Publications

All published papers are provided in the links below. Please also see my Google Scholar site.

The superscript † indicates a paper by a postdoc at Berkeley working with me while a * indicates a graduate student.

In review

[43] Hodgin EB, NL Swanson-Hysell, ARC Kylander-Clark, AC Turner*, DA Stolper, DE Ibarra, MD Schmitz, Y Zhang, LM Fairchild, AJ Fuentes (in review).  One billion years of stability in the North American Midcontinent following two-stage Grenvillian structural inversion.

[42] Bednarick A, CE Bucholz, DJ DePaolo, DA Stolper (in review). Temporal covariation of island arc Sr isotopes and seawater chemistry over the past two billion years.  

Published or in press

[41] Edmonsond S, MD Nadeau, AC Turner*, Z Wu*, EC Geyman, AC Ahm, B Dyer, S Oleynik, D McGee, DA Stolper, JA Higgins, AC Maloof (2024). Shallow carbonate geochemistry in the Bahamas during the last interglacial period. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 627, 118566. [pdf] [Appendix A]

[40] Lloyd MK†, RA Stein†, DE Ibarra†, RS Barclay, SL Wing, DW Stahle, TE Dawson, DA Stolper (2023). Isotopic clumping in wood as a proxy for photorespiration in trees. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 120.46, e2306736120. [pdf] [SI Appendix]  [Supplementary Dataset 01]

[39] Eldridge DL†, AC Turner*, M Bill, ME Conrad, DA Stolper (2023). Carbon and Hydrogen Isotope Fractionations and Methane Clumped-Isotope Compositions from Ethane Pyrolysis Experiments from 550 to 600˚C. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 355, p. 235-265.

[38] Stein RA†, AC Turner*, R Amundson, DA Stolper (2023). Clumped Isotope Thermometry in Plant-Derived Carbonates. Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology, 38, e2022PA004473. [pdf] [SI] [Supplementary Tables]

[37] Geyman EC, Z Wu*, MD Nadeau, S Edmonsond, A Turner*, SJ Purkis, B Howes, B Dyer, ASC Ahm, N Yao, CA Deutsch, JA Higgins, DA Stolper, AC Maloof. The origin of carbonate mud and implications for global climate (2022). Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 119, e2210617119. [pdf] [SM]

[36] Turner AC*, NJ Pester, M Bill, ME Conrad, KG Knauss, DA Stolper (2022). Experimental determination of hydrogen isotope exchange rates between methane and water under hydrothermal conditions. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 329, p. 231-255. [pdf] [Table S1] 

[35] Stolper DA, X Pu, MK Lloyd†, NI Christensen, CE Bucholz, RA Lange (2022). Constraints on Early Paleozoic deep-ocean oxygen concentrations from the iron geochemistry of the Bay of Islands ophiolite. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, 23, e2021GC010196. [pdf] [SI]

[34] Ibarra DE†, AG Yanchilina, MK Lloyd, KA Methner, CP Chamberlain, R Yam, A Shemesh, DA Stolper (2022). Triple oxygen isotope systematics of diagenetic recrystallization of diatom opal-A to opal-CT to microquartz in deep sea sediments. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 320, p. 304-323. [pdf] [Supplementary Tables]

[33] Hodgin E, N Swanson-Hysell, J DeGraaf, A Kylander-Clark, M Schmitz, A Turner*, Y Zhang, D Stolper (2022). Final inversion of the Midcontinent Rift during the Rigolet Phase of the Grenvillian orogeny. Geology, 50, p. 547-551. [pdf] [Supplementary Materials]

[32] Stolper DA, JA Higgins, LA Derry (2021). The role of the solid earth in regulating atmospheric O2 levels. American Journal of Science, 321, p. 1381-1444. [pdf]

[31] Turner AC*, R Korol, DL Eldridge†, M Bill, M Conrad, TF Miller, DA Stolper (2021). Experimental and theoretical determinations of hydrogen isotopic equilibrium in the system CH4-H2-H2O from 3 to 200°C. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 314, p. 223-269. [pdf] [Supplementary Tables]

[30] Lloyd MK†, DL Eldridge†, DA Stolper (2021). Clumped 13CH2D and 12CHD2 compositions of methyl groups from wood and synthetic monomers: methods, experimental and theoretical calibrations, and initial results. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 297, p. 233-275. [pdf] [Supplementary Tables]

[29] Douglas PMJ, RG Moguel, KM Walter Anthony, M Wik, PM Crill, KS Dawson, DA Smith, E Yanay, MK Lloyd†,DA Stolper, JM Eiler, AL Sessions (2020). Clumped isotopes link older carbon substrates with slower rates of methanogenesis in northern lakes. Geophysical Research Letters, 47, DOI: 10.1029/2019GL086756. [pdf] [Tables] [SM]

