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[105] Atwood, A.*, Hille, M., Clark, M.K., Rengers, F., Ntarlagiannis, D., Townsend, K., and West, A.J. 2023. Importance of subsurface water for hydrological response during storms in a post-wildfire bedrock landscape. Nature Communications 14: 3814. doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-39095-z
[104] Dellinger, M., Hilton, R.G., Baronas, J.J., Torres, M.A., Burt, E.I., Clark, K.E., Galy, V., Ccahuana Quispe, A., and West, A.J. 2023 (in press). High rates of rock organic carbon oxidation sustained as Andean sediment transits the Amazon foreland-floodplain.
[103] Lunstrum, A.*, Van Den Berghe, M.*, Bian, X., John, S., Nealson, K., West, A.J. 2023. Bacterial use of siderophores increases olivine dissolution rates by nearly an order of magnitude. Geochemical Perspectives Letters 25. doi.org/10.7185/geochemlet.2315
[102] Burt, E.I.*, Coayla Rimachi, D.H., Ccahuana Quispe, A.J., Atwood, A.*, and West, A.J. 2023. Isotope-derived young water fractions in streamflow across the tropical Andes mountains and Amazon floodplain. Hydrology and Earth System Sciences 17: 2883-2898. doi.org/10.5194/hess-27-2883-2023
[101] Dahlquist, M.P.* and West, A.J. 2022. The imprint of erosion by glacial lake outburst floods in the topography of central Himalayan rivers. Earth Surface Dynamics 10: 705-722 doi: 10.5194/esurf-2021-54
[100] Douglas, M.M., Li, G.K., Fischer, W.W., Rowland, J.C., Kemeny, P.C., West, A.J., Schwenk, J., Piliouras, A.P., Chadwick, A.J., and Lamb, M.P. 2022. Organic carbon burial by river meandering partially offsets bank-erosion carbon fluxes in a discontinuous permafrost floodplain. Earth Surface Dynamics 10: 421-435. doi: 10.5194/esurf-2021-80
[99] Medwedeff, W.G., Clark, M.K., Zekkos, D., West, A.J., and Chamlagain, D. 2022. Near-Surface Geomechanical Properties and Weathering Characteristics Across a Tectonic and Climatic Gradient in the Central Nepal Himalaya. Journal of Geophysical Research – Earth Surface 127: e2021JF006240. doi: 10.1029/2021JF006240
[98] Atwood, A.* and West, A.J. 2021. Evaluation of high-resolution DEMs from satellite imagery for geomorphic applications: A case study using the SETSM algorithm. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms 47: 706-722. doi: 10.1002/esp.5263
[97] Van Den Berghe, M.*, Merino, N., Nealson, K.H., and West, A.J. 2021. Silicate minerals as a direct source of limiting nutrients: Siderophore synthesis and uptake promote ferric iron bioavailability from olivine and microbial growth. Geobiology 19: 618-630. doi: 10.1111/gbi.12457
[96] Burt, E.I.*, Bill, M., Conrad, M.E., Quispe, A.J.C., Christensen, J.N., Hilton, R.G., Dellinger, M., and West, A.J. 2021. Conservative transport of dissolved sulfate across the Rio Madre de Dios floodplain in Peru. Geology 49: 1064-1068. doi: 10.1130/G48997.1
[95] Yager, J.A.*, West, A.J., Thibodeau, A.M., Corsetti, F.A., Rigo, M., Berelson, W.M., Bottjer, D., Greene, S.E., Ibarra, Y., Jadoul, F., Ritterbush, K.A., Rollins, N., Rosas, S., Di Stefano, P., Sulca, D., Todaro, S., Wynn, P., Zimmerman, L., and Bergquist, B. 2021. Mercury contents and isotope ratios from diverse depositional environments across the Triassic–Jurassic Boundary: Towards a more robust mercury proxy for large igneous province magmatism. Earth-Sciences Reviews 223: 103775. doi: 10.1016/j.earscirev.2021.103775
[94] Pogge von Strandmann, P.A.E., Dellinger, M., and West, A.J. 2021. Lithium Isotopes. In: Elements in Geochemical Tracers in Earth System Science, Cambridge University Press. doi: 10.1017/9781108990752
[93] Pogge von Strandmann, P.A.E., Jones, M.T., West, A.J., Murphy, M.J., Stokke, E.W., Tarbuck, G., Wilson, D.J., Pearce, C.R., and Schmidt, D.N. 2021. Lithium isotope evidence for enhanced weathering and erosion during the Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum. Science Advances 7: eabh4224. doi: 10.1126/sciadv.abh4224
[92] Kalderon-Asael, B., Katchinoff, J.A.R., Planavsky, N.J., Hood, A.v.S., Dellinger, M.*, Bellefroid, E.J., Jones, D.S., Hofmann, A., Ossa Ossa, F., Macdonald, F.A., Isson, T.T., Murphy, J.G., Higgins, J.A., West, A.J., Asael, D., and Pogge von Strandmann, P.A.E. 2021 A Lithium Isotope Perspective on Carbon Cycle Evolution Through Earth’s History. Nature 595: 394-398. doi: 10.1038/s41586-021-03612-1
[91] Li, G.K.*, Fischer, W.W., Lamb, M.P., West, A.J., Zhang, T., Galy, V., Wang, X.T., Li, S., Qiu, H., Li, G., Zhao, L., Chen, J., and Ji, J. 2021. Coal fly ash is a major carbon flux in the Changjiang (Yangtze) River basin. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 118: e1921544118. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1921544118
[90] Douglas, M.M., Lingappa, F., Lamb, M.P., Rowland, J.C., West, A.J., Li, G.*, Kemeny, P.C., Chadwick, A.J., Piliouras, A., Schwenk, J., and Fischer, W.W. 2021. Impact of river channel lateral migration on the microbial ecology of a discontinuous permafrost floodplain. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 87: e01339-21. doi: 10.1128/AEM.01339-21
[89] Saatchi, S., Longo, M., Xu, L., Yang, Y. … [55 other authors listed alphabetically including West, A.J.] … Brumby, S., and Elmore, A. 2021. Detecting vulnerability of humid tropical forests to multiple stressors. One Earth 4: 988-1003. doi: 10.1016/j.oneear.2021.06.002
[88] Larina, E., Bottjer, D.J., Corsetti, F.A., Thibodeau, A.M., Berelson, W.M., West, A.J., and Yager, J.A.* 2021. Ecosystem change and carbon cycle perturbation preceded the end-Triassic mass extinction. Earth and Planetary Science Letters 576: 117180. doi: 10.1016/j.epsl.2021.117180
[87] Kemeny, P.C., Lopex, G.I., Dalleska, N.F., Torres, M.A., Burke, A., Bhatt, M.P., West, A.J., Hartmann, J., Adkins, J.F. 2021. Sulfate sulfur isotopes and major ion chemistry reveal that pyrite oxidation counteracts CO2 drawdown from silicate weathering in the Langtang-Narayani River system, Nepal Himalaya. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 294: 43-69. doi: 10.1016/j.gca.2020.11.009
[86] Pogge von Strandmann, P.A.E., Renforth, P., West, A.J., Murphy, M., Luu, T.-H., and Henderson, G.M. 2021. The lithium and magnesium isotope signature of olivine dissolution in soil core weathering experiments. Chemical Geology 560: 120008. doi: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2020.120008
[85] Baronas J.J.*, West, A.J., Burton, K.W., Hammond, D.E., Opfergelt, S., Pogge von Strandmann, P.A.E., James, R.H., and Rouxel, O.J. 2020. Ge and Si isotope behavior during intense tropical weathering and ecosystem cycling. Global Biogeochemical Cycles 8: e2019GB006522. doi: 10.1029/2019GB006522
[84] Washington, K.E.*, West, A.J., Kalderon-Asael, B., Katchinoff, J.A.E., Stevenson, E.I., and Planavksy, N.J. 2020. Lithium isotope composition of modern and fossilized Cenozoic brachiopods. Geology 48: 1058-1061. doi: 10.1130/G47558.1
