Geology Faculty Publications
The Department of Geology values high quality in both teaching and research. Research specialties include but are not limited to biodiversity dynamics; evolutionary trends in the fossil record; sedimentary geology, experimental mineraology; the impact of climate change on the cryosphere; practical application of the hydrology of glacierized basins; weather systems in high altitudes; hydrological and sediment transport; stable isotope geochemistry, paleoenvironments of human evolution, isotopic tools, terrestrial records, vegetation history, climate history, isotope variation, land-atmosphere modeling systems; and petrology.
This collection includes a sampling of research conducted by the faculty.
Submissions from 2024
Submissions from 2018
Evolution and Controls of Large Glacial Lakes in the Nepal Himalaya, Umesh K. Haritashya, Jeffrey S. Kargel, Dan H. Shugar, Gregory J. Leonard, Katherine Strattman, C. Scott Watson, David Shean, Stephan Harrison, Kyle T. Mandli, and Dhananjay Regmi
Supplemental Data for 'Evolution and Controls of Large Glacial Lakes in the Nepal Himalaya', Umesh K. Haritashya, Jeffrey S. Kargel, Dan H. Shugar, Gregory J. Leonard, Katherine Strattman, C. Scott Watson, David Shean, Stephan Harrison, Kyle T. Mandli, and Dhananjay Regmi
Climate Change and the Global Pattern of Moraine-Dammed Glacial Lake Outburst Floods, Stephan Harrison, Jeffrey S. Kargel, Christian Huggel, John Reynolds, Dan H. Shugar, Richard A. Betts, Neil Glasser, Umesh K. Haritashya, Jan Klimeš, Liam Reinhardt, Yvonne Schaub, Andy Wiltshire, Dhananjay Regmi, and Vít Vilímek
Submissions from 2017
Delayed Warming Hiatus over the Tibetan Plateau, Wenling An, Shugui Hou, Yongyun Hu, and Shuang-Ye Wu
Enhanced Recent Local Moisture Recycling on the Northwestern Tibetan Plateau Deduced From Ice Core Deuterium Excess Records, Wenling An, Shugui Hou, Qiong Zhang, Wangbin Zhang, Shuang-Ye Wu, Hao Xu, Hongxi Pang, Yetang Wang, and Yaping Liu
Snow Accumulation Variability Over the West Antarctic Ice Sheet Since 1900: A Comparison of Ice Core Records With ERA‐20C Reanalysis, Yetang Wang, Elizabeth R. Thomas, Shugui Hou, Baojuan Huai, Shuang-Ye Wu, Weijun Sun, Shanzhong Qi, Minghu Ding, and Yulun Zhang
Impact of Icebergs on Net Primary Productivity in the Southern Ocean, Shuang-Ye Wu and Shugui Hou
A High‐resolution Atmospheric Dust Record for 1810–2004 A.D. Derived from an Ice Core in Eastern Tien Shan, Central Asia, Wangbin Zhang, Shugui Hou, Yaping Liu, Shuang-Ye Wu, Wenling An, Hongxi Pang, and Chaomin Wang
Submissions from 2016
Possible Recent Warming Hiatus on the Northwestern Tibetan Plateau Derived from Ice Core Records, Wenling An, Shugui Hou, Wangbin Zhang, Shuang-Ye Wu, Hao Xu, Hongxi Pang, Yetang Wang, and Yaping Liu
Significant Recent Warming Over the Northern Tibetan Plateau from Ice Core δ18O Records, W. An, S. Hou, W. Zhang, Y. Wang, Y. Liu, Shuang-Ye Wu, and H. Pang
Geomorphic and Geologic Controls of Geohazards Induced by Nepal's 2015 Gorkha Earthquake, Jeffrey S. Kargel, Gregory J. Leonard, Dan H. Shugar, and Umesh K. Haritashya
Pedostratigraphy of Aeolian Deposition near the Yunxian Man Site on the Hanjiang River Terraces, Yunxian Basin, Central China, Xuefeng Sun, Yinghua Li, Xiaobo Feng, Chengqiu Lu, Huayu Lu, Shuangwen Yi, Shejiang Wang, and Shuang-Ye Wu
