Publications
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Peer-Reviewed
2021
Jeremy K. Caves Rugenstein, Daniel E. Ibarra, Shuang Zhang, Noah J. Planavsky, & Friedhelm von Blanckenburg. Isotope mass-balance constraints preclude that mafic weathering drove Neogene cooling. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. v. 118 (30): e2026345118. 10.1073/pnas.2026345118
Yuan Gao, Daniel E. Ibarra, Jeremy K. Caves Rugenstein, Jiquan Chan, Tyler Kukla, Katharina Methner, Youfeng Gao, He Huang, Zhipeng Lin, Laiming Zhang, Dangpeng Xi, Huaichun Wu, Alan R. Carroll, Stephan A. Graham, C. Page Chamberlain, & Changshan Wang. Terrestrial climate in mid-latitude East Asia from the latest Cretaceous to the earliest Paleogene: A multiproxy record from the Songliao Basin in northeastern China. Earth-Science Reviews. v. 216: 103572. 10.1016/j.earscirev.2021.103572.
Aaron Bufe, Niels Hovius, Robert Emberson, Jeremy K. C. Rugenstein, Albert Galy, Hima J. Hassenruck-Gudipati, & Jui-Ming Chang. Co-variation of silicate, carbonate and sulfide weathering drives CO2 release with erosion. Nature Geoscience. v. 14: 211-216. 10.1038/s41561-021-00714-3.
Philipp de Vrese, Tobias Stacke, Jeremy K. Caves Rugenstein, Jason Goodman, & Victor Brovkin. Snowfall-albedo feedbacks could have led to deglaciation of snowball Earth starting from mid-latitudes. Communications Earth & Environment. v. 2 (91). 10.1038/s43247-021-00160-4.
Tyler Kukla, Daniel E. Ibarra, Jeremy K. Caves Rugenstein, Jared T. Gooley, Casey E. Mullins, Samuel Kramer, Danielle Y. Moragne, & C. Page Chamberlain. High-Resolution Stable Isotope Paleotopography of the John Day Region, Oregon, United States. Frontiers in Earth Science. v. 9: 635181. 10.3389/feart.2021.635181.
2020
Malwina San Jose, Jeremy K. Caves Rugenstein, Domenico Cosentino, Claudio Faccenna, Maria Giuditta Fellin, Massimiliano Ghinassi, & Ivan Martini. Stable isotope evidence for rapid uplift of the central Apennines since the late Pliocene. Earth and Planetary Science Letters. v. 544: 116376. 10.1016/j.epsl.2020.116376.
Joep van Dijk. Alvaro Fernandez, Stefano M. Bernasconi, Jeremy K. Caves Rugenstein, Simon R. Passey, & Tim White. Spatial pattern of super-greenhouse warmth controlled by elevated specific humidity. Nature Geoscience. v. 13: 739-744. 10.1038/s41561-020-00648-2.
Donald Penman, Jeremy K. Caves Rugenstein, Daniel E. Ibarra, & Matthew J. Winnick. Silicate weathering as a feedback and forcing in Earth's climate and carbon cycle. Earth Science Reviews. v. 209: 103298. 10.1016/j.earscirev.2020.103298.
Alexis Licht, Guillaume Dupont-Nivet, Niels Meijer, Jeremy K. Caves Rugenstein, Andrew Schauer, Jens Fiebig, Andreas Mulch, Carina Hoorn, Natasha Barbolini, & Z. Guo. Decline of soil respiration in northeastern Tibet through the transition into the Oligocene icehouse. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology. v. 560: 110016. 10.1016/j.palaeo.2020.110016.
Xin Wang, Barbara Carrapa, Yuchen Sun, David L. Dettman, James B. Chapman, Jeremy K. Caves Rugenstein, Mark T. Clementz, Peter G. DeCelles, Mi Wang, Jie Chen, Jay Quade, Fei Wang, Zaijun Li, Ilhomjon Oimuhammadzoda, Mustafo Gadoev, Gerrit Lohmann, Xu Zhang, & Fahu Chen. The role of the westerlies and orography in Asian hydroclimate since the late Oligocene. Geology. v. 48: 10.1130/G47400.1. pdf.