[83] Hilton, R.G. and West, A.J. 2020. Mountains, erosion, and the carbon cycle. Nature Reviews in Earth and Environment 1: 284-299. doi: 10.1038/s43017-020-0058-6
[82] Dellinger, M.*, West, A.J., Planavsky, N.J., Hardisty, D., Gill, B., Kalderon-Asael, B., Asael, D., Lyons, T., Croissant, T., and Swart, P. 2020. The effects of diagenesis on Li isotope ratios of shallow marine carbonates. American Journal of Science 320: 150-184. doi: 10.2475/02.2020.03
[81] Medwedeff, W.M., Clark, M.K., Zekkos, D.Z., and West, A.J. 2020. Characteristic landslide distributions: An investigation of landscape controls on landslide size. Earth and Planetary Science Letters 539: 116203. doi: 10.1016/j.epsl.2020.116203
[80] Dahlquist, M.P.* and West, A.J. 2019. Initiation and runout of post-seismic debris flows: Insights from the 2015 Gorkha earthquake. Geophysical Research Letters 46: 9658-9668. doi: 10.1029/2019GL083548
[79] Kirkels, F.M.S.A., Ponton, C.*, Galy, V., West, A.J., Feakins, S.J., Peterse, F. 2019. From Andes to Amazon: assessing branched tetraether lipids as tracers for soil organic carbon in the Madre de Dios River system. Journal of Geophysical Research – Biogeosciences 125: e2019JG005270. doi: 10.1029/2019JG005270
[78] Chen, C.-Y., Willett, S., West, A.J., Dadson, S., Hovius, N., Christl, M., and Shyu, J.B.H. 2019. The impact of storm-triggered landslides on sediment dynamics and catchment-wide denudation rates in the southern Central Range of Taiwan following the extreme rainfall event of Typhoon Morakot. Earth Surfaces Processes and Landforms 45: 548-564. doi: 10.1002/esp.4753
[77] Zhang, F., Jin, Z., West, A.J., An, Z., Hilton, R.G., Wang, J., Li, G.*, Densmore, A.L., Yu, J., Qiang, X., Sun, Y., Li, L., Gou, L., Xu, Y., Xu, X., Liu, X., Pan, Y., and You, C.F. 2019. Monsoonal control on delayed response of sedimentation to the 2008 Wenchuan earthquake. Science Advances 5: eaav7110. doi: 10.1126/sciadv.aav7110
[76] Torres, M.A.*, Dong, S.*, Nealson, K., and West, A.J. 2019. The kinetics of siderophore-mediated olivine dissolution. Geobiology 17: 401-416. doi: 10.1111/gbi.12332
[75] Li, G.*, West, A.J., and Qiu, H. 2019. Competing effects of mountain uplift and landslide erosion over earthquake cycles. Journal of Geophysical Research – Solid Earth 124: 5101-5133. doi: 10.1029/2018JB016986
[74] Wu, M.-S.*, West, A.J., and Feakins, S. 2019. Tropical soil profiles reveal the fate of plant wax biomarkers during storage. Organic Geochemistry 128: 1-15. doi: 10.1016/j.orggeochem.2018.12.011
[73] Fan, X., Scaringi, G., Korup, O., West, A.J., Tanyas, H., Hovius, N., van Westen, C., Hales, T.C., Jibson, R.W., Zhang, L., Allstadt, K.E., Evans, S.G., Xu, C., Li, G., Pei, X., Xu, Q., and Huang, R. 2019. Earthquake-induced chains of geologic hazards: patterns, mechanisms and impacts. Reviews of Geophysics 57: 421-503. doi: 10.1029/2018RG000626
[72] Wang, J., Hilton, R.G., Jin, Z., Zhang, F., Densmore, A.L., Gröcke, D.R., Xu, X., Li, G.*, West, A.J. 2019. The isotopic composition and fluxes of particulate organic carbon exported from the eastern margin of the Tibetan Plateau. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 252: 1-15. doi: 10.1016/j.gca.2019.02.031
[71] Pinedo-Gonzalez, P.*, West, A.J., Tovar-Sanchez, A., Duarte, C.M., Sañudo-Wilhelmy, S.A. 2018. Concentrations and isotopic composition of dissolved Pb in surface waters of the modern global ocean. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 235: 41-54. doi: 10.1016/j.gca.2018.05.005
[70] Dahlquist, M.P.*, West, A.J., and Li, G.* 2018. Landslide-driven drainage divide migration. Geology 46: 403-406. doi: 10.1130/G39916.1
[69] Dellinger, M.*, West, A.J., Adkins, J.F., Paris, G., Pogge von Strandmann, P.A.E., Ullman, C.V., Eagle, R.A., Freitas, P., Bagard, M.-L., Ries, J.B., Corsetti, F.A., Perez-Huerta, A., Kampf, A.R. 2018. The Li isotope composition of marine biogenic carbonates: Patterns and mechanisms. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 236: 315-335. doi: 10.1016/j.gca.2018.03.014
[68] Baronas, J.J.*, Torres, M.A.*, West, A.J., Rouxel, O., Georg, B., Bouchez, J., Gaillardet, J., and Hammond, D.E. 2018. Ge and Si isotope signatures in rivers: A quantitative multi-proxy approach. Earth and Planetary Science Letters 503: 194-215. doi: 10.1016/j.epsl.2018.09.022
[67] Li, G.*, West, A.J., Densmore, A.L., Jin, Z., Zhang, F., Wang, J., and Hilton, R.G. 2018. Distribution of Earthquake Triggered Landslides across Landscapes: Towards Understanding Erosional Agency and Cascading Hazards. In: Fault-Zone Guided Wave, Ground Motion, Landslide and Earthquake Forecast, Y.-G. Li, ed. Walter de Gruyter, 242pp. doi: 10.1515/9783110543551-170
[66] Feakins, S., Wu, M.-S., Ponton, C.*, Galy, V., and West, A.J. 2018. Dual isotope evidence for uniform sedimentary integration of plant wax biomarkers across an Andes-Amazon elevation transect. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 242: 64-81. doi: 10.1016/j.gca.2018.09.007
[65] Hosono, T., Hartmann, J., Louvat, P., Amann, T., Washington, K.E.*, West, A.J., Okamura, K., Böttcher, M.E., and Gaillardet, J. 2018. Earthquake-induced structural deformations enhance long-term solute fluxes from active volcanic systems. Scientific Reports 8: 14809. doi: 10.1038/s41598-018-32735-1
[64] Li, L., Chen, J., Chen, T., Chen, Y., Hedding, D.W., Li, G.*, Li, L., Li, T., Robinson, L.F., West, A.J., Wua, W., You, C.-F., Zhao, L., and Li, G.-J. 2018. Weathering dynamics reflected by the response of riverine uranium isotope disequilibrium to changes in denudation rate. Earth and Planetary Science Letters 500: 136-144. doi: 10.1016/j.epsl.2018.08.008
[63] Hartmann, J., Li, G.-J., and West, A.J. 2017. Running out of gas: Zircon 18O-Hf-U/Pb evidence for Snowball Earth preconditioned by low degassing. Geochemical Perspectives Letters 4, 41-46. doi: 10.7185/geochemlet.1734
[62] Torres, M.A.*, Limaye, A.B., Ganti, V., Lamb, M.P., West, A.J., and Fischer, W.W. 2017. Model predictions of long-lived storage of organic carbon in river deposits. Earth Surface Dynamics 5: 711-730. doi: 10.5194/esurf-2017-29
[61] Zekkos, D., Clark, M.K., Whitworth, M., Greenwood, W., West, A.J., Roback, K., Li, G.*, Chamlagain, D., Manousakis, J., Quackenbush, P.*, Medwedeff, W., and Lynch, J. 2017 Observations of landslides caused by the April 2015 Gorkha earthquake in Nepal based on land, UAV and satellite reconnaissance. Earthquake Spectra 33: S95-S114 (special issue on Gorkha earthquake). doi: 10.1193/121616EQS237M
[60] Torres, M.A.*, Moosdorf, N., Hartmann, J., Adkins, J., and West, A.J. Glacial weathering, sulfide oxidation, and global carbon cycle feedbacks. 2017. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 114: 8716-8721. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1702953114
[59] Yager, J.A.*, West, A.J., Corsetti, F.A., Berelson, W.M., Rollins, N.E., Rosas, S., Bottjer, D.J. 2017. Duration of and decoupling between carbon isotope excursions during the end-Triassic mass extinction and Central Atlantic Magmatic Province emplacement. Earth and Planetary Science Letters 473: 227-236. doi: 10.1016/j.epsl.2017.05.031
