* Student co-authors
46. Ortiz, A.*, Jin, L., Ogrinc, N., Kaye, J., Krajnc, B. and Ma, L. (2022) Dryland irrigation increases accumulation rates of pedogenic carbonate and releases soil abiotic CO2. Scientific Reports, 12: 464, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-04226-3
45. Brantley, S.L., Wen, T., Agarwal, D., Catalano, J.G., Schroeder, P.A, Lehnert, K., Varadharajan, C., Pett-Ridge, J., Engle, M., Castronova, A.M., Hooper, R.P., Ma, X., Jin, L., McHenry, K., Aronson, E., Shaughnessy, A.R., Derry, L.A., Richardson, J., Bales, J. and Pierce, E.M. (2021) The future low-temperature geochemical data-scape as envisioned by the U. S. geochemical community. Computers & Geosciences 157 (2021) 104933. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cageo.2021.104933
44. Ortiz, A.* and Jin, L. (2021) Chemical and hydrological controls on salt accumulation in irrigated soils of southwestern U.S. Geoderma 391, 114976. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geoderma.2021.114976
43. Rea, P.*, Ma, L., Gill, T.E., Gardea-Torresdey, J., Tamez, C. and Jin, L. (2020) Tracing gypsiferous White Sands aerosols in the shallow critical zone at White Mountain, New Mexico using Sr/Ca and 87Sr/86Sr ratios. Geoderma 372, 114387 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geoderma.2020.114387
42. Gu, X., Rempe, D.M., Dietrich, W.E., West, J., Lin, T., Jin, L. and Brantley, S.L. (2020) Chemical reactions, porosity, and microfracturing in shale during weathering: The effect of erosion rate. Geochimica Cosmochimica et Acta 269, 63–100. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gca.2019.09.044
41. Jin, L., Doser, D., Lougheed, V., Walsh, E., Hamdan, L., Zarei, M. and Corral, G. (2019) Experiential learning and mentoring improve recruitment and retention in the undergraduate environmental science curriculum at a Hispanic serving institution. Journal of Geological Education, https://doi.org/ 10.1080/10899995.2019.1646072
40. Doser, D.I., Ornelas, M.A.**, Martinez, I.**, Jin, L., Ortiz., A.C.*, and Kaip, G.M. (2019) Using geophysics to investigate texture and salinity of agricultural soils and their impact on crop growth in the El Paso county, Texas. Journal of Environmental and Engineering Geophysics 24 (3), 465-477.
39. Sullivan, P.L., Goddéris, Y., Shi, Y., Gu, X., Schott, J., Hasenmueller, E. A., Kaye, J., Duffy, C., Jin, L., and Brantley, S. L. (2019) Exploring the effect of aspect to inform future earthcasts of climate driven changes in weathering of Shale. Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface, 124, 974–993. https://doi.org/10.1029/2017JF004556.
38. Ogrinc, N., Tamše, S., Zavadlav, S., Vrzel, J. and Jin, L. (2019) Evaluation of geochemical processes and nitrate pollution sources at Ljubljansko polje aquifer (Slovenia): a stable isotope perspective. Science of the Total Environment646, 1588-1600.
37. Reyes, F.*, Engle, M.A., Jin, L., Jacobs, M.A., Konter, J.G. (2018) Hydrogeochemical controls on brackish groundwater and its suitability for use in hydraulic fracturing: the Dockum Aquifer, Midland Basin, Texas. Environmental Geosciences 25 (2), 37-63.
