Reynolds, R.L., Breit, G.N., Goldstein, H.L., Yount, J.C., Morman, S., Reheis, M., Fulton, R., and King, J., 2008, Dust from playas in the Mojave Desert (USA): Controls on metal contents and emission: Geological Society of America Annual Meeting Abstracts with Program, v. 40, no. 6. 78-9, Invited. Morman, S., Wolf, R.E., Plumlee, G., and Reynolds, R.L., 2008, Bioaccessibility and speciation of potential toxicants in geogenic sources of atmospheric particulate matter: EOS, Transactions of the American Geophysical Union 89(53) Fall Meeting Supplement, Abstract A43A-03. Reynolds, R.L., Breit, G.N., Goldstein, H.L., Morman, S., Reheis, M., Yount, J.C., Bogle, R., Vogel, J., Ballantine, A., and King, J., 2008, Evaporite-mineral dusts from a dry saline playa in the Mojave Desert and bioaccessibility of their trace metals: EOS, Transactions of the American Geophysical Union 89(53) Fall Meeting Supplement, Abstract A43A-0280. Chavez, P., Isbrecht, J., Velasco, M., and Bogle, R., 2007, Use of remote sensing to detect and map temporal and spatial vegetation dynamics to help map landscape erosion vulnerability: Mojave Desert and Moloka'i, Hawai'i: American Association of Geographers Conference, San Francisco. Urban, F.E., Reynolds, R.L., Fulton, R., 2007, The dynamic interaction of climate, annual vegetation, and dust emission, Mojave Desert, USA: International Union for Quaternary Research XVII International Union for Quaternary Research Congress; Quaternary International v. 167-168 Supplement, p. 427. Reynolds, R.L.,Goldstein, H., Mordecai, J., Moser, K., Neff, J.C., Reheis, M.C., Rosenbaum, J.G., Yount, J.C., 2007, Changes in dust composition in the western United States related to human activities over the past ca. 150 years: XVII International Union for Quaternary Research Congress; Quaternary International v. 167-168 Supplement, p. 341. Whitney, J.W. and Reynolds, R.L., 2007, Yardang evolution in Mesquite Lake playa, Mojave Desert, California: Geological Society of America Program with Abstracts, v. 39, no. 6, p. 143. Painter, T.H., Mahowald, N., and Neff, J.C., 2007, Climate response in the western United States to dust-shortened snow cover duration since late 1800s soil disturbance: EOS, Transactions of the American Geophysical Union 88(52) Fall Meeting Supplement, Abstract GC32A-01. Lawrence, C., Neff, J.C., Farmer, L. Painter, T. Landry, C., 2007, Geochemical and Isotopic Estimates of Eolian Dust in Soils of the San Juan Mountains, USA: EOS, Transactions of the American Geophysical Union 88(52) Fall Meeting Supplement, Abstract V23A-1237. Ballantine, J.A., Reynolds, R.L., Chavez, P., Clow, G., Fulton, R., Bogle, R., Reheis, M.C., Urban, F.E., Wallace, C., and Yount, J.C., 2007, A framework of field observations and spatial data for understanding dust emission in the Mojave Desert: EOS, Transactions of the American Geophysical Union 88(52) Fall Meeting Supplement, Abstract NG41C-0668. Goldstein, H.L., Breit, G.N., Yount, J.C., and Reynolds, R.L., 2007, Trace-metal accumulation in brines and salts of Franklin Lake playa and the Ash Meadows area of Nevada and California: Geological Society of America Program with Abstracts, v. 39, no. 6, p. 188. Belnap, J., Reynolds, R.L., Neff, J.C., Painter, T.H., and Reheis, M.C., 2007, Climate change and dust: What does the future hold?: Ninth Biennial Conference of Research on the Colorado Plateau, Flagstaff, AZ. Plumlee, G.S., Morman, A.A., Reynolds, R.L., and Reheis, M., 2006 Dusts from dry lakebeds: Mineralogical and geochemical characteristics of potential health concern: Chinese Journal of Geochemistry, v. 25 (suppl.), p. 26. Ballantine, J-A., Pelltier, R., and Reynolds, R.L., 2006, The Inventory of North American dust sources, events, and depositional data: Sixth International Conference on Aeolian Research, Guelph, Canada. Program and Abstracts, p. 145. Goldstein, H., Reynolds, R.L., Yount, J., and Reheis, M., 2006, Compositional trends in aeolian dust captured on isolated surfaces, southwestern USA: Sixth International Conference on Aeolian Research, Guelph, Canada. Program and Abstracts, p. 154. Reheis, M., Reynolds, R.L., and Goldstein, H., 2006, Comparison of modern dust and surface -sediment compositions in the Mojave and Southern Great Basin deserts, USA: Sixth International Conference on Aeolian Research, Guelph, Canada. Program and Abstracts, p. 155. Reynolds, R.L., Reheis, M., Urban, F., Neff, J.C., Fernandez, D. and Goldstein, H., 2006, The dust cycle in drylands of the central Colorado Plateau (USA) from late Pleistocene inputs to modern emissions: Sixth International Conference on Aeolian Research, Guelph, Canada. Program and Abstracts, p. 195. Urban, F., and Reynolds, R.L., 2006, The role of climate and vegetation dynamics in controlling dust emission from sparsely vegetated drylands at Mojave National Preserve: Sixth International Conference on