[58] Li, G.*, West, A.J., Densmore, A.L., Jin, Z., Zhang, F., Wang, J., Clark, M.K., and Hilton, R.G. 2017. Earthquakes drive focused denudation along a tectonically-active mountain front. Earth and Planetary Science Letters 472: 253-265. doi: 10.1016/j.epsl.2017.04.040
[57] Torres, M.A.*, Baronas, J.J.*, Clark, K.E., Feakins, S.F., and West, A.J. 2017. Mixing as a driver of temporal variations in river hydrochemistry. Part 1: insights from water isotopes in the Andes-Amazon. Water Resources Research 53: 3102-3119. doi: 10.1002/2016WR019733
[56] Baronas, J.J.*, Torres, M.A.*, Clark, K.E., and West, A.J. 2017. Mixing as a driver of temporal variations in river hydrochemistry. Part 2: Major and trace element concentration dynamics in the Andes-Amazon. Water Resources Research 53: 3120-3145. doi: 10.1002/2016WR019729
[55] Roback, K., Clark, M.K., West, A.J., Zekkos, D., Li, G.*, Gallen, S.F., Chamlagain, D., and Godt, J.W. 2017. The size, distribution, and mobility of landslides caused by the 2015 Mw7.8 Gorkha earthquake, Nepal. Geomorphology 301: 121-128. doi: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2017.01.030
[54] Clark, K.E., Hilton, R.G., West, A.J., Robles Caceres, A., Grocke, D.R., Marthews, T.R., Ferguson, R.I., Asner, G.P., New, M., and Malhi, Y. 2017. Erosion of organic carbon from the Andes and its effects on ecosystem carbon dioxide balance. Journal of Geophysical Research – Biogeosciences 122: 449-469. doi: 10.1002/2016JG003615
[53] Pinedo-Gonzalez, P.*, Hellige, B.*, West, A.J., and Sañudo-Wilhelmy, S. 2016. Changes in the size partitioning of metals in storm runoff following wildfires: Implications for the transport of bioactive trace metals. Applied Geochemistry 83: 62-71. doi: 10.1016/j.apgeochem.2016.07.016
[52] Torres, M.A.*, West, A.J., Clark, K.C., Paris, G., Bouchez, J., Ponton, C.*, Feakins, S., Adkins, J. 2016. The acid and alkalinity budgets of weathering in the Andes-Amazon system: The acid and alkalinity budgets of weathering in the Andes-Amazon system. Earth and Planetary Science Letters 450: 381-391. doi: 10.1016/j.epsl.2016.06.012
[51] Li, G.*, West, A.J., Densmore, A.L., Hammond, D.E., Jin, Z., Zhang, F., Wang, J., and Hilton R.G. 2016. Connectivity of earthquake-triggered landslides with the fluvial network: implications for landslide sediment transport after the 2008 Wenchuan earthquake. Journal of Geophysical Research – Earth Surface 121: 703-724. doi: 10.1002/2015JF003718
[50] Thibodeau, A.M., Ritterbush, K., Yager, J.*, West, A.J., Ibarra, Y., Bottjer, D., Berelson, W., Bergquist, B.A., and Corsetti, F. 2016. Mercury anomalies, volcanism, and timing of biotic recovery following the end-Triassic mass extinction. Nature Communications 7: 11147. doi: 10.1038/ncomms11147
[49] Wang, J., Jin, Z., Hilton, R.G., Zhang, F., Li, G.*, Densmore, A.L., Gröcke, D.R., Xu., X., and West, A.J. 2016. Earthquake-triggered increase in biospheric carbon export from a mountain belt. Geology 44: 471-474. doi: 10.1130/G37533.1
[48] Clark, K.E., West A.J., Hilton R.G., Asner G.P., Silman M.R., Saatchi S., Quesada C.A., Farfan Rios W., Martin R.E., New M., and Malhi Y. 2016. Storm-triggered landslides in the Peruvian Andes and implications for topography, carbon cycles, and biodiversity. Earth Surface Dynamics 4: 47-70. doi: 10.5194/esurf-4-47-2016
[47] Li G-J., Hartmann J., Derry L.A., West A.J., Louvat P., You C.-F., Li G., Long X. Li L., Qiu W., Liu L., Chen Y., Ji J., and Chen J. 2016. Temperature dependence of basalt weathering. Earth and Planetary Science Letters 443: 59-69. doi: 10.1016/j.epsl.2016.03.015
[46] Feng, X., Feakins, S.J., Liu, Z., Ponton, C., Wang, R.Z., Karkabi, E., Galy, V., Berelson, W.M., Nottingham, A.T., Meir, P., West, A.J. 2016. Source to sink: Evolution of lignin composition in the Madre de Dios River system with connection to the Amazon basin and offshore. Journal of Geophysical Research – Biogeosciences 121: 1316-1338. doi: 10.1002/2016JG003323
[45] Feakins, S.J., Bentley, L.P., Salinas, N., Shenkin, A., Blonder, B., Goldsmith, G.R., Ponton, C., Arvin, L.J., Wu, M.S., Peters, T., West, A.J., Martin, R.E., Enquist, B.J., Asner, G.P., Malhi, Y. 2016. Plant leaf wax biomarkers capture gradients in hydrogen isotopes of precipitation from the Andes and Amazon. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 182: 155-172. doi: 10.1016/j.epsl.2016.03.015
[44] Jin, Z., West, A.J., Zhang, F., Zhisheng, A., Hilton, R.G., Yu, J., Wang, J., Li, G.*, Deng, L., and Wang, X. 2015. Seismically enhanced solute fluxes in the Yangtze River headwaters following the A.D. 2008 Wenchuan earthquake. Geology 44: 47-50. doi: 10.1130/G37246.1
[43] Pinedo-González, P.*, West, A.J., Tovar-Sanchez, A., Duarte, C., Marañon, E., Cermeño, P., Gonzalez, N., Sobrino, C., Huete-Ortega, M., Fernandez, A, Lopez-Sandoval, D.C., Vidal, M., Blasco, D., Estrada, M., and Sañudo-Wilhelmy, S. 2015. Surface distribution of dissolved trace metals in the oligotrophic ocean and their influence on phytoplankton biomass and productivity. Global Biogeochemical Cycles 29: 1763-1781. doi: 10.1002/2015GB005149
[42] Bagard, M.-L.*, West, A.J., Newman, K., and Basu, A. 2015. Lithium dissolved fluxes and isotope fractionation in the Ganges floodplain and Bengal groundwater systems. Earth and Planetary Science Letters 432: 404-414. doi: 10.1016/j.epsl.2015.08.036
[41] Torres, M.A.*, West, A.J., and Clark, K.E. 2015. Geomorphic regime modulates hydrologic control of chemical weathering in the Andes-Amazon. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 166: 105-128. doi: 10.1016/j.gca.2015.06.007
[40] West A.J., The ASTER Team, Bickle M.J., and Ojha T. 2015. High natural erosion rates are the backdrop for present-day soil erosion in the agricultural Middle Hills of Nepal. Earth Surface Dynamics 3: 363-387. doi: 10.5194/esurf-3-363-2015
[39] Wang J., Jin Z.D., Hilton R.G., Zhang F., Densmore A.L., Li G.*, and West A.J. 2015. Controls on fluvial evacuation of sediment from earthquake-triggered landslides. Geology 43: 115-118. doi: 10.1130/G36157.1
[38] Li G.*, Wang X., Yang Z., Mao C., West A.J., and Ji J. 2015. Dam‐triggered organic carbon sequestration makes the Changjiang (Yangtze) river basin (China) a significant carbon sink. Journal of Geophysical Research – Biogeosciences 120: 39-53. doi: 10.1002/2014JG002646
[37] Ritterbush K.A.*, Rosas S., Corsetti F.A., Bottjer D.B., and West A.J. 2015. Andean sponges reveal long-term benthic ecosystem shifts following the end-Triassic mass extinction. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 420: 193-209. doi: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2014.12.002
