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Publications listed here are the most up-to-date articles by faculty and their students at the UNLV Geoscience Department.

  1. A climatic threshold regulating Cenozoic silicate weathering and climate stability
    Pan Zhang, Kang-Jun Huang, Yan Hu, Fang-Zhen Teng, Long Ma, Tian-Yi Huang • Earth and Planetary Science Letters • 2026-11-01
    DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2026.120315
  2. Cave speleogenesis constrains landscape evolution and drainage integration in southern Nevada since 1.6 Ma
    Matthew S. Lachniet, Bogdan P. Onac, Victor J. Polyak, Yemane Asmerom • Geosphere • 2026-10-01
    DOI: 10.1130/ges02993.1
  3. Synthesis of K- and Fe-rich davemaoite
    Oliver Tschauner, Shichun Huang, Justin Hardin, Michael Petaev, Logan Magad-Weiss, Erinna Tschauner, Melanie White, Ashkan Salamat, Nicholas Dygert, Ping Wang • American Mineralogist • 2026-10-01
    DOI: 10.2138/am-2026-10284
  4. Surface Proton Reservoirs Constrain Alkalinity Export from Enhanced Weathering
    Kate Maher, Brian Rogers, Zach Perzan, Tyler Kukla • Environmental Science & Technology • 2026-09-01
    DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.6c03236
  5. Visible to Near‐Infrared Properties of Felsic Rocks: Plagioclase Detection Limits and Applications to Mars Orbital Spectra
    Hunter Vannier, Briony H. N. Horgan, Michael Phillips, Michael Eddy, Rebecca Greenberger, Arya Udry • Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets • 2026-09-01
    DOI: 10.1029/2026je009705
  6. A Shared Magma Source for the Olivine‐Rich Units in Jezero Crater, Mars
    Shounak Dutta, Paul D. Asimow, Kenneth A. Farley, Arya Udry, Nicholas Randazzo, Kenneth H. Williford • Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets • 2026-09-01
    DOI: 10.1029/2026je009746
  7. Corundum Discovered by SuperCam and the Perseverance Rover at Jezero Crater, Mars
    A. M. Ollila, O. Beyssac, A. Fau, O. Forni, E. Clavé, P. Beck, C. C. Bedford, V. Payre, E. Dehouck, S. A. Connell, J. A. Manrique, P. Pilleri, O. Gasnault, G. M. Martinez, A. Udry, S. Bernard, P. Gasda, T. Acosta‐Maeda, R. B. Anderson, T. S. J. Gabriel, F. Calef, J. F. Bell, J. Maki, S. Schröder, C. Quantin‐Nataf, J. R. Johnson, B. Chide, K. Rammelkamp, F. Poulet, C. Royer, M. Rock, N. L. Lanza, S. K. Sharma, G. Lopez‐Reyes, T. Fouchet, J. Comellas, A. Zastrow, E. Cloutis, R. C. Wiens, A. Cousin, S. Maurice, S. Clegg, P. Bernardi, T. Nelson • Geophysical Research Letters • 2026-08-28
    DOI: 10.1029/2026gl122537
  8. A transient global warming event during Earth’s penultimate icehouse
    Le Yao, Thomas J. Algeo, Qiulai Wang, Wang Zheng, Qiang Wei, Yu-ping Qi, Guzel M. Sungatullina, Genming Luo, Ganqing Jiang, Guoqiang Tang, Jian Zhang, Hui Wang, Yaqiu Zhao, Xing Huang, Qiu-Li Li, Xiang-dong Wang, Shucheng Xie, Xian-Hua Li • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences • 2026-08-25
    DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2601643123
  9. Solute Release from Floodplains during Distinct Types of Inundation Events: Insights from Field Experiments and Reactive Transport Simulations
    Zach Perzan, Kristin Boye, John R. Bargar, Kate Maher • 2026-08-25
    DOI: 10.5194/egusphere-2026-4826