Aeolian Research, Guelph, Canada. Program and Abstracts, p. 156. Yount, J., Reynolds, R.L., Reheis, M., Goldstein, H., Forester, R., Chavez, P., Bogle, R., and Fulton, R., 2006, Dust emission from playas of the Mojave Desert, USA: Importance and variability of evaporite-rich dust derived from wet playas: Sixth International Conference on Aeolian Research, Guelph, Canada. Program and Abstracts, p. 131. Reynolds, R.L., Yount, J., Reheis, M., Goldstein, H., Forester, R., Chavez, P., and Fulton, R., 2006, Dust emission from playas in the Mojave Desert, USA: European Geosciences Union General Assembly 2006, v. 8, SRef-ID: 1607-7962/gra/EGU06-A-02436. Hartman, J.S., Reynolds, R.L., Rosenbaum, J.G., Walsh, M.K., and Moser, K.A., 2005, Post-settlement atmospheric inputs revealed in sedimentologic changes in Uinta Mountain lakes: American Society of Limnology and Oceanography. Hartman, J.S., Moser, K.A., Reynolds, R.L., Rosenbaum, J.G., and Walsh, M.K., 2005, Atmospheric inputs recorded in Uinta Mountain lakes: American Association of Geographers Annual Meeting. Reynolds, R.L., Forester, R., Neff, J.C., and Reheis, M.C., 2005, Dust emission and deposition-linking geomorphology, hydrology, and ecology: Sixth International Conference on Geomorphology, September 7-11, 2005, Zaragoza (Spain), Abstracts volume, p. 501. Reheis, M.C., 2003, Long records of dust deposition in the southwestern U.S.A.: Program and Abstracts, 2nd International Workshop on Mineral Dust, 10-12 September 2003, Paris, France (no pagination). Reheis, M., Plumlee, G., Ziegler, T., Reynolds, R., Lamothe, P. Budahn, J., Hageman, P., and Gill, T., 2003, Potential health hazards of Owens Lake dust: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 03-96, abstracts for USGS Human Health Conference. Chavez, P.S., Jr., MacKinnon, D.J., Reynolds, R.L., and Velasco, M.G., 2002, Use of satellite and ground-based digital images to detect and monitor dust storms in the Mojave Desert: American Geophysical Union International Conference, San Francisco, CA, December, 2002. Chavez, P.S., MacKinnon, D.J, Clow, G., Tigges, R., Urban, F., Fulton, R., Reheis, M., Miller, D., Bultman, M., Reynolds, R.L., 2002, Monitoring dust emission in the southwest U.S.-interannual differences related to climatic variability: Geological Society of America Program with Abstracts, v. 34, no. 6, p. 246. Chavez, P.S, Jr., MacKinnon, D.J., Reynolds, R.L., Velasco, M.G., 2002, Use of satellite and ground-based images to monitor dust storms and map landscape vulnerability to wind erosion, in Lee, J.A., and Zoback, T.M., Proceedings of ICAR5/GCTE-SEN Joint Conference: International Center for Arid and Semiarid Lands Studies, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas, USA Publication 02-2, p. 98. Chavez, P.S., Jr., Velasco, M.G., MacKinnon, D.J., Thomas, K.A., Fulton, R., 2002, Use of Landsat Thematic Mapper multi-temporal images to detect and study vegetation dynamics in the Mojave Desert: Applications to studies of dust emission, in Lee, J.A., and Zoback, T.M., Proceedings of ICAR5/GCTE-SEN Joint Conference: International Center for Arid and Semiarid Lands Studies, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas, USA Publication 02-2, p. 97. Goldstein, H., Reheis, M., Reynolds, R., Yount, J., Simmons, K., Lamothe, P., Luiszer, F., 2002, Aeolian dust on isolated surfaces from the Mojave Desert to the Colorado Plateau, USA, in Lee, J.A., and Zoback, T.M., Proceedings of ICAR5/GCTE-SEN Joint Conference: International Center for Arid and Semiarid Lands Studies, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas, USA Publication 02-2, p. 314-316. Hinkley, T., Lamothe, P., Meeker, G., Xiao J., Miller, M., Fulton, R., 2002, Trace elements deposited with dusts in Southwestern U.S.-enrichments, fluxes, and comparison with records from elsewhere, in Lee, J.A., and Zoback, T.M., Proceedings of ICAR5/GCTE-SEN Joint Conference: International Center for Arid and Semiarid Lands Studies, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas, USA Publication 02-2, p. 321-324. MacKinnon, D.J., and Chavez, P., 2002, Extraction of the geometry of surface clasts from ground-based digital images: Application to studies of wind erosion, in Lee, J.A., and Zoback, T.M., Proceedings of ICAR5/GCTE-SEN Joint Conference: International Center for Arid and Semiarid Lands Studies, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas, USA Publication 02-2, p. 127-129. MacKinnon, D.J., Clow, G.D., Tigges, R., Reynolds, R.L., Chavez, P. S. Jr., 2002, Measured and modeled roughness heights (Z0) over diverse roughness elements, central Mojave Desert, California, USA, in Lee, J.A., and Zoback, T.M., Proceedings of ICAR5/GCTE-SEN Joint Conference: International Center for Arid and Semiarid Lands Studies, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas, USA Publication 02-2, p. 