[36] Corsetti, F.A., Ritterbush, K.A., Bottjer, D.J., Greene, S., Ibarra, Y., Yager, J.A., West, A.J., Berelson, W.M., Rosas, S., Becker, T.W., Levine, N.M., Loyd, S.J., Martindale, R.C., Petryshyn, V.A., Carroll, N.R., Petsios, E., Pietsch, C., Stellmann, J.L., Thompson, J.R., Washington, K.A. & Wilmeth, D.T. 2015. Investigating the paleoecological consequences of supercontinent breakup: sponges clean up in the Early Jurassic. The Sedimentary Record 13: 4-10. doi: 10.2110/sedred.2015.2
[35] Baker, P.A., Fritz, S.C., Silva, C.G., Rigsby, C.A., Absy, M.L., Almeida, R.P., Caputo, M., Chiessi, C.M., Cruz, F.W. , Dick, C.W., Feakins, S.J., Figueiredo, J., Freeman K.H., Hoorn C., Jaramillo C., Kern A.J., Latrubesse E.M., Ledru M.P., Marzoli A., Myrbo A., Noren A., Piller W.E., Ramos M.I.F., Ribas C.C., Trindade R., West A.J., Wahnfried I., Willard D.A. Trans-Amazon Drilling Project (TADP): Origins and Evolution of the Forests, Climate, and Hydrology of the South American Tropics. Scientific Drilling, 20 , 41-49. doi: 10.5194/sd-20-41-2015
[34] Clark, K.E., Torres, M.A.*, West, A.J., Hilton, R.G., New, M., Horwath, A.B., Fisher, J.B., Rapp, J.R., Caceres, A.R., Malhi, Y. 2014. The hydrological regime of a forested tropical Andean catchment. Hydrology and Earth System Science 18: 5377-5397. doi: 10.5194/hess-18-5377-2014
[33] West, A.J., Hetzel, R., Li, G.*, Jin, Z.D., Zhang, F., Densmore, A.L., and Hilton, R.G. 2014. Dilution of 10Be in detrital quartz by earthquake-induced landslides: implications for determining denudation rates and potential to provide insights into landslide sediment dynamics. Earth and Planetary Science Letters 396: 143-153. doi: 10.1016/j.epsl.2014.03.058
[32] Ponton, C.*, West, A.J., Feakins, S., and Galy, V. 2014. Leaf wax biomarkers in transit record river catchment composition. Geophysical Research Letters 41: 6420-6427. doi: 10.1002/2014GL061328
[31] Pinedo-Gonzalez, P.*, West, A.J., Rivera-Duarte, I., and Sañudo-Wilhemy, S.A. 2014. Diel changes in trace metal concentration and distribution in coastal waters: Catalina Island as a study case. Environmental Science and Technology 48: 7730-7737. doi: 10.1021/es5019515
[30] Li G-J. and West A.J. 2014. Evolution of Cenozoic seawater lithium isotopes: coupling of global denudation regime and shifting seawater sinks. Earth and Planetary Science Letters 401: 284-293. doi: 10.1016/j.epsl.2014.06.011
[29] Torres, M.*, West A.J., and Li G-J. 2014. Sulphide oxidation and carbonate weathering as a source of CO2 over geological timescales. Nature 507: 346-349. doi: 10.1038/nature13030
[28] Li, G.*, West, A.J., Densmore, A., Jin, Z.D., Parker, R., and Hilton, R.G. 2014. Seismic mountain building: landslides associated with the 2008 Wenchuan earthquake in the context of a generalized model for earthquake volume balance.Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems 15: 833-844. doi: 10.1002/2013GC005067
[27] Gregory, L.C., Thomas, A.L., Walker, R.T., Garland, R., MacNiocall, C., Fenton, C.R., Bayasgalan, A., Amgaa, T., Gantulga, B., Rhodes, A., Xu, S., West, A.J., and Schnabel, C. 2014. Combined uranium series and 10Be cosmogenic exposure dating of surface abandonment: A case study from the Ölgiy strike-slip fault in western Mongolia. Quaternay Geochronology 24: 27-43. doi: 10.1016/j.quageo.2014.07.005
[26] Opfergelt S., Burton K.W., Georg B., West A.J., Guicharnaud R., Sigfusson B., Siebert C., Gislason S.R., and Halliday A.N. 2014. Magnesium retention on the soil exchange complex controlling Mg isotope variations in soils, soil solutions and vegetation in volcanic soils, Iceland. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 125: 110-130. doi: 10.1016/j.gca.2013.09.036
[25] Hartmann J., Moosdorf N., Lauerwald R., Hinderer M., and West A.J. 2014. Global chemical weathering and associated P-release - the role of lithology, temperature and soil properties. Chemical Geology 363: 145-163. doi: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2013.10.025
[24] West A.J., Fox M., Walker R.T., Carter A., Harris T., Watts A.B., and Gantulga B. 2013. Links between climate, erosion, uplift, and topography during intracontinental mountain building of the Hangay Dome, Mongolia. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems 14: 5171-5193. doi: 10.1002/2013GC004859
[23] Hartmann J., West A.J., Renforth, P., Koehler P., de la Rocha C., Wolf-Gladrow D., Durr H., and Scheffran J. 2013. Enhanced chemical weathering as a geoengineering strategy to reduce atmospheric carbon dioxide, supply nutrients, and mitigate ocean acidification. Reviews of Geophysics 51: 113-149. doi: 10.1002/rog.20004
[22] Georg R.B., West A.J., Vance D., Newman K., and Halliday A.N. 2013. Is the marine osmium isotope record a probe for CO2 release from sedimentary rocks? Earth and Planetary Science Letters 367: 28-38. doi: 10.1016/j.epsl.2013.02.018
[21] Keech A.R., West A.J., Pett-Ridge J., and Henderson G. 2013. Evaluating U-series tools for weathering rate and duration on a soil sequence of known ages. Earth and Planetary Science Letters 374: 24-35. doi: 10.1016/j.epsl.2013.04.032
[20] Clark K.E., Hilton R.G., West A.J., Malhi Y., Grocke D.R., Bryant C.L., Ascough P.L., Robles A.C., and New M. 2013. New views on ‘old’ carbon in the Amazon River: Insight from the source of organic carbon eroded from the Peruvian Andes. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, 14: 1644-1659. doi: 10.1002/ggge.20122
[19] Hilton R.G., Galy A., West A.J., Hovius N., and Roberts G.G. 2012. Geomorphic control on the ∂15N of mountain forest. Biogeosciences 9: 12593-12626. doi: 10.5194/bg-10-1693-2013
[18] West A.J. 2012. Thickness of the chemical weathering zone and implications for erosional and climatic drivers of weathering and for carbon-cycle feedbacks. Geology 40: 811-814. doi: 10.1130/G33041.1
[17] Martindale R.C., Berelson W.M., Corsetti F.A., Bottjer D.J., West A.J. 2012. Constraining carbonate chemistry at a potential ocean acidification event (the Triassic–Jurassic boundary) using the presence of corals and coral reefs in the fossil record. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 350-352: 114-123. doi: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2012.06.020
[16] West A.J. 2011. Snowballs limited by weathering. Nature Geoscience 4: 824-826. [Solicited News and Views article.] doi: 10.1038/ngeo1330
[15] West A.J., Lin C.-W., Lin T.-C., Hilton, R.G., Liu S.-H., Chang C.-T., Lin K.C., Galy A., Sparkes R.B., and Hovius N. 2011. Mobilization and transport of coarse woody debris to the oceans triggered by an extreme tropical storm. Limnology and Oceanography 56(1): 77-85. doi: 10.4319/lo.2011.56.1.0077
[14] Calmels D., Galy A., Hovius N., Bickle M., West A.J., Chen M.-C., and Chapman H. 2011. Contribution of deep groundwater to the weathering budget in a rapidly eroding mountain belt, Taiwan. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 303: 48-58. doi: 10.1016/j.epsl.2010.12.032
[13] West A.J., Jin Z.D., Zhang F. 2010. Changes in dissolved ion concentrations of the Min Jiang associated with the 2008 Wenchuan earthquake. Journal of Earth Environment 2: 90-99.
