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Global Environmental Change Research Group

Publications by members of the GECRG

  • Betancourt, J.L., Grissino-Mayer, H.D., Salzer, M.W., and Swetnam, T.W, 2002. A test of "annual resolution" in stalagmites using tree rings. Quaternary Research 58(2): 197199.
     
  • Burckle, L., and Grissino-Mayer, H.D., 2003. Stradivari, violins, tree rings, and the Maunder Minimum: a hypothesis. Dendrochronologia 21(1): 4145.
     
  • Clark, G.M., Horn, S.P., and Orvis, K.H. 2002. Savanna dambo landscapes in the Cordillera Central, Dominican Republic, Hispaniola: Dambos in the Caribbean? Mountain Research and Development 22(3): 288–295.

  • Cole, D.R., Larson P.B., Riciputi, L.R., and Mora, C.I. Oxygen isotope zoning profiles in altered feldspars and limits on the duration of convective hydrothermal circulation. Geology, revised and resubmitted.

  • Cooper, L.W., Grebmeier, J.M., Larsen, I.L., Egorov, V.G., Theodorakis, C., Kelly, H.P., and Lovvorn, J.R. 2002. Seasonal variation in water column processes and sedimentation of organic materials in the St. Lawrence Island polynya region, Bering Sea. Marine Ecology Progress Series 226, 13–26.

  • Cooper, L.W. and Solis, C. 2003. The relationship between 18O and 13C in leaf litter versus tree ring cellulose during the Throughfall Displacement Experiment: Practical tests of proxy isotopic indicators of climate change. In P.J. Hanson and S.D. Wullschleger, eds., North American Temperate Deciduous Forest Responses to Changing Precipitation Regimes, pp. 140–159. Springer-Verlag, Berlin.

  • Cooper, L.W. 2003. Contributions of the Russian-American Initiative for Land-Shelf Environments in the Arctic (RAISE) to Arctic System Science. Arctic Research of the United States, in press.

  • Delcourt, P.A., Nester, P.L., Delcourt, H.R., Mora, C.I., and Orvis, K.H. 2002. Holocene lake effect precipitation in northern Michigan. Quaternary Research 57: 225–233.

  • De Wet, C., Mora, C., Gore, P., and Gierlowski-Kordesch, E. 2002. Variation in lacustrine and spring carbonate deposition: Mesozoic rift basins, eastern North America. in Renaut, R.W. and Ashley, G.M. eds., Sedimentation in Continental Rifts. SEPM Special Publication 73.

  • De Wet, C., Frey, H.M., Gaswirth, S.B., Mora, C., and Rahnis, M. (revised/resubmitted) Origin of meter-scale submarine cavities, herringbone calcite and radiaxial fibrous cement infills within a microbial reef Cambrian Ledger Formation, York, Pennsylvania. Journal of Sedimentary Research, revised and resubmitted.

  • Driese, S.G., and Mora, C.I. 2002. Paleopedology and stable isotope geochemistry of Late Triassic (Carnian) paleosols, Deep River Basin, North Carolina: Implications for paleoclimate and paleoatmospheric pCO2. in Renaut, R.W. and Ashley, G.M., eds., Sedimentation in Continental Rifts. SEPM Special Publication 73:207–218.

  • Driese, S.G., Jacobs, J.R., and Nordt, L.C. Comparison of modern and ancient Vertisols developed on limestone in terms of their geochemistry and parent material. Sedimentary Geology, in press.

  • Grebmeier, J.M., DiTullio, G.R., Barry, J.P., and Cooper, L.W. 2003. Benthic carbon cycling in the Ross Sea polynya, Antarctica: Benthic community metabolism and sediment tracers. In R. Dunbar, ed., Biogeochemical Cycles in the Ross Sea. Antarctic Research Series, American Geophysical Union, Washington, DC., in press.

  • Grebmeier, J.M. 2003. The western Arctic shelf-basin interactions project. Arctic Research of the United States, in press

  • Grebmeier, J.M. and Cooper. L.W. 2003. Sediment biogeochemical tracers and carbon cycling in the Bering and Chukchi Seas during 1988 and 1993. In: xxx (ed) Results of the Fourth Joint US-Russia Bering & Chukchi Seas Expedition (BERPAC), Summer 1993. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Washington, DC., in press.
     