122-126. Okin, G.S., and Reheis, M.C., 2001, Determining climate thresholds for wind erosion in the Mojave Desert: Using ENSO-related interannual variability to assess potential desertification: Abstract, International Symposium on Land Degradation and Desertification, Mexico City, Mexico, April 2001. Reheis, M., Plumlee, G., Lamothe, P., Budahn, J., Hageman, P., Hinkley, T., Meeker, G., Gill, T., Winn, R., and Thames, D., 2001, Potential health hazards of Owens Lake dust: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 33, no. 6, p. A-237. U.S. Geological Survey, California Desert Studies Center, Desert Research Institute, and National Park Service, 2001, Dust-emission monitoring and development of a wind-erosion model, central Mojave Desert: Dryland Change 2001 International Conference Abstracts, Upington, South Africa, p. 54. U.S. Geological Survey, California Desert Studies Consortium, Desert Research Institute, and National Park Service, 2000, Dust-emission monitoring and development of a wind-erosion model at Soda Lake and Devil's Playground, Mojave Desert, USA: IGCP conference, Linkages among fluvial, lacustrine, and aeolian systems, Oct. 23-27, 2000, Desert Studies Center, Zzyzx, CA. U.S. Geological Survey, Desert Research Institute, and California Desert Studies Consortium, 2000, Eolian processes and deposits in the southwestern U.S-past, present, and future response to climatic variability and land use: American Quaternary Association, Fayetteville, AR, Biennial Meeting Abstracts, p. 96-97. Geiss, C., Banerjee, S., and Reheis, M., 2000, Influence of Owens (dry) Lake sediment on magnetic properties of dust samples from southern California: EOS, Transactions of the American Geophysical Union, v. 81, no. 48, p. F369. Chavez, P.S., MacKinnon, D.J., Velasco, M.G., Sides, S., and Reynolds, R.L., 2000, Using remote sensing to detect active dust storms and map areas vulnerable to eolian erosion: ERIM International Conference on Applications of Remote Sensing for Geology, Las Vegas, NV, November 2000. Reheis, M.C., and Okin, G.S., 2000, A 15-year record of relations among ENSO, potential wind erosion, and dust deposition in the western Mojave Desert: Potential applications to land use planning: Abstracts, IGCP 413 Workshop, Understanding future dry land changes from past dynamics, Zzyzx, CA, October 23-27, 2000 (no pagination). Hinkley, T.K., 2000, Atmospheric Deposition of Dust and Salt Through more than 25,000 Years of Taylor Dome Antarctic Ice Core: Refinement by Measurement of Major, Minor, and Trace Metal Suites: Workshop on Mineral Dusts, Boulder, CO, June 11-12, 1999. Hinkley, T., Lamothe, P., Meeker, G., Miller, M.E., and Xiao, J., 2000, Dust in the Southwest -- flux, chemical and mineral composition, and trace element load: EOS, Transactions American Geophysical Union v. 80, no. 46, p. F77. Reynolds, R.L., Reheis, M., Clow, G., Tigges, R., Hinkley, T., Lamothe, P., Meeker, G., Chavez, P., MacKinnon, D., Velasco, M., Sides, S., and Soltesz, D., 2000, Eolian processes in the southwestern U.S. - Integrated studies to evaluate impacts from climatic variability and land use bearing on ecosystem health and visibility: National Park Service, North by Northwest Program Abstracts 2000, p. 29. Reynolds, R.L., Reheis, M., Clow, G., Tigges, R., Hinkley, T., Mazza, N., Schumann, R., Lamothe, P., Meeker, G., Chavez, P., MacKinnon, D., Velasco, M., Sides, S., and Soltesz, D., 1999, Dust emission and deposition in the southwestern U.S. - Integrated studies to evaluate past, present, and future response to climatic variability and land use: International Workshop on Mineral Dust, Boulder, CO, June 1999. MacKinnon, D., Chavez, P., 1999, Low-sun-angle enhancement of suspended dust at Owens Lake, California, as observed in visible-band, GOES-VISSR satellite image data: International Mineral Dust Workshop, Boulder, CO, June, 1999. Reheis, M.C., 1999, Dust-producing regions of the southwestern United States: Workshop on Mineral Dust, 9-11 June 1999, Boulder, Colorado (no pagination). Reheis, M., Brune, J., Yount, J., and Budahn, J., 1999, Eolian dust from natural traps on Yucca Mountain, in Taylor, E.M., ed., Quaternary geology of the Yucca Mountain area, southern Nevada, Field Trip Guide: Pacific Cell, Friends of the Pleistocene, p. 190-193. Gill, T.E., Reheis, M.C., and Zobeck, T.M., 1999, Present-day aeolian deposition in the southern High Plains of Texas: First results of a dustfall study: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 31, no. 1, p. A8. Reheis, M.C., 1998, Is modern dust representative of paleo-dust inputs to soils?: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 30, no. 7, p. A-100. Reheis, M.C., and Budahn, J.R., 1998, Geochemical evidence for sources of dust in the southwestern Great Basin, U.S.A.: 4th International Conference on Aeolian Research, Oxford, England, July 1998 p. 65.