[12] Georg R.B., West A.J., Basu A.R., and Halliday, A.N. 2009. Silicon fluxes and isotope composition of direct groundwater discharge into the Bay of Bengal and the effect on the global ocean silicon isotope budget. Earth and Planetary Science Letters 283: 67-74. doi: 10.1016/j.epsl.2009.03.041
[11] Nissen E.T., Walker R.T., Bayasgalan A., Carter A., Fattahi M., Molor E., Schnabel C., West A.J., and Xu S. 2009. The late Quaternary slip-rate of the Har-Us-Nuur fault (Mongolian Altai) from cosmogenic 10Be and luminescence dating. Earth and Planetary Science Letters 286: 467-478. doi: 10.1016/j.epsl.2009.06.048
[10] West, A.J. 2008. Mountains and monsoons. Nature Geoscience 1(12): 814-815. [Solicited News and Views article.] doi: 10.1038/ngeo369
[9] Knudsen M.F., Henderson G.M., MacNiocaill C., and West A.J. 2007. Seven thousand year duration for a geomagnetic excursion constrained by Th-230(xs). Geophysical Research Letters 34(22): L22302. doi: 10.1029/2007GL031090
[8] Georg R.B., Reynolds B.C., West A.J., Burton K.W., and Halliday A.N. 2007. Silicon isotope variations accompanying basalt weathering in Iceland. Earth and Planetary Science Letters 261: 476-490. doi: 10.1016/j.epsl.2007.07.004
[7] Tipper E.T., Bickle M.J., Galy A., West A.J., Pomies C., and Chapman H.J. 2006. The short term climatic sensitivity of carbonate and silicate weathering fluxes: Insight from seasonal variations in river chemistry. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 70: 2737-2754. doi: 10.1016/j.gca.2006.03.005
[6] West A.J., Galy A., Bickle M.J. 2005. Tectonic and climatic controls on silicate weathering. Earth and Planetary Science Letters 235: 211-228. doi: 10.1016/j.epsl.2005.03.020
[5] West A.J. 2003. Forests and national security: British and American forestry policy in the wake of World War I. Environmental History 8 (2): 270-293. doi:
[4] West A.J., Bickle M.J., Collins R., et al. 2002. Small-catchment perspective on Himalayan weathering fluxes. Geology 30 (4): 355-358. doi: 10.2307/3985712
[3] Thornton G.J.P., Oliver L.S., West A.J. 2001. Acid sensitivity of three large Nepalese catchments: Case study of Bhote Kosi, Everest and Langtang. Water, Air and Soil Pollution 130 (1-4): 849-854. doi: 10.1023/A:1013882914649
[2] West A.J., Findlay S.E.G., Burns D.A., et al. 2001. Catchment-scale variation in the nitrate concentrations of groundwater seeps in the Catskill Mountains, New York, USA. Water, Air and Soil Pollution 132 (3-4): 389-400. doi: 10.1023/A:1013268004513
[1] Moulton K.L., West J., Berner R.A. 2000. Solute flux and mineral mass balance approaches to the quantification of plant effects on silicate weathering. American Journal of Science 300 (7): 539-57. doi: 10.2475/ajs.300.7.539
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[105] Atwood, A.*, Hille, M., Clark, M.K., Rengers, F., Ntarlagiannis, D., Townsend, K., and West, A.J. 2023. Importance of subsurface water for hydrological response during storms in a post-wildfire bedrock landscape. Nature Communications 14: 3814. doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-39095-z
[104] Dellinger, M., Hilton, R.G., Baronas, J.J., Torres, M.A., Burt, E.I., Clark, K.E., Galy, V., Ccahuana Quispe, A., and West, A.J. 2023 (in press). High rates of rock organic carbon oxidation sustained as Andean sediment transits the Amazon foreland-floodplain.
[103] Lunstrum, A.*, Van Den Berghe, M.*, Bian, X., John, S., Nealson, K., West, A.J. 2023. Bacterial use of siderophores increases olivine dissolution rates by nearly an order of magnitude. Geochemical Perspectives Letters 25. doi.org/10.7185/geochemlet.2315
[102] Burt, E.I.*, Coayla Rimachi, D.H., Ccahuana Quispe, A.J., Atwood, A.*, and West, A.J. 2023. Isotope-derived young water fractions in streamflow across the tropical Andes mountains and Amazon floodplain. Hydrology and Earth System Sciences 17: 2883-2898. doi.org/10.5194/hess-27-2883-2023
[101] Dahlquist, M.P.* and West, A.J. 2022. The imprint of erosion by glacial lake outburst floods in the topography of central Himalayan rivers. Earth Surface Dynamics 10: 705-722 doi: 10.5194/esurf-2021-54
[100] Douglas, M.M., Li, G.K., Fischer, W.W., Rowland, J.C., Kemeny, P.C., West, A.J., Schwenk, J., Piliouras, A.P., Chadwick, A.J., and Lamb, M.P. 2022. Organic carbon burial by river meandering partially offsets bank-erosion carbon fluxes in a discontinuous permafrost floodplain. Earth Surface Dynamics 10: 421-435. doi: 10.5194/esurf-2021-80
[99] Medwedeff, W.G., Clark, M.K., Zekkos, D., West, A.J., and Chamlagain, D. 2022. Near-Surface Geomechanical Properties and Weathering Characteristics Across a Tectonic and Climatic Gradient in the Central Nepal Himalaya. Journal of Geophysical Research – Earth Surface 127: e2021JF006240. doi: 10.1029/2021JF006240
[98] Atwood, A.* and West, A.J. 2021. Evaluation of high-resolution DEMs from satellite imagery for geomorphic applications: A case study using the SETSM algorithm. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms 47: 706-722. doi: 10.1002/esp.5263
[97] Van Den Berghe, M.*, Merino, N., Nealson, K.H., and West, A.J. 2021. Silicate minerals as a direct source of limiting nutrients: Siderophore synthesis and uptake promote ferric iron bioavailability from olivine and microbial growth. Geobiology 19: 618-630. doi: 10.1111/gbi.12457
[96] Burt, E.I.*, Bill, M., Conrad, M.E., Quispe, A.J.C., Christensen, J.N., Hilton, R.G., Dellinger, M., and West, A.J. 2021. Conservative transport of dissolved sulfate across the Rio Madre de Dios floodplain in Peru. Geology 49: 1064-1068. doi: 10.1130/G48997.1
[95] Yager, J.A.*, West, A.J., Thibodeau, A.M., Corsetti, F.A., Rigo, M., Berelson, W.M., Bottjer, D., Greene, S.E., Ibarra, Y., Jadoul, F., Ritterbush, K.A., Rollins, N., Rosas, S., Di Stefano, P., Sulca, D., Todaro, S., Wynn, P., Zimmerman, L., and Bergquist, B. 2021. Mercury contents and isotope ratios from diverse depositional environments across the Triassic–Jurassic Boundary: Towards a more robust mercury proxy for large igneous province magmatism. Earth-Sciences Reviews 223: 103775. doi: 10.1016/j.earscirev.2021.103775
[94] Pogge von Strandmann, P.A.E., Dellinger, M., and West, A.J. 2021. Lithium Isotopes. In: Elements in Geochemical Tracers in Earth System Science, Cambridge University Press. doi: 10.1017/9781108990752
[93] Pogge von Strandmann, P.A.E., Jones, M.T., West, A.J., Murphy, M.J., Stokke, E.W., Tarbuck, G., Wilson, D.J., Pearce, C.R., and Schmidt, D.N. 2021. Lithium isotope evidence for enhanced weathering and erosion during the Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum. Science Advances 7: eabh4224. doi: 10.1126/sciadv.abh4224
[92] Kalderon-Asael, B., Katchinoff, J.A.R., Planavsky, N.J., Hood, A.v.S., Dellinger, M.*, Bellefroid, E.J., Jones, D.S., Hofmann, A., Ossa Ossa, F., Macdonald, F.A., Isson, T.T., Murphy, J.G., Higgins, J.A., West, A.J., Asael, D., and Pogge von Strandmann, P.A.E. 2021 A Lithium Isotope Perspective on Carbon Cycle Evolution Through Earth’s History. Nature 595: 394-398. doi: 10.1038/s41586-021-03612-1
[91] Li, G.K.*, Fischer, W.W., Lamb, M.P., West, A.J., Zhang, T., Galy, V., Wang, X.T., Li, S., Qiu, H., Li, G., Zhao, L., Chen, J., and Ji, J. 2021. Coal fly ash is a major carbon flux in the Changjiang (Yangtze) River basin. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 118: e1921544118. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1921544118