  • Grissino-Mayer. H.D. 2002. Dendrochronology. In McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science and Technology, 9th Edition. McGraw-Hill Professional Publishing Group, New York City, New York: 352356.
     
  • Grissino-Mayer, H.D. 2003. Canons for writing and editing manuscripts. Tree-Ring Research 59(1): 3—10.
     
  • Grissino-Mayer, H.D. 2003, in press. A manual and tutorial for the proper use of an increment borer. Tree-Ring Research 59(2).
     
  • Grissino-Mayer, H.D., Romme, W.H., Floyd, M.L., and Hanna, D., 2003, in press. Climatic and human influences on fire regimes in the southern San Juan Mountains, Colorado, USA. Ecology.
     
  • Grissino-Mayer, H.D., Sheppard, P.R., and Cleaveland, M.K., 2002. Mastering the rings: Dating the ‘Messiah’ Stradivari violin. The Strad 113: 408415.
     
  • Grissino-Mayer, H.D., Sheppard, P.R., and Cleaveland, M.K., 2003. Dendrochronological dating of musical instruments a re-evaluation. Journal of the Violin Society of America 18(2): 127174.
     
  • Grissino-Mayer, H.D., Sheppard, P.R., and Cleaveland, M.K., 2003, in press. A dendroarchaeological re-examination of the “Messiah” violin and other instruments attributed to Antonio Stradivari. Journal of Archaeological Science.
     
  • Haberyan, K.A., Horn, S.P., and Umaña, V.G. Basic limnology of 51 lakes in Costa Rica. Revista de Biología Tropical, in press.

  • Harden, C.P. and Mathews, L. 2002. Hillslope runoff and soil erosion following reforestation in the Copper Basin, Tennessee, USA. Australian Geographical Studies 40(2):130–142.

  • Hong, G.H, Kim, Y.I., Lee, S.H., Cooper, L.W., Choe, S.M., Tkalin, A.V., Lee, T., Kim, S.H., Chung, C.S., and Hirose, K. 2002. 239+240Pu and 137Cs concentrations for zooplankton and nekton in the Northwest Pacific and Antarctic Oceans (1993–1996). Marine Pollution Bulletin 44: 660–665.

  • Horn, S.P., Sanford, Jr., R.L., Dilcher, D., Lott, T.A., Renne, P.R., Wiemann, M.C., Cozadd, D., and Vargas, O. Pleistocene plant fossils in and near La Selva Biological Station, Costa Rica. Biotropica, in press.
     
  • Huffman, J.M., Platt, W.J., Grissino-Mayer, H.D., and Boyce , C.J. 2003, in press. Fire history of slash pine savannas on a north Florida barrier island. Natural Areas Journal.

  • Kappelle, M., Horn, S.P., and Chaverri, A. (Editors). Los Páramos de Costa Rica. Book in preparation. Includes these chapters authored or co-authored by Horn and Orvis:
     
  • Horn, S.P., Orvis, K.H., and Haberyan, K.A. Limnology of glacial lakes in the Chirripó Páramo of Costa Rica.

  • Horn, S.P. Vegetation dynamics following recent fires in the Buenavista and Chirripó Páramos of Costa Rica.

  • Horn, S.P. and League, B.L. Lake-sediment records of Holocene vegetation and fire history in the Chirripó Páramo of Costa Rica.

  • Orvis, K.H. and Horn, S.P. Quaternary Glaciers and Climate of Cerro Chirripó.

  • Haberyan, K.A. and Horn, S.P. A 10,000-year Diatom Record from Lago de las Morrenas 1, Parque Nacional Chirripó.

  • Khim, B.K., Krantz, D.E., Cooper, L.W., and Grebmeier, J.M. 2003. Seasonal discharge of estuarine freshwater to the western Chukchi Sea shelf identified in stable isotope profiles of mollusk shells. Journal of Geophysical Research, in press.
     
  • Knapp, P.A., Grissino-Mayer, H.D., and Soulé, P.T., 2002. Climatic regionalization and the spatio-temporal occurrence of extreme single-year drought events (1500-1998) in the interior Pacific Northwest, USA. Quaternary Research 58(3): 226233.
     
  • Knapp, P.A., Soulé, P.T., and Grissino-Mayer, H.D., 2004. Occurrence of sustained droughts in the interior Pacific Northwest (AD 1733—1980) inferred from tree-ring data. Journal of Climate, in press.