More Project Websites:
Linking the Scales of Process, Observation, and Modeling of Dust Emissions: 2004 Dust Workshop, Boulder, Colorado (Reynolds, Pelltier) The Inventory of North American Dust Sources (Ballantine, Pelltier, Schumann, Reynolds)
Sand-Dune Dynamics
Reports
Katra, I., Scheidt, S., and Lancaster, N., 2009, Changes in active eolian sand at northern Coachella Valley, California: Geomorphology, v. 105, 277-290. Whitney, J.W., Forman, S.L., Paces, J.B., and Yount, J.C., Late Quaternary evolution of the Dale Lake sand ramp, San Bernardino County, California: In review. Madole, R.F., Romig, J.H., Aleinikoff, J.N., Van Sistine, D., Yacob, E.Y., 2008, On the origin and age of the Great Sand Dunes, Colorado: Geomorphology, doi:10.10116/j.geomorph.2007.10.006, v. 99, 1-4, p. 99-119. Morgan, M.L., Matthews, V., Gutierrez, F., Thorson, J.P., Madole, R.F., and Hanson, P.R., 2008, From buttes to bowls: Repeated relief inversion in the landscape of the Colorado Piedmont, in Raynolds, R.G., ed., Roaming the Rocky Mountains and environs: Geological Field Trips: Geological Society of America Field Guide 10, p. 203-215. doi:10.1130/2008.fld010 (10). Madole, R.F., and Mahan, S.A, 2007, Stop A6.1-Overview of Quaternary stratigraphy in the Great Sand Dunes area, in Machette, M.N., Coates, M.M, and Johnson, M.J., eds., Quaternary geology of the San Luis Basin, southern Colorado and Northern New Mexico-Rocky Mountain Section Friends of the Pleistocene Guidebook, September 7-9, 2007: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2007-1193, p. 31-34. Muhs, D., Budahn, J., Reheis, M, Beann, J., Skipp, G., and Fisher, E., 2007, Airborne dust transport to the eastern Pacific Ocean off southern California: Evidence from San Clemente Island: Journal of Geophysical Research, 112, doi:10.1029/2006JD007577. Madole, R.F., VanSistine, D., and Michael, J.A., 2005, Distribution of late Quaternary wind-deposited sand in eastern Colorado: U.S. Geological Survey SIM-2875, scale 1:600,000, booklet, 45 p. Wood, K.R., 2005, The Morphology and Structure of a Nebkha Field, (dissertation) BSc Geography, GEO356, University of Sheffield, Department of Geography, Sheffield, United Kingdom. Madole, R.F., 2005, Quaternary geology and geomorphology, Chapter 4, in Anderson, A.B., ed., Woodlands to wetlands; Human occupation and use of the Great Sand Dunes eolian system: Mosca, CO, Friends of the Dunes, Report submitted to Colorado State Historic Fund, Project #2001-02-069. Muhs, D.R., Reynolds, R.L., Been, J., and Skipp, G., 2003, Eolian sand transport pathways in the southwestern United States: Importance of the Colorado River and local sources: Quaternary International, v. 104, p. 3-18. Muhs, D. and Holliday, V., 2001, Origin of late Quaternary dune fields on the southern High Plains of Texas and New Mexico: Geological Society of America Bulletin, v. 113, p. 75-87. Muhs, D.R. and Zarate, M., 2001, Late Quaternary eolian records of the Americas and their paleoclimatic significance, in Markgraf, V. ed., Pole-Equator-Pole Paleoclimatic Records of the Americas: Academic Press, p. 183-216. Arbogast, A.F. and Muhs, D.R., 2000, Geochemical and mineralogic evidence from eolian sediments for northwesterly mid-Holocene paleowinds, central Kansas, U.S.A.: Quaternary International, v. 67, p. 107-118.
Presentations (with peer-reviewed abstracts)
Madole, R.F., 2008, Late Quaternary climate change in the San Luis Valley, Colorado: A succession of contrasting environments: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 40, no. 5. Katra, I. and Lancaster, N., 2008, Changes in Sand Environments at Northern Coachella Valley (CA) from Satellite Thermal Infrared Data: American Association of Geographers Annual Meeting, Boston. Whitney, J.W., Reynolds, R.L., 2007, Yardang evolution in Mesquite lake playa, Mojave Desert. California: Geological Society of America Program with Abstracts Mahan, S.A., Noe, D.C., McCalpin, J., Madole, R., 2005, Optically stimulated luminescence dating of loess and sand sheets in the Anton scarp trench, northeast Colorado: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 37, no 6, p. 14. Hiza, M.M., 2002, Factors effecting dune mobility on the Navajo Nation, AZ (abs.): Proceedings from the Fifth International Conference on Aeolian Research and the Global Change and Terrestrial Ecosystems-Soil Erosion Network (Wind), July 22-25, 2002, Texas Tech University, Lubbock Texas. Madole, R.F., and Romig, J.H., 2002, The Great Sand Dunes (GSD) of south-central Colorado: Origin and implications: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 34, no. 6, p. 275. Madole, R.F., 2001, Assessment of the potential for reconstructing the Quaternary history of the Great Sand Dunes area, San Luis Valley, Colorado: Annual Meeting of Colorado Council of Professional Archeologists, Abstracts, p. 12. Muhs, D.R., 1999, Reactivation of Great Plains sand dunes during the 1930's drought: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, Toronto.