Louis Honegger, Thierry Adatte, Jorge E. Spangenberg, Jeremy K. Caves Rugenstein, Miquel Poyatos-Moré, Cai Puigdefabregas, Emmanuelle Chanvry, Julian Clark, Andrea Fildani, Eric Verrechia, Kalin Kouzmanov, Matthieu Harlaux, & Sébastien Castelltort. Alluvial record of an early Eocene hyperthermal, Castissent Formation, the Pyrenees, Spain. Climate of the Past. v. 16: 227-243. 10.5194/cp-16-227-2020. pdf.
Jeremy K. Caves Rugenstein.What goes down must come up. Nature Geoscience. v. 13: 5-7. 10.1038/s41561-019-0514-4.
2019
Jeremy K. Caves Rugenstein, Daniel E. Ibarra, & Friedhelm von Blanckenburg. Neogene cooling driven by land surface reactivity rather than increased weathering fluxes. Nature. v. 571: 99-102. 10.1038/s41586-019-1332-y
Richard F. Ott, Sean F. Gallen, Jeremy K. Caves Rugenstein, Susan Ivy‐Ochs, David Helman, Charalampos Fassoulas, Christof Vockenhuber, Marcus Christl, & Sean D. Willett. Chemical Versus Mechanical Denudation in Meta‐Clastic and Carbonate Bedrock Catchments on Crete, Greece, and Mechanisms for Steep and High Carbonate Topography. Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface. v. 124. 10.1029/2019JF005142.
Hari Mix, Jeremy K. Caves Rugenstein, Sean P. Reilly, Andrea J. Ritch, Matthew J. Winnick, Tyler Kukla, & C. Page Chamberlain. Atmospheric flow deflection in the late Cenozoic Sierra Nevada. Earth and Planetary Science Letters. v. 518: 76-85. 10.1016/j.epsl.2019.04.050
Svetlana Botsyun, Pierre Sepulchre, Yannick Donnadieu, Camille Risi, Alexis Licht, & Jeremy K. Caves Rugenstein. Revised paleoaltimetry data show low Tibetan Plateau elevation during the Eocene. Science v. 363: 946. 10.1126/science.aaq1436
See also accompanying Perspectives article by Douwe J. J. van Hinsbergen and Lydian Boschman: 10.1126/science.aaw7705
See also Comment (10.1126/science.aax8474) and Reply (10.1126/science.aax8990) in Science to this article
Daniel E. Ibarra, Jeremy K. Caves Rugenstein, Aviv Bachan, Andres Baresch, Kimberly V. Lau, Dana L. Thomas, Jung-Eun Lee, C. Kevin Boyce, & C. Page Chamberlain. Modeling the evolution of land plants and the silicate weathering feedback. American Journal of Science v. 319 (1): 1-43. 10.2475/01.2019.01. pdf.
2018
Jeremy K. Caves Rugenstein and C. Page Chamberlain. The evolution of hydroclimate in Asia over the Cenozoic: A stable-isotope perspective. Earth-Science Reviews, 10.1016/j.earscirev.2018.09.003. pdf.
Daniel E. Ibarra, Jessica L. Oster, Matthew J. Winnick, Jeremy K. Caves Rugenstein, Michael Byrne, and C. Page Chamberlain. Warm and cold wet states in the western United States during the Pliocene – Pleistocene. Geology, v. 46. 10.1130/G39962.1. pdf.
Cin-Ty A. Lee, Jeremy K. Caves, Hehe Jiang, Wenrong Cao, Adrian Lenardic, N. Ryan McKenzie, Oliver Shorttle, Qing-zhu Yin, and Blake Dyer. Deep mantle roots and continental emergence: implications for whole-Earth elemental cycling, long-term climate, and the Cambrian explosion. International Geology Review. v. 60 (4): 431-448 10.1080/00206814.2017.1340853. pdf.
2017
Jeremy K. Caves, Bolat U. Bayshashov, Aizhan Zhamangara, Annie J. Ritch, Daniel E. Ibarra, Derek J. Sjostrom, Hari T. Mix, Matthew J. Winnick, and C. Page Chamberlain. Late Miocene uplift of the Tian Shan and Altai and reorganization of Central Asia climate. GSA Today, v. 27 (2): 19-26. 10.1130/GSATG305A.1. pdf.