  10. Supplementary material to "Solute Release from Floodplains during Distinct Types of Inundation Events: Insights from Field Experiments and Reactive Transport Simulations"
    Zach Perzan, Kristin Boye, John R. Bargar, Kate Maher • 2026-08-25
    DOI: 10.5194/egusphere-2026-4826-supplement
  11. Supplemental Material: Cave speleogenesis constrains landscape evolution and drainage integration in southern Nevada since 1.6 Ma
    Matthew S. Lachniet, et al. • 2026-08-13
    DOI: 10.1130/geos.s.33249858.v1
  12. Supplemental Material: Cave speleogenesis constrains landscape evolution and drainage integration in southern Nevada since 1.6 Ma
    Matthew S. Lachniet, et al. • 2026-08-13
    DOI: 10.1130/geos.s.33249858
  13. Stishovite formation from α-quartz under laser shock compression
    Yanyao Zhang, Sulgiye Park, Shengcai Zhu, Dylan Rittman, Christopher Wehrenberg, Qingyang Hu, Oliver Tschauner, Nicholas J. Hartley, Cynthia Anne Bolme, Hae Ja Lee, Bob Nagler, Eric Galtier, Richard Kraus, Richard Sandberg, Rodney C. Ewing, Wendy L. Mao, Arianna E. Gleason • Communications Materials • 2026-08-12
    DOI: 10.1038/s43246-026-01322-7
  14. Late Cenozoic Convergence Between the Pamir and the Tianshan Revealed by Low‐Temperature Thermochronology
    Fujun Wang, Edward R. Sobel, Peter van der Beek, Cody L. Colleps, Jessica A. Stammeier, Johannes Glodny, Wenbin Zhu • Tectonics • 2026-08-01
    DOI: 10.1029/2026tc009427
  15. Quantifying Water Transit Time Distributions for Two Artificial Hillslopes During a Summer Season: Combining StorAge Selection Functions and Non‐parametric Identification in Flow‐Weighted Time
    T. Zhou, M. Kim, H. Bauser, A. Imig, P. A. Troch • Water Resources Research • 2026-07-01
    DOI: 10.1029/2025wr041437
  16. Quaternary Glacial Erosion of the Hohe Tauern, Eastern European Alps: Assessing the Resolution Potential of Low‐Temperature Thermochronology
    I. M. Wapenhans, P. A. van der Beek, M. Bernard, C. Colleps, L. Gong, A. Mariotti, E. Sobel, J. Amalberti, J. Glodny, J. Stammeier • Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems • 2026-07-01
    DOI: 10.1029/2026gc012976
  17. Spinel‐type aluminosilicate: A new high‐pressure, high‐temperature phase from the Vredefort impact structure
    Chi Ma, Oliver Tschauner, John G. Spray, Zhongxu Pan • Meteoritics & Planetary Science • 2026-07-01
    DOI: 10.1111/maps.70129
  18. Mineralogy, in situ trace element geochemistry, and C–O isotopic composition of contaminated allanite-bearing Khaderpet carbonatite: insights regarding magmatic and supergene processes
    Sourav Bhattacharjee, Aniket Chakrabarty, Roger H. Mitchell, Daisuke Araoka, Yoshiaki Kon, Mihoko Hoshino, Shota Satori, Ganqing Jiang • Mineralogical Magazine • 2026-06-01
    DOI: 10.1180/mgm.2026.10211
  19. Identifying the State Dependence of Effective Material Properties in a Simplified Hydrologic Hillslope Model
    Marcus N. Gomes, Hannes H. Bauser, Peter A. Troch • Water Resources Research • 2026-06-01
    DOI: 10.1029/2025wr041468
  20. Preservation of sedimentary rubidium isotopic signatures in subduction zones: Insights from the Schistes Lustrés HP-UHP metasediments, Western Alps
    Mary Clarich, Baoliang Wang, Vincent Busigny, Yan Hu • Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta • 2026-06-01
    DOI: 10.1016/j.gca.2026.01.011
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