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2026
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]