[90] Douglas, M.M., Lingappa, F., Lamb, M.P., Rowland, J.C., West, A.J., Li, G.*, Kemeny, P.C., Chadwick, A.J., Piliouras, A., Schwenk, J., and Fischer, W.W. 2021. Impact of river channel lateral migration on the microbial ecology of a discontinuous permafrost floodplain. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 87: e01339-21. doi: 10.1128/AEM.01339-21
[89] Saatchi, S., Longo, M., Xu, L., Yang, Y. … [55 other authors listed alphabetically including West, A.J.] … Brumby, S., and Elmore, A. 2021. Detecting vulnerability of humid tropical forests to multiple stressors. One Earth 4: 988-1003. doi: 10.1016/j.oneear.2021.06.002
[88] Larina, E., Bottjer, D.J., Corsetti, F.A., Thibodeau, A.M., Berelson, W.M., West, A.J., and Yager, J.A.* 2021. Ecosystem change and carbon cycle perturbation preceded the end-Triassic mass extinction. Earth and Planetary Science Letters 576: 117180. doi: 10.1016/j.epsl.2021.117180
[87] Kemeny, P.C., Lopex, G.I., Dalleska, N.F., Torres, M.A., Burke, A., Bhatt, M.P., West, A.J., Hartmann, J., Adkins, J.F. 2021. Sulfate sulfur isotopes and major ion chemistry reveal that pyrite oxidation counteracts CO2 drawdown from silicate weathering in the Langtang-Narayani River system, Nepal Himalaya. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 294: 43-69. doi: 10.1016/j.gca.2020.11.009
[86] Pogge von Strandmann, P.A.E., Renforth, P., West, A.J., Murphy, M., Luu, T.-H., and Henderson, G.M. 2021. The lithium and magnesium isotope signature of olivine dissolution in soil core weathering experiments. Chemical Geology 560: 120008. doi: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2020.120008
[85] Baronas J.J.*, West, A.J., Burton, K.W., Hammond, D.E., Opfergelt, S., Pogge von Strandmann, P.A.E., James, R.H., and Rouxel, O.J. 2020. Ge and Si isotope behavior during intense tropical weathering and ecosystem cycling. Global Biogeochemical Cycles 8: e2019GB006522. doi: 10.1029/2019GB006522
[84] Washington, K.E.*, West, A.J., Kalderon-Asael, B., Katchinoff, J.A.E., Stevenson, E.I., and Planavksy, N.J. 2020. Lithium isotope composition of modern and fossilized Cenozoic brachiopods. Geology 48: 1058-1061. doi: 10.1130/G47558.1
[83] Hilton, R.G. and West, A.J. 2020. Mountains, erosion, and the carbon cycle. Nature Reviews in Earth and Environment 1: 284-299. doi: 10.1038/s43017-020-0058-6
[82] Dellinger, M.*, West, A.J., Planavsky, N.J., Hardisty, D., Gill, B., Kalderon-Asael, B., Asael, D., Lyons, T., Croissant, T., and Swart, P. 2020. The effects of diagenesis on Li isotope ratios of shallow marine carbonates. American Journal of Science 320: 150-184. doi: 10.2475/02.2020.03
[81] Medwedeff, W.M., Clark, M.K., Zekkos, D.Z., and West, A.J. 2020. Characteristic landslide distributions: An investigation of landscape controls on landslide size. Earth and Planetary Science Letters 539: 116203. doi: 10.1016/j.epsl.2020.116203
[80] Dahlquist, M.P.* and West, A.J. 2019. Initiation and runout of post-seismic debris flows: Insights from the 2015 Gorkha earthquake. Geophysical Research Letters 46: 9658-9668. doi: 10.1029/2019GL083548
[79] Kirkels, F.M.S.A., Ponton, C.*, Galy, V., West, A.J., Feakins, S.J., Peterse, F. 2019. From Andes to Amazon: assessing branched tetraether lipids as tracers for soil organic carbon in the Madre de Dios River system. Journal of Geophysical Research – Biogeosciences 125: e2019JG005270. doi: 10.1029/2019JG005270
[78] Chen, C.-Y., Willett, S., West, A.J., Dadson, S., Hovius, N., Christl, M., and Shyu, J.B.H. 2019. The impact of storm-triggered landslides on sediment dynamics and catchment-wide denudation rates in the southern Central Range of Taiwan following the extreme rainfall event of Typhoon Morakot. Earth Surfaces Processes and Landforms 45: 548-564. doi: 10.1002/esp.4753
[77] Zhang, F., Jin, Z., West, A.J., An, Z., Hilton, R.G., Wang, J., Li, G.*, Densmore, A.L., Yu, J., Qiang, X., Sun, Y., Li, L., Gou, L., Xu, Y., Xu, X., Liu, X., Pan, Y., and You, C.F. 2019. Monsoonal control on delayed response of sedimentation to the 2008 Wenchuan earthquake. Science Advances 5: eaav7110. doi: 10.1126/sciadv.aav7110
[76] Torres, M.A.*, Dong, S.*, Nealson, K., and West, A.J. 2019. The kinetics of siderophore-mediated olivine dissolution. Geobiology 17: 401-416. doi: 10.1111/gbi.12332
[75] Li, G.*, West, A.J., and Qiu, H. 2019. Competing effects of mountain uplift and landslide erosion over earthquake cycles. Journal of Geophysical Research – Solid Earth 124: 5101-5133. doi: 10.1029/2018JB016986
[74] Wu, M.-S.*, West, A.J., and Feakins, S. 2019. Tropical soil profiles reveal the fate of plant wax biomarkers during storage. Organic Geochemistry 128: 1-15. doi: 10.1016/j.orggeochem.2018.12.011
[73] Fan, X., Scaringi, G., Korup, O., West, A.J., Tanyas, H., Hovius, N., van Westen, C., Hales, T.C., Jibson, R.W., Zhang, L., Allstadt, K.E., Evans, S.G., Xu, C., Li, G., Pei, X., Xu, Q., and Huang, R. 2019. Earthquake-induced chains of geologic hazards: patterns, mechanisms and impacts. Reviews of Geophysics 57: 421-503. doi: 10.1029/2018RG000626
[72] Wang, J., Hilton, R.G., Jin, Z., Zhang, F., Densmore, A.L., Gröcke, D.R., Xu, X., Li, G.*, West, A.J. 2019. The isotopic composition and fluxes of particulate organic carbon exported from the eastern margin of the Tibetan Plateau. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 252: 1-15. doi: 10.1016/j.gca.2019.02.031
[71] Pinedo-Gonzalez, P.*, West, A.J., Tovar-Sanchez, A., Duarte, C.M., Sañudo-Wilhelmy, S.A. 2018. Concentrations and isotopic composition of dissolved Pb in surface waters of the modern global ocean. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 235: 41-54. doi: 10.1016/j.gca.2018.05.005
[70] Dahlquist, M.P.*, West, A.J., and Li, G.* 2018. Landslide-driven drainage divide migration. Geology 46: 403-406. doi: 10.1130/G39916.1
[69] Dellinger, M.*, West, A.J., Adkins, J.F., Paris, G., Pogge von Strandmann, P.A.E., Ullman, C.V., Eagle, R.A., Freitas, P., Bagard, M.-L., Ries, J.B., Corsetti, F.A., Perez-Huerta, A., Kampf, A.R. 2018. The Li isotope composition of marine biogenic carbonates: Patterns and mechanisms. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 236: 315-335. doi: 10.1016/j.gca.2018.03.014
[68] Baronas, J.J.*, Torres, M.A.*, West, A.J., Rouxel, O., Georg, B., Bouchez, J., Gaillardet, J., and Hammond, D.E. 2018. Ge and Si isotope signatures in rivers: A quantitative multi-proxy approach. Earth and Planetary Science Letters 503: 194-215. doi: 10.1016/j.epsl.2018.09.022
[67] Li, G.*, West, A.J., Densmore, A.L., Jin, Z., Zhang, F., Wang, J., and Hilton, R.G. 2018. Distribution of Earthquake Triggered Landslides across Landscapes: Towards Understanding Erosional Agency and Cascading Hazards. In: Fault-Zone Guided Wave, Ground Motion, Landslide and Earthquake Forecast, Y.-G. Li, ed. Walter de Gruyter, 242pp. doi: 10.1515/9783110543551-170
[66] Feakins, S., Wu, M.-S., Ponton, C.*, Galy, V., and West, A.J. 2018. Dual isotope evidence for uniform sedimentary integration of plant wax biomarkers across an Andes-Amazon elevation transect. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 242: 64-81. doi: 10.1016/j.gca.2018.09.007
[65] Hosono, T., Hartmann, J., Louvat, P., Amann, T., Washington, K.E.*, West, A.J., Okamura, K., Böttcher, M.E., and Gaillardet, J. 2018. Earthquake-induced structural deformations enhance long-term solute fluxes from active volcanic systems. Scientific Reports 8: 14809. doi: 10.1038/s41598-018-32735-1
[64] Li, L., Chen, J., Chen, T., Chen, Y., Hedding, D.W., Li, G.*, Li, L., Li, T., Robinson, L.F., West, A.J., Wua, W., You, C.-F., Zhao, L., and Li, G.-J. 2018. Weathering dynamics reflected by the response of riverine uranium isotope disequilibrium to changes in denudation rate. Earth and Planetary Science Letters 500: 136-144. doi: 10.1016/j.epsl.2018.08.008