36. Cox, C.*, Jin, L., Ganjegunte, G., Borrok, D., Lougheed, V., and Ma, L. (2018) Changes of soil quality due to flood irrigation in agricultural fields along the Rio Grande in western Texas. Applied Geochemistry 90, 87-100, doi.org/10.1016/j.apgeochem.2017.12.019
35. Nyachoti, S.*, Jin, L., Tweedie, C.E. and Ma, L. (2017) Formation of pedogenic carbonates in the semi-arid Rio Grande valley: insights from carbon, major elements, and U-series isotopes in natural and agricultural soils of southern New Mexico and western Texas. Chemical Geology, doi.org/10.1016/j.chemgeo.2017.10.014
34. Heidari, P., Li, L., Jin, L., Brantley, S.L. (2017) Understanding Controls on Marcellus Shale Water-Rock Interaction using Reactive Transport Modeling. Cosmochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 217, 421-440.
33. Jin, L., Ma, L., Dere, A., White, T., Mathur, R., and Brantley, S.L. (2017) REE mobility and fractionation during shale weathering along a climate gradient. Chemical Geology 466, 352-379. doi.org/10.1016/j.chemgeo.2017.06.024.
32. Li Li, Kate Maher, Alexis Navarre-Sitchler, Jenny Druhan, Corey Lawrence, Christof Meile, Joel Moore, Julia Perdrial, Pamela Sullivan, Aaron Thompson, Lixin Jin, Edward Bolton, Susan Brantley, William Dietrich, Ulrich Mayer, Carl I. Steefel, Albert Valocchi, John Zachara, Benjamin Kocar, Jennifer Mcintosh, Chen Bao, Benjamin M. Tutolo, Joe Beisman, Mukesh Kumar, Eric Sonnenthal (2017). Expanding the Role of Reactive Transport Models in Earth Surface Process. Earth-Science Reviews, 165, 280-301. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.earscirev.2016.09.001
31. Sullivan, P, Ma, L., West, N., Jin, L., Karwan, D., Noireaux, J., Stienhoefel, G., Gaines, K.P., Eissenstat, D., Gaillardet, J., Derry, L., Meek, K., Hynek, S. and Brantley, S.L. (2016) CZ-tope at Susquehanna Shale Hills CZO: Synthesizing multiple isotope proxies to elucidate Critical Zone processes across timescales in a temperate forested landscape. Chemical Geology 445, 103-119.
30. Ogrinc, N., Kanduč, T., Krajnc, B., Vilhar, U., Simončič, S., and Jin, L. (2016) Inorganic and organic carbon dynamics in forested soils developed on contrasting geology in Slovenia - A stable isotope approach. Journal of Soils and Sediments 16(2), 382-395.
29. Hasenmueller, E.A., Jin, L., Stinchcomb, G.E., Lin, H., Brantley, S.L. and Kaye, J.P. (2015) Topographic controls on the depth distribution of soil CO2 in a small temperate watershed. Applied Geochemistry 63, 58-69.
28. Herndon, E.M., Jin, L., Andrews, D.M., Eissenstat, D.M., and Brantley, S.L. (2015) Importance of vegetation for manganese cycling in temperate forested watersheds. Global Biogeochemical Cycles, DOI: 10.1002/2014GB004858
27. Ma, L., Konter, J., Herndon, E., Jin, L., Steinhoefel, G., Sanchez, D., and Brantley, S.L. (2015). Quantifying an early signature of the industrial revolution from Pb concentrations and isotopes in soils of Pennsylvania, USA. Anthropocenedoi:10.1016/j.ancene.2014.12.003
26. Ma, L., Teng, F., Jin, L., Ke, S., Yang, W., Gu, H., and Brantley, S.L. (2015) Mg isotope fractionation during shale weathering in the Shale Hills Critical Zone Observatory: accumulation of light Mg isotopes in soils by clay mineral transformation. Chemical Geology 397, 37-50.
25. White, W., Hyslop, N.P., Trzepla, K., Yatkin, S., Rarig, Jr., R.S., Gill, T.E. and Jin L. (2015) Regional transport of a chemically distinctive natural dust: gypsum from White Sands, New Mexico. Aeolian Research 16, 1-10. DOI: 10.1016/j.aeolia.2014.10.001
24. Bazilevskaya, B., Rother, G., Mildner, D.F.R., Pavich, M., Cole, D., Bhatt, M.P., Jin, L., Steefel, C.I., and Brantley, S.L. (2014) How oxidation and dissolution in diabase and granite control porosity during weathering. Soil Science Society of America Journal 79 (1), 55-73.
23. Jin, L., Ogrinc, N., Yesavage T., Hasenmueller, E.A., Ma, L., Sullivan, P.L., Kaye, J., Duffy, C., and Brantley, S.L. (2014) The CO2 consumption potential during gray shale weathering: Insights from the evolution of carbon isotopes in the Susquehanna Shale Hills critical zone observatory. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 142, 260-280.
22. Jin, L., Mathur, R., Rother, G., Cole, D.R., Bazilevskaya, E., Williams, J., Carone, A. and Brantley, S.L. (2013) Porosity and chemical fingerprints of a black shale (Marcellus Formation) as it weathers at the land surface. Chemical Geology 356, 50-63.
21. Thomas, E., Lin, H., Duffy, C., Sullivan, P., Holmes, G. H., Brantley, S. and Jin, L. (2013) Spatiotemporal patterns of water stable isotope compositions at the Shale Hills Critical Zone Observatory: Linkages to subsurface hydrologic processes. Vadose Zone Journal, DOI:10.2136/vzj2013.01.0029
20. Navarre-Sitchler, A., Cole, D.R., Rother, G., Jin, L., Buss, H.L., and Brantley, S.L. (2013) Porosity and surface area evolution during weathering of two igneous rocks. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 109, 400-413
19. Brantley, S.L., Holleran, M.E., Jin, L., and Bazilevskaya, E. (2013) Probing chemical reactions underlying the Shale Hills Critical Zone Observatory, Pennsylvania (U.S.A.): Nested weathering reaction fronts. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, DOI: 10.1002/esp.3415.
18. Ma, L., Chabaux, F., West, N., Kirby, E., Jin, L., and Brantley, S.L. (2013) Regolith production and transport in the Susquehanna Shale Hills Critical Zone Observatory, Part 1: Insights from U-series isotopes. Journal of Geophysical Research-Earth Surface, DOI: 10.1002/jgrf.20037.
17. Zhao, L., Peng, B., Hernandez-Viezcas, J.A. Rico, C., Sun, Y., Peralta-Videa, J.R., Tang, X., Niu, G., Jin, L., Varela-Ramirez, A., Zhang, J. and Gardea-Torresdey, J.L. (2012) Stress Response and Tolerance of Zea mays to CeO2Nanoparticles: Cross Talk among H2O2, Heat Shock Protein, and Lipid Peroxidation. ACS Nano 6(11), 9615-9622.
16. Yesavage, T., Fantle, M.S., Vervoort, J., Mathur, R., Jin, L., Liermann, L.J. and Brantley, S.L. (2012) Fe cycling in the Shale Hills Critical Zone Observatory, Pennsylvania: An analysis of microbiology, chemical weathering, and Fe isotope fractionation. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 99, 18-38.
15. Mathur, R., Jin, L., Paul, J., Prush, V., Ebersole, C., Fornadel, A., Williams, J., and Brantley, S.L. (2012) Insights into the weathering processes of black shale through Cu Isotopes and Concentrations of the Marcellus Formation shale, Pennsylvania. Chemical Geology 304-305, 175-184
14. Jin, L., Mukasa, S., Hamilton, S.K., and Walter, L.M. (2012) Impacts of glacial/interglacial cycles on continental rock weathering inferred using Sr/Ca and 87Sr/86Sr ratios in Michigan watersheds. Chemical Geology 300-301, 97-108.
13. Ma, L., Jin, L., and Brantley, S.L. (2011) Controls of mineralogy and slope aspect on REE release and fractionation during shale weathering in the Susquehanna/Shale Hills Critical Zone Observatory. Chemical Geology 290, 31-49.
12. Andrews, D.M., Lin, H., Zhu, Q., Jin, L., and Brantley, S.L. (2011) Hot Spots and hot moments of dissolved organic carbon export and soil organic carbon storage in the Shale Hills Critical Zone Observatory. Vadose Zone Journal 10, 943-954, doi:10.2136/vzj2010.0149
11. Jin, L., Andrews, D.M., Holmes, G.H., Lin, H., and Brantley, S.L. (2011) Opening the "black box": Water chemistry reveals hydrological controls on weathering in the Susquehanna Shale Hills Critical Zone Observatory. Vadose Zone Journal 10, 928-942, doi:10.2136/vzj2010.0133.
10. Jin, L., Rother, G., Cole, D.R., Mildner, D.F.R., Duffy, C.J. and Brantley, S.L. (2011) Characterization of deep weathering and nanoporosity development in shale- A neutron study. American Mineralogist 96, 498-512.
9. Herndon, E.M., Jin, L., and Brantley, S.L. (2011) Soils reveal widespread Manganese enrichment from industrial inputs. Environmental Sciences and Technology 45(1), 241-247.
8. Brantley, S.L., J.P. Megonigal, F.N. Scatena, Z. Balogh-Brunstad, R.T. Barnes, M.A. Bruns, P. van Cappelen, K. Dontsova, H. Hartnett, T. Hartshorn, A. Heimsath, E. 8. Herndon, Jin, L., C.K. Keller, J.R. Leake, W.H. McDowell, F.C. Meinzer, T. Mozder, S. Petsch, J. Pett-Ridge, P. Raymond, C.S. Riebe, K. Shumaker, A. Sutton-Grier, R. Walter, and K. Yoo. (2011) Twelve testable hypotheses on the geobiology of weathering. Geobiology 9(2) 140-165.
7. Ma, L., Chabaux, F., Pelt, E., Blaes, E., Jin, L., and Brantley, S.L. (2010) Regolith production rates calculated with uranium-series isotopes at Susquehanna/Shale Hills Critical Zone Observatory. Earth and Planetary Science Letters 297, 211-225.
6. Jin, L., Ravella, R., Ketchum, B., Bierman, P. R., Heaney, P., White, T., and Brantley, S.L. (2010) Mineral weathering and elemental transport during hillslope evolution at the Susquehanna/Shale Hills Critical Zone Observatory. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 74, 3669-3691.
5. Jin, L., Ogrinc, N., Hamilton, S.K., Szramek, K., Kanduc, T. and Walter, L.M. (2009) Inorganic carbon isotope systematics in soil profiles undergoing silicate and carbonate weathering (Southern Michigan, USA). Chemical Geology, 264, 139-153.
4. Jin, L., Hamilton, S.K. and Walter, L.M. (2008) Mineral weathering rates in glacial drift soils (SW Michigan, USA): New constraints from seasonal sampling of waters and gases at soil monoliths. Chemical Geology, 249, 129-154.
3. Jin, L., Williams, E., Szramek, K., Walter, L. M. and Hamilton, S. K. (2008) Silicate and carbonate mineral weathering in soil profiles developed on Pleistocene glacial drift (Michigan, USA): Mass balances based on soil water geochemistry. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 72, 1027-1042.
2. Williams, E., Szramek, K., Jin, L., Ku, T. C. W., Walter, L. M. (2007) The carbonate system geochemistry of shallow groundwater/surface water systems in temperate glaciated watersheds (Michigan, USA): Significance of open system dolomite weathering. Geological Society of America Bulletin, Vol. 119 (5/6), p. 511-528, doi: 10.1130/B25967.1.
1. Hamilton, S. K., Kurzman, A. L., Arango, C., Jin, L. and Robertson, G. P. (2007) Evidence for carbon sequestration by agricultural liming. Global Biogeochemical cycles, Vol. 21, GB2021, doi:10.1029/2006GB002738.