  • Kovda, I., Chichagova, O., and Mora, C.I. Organic matter in a gilgai soil complex, southeastern Russia: Chemical and isotopic compositions. Catena, submitted.

  • Kovda, I., Mora, C.I., and Wilding, L.P. Stable isotopic composition of pedogenic carbonates and soil organic matter in a temperate climate Vertisol with gilgai, southeastern Russia. Geoderma (submitted).

  • Lovvorn, J.R., Richman, S.E., Grebmeier, J.M., and Cooper, L.W. 2003. Diet and body condition of spectacled eiders in pack ice of the Bering Sea. Polar Biology 26: 259–267.

  • McKay, L.D., Driese, S.G., Smith K.H., and Vepraskas, M.J. Hydrogeology and pedology of saprolite formed from sedimentary rock parent material, eastern Tennessee, U.S.A. Geoderma, in press.

  • Miller, D.M., Mora, C.I., Grissino-Mayer, H.D., Uhle, M.E., and Sharp, Z. A proxy record of hurricanes preserved in the oxygen isotopes of tree-ring cellulose. Science, submitted.

  • Moore, S.E., Grebmeier, J.M., and Davies, J.R. 2003. Gray whale distribution relative to forage habitat in the northern Bering Sea: current conditions and retrospective summary. Canadian Journal of Zoology 81, 734–742.

  • Naidu, A.S., Cooper, L.W., Grebmeier, J.M., and Whitledge, T.E. 2003. Sources, fluxes, accumulation and burial rates of organic carbon in continental margin sediments of North Bering-Chukchi Sea. In R. Stein, ed., The Organic Carbon Cycle in the Arctic Ocean: Present and Past. Springer-Verlag, Berlin, in press.

  • Orvis, K.H., and Grissino-Mayer, H.D. 2002. Standardizing the reporting of abrasive papers used to surface tree-ring samples. Tree-Ring Research 57(2): 47–50.

  • Paine, R.J, Bromley, D.W., Castellini, M.A., Crowder, L.B., Estes, J.A., Grebmeier, J.M., Grulland, F.M.D., Kruse, G.H., Mantua, M.J., and Schumacher, J.D. 2003. The decline of the Steller sea lion in Alaskan waters: untangling food webs and fishing nets. Polar Research Board, National Research Council, National Academy Press, Washington, D.C., 204 pp.

  • Simpkins, M.A., Hiruki-Raring, L.M., Sheffield, G., Grebmeier, J.M., and Bengston J.L. Habitat selection by ice-associated pinnipeds near St. Lawrence Island, Alaska. Polar Biology, submitted.
     
  • Soulé, P.T., Knapp, P.A., and Grissino-Mayer, H.D., 2003. Comparative rates of western juniper afforestation in south-central Oregon and the role of anthropogenic disturbance.  Professional Geographer 55(1): 4355.

  • Soulé, P.T., Knapp, P.A., and Grissino-Mayer, H.D., 2004. Natural disturbance, human agency and the establishment history of western juniper during the late Holocene. Ecological Applications 14(1), in press.
     
  • Speer, J.H., Orvis, K.H., Grissino-Mayer, H.D., Kennedy, L.M., and Horn, S.P. 2004. Assessing the dendrochronological potential of Pinus occidentalis Swartz in the Cordillera Central of the Dominican Republic. The Holocene, in press.

  • Stiles, C.A., Mora, C.I., Driese, S.G., and Robinson, A.C. 2003. Distinguishing climate and time in the soil record: Mass balance trends in Vertisols from the Texas Coastal Prairie. Geology 31:331–334.

  • Stiles, C.A., Mora, C.I., and Driese, S.G. Pedogenic domain boundaries and processes in a Vertisol climosequence: Evidence from titanium and zirconium distribution and morphology. Geoderma, in press.

  • Tobin, K.J. and Driese, S.G. Echinoderm stabilization associated with a paleokarst surface at the Mississippian-Pennsylvanian boundary in Tennessee. Journal of Sedimentary Research, in press.
     
  • Wight, G.D., and Grissino-Mayer, H.D. Dendroarchaeological dating of an Antebellum Period house, Forsyth County, Georgia, U.S.A. Tree-Ring Research, submitted.

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Dr. Claudia I. Mora
Department of Earth and Planetary Science
University of Tennessee
Knoxville, Tennessee 37996

Phone: 865-974-2366
Email: cmora@utk.edu