[28] Eldridge DL†, R Korol, MK Lloyd†, AC Turner*, MA Webb, TF Miller, DA Stolper (2019). Comparison of experimental vs. theoretical abundances of 13CH3D and 12CH2D2 for isotopically equilibrated systems from 1 to 500°C. ACS Earth and Space Chemistry, 3, p. 2747-2764 (Chosen as ACS Editor's Choice). [pdf] [Supplementary Tables]

[27] Kast ER, DA Stolper, A Auderset, JA Higgins, H Ren, XT Wang, A Martínez-García, GH Haug, DM Sigman (2019). Nitrogen isotope evidence for expanded ocean suboxia in the early Cenozoic. Science, 364, p. 386-389. [pdf] [SM] [Data S1] [Data S2]

[26] Stolper DA and CE Bucholz (2019). Neoproterozoic to early Phanerozoic rise in island arc redox state due to deep ocean oxygenation and increased marine sulfate levels. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 116.18, p. 8746-8755. [pdf] [SI] [Table S1] [Table S2] [Table S3] [Table S4] [Table S5]

[25] Stolper DA, WW Fischer, ML Bender (2018). Effects of temperature and carbon source on the isotopic fractionations associated with O2 respiration for 17O/16O and 18O/16O ratios in E. coli. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 240, p. 152-172. [pdf] [Supplementary Table 1]

[24] YL Yung, P Chen, K Nealson, S Atreya, P Beckett, JG Blank, B Ehlmann, J Eiler, G Etiope, JG Ferry, F Forget, P Gao, R Hu, A Kleinböhl, R Klusman, F Lefèvre, C Miller, M Mischna, M Mumma, S Newman, D Oehler, M Okumura, R Oremland, V Orphan, R Popa, M Russell, L Shen, BS Lollar, R Staehle, V Stamenković, D Stolper, A Templeton, AC Vandaele, S Viscardy, CR Webster, PO Wennberg, ML Wong, J Worden (2018). Methane on Mars and habitability: challenges and responses. Astrobiology, 18, p. 1221-1242. [pdf]

[23] Stolper DA, JM Eiler, JA Higgins (2018). Modeling the effects of diagenesis on carbonate clumped-isotope values in deep- and shallow-water settings. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 227, p. 264-291. [pdf] [Supplementary Table]

[22] Lawson M, BJ Shenton, D Stolper, JM Eiler, T Rasbury, TP Becker, C Lander, AS Buono, SP Becker, R Pottorf, GG Gray, D Yurewicz, J Gournay (2018). Deciphering the diagenetic history of the El Abra Formation of eastern Mexico using reordered clumped isotope temperatures and U-Pb dating. Geological Society of American Bulletin, 130, p. 617-629. [pdf] [Data Repository]

[21] Brenner D, BH Passey, DA Stolper (2018). Influence of water on clumped-isotope bond reordering kinetics in calcite. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 224, p. 42-63. [pdf] [Supplementary Data 1] [Table S1]

[20] Shuai Y, P Douglas, S Zhang, D Stolper; M Lewan, M Lawson, G Ellis, M Formolo, J Mi, K He, G Hu, JM Eiler (2018). Equilibrium and non-equilibrium controls on the abundances of clumped isotopologues of methane during thermogenic formation in laboratory experiments: Implications for the chemistry of pyrolysis and the origins of natural gases. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 223, p. 159-174. [pdf]

[19] Stolper DA and CB Keller† (2018). A record of deep-ocean dissolved O2 from the oxidation state of iron in submarine basalts. Nature, 553, p. 323-327. [pdf] [Table S1] [Table S2]

[18] Stolper DA, M Lawson, MJ Formolo, CL Davis, PMJ Douglas, JM Eiler (2018). The utility of methane clumped isotopes to constrain the origins of methane in natural-gas accumulations. Geological Society of London, Special Publications, 468, p. 23-52. [pdf]

[17] Douglas PMJ, DA Stolper, JM Eiler, AL Sessions, M Lawson, Y Shuai, A Bishop, OG Podlaha, AA Ferreira, EV Santos Neto, M Niemann, AS Steen, L Huang, E Chimiak, DL Valentine, J Fiebig, AJ Luhmann, WE Seyfried Jr., G Etiope, M Schoell, WP Inskeep, JJ Moran, N Kitchen (2017). Methane clumped isotopes: progress and potential for a new isotopic tracer. Organic Geochemistry, 113, p. 262-282. [pdf] [Supplementary Table]

[16] Ryb U, MK Lloyd, DA Stolper, JM Eiler (2017) The clumped-isotope geochemistry of exhumed marbles from Naxos, Greece. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 470, p. 1-12. [pdf] [DR1] [DR2] [DR3]

[15] Stolper DA, GD Love, S Bates, TW Lyons, E Young, AL Sessions, JP Grotzinger (2017). Paleoecology and paleoceanography of the Athel Silicilyte, Ediacaran-Cambrian boundary. Geobiology, 15, p. 401-426. [pdf] [Table S1]