Pathogens in Soil (Related to Valley Fever)
Reports
Bultman, M.W., Fisher, F.S., and Pappagianis, Demosthenes, 2005, The ecology of soil-borne human pathogens, in Essentials of Medical Geology: Impacts of the Natural Environment on Public Health, Elsevier-Academic Press, Burlington, MA, p. 481-512. Bultman, M.W., Gettings, M.E., and Fisher, F.S., 2005, Identification of Coccidioides habitat using a spatial fuzzy system and complex systems analysis, Proceedings of the First International Conference on Fate of Biological Agents, Williamsburg, VA., U.S. Army Edgewood Chemical Biological Center Aberdeen Proving Ground, 7 p. Bultman, M.W., Fisher, F.S., and Gettings, M.E., 2004, Coccidioidomycosis: Mitigating the Risk, USGS GeoHealth News, Volume 3, No. 1, U.S. Geological Survey, Reston Virginia. Bultman, M., Fisher, F., and Pappagianis. D., 2004, An overview of the ecology of soil-borne human pathogens: in Medical Geology: Earth Science in Support of Public Health Protection, Academic Press. Fisher, F.S., Bultman, M.W., and Pappagianis, Demosthenes, 2000, Operational Guidelines (version 1.0) for Geological Fieldwork in Areas Endemic for Coccidioidomycosis (Valley Fever), U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 00-348, Online version 1.0.
Presentations (with peer-reviewed abstracts)
Gettings, Mark E., Fisher, Frederick S., and Bultman, Mark W., 2005, Agent-Based Modeling of Physical Factors That May Control the Growth of Coccidioides (Valley Fever Fungus) in Soils: Proceedings of the First All-USGS Modeling Conference, 14-17 November, 2005, Port Angeles, WA. Scientific Investigations Report 2006-5308. Bultman, M.W. 2005, A fuzzy rule-based spatial modeling approach to delineating the habitat of Coccidioides, Proceedings of the First All-USGS Modeling Conference, 14-17 November,2005, Port Angeles, WA. Scientific Investigations Report 2006-5308. Bultman, MW, 2004, Modeling the habitat of Coccidioides, a soil-borne human pathogen. Workshop on science data in support of environmental health studies in the U.S.-Mexico Border region, McAllen, TX, April 27-28, 2004. Bultman, M.W., Gettings, M.E., and Fisher, F.S., 2004, Identification of coccidioides habitat using a spatial fuzzy system and complex systems analysis, First International Conference on Fate of Biological Agents, June 7-10, 2004, Williamsburg, VA. Bultman, M.W, Fisher, F.S., Gettings, M.E., 2004, Mapping the distribution of a soil-borne human pathogen. Symposium: Application of Complex System Modeling in the Earth Sciences, A New Kind of Science: The NKS Forum, Symposium on the application of complex system science in the earth sciences; Boston, April 22-25, 2004. Bultman, M.W. 2004, Valley Fever (Coccidioidomycosis): A Geologically Connected Disease, Arizona Geological Society, Abstracts for Past AGS Talks, August 3, 2004. Bultman, M.W., Fisher, F.S., and Gettings, M.E., 2004, Modeling the habitat of a soil-borne human pathogen: Coccidioides, USGS Fifth Biennial GIS Workshop, Denver Colorado, March 29-April 2, 2004. Pappagianis, Demosthenes and Fisher, F.S., 2003, Coccidioidomycosis (San Joaquin Valley Fever) Dust Borne Fungal Disease of Humans and Non-Humans: Soil Science Society of America, Annual Meeting. Gettings, M.E., and Fisher, F.S., 2003, Agent-Based Modeling of Physical Factors That May Control the Growth of Coccidioides immitis (Valley Fever Fungus) in Soils, American Geophysical Union Fall Annual Meeting Abstract B21B-0713. Fisher, F.S., Bultman, M.W., Pappagianis, D., Orbach, M.J., Chatigny, J.M., Barton, C., Haddad, M., Panebaker, D., 2002, The ecology of the Swelter Shelter Coccidioides site, Dinosaur National Monument, Utah, Proceedings of the annual coccidioidomycosis study group meeting, Meeting number 46, April 6, 2002, University of California Davis, California, Published by The Valley Fever Center for Excellence, Tucson, AZ, p. 3. Fisher, F.S. and Bultman, M.W., 2002, Modeling the saprophytic habitat of Coccidioides immitis, Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument, Arizona, GSA Abstracts with Programs, Geological Society of America, vol. 34. Bultman, M.W., and Fisher, F.S., 2001, Definitive parameters and modeling of the saprophytic habitat of Coccidioides immitis in Arizona with a spatial fuzzy system, USGS, Predicting hydrologic, geologic, and biologic responses to a drier and warmer climate in the desert, Southwest USGS workshop. Tucson. Bultman, M.W., and Fisher, F.S., 2001, Coccidioides immitis: A fungal component of dust and a human pathogen, Proceedings of the 129th Annual Meeting of the American Public Health Association, Atlanta, Georgia, October 21-25, 2001. Fisher, F. S. and Bultman, M.W., 2001, Definitive parameters and modeling of the saprophytic habitat of Coccidioides immitis in Arizona with a spatial fuzzy system, Proceedings of the annual coccidioidomycosis study group meeting, Meeting number 45, March 31, 2001, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, Published by The Valley Fever Center for Excellence, Tucson, AZ, p. 6. Bultman, M.W., Fisher, F.S., and Gettings, M.E., 2000, Modeling the occurrence of Coccidioides immitis with a spatial fuzzy system, Proceedings of the Modeling Complex Systems Conference and Workshop, Montreal, Quebec (Canada), July 31 to August 4, 2000. Bultman, M.W., and Fisher, F.S., 1999, The determination of a geological/ecological habitat model for Coccidioides immitis: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 31, p. A-222. Comrie, A., Kolivras, K., Ampel, N., Bultman, M., Johnson, P., Rogan, S., Smith, K., and Yool, S.R., 1999, Exploring Climate Variability and Valley Fever, 24th Annual Climate Diagnostics and Prediction Workshop, Institute for the Study of the Planet Earth, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, November 1-5, 1999. Yool, S., Johnson, P.S., Ampel, N., Bultman, M.W., Comrie, A.C., Kolivras, K., Rogan S., and Smith, K., 1999, Geospatial Modeling of Coccidioides immitis Habitat as Mediated by Climate and Surface Variables, 24th Annual Climate Diagnostics and Prediction Workshop, Institute for the Study of the Planet Earth, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, November 1-5, 1999.
