Department of Geoscience: University of Nevada, Las Vegas

The M.L. & C.M. Jackson Award, 2007, Soil Science Society of America, for Outstanding Contributions in Soil Mineralogy/Chemistry, 16th recipient, 1st female.

Co-author on International Union of Soil Science, Young Micromorphologist Publication Award: Amy Brock (student), 2008, New Formation Process for Calcic Pendants from Pahranagat Valley, Navada, USA, and Implication for Dating Quaternary Landforms, Quaternary Research, 2005, 63:359-367

• Professor, Dept. of Geoscience, University of Nevada, Las Vegas: 7/10-present

• Director of the Environmental Soil Analysis Laboratory (ESAL): Fall 2007-present

• Elected Chair of Commission 1.1: Soil Morphology and Micromorphology, International Union of Soil Science: 2006-2010

• Associate Professor, Dept. of Geoscience, University of Nevada, Las Vegas: 7/04-6/10

• Associate Faculty Member for Water Resources Management, UNLV: 2004-present

• Associate Faculty Member for Department of Health Physics, UNLV: 2004-2008

• Visiting Scientist, Desert Research Institute, Las Vegas, NV: 12/04-7/05

• Assistant Professor, Dept. of Geoscience, University of Nevada, Las Vegas: 8/98-6/04

• Assistant Professor, Southeast Missouri State University, Cape Girardeau, MO: 8/96-7/98

Education

• Ph.D. (Agronomy: Soils), 1996, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces,
NM (Included all coursework necessary for a B.S., M.S., and/or Ph.D. in Agronomy)
• M.S. (Geology), 1992, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM
• B.S. (Geology), 1990, University of Notre Dame, South Bend, IN

Education (other)
• Continuing Education Course, 1994, Geomorphic Applications of In-Situ    Produced Cosmogenic Isotopes, Geological Society of America, Seattle,    Washington
• Graduate Field Seminar, 1991, Indiana University Geologic Field Camp,    Southwest Montana
• Field Camp, 1989, Indiana University Geologic Field Camp, Southwest    Montana

Dr. Buck’s research focuses on Medical Geology – in particular how geological materials impact health. Currently her work focuses on dust and hazards associated with dust exposure including those from asbestiform minerals, arsenic, and other carcinogens. She also performs research to better understand and quantify arid soil processes so that this knowledge can be applied in land use decisions, radionuclide and heavy metal contamination, biologic soil crusts, paleoclimate interpretations, salt tectonics, landscape evolution, soil genesis, geomorphic hazards, and other applications.

Monger, H.C., Buck, B.J., Hawley, J., and Rachal, D., in press, Geochronology of the Bolson sand sheet, New Mexico and Texas, and its archaeological significance: Discussion, GSA Bulletin.

Soukup, Buck, B.J., Goossens, D., Ulery, A., McLaurin, B., Baron, D., and Teng, Y., in press (2012), Arsenic Concentrations in Dust Emissions from Wind Erosion and Off-Road Vehicles in the Nellis Dunes Recreational Area, Nevada, USA, Journal of Aeolian Research

Goossens, D., Buck, B.J.,, McLaurin, B., in press 2012, Contributions to atmospheric dust production of natural and anthropogenic emissions in a recreational area designated for off-road vehicular activity (Nellis Dunes, Nevada, USA), Journal of Arid Environments 78:80-99.

Published (peer reviewed):
(* denotes student author)

Buck, B.J., King, J., and Etyemezian, V., 2011, Effects of Salt Mineralogy on Dust Emissions: Salton Sea California, USA, Soil Science Society of America Journal 75:1958-1972

Goossens, D. and Buck, Brenda, 2011, Effects Of Wind Erosion, Off-Road Vehicular Activity, Atmospheric Conditions And The Proximity Of A Metropolitan Area On PM10 Characteristics In A Recreational Site. Atmospheric Environment. 45:94-107

Garside, L.J., House, P.K., Burchfield, B., Rowland, S., and Buck, B.J., 2011, Geologic Map of the Jean Quadrangle, Clark County, Nevada, Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology.

Goossens, D., and Buck, Brenda, 2011, Gross erosion, net erosion and gross deposition of dust by wind: field data from 17 desert surfaces, Earth Surface Processes and Landforms. v. 36, p. 610-623. DOI: 10.1002/esp.2080

King, J., Etyemezian, V., Sweeney, M., Buck, B., and Nikolich, G., 2011, Dust emission variability at the Salton Sea, California, USA, Journal of Aeolian Research 3:67-79.

McLaurin, B.T., Goossens, D., and Buck, B.J., 2011, Combining surface mapping and process data to assess, predict, and manage dust emissions from natural and disturbed land surfaces, Geosphere, v. 7, p. 260-275, doi:10.1130/GES00593.1

House, P.K., Buck, B.J., and Ramelli, A.R., 2010, Geologic assessment of piedmont and playa flood hazards in the Ivanpah Valley area, Clark County, Nevada (online only), Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology Report 53. http://www.nbmg.unr.edu/Pubs/r/r53/index.html

Williams, A.*, Buck, B. J., Soukup, D., Merkler, D., 2010, Integrated model of biological soil crust distribution, Mojave Desert (USA), 19th World Congress of Soil Science, Soil Solutions for a Changing World: 1 – 6 August 2010, Brisbane, Australia. Published on CDROM, p. 1-4

Buck, Brenda J., Lawton, T., and Brock, A., 2010, Evaporitic paleosols in continental strata of the Carroza Formation, La Popa Basin, Mexico: record of Paleogene climate and salt tectonics, GSA Bulletin, v. 122, no. 7-8, p. 1011-1026. View Paper Online

Goossens, D., and Buck, Brenda J., 2009, Dust dynamics in off-road vehicle trails: Measurements on 16 arid soil types, Nevada, USA, Journal of Environmental Management, v. 90, p. 3458-3469

Monger, H. Curtis, Cole, David R., Gallegos, Robert A., and Buck, Brenda J., 2009, Scale, Paleoclimate, and ¹³C in Pedogenic Carbonate from the Biome to the Rhizosphere, Ecology, v. 90, no. 6, p. 1498-1511

Brock, A.*, and Buck, Brenda J., 2009, Polygenetic development of the Mormon Mesa, NV petrocalcic horizons: Importance for future application of absolute dating techniques, Catena (1), p. 65-75

Goossens, D., and Buck, Brenda, 2009, Dust Emission by Off-Road Driving: Experiments on 17 Arid Soil Types, Nevada, USA, Geomorphology, v. 107, p.118-138 doi:10.1016/j.geomorph.2008.12.001

Robins*, Colin R., Buck, Brenda J., Williams*, Amanda J., Morton*, Janice L., House, P. Kyle, Howell*, Michael S., Yonovitz*, Maureen L., 2009, Comparison of Flood Hazard Assessments on Desert Piedmonts and Playas: A Case Study in Ivanpah Valley, Nevada, Geomorphology, v. 103:4, p. 520-532. doi:10.1016/j.geomorph.2008.07.020

Williams*, A., Robins*, C, Buck, B., Monger, H.C., 2009, Common ground: Discovering a shared purpose in Inner Mongolia, Soil Survey Horizons, v.49, no. 4, p. 96-97

Steinberg, S., Buck, Brenda J., Morton*, J., Dorman*, J., 2008, The speciation of iodine in the salt impacted Black Butte Soil Series along the Virgin River, NV, Applied Geochemistry, vol. 23, p. 3589-3596, doi:10.1016/j.apgeochem. 2008.07.017

Soukup, D.A., B.J. Buck, and W. Harris, 2008, Chapter 2: Preparing Soils for Mineralogical Analysis. In A. Ulery & L.R. Drees (Eds.) Methods of Soil Analysis Part 5 - Mineralogical Methods, SSSA Monograph Series 5. Soil Science Society of America, Madison, WI, p. 13-33

Dong, H., J. A. Rech, H. Jiang*, H. Sun, and B. J. Buck, 2007, Endolithic cyanobacteria in soil gypsum: Occurrences in Atacama (Chile), Mojave (United States), and Al-Jafr Basin (Jordan) Deserts, J. Geophys. Res., 112, G02030, doi:10.1029/2006JG000385

Buck, B.J., Wolff*, K., Merkler, D., and McMillan, N., 2006, Salt Mineralogy of Las Vegas Wash, Nevada: Morphology and Subsurface Evaporation, Soil Science Society of America Journal, 70:1639-1651. Available pdf

House, P.K., Ramelli, A.R., and Buck, B.J., 2006, Surficial geologic map of the Ivanpah Valley area, Clark County, Nevada, Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology Map 156, 1: 50,000

Lawton, T., and Buck, B. J., 2006, Implications of diapir-derived detritus and gypsic paleosols in Lower Triassic strata near the Castle Valley salt wall, Paradox basin, Utah, Geology, v. 34; no. 10; p. 885–888

Mrozek*, S.J., Brenda J. Buck, Patrick J. Drohan, Amy L. Brock*, 2006, Decorative Landscaping Rock as a Source for Heavy Metal Contamination, Las Vegas, NV, Soil and Sediment Contamination, 15:471–480

Brock*, A., and Buck, Brenda J., 2005, A New Formation Process for Calcic Pendants from Pahranagat Valley, Nevada: Implications for Dating Quaternary Landforms, Quaternary Research, v. 63, p. 359-367

Buck, Brenda J., and Van Hoesen*, John, 2005, Assessing the Applicability of Isotopic Analysis of Pedogenic Gypsum as a Paleoclimate Indicator, southern New Mexico, Journal of Arid Environments, vol. 60, p. 99-114

Drohan, P, D. J. Merkler, and Brenda J. Buck, 2005, Suitability of the Plant Root Simulator (PRS) TM Probe for Use in the Mojave Desert, Soil Science Society of America Journal, 69:1482-1491

Rawajfih, Z., Khresat, S., and Buck, Brenda J., 2005, Arid Soils of the Badia Region of northeastern Jordan: Potential Use for Sustainable Agriculture, Archives of Agronomy and Soil Science, v. 51(1), p. 25-32

Twichell, D.C., Cross, V.A., Hanson, A., Buck, Brenda J., Zybala*, J., and Rudin, M.R., 2005, Seismic architecture and lithofacies of turbidites in Lake Mead (Arizona and Nevada, U.S.A.): an analogue for topographically complex basins, Journal of Sedimentary Research, v. 75, p. 134-148

Buck, Brenda J., 2005, Review of Soils in Archaeological Research, by Vance T. Holliday, Journal of Geology, 113:4:501

Buck, Brenda J., Brock*, A., Johnson, W.H., and Ulery, A., 2004, Corrosion of Depleted Uranium in an Arid Environment: Soil-Geomorphology, SEM/EDS, XRD, and Electron Microprobe Analyses, Soil and Sediment Contamination: An International Journal, Issue 13, p. 545-561

Johnson, W.H., Buck, Brenda J., Brogonia*, H., and Brock*, A., 2004, Variations in Depleted Uranium Sorption and Solubility with Depth in Arid Soils, Soil and Sediment Contamination: An International Journal, 13:533-544

Khresat, S., Rawajfih, Z, Buck, Brenda J., Monger, H.C., 2004, Geomorphic Features and Soil Formation of Arid Lands in Northeastern Jordan, Archives of Agronomy and Soil Science, vol. 50, p. 607-615

Buck, B. J., Merkler, D., Wolff*, K., McMillan, N., 2004, Relict Water Tables Indicated by Salt Mineralogy, Las Vegas Wash, Nevada, USA, IN Selim Kapur, Erhan Akca, Luca Montanarella, Arda Ozturk, A. Mermut Eds., 12th International Meeting on Soil Micromorphology, Adana Turkey, European Communities, v. EUR 21275 EN/2, p. 5-7

Buck, B. J., Merkler, D., Khresat, S., Rawajfih, Z., Lawton, T., 2004, Genesis of Salt Minerals in Soils: Implications for Geomorphology, Environmental Applications, Tectonics, Petroleum Exploration, and Paleoclimate, IN Selim Kapur, Erhan Akca, Luca Montanarella, Arda Ozturk, A. Mermut Eds., 12th International Meeting on Soil Micromorphology, Adana Turkey, European Communities, v. EUR 21275 EN/2, p. 89-91

Buck, B. J., Merkler, D., Mrozek*, S., Harrison, B., Lato, L., 2004, Spheroidal Dolomite, Mg-Calcite, and Mg-Kutnohorite, Death Valley, CA, USA: Implications for Genesis and Paleoenvironmental Interpretations. IN Selim Kapur, Erhan Akca, Luca Montanarella, Arda Ozturk, A. Mermut Eds., 12th International Meeting on Soil Micromorphology, Adana Turkey, European Communities, v. EUR 21275 EN/2, p. 86-88

Buck, B. J., Brock*, A., Johnson, W., Ulery, A., 2004, Application Of Soil Micromorphology to Determine Hazards from the Corrosion of Depleted Uranium, Southwestern United States, IN Selim Kapur, Erhan Akca, Luca Montanarella, Arda Ozturk, A. Mermut Eds., 12th International Meeting on Soil Micromorphology, Adana Turkey, European Communities, v. EUR 21275 EN/2, p. 142-145

Buck, B.J., and Brock*, A., 2004, Genesis of Carbonate Pendants in Soils: Implications for U-series Dating And Stable Isotopic Analyses, IN Selim Kapur, Erhan Akca, Luca Montanarella, Arda Ozturk, A. Mermut Eds., 12th International Meeting on Soil Micromorphology, Adana Turkey, European Communities, v. EUR 21275 EN/2, p. 174-177

Buck, B. J., Garcia Fernandez, G., Faz Cano, A., Eswaran, H., Coleman*, E., 2004, SEM Analyses of Salt Crusts from Heavy Metal Polluted Soils, Cartagena, Spain, IN Selim Kapur, Erhan Akca, Luca Montanarella, Arda Ozturk, A. Mermut Eds., 12th International Meeting on Soil Micromorphology, Adana Turkey, European Communities, v. EUR 21275 EN/2, p. 178-180

Buck, Brenda J., Hanson, A., Hengst, R., Hu, S., 2004, “Tertiary dinosaurs" in the Nanxiong Basin, Southern China, were reworked from the Cretaceous, Journal of Geology, v. 112, p. 111-118