Future Changes in Mean and Extreme Monsoon Precipitation in the Middle and Lower Yangtze River Basin, China, in the CMIP5 Models, Yanjuan Wu, Shuang-Ye Wu, Jiahong Wen, Felipe Tagle, Ming Xu, and Jianguo Tan
Investigation of Peat Sediments from Daiyun Mountain in Southeast China: Late Holocene Vegetation, Climate and Human Impact, Lin Zhao, Chunmei Ma, Lingyu Tang, Kam-biu Liu, Limi Mao, Yu Zhang, Huayu Lu, Shuang-Ye Wu, and Qingyun Tu
Submissions from 2015
Katian GSSP and Carbonates of the Simpson and Arbuckle Groups in Oklahoma, Jesse R. Carlucci, Daniel Goldman, Carlton E. Brett, Stephen R. Westrop, and Stephen A. Leslie
Test Stable Carbon Isotopic Composition of Soil Organic Matters as a Proxy Indicator of Past Precipitation: Study of the Sand Fields in Northern China, Yingyong Chen, Huayu Lu, Enlou Zhang, Hongyan Zhang, Zhiwei Xu, Shuangwen Yi, and Shuang-Ye Wu
Assessment of the Evolution in Velocity of Two Debris-Covered Valley Glaciers in Nepal and New Zealand, Umesh K. Haritashya, Mark Pleasants, and Luke Copland
Geologic Map of the Welcome Quadrangle and an Adjacent Part of the Wells Quadrangle, Elko County, Nevada, Allen J. McGrew and Arthur W. Snoke
Tree-Ring Based February–April Precipitation Reconstruction for the Lower Reaches of the Yangtze River, Southeastern China, Jiangfeng Shi, Huayu Lu, Jinbao Li, Shiyuan Shi, Shuang-Ye Wu, Xinyuan Hou, and Lingling Li
Effects of Changes in Moisture Source and the Upstream Rainout on Stable Isotopes in Precipitation – A Case Study in Nanjing, Eastern China, Y. Tang, H. Pang, W. Zhang, Y. Li, Shuang-Ye Wu, and S. Hou
Changing Characteristics of Precipitation for the Contiguous United States, Shuang-Ye Wu
Changing Characteristics of Precipitation in China during 1960–2012, Yanjuan Wu, Shuang-Ye Wu, Jiahong Wen, Ming Xu, and Jianguo Tan
Submissions from 2014
Theoretical Foundations of Remote Sensing for Glacier Assessment and Mapping, Michael P. Bishop, Andrew B. G. Bush, Roberto Furfaro, Alan R. Gillespie, Dorothy K. Hall, Umesh K. Haritashya, and John F. Shroder
Remote Sensing of Glaciers in Afghanistan and Pakistan, Michael P. Bishop, John F. Shroder, Ghazanfar Ali, Andrew B. G. Bush, Umesh K. Haritashya, Rakhshan Roohi, Mehmet Akif Sarikaya, and Brandon J. Weihs
A Re-Examination of the Contributions of Biofacies and Geographic Range to Extinction Risk in Ordovician Graptolites, James T. Boyle, H. David Sheets, Shuang-Ye Wu, Daniel Goldman, Michael J. Melchin, Roger A. Cooper, Peter M. Sadler, and Charles E. Mitchell
New Zealand’s Glaciers, Trevor J. Chinn, Jeffrey S. Kargel, Gregory J. Leonard, Umesh K. Haritashya, and Mark Pleasants
Multispectral image analysis of glaciers and glacier lakes in the Chugach Mountains, Alaska, Jeffrey S. Kargel, Matthew J. Beedle, Andrew B. G. Bush, Francisco Carreño, Elena Castellanos, Umesh K. Haritashya, Gregory J. Leonard, Javier Lillo, Ivan Lopez, Mark Pleasants, Edward Pollock, and David F.G. Wolfe
Digital Terrain Modeling and Glacier Topographic Characterization, Duncan J. Quincey, Michael P. Bishop, Andreas Kääb, Etienne Berthier, Boris Flach, Tobias Bolch, Manfred Buchroithner, Ulrich Kamp, Siri Jodha Singh Khalsa, Thierry Toutin, Umesh K. Haritashya, Adina Racoviteanu, John F. Shroder, and Bruce H. Raup
The Shortest Distance Between Two Points Isn't Always a Great Circle: Getting Around Landmasses in the Calibration of Marine Geodisparity, Shuang-Ye Wu and Arnold I. Miller
Reconstruction of the Hirnantian (Late Ordovician) Palaeotopography in the Upper Yangtze Region, Linna Zhang, Junxuan Fan, Qing Chen, and Shuang-Ye Wu
Submissions from 2013
Integration of Classification Tree Analyses and Spatial Metrics to Assess Changes in Supraglacial Lakes in the Karakoram, Himalaya, Henry N.N. Bulley, Michael P. Bishop, John F. Shroder, and Umesh K. Haritashya
Submissions from 2012
Effectiveness of Four Water-Bearing Zones of the Glacierized Basin in Meltwater Runoff Modeling, Umesh K. Haritashya
Supraglacial Lake Classification in the Everest Region of Nepal Himalaya, Prajjwal K. Panday, Henry N.N. Bulley, Umesh K. Haritashya, and Bardan Ghimire
Submissions from 2011
Timing, Distribution, Amount, and Style of Cenozoic Extension in the Northern Great Basin, Christopher D. Henry, Allen J. McGrew, Joseph P. Colgan, Arthur W. Snoke, and Matthew E. Brueseke
Himalayan Glaciers: The Big Picture is a Montage, Jeffrey S. Kargel, J. Graham Cogley, Gregory J. Leonard, Umesh K. Haritashya, and Alton Byers
Encyclopedia of Snow, Ice and Glaciers, Vijay P. Singh, Pratap Singh, and Umesh K. Haritashya
Submissions from 2010
Paleogeographic, Paleoceanographic, and Tectonic Controls on Early Late Ordovician Graptolite Diversity Patterns, Daniel Goldman and Shuang-Ye Wu
Particle Size Characteristics of Suspended Sediment Transported in Meltwater from the Gangotri Glacier, Central Himalaya — An Indicator of Subglacial Sediment Evacuation, Umesh K. Haritashya, Amit Kumar, and Pratap Singh
SHRIMP-RG U-Pb Isotopic Systematics of Zircon from the Angel Lake Orthogneiss, East Humboldt Range, Nevada: Is This Really Archean Crust?, Allen J. McGrew and Arthur W. Snoke
Submissions from 2009
Understanding Paleoclimate and Human Evolution Through the Hominin Sites and Paleolakes Drilling Project, Andrew Cohen, Ramon Arrowsmith, Anna K. Behrensmeyer, Christopher Campisano, Craig Feibel, Shimeles Fisseha, Roy Johnson, Zelalem Bedaso, Charles Lockwood, Emma Mbua, Daniel Olago, Richard Potts, Kaye Reed, Robin Renaut, Jean-Jacques Tiercelin, and Mohammed Umer
Space-Based Assessment of Glacier Fluctuations in the Wakhan Pamir, Afghanistan, Umesh K. Haritashya, Michael P. Bishop, John F. Shroder, Andrew B. G. Bush, and Henry N.N. Bulley
What is Diplograptus?, Charles Mitchell, Jörg Maletz, and Daniel Goldman
Submissions from 2008
An Ordovician Global Reference Section Recently Selected in Oklahoma, Daniel Goldman, Stephen A. Leslie, Stig M. Bergström, Jaak Nõlvak, Seth A. Young, and Stanley C. Finney
Modelling and Estimation of Different Components of Streamflow for Gangotri Glacier Basin, Himalayas, Pratap Singh, Umesh K. Haritashya, and Naresh Kumar
Submissions from 2007
The Global Stratotype Section and Point (GSSP) for the base of the Katian Stage of the Upper Ordovician Series at Black Knob Ridge, Southeastern Oklahoma, USA, Daniel Goldman, Stephen A. Leslie, Jaak Nõlvak, Seth Young, Stig M. Bergström, and Warren D. Huff
Empirical Relationship Between Near-IR Reflectance of Melting Seasonal Snow and Environmental Temperature in a Himalayan Basin, R. P. Gupta and Umesh K. Haritashya
Meteorological Study for Gangotri Glacier and Its Comparison with Other High Altitude Meteorological Stations in Central Himalayan Region, Pratap Singh, Umesh K. Haritashya, and Naresh Kumar
Submissions from 2006
Suspended Sediment from the Gangotri Glacier: Quantification, Variability and Associations with Discharge and Air Temperature, Umesh K. Haritashya, Pratap Singh, Naresh Kumar, and R. P. Gupta
Hydrological Importance of an Unusual Hazard in a Mountainous Basin: Flood and Landslide, Umesh K. Haritashya, Pratap Singh, Naresh Kumar, and Yatveer Singh
Hydrological Characteristics of the Gangotri Glacier, Central Himalayas, India, Pratap Singh, Umesh K. Haritashya, Naresh Kumar, and Yatveer Singh
Submissions from 2005
Mapping Dry/Wet Snow Cover in the Indian Himalayas using IRS Multispectral Imagery, R. P. Gupta, Umesh K. Haritashya, and Pratap Singh
The Early to Middle Ordovician Graptolite Faunal Succession of the Trail Creek Region, Central Idaho, U.S.A., Jörg Maletz, Daniel Goldman, and M. Cone
Diurnal Variations in Discharge and Suspended Sediment Concentration, Including Runoff-Delaying Characteristics, of the Gangotri Glacier in the Garhwal Himalayas, Pratap Singh, Umesh K. Haritashya, K. S. Ramasastri, and Naresh Kumar
Prevailing Weather Conditions During Summer Seasons Around Gangotri Glacier, Pratap Singh, Umesh K. Haritashya, K. S. Ramasastri, and Naresh Kumar
Submissions from 2002
Transition from Contraction to Extension in the Northeastern Basin and Range: New Evidence from the Copper Mountains, Nevada, Jeffrey M. Rahl, Allen J. McGrew, and Kenneth A. Foland
Submissions from 2000
Garnet Plasticity in the Lower Continental Crust: Implications for Deformation Mechanisms Based on Microstructures and SEM-Electron Channeling Pattern Analysis, Reiner Kleinschrodt and Allen J. McGrew
Thermobarometric Constraints on the Tectonothermal Evolution of the East Humboldt Range Metamorphic Core Complex, Nevada, Allen J. McGrew, Mark T. Peters, and James E. Wright
Submissions from 1999
One-Dimensional Kinematic Model of Preferred Orientation Development, Martin Casey and Allen J. McGrew
Screw the Lid Even Tighter? Water Pollution and the Enforcement of Environmental Regulation in Less Developed Countries, Stuart N. Lane, Keith S. Richards, Sudanshu Sinha, and Shuang-Ye Wu
Submissions from 1998
Quartzite Fabric Transition in a Cordilleran Metamorphic Core Complex, Allen J. McGrew and Martin Casey
Submissions from 1997
Grand Tour-Part 2: Petrogenesis and Thermal Evolution of Deep Continental-Crust: The Record from the East Humboldt Range, Nevada, Allen J. McGrew and Mark T. Peters
The Grand Tour of the Ruby-East Humboldt Metamorphic Core Complex, Northeastern Nevada: Part 1-Introduction & Road Log, Arthur W. Snoke, Keith A. Howard, Allen J. McGrew, Bradford R. Burton, Calvin G. Barnes, Mark T. Peters, and James E. Wright
Submissions from 1994
40Ar/39Ar Thermochronologic Constraints on the Tectonothermal Evolution of the Northern East Humboldt Range Metamorphic Core Complex, Allen J. McGrew and Lawrence W. Snee
Submissions from 1993
The Origin and Evolution of the Southern Snake Range Decollement, East Central Nevada, Allen J. McGrew
Submissions from 1990
A Crustal Cross-Section for a Terrain of Superimposed Shortening and Extension: Ruby Mountains-East Humboldt Range Metamorphic Core Complex, Nevada, Arthur W. Snoke, Allen J. McGrew, P. A. Valesek, and S. B. Smithson