Sediment Dynamics in Dryland Rivers - Relations to Climate, Groundwater, and Land Use
Reports
Hereford, R., Chronology of Late Holocene alluviation in the mainstem and tributaries of Coyote Wash, Arizona, preliminary summary of results: Flagstaff, Arizona: for GSA Bulletin. Whitney, J.W., Buckingham, S.E., Ehrenburg, E., Glancy, P.A., and Hester, J., The rapid erosion of Las Vegas Wash, Clark County, Nevada, Geological Society of America Bulletin (in review). Glancy, P.A., and Whitney, J.W., Geomorphic evolution and modern erosion of Las Vegas Wash, Clark County, Nevada: USGS Scientific Investigation Report. In review. Hereford, R., and Betancourt, J.L., 2009, Historic geomorphology of the San Pedro River: Archival and physical evidence, in Stromberg, J., and Tellman, B., eds., Ecology and conservation of the San Pedro River: Tucson, University of Arizona Press, p. 232-250. Hereford, R., 2002, Precipitation History of the Colorado Plateau Region, 1900–2000: U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet 119-02. Hereford, R., 2009, Alluviation and visual removal of landscape disturbances, Camp Ibis-Piute Wash, eastern Mojave Desert, in Webb, R.H., Fenstermaker, L.F., Hughson, D.L., McDonald, E.V., and Miller, D.M., eds, The Mojave Desert, ecosystem processes and sustainability: Reno, University of Nevada Press, p. 410-428. Buckingham, S.E., and Whitney, J.W., 2007, GIS methodology for quantifying channel change in Las Vegas, Nevada: Journal of American Water Resources Association: v. 43(4), p. 888-898. Duffield, W., Riggs, N., Kaufman, D., Champion, D., Fenton, C., Forman, S., McIntosh, W., Hereford, R., Plescia, J., and Ort, M., 2006, Multiple constraints on the age of a Pleistocene lava dam across the Little Colorado River at Grand Falls, Arizona: Geological Society of America Bulletin v. 118, p. 421-429. Hereford, R., Webb, R.H., and Longpre, C.I., 2006, Precipitation history of the Mojave Desert region, 1893-2001: Journal of Arid Environments 67, 13-34. Friedman, J.M., Auble, G.T., Andrews, E.D., Kittel, G., Madole, R.F., Griffin, E.R., and Allred, T.M., 2006, Transverse and longitudinal variation in woody riparian vegetation along a montane river: Western North American Naturalist, v. 66, no. 1, p. 78-91. Poore, R.Z., Pavich, M.J., and Grissino-Mayer, H.D., 2005, Record of the North American southwest monsoon from Gulf of Mexico sediment cores: Geology, v. 33, no. 3, p. 209-212. Bierman, P.R., Reuter, J.M., Pavich, M., Gellis, A.C., Caffee, M.W., and Larsen, J., 2005, Using cosmogenic radionuclides to contrast rates of erosion and sediment yield in a semi-arid, arroyo-dominated landscape, Rio Puerco Basin, New Mexico: Earth Surfaces Processes and Landforms, v. 30. Webb, R.H., Hereford, R., and McCabe G.J., 2005, Climatic fluctuations, drought, and flow in the Colorado River, in Gloss, S.P., Lovich, J.E., and Melis, T.S., eds., The state of the Colorado River ecosystem in Grand Canyon: U.S. Geological Survey Circular 1282, p. 57-68. Gellis, A.C., Pavich, M.J., Bierman, P., Ellwein, A., Aby, S., and Clapp, E., 2004, Modern sediment yield compared to geologic rates of sediment generation in a semiarid basin, New Mexico-Determining the human impact: Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, v. 29, p.1359-1372. Hereford, R., Webb, R.H., and Graham, Scott, 2004, Precipitation history of the Mojave Desert region, 1893-2001: U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet 117-03. Hereford, R., 2004, Climatic Fluctuations, Drought, and Flow in the Colorado River Basin: U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet 2004-3062 Lucchitta, Ivo, Letters from Grand Canyon: Grand Canyon National Park Nature Notes. Seven articles 1997-2004. Lucchitta, Ivo, Boatman's Quarterly Review, Nine articles 2000-2004. Hereford, R., and Webb, R.H., 2003, Map showing Quaternary geology and geomorphology of the Lonely Dell reach of the Paria River, Lees Ferry, Arizona with a section on landscape rephotography by Robert H. Webb and Richard Hereford: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Investigation Series Map I-2771, scale 1:5,000. Burke, K.J., Fairley, H.C., Hereford, R., and Thompson, K.S., 2003, Holocene terraces, sand dunes, and debris fans along the Colorado River in Grand Canyon, in Beus, S.S., and Morales, Michael, eds., Grand Canyon Geology: London, Oxford University Press, p. 352-370. Quade, J., Forester, R. M., and