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2026
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]
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]
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]
*Munyaka, V.N., Peppe, D. J., Deino, A. L., Lukens, W. E., Strömberg, C. A., McNulty, K. P., and Muteti, S. N., 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]
Nordt, L.C., Stinchcomb, G.E., Lukens, W.E., and Kogler, S., 2026: Climate indicators for classifying soil moisture regimes of paleosols, Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.palaeo.2026.113636 [pdf]
2025
Stinchcomb, G.E., Lukens, W.E., Henkes, G., Duval, M., Grün, R. , Adams, S., Zhao, J., Brugal, J-P., Forman, S.L., Binetti, K.M., and Ferraro, J.V., 2025: The Quaternary landscapes, chronostratigraphy, and paleoenvironments of the Chalbi Desert, Kenya, Quaternary Research, DOI: 10.1017/qua.2025.10045. [pdf]
*Munyaka, V., Oginga, K.O., Cote, S., Head, J., Lukens, W.E., Lutz, J.A., Kinyanjui, R.N., Manthi, F.K., McNulty, K.P., *Hall, A.S., *Tegart, A., and Peppe, D.J., 2025: Insights on the Paleoclimate and Paleoecology of an Early Miocene Hominoid Site: A Multiproxy Study from Koru, Western Kenya. Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology, https://doi.org/10.1029/2025PA005152. [pdf]
2024
Schubert, B.A., Lukens, W.E., Moore, C.S., Zimov, N., Zimov, S., and Jahren, A.H., 2024: Carbon and oxygen isotopes in mummified wood reveal warmer and wetter winters in the Siberian Arctic 3000 years ago, Scientific Reports, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-67947-1. [pdf]
2023
Peppe et al., 2023: Oldest evidence of abundant C4 grasses and habitat heterogeneity in eastern Africa, Science, https://doi.org/10.1126/science.abq2834. [pdf]
MacLatchy et al., 2023: The evolution of hominoid locomotor versatility: Evidence from Moroto, a 21 Ma site in Uganda, Science, https://doi.org/10.1126/science.abq2835. [pdf]
Ren, J., Schubert, B.A., Lukens, W.E., and Xu, Chenxi, 2023: The oxygen isotope value of whole wood, α-cellulose, and holocellulose in modern and fossil wood, Chemical Geology, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemgeo.2023.121405. [pdf]
2022
Lukens, W.E., and Fox, D.L. 2022: Paleovegetation and paleo-pedogenic properties from the upper Miocene Coffee Ranch fossil site in the North American Great Plains, Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology and Palaeoecology, vol. 586, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.palaeo.2021.110760 [pdf]
2021
Lukens, W. E., *Narmour, R. T., and Schubert, B. A. Seasonal hydroclimate recorded in high resolution δ18O profiles across Pinus palustris growth rings. Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences, e2021JG006505, http://doi.org/10.1029/2021JG006505 [pdf]
*Ren, J., Schubert, B.A., Lukens, W.E., and Quan, C. 2021: Low oxygen isotope values of fossil cellulose indicate an intense monsoon in East Asia during the late Oligocene, Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology and Palaeoecology, Invited Research Article, vol. 511, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.palaeo.2021.110556 [pdf]
*Vornlocher, J.R., Lukens, W.E., Schubert, B.A., and Quan, C. 2021: Late Oligocene precipitation seasonality in East Asia based on δ13C profiles in fossil wood, Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology, 36, e2021PA004229, https://doi.org/10.1029/2021PA004229. [pdf]
2020
Wiest, L.A., Lukens, W.E., Driese, S.G., Peppe, D.J., and Forman, S.L., 2020: Landscape evolution across the Cretaceous/Paleogene boundary in southwestern North Dakota, U.S.A., Cretaceous Research. [pdf]
*Ferguson, B., Lukens, W.E., El Masri, B., Stinchcomb, G.E., 2020: River bottom landform and the occurrence of paleosols in a humid-subtropical climate have an effect on long-term soil organic carbon storage, Geoderma, vol. 371. [pdf]
2019
Lukens, W.E., Stinchcomb, G.E., Nordt, L.E., Driese, S.G., Kahle, D.J., and Tubbs. J.D., 2019: Recursive partitioning improves paleosol proxies for rainfall, American Journal of Science, vol. 319, no. 10, p. 819-845. [pdf]
Lukens, W.E., *Eze, P., and Schubert, B.A., 2019: The effect of diagenesis on carbon isotope values of fossil wood, Geology, v. 47, doi: https://doi.org/10.1130/G46412.1 [pdf]
Lukens, W.E., Fox, D.L., Snell, K.E., Wiest, L.A., Layzell, A.L., Uno, K.T., Polissar, P.J., Martin, R.A., Fox-Dobbs, K., and Peláez-Campomanes, P., 2019: Pliocene environments in the Meade Basin, southwest Kansas, Journal of Sedimentary Research, vol. 89, no. 5, p. 416-439. [pdf]
2018
*Lukens, W.E., Nordt, L.E., Stinchcomb, G.E., Driese, S.G., and Tubbs. J.D., 2018: Reconstructing pH of paleosols using geochemical proxies: The Journal of Geology, vol. 126, no. 4, p. 427-449. [pdf]
*Wiest, L.A., *Lukens, W.E., Peppe, D.J., Driese, S.G., and Tubbs, J.D., 2018: Terrestrial evidence for the Lilliput effect across the Cretaceous-Paleogene (K-Pg) boundary: Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, vol. 491, p. 161-169. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.palaeo.2017.12.005 [pdf]
Beverly, E.J., *Lukens, W.E., Stinchcomb, G.E., 2018: Paleopedology as a Tool for Reconstructing Paleoenvironments and Paleoecology: In Su, D., Croft, D., Simpson, S. (eds.), Methods in Paleoecology: Reconstructing Terrestrial Environments and Ecological Communities. Springer (Vertebrate Paleobiology and Paleoanthropology Series), Cham, Switzerland. [pdf]
2017
*Lukens, W.E., Lehmann, T., Driese, S.G., Peppe, D.J., Fox, D.L., and McNulty, K., 2017: The Early Miocene Critical Zone at Karungu, Western Kenya: an equatorial, open habitat with few primate remains: Frontiers in Earth Science, vol. 5, no. 87, p. 1-21, doi: 10.3389/feart.2017.00087 [pdf]
*Lukens, W.E., Driese, S.G., Peppe, D.J., and *Loudermilk, M., 2017: Sedimentology, stratigraphy, and paleoclimate at the late Miocene Coffee Ranch fossil site in the Texas Panhandle, Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, vol. 485, p. 361-376. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.palaeo.2017.06.026 [pdf]
2016
Smith, J.J., Layzell, A.L., *Lukens, W.E., Morgan, M.L., Keller, S.M., Martin, R.A., and Fox, D.L., 2016: Getting to the bottom of the High Plains aquifer: New insights into the depositional history, stratigraphy, and paleoecology of the Cenozoic High Plains, Geological Society of America Field Trip Guide 44, 32 p. [pdf]
Stinchcomb, G.E., Nordt, L.C., Driese, S.G., *Lukens, W.E., Williamson, F.C., and Tubbs, J.D., 2016: A data-driven model designed to predict paleoclimate using paleosol geochemistry, American Journal of Science, vol. 316, p. 746-777. doi: 10.2475/08.2016.02 [pdf]