[14] Stolper DA, ML Bender, GB Dreyfus, Y Yan, JA Higgins (2016). A Pleistocene ice core record of atmospheric O2concentrations. Science, 363, p. 1427-1430. [pdf] [SI] [Table S1] [Table S2]

[13] Douglas PMJ, DA Stolper, DA Smith, KM Walter Anthony, CK Paull, S Dallimore, M Wik, PM Crill, M Winterdahl, JM Eiler, AL Sessions (2016). Diverse origins of Arctic and Subarctic methane seeps identified with multiply-substituted isotopologues. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 188, p. 163-188. [pdf]

[12] Stolper DA and JM Eiler (2016). Diagenesis of phosphorites through time as recorded by carbonate clumped isotopes. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 181, p. 238-259. [pdf] [Supplementary Tables]

[11] Stolper DA, AM Martini, M Clog, PM Douglas, SS Shusta, DL Valentine, AL Sessions, JM Eiler (2015). Distinguishing and understanding thermogenic and biogenic sources of methane using multiply substituted isotopologues. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 161, p. 219-247. [pdf]

[10] Stolper DA and JM Eiler (2015). The kinetics of solid-state isotope-exchange reactions for clumped isotopes: A study of inorganic calcites and apatites from natural and experimental samples. American Journal of Science, 315, p. 363-411. [pdf]

[9] Clog M, DA Stolper, JM Eiler (2015). Kinetics of CO2,g-H2Ol isotopic exchange, including mass 47 isotopologues. Chemical Geology, 395, p. 1-10. [pdf]

[8] Stolper DA, M Lawson, CL Davis, A Ferreira, EV Santos Neto, GS Ellis, MD Lewan, AM Martini, Y Tang, M Schoell, AL Sessions, JM Eiler (2014). Formation temperatures of thermogenic and biogenic methane. Science, 344, p. 1500-1503. [pdf] [SM]

[7] Eiler JM, B Bergquist, I Bourg, P Cartigny, J Farquhar, A Gagnon, W Guo, I Halevy, A Hofmann, TE Larson, N Levin, EA Schauble, D Stolper (2014). Frontiers of stable isotope geoscience. Chemical Geology, 372, p. 119-143. [pdf]

[6] Stolper DA, AL Sessions, AA Ferreira, EV Santos Neto, A Schimmelmann, SS Shusta, DL Valentine, JM Eiler (2014). Combined 13C-D and D-D clumping in methane: methods and preliminary results. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 126, p. 169-191. [pdf]

[5] Eiler JM, M Clog, P Magyar, A Piasecki, A Sessions, D Stolper, M Deerberg, H-J Schlueter, J Schwieters (2013). A high-resolution gas-source isotope ratio mass spectrometer. International Journal of Mass Spectrometry, 335, p. 45-56. [pdf]

[4] Frei R, C Gaucher, D Stolper, DE Canfield (2013). Fluctuations in Late Neoproterozoic atmospheric oxidation — Cr isotope chemostratigraphy and iron speciation of the late Ediacaran lower Arroyo del Soldado Group (Uruguay). Gondwana Research, 23.2, p. 797-811. [pdf]

[3] Zhang Y, G Sicot, X Cui, M Vogel, CA Wuertzert, K Lezon-Geyda, J Wheeler, DA Harki, K Muzikar, DA Stolper, PB Dervan, AS Perkins (2011). Targeting a DNA binding motif of the EVI1 protein by a pyrrole-imidazole polyamide. Biochemistry, 50, p. 10431-10441. [pdf]

[2] Stolper DA, NP Revsbech, DE Canfield (2010). Aerobic growth at nanomolar oxygen concentrations. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 107, p. 18755-18760. [pdf]  

[1] Herkenhoff KE, J Grotzinger, AH Knoll, SM McLennan, C Weitz, A Yingst, R Anderson, BA Archinal, RE Arvidson, JM Barrett, KJ Becker, JF Bell III, C Budney, MG Chapman, D Cook, B Ehlmann, B Franklin, LR Gaddis, DM Galuszka, PA Garcia, P Geissler, TM Hare, E Howington-Kraus, JR Johnson, L Keszthelyi, RL Kirk, P Lanagan, EM Lee, C Leff, JN Maki, KF Mullins, TJ Parker, BL Redding, MR Rosiek, MH Sims, LA Soderblom, N Spanovich, R Springer, SW Squyres, D Stolper, RM Sucharski, T Sucharski, R Sullivan, JM Torson (2008). Surface processes recorded by rocks and soils on Meridiani Planum, Mars: Microscopic Imager observations during Opportunity’s first three extended missions. JGR-Planets, 113, p. 1-39. [pdf]

Theses

Stolper, DA (2014). New insights into the formation and modification of carbonate-bearing minerals and methane gas in geological systems using multiply substituted isotopologues. PhD thesis. California Institute of Technology. [link]

Stolper DA (2008). Constraining the physiological activity of deep-sea sedimentary microbial communities: the development and application of methods to characterize proteins in deep-sea sedimentary sites. Undergraduate Senior Thesis. Harvard College.