Whelan, J. F., 2003, Late Quaternary paleohydrology and paleotemperature change in southern Nevada, in Enzel, Y., Wells, S., and Lancaster, N., eds., Geological Society of America Special Paper 368, p. 165-188. Fairley, H.C. and Hereford, R., 2002, Geoarcheological research along the Colorado River in Grand Canyon, Arizona, in Phillips, B.P., and Ware, J.A. eds., Culture and Environment in the American Southwest: Papers in honor of Robert C. Euler, Phoenix, Arizona, SWCA Anthropological Research Paper Number 8, p. 39-48. Gellis, A.C., 2002, Twentieth Century Channel Changes in Chaco Culture National Historic Park: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 01-4251, 42 p. Hereford, R., 2002, Valley-fill alluviation (ca. 1400-1880) during the Little Ice Age, Paria River basin and southern Colorado Plateau, U.S.A.: Geological Society of America Bulletin, v. 114, p. 1550-1563. Hereford, R., Webb, R.H., and Graham, Scott, 2002, Precipitation history of the Colorado Plateau, 1900-2000: U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet 119-02. Gellis, A.C., and Elliott, J.G., 2001, Arroyo changes in selected watersheds of New Mexico, United States: in Harvey, M., and Anthony, D., eds., Applying Geomorphology to Environmental Management, A Special Publication Honoring Stanley A. Schumm: Water Resources Publications, LLC Press, p. 225-240. Clapp, E.M., Bierman, P.R., Pavich, M.J., Nichols, K.K., and Caffee, M., 2001, Rates of sediment supply to arroyos from upland erosion determined using in situ produced cosmogenic 10Be and 26Al: Quaternary Research, v.55, p. 235-245. Gellis, A.C., Pavich, M.J., and Ellwein, A., 2001, Erosion and sediment yields in two subbasins of contrasting land use, Rio Puerco, New Mexico: Proceedings of the Seventh Federal Interagency Sedimentation Conference, Reno, Nevada, p. V83-V90. Love, D.W., and Gellis, A.C., 2001, What decision makers should know about arroyos in New Mexico: in Johnson, P.S., ed., Water, Watersheds, and Land Use in New Mexico, New Mexico Decision-Makers Field Guide no. 1: New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources, Socorro, New Mexico, p. 81-83. Lucchitta, I., Jeanne, R.A., 2001, Geomorphic features and processes of the Shivwits Plateau, Arizona, and their constraints on the age of the western Grand Canyon: Grand Canyon Symposium (June 11, 2000) Monograph. Lucchitta, I., Curtis, G.H., Davis, M.E., Davis, S.W., Hanks, T.C., Finkel, R.C., Turrin, B., 2001, Rates of downcutting of the Colorado River during the mid-to-late Quaternary: Grand Canyon Symposium (June 11, 2000) Monograph. Lucchitta, I., McDougall, K., Metzger, D.G., Morgan, P., Smith, G.R., Chernoff, B., 2001, The Bouse Formation and Post-Miocene uplift of the Colorado Plateau: Grand Canyon Symposium (June 11, 2000) Monograph. Molnar, P. and Ramirez, J.A., 2001, Recent trends in precipitation and streamflow in the Rio Puerco Basin: Journal of Climate, v. 14, n. 10, p. 2317-2328. Webb, R.H. and Hereford, R., 2001, Floods and geomorphic change in the American Southwest: a historical perspective: Reno, NV, Proceedings of the Seventh Federal Interagency Sedimentation Conference, v. IV, p. IV30 - IV37. Hereford, R., Burke, K.J., and Thompson, K.S., 2000, Map showing Quaternary geology and geomorphology of the Lees Ferry area, Marble Canyon, Arizona: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Investigations Series Map I-2663, scale 1:2,000 (with discussion). Hereford, R., Burke, K.J., and Thompson, K.S., 2000, Map showing Quaternary geology and geomorphology of the Granite Park area, Grand Canyon, Arizona: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Investigations Series Map I-2662, scale 1:2,000. Lucchitta, I., Curtis, G.H., Davis, M.E., Davis, S.W., Turrin, B., 1999, Cyclic aggradation and downcutting, fluvial response to volcanic activity, and calibration of soil-carbonate stages in the western Grand Canyon, Arizona: Quaternary Research, v. 53, p. 23-33. Hereford, R., Thompson, K.S., and Burke, K.J., 1998, Numerical ages of Holocene tributary debris fans inferred from dissolution pitting on carbonate boulders in the Grand Canyon of Arizona: Quaternary Research, v. 50, p. 139-147. Ely, L.L., Hereford, R., House, P.K., and Baker, V.R., 1997, Effects of paleohydrology and climate change on bedrock and alluvial channels, southern Colorado Plateau, A field trip guidebook: American Quaternary Association.