Daniel E. Ibarra, Seulgi Moon, Jeremy K. Caves, C. Page Chamberlain, and Kate Maher. Concentration-discharge patterns of weathering products from global rivers. Acta Geochimica. v. 36 (3): 405-409. 10.1007/s11631-017-0177-z. pdf.
Yao Tong, Daniel E. Ibarra, Jeremy K. Caves, Stephan A. Graham, Tapan Mukerji. Constraining basin thermal history and petroleum generation using paleoclimate data in the Piceance Basin, Colorado. Basin Research. v. 29: 542-553. 10.1111/bre.12213. pdf.
2016
Jeremy K. Caves, Danielle Y. Moragne, Daniel E. Ibarra, Bolat U. Bayshashov, Yuan Gao, Matthew M. Jones, Aizhan Zhamangara, Anastasia V. Arzhannikova, Sergey G. Arzhannikov, C. Page Chamberlain. The Neogene de-greening of Central Asia. Geology; vol. 44 (11): 887-890. 10.1130/G38267.1. pdf. R code used in analysis.
Jeremy K. Caves, Adam B. Jost, Kimberly V. Lau, and Kate Maher. Cenozoic carbon cycle imbalances and a variable silicate weathering feedback. Earth and Planetary Science Letters; vol. 450: 152-163. 10.1016/j.epsl.2016.06.035. pdf.
Daniel E. Ibarra, Jeremy K. Caves, Seulgi Moon, Dana L. Thomas, Jens Hartmann, C. Page Chamberlain, and Kate Maher. Differential weathering of basaltic and granitic catchments from concentration–discharge relationships. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta; vol. 190: 265-293. 10.1016/j.gca.2016.07.006. pdf.
Yuan Gao, Daniel E. Ibarra, Jeremy K. Caves, Chengshan Wang, C. Page Chamberlain, Stephan A. Graham, and H. Wu. Mid-latitude terrestrial climate of East Asia linked to global climate in the Late Cretaceous: REPLY. Geology; vol. 44 (2): e379. 10.1130/G37574Y.1. pdf.
2015
Matthew J. Winnick and Jeremy K. Caves. Oxygen isotope mass-balance constraints on Pliocene sea level and East Antarctic Ice Sheet stability. Geology; vol. 43 (10): 879-882. 10.1130/G36999.1. pdf. R code used in analysis.
See also accompanying Research Focus in Geology by G. Balco: 10.1130/focus102015.1. pdf.
Jeremy K. Caves, Matthew J. Winnick, Stephan A. Graham, Derek J. Sjostrom, Andreas Mulch, and C. Page Chamberlain. Role of the westerlies in Central Asia climate over the Cenozoic. Earth and Planetary Science Letters; vol. 428: 33-43. pdf 10.1016/j.epsl.2015.07.023. pdf.
Matthew J. Winnick, Jeremy K. Caves, and C. Page Chamberlain. A Mechanistic Analysis of Early Eocene Latitudinal Gradients of Isotopes in Precipitation. Geophysical Research Letters vol. 42: 8216-8224. 10.1002/2015GL064829. pdf.
Yuan Gao, Daniel E. Ibarra, Chengshan Wang, Jeremy K. Caves, C. Page Chamberlain, Stephan A. Graham, H. Wu. Mid-latitude terrestrial climate of East Asia linked to global climate in the Late Cretaceous. Geology; vol. 43 (4): 287-290. 10.1130/G36427.1. pdf.
2014
Jeremy K. Caves, Derek J. Sjostrom, Hari T. Mix, Matthew J. Winnick, and C. Page Chamberlain. Aridification of Central Asia and Uplift of the Altai and Hangay Mountains, Mongolia: Stable Isotope Evidence. American Journal of Science; vol. 314 (8): 1171-1201. 10.2475/08.2014.01. pdf
Matthew J. Winnick, C. Page Chamberlain, Jeremy K. Caves, and Jeffrey M. Welker. Quantifying the isotopic 'continental effect'. Earth and Planetary Science Letters; vol. 406: 123-133. 10.1016/j.epsl.2014.09.005. pdf. R code used in analysis.
See also News and Views in Nature by K. Freeman: 10.1038/516041a
2013
Jeremy K. Caves, Gita S. Bodner, Karen Simms, Larry A. Fisher, and Tahnee Robertson. Integrating Collaboration, Adaptive Management, and Scenario-Planning: Experiences at Las Cienegas National Conservation Area. Ecology and Society; vol. 18 (3). 10.5751/ES-05749-180343. pdf
2012
Davey I. Kline, Lida Teneva, K. Schneider, T. Miard, A. Chai, M. Marker, K. Headley, Bradley N. Opdyke, Melinda Nash, M. Valetich, Jeremy K. Caves, B. D. Russell, S. D. Connell, B. J. Kirkwood, P. Brewer, E. Peltzer, J. Silverman, Ken Caldeira, Rob B. Dunbar, J. R. Koseff, S. G. Monismith, B. G. Mitchell, S. Dove, and O. Hoegh-Guldberg. A short-term in situ CO2 enrichment experiment on Heron Island (GBR). Scientific Reports; 2. 10.1038/srep00413. pdf
2010
M. R. Morris, B. O. Brouwer, Jeremy K. Caves, M. J. Harner, and J. A. Stanford. Successional changes in soil and hyporheic nitrogen fertility on an alluvial flood plain: implications for riparian vegetation. Aquatic Sciences; vol. 72 (4): 519-532. 10.1007/s00027-010-0153-8. pdf.
Conference Abstracts
Jeremy K. Caves, Bolat U. Bayshashov, Aizhan Zhamangara, Andrea Ritch, Daniel Ibarra, Yuan Gao, Derek Sjostrom, and C. Page Chamberlain. (2016) Tracking moisture pathways to Asia since the late Cretaceous: The competing influences of westerly and monsoonal dynamics. EGU General Assembly. Vienna. pdf.
Jeremy K. Caves, Samuel H. Kramer, Daniel E. Ibarra, and C. Page Chamberlain. (2015) Using Carbon Isotopes in Cenozoic Soil Carbonates to Quantify Primary Productivity from Mid-Latitude Regions. AGU Fall Meeting. San Francisco. abstract.
Jeremy K. Caves, Adam B. Jost, Kimberly V. Lau, and Kate Maher. (2015) Cenozoic carbon cycle imbalances and a variable silicate weathering feedback. Goldschmidt. Prague, Czech Republic. 490. pdf.
Jeremy K. Caves, Matthew J. Winnick, Derek J. Sjostrom, Daniel E. Ibarra, Hari T. Mix, Andreas Mulch, and C. Page Chamberlain. (2015) Combining back-trajectory modeling and measurements of water isotopes to understand the paleoclimatic record in Central Asia: The impact of seasonality and topography. IAEA International Symposium on Isotopes in Hydrology. Vienna, Austria. pdf.
Jeremy K. Caves, Adam B. Jost, Kimberly V. Lau, and Kate Maher. (2014) Carbon cycle constraints on the Cenozoic silicate weathering feedback. Goldschmidt. Sacramento, CA, USA. 364. pdf.
Thesis
Non-Peer-Reviewed
Jeremy K. Caves. (2011) AGU Selects Two Congressional Science Fellows. Eos Transactions 92 (19). pdf.
Jeremy K. Caves. (2011) AGU Members Press for Continued Federal Support for Basic Research on Capitol Hill. Eos Transactions 92 (18). pdf.
Jeremy K. Caves. (2011) Members Promote Climate Science on Capitol Hill. Eos Transactions 92 (12). pdf.
Jeremy K. Caves. (2010) Scenario Planning at Las Cienegas National Conservation Area: Decision Support Tools and Futures Planning. Report prepared for the Bureau of Land Management by the US Institute for Environmental Conflict Resolution. Tucson, AZ.
Camila Thorndike, Jeremy K. Caves, Kiry Nelsen, M McCaffrey. (2010) Lessons Learned Report: Governance Structures of Landscape Conservation Cooperatives. Report prepared for the US Fish and Wildlife Service by the US Institute for Environmental Conflict Resolution. Tucson, AZ.
W Hockaday, Jeremy K. Caves, C Masiello, K Zygourakis, R Johnson, M Keller. (2008) Biochar for Carbon Capture: Solutions for Hurricane Ike Biomass Debris. Proposal to the City of Houston—Awarded $10,000 as winner of the “Recycle Ike” contest.
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