[63] Hartmann, J., Li, G.-J., and West, A.J. 2017. Running out of gas: Zircon 18O-Hf-U/Pb evidence for Snowball Earth preconditioned by low degassing. Geochemical Perspectives Letters 4, 41-46. doi: 10.7185/geochemlet.1734
[62] Torres, M.A.*, Limaye, A.B., Ganti, V., Lamb, M.P., West, A.J., and Fischer, W.W. 2017. Model predictions of long-lived storage of organic carbon in river deposits. Earth Surface Dynamics 5: 711-730. doi: 10.5194/esurf-2017-29
[61] Zekkos, D., Clark, M.K., Whitworth, M., Greenwood, W., West, A.J., Roback, K., Li, G.*, Chamlagain, D., Manousakis, J., Quackenbush, P.*, Medwedeff, W., and Lynch, J. 2017 Observations of landslides caused by the April 2015 Gorkha earthquake in Nepal based on land, UAV and satellite reconnaissance. Earthquake Spectra 33: S95-S114 (special issue on Gorkha earthquake). doi: 10.1193/121616EQS237M
[60] Torres, M.A.*, Moosdorf, N., Hartmann, J., Adkins, J., and West, A.J. Glacial weathering, sulfide oxidation, and global carbon cycle feedbacks. 2017. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 114: 8716-8721. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1702953114
[59] Yager, J.A.*, West, A.J., Corsetti, F.A., Berelson, W.M., Rollins, N.E., Rosas, S., Bottjer, D.J. 2017. Duration of and decoupling between carbon isotope excursions during the end-Triassic mass extinction and Central Atlantic Magmatic Province emplacement. Earth and Planetary Science Letters 473: 227-236. doi: 10.1016/j.epsl.2017.05.031
[58] Li, G.*, West, A.J., Densmore, A.L., Jin, Z., Zhang, F., Wang, J., Clark, M.K., and Hilton, R.G. 2017. Earthquakes drive focused denudation along a tectonically-active mountain front. Earth and Planetary Science Letters 472: 253-265. doi: 10.1016/j.epsl.2017.04.040
[57] Torres, M.A.*, Baronas, J.J.*, Clark, K.E., Feakins, S.F., and West, A.J. 2017. Mixing as a driver of temporal variations in river hydrochemistry. Part 1: insights from water isotopes in the Andes-Amazon. Water Resources Research 53: 3102-3119. doi: 10.1002/2016WR019733
[56] Baronas, J.J.*, Torres, M.A.*, Clark, K.E., and West, A.J. 2017. Mixing as a driver of temporal variations in river hydrochemistry. Part 2: Major and trace element concentration dynamics in the Andes-Amazon. Water Resources Research 53: 3120-3145. doi: 10.1002/2016WR019729
[55] Roback, K., Clark, M.K., West, A.J., Zekkos, D., Li, G.*, Gallen, S.F., Chamlagain, D., and Godt, J.W. 2017. The size, distribution, and mobility of landslides caused by the 2015 Mw7.8 Gorkha earthquake, Nepal. Geomorphology 301: 121-128. doi: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2017.01.030
[54] Clark, K.E., Hilton, R.G., West, A.J., Robles Caceres, A., Grocke, D.R., Marthews, T.R., Ferguson, R.I., Asner, G.P., New, M., and Malhi, Y. 2017. Erosion of organic carbon from the Andes and its effects on ecosystem carbon dioxide balance. Journal of Geophysical Research – Biogeosciences 122: 449-469. doi: 10.1002/2016JG003615
[53] Pinedo-Gonzalez, P.*, Hellige, B.*, West, A.J., and Sañudo-Wilhelmy, S. 2016. Changes in the size partitioning of metals in storm runoff following wildfires: Implications for the transport of bioactive trace metals. Applied Geochemistry 83: 62-71. doi: 10.1016/j.apgeochem.2016.07.016
[52] Torres, M.A.*, West, A.J., Clark, K.C., Paris, G., Bouchez, J., Ponton, C.*, Feakins, S., Adkins, J. 2016. The acid and alkalinity budgets of weathering in the Andes-Amazon system: The acid and alkalinity budgets of weathering in the Andes-Amazon system. Earth and Planetary Science Letters 450: 381-391. doi: 10.1016/j.epsl.2016.06.012
[51] Li, G.*, West, A.J., Densmore, A.L., Hammond, D.E., Jin, Z., Zhang, F., Wang, J., and Hilton R.G. 2016. Connectivity of earthquake-triggered landslides with the fluvial network: implications for landslide sediment transport after the 2008 Wenchuan earthquake. Journal of Geophysical Research – Earth Surface 121: 703-724. doi: 10.1002/2015JF003718
[50] Thibodeau, A.M., Ritterbush, K., Yager, J.*, West, A.J., Ibarra, Y., Bottjer, D., Berelson, W., Bergquist, B.A., and Corsetti, F. 2016. Mercury anomalies, volcanism, and timing of biotic recovery following the end-Triassic mass extinction. Nature Communications 7: 11147. doi: 10.1038/ncomms11147
[49] Wang, J., Jin, Z., Hilton, R.G., Zhang, F., Li, G.*, Densmore, A.L., Gröcke, D.R., Xu., X., and West, A.J. 2016. Earthquake-triggered increase in biospheric carbon export from a mountain belt. Geology 44: 471-474. doi: 10.1130/G37533.1
[48] Clark, K.E., West A.J., Hilton R.G., Asner G.P., Silman M.R., Saatchi S., Quesada C.A., Farfan Rios W., Martin R.E., New M., and Malhi Y. 2016. Storm-triggered landslides in the Peruvian Andes and implications for topography, carbon cycles, and biodiversity. Earth Surface Dynamics 4: 47-70. doi: 10.5194/esurf-4-47-2016
[47] Li G-J., Hartmann J., Derry L.A., West A.J., Louvat P., You C.-F., Li G., Long X. Li L., Qiu W., Liu L., Chen Y., Ji J., and Chen J. 2016. Temperature dependence of basalt weathering. Earth and Planetary Science Letters 443: 59-69. doi: 10.1016/j.epsl.2016.03.015
[46] Feng, X., Feakins, S.J., Liu, Z., Ponton, C., Wang, R.Z., Karkabi, E., Galy, V., Berelson, W.M., Nottingham, A.T., Meir, P., West, A.J. 2016. Source to sink: Evolution of lignin composition in the Madre de Dios River system with connection to the Amazon basin and offshore. Journal of Geophysical Research – Biogeosciences 121: 1316-1338. doi: 10.1002/2016JG003323
[45] Feakins, S.J., Bentley, L.P., Salinas, N., Shenkin, A., Blonder, B., Goldsmith, G.R., Ponton, C., Arvin, L.J., Wu, M.S., Peters, T., West, A.J., Martin, R.E., Enquist, B.J., Asner, G.P., Malhi, Y. 2016. Plant leaf wax biomarkers capture gradients in hydrogen isotopes of precipitation from the Andes and Amazon. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 182: 155-172. doi: 10.1016/j.epsl.2016.03.015
[44] Jin, Z., West, A.J., Zhang, F., Zhisheng, A., Hilton, R.G., Yu, J., Wang, J., Li, G.*, Deng, L., and Wang, X. 2015. Seismically enhanced solute fluxes in the Yangtze River headwaters following the A.D. 2008 Wenchuan earthquake. Geology 44: 47-50. doi: 10.1130/G37246.1
[43] Pinedo-González, P.*, West, A.J., Tovar-Sanchez, A., Duarte, C., Marañon, E., Cermeño, P., Gonzalez, N., Sobrino, C., Huete-Ortega, M., Fernandez, A, Lopez-Sandoval, D.C., Vidal, M., Blasco, D., Estrada, M., and Sañudo-Wilhelmy, S. 2015. Surface distribution of dissolved trace metals in the oligotrophic ocean and their influence on phytoplankton biomass and productivity. Global Biogeochemical Cycles 29: 1763-1781. doi: 10.1002/2015GB005149
[42] Bagard, M.-L.*, West, A.J., Newman, K., and Basu, A. 2015. Lithium dissolved fluxes and isotope fractionation in the Ganges floodplain and Bengal groundwater systems. Earth and Planetary Science Letters 432: 404-414. doi: 10.1016/j.epsl.2015.08.036
[41] Torres, M.A.*, West, A.J., and Clark, K.E. 2015. Geomorphic regime modulates hydrologic control of chemical weathering in the Andes-Amazon. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 166: 105-128. doi: 10.1016/j.gca.2015.06.007
[40] West A.J., The ASTER Team, Bickle M.J., and Ojha T. 2015. High natural erosion rates are the backdrop for present-day soil erosion in the agricultural Middle Hills of Nepal. Earth Surface Dynamics 3: 363-387. doi: 10.5194/esurf-3-363-2015
[39] Wang J., Jin Z.D., Hilton R.G., Zhang F., Densmore A.L., Li G.*, and West A.J. 2015. Controls on fluvial evacuation of sediment from earthquake-triggered landslides. Geology 43: 115-118. doi: 10.1130/G36157.1