Presentations (with peer-reviewed abstracts)
Gellis, A.C., Pavich, M.J., Clark, I., Ellwein, A., and Aby S., 2005, Sediment budgets the 'old fashioned' way for two subbasins of the Rio Puerco, New Mexico: Eos Trans. AGU, 86(52), Abstract H51E-0415. Buckingham, S.E., and Whitney, J.W., 2005, Power of historical remote sensing. American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing Annual Conference, Baltimore, MD. March 2005 Presentation. Buckingham, S.E., Whitney, J.W., Glancy, P.A., and Ehrenberg, A., 2004, Accelerated modern erosion in Las Vegas Wash, Clark County, Nevada: Geological Society of America Annual Meeting, Program with Absracts, Denver, CO. (November 2004) Gellis, A.C., Pavich, M., and Aby, 2003, Sediment budgets for two semi-arid watersheds, Rio Puerco Basin, New Mexico: XVI INQUA Congress Programs with Abstracts, July 23-30, 2003, Reno, NV, p. 120. Elliott, J., and Gellis, A.C., 2003, Recent geomorphic change in the Rio Puerco arroyo of northern New Mexico, USA: XVI INQUA Congress Programs with Abstracts, July 23-30, 2003, Reno, NV, p. 119-120. Pavich, M.J., Bierman, P.R., Gellis, A.C., Reuter, J.M., 2003, Rates and scales of sediment production in the Rio Puerco Basin, New Mexico: XVI INQUA Congress Programs with Abstracts, July 23-30, 2003, Reno, NV, p. 119. Hereford, R., 1997, Environmental changes in valleys of the Paria River basin, Salt Lake City, Utah: Bureau of Land Management, Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument Symposium Proceedings 1997, p. 305-306.
Other Topics and Overview Products Hereford, R., 2007, Climate variation at Flagstaff, Arizona; 1950 to 2007: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2007-1410, 17 p. Hereford, R., 2006, User's guide, software for reduction and analysis of daily weather and surface-water data: Tools for time series analysis of precipitation, temperature, and streamflow data: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2006-1101. Pelletier, J.D., Harrington, C.D., Whitney, J.W., Cline, M., DeLong, S.B., Keating, G., 2005, Geomorphic control of radionuclide diffusion in desert soils: Geophysical Research Letters, V. 32, L23401, 4 p. Reynolds, R.L., Rosenbaum, J.G., Reheis, M., Goldhaber, M., Neff, J., and Goldstein, H., 2002, Magnetic expressions of environmental change: Records and proxies: Quadreni di Geofisica, no. 26, Abstracts, Fundamental Rock Magnetism and Environmental Applications, 20th Course of the International School of Geophysics, Erice, Italy, Instituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia. P. 135-136. Reynolds, R.L., Sweetkind, D.S., and Axford, Yarrow, 2001, An inexpensive magnetic mineral separator for fine-grained sediment: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 01-281, 7 p. Matsumoto, A., and Hinkley, T., 2001, Trace metal suites in 75,000 years of Antarctic ice are consistent with emissions from quiescent degassing of volcanoes worldwide: Earth and Planetary Science Letters, v. 186, p. 33-43. Hinkley, T.K., 2000, Atmospheric Deposition of Dust and Salt Through more than 25,000 Years of Taylor Dome Antarctic Ice Core: Refinement by Measurement of Major, Minor, and Trace Metal Suites: Workshop on Mineral Dusts, Boulder, CO, June 11-12, 1999. Sprigg, W.A. and Hinkley, Todd K., 2000, Southwest Regional Component of the National Climate Assessment: Proceedings American Geophysical Union v. 80 no. 17, p. S22. Sprigg, W., Hinkley, T., and Southwest Regional Assessment Group, 2000, Preparing for a changing climate: The potential consequences of climate variability and change - Southwest: Tucson, Univ. of Arizona, Institute for the Study of Planet Earth, 60 p. Reynolds, R.L., Rosenbaum, J.G., van Metre, P., Tuttle, M., Callender, E., Goldin, A., 1999, Greigite (Fe3S4) as an indicator of drought - The 1912-1994 sediment magnetic record from White Rock Lake, Dallas, Texas, USA: Journal of Paleolimnology, v. 21, p. 193-206. Hinkley, T., Lamothe, P., Wilson, S., Finnegan, D., and Gerlach, T., 1999, Metal emissions from Kilauea and a suggested revision of the estimated worldwide metal output by quiescent degassing of volcanoes: Earth and Planetary Science Letters, v. 170, p. 315-325. Drummond, M.A., 1999, A multi-proxy study of late Quaternary climate history, Grand Mesa, Western Colorado: M.S. thesis, University of Denver, 246 p. Reynolds, R.L. Rosenbaum, J.G., Mazza, N., Luiszer, F., and Bischoff, J., 1999, Magnetic record of hydrochemical change at Owens Lake (California) between 134-46 Ka: American Geophysical Union Supplement to EOS Transactions, v. 79, no. 45, p. F239. Miller, D.M. and Yount, J.C., 1999, Surficial geology and geomorphic process studies in support of multidisciplinary ecosystem investigations: Examples from parts of Greenwater and Valjean Valleys, Mojave Desert Ecosystem, in Slate, J.L., ed., Proceedings of conference on status of geologic research and mapping in Death Valley National Park, Las Vegas, Nevada, April 9-11, 1999: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 99-153, p. 113-114. Kay, P.T., Pollastro, R.M., Reynolds, R.L., Wendlandt, R.F., Geib, P.B., Ward, D.A., Allen, D., and Frisbie, T.R., 1999, Archeological mysteries of Anasazi artisans in the southwestern USA solved by nondestructive X-ray diffraction: Geological Society of America Program with Abstracts, v. 31, no. 7, p. A-323. U.S. Geological Survey, 1998, Impacts of climate change and land use on the southwestern United States: Desert Research Institute Workshop on New Research Directions in Desert Surficial Processes and Landscape Dynamics on Military Lands, Desert Studies Center, Zzyzx, California, p. 23. Reynolds, R.L., Dettinger, M., Cayan, D., Stephens, D., and Highland, L., 1997, Effects of El Nino on streamflow, lake level, and landslide potential.
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