Buck, Brenda J., Kipp, John, and Monger, H.C., 2002, Inverted Clast Stratigraphy in an Eolian Archaeological Environment, Geoarchaeology, v. 17 no. 7 p. 665-687

Buck, Brenda J., and Van Hoesen*, John, 2002, Snowball Morphology and SEM Analysis of Pedogenic Gypsum, southern New Mexico, USA, Journal of Arid Environments, v. 51, p. 469-487

Buck, Brenda J., Van Hoesen*, J., Khresat, S., and Rawajfih, Z., 2002, Morphology, SEM, and Stable Isotopic Analyses of Pedogenic Gypsum, USA and Jordan, Transactions of the 17th World Congress of Soil Science, Bangkok, Thailand 20:451, p. 1-10

Rawajfih, Z., Khresat, S., Buck, Brenda J., and Monger, H. C., 2002 Management of Arid Soils of the Badia Region of Northeastern Jordan for Sustainable Agriculture, Transactions of the 17th World Congress of Soil Science, Bangkok, Thailand 20:1026, p. 1-7

Schiefelbein*, I.M., Buck, Brenda J., Lato, L., Merkler, D., 2002, SEM analyses of pedogenic salt minerals in a toposequence, Death Valley, California, U.S.A., Transactions of the 17th World Congress of Soil Science, Bangkok, Thailand 20:457, p.1-10

Van Hoesen*, John G., Buck, Brenda J., Merkler, Douglas, J., and McMillan, Nancy, 2001, An investigation of salt micromorphology and chemistry, Las Vegas Wash, Nevada, Proceedings of the 36th Annual Symposium on Engineering Geology and Geotechnical Engineering, Luke, Jacobsen, and Werle (eds), University of Nevada, Las Vegas, March 28-30, pg. 729-737

Buck, B.J., and Monger, H.C., 1999, Stable Isotopes and Soil Geomorphology as Indicators of Holocene Climate Change, northern Chihuahuan Desert, Journal of Arid Environments, vol. 43, no. 4, pp. 357-373

Buck, B.J., Steiner, R.L., Burgett, G., and Monger, H.C., 1999, Artifact Distribution and its Relationship to Microtopographic Geomorphic Features in an Eolian Environment, Chihuahuan Desert, Geoarchaeology, vol. 14, issue 8, pp. 735-754

Guan, J., Rigby, J.K. Jr., Hengst, R.A., Buck, B. J., Hu, S.X., Wei, M.,Zhou, M., Li, M., Pan, L., Zheng, L.L., 1999, Geology and Paleontology of an Upper Jurassic Dinosaur Assemblage in the Chuangi Basin of Yunnan, IN the Album of Research Manuscripts for the Seventh Conference of the Chinese Society of Vertebrate Paleontology. Pages 1-3, Beijing Museum of Natural History, publisher

Buck, B.J., Monger, H.C., 1998, An Eolian and Isotopic Record of Biogeomorphic Change in the Southwestern United States, Proceedings of the 16th World Congress of Soil Science, Montpellier, France, CDRom, n°232, p. 1-5

Buck, B.J., Kipp, J. M. Jr., Monger, H. C., 1998, Eolian Stratigraphy Of Intrabasinal Fault Depressions In The Northern Hueco and Southern Tularosa Basins: Evidence For Neotectonic Activity, New Mexico Geological Society 49th Guidebook, p. 79-86

Jarvis*, M., Buck, B.J., and Witcher, J., 1998, Quaternary Paleospring Deposits at San Diego Mountain in South-Central New Mexico, New Mexico Geological Society 49th Guidebook, p. 71-74

Leach, J.D., Almarez, F.A., and Buck, Brenda J., 1996, Prehistoric Management of Water in Texas, Bulletin of the Texas Archaeological Society, vol. 67, p. 133-144

Thomas, W. A., Allen, J. L., Mars, J. C., McDowell, R. J., Azevedo, P. A., Buck, B. J., Corner, H. J., Dodd, J. R., 1996, Willow Creek Basement Fault System Beneath the Southwest Montana Transverse Zone: dormant During Cambrian-Devonian Time, Mountain Geologist, vol. 33, p. 115-124

Buck, Brenda J., 1996, Late Quaternary Landscape Evolution, Paleoclimate, and Geoarchaeology, Southern New Mexico and West Texas, Ph.D. Dissertation, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM

Buck, Brenda J., and Mack, Greg H., 1995, Latest Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) Aridity Indicated by Paleosols in the McRae Formation, South-Central New Mexico, Cretaceous Research, vol. 16, no. 5, p. 559-572

Leach, J.D., Almarez, F. A., Buck, B.J., and Burgett, G.R., 1993, The Hueco Mountain Reservoir: A Preliminary Assessment of an El Paso Phase Water Catchment Basin, The Artifact, v. 31, no. 2, p.33-46

Buck, Brenda J., 1992, Deterioration of Paleoclimate in the Late Cretaceous, Indicated by Paleosols in the McRae Formation, South-Central New Mexico, M.S. Thesis, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM

Publications (non-referreed)
(* denotes student author)

Buck, B.J., Robins*, C., and Williams*, A., 2011. Chapter 4: Surface Characterization & Statistics: Surface Characteristics that influence the distribution of Eriogonum corymbosum Bentham var. nilesii (Las Vegas Buckwheat), IN Buck, B.J., Robins*, C., and Williams*, M., 2011. Gypsum Soils Analysis Technical Conditions, 2005-UNLV-609F. Clark County Desert Conservation Program NV, p.239-326.

Buck, B.J., Robins*, C., and Williams*, A., 2011. Chapter 3: Soil Profiles & Statistics: Soil Chemistry factors that influence the distribution of Eriogonum corymbosum Bentham var. nilesii (Las Vegas Buckwheat), IN Buck, B.J., Robins*, C., and Williams*, M., 2011. Gypsum Soils Analysis Technical Conditions, 2005-UNLV-609F. Clark County Desert Conservation Program NV, p.81-238.

Robins*, C., and Buck, B.J., 2011. Chapter 2: Mapping: Surficial Geology, Insolation, and Habitat Classes: influence on the distribution of Eriogonum corymbosum Bentham var. nilesii (Las Vegas Buckwheat), IN Buck, B.J., Robins*, C., and Williams*, M., 2011. Gypsum Soils Analysis Technical Conditions, 2005-UNLV-609F. Clark County Desert Conservation Program NV, p. 23-80.

Buck, B.J., and Robins*, C., 2011. Chapter 1: Introduction to the Soil-Geomorphic Factors that influence the distribution of Eriogonum corymbosum Bentham var. nilesii, IN Buck, B.J., Robins*, C., and Williams*, M., 2011. Gypsum Soils Analysis Technical Conditions, 2005-UNLV-609F. Clark County Desert Conservation Program NV, p. 14-22

Buck, B.J., Robins*, C., and Williams*, M., 2011. Gypsum Soils Analysis Technical Conditions, 2005-UNLV-609F. Clark County Desert Conservation Program NV, 390p.

Soukup, D., Buck, B.J., Goossens, D., Ulery, A., McLaurin, B., Baron, D., and Teng, Y., 2011, Arsenic Concentrations in the Nellis Dunes Recreation Area, IN Goossens, D., and Buck, B.J. (Eds.), Assessment of Dust Emissions, Chemistry, and Mineralogy for Management of Natural and Disturbed Surfaces at Nellis Dunes Recreation Area, Nevada, Final Report to Bureau of Land Management for Task Agreement Number FAA010017, p. 201-220

Soukup, D, Buck, B.J., Goossens, D., Teng, Y., and Baron, D., 2011, Trace Element Chemistry of Soil and Dust Samples in the Nellis Dunes Recreation Area, IN Goossens, D., and Buck, B.J. (Eds.), Assessment of Dust Emissions, Chemistry, and Mineralogy for Management of Natural and Disturbed Surfaces at Nellis Dunes Recreation Area, Nevada, Final Report to Bureau of Land Management for Task Agreement Number FAA010017, p. 188-200

Soukup, D., Buck, B.J., Goossens, D., Teng, Y., and Baron, D., 2011, Mineralogical Composition of Soil Samples in the Nellis Dunes Recreation Area, IN Goossens, D., and Buck, B.J. (Eds.), Assessment of Dust Emissions, Chemistry, and Mineralogy for Management of Natural and Disturbed Surfaces at Nellis Dunes Recreation Area, Nevada, Final Report to Bureau of Land Management for Task Agreement Number FAA010017, p. 171-187

Goossens, D. and Buck, B.J., 2011, Ambient PM10 Concentraions in the Nellis Dunes Recreation Area, IN Goossens, D., and Buck, B.J. (Eds.), Assessment of Dust Emissions, Chemistry, and Mineralogy for Management of Natural and Disturbed Surfaces at Nellis Dunes Recreation Area, Nevada, Final Report to Bureau of Land Management for Task Agreement Number FAA010017, p. 139-170

Goossens, D., and Buck, B.J., 2011, Total Dust Production in the Nellis Dunes Recreation Area: Contributions of the Natural and Anthropogenic Emissions, IN Goossens, D., and Buck, B.J. (Eds.), Assessment of Dust Emissions, Chemistry, and Mineralogy for Management of Natural and Disturbed Surfaces at Nellis Dunes Recreation Area, Nevada, Final Report to Bureau of Land Management for Task Agreement Number FAA010017, p. 121-138

Goossens, D. and Buck, B.J., 2011, Emission and Deposition of Dust by Wind in the Nellis Dunes Recreation Area, IN Goossens, D., and Buck, B.J. (Eds.), Assessment of Dust Emissions, Chemistry, and Mineralogy for Management of Natural and Disturbed Surfaces at Nellis Dunes Recreation Area, Nevada, Final Report to Bureau of Land Management for Task Agreement Number FAA010017, p. 96-120

Goossens, D, and Buck, B.J., 2011, Dust Dynamics in Off-Road Vehicle Trails, IN Goossens, D., and Buck, B.J. (Eds.), Assessment of Dust Emissions, Chemistry, and Mineralogy for Management of Natural and Disturbed Surfaces at Nellis Dunes Recreation Area, Nevada, Final Report to Bureau of Land Management for Task Agreement Number FAA010017, p. 75-95

Goossens, D, and Buck, B.J., 2011, Dust Emission by Off-Road Driving: Field Experiments, IN Goossens, D., and Buck, B.J. (Eds.), Assessment of Dust Emissions, Chemistry, and Mineralogy for Management of Natural and Disturbed Surfaces at Nellis Dunes Recreation Area, Nevada, Final Report to Bureau of Land Management for Task Agreement Number FAA010017, p. 40-74

McLaurin, B., Goossens, D., and Buck, B.J., 2011, Physical Settings of the Nellis Dunes Recreation Area, IN Goossens, D., and Buck, B.J. (Eds.), Assessment of Dust Emissions, Chemistry, and Mineralogy for Management of Natural and Disturbed Surfaces at Nellis Dunes Recreation Area, Nevada, Final Report to Bureau of Land Management for Task Agreement Number FAA010017, p. 13-39

Buck, Brenda, and Goossens, Dirk, 2011, Introduction: Rationale for Study, IN Goossens, D., and Buck, B.J. (Eds.), Assessment of Dust Emissions, Chemistry, and Mineralogy for Management of Natural and Disturbed Surfaces at Nellis Dunes Recreation Area, Nevada, Final Report to Bureau of Land Management for Task Agreement Number FAA010017, p. 6-12

Williams, A.*, Buck, Brenda J., Soukup, D., 2010, Biological Soil Crust Ecology and Landscape Relationships, Muddy Mountains Wilderness, NV, Final Report to BLM in fulfillment of Subcontract 656-8251.01; for Task Agreement FAA080005. 232 p.

Brenda J. Buck, Douglas Merkler, and Shawnalea Thai (Eds.), 2010, Research on Arid Soils in Southern Nevada: Dust Emissions, Petrocalcic Genesis, Petrogypsic Soils, and Biological Soil Crusts, Fieldtrip Guidebook for Western Regional Cooperative Soil Survey, Western Society of Soil Science/Western Society of Crop Science Joint Conference, Las Vegas, Nevada: June 21-24, 2010, 103 pp.

Buck, B.J., Goossens, D., McLaurin, B., Soukup, D., Keil, D., Teng, Y., Sudowe, R., Proper, S., Peden-Adams, M., Ayala, N., Berger-Ritchie, J., Lebahn, S., Young, S., Baron, D., and Roman, A., 2010, Measuring Dust Emissions, Chemistry, and Mineralogy to Assess, Predict, and Manage Natural and Disturbed Land Surfaces, Nellis Dunes Recreation Area, Nevada, IN Research on Arid Soils in Southern Nevada: Dust Emissions, Petrocalcic Genesis, Petrogypsic Soils, and Biological Soil Crusts, Brenda J. Buck, Douglas Merkler, and Shawnalea Thai (Eds.), Fieldtrip Guidebook for Western Regional Cooperative Soil Survey, Western Society of Soil Science/Western Society of Crop Science Joint Conference, Las Vegas, Nevada: June 21-24, 2010, p. 5-33

Buck, B.J., Brock, A.L., Robins, C., 2010, Genesis of Mormon Mesa Petrocalcic Horizons: Implications for Paleoclimate and Isotopic Dating Applications, IN Research on Arid Soils in Southern Nevada: Dust Emissions, Petrocalcic Genesis, Petrogypsic Soils, and Biological Soil Crusts, Brenda J. Buck, Douglas Merkler, and Shawnalea Thai (Eds.), Fieldtrip Guidebook for Western Regional Cooperative Soil Survey, Western Society of Soil Science/Western Society of Crop Science Joint Conference, Las Vegas, Nevada: June 21-24, 2010, p. 39-54

Williams, A.*, Buck, B.J., Beyene, M.*, Merkler, D., and Soukup, D., 2010, Biological Soil Crusts in the Mojave, IN Research on Arid Soils in Southern Nevada: Dust Emissions, Petrocalcic Genesis, Petrogypsic Soils, and Biological Soil Crusts, Brenda J. Buck, Douglas Merkler, and Shawnalea Thai (Eds.), Fieldtrip Guidebook for Western Regional Cooperative Soil Survey, Western Society of Soil Science/Western Society of Crop Science Joint Conference, Las Vegas, Nevada: June 21-24, 2010, p. 100-103

Eaton, L.*, Williams, A.*, Buck, B.J., Khresat, S., Rawajfih, Z., and Howley, R.*, 2010, Endolithic Cyanobacteria in Soil Gypsum: Applications for Extraterrestrial Life, IN Research on Arid Soils in Southern Nevada: Dust Emissions, Petrocalcic Genesis, Petrogypsic Soils, and Biological Soil Crusts, Brenda J. Buck, Douglas Merkler, and Shawnalea Thai (Eds.), Fieldtrip Guidebook for Western Regional Cooperative Soil Survey, Western Society of Soil Science/Western Society of Crop Science Joint Conference, Las Vegas, Nevada: June 21-24, 2010, p. 93-99

Corinne Y. Griffing*, Henry Sun, Brenda J. Buck, 2008, Linkage between microbiological colonization, and mineralogy on Earth: Applications for exploring life on Mars, Final research report to NSF, undergraduate research award

James King (Co-PI), Brenda Buck (Co-PI), Vic Etyemezian, George Nikolich, Mike Howell*, and Jan Morton*, 2007, Preliminary Assessment of the Distribution of Salts at the Salton Sea, California Department of Water Resources , Colorado River & Salton Sea Office , 770 Fairmont Avenue , Glendale, CA 91203

House, P.K., Ramelli, A.R., and Buck, B.J., 2006, Surficial Geologic Map of the Ivanpah Valley Area, Clark County, Nevada. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology Open-file Report 06-8, 1:50,000

House, P.K., Buck, B.J. and Ramelli, A.R., 2006, Preliminary Surficial Geologic Map of the Ivanpah Valley Parts of the Goodsprings and Shenandoah Peak Quadrangles, Clark County, Nevada: Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology Open-File Report 06-11B, 1:24,000

House, P.K., Buck, B.J., and Ramelli, A.R., 2006, Preliminary Surficial Geologic Map of the Ivanpah Valley Parts of the Jean and Bird Spring Quadrangles, Clark County, Nevada: Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology Open-File Report 06-11C, 1:24,000

House, P.K., Buck, B.J., and Ramelli, A.R., 2006, Preliminary Surficial Geologic Map of the Ivanpah Valley Parts of the Hidden Valley, Sloan, Sloan NE, and Sloan SE 7.5' Quadrangles, Clark County, Nevada, Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology Open-file Report 06-11D, 1:24,000

Ramelli, A.R., House, P.K., and Buck, B.J., 2006, Preliminary Surficial Geologic Map of the Ivanpah Valley Parts of the Stateline Pass and Ivanpah Lake Quadrangles, Clark County, Nevada: Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology Open-File Report 06-11E, 1:24,000

Ramelli, A.R., House, P.K. and Buck, B.J., 2006, Preliminary Surficial Geologic Map of the Ivanpah Valley Parts of the Roach and Desert Quadrangles, Nevada: Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology Open-file Report 06-11F, 1:24,000

Ramelli, A.R., House, P.K., and Buck, B.J., 2006, Preliminary Surficial Geologic Map of the Ivanpah Valley Parts of the McCullough Pass and McCullough Mountain 7.5' Quadrangles, Clark County, Nevada. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology Open-file Report 06-11G, 1:24,000

Buck, B.J., 2006. Geologic Map of the Late Cenozoic Alluvium in the East Half of the Spirit Mountain SE Quadrangle, Nevada and Arizona – map provided as required under EDMAP Agreement No. 05HQAG0005

Buck, B. J., and T. F. Lawton, 2006, Gypsic Paleosols in Growth Strata Near and Exposed Salt Weld, La Popa Basin, Mexico: Potential Indicators of Diapiric History and Proximity, TOC and Nugget Submission for 39166-AC8 – published in CD Format: 50th Annual Report on Rresearch, American Chemical Society, Petroleum Research Fund, copyright 2006 ACS

House, P.K., Ramelli, A.R., Crouse, E.C., Arritt, C.M., and Buck, B.J., 2006, Digital Data for the Surficial Geologic Map and Geologic Assessment of Piedmont and Playa Flood Hazards in the Ivanpah Valley Area, Clark County, Nevada: Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology draft data DVD. Submitted to the Clark County Regional Flood Control District, August 29, 2006, 1 DVD

House, P.K., Park, B. K., Ramelli, A.R., and Buck, B.J., 2005, Preliminary Surficial Geologic Map of the Ivanpah Valley Part of the Goodsprings Quadrangle, Nevada, Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology Open-file Report 05-6, 1:24,000

House, P.K., Ramelli, A.R., Buck, B.J., and Park, B.K., 2005, Preliminary Surficial Geologic Map of the Bird Spring Quadrangle, Nevada, Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology Open-file Report 05-7, 1:24,000

Buck, B. J., Final Report for ACS PRF# 39166-AC8, Gypsum Paleosols as Indicators for Petroleum Potential, PIs: Brenda J. Buck & Timothy F. Lawton, 10/05

Buck, B. J., and Brock, A. L.*, 2005, Mineralogy of Decorative Gravels Using
Micromorphic Techniques, Research Report to Clark County School District, 1/05

Drohan, P.J., and B.J. Buck. 2005. Soil Physical, Chemical, and Mineralogical
Properties and Their Effect on Eriogonum corymbosum var. and Arctomecon californica in North Las Vegas. 62 pp. Research Report to BLM

Buck, Brenda J. and Lawton, Timothy F., 2004, Gypsic Paleosols in Growth Strata near an Exposed Salt Weld, La Popa Basin, Mexico: Potential Indicators of Diapiric History and Proximity, Mid-Grant Report, October 2004

Tomasko, D.; Hlohowskyj, I.; Adometto, C.A.; Seltzer, M. D.; Johnson, W.H.; Buck, B.J. Mobility of Depleted Uranium in Soil at Naval Air Weapons Station China Lake, Naval Facilities Engineering Service Center, Port Hueneme, CA 93043-4370, Special Publication SP-2142-ENV

Buck, B.J. 2003, Final Report for ARI/UNLV, Gypsum Paleosols as Indicators for Petroleum Potential

Buck, B.J. 2003, Final Report for SITE/UNLV, Salt Mineralogy in Arid Soils of Southern Death Valley, California, USA

Buck, B. J., and R. A. Hengst, 2002, Research Report to RMC Foundation, Expeditionary Education for Junior High and High School Students, Final Report on Accomplishments

Buck, B.J. and R.A. Hengst, 2001, Research Report to RMC Foundation, Real Time Science for Junior High and High School Students, Final Report on Accomplishments.

Buck, B.J. and R.A. Hengst, 2000 Research Report to RMC Foundation, The Expedition Experience as a Tool to Increase Environmental Literacy in Middle and High School Students, Final Report on Accomplishments

Buck, Brenda J., 1995, Eolian Evolution and Paleoenvironmental Conditions Based on Strata and Isotopes in Fault Troughs, in Eolian Evolution and Paleoenvironmental Changes During the Late Quaternary in the Fort Bliss Maneuver Areas and Vicinity, H. Curtis Monger and Brenda J. Buck, Historic and Natural Resource Report, Environmental Management Office, Directorate of Installation Support, Fort Bliss, TX

Kipp, John M., Jr., and Buck, Brenda J., 1995, Geomorphic Study of Limited Protection Zones to Determine Stratigraphic Potential of Artifacts, Fort Bliss, Texas, in Geomorphic and Palynologic Investigations, Fort Bliss Military Installation, Texas, edited by H. Curtis Monger, Historic and Natural Resource Report, Environmental Management Office, Directorate of Installation Support, Fort Bliss, TX

Buck, Brenda J., 1994, Holocene Stratigraphy of the Northeastern Hueco Bolson, Fort Bliss, Texas, Historic and Natural Resource Report, Environmental Mngt. Office, Directorate of Installation Support, Fort Bliss, TX

Buck, Brenda J., and Steiner, Robert L., 1994, Correlation of Eolian Geomorphic Features to Artifact Visibility in an Arid Climate, Fort Bliss, Texas, Historic and Natural Resources Report, Environmental Management Office, Directorate of Installation Support, Fort Bliss, Texas

Buck, Brenda J., 1993, Phytolith Analysis of Buried Soils in the Fort Bliss Reservation, El Paso Texas, in Monger, H. Curtis, Soil-Geomorphic and Paleoclimatic Characteristics of the Fort Bliss Maneuver Areas, Southern New Mexico and Western Texas, Historic and Natural Resources Report no. 4, Environmental Management Office, Directorate of Installation Support, Fort Bliss, Texas

Buck, Brenda J., 1993, Appendix A: Soil Stratigraphy and Depositional Processes at Site LA 81589, in Kirkpatrick, D. T., and Leonard, A., Preliminary Report on the Test Excavations at Sites LA 81589 LA 81593 LA 81596, Aerial Cable Test Capability, White Sands Missile Range, Socorro County, NM, Human Systems Research Project #HSR 9215 Tularosa NM

Buck, B.J., Goossens, D., McLaurin, B., Soukup, D., Teng, Y., Keil, D., Peden-Adams, M., Proper, S., Baron, D., and Ulery, A., 2011. Assessment of Dust Emissions at Nellis Dunes Recreation Area, Nevada, USA: Prelude to a Human Health Risk Assessment. GEOMED 2011 – 4^th International Conference on Medical Geology, Bari Italy, Sept 21-25, 2011, p. 14. p

Buck, B.J., Soukup, D., Goossens, D., McLaurin, B., Keil, D., Peden-Adams, M., Proper, S., Teng, Y., Baron, D., and Ulery, A., 2011. Natural and Off-Road-Vehicle-Generated Dust containing Palygorskite and Arsenic: Health Effects Due to Acute Exposure, Nellis Dunes Recreational Area, Nevada USA. ASA-CSSA-SSSA International Annual Meeting Abstract with Programs, San Antonio TX, Oct. 16-19, 2011, p. 281-10

Buck, B.J., Soukup, D., Goossens, D., McLaurin, B., Keil, D., Peden-Adams, M., Proper, S., Teng, Y., Baron, D., and Ulery, A., 2011. OHV-Generated And Natural Dust Containing Arsenic: Preliminary Health Effects Due to Acute Exposure, Nellis Dunes Recreation Area, Nevada USA, Geological Society of America, Abstracts with Programs. Vol. 43, No. 5, p.338

Proper, S.P., Peden-Adams, M., Ayala, N., Berger-Ritchie, J., Lebahn, S., Young, S., Buck, B., Goossens, D., Soukup, D., Sudowe, R., Teng, Y., Baron, D., Harkema, J.R., and Keil, D.E., Health Effects Due to Acute Exposure of Dust Samples Collected from Nellis Dunes Recreational Area, To be presented at the Society of Toxicology, Washington DC: March 6-10, 2011. The Toxicologist, March 2011

Williams, A.*, Buck, B., Soukup, D., Merkler, D., 2010, Biological Soil Crusts and the Fertile Island Effect: Soil-Geomorphic Insights From the Mojave Desert, ASA-CSSA-SSSA, Long Beach, CA, Abstracts with Programs, p. 111-10

Soukup, D., Buck, B., Goossens, D., Baron, D., Ulery, A., and Teng, Y., 2010, Mineralogy, Trace Element Chemistry, and Potential Health Implications of Dust Samples from the Nellis Dunes Recreational Area, Nevada USA, ASA-CSSA-SSSA, Long Beach, CA, Abstracts with Programs, p. 246-4

Buck, B.J., King, J., Etyemezian, V., Morton*, J., and Howell*, M., 2009, Effects of Salt Mineralogy on Surface Characteristics: Implications for Dust Emissions, Salton Sea California, USA, 7th International Conference on Geomorphology, Australian and New Zealand Geomorphology Group (Inc.), Registered No. A0044686A, www.geomorphology2009.com.

Brock*, A., and Buck, B.J., 2009, Geomorphic and Paleoenvironmental Interpretations of the Stage VI Petrocalcic Horizons of Mormon Mesa, Nevada, USA, GSA Abstracts with Programs, v. 41, no. 7, p. 171

Harrison, B., Buck, B.J., Merkler, D., Lato, L., 2009, Correlation and Relative Dating of Fan Surfaces in Death Valley using Soil Properties, GSA Abstracts with Programs, v. 41, no. 7, p. 171

Wang, Xiuling, Pepper, Darrell, Buck, B.J., Goossens, Dirk, 2008, Constructing 3-D Wind Fields for Nellis Dunes in Nevada, ASME International Mechanical Engineering Meeting, October 31-Nov. 6, 2008, Boston, MA

Buck, B.J., King, J., Etyemezian, V., Morton*, J., and Howell, M., 2008, Effects of Salt Mineralogy on Surface Characteristics: Implications for Dust Emissions, Salton Sea California, USA. Abstract for Joint Annual Meeting of the Geological Society of America and the Soil Science Society of America, Houston, Texas, October 5-9, 2008, Abstracts with Program, #78-8

Buck, B.J., 2008 (invited), Generational Perspectives of Women Scientists: Sexism in Academia, From Blatant to Subtle, for SSSA-ASA-CSSA Women in Agronomy, Crops, Soils and Environmental Sciences Committee and the GSA Minorities and Women in the Geosciences Committees Luncheon, Abstract for Joint Annual Meeting of the Geological Society of America and the Soil Science Society of America, Houston, Texas, October 5-9, 2008

Monger, H.C., Cole, D., Buck, B.J., 2008, Scale and the Isotopic Record of C4 plants in Pedogenic Carbonate: Biome to Rhizosphere, GSA/SSSA/ASA/CSSA Joint Annual Meeting, Houston TX, Oct. 5-9, 2008, Abstracts with Program, #205-11

Goossens, D., Buck, B., McLaurin, B., 2008, Natural and Anthropogenic Emission of Soil Dust in Nellis Dunes Recreational Area, Clark County, Nevada. Abstract for Joint Annual Meeting of the Geological Society of America and the Soil Science Society of America, Houston, Texas, October 5-9, 2008, Abstracts with Program, #78-6

Rech, J. and Buck, B.J., 2008, Pedogenic Processes and Paleoclimatic Significance of Sulfate Soils in the Atacama Desert, Chile, GSA/SSSA/ASA/CSSA Joint Annual Meeting, Houston TX, Oct. 5-9, 2008, Abstracts with Program, #335-14

Goossens, D., Buck, B., McLaurin, B., 2008, Natural and anthropogenic emission of soil dust in Nellis Dunes Recreational Area, Clark County, Nevada. Abstracts 3rd International Workshop on Mineral Dust, September 15-17, Leipzig, Germany

Buck, B.J., Rech, J., Howell*, M., Brock, A., Prellwitz, J., 2008, Salt Heave: a new formation process for patterned ground, Atacama Desert, Chile, Abstracts of the 13th International Conference on Soil Micromorphology, Sept. 11-16, Chengdu China, p. 51

Robins*, C., Buck, B.J., Spell, T., Soukup, D., 2008, Micromorphology of sepiolite, palygorskite, and other phyllosilicates in petrocalcic soils of the southwest USA: Implications for arid soil dating, Abstracts of the 13th International Conference on Soil Micromorphology, Sept. 11-16, Chengdu China, p. 119

Howell*, M., Buck, B.J., Rech, J., Brock, A., Prellwitz, J., 2008, Micromorphology and mineralogy of a hyperarid soil in the Atacama Desert, Chile, Abstracts of the 13th International Conference on Soil Micromorphology, Sept. 11-16, Chengdu China, p. 80

Buck, B.J., King, J., Etyemezian, V., Morton*J., Howell*, M., 2008, Micromorphology of salt crusts: Implications for dust emissions & air quality, Salton Sea, California USA, Abstracts of the 13th International Conference on Soil Micromorphology, Sept. 11-16, Chengdu China, p. 67

Buck, B.J., Sun, H., Williams*, A., Costa*, J., Hailiang, D., Rech, J., Hongchen*, J., 2008, Micromorphology of endolithic cyanobacteria in soil gypsum: Applications for life on Mars, Abstracts of the 13th International Conference on Soil Micromorphology, Sept. 11-16, Chengdu China, p. 46

Williams, A., Buck, B.J., Soukup, D., McLaurin, B., Sun, H., 2008, Models of biological soil crust development, Mojave Desert, USA, Abstracts of the 13th International Conference on Soil Micromorphology, Sept. 11-16, Chengdu China, p. 28

Williams, A., Buck, B.J., McLaurin, B., Sun, H., Soukup, D. Merkler, D., 2008, Mapping Biological Soil Crust Distribution in the Muddy Mountains Wilderness Area, Nevada, NRCS Remote Sensing Research Symposium, May 1, 2008, Phoenix, AZ

Williams*, A., Buck, B.J., McLaurin, B., Sun, H., Soukup, D., 2008, Biological Soil Crusts in the Mojave: Factors of Distribution and Models of Spatial Extent, UNLV Geoscience Geosymposium, April 18, 2008, Las Vegas, NV (1st place Graduate Student Oral Presentation)

Williams*, A., Buck, B.J., McLaurin, B., Sun, H., Soukup, D., 2008, Biological Soil Crust Development in the Mojave: Determining Factors and Models of Distribution, SEPHAS Symposium – Understanding Near-Surface Environmental Processes, April 9-10, 2008, Las Vegas, NV, DRI-NWRA Abstracts with Program

Griffing*, C., Sun, H., and Buck, B.J., 2008, Linkage Between Microbiological Colonization and Mineralogy on Earth: Applications for exploring for Life on Mars, NSF-EPSCoR Undergraduate Research Conference, Reno NV, April 2008

Williams*, A., Buck, B.J., McLaurin, B., Sun, H., Soukup, D., 2008, Biological Soil Crust Distribution in the Mojave: Ecology and Mapping for Land Management Interpretations, AEG Southwest Section Meeting, February 12, 2008, Las Vegas, NV (2nd Place Student Presentation)

Williams*, A., Buck, B.J., McLaurin, B., Sun, H., Merkler, D., 2007, Distribution of Biological Soil Crusts in the Mojave Desert: Scaling Environmental Factors and Developing Appropriate Modeling Techniques, National NSF EPSCoR Conference, November 6-9, 2007, Kona, HI (Invited student presenter*)

Spencer M. Steinberg, Brenda J. Buck, Jan Morton and James Dorman, 2007, Speciation of Iodine in the Salt-impacted Black Butte Soil Series Along the Virgin River, NV, Abstracts of Papers (American Chemical Society National Meeting) 234: ENVR 136

Brock*, A., and Buck, B.J., 2007, Pedogenic Barite, Palygorskite, and Sepiolite in Petrocalcic Horizons at Mormon Mesa, Nevada: Implications for Soil Water Movement, GSA Abstracts with Programs, Vol. 39, no. 6, p. 248

Williams*, A., Buck, B.J., Merkler, D., House, P.K., Howell*, M., Morton*, J., Robins*, C., Yonovitz*, M., 2007, Alluvial Fan Flood Hazard Assessment: A Comparison of FEMA, NRCS, and Surficial Geological Maps in Ivanpah Valley, Nevada, Soil Science Society of America Abstracts with Program, Paper 1625

Williams*, A., Buck, B.J., McLaurin, B., Sun, H., Soukup, D. Merkler, D., 2007, Mapping Biological Soil Crust Distribution in the Muddy Mountains Wilderness Area, Nevada, Soil Science Society of America Abstracts with Program, Paper 1126

Buck, B.J., 2007, Hexahydrite Today, Gypsum Tomorrow: Dynamics of Salt Minerals in Soils, Soil Science Society of America Abstracts with Program, Paper 195-3

Buck, B.J., 2007, A Taste of Salt Across the Landscape: Soil Mineralogy in Arid Environments, Soil Science Society of America Abstracts with Program, Paper 114-7

Brock*, A., Buck, B.J. 2007, Pedogenic Barite in Petrocalcic Horizons At Mormon Mesa, Nevada: Implications for Water Movement, Soil Science Society of America Abstracts with Program, Paper 114-11

Williams*, A., Buck, B. J., Sun, H. and Soukup, D., 2007, Mapping of Biological Soil Crusts in Hidden Valley National Wilderness Area, Nevada, UNLV Geoscience Geosymposium, April 20-21, 2007, Las Vegas, NV

Robins*, C., Howell*, M., Morton*, J., Williams*, A., Yonovitz*, M., Buck, B.J. and Merkler, D., 2007, Comparitive Analysis of Surficial Geological Maps and NRCS Soil Surveys for Flood Hazard Assessments on Alluvial Fans: A Case Study in Ivanpah Valley, Nevada, UNLV Geoscience Geosymposium, April 20-21, Las Vegas, NV

Robins*, C.R., Buck, B.J., Merkler, D.J., House, P.K., Howell*, M.S., Morton*, J.L., Williams*, A.J, and Yonovitz*, M.L., 2007, Comparison of Flood Hazard Assessments on Alluvial Fans Using FEMA, NRCS, and Surficial Geological Maps: A Case Study in Ivanpah Valley, Nevada, Submitted to WSSS 2007, Boise, ID

Buck, B.J., Rech, J., Howell*, M., Prellwitz*, J., and Brock*, A., 2006, A New Formation Process for Patterned Ground, Atacama Desert, Chile, Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs,v. 38, no.7, p. 520

Dong, H., Rech, J.A., Jiang, H., Sun, H., and Buck, B.J. (2006) Endolithic Cyanobacteria in Soil Sulfates from Hyperarid Environments on Earth, Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, Vol. 38, No. 7, p. 521

Foster*, A., Lawton, T., and Buck, B.J., 2006, Salt-sediment Interaction in Lower Triassic Moenkopi Formation Near the Castle Valley Salt Wall, Paradox Basin, Utah, Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs

Prellwitz*, J., Rech, J., Buck, B.J., Howell*, M., and Brock*, A., 2006, Geochemistry of Soil Salts in the Hyper-arid Core of the Atacama Desert, Chile, Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs

Rech, J., Prellwitz*, J., Buck, B.J., Howell*, M., and Brock*, A., 2006, Nitrate Concentrations in Atacama Desert Soils and Their Implications for the Antiquity of the Atacama Desert, 18th World Congress of Soil Science, Abstracts with Programs, Philadelphia, PA

Brock*, A.L, and Buck, B.J., 2006, Genesis of Pisoliths and Brecciation Features in Stage VI Petrocalcic Horizons, Mormon Mesa, NV, USA, 18th World Congress of Soil Science, Abstracts with Programs, Philadelphia, PA

Morton*, J.L., Buck, B. J., Merkler. D., 2006, ²³⁸U, ²³²Th, ⁴⁰K, and ¹³⁷Cs Activities and Salt Mineralogy in the Black Butte Soil Series of the Virgin River Floodplain, NV, USA, Health Physics Society Abstracts with Programs

Drohan, P. J., Buck, B.J., and Merkler, D. 2006, Gypsophile or Extremophile? A Case Study Examining the Relationship Between Gypsum Soils and the Rare Species that Occur on Them, 18th World Congress of Soil Science, Abstracts with Programs, Philadelphia, PA

Buck, B. J., Brock*, A. L., and Lawton, T. F., 2006, Gypsic, Natric, and Barite Paleosols in the Carroza Formation, La Popa Basin, Mexico, and Potential Applications of Pedogenesis to Salt Tectonics and Petroleum Exploration, 18th World Congress of Soil Science, Abstracts with Programs, Philadelphia, PA

Morton*, J., Buck , B. J., and Merkler, D., 2006, ¹³⁷Cesium and Salt Mineralogy in the Black Butte Soil Series, Virgin River Floodplain, NV, USA, 18th World Congress of Soil Science Abstracts with Programs, Philadelphia PA

Howell*, M., Buck, B. J., Rech, J., Brock*, A., Prellwitz*, J., 2006, Genesis of the Hyperarid Soils of the Atacama Desert, Chile: Analogue for Mars?, 18th World Congress of Soil Science, Abstracts with Programs, Philadelphia, PA

Buck, B.J., Brock*, A., Johnson, W., Ulery, A., 2006, Depleted Uranium Corrosion and Mobility in an Arid Environment, 18th World Congress of Soil Science, Abstracts with Programs, Philadelphia, PA

Buck, B.J. , Mrozek*, S. A., A. L. Brock*, and P. J. Drohan, 2005, Decorative Landscaping Rock as a Source for Heavy Metal Contamination, Soil Science Society of America Abstracts with Programs

P.J. Drohan and B.J. Buck, 2005, Testing the Gypsum Hypothesis: An Assessment of the Soil Physical, Chemical, and Mineralogical Habitat Requirements for Arctomecon californica in the Northeastern Mojave Desert. Annual Meeting Abstracts, #1233, Soil Science Society of America, Salt Lake City, UT, Poster presentation 3 hrs, November, 2005 (published)

Carmona*, D.M.; Faz Cano, Á, Buck, B.J.; Eswaran, H.; García Fernández, G., 2005, Heavy Metals Dynamics In A Representative Mining Zone In Cartagena, Se. Spain: Salt Crust / Metal Lixiviation, Soil Science Society of America Abstracts With Programs

P.J. Drohan and B.J. Buck, 2005, Developing a Graduate Level Soil's Emphasis: Lessons Learned, 262-1, Soil Science Society of America, Annual International Meeting, Salt Lake City Utah, November 6- 10, 2005, Sponsor: Z01 Soil Science Education, Invited by SSSA President Dr. Mary Collins (published)

Brenda J. Buck, Stephanie A. Mrozek*, Amy L. Brock*, Patrick J. Drohan, 2005, Decorative Landscaping Rock as a Source for Heavy Metal Contamination, Las Vegas, NV, Geologic Society of Southern Nevada, 9/05

Brock*, A., Buck, B.J., and Lawton, T., 2005, Diapir-Derived Evaporite Paleosols in the Eocene Carroza Formation of the La Popa Basin, Mexico, and Their Implications for Syndepositional Exposure of Diapiric Evaporite, Soil Science Society of America Abstracts with Programs

Buck, B. J., Lawton, T., and Brock*, A., 2005, Gypsic Paleosols: What Do They Tell us About Halokinesis?, Salt-Sediment Interaction Annual Research Meeting, Monterrey, MX, 11/05

Mrozek*, S.A., B.J. Buck, A.L. Brock*, and P.J. Drohan, 2005, Decorative Landscaping Rock as a Source for Heavy Metal Contamination: The Need for Regulations, Association of Engineering Geologists 2005 Annual Meeting, Las Vegas, NV

Mrozek*, S.A., B.J. Buck, and A.L. Brock*, 2004, Heavy Metal Contamination and Salt Efflorescence Associated with Decorative Landscaping Rocks, Las Vegas, Nevada: The Need for Regulations, American Geophysical Union 2004 Fall Meeting, Dec. 13-17, San Francisco, CA

House, P. Kyle, Bell, John W., Ramelli, Alan R., and Buck, Brenda J., 2004, The Beauty in the Overburden-Scientific Insights Gained from Detailed Mapping of Late Cenozoic Alluvial and Lacustrine Deposits in Nevada, Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, 249-45

Buck, B. J., and Drohan, P., 2004, New Graduate Soil Science Emphasis in Geoscience M.S. and Ph.D., University of Nevada, Las Vegas, Soil Science Society of America Abstracts with Programs

Buck, B. J., Merkler, D. Mrozek*, S., Harrison, B., Lato, L., 2004, Spheroidal Dolomite, Mg-Kutnohorite, and a New Mineral Occurrence of Boracite in Soil Pendants, Death Valley CA, USA, Soil Science Society of America Abstracts with Programs

Drohan, P.J., D.J. Merkler, and B.J. Buck., 2004, Evaluation of the Suitability of the PRS Probe in the Mojave Desert, Soil Science Society of America Abstracts with Programs, Seattle, WA

Buck, B. J., Garcia Fernandez, G., Faz Cano, A., Eswaran, H., Coleman*, E. 2004, Salt Mineralogy From Heavy Metal Polluted Soils in Cartagena Spain: Environmental Implications, Soil Science Society of America Abstracts with Programs

Buck, B. J., Brock*, A., Johnson, W., Ulery, A., 2004, Soil-Geomorphology Controls on the Corrosion of Depleted Uranium in an Arid Climate, Southwestern United States, 32nd International Geologic Congress, Florence, Italy

Buck, B.J., and Brock*, A. L., 2004, Genesis of Carbonate Pendants in Soils: Implications for U-series Dating and Stable Isotopic Analyses, 32nd International Geologic Congress, Florence, Italy

Buck, B. J., Garcia Fernandez, G., Faz Cano, A , Eswaran, H., Coleman*, E. 2004, Salt Crust Mineralogy From Heavy Metal Polluted Soils In Cartagena Spain: Environmental Implications, IN: Angel Faz, Roque Ortiz, and Gregorio Garcia Eds., 4th International Conference on Land Degradation, Cartagena (Murcia-Spain), Invited Lectures and Abstracts, p. 321

Buck, B. J., Brock*, Amy L., Johnson, William H., Ulery, April L., 2004, Land Degradation Through The Corrosion Of Depleted Uranium In An Arid Soil, Southwestern USA, IN: Angel Faz, Roque Ortiz and Gregorio Garcia Eds., 4th International Conference on Land Degradation, Cartagena (Murcia-Spain), Invited Lectures and Abstracts, p. 322

Buck, B. J., Merkler, D., Mrozek*, S., Harrison, B., Lato, L., 2004, Spheroidal Dolomite, Mg-Calcite, and Mg-Kutnohorite, Death Valley, CA, USA: Implications for Genesis and Paleoenvironmental Interpretations, 12th International Meeting on Soil Micromorphology, Adana, Turkey

Buck, B. J., Merkler, D., Wolff*, K., McMillan, N., 2004, Relict Water Tables Indicated by Salt Mineralogy, Las Vegas Wash, Nevada, USA, 12th International Meeting on Soil Micromorphology, Adana, Turkey

Buck, B.J., and Brock*, A., 2004, Genesis of Carbonate Pendants in Soils: Implications for U-series Dating And Stable Isotopic Analyses, 12th International Meeting On Soil Micromorphology, Adana, Turkey

Buck, B. J., Merkler, D., Khresat, S., Rawajfih, Z., Lawton, T., 2004, Genesis of Salt Minerals in Soils: Implications for Geomorphology, Environmental Applications, Tectonics, Petroleum Exploration, and Paleoclimate, 12th International Meeting On Soil Micromorphology, Adana, Turkey

Buck, B. J., Garcia Fernandez, G., Faz Cano, A., Eswaran, H., Coleman*, E., 2004, SEM Analyses of Salt Crusts from Heavy Metal Polluted Soils, Cartagena, Spain, 12th International Meeting On Soil Micromorphology, Adana, Turkey

Buck, B. J., Brock*, A., Johnson, W., Ulery, A., 2004, Application Of Soil Micromorphology to Determine Hazards from the Corrosion of Depleted Uranium, Southwestern United States, 12th International Meeting On Soil Micromorphology, Adana, Turkey

Zybala*, Jonathan G., Hanson, Andrew D., Twichell, David C., Rudin, Mark J. and Buck, Brenda J., 2004, Sequence Stratigraphic Evolution of Las Vegas Bay in Lake Mead, NV, American Association of Petroleum Geologists Annual Convention Abstracts, Volume 13, p. A156

Abell*, C., Johnson W. H., Buck, B.J., Patton P., 2004, Establishing Uranium Migration Parameters for a Mojave Desert Test Range, Presented at the 49th Annual Meeting of the Health Physics Society, July, 2004, Abstract in Health Physics 86(6):S210-212 (published)

Buck, B.J, Lawton, T.F., Merkler, D., Howley*, R.A., Khresat, S., Rawajfih, Z., Waidman*, B., and Hanson, A., 2003, Snowballs in the Devil's Anus and Other Adventures in the World of Pedogenic Sulfates, Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, vol. 35, n. 6, p. 257

Merkler, D., Buck, B. J., DeMeo, G.A., and Laczniak, R.J., 2003, Temporal Variation of Soil Moisture and Salts in the Lower Virgin River Floodplain, Clark County Nevada, Soil Science Society of America Abstracts with Program, Annual Meeting, Denver, CO

Brock*, A.L., Buck, B.J., Johnson, W., and Ulery, A., 2003, Corrosion of Depleted Uranium in an Arid Environment: Characterization with XRD, SEM/EDS, and Micropobe Analyses, Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, vol.35, n. 6, p. 237

Park*, B.K., Buck, B.J., House, P.K., Merkler, D.J., 2003, Geomorphic and Pedologic Mapping of Ivanpah Valley, Nevada for Flood Hazard Analysis, Geologic Society of America Abstracts with Programs, vol. 35, n. 6, p. 72

Zabala*, J.G, Twichel, D.C., Hanson, A.D., Buck, B.J., Hickson, T.A., Rudin, M.J., Howley*, R.A., and Steinburg, S., 2003, Sediment Deposition in Las Vegas Bay, Lake Mead, NV: Implications for Marine Sandstone Distributions, Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, vol. 35, n. 6, p. 172

Hengst, R.A., Buck, B.J., 2003, And There Hangs a Tail, Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, vol. 35, n. 6, p. 420

Hudson*, S.M., Hanson, A.D., Lawton, T.F., and Buck, B.J., 2003, New Chemical Evidence of Hydrocarbons Along the La Popa Salt Weld, La Popa Basin, Northeastern Mexico, Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, vol. 35, n. 6, p. 485

W. H. Johnson, Buck, B.J, Brock*, A.L., Brogonia*, H., 2003, Solubility Limitations on the Vadose Zone Migration of Depleted Uranium in Arid Soils, 48th Annual Meeting of the Health Physics Society, San Diego, CA

H. Brogonia*, Johnson, W.H., Buck, B.J., Brock*, A.L., Riland, C., Rudin, M.J. 2003, Migration Parameters of Depleted Uranium from Military Ordnance on Arid Soils, Presented at the 48th Annual Meeting of the Health Physics Society, San Diego, CA

Brock*, A., and Buck, Brenda J. , 2003, A New Formation Process For Carbonate Pendants: Pahranagat Valley, Nevada, INQUA 2003 Abstracts with Programs

W. H. Johnson, Buck, B.J, Brogonia*, H., Brock*, A.L. Geochemical and Physical Controls on Anthropogenic Uranium Migration in Arid Soils, Invited talk presented at the U.S. Army Hazardous Materials Management and Technology Development Meeting, June 10-11, 2003, Santa Fe, NM

Zybala*, J.G, Twichell, D.C., Buck, Brenda J., Howley*, R.A, Hickson, T.A., Hanson, A.D., Rudin, M.J., Steinber, S., and Cross, V. 2003, Sediment Coring in Lake Mead Reservoir, Nevada and Arizona: Implications for Deep Marine Sandstone Distributions, AAPG Abstracts with Programs

Buck, Brenda J. Brock*, A., and Johnson, W., 2003, Geomorphology and Soil Mineralogy Effects on Anthropogenic Uranium Distribution, China Lake, CA, 13th Annual West Coast Conference on Contaminated Soils, Sediments and Water - Abstracts with Programs

Johnson, W., Brogonia*, H., Buck, Brenda J., Brock*, A., and Rudin, M., 2003, Geochemical and Physical Controls on Anthropogenic Uranium Migration in Arid Soils, 13th Annual West Coast Conference on Contaminated Soils, Sediments and Water – Abstracts with Programs

Steinberg, S., Rudin, M., Buck, B.J., Hanson, A., Hodge, V., Twichell, D., and Howley*, R., 2003, Investigation of Organic Matter in Lake Mead Sediments Using Chemo-Pyrolysis GCMS, 13th Annual West Coast Conference on Contaminated Soils, Sediments and Water – Abstracts with Programs

Buck, Brenda J. and Brock*, Amy L., 2002, Genesis of Carbonate and Silica Pendants: Implications for Dating Landforms, Pahranagat Valley, Nevada, USA, International Symposium on Sustainable Use and Management of Soils in Arid and Semiarid Regions, Cartagena, Murcia, Spain, SUMASS Vol. II, p. 40-42

Buck, Brenda J, Kipp, J., and Monger, C, 2002, Eolian Geomorphology and Paleoclimate: Effects on Archaeology? Northern Chihuahuan Desert, Society for American Archaeology 67th Annual National Meeting, Denver, Colorado

Hengst, R.A, and Buck, Brenda J., 2002, Upper Jurassic Dinosaur Assemblage in Yunnan Province PRC, Proceedings of Geological Society of America, p. 430

Brock*, Amy L. and Buck, Brenda J, 2002, New Formation Process for Calcic Pendants, Pahranagat, Valley, NV, Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 34, no. 6, p. 368

Waidmann*, B.R., Lawton, T.F., and Buck, Brenda J., 2002, Salt-withdrawal Basin Geometry as a Record of Diapiric Tectonics, Carroza Formation, La Popa Basin, Nuevo Leon, Mexico, Proceedings of Geological Society of America, p. 438

Brock*, A.L., Buck, B.J., 2002, Carbonate Pendants, Morphology and Genesis, Pahranagat Valley, Nevada, Annual Meetings Abstracts [CD-ROM], ASA, CSSA, and SSSSA, Madison, WI

Buck, Brenda J., Van Hoesen*, J.G., Khresat, S., Rawajfih, Z., Merkler, D., Schiefelbein*, I., Howley*, R. and Lawton, T., 2002, Genesis and Morphology of Pedogenic Gypsum and Other Sulfate Minerals, USA and Jordan, Annual Meetings Abstracts [CD-ROM], ASA, CSSA, and SSSSA, Madison, WI

Merkler, D., Buck, Brenda J., Wolff*, K., 2002, Salts as an Indicator of Hydric Conditions in Las Vegas Wash, Nevada, Annual Meetings Abstracts [CD-ROM], ASA, CSSA, and SSSSA, Madison, WI

Zaragoza*, S. A., Snelson, C. M., Harder, S. H., Kaip, G., Luke, B., Buck, B. J., and Hanson, A. D., 2002, Las Vegas Basin Seismic Response Project: Preliminary Results From Seismic Refraction Experiments, Las Vegas, NV, Eos Trans. AGU, 83(47), Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract S12B-1190, p. F1055

Johnson, W.H., Buck, Brenda .J., Brock*, A.J., Brogonia*, H., 2002, Speciation and Solubility of Depleted Uranium as a Function of Depth and Particle Size in Arid Soils, 48th Annual Radiobioassay and Radiochemical Measurements Conference, November 11-15, 2002, Knoxville, TN

Buck, Brenda J., Van Hoesen*, J., Khresat, S., and Rawajfih, Z., 2002, Morphology, SEM, and Stable Isotopic Analyses of Pedogenic Gypsum, USA and Jordan, World Congress of Soil Science

Schiefelbein*, I.M., Buck, Brenda J., Lato, L., Merkler, D., 2002, SEM Analyses of Pedogenic Salt Minerals in a Toposequence, Death Valley, California, USA, World Congress of Soil Science

Wolff*, K.L., Buck, Brenda J., Merkler, D. J., and Van Hoesen*, J. G., 2001, Salt Dynamics of the Las Vegas Wash Wetlands, Las Vegas, NV, Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v.33, n. 6, p. 438

Brock*, Amy, and Buck, Brenda J., 2001, Pedogenic Silica and Carbonate Along a Chronosequence in Northern Pahranagat Valley, Nevada, Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v.33, n. 6, p. 436

Hengst, Richard, and Buck, Brenda J.., 2001, Now! Live and Uncensored: A Trial of Continuous Satellite-Based Chat with Secondary Students, Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v.33, n. 6, p. 370

Brock*, Amy, Buck, B.J. and Orndorff, R. L., 2001, Preliminary Assessment of Quaternary Geomorphic Landforms in the Northern Section of the Pahranagat Valley, Lincoln County, Nevada, Proceedings of the Arizona-Nevada Academy of Science 45th Annual Meeting, April 14, 2001, UNLV, v. 36

Buck B. J., Van Hoesen*, J., Khresat, S., Rawajfih, Z., and Monger, H. Curtis, 2001, Eolian Processes and Their Effects on Soil Genesis in New Mexico, West Texas, and Jordan, American Association of Geographers Program with Abstracts

Buck, Brenda J., and Van Hoesen*, John G., 2000, Assessing The Stable Isotopic Analysis Of Pedogenic Gypsum As A Paleoclimatic Indicator, Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, vol. 32, no. 7, p. 25

Brock*, A.L., Orndorff, R., and Buck, B. J., 2000, Preliminary assessment of Tectonic and Climatic Influences on White River Terraces in the Pahranagat Valley, Lincoln County, Nevada, Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, vol. 32, no. 7, p. 27

Buck, B.J., and Hengst, R., 1999, Practical Aspects of Bringing Expedition Science and Real Scientific Problems to the Secondary Classroom, Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, vol. 31, no. 7, p. 272

Van Hoesen*, J.G., and Buck, B.J., 1999, Morphology and Genetic Sequences of Pedogenic Gypsum Accumulation in Holocene and Late-Pleistocene Buried Soils in Southern New Mexico, Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, vol. 31, no. 7, p. 53

Hengst, R., and Buck, B.J., 1999, Expeditions Virtual and Real in Teaching Secondary Students How Science Really Unfolds, Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, vol. 31, no.7, p. 212

Buck, B.J., Monger, H.C., 1998, An Eolian and Isotopic Record of Biogeomorphic Change in the Southwestern United States, 16th World Congress of Soil Science Proceedings, Montpellier, France, 10 hour poster presentation, vol. 1 , p. 335

Jarvis*, M.J., Buck, B.J., and Witcher, J.C., 1998, Quaternary Paleospring Deposits at San Diego Mountain, Southern New Mexico, Missouri Academy of Science Annual Meeting

Tibbs, N. H., Buck, B.J., Holbrook, J.M., and Lowell, G.R., 1998, Designing Geoscience Curricula to Meet Multiple Needs, Missouri Academy of Science Annual Meeting

Buck, Brenda J., Kipp, John Jr., and Monger, H. Curtis, 1997, Stratigraphic Integrity of Clasts in an Eolian Environment and their Implications for Archaeology, Northern Chihuahuan Desert, GSA Abstracts with Programs, vol. 29, no. 6

Buck, Brenda J., Kipp, John Jr., and Monger, H. Curtis, 1997, Geomorphic Controls on Stratigraphic Integrity of Artifacts in an Eolian Environment, Fort Bliss, Texas, Society for American Archaeology Program and Abstracts, 62nd Annual Meeting, p.54

Buck, Brenda J., and Monger, H. C., 1996, Late Quaternary Eolian Evolution of the Northern Hueco Basin, Southern New Mexico and West Texas, Agronomy Abstracts, ASA Madison, WI

Buck, Brenda J., and Monger, H. C., 1996, Late Quaternary Vegetational Changes Indicated by Stable Isotopic Analyses, Northern Chihuahuan Desert, American Quaternary Association Program and Abstracts, p. 155

Buck, Brenda J. and Monger, H. C., 1996, Late Quaternary Paleoclimate Indicated by Stable Isotopic Analyses of Pedogenic Carbonate, Southern New Mexico and West Texas, New Mexico Geology

Monger, H. C., Cole, D. R., Buck, B. J., and Barrow, J. R., 1996, The Biological Nature of Pedogenic Carbonate and Its Isotopic Significance, The Clay Minerals Society 33rd Annual Meeting Program and Abstracts

Buck, Brenda J., and Monger, H. Curtis, 1995, Stable Isotopic Evidence for Holocene Environmental Change, Hueco Basin, Southern New Mexico and West Texas, Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, vol. 27, no. 6

Buck, Brenda J., and Monger, H. Curtis, 1995, Stable Isotopic Composition of Late Quaternary Stratigraphy, Hueco Bolson, Southern New Mexico and West Texas, Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, vol. 27, no. 4, p. 4

Monger, H. Curtis, Cole, David R., and Buck, Brenda J., 1995, Vegetation Dynamics During the Late Quaternary in the Northern Chihuahuan Desert Based on Stable Isotopes in Pedogenic Carbonates, Wildland Shrub Symposium Abstracts, p. 4

Buck, Brenda J., Rigby, J.K., Jr., Li, F., and Guan, J., 1994, Stratigraphy and Depositional Environment of the K/T Boundary, Nanxiong Basin, Guongdong Province, Peoples Republic of China, Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, vol. 26, no. 7

Buck, Brenda J., Steiner, Robert L., Leach, J.D., and Burgett, Galen, R., 1994, The Effects of Eolian Geomorphic Landforms on Artifact Visibility in an Arid Environment, Fort Bliss, Texas, Agronomy Abstracts, ASA, Madison, WI

Buck, Brenda J., Mack, Greg H., and Upchurch, Garland R., 1992, Paleosols and Paleoflora of the Upper Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) McRae Formation, South-Central New Mexico, and Their Implications to Paleoclimate, New Mexico Geology, v. 14, no. 4, p.77

Buck, Brenda J., and Mack, Greg H., 1992, Calcic Versus Non-Calcic Paleosols as an Indicator of Cretaceous Paleoclimatic Changes in the Western Interior of North America, Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 24, no. 7, p.227

Thomas, William A., Allen, Joseph L., McDowell, Robin J., Mars, John C., Azevedo, Paul A., Buck, Brenda J.; Corner, Holly J., and Dodd, J. Robert, 1992, Cambrian-Devonian History of the Willow Creek Fault Zone, Southwest Montana, Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, vol. 24, no. 6, p. 65

Buck, Brenda J. and Clemons, R. E., 1991, Depositional and Stratigraphic Setting of a Lower Permian Limestone in the Southern Mimbres Basin, Southwestern New Mexico, New Mexico Geology, v. 13, no. 3, p. 61

Buck, Brenda J. and Chludzinski, Gregory P., 1990, Age of the Bug Creek Anthills Fossil Vertebrate Locality and its Relationship to the K/T Boundary, Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 22, no. 5, p. 4

Funded Research

2011-2014: PI Human Health Risk Assessment of Nellis Dunes Recreational Area, NV, BLM, $2.5 million p { margin-bottom: 0.08in; }

2010-2013: PI, Strategic Plan GA Proposal to fund graduate students, UNLV, $36,000

2009-2011: (PI) Investigation of soil-geomorphologic controls on sensitive Las Vegas buckwheat habitats in Clark County, NV; Clark County, 9/15/2009-10/01/2011, $340,000

2008-2010: (PI) Modification to Assessing Factors Contributing to Dust Emissions from Public Lands on Air Quality in Areas of Clark County, Nevada, BLM $573,575

2007-2010, PI (Institutional) and Co-PI, Exploring Planetary Surfaces: Earth, Moon and Mars, NASA/EPSCoR, 9/1/07-8/31/10, $1,500,000

2007-2009, Co-PI, Digital Mapping Inventory of Crytobiotic Soil Crusts in Hidden Valley, Valley of Fire, and Muddy Mountain Wilderness Area, BLM Lands, BLM, $99,909

2007-2008, PI, A Novel Approach to Arid Soil Dating: Extraction and
⁴⁰Ar/³⁹Ar Geochronology of Pedogenic Sepiolite and Palygorskite, NSF, $29,936

2007-2008, PI, Modification to: Assessing Factors Contributing to Dust Emissions from Public Lands on Air Quality in Areas of Clark County, Nevada, BLM, $382,153

2007-2008, PI, Cryptobiotic Soil Crusts, Nevada NSF EPSCoR Graduate Research Fellow in Scaling Environmental Processes in Heterogeneous Arid Soils, support for Amanda Williams, $60,543.50

2007 Co-investigator, Preliminary Assessment of Salt Mineralogy in the Salton Sea, CA for Dust Emissions, Dept. of Water Resources, CA, under Salton Sea Authority, $46,000

2007-2009, Environmental Soil Analytical Laboratory (ESAL), Research Analyst Personnel, UNLV, $110,000

2007-2008, PI, Assessing Factors Contributing to Dust Emissions from Public Lands on Air Quality in Areas of Clark County, Nevada, BLM, $70,000

2006, Co-investigator, Gypsum-colonizing Cyanobacteria in Atacama - Model for Mars, NASA EPSCoR, $8,000

2006, Soil Salinity Management Travel Grant II, USDA, $1,185.00

2006, Soil Salinity Management Travel Grant I, USDA, $931.67

2005-2007, Co-investigator, Soil Physical, Chemical, and Mineralogical Development Associated with Cercocarpus ledifolius Stands on Mt. Charleston, Nevada, USDA-NRI, $100,000

2005-2006, Salt Mineralogy in Arid Soils of the Virgin River Valley, NV, USA, UNLV Site, $7,459

2005, Gypsic Paleosols in the Paradox Basin, Institute of Tectonics, NMSU, $10,000

2005-2006, Late Cenozoic Mapping of the Sprint Mountain SE 7.5 min Quadrangle Arizona-Nevada, USGS, $11,550

2005-2006, Co-investigator, Soil Physical, Chemical, and Mineralogical Properties and Their Effect on Eriogonum corymbosum var. and Arctomecon californica in North Las Vegas, BLM, $59,334

2005, Genesis of Hyperarid soils in Atacama Desert, Chile, Private Donation to UNLV Foundation, $1,500

2004-2006, Source of Green and White Salt Minerals Associated with Landscaping Rocks, Kalamazzo Inc. (Private donation via UNLV Foundation), 8/04-8/06, $5,000

2002-2006, Co-investigator, Surficial Geologic Mapping and Piedmont Flood Hazard Assessment in the Ivanpah Valley I-15 Corridor, Clark County, Nevada, USGS, NBMG, Clark County Regional Flood Control District, $195,571, subcontract to UNLV, $59,835

2004-2006, Co-investigator, Desert Southwest USA Tour: 18th World Congress of Soil Science Post-Congress Field Tour (Nevada Portion), NRCS, 4/04-7/06, $21,000 (in-kind support of research)

2005-2009, Consultant, Geologic and Fluid Flow analysis of Outcropping Salt Diapirs, Welds, and Mini-basins in La Popa Basin, Northeastern Mexico and the Flinders Ranges, Southern Australia, Joint Industry through Institute of Tectonics, Variable amounts as needed (mostly travel funds to sites), 1/05-1/09

2004-2005, An Investigation of the Damaging Effects of Naturally Occurring Salts on Concrete Structures in the Las Vegas Valley, Clark County, Nevada. Undergraduate Research Award, UNLV, $3,500 (student:Stephanie Mrozek)

2004-2005, Examining the Potential for the Release of Heavy Metals in Landscaping Materials, Part II, Las Vegas, Clark County School District, $2,254.25

2004, Travel Grant to attend the Western Regional Cooperative Soil Survey Meeting, Jackson Hole, WY, NRCS (National Resource Conservation Service), $1,710.50

2003-2005, Gypsic Paleosols in Growth Strata Near an Exposed Salt Weld, La Popa Basin, Mexico: Potential Indicators of Diapiric History and Proximity. Petroleum Research Fund, American Chemical Society, 9/03-9/05, $80,000

2004-2005, Examining the Potential for the Release of Heavy Metals in Landscaping Materials, Part I, Clark County School District, 8/04- 5/05, $8,164.50

2004-2006, PI, Source of Green and White Salt Minerals Associated with Landscaping Rocks, Kalamazoo Inc., Private Donation to UNLV Foundation, 8/04-8/06, $5,000

2004, Travel grant for La Popa Research, from Phase II Proposal, Institute of Tectonic Studies, NMSU, 9/04-10/04, $778.68

2003, SEM Analyses of Soils Affected by Mining and Industrial Activities, Cartagena, Spain, UNLV SITE, 5/03-12/04, $2,500

2003, Barrick Faculty Development Travel Award, UNLV, 4/03, $670

2002-2003, Co-investigator, Migration Properties of Depleted Uranium from Naval Ordnance in Arid Environments, China Lake, CA, U.S. Naval Facilities Engineering Command, $99,984

2002-2003, Co-investigator, Characterization of Lake Mead Sediments: Models for Sea Level Changes and Environmental Implications, U.S. Congress/USGS, $750,000, Portion to UNLV: Buck as PI: $200,188.00,
Co- PI: $275,912

2002, Salt Mineralogy in Arid Soils of Southern Death Valley, California, USA, UNLV Site, $4,900

2002, International Soil Research, Private Donation to UNLV Foundation, $3,772.31

2001, Gypsum Paleosols as Indicators for Petroleum Potential, ARI, UNLV, $5,000

2001, Expeditionary Education for Junior High and High School Students, RMC Foundation, $15,000

2001, Gypsum Paleosols as Indicators for Petroleum Potential, Institute of Tectonic Studies, New Mexico State University, $5,000

2001, Senior Researcher, Defining Seismic Hazards Using Paleosiesmic Trenching Near Las Vegas Valley, Nevada Earthquake Safety Council

2000, Barrick Faculty Development Travel Award, UNLV, $700

2000, Real Time Science, RMC Foundation, $15,000

2000, International Soil Research, Private Donation to UNLV Foundation, $5,642

1999-2000, Co-investigator, Monitoring of Background Dustfall in Clark County and Southern Nevada, Applied Research Initiative, UNLV, $9,942

1999–2000, The Expedition Experience as a Tool to Increase Environmental Literacy in Middle and High School Students, RMC Foundation, $15,000

1999, Barrick Travel Award, UNLV, GSA Annual Meeting, Denver, CO, $851

1998–1999, Jordan Arid Lands Research and Development, Private Donation to UNLV Foundation, $4,068.36

1998, Sustainable Management of Jordan’s Arid Lands, Barrick Travel Award, UNLV, $700

1998, Soils and Geomorphology of West Africa, Northeast Spain, and Southern France, Travel Grant, Private Donation to UNLV Foundation, $4,650

1998, Buried Soils as Indicators of Increased Drought and the Possible Impacts on Cultural Evolution, Southern New Mexico, USA, Southeast Missouri State University, $2,596

1997, Amazon River and Machu Picchu Expedition, Fernbank Natural History Museum, $4,664

1996-1997, Co-investigator, Missouri Guard: Leading Environmental Stewardship into the 21st Century, Missouri National Guard, $59,375

1996-1997, Biostratigraphic Research in China, University of Notre Dame, $3,500

1996-1997, Southeast Missouri State University, International Graduate Student Travel Grant, $3,000

1996, Mesozoic/Quaternary Paleoclimate, Argentina, Southern States Environmental Services, Inc., $2,500

1996, Quaternary Movement along the Davis Dome Fault and Possible Controls on a Geothermal System, Department of Defense, U. S. Army, $9,176.31

1995-1996, Co-investigator, Geomorphic Study of Limited Protection Zones to Determine Stratigraphic Potential of Artifacts, Department of Defense, U.S. Army, $38,729

1993-1996, Co-investigator, Soil-Geomorphic Research and its Application to Archaeology on the Fort Bliss Military Reservation, Department of Defense, U.S. Army, $79,339

1994-1996, Mesozoic Paleoclimate, China, Southern States Environmental Services, Inc., $7,400

1995 Commission on Higher Education Graduate Student Travel Award, $125

1995, Geological Society of America Student Travel Grant, $300

1993, Travel Grant to China, University of Notre Dame, $3,400

1993, New Mexico Geological Society Student Research Grant, $260

1993, Commission on Higher Education Graduate Student Research Project Award, $250

1992, Geologic Society of America Student Research Grant, $1,000

Co-collaborator, Lead Researcher, or Teacher/Educator for Field Expeditions to the following countries: Peoples Republic of China, Peru, Argentina, Mexico, Spain, Jordan, Australia, Belize, Chile, St. Lucia, Thailand, Canada, Burkina Faso, Cote d’Ivoire, Italy, Switzerland, Turkey, France

• Chile: Soil Geomorphology, Genesis, and Life, Atacama Desert, 10/06-present

• Spain: Mineralogy and Genesis of Polluted Soils, Murcia, Spain, 9/02-present

• Jordan: Soil Geomorphology and Genesis, Jordan Badia, 6/00-present

• Jordan: Soil Genesis and Sustainable Development of the Badia Region, 9/98, 11/98

• Peru: Amazon River & Machu Picchu, Fernbank Museum of Natural History, 5/98

• Peoples Republic of China: Biostratigraphy, Depositional Environment, and Paleoclimate, Jurassic Strata, Yunnan Province. Beijing Natural History Museum, University of Notre Dame, Lufeng Natural History Museum, 12/96-1/97

• Argentina: Paleosols of the Ishigulasto Basin, San Juan Province, 9/96

• Peoples Republic of China: Biostratigraphy, Sedimentology, Depositional Environment and Paleoclimate of Triassic-Jurassic terrestrial strata, Yunnan Province. Beijing Natural History Museum, University of Notre Dame, Directorate of Culture (Yunnan Province), 12/95-1/96

• Peoples Republic of China: Stratigraphy, Sedimentology, Depositional Environment and Paleoclimate of Late Cretaceous and Early Tertiary Redbeds in the Shixing, Nanxiong, and Dayu Basins, Guongdong and Jiangxi Provinces. Beijing Natural History Museum, Beijing University of Geosciences, University of Notre Dame, 12/94-1/95

• Peoples Republic of China: Field Exploration of the Stratigraphy, Sedimentology, and Paleoclimate of the K/T boundary, Nanxiong Basin, Guongdong Province, 12/93-1/94

• USA: Invited Lecture “Salt Heave: A new formation process for Patterned Ground and Model for Hyperarid Soil formation, Atacama Desert, Chile”, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, Sept. 25, 2009

• USA: Invited Lecture “Salt Heave: A new formation process for Patterned Ground and Model for Hyperarid Soil formation, Atacama Desert, Chile”, University of Texas, El Paso, Sept. 24, 2009

• USA: Invited Lecture “The Future of Soil Science: Critical Gaps and some Solutions to Filling Them” Advancing Soils in the 21st Century, SSSA-ASA-CSSA Special Programs, Joint Annual Meeting, Oct. 6th, 2008, Houston TX

• USA: Invited Poster (co-author on C. Robins (student) presentation): “A Novel Approach to Arid Soil Dating: Extraction and ⁴⁰Ar/³⁹Ar Geochronology of Pedogenic Sepiolite and Palygorskite” National Science Foundation Poster Session, Joint Annual Meeting, Oct. 8th, 2008, Houston TX

• USA: Invited Lecture “Gender Bias in Academia: From Blatant to Subtle”, Women in Agronomy, Crops, Soils & Environmental Sciences Luncheon, Joint Annual Meeting, Oct. 7, 2008, Houston TX

• Peoples Republic of China: Keynote Lecture “Micromorphology of Salt Crusts: Implications for Dust Emissions & Air Quality, Salton Sea California, USA. 13th International Conference for Soil Micromorphology, Sept. 11-16, Chengdu, China

• Peoples Republic of China: Invited Seminar:“Environmental Applications of Salt Minerals in Soils” Inner Mongolia Agricultural University, Dept of Grassland Science, Hohhot China, Sept. 7, 2008

• Peoples Republic of China: Invited Seminar (co-author on C. Robins (student) presentation):“Comparison of Flood Hazard Assessments on Desert Piedmonts and Playas” Inner Mongolia Agricultural University, Dept of Grassland Science, Hohhot China, Sept. 7, 2008

• Peoples Republic of China: Invited Seminar (co-author on A. Williams (student) presentation):“Biological Soil Crust Development in the Mojave” Inner Mongolia Agricultural University, Dept of Grassland Science, Hohhot China, Sept. 7, 2008

• USA: Invited Seminar: “Hexahydrite Today, Gypsum Tomorrow: Dynamics of Salt Minerals in Soils”, Soil Science Society of America Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA, 11/07

• USA: Invited Seminar: “A Taste of Salt across the Landscape: Soil Mineralogy in Arid Environments” Soil Science Society of America Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA, 11/07

• USA: Invited Seminar: “Buried Soils as Indicators for Holocene Climate Change & Resulting Impacts on the Archaeological Record, Chihuahuan Desert, USA, University of Montana, Western, Dillon, MT, 5/07

• USA: Invited Seminar: “Salt in Soils: Examples From Poisonous School Playgrounds to Life on Mars, School of Life Sciences, UNLV, Las Vegas NV, 4/07

• USA: Invited Seminar: “Salt in Soils: Examples From Poisonous School Playgrounds to Life on Mars” University of Montana, Western, Dillon MT, 10/06

• USA: Invited Seminar: “Life at the Fringe: Mineralogical Controls on the Dry Limit (New Mexico, Jordan, Atacama)” for Life in Extreme Environments, Regional Research Partnership Assessment (RRPA) workshop, NSF-EPSCoR, UNLV, 1/06

• USA: Invited Speaker, National Academy of Sciences, Workshop on Frontiers in Soil Science, Washington D.C., 12/05

• USA: Invited Speaker, Soil Science Society of America, “Decorative Landscaping Rock as a Source for Heavy Metal Contamination, Las Vegas NV”, 11/05

• Mexico: Invited Speaker, Salt-Sediment Interaction Annual Research Meeting, Monterrey, MX, “Gypsic Paleosols: What do They Tell us About Halokinesis?”, 11/05

• USA: Co-author of an invited paper to Soil Science Society of America National Meeting, Salt Lake UT, “Developing a Graduate Level Soil's Emphasis: Lessons Learned”, 11/05

• USA: “The Miracle of Pedogenic Salt Minerals: Snowballs in the Devil’s Anus”, University of California, Riverside, 12/1/05

• USA: Invited Speaker, “Decorative Landscaping Rock as a Source for Heavy Metal Contamination: The Need for Regulations”, Geological Society of Southern Nevada, 9/05

• Turkey: "Micromorphology of Salts in Arid Soils: Methods and Applications”, 12th International Meeting on Soil Micromorphology, invited for Sept. 20-26, 2004. Adana, Turkey

• USA: “Practical Aspects of Bringing Expedition Science and Real Scientific Problems to theSecondary Classroom”, GSA Annual Meeting, Denver. 10/99

• Jordan: “Carbon-14 Dating and Stable Isotopic Analyses in Arid Soils, Applications to Archaeology, Southwestern United States” Jordan University of Science and Technology, Irbid, 9/19/98

• Spain: “Stable Isotopes and Soil-Geomorphology as Indicators of Holocene Climate Change, Northern Chihuahuan Desert, USA.” University of Barcelona, Barcelona, 9/9/98

• USA: “Global Climate Change and Archaeology: Evidence from the northern Chihuahuan Desert, USA”; Department of Biology, Purdue University,North-Central, 9/19/97

• USA: "Late Quaternary Landscape Evolution and Paleoclimate of the Hueco Basin, Northern Chihuahuan Desert", Department of Geology and Geophysics, University of Missouri, Rolla, Missouri, 11/13/96

• USA: "Late Quaternary Paleoclimate Indicated by Stable Isotopic Analyses, Southern New Mexico and West Texas", Department of Geology, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, Illinois, 11/21/96

• Argentina: "Similarities between North and South American Aridisols and Geomorphology, New Mexico and West Texas, U.S.A., vs. San Juan Province, Argentina” University of San Juan, San Juan, 10/96

• Mexico: "Environmental Changes Indicated by Carbon and Oxygen Isotopes, Northern Chihuahuan Desert", Keynote Speaker for the 3 Reunion Anual de Investigadores (International Ecology Meeting), Universidad Juarez del Estado de Durango, Durango, 10/95

• USA: "Stratigraphy, Depositional Environment, and Paleoclimate of the K/T Boundary, Nanxiong Basin, Guongdong Province, Peoples Republic of China, Fernbank Museum of Natural History, Atlanta, Georgia, 5/95

• Peoples Republic of China: "Paleosols and Depositional Environment of the K/T Boundary, Nanxiong Basin, PRC", at Nanxiong City, Guongdong Province, 1/94

Professor, Dept. Geoscience, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, 7/04 – present:

•GEOG 103: Physical Geography
•GEOG 103: Physical Geography – Web Distance Learning Course*
•GEOG 103: Physical Geography – Web Distance Learning 5 week Course*
•GEOL 303: Global Environmental Change*
•GEOL 491: Geoscience Seminar
•GEOL 410/610: Soil Classification and Resource Management*
•GEOL 410/610L: Soil Classification and Resource Management Lab*
•GEOL 786: Soils Applications: Paleoclimate, Neotectonics, Archaeology*
•GEOL 776: Paleosols: Records of Past Landscapes*
•GEOL 793: Independent Study: Arid Soil Processes & NRCS mapping*
•GEOL 793: Independent Study: Genesis of Stage VI Petrocalcic Horizons*
•GEOL 793: Independent Study: Thin Section Preparation of Friable Soils*
•GEOL 793: Independent Study: Electron Microscope Analysis of Pedogenic                    Salts, Death Valley*
•GEOL 793: Independent Study: Electron Microscope Analysis of Pedogenic                    Clays*
•GEOL 793: Independent Study: Soil Mineralogy (Carbonate Mineralogy of
                    Death Valley Soils)*
•GEOL 793: Independent Study: Soil Mineralogy & Microbiology of Pedogenic                     Carbonates*
•GEOL 793: Independent Study: Clay Mineralogy of Atacama Soils*
•GEOL 793: Independent Study: Arid Soil Genesis*
•GEOL 793: Independent Study: Applications in Endolithic Microbiology*
•GEOL 793: Independent Study: Soil Pedology*
•GEOL 796: Advanced Topics: Advanced Soil Geomorphology*

* New courses developed by Buck

Associate Professor, Dept. of Geoscience, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, 7/04-7/10

•Classes: Listed above

Assistant Professor, Dept. of Geoscience, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, 8/98 – 7/04

•Classes: Listed above

Assistant Professor, Dept. of Geosciences, Southeast Missouri State University, 5/96 – 7/98

•GO 110: Physical Geology
•GO 400/600: Geomorphology
•GO 400/600: Geomorphology Lab
•GO 420/620: Global Environmental Change
•GO 460/660: Environmental Hydrology
•GO 460/660: Hydrology Lab
•GO 601: Graduate Seminar: Introduction to Research
•GO 602: Graduate Seminar: Research Proposals

Teaching Assistant, New Mexico State University, Department of Agronomy, 8/93 - 5/96

•Soil 252L: Soils Laboratory

Substitute Lecturer for:
•Soil 252: Soils
•Soil 350: Soils and Land Use (televised statewide)
•Soil 472: Soil Morphology
•Soil 474: Soil Classification

Teaching Assistant, New Mexico State University, Department of Geosciences, 8/90 - 5/92

•Geol 110: Introductory Geology Laboratory
•Geol 291: Physical Geology Laboratory
•Geol 297: Historical Geology Laboratory
•Geol 360: General Geochemistry Laboratory
•Geol 420: Sedimentology Laboratory
•Geol 532: Carbonate Petrology Laboratory

Substitute Lecturer for:
•Geol 110: Introductory Geology
•Geol 297: Historical Geology
•Geol 420: Sedimentology

Teaching Assistant and Lab Technician, University of Notre Dame, South Bend, IN, 8/87 - 5/90

•Director of Introductory Geology Mineral Laboratories; Substitute lecturer for Mineralogy; Technician for XRD and thin section equipment

•Elected Fellow, Geological Society of America, 2008

•Co-author on International Union of Soil Science, Young Micromorphologist Publication Award: Amy Brock (student): “New Formation Process for Calcic Pendants from Pahranagat Valley, Navada, USA, and Implication for Dating Quaternary Landforms” Quaternary Research, 2005, 63:359-367, 2008

•The M.L. & C.M. Jackson Award, Soil Science Society of America, for outstanding contributions in Soil Mineralogy/Chemistry, 16th recipient, 1st female, 2007

•Co-author (with student): Best Poster Award (in section), 17th World Congress of Soil Science, Bangkok, Thailand, 2002

•Earth Day 2000 UNLV, for Excellence in Teaching GEY 303 Global Environmental Change, Awarded by Dr. Martha Watson, Dean, Greenspun College of Urban Affairs, Spring 2000

•Nominated for Best Paper Award, 16th World Congress of Soil Science, Montpellier, France (1 of 3 nominations), 1998

•Earthwatch Fellowship Educator Award, 1998

•Best Paper, New Mexico Geological Society, 1996

•Dean's Award of Excellence for Outstanding Ph.D. Student, NMSU, 1995

•New Mexico Geological Society Annual Fall Field Trip Scholarship, 1993, 1994, 1995

•Geologic Society of America Student Travel Grant, 1995

•Geologic Society of America Student Research Grant, 1993

•New Mexico Geological Society Student Research Grant, 1993

•Commission on Higher Education Graduate Student Research Project Award, 1993

•Top Woman Geoscientist, NMSU, Association for Women Geoscientists, 1992

•Los Alamos Geological Society Scholarship, for NMGS Annual Fall Field Trip, 1992

•Wemlinger Award for most promising graduate student, New Mexico State University, 1991

•Best Oral Presentation of Research, GSA, North-Central Meeting, 1990

•Rev. Alexander Kirsch, C.S.C. Award, for the senior majoring in Earth Science who has evidenced high qualities of personal character, scholarship and leadership, University of Notre Dame, 1990

•National Association of Geologic Teachers summer internship with the USGS, 1990

•Hill-Manion Scholarship and/or the Weatherhead Scholarship, 1987-1990

•G429 Field Camp Scholarship, Indiana University, summer 1989

•Invited Member, SSSA S592 Science Policy Committee for Congressional/White House/Agency, determining Grand Challenges, October 2011 – present

•Invited Member: SSSA Reorganization Task Force, Soil Science Society of America, Jan 1, 2011-Dec. 31, 2012

•Invited Member: Scientific Organizing Committee for the 14th International Conference on Soil Micromophology, July 2012, Lleida, Spain

•Chair: Session 5: Soils in Extreme Environments and Under Extreme Events, 14th International Conference on Soil Micromorphology, July 2012, Lleida Spain

•Member, National Cooperative Soil Survey Steering Team, 2008-2010 (appointed)

•Chair, Commision 1.1: Soil Morphology, International Union of Soil Science, 2006-2010, (elected)

•Invited Member: Soil Science Society of America, Policy Development Committee – to advise the USA Presidential Administration’s Science Advisors and Agency Personnel, 2009-Present

•Scientific Committee Member for the International Conference on Soil Geography: New Horizons, Huatulco Santa Cruz, Oaxaca, Mexico, Nov. 16-20, 2009

•Chair of the International Organizing Committee,13th International Conference on Soil Micromorphology (Sept. 2008) in Chengdu China

•Vice Chair for the Scientific Committee, 13th International Conference on Soil Micromorphology (Sept. 2008) in Chengdu China

•Co-organizer of NSF-sponsored meeting: “Desertification processes in Inner Mongolia and the US: Impact of the soil-geomorphic template on ecosystem-landscape feedbacks” Chengdu, China Sept. 17-18; and field sites in Inner Mongolia, Sept. 19-24, 2008

•Co-Convenor for Interactions between organisms, fabrics and minerals, 13th International Conference on Soil Micromorphology (Sept. 2008) in Chengdu China

•Co-Convenor for Micromorphology of soils extreme environments, 13th International Conference on Soil Micromorphology (Sept. 2008) in Chengdu China

•Founding Director of ESAL (Environmental Soil Analytical Laboratory), UNLV 2007-present

•Chair, Commision 1.1: Soil Morphology, International Union of Soil Science, 2006-2010, (elected)

•Co-convenor: Gypsum and soluble salts in soils, Part 1: Occurrence, dilemmas, and solutions, SSSA National Meeting, New Orleans, 11/07

•Member, College of Science Research Council, UNLV 2005-present

•Faculty Coordinator for NASA Space Grant/EPSCoR, UNLV 2006-present

•External Examiner for Ph.D. student Michele Francis, Stellenbosch University, South Africa, 2007

•Invited Instructor (Urban Soils): USDA/NRCS Soil Salinity Management Course, Price Utah (2006); Fort Collins, Colorado (2006)

•Invited seminar for Life in Extreme Environments, NSF-Regional Research Partnership Assessment (RRPA) Workshop, Spring 2006

•Co-convenor, 1.1B Site Disturbance: The Role of Soil Morphology in its Assessment, 18th World Congress of Soil Science, Philadelphia, 2006

•International Union of Soil Science, Division 1.1 Soil Morphology, Web Page (create and maintain). 6/03-11/06

•2nd Vice President for the International Union of Soil Science, Commission on Soil Morphology 2002-2006. (elected)

•Member, Core Committee of the Working Group on Land Degradation and Desertification, International Union of Soil Science, 2002-present

•Chair, Soil Micromorphology Committee, Soil Science Society of America,
2004- 2006

•Invited speaker & participant for National Academy of Sciences, Frontiers in Soil Science Workshop, 2005

•Member, Standing Committee on National Cooperative Soil Survey Standards, Subcommittee on Carbonates, Spring & Fall 2005

•National Science Foundation Panel Member (twice): Geology and Paleontology Division

•Member, Research Committee, Western Regional Cooperative Soil Survey Conference. 2004-present

•Co-convenor for Symposium 1.1B: Site Disturbance: The Role of Soil Morphology in its Assessment, 18th World Congress of Soil Science, 2006

•Convenor for Theme 1. Soil Quality, Soil Fabric, Soil Conservation for Sustainable Land Management, 12th International Meeting on Soil Micromorphology, Adana Turkey September 2004

•Convenor, Symposium III: “Linkages with Global Issues”, Fourth International Conference on Land Degradation, Cartagena, Spain, September 2004

•Invited to be a Specialist Peer Review Committee Member for the Council for International Exchange of Scholars for the Fullbright Scholar Program

•International Union of Soil Science, Division 1.1 Soil Morphology, Web Page (create and maintain). 6/03-present

•Member, S884, "Soil Micromorphology" committee of Soil Science Society of America, 2003-2005

•Member, World Association of Soil and Water Conservation (WASWC), 2004-2005

•Co-Leader for Association for Biology Laboratory Education (ABLE) Fieldtrip Tour: Arrow Canyon NV: Archaeology, Geology, Vegetation, Pedology, and Ecology. June 7, 2003

•Member of the Scientific Committee, International Symposium on Sustainable Use and Management of Soils in Arid and Semiarid Regions, Cartagena, (Murcia-Spain); 22nd-26th September, 2002

•Convenor for Session II: Soil Biology, Land Evaluation and Soil Management, International Symposium on Sustainable Use and Management of Soils in Arid and Semiarid Regions, Cartagena, (Murcia- Spain); 22nd–26th September, 2002

•Convenor for Symposium 20, Arid soils: Records of Past Climates, Carbon Sequestration, Genesis and Management, 17th World Congress of Soil Science, Bangkok, Thailand, August 2002

•Reviewer for:
      • NSF Panel Member (twice), Earth Sciences
      • NSF Proposals: (Geology; Landscape Evolution, Geochemistry,          Geomorphology, RUI & CAREER); Petroleum Research Fund; U.S. Army          Research, and Kearney Foundation Research Proposals
      • Elsevier Book Chapters; CRC Press and Edward Arnold Publishers Limited          Book Proposals; NRCS & National Cooperative Soil Survey Standards                   materials
      • Manuscripts submitted to Geology, Earth Surface Processes and          Landforms, Geomorphology, Soil and Sediment Contamination, Journal of          Archaeological Science, Journal of Geology, Special Elsevier Book Chapters,          Communications in Soil Science and Plant Analysis, Quaternary Research,          INQUA Special Publications, GSA Special Publications, and Geological Society          of America Bulletin

Academic Societies

• International Medical Geology Association, Member, 2011-present
•International Society of Aeolian Research, Founding Member, 2008-present
• Tobacco Root Geological Society, Member: 2007-present
• International Union of Soil Science, Member: 1996-present
• Soil Science Society of America, Member: 1993-present
• Association for Women Geoscientists, Member: 1993-present
• Sigma Xi, Member: 1993-present
• Geological Society of America, Member: 1991-present
• New Mexico Geological Society, Member: 1990-present
• World Association of Soil and Water Conservation: 2004-2005
• Association for Environmental Health and Sciences: 2003
• Society of American Archaeology, Member: 1998-2002
• Association of Missouri Geologists, Member: 1996-1997
• The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi, Member: 1993-1996
• Academic Appeals Board, Graduate School, New Mexico State University:    1993-1996
• Sigma Gamma Epsilon, National Honor Society of Earth Sciences, Member:    1993-1995
• Vice President, Geological Sciences Graduate Student Organization, NMSU:    1993-1994
• President, Notre Dame Student Council, College of Science: 1990
• President, Notre Dame Geology Club: 1990
• Secretary/Treasurer, Notre Dame Geology Club: 1989

In Progress:

Dr. Dirk Goossens: Visiting Research Scientist
Dust Emissions from Nellis Dunes; BLM, $3.5 million, 1/07-6/14

Colin Robins: Postdoc
Investigation of Soil-Geomorphologic Controls on Sensitive Las Vegas Buckwheat Habitats in Clark County, NV; Clark County, $340,000

Amanda Williams
Ph.D. Dissertation: Distribution of Biologic Soil Crusts: Implications for Land Management, Muddy Mountain Wilderness Area, NV. Proposed Graduation: December 2010

Praveen Raj
Undergraduate Research: ESAL Laboratory Analysis Assistant, 2011

Dana Olsen

Undergraduate Research: SEM analysis of palygorskite 2011.

Nick Wahnefried
(M.S. student) Arsenic Distribution at Nellis Dunes Recreational Area, 2011

Tiffany Graham
ESAL Laboratory Analyses Technician Trainee, 2011-present

Allison Hernandez
ESAL Laboratory Analyses Technician Traninee, 2012- present

Investigation of soil-geomorphologic controls on sensitive Las Vegas buckwheat habitats in Clark County, NV; Clark County $340,000. 9/09-9/11

Ph.D. Thesis: Co-Development of Biological Soil Crusts, Soil-Geomorphology, and Landscape Biogeochemistry in the Mojave Desert, Nevada, U.S.A. – Implications for Ecological Management. Graduated: May 2011

1^st place, Best Oral Presentation at the Western Soil Science Society meeting, 2010

2^nd place, Best Student Paper, at the National Soil Science Society of America meeting, 2010.

ESAL Laboratory Analysis Assistant 2010-2011 and Gypsum Soil Field Assistant, 2011

Ph.D. Thesis: Phyllosilicate Mineralogy, 40Ar/39Ar Geochronology, and Genesis of

Undergraduate: ESAL Laboratory Analysis Trainee and Soil Biological Crust Field Assistant, 2010-2011

High School Student: ESAL Laboratory Analysis Trainee and Soil Biological Crust Field Assistant, 2009-2010

M.S. Research Assistant: Microbial life in extreme environments: Analogue to Mars, 2010

M.S. Research Assistant: Chemical Analyses of Dust, Nellis Dunes, NV, 2008-2010

Undergraduate Research: PISWERL analyses of Nellis Dunes Dust Emissions, 2009-2010

Ph.D. Research Assistant: Micromorphology of biologic soil crusts & affects on dust 2009 & 2010

M.S. Thesis: Genesis and Geomorphology of Soils in Extreme Aridity: Atacama Desert, Chile

M.S. Research Assistant in Mechanical Engineering: 3D Wind Model of Nellis Dunes 2008-2009

Undergraduate Research: Micromorphology of pinnacled soil biological crusts, 2009

Undergraduate Research: SEM Analyses of Cyanobacteria in Extreme Environments, Implications for Life on Mars

Undergraduate Research: Testing the effects of soil characteristics on dust emissions, Nellis Dunes, Nevada, 2008

Undergraduate Research : Testing the effects of soil characteristics on dust emissions, Nellis Dunes, Nevada, 2008

Undergraduate Research: Linkage between microbiological colonization, and mineralogy on Earth: Applications for exploring for life on Mars

Morton, J.L. 2006. 137Cs Activity and Salt Mineralogy of the Black Butte Soil Series, Virgin River Floodplain, NV, USA. M.S. Professional Paper, Department of Health Physics, Completed August 2006.

Ph.D. Thesis: Brock, A.L., 2008, Characterization of stage VI petrocalcic horizons: S. Nevada and N.W. Arizona, Doctoral Dissertation, University of Nevada, Las Vegas.

148 p. Current Position: Assistant Professor (tenure-track) Western Illinois University

Chaired the S-9 Soil Mineralogy Session: Technology and the Characterization of Soil

Certificate from the Graduate Student Professional Development Program in College

M.S. Thesis: Carbonate and Silica Pendants in Quaternary Soils in Northern Pahranagat Valley, Micromorphology and Formation Processes. Completed July 2002

UNLV Graduate Student Association Scholarships (Summer 2000, 2001 and Fall 2000)

UNLV Graduate Student Association Research Forum 2nd Place Poster (Spring 2001).

Independent Research Project: Salt Micromorphology in Arid Soils of Southern Death Valley, California, USA. Completed July 2002.

Winner of Best Poster (in session): 17th World Congress of Soil Science, Bangkok, Thailand, August 2002.

Arthur D. Howard Award, Honorable Mention, Best Proposal, Quaternary Geology and Geomorphology, Geological Society of America (1999)

Undergraduate Research: Pedogenic Salts in Las Vegas Wash, NV: Salt Micromorphology and Environmental Implications, visited UNLV from Bryn Mawr College.

Nominated for the All-USA College Academic Team, for undergraduate honors thesis, Bryn Mawr College (2001)

Central New Mexico, San Diego Mountain, South-Central New Mexico. completed May 1998

Clayton Johnson Award for Best Paper by a Graduate Student, Missouri Academy of Science, 1998.

•Chris Brosman, M.A. Candidate, Anthropology Department, UNLV, Committee Member
•Tiffany Thomas, M.A. Candidate, Anthropology Department, UNLV, Committee Member
•Michele Francis, Ph.D. Candidate, Stellenbosch University, South Africa, Committee Member
•Lauren Reynolds, Ph.D. Candidate, School of Life Sciences, UNLV, Committee Member
•James Dorman, M.S. Candidate, Dept. Chemistry, UNLV, Committee Member
•Trista J. Vick, M.S. Candidate, School of Life Sciences, UNLV, Committee Member
•Nita Tallent-Hall, Ph.D. Candidate, School of Life Sciences, UNLV, Committee Member
•Rekha Saxena, M.A. Candidate, Dept. of Environmental Studies, Committee Member
•Joshua Boxell, M.S. Candidate, Dept. Geoscience, Committee Member
•Sam Hudson, M.S. Candidate, Dept. Geoscience, Committee Member
•Jonathan Zybala, M.S. Candidate, Dept. Geoscience, Committee Member
•Eric Fossett, M.S. Candidate, Dept. Geoscience, Committee Member
•Jeffrey L. Gromny, M.S. Candidate, Dept. Geoscience, Committee Member
•Melissa Hicks, M.S. Candidate, Dept. Geoscience, Committee Member
•John Van Hoesen, Dept. Geoscience, Ph.D. Exam Committee Member
•T. Andy Jones, M.S. Committee Member, Dept. Geoscience, Committee Member
•Claudia C. Woodman, M.A. Candidate, Dept. of Anthropology, Committee Member
•Britt J. Hansen, M.A. Candidate, Department of Anthropology, Committee Member
•Suzy Eskenazi M. A. Candidate, Department of Anthropology, Committee Member
•Lynn Haarkau, M.A. Candidate Department of Anthropology, Committee Member
•Kelly Graf, M. A. Committee, Department of Anthropology, Committee Member
•Nita Tallent-Halsell, Ph.D. Committee, Department of Biology, Committee Member
•Aaron Shields , M.S. Committee, Department of Biology, Committee Member

Outreach Education Projects (Funded Education Grants) are designed around developing and providing training for 6-12th grade educators, university, private sector, and government scientists to set up satellite uplink technology from remote national and international field locations and broadcast live, interactive web-based video, and chatline interactions with 6-12th grade students nationwide. UNLV graduate students have also been involved. The key difference between our projects and others is that ours is interactive in real time with thousands of students – other projects are passive video presentations of scientists working with a few students. In addition, our work focuses on finding inexpensive methods that are not excessively time-demanding on university and other scientists that are often not rewarded or encouraged in the current education systems to devote time and resources to K-12 education. Successful projects have been completed from sites in Argentina (twice), China, New Mexico, and Utah. Ten’s of thousands of students nationwide have interacted and participated. Co-Directors are B.J. Buck and R.A. Hengst.