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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. 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
  3. 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
  4. 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
  5. 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
  6. Surface Proton Reservoirs Constrain Alkalinity Export from Enhanced Weathering
    Kate Maher, Brian Rogers, Zach Perzan, Tyler Kukla • Environmental Science & Technology • 2026-08-18
    DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.6c03236
  7. 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
  8. 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
  9. 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
  10. 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
  11. 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
  12. 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
  13. 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
  14. 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
  15. 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
  16. 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
  17. Hematite is a mineralogical marker of ancient climate change on Mars
    Marek Szczerba, Tanya S. Peretyazhko, Elizabeth B. Rampe, Thomas F. Bristow, Benjamin M. Tutolo, Douglas W. Ming, David T. Vaniman, Richard V. Morris, Silas J. Ralston, Nikole C. Haney, Bum Soo Kim, David F. Blake, Steve J. Chipera, Robert T. Downs, Robert M. Hazen, Shaunna M. Morrison, Allan H. Treiman, Albert S. Yen, Valerie M. Tu, Michael T. Thorpe, Cherie N. Achilles, David J. Des Marais, John P. Grotzinger, Nicholas Castle, Patricia C. Craig, Elisabeth M. Hausrath, Sarah L. Simpson • Science • 2026-05-28
    DOI: 10.1126/science.adv5447
  18. Amapari Marker Band Metal‐Enrichments: Potential Mechanisms and Implications for Surface and Subsurface Water and Weathering in Gale Crater
    P. J. Gasda, E. S. Kite, L. M. Thompson, C. Mondro, W. E. Dietrich, C. M. Weitz, B. Tutolo, W. H. Farrand, E. Hausrath, A. Cowart, N. L. Lanza, K. W. Lewis, S. Gupta, A. Roberts, W. Goetz, H. E. Newsom, L. Crossey, J. Lightholder, C. Hardgrove, J. Schieber, S. P. Schwenzer, S. J. VanBommel, S. Schröder, C. D. O'Connell‐Cooper, D. Das, D. Rubin, W. Rapin, T. F. Bristow, E. Rampe, P. D. Archer, C. Seeger, G. Caravaca, J. R. Johnson, S. Le Mouélic, J. A. Grant, J. Davis, J. Lasue, A. Yingst, A. B. Bryk, M. P. Lamb, W. W. Fischer, C. House, E. Dehouck, A. Essunfeld, R. Milliken, R. Sheppard, M. Minitti, D. Ming, S. Simpson, J. Frydenvang, R. M. E. Williams, R. Arvidson, R. Gellert, O. Gasnault, S. M. Clegg, D. Delapp, A. R. Vasavada, A. Fraeman • Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets • 2026-04-01
    DOI: 10.1029/2025je009153
  19. In Situ Carbonation of Sedimentary and Igneous Rocks of Ultramafic Composition in Jezero Crater, Mars
    E. Clavé, O. Beyssac, P. Beck, C. Royer, L. Mandon, N. Mangold, O. Forni, E. Dehouck, C. Bedford, A. Udry, S. Schröder, S. Bernard, C. Quantin‐Nataf, M. Loche, J. Aramendia, A. Brown, G. Caravaca, E. Cardarelli, L. Coloma, S. A. Connell, T. Fouchet, J. R. Johnson, G. Lopez‐Reyes, J. M. Madariaga, J. A. Manrique, S. Maurice, P.‐Y. Meslin, S. Le Mouélic, A. M. Ollila, P. Pilleri, C. Pilorget, K. Rammelkamp, F. Seel, J. I. Simon, U. Wolf, A. Zastrow, S. Clegg, O. Gasnault, R. C. Wiens, A. Cousin • Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets • 2026-04-01
    DOI: 10.1029/2025je009107
  20. High Ecological and Environmental Fidelity of Marine Benthic Fossil Assemblages
    Michal Kowalewski, Carrie Tyler • 2026-03-13
    DOI: 10.5194/egusphere-egu26-1822
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