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Gulf of Mexico Climate and Environmental History

GOM Climate and Environmental History
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Selected USGS Publications
  • Variations in River Flow to the Gulf of Mexico: Implications for Paleoenvironmental Studies of Gulf of Mexico Marine Sediments - U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 2187 [Publications Warehouse citation] [HTML version]

  • Holocene continental flood events in marine sediments of the Gulf of Mexico - U.S. Geological Survey Open File Report 99-566 [Publications Warehouse citation]

  • Benthic foraminiferal census data from surface sediment samples, western Gulf of Mexico (Louisiana and Texas continental shelf and slope) - U.S. Geological Survey Open File Report 01-182 [Publications Warehouse citation]

  • Benthic Foraminiferal Census Data from Gulf of Mexico Cores (Texas and Louisiana Continental Shelf) - U.S. Geological Survey Open File Report 2004-1209 [Publications Warehouse citation] [HTML version]

  • Gulf of Mexico dead zone-the last 150 years – U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet 2006-3005, 2 p. [Publications Warehouse citation] [HTML version]

  • Biological, Physical, and Chemical Data From Gulf of Mexico Gravity and Box Core MRD05-04: U.S. Geological Survey Open File Report 2007-1024, 18p.

  • Gulf of Mexico Dead Zone – The 100 Year Record: U.S. Geological Survey Open File Report, 2008-1099, 2p.

  • Benthic foraminiferal census data from Louisiana shelf cores, Gulf of Mexico: U.S. Geological Survey Open File Report, 2008-1348, 19p.

Journal Publications
  • Pleistocene reduction of polar ice caps: Evidence from Cariaco Basin marine sediment: Geology, v. 29, p. 71-74. [available online]

  • Millennial- to century-scale variability in Gulf of Mexico Holocene climate records: Paleoceanography, v. 18, no. 2, 1048, doi:10.1029/2002PA000868, 2003. [Available online]

  • Century-scale movement of the Atlantic Intertropical Convergence Zone linked to solar variability: Geophysical Research Letters, v. 31, L12214, doi:10.1029/2004GL019940, 2004. [available online]

  • Record of the North American southwest monsoon from Gulf of Mexico sediment cores: Geology, v. 33, no. 3, p. 209-212. [available online]

  • Reconstructing a 180 yr record of natural and anthropogenic induced low-oxygen conditions from continental shelf sediments Louisiana: Geology, v. 33, no. 4, p. 329-332. [available online]

  • 1400 yr multiproxy record of climate variability from the northern Gulf of Mexico Geology, v. 35, p. 423-426. [available online]

  • The last 1000 years of natural and anthropogenic low-oxygen bottom water on the Louisiana Shelf, Gulf of Mexico: Marine Micropaleontology, v. 66, p. 291-303 [available online]

  • A 1000-year sediment record of recurring hypoxia off the Mississippi River: The potential role of terrestrially-derived organic matter inputs: Marine Chemistry, v. 109, p. 130-142 [available online]

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