We reconstruct the history of climate, vegetation, and landscape processes from Deep Time.

Papers Published This Year:

Lukens, W.E., Peppe, D.J., Uno, K.T., Beverly, E.J., Martinez, G., Fox, D.L., Oginga, K., Miller, E., and Acosta, R.P., 2026,Terrestrial paleoenvironments and paleoclimate during the Miocene climate optimum at Buluk, East Turkana, Kenya, GSA Bulletin, https://doi.org/10.1130/B38610.1. [pdf available here]

Lukens, W.E., Peppe, D.J., Deino, A.L., Loughney, K., Oginga, K., Flynn, A.G., Tesfay, K., and Miller, E., 2026, Geochronology and sedimentology of the Buluk fossil site, East Turkana, Kenya: Hominoid fossil–bearing strata within the Miocene climate optimum, GSA Bulletin, https://doi.org/10.1130/B38609.1. [pdf available here]

Nordt, L.C., Stinchcomb, G.E., Lukens, W.E., and McCarthy, P.J., 2026, Searching for the elusive “A” horizon in buried paleosols, Journal of Sedimentary Research, vol. 96 (4): 683–694, DOI: 10.2110/jsr.2026.009. [pdf available here]

Nordt, L., Stinchcomb, G. E., Lukens, W. E., & Kogler, S., 2026. Climate indicators forclassifying soil moisture regimes of paleosols. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 113636, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.palaeo.2026.113636 [pdf available here]

Munyaka et al., 2026: Revisiting the paleoclimate, paleoecology, and age of the Middle Miocene Nyakach Formation, Western Kenya. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.palaeo.2026.113887. [pdf available here]

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