[38] Li G.*, Wang X., Yang Z., Mao C., West A.J., and Ji J. 2015. Dam‐triggered organic carbon sequestration makes the Changjiang (Yangtze) river basin (China) a significant carbon sink. Journal of Geophysical Research – Biogeosciences 120: 39-53. doi: 10.1002/2014JG002646
[37] Ritterbush K.A.*, Rosas S., Corsetti F.A., Bottjer D.B., and West A.J. 2015. Andean sponges reveal long-term benthic ecosystem shifts following the end-Triassic mass extinction. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 420: 193-209. doi: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2014.12.002
[36] Corsetti, F.A., Ritterbush, K.A., Bottjer, D.J., Greene, S., Ibarra, Y., Yager, J.A., West, A.J., Berelson, W.M., Rosas, S., Becker, T.W., Levine, N.M., Loyd, S.J., Martindale, R.C., Petryshyn, V.A., Carroll, N.R., Petsios, E., Pietsch, C., Stellmann, J.L., Thompson, J.R., Washington, K.A. & Wilmeth, D.T. 2015. Investigating the paleoecological consequences of supercontinent breakup: sponges clean up in the Early Jurassic. The Sedimentary Record 13: 4-10. doi: 10.2110/sedred.2015.2
[35] Baker, P.A., Fritz, S.C., Silva, C.G., Rigsby, C.A., Absy, M.L., Almeida, R.P., Caputo, M., Chiessi, C.M., Cruz, F.W. , Dick, C.W., Feakins, S.J., Figueiredo, J., Freeman K.H., Hoorn C., Jaramillo C., Kern A.J., Latrubesse E.M., Ledru M.P., Marzoli A., Myrbo A., Noren A., Piller W.E., Ramos M.I.F., Ribas C.C., Trindade R., West A.J., Wahnfried I., Willard D.A. Trans-Amazon Drilling Project (TADP): Origins and Evolution of the Forests, Climate, and Hydrology of the South American Tropics. Scientific Drilling, 20 , 41-49. doi: 10.5194/sd-20-41-2015
[34] Clark, K.E., Torres, M.A.*, West, A.J., Hilton, R.G., New, M., Horwath, A.B., Fisher, J.B., Rapp, J.R., Caceres, A.R., Malhi, Y. 2014. The hydrological regime of a forested tropical Andean catchment. Hydrology and Earth System Science 18: 5377-5397. doi: 10.5194/hess-18-5377-2014
[33] West, A.J., Hetzel, R., Li, G.*, Jin, Z.D., Zhang, F., Densmore, A.L., and Hilton, R.G. 2014. Dilution of 10Be in detrital quartz by earthquake-induced landslides: implications for determining denudation rates and potential to provide insights into landslide sediment dynamics. Earth and Planetary Science Letters 396: 143-153. doi: 10.1016/j.epsl.2014.03.058
[32] Ponton, C.*, West, A.J., Feakins, S., and Galy, V. 2014. Leaf wax biomarkers in transit record river catchment composition. Geophysical Research Letters 41: 6420-6427. doi: 10.1002/2014GL061328
[31] Pinedo-Gonzalez, P.*, West, A.J., Rivera-Duarte, I., and Sañudo-Wilhemy, S.A. 2014. Diel changes in trace metal concentration and distribution in coastal waters: Catalina Island as a study case. Environmental Science and Technology 48: 7730-7737. doi: 10.1021/es5019515
[30] Li G-J. and West A.J. 2014. Evolution of Cenozoic seawater lithium isotopes: coupling of global denudation regime and shifting seawater sinks. Earth and Planetary Science Letters 401: 284-293. doi: 10.1016/j.epsl.2014.06.011
[29] Torres, M.*, West A.J., and Li G-J. 2014. Sulphide oxidation and carbonate weathering as a source of CO2 over geological timescales. Nature 507: 346-349. doi: 10.1038/nature13030
[28] Li, G.*, West, A.J., Densmore, A., Jin, Z.D., Parker, R., and Hilton, R.G. 2014. Seismic mountain building: landslides associated with the 2008 Wenchuan earthquake in the context of a generalized model for earthquake volume balance.Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems 15: 833-844. doi: 10.1002/2013GC005067
[27] Gregory, L.C., Thomas, A.L., Walker, R.T., Garland, R., MacNiocall, C., Fenton, C.R., Bayasgalan, A., Amgaa, T., Gantulga, B., Rhodes, A., Xu, S., West, A.J., and Schnabel, C. 2014. Combined uranium series and 10Be cosmogenic exposure dating of surface abandonment: A case study from the Ölgiy strike-slip fault in western Mongolia. Quaternay Geochronology 24: 27-43. doi: 10.1016/j.quageo.2014.07.005
[26] Opfergelt S., Burton K.W., Georg B., West A.J., Guicharnaud R., Sigfusson B., Siebert C., Gislason S.R., and Halliday A.N. 2014. Magnesium retention on the soil exchange complex controlling Mg isotope variations in soils, soil solutions and vegetation in volcanic soils, Iceland. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 125: 110-130. doi: 10.1016/j.gca.2013.09.036
[25] Hartmann J., Moosdorf N., Lauerwald R., Hinderer M., and West A.J. 2014. Global chemical weathering and associated P-release - the role of lithology, temperature and soil properties. Chemical Geology 363: 145-163. doi: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2013.10.025
[24] West A.J., Fox M., Walker R.T., Carter A., Harris T., Watts A.B., and Gantulga B. 2013. Links between climate, erosion, uplift, and topography during intracontinental mountain building of the Hangay Dome, Mongolia. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems 14: 5171-5193. doi: 10.1002/2013GC004859
[23] Hartmann J., West A.J., Renforth, P., Koehler P., de la Rocha C., Wolf-Gladrow D., Durr H., and Scheffran J. 2013. Enhanced chemical weathering as a geoengineering strategy to reduce atmospheric carbon dioxide, supply nutrients, and mitigate ocean acidification. Reviews of Geophysics 51: 113-149. doi: 10.1002/rog.20004
[22] Georg R.B., West A.J., Vance D., Newman K., and Halliday A.N. 2013. Is the marine osmium isotope record a probe for CO2 release from sedimentary rocks? Earth and Planetary Science Letters 367: 28-38. doi: 10.1016/j.epsl.2013.02.018
[21] Keech A.R., West A.J., Pett-Ridge J., and Henderson G. 2013. Evaluating U-series tools for weathering rate and duration on a soil sequence of known ages. Earth and Planetary Science Letters 374: 24-35. doi: 10.1016/j.epsl.2013.04.032
[20] Clark K.E., Hilton R.G., West A.J., Malhi Y., Grocke D.R., Bryant C.L., Ascough P.L., Robles A.C., and New M. 2013. New views on ‘old’ carbon in the Amazon River: Insight from the source of organic carbon eroded from the Peruvian Andes. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, 14: 1644-1659. doi: 10.1002/ggge.20122
[19] Hilton R.G., Galy A., West A.J., Hovius N., and Roberts G.G. 2012. Geomorphic control on the ∂15N of mountain forest. Biogeosciences 9: 12593-12626. doi: 10.5194/bg-10-1693-2013
[18] West A.J. 2012. Thickness of the chemical weathering zone and implications for erosional and climatic drivers of weathering and for carbon-cycle feedbacks. Geology 40: 811-814. doi: 10.1130/G33041.1
[17] Martindale R.C., Berelson W.M., Corsetti F.A., Bottjer D.J., West A.J. 2012. Constraining carbonate chemistry at a potential ocean acidification event (the Triassic–Jurassic boundary) using the presence of corals and coral reefs in the fossil record. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 350-352: 114-123. doi: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2012.06.020
[16] West A.J. 2011. Snowballs limited by weathering. Nature Geoscience 4: 824-826. [Solicited News and Views article.] doi: 10.1038/ngeo1330
[15] West A.J., Lin C.-W., Lin T.-C., Hilton, R.G., Liu S.-H., Chang C.-T., Lin K.C., Galy A., Sparkes R.B., and Hovius N. 2011. Mobilization and transport of coarse woody debris to the oceans triggered by an extreme tropical storm. Limnology and Oceanography 56(1): 77-85. doi: 10.4319/lo.2011.56.1.0077
[14] Calmels D., Galy A., Hovius N., Bickle M., West A.J., Chen M.-C., and Chapman H. 2011. Contribution of deep groundwater to the weathering budget in a rapidly eroding mountain belt, Taiwan. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 303: 48-58. doi: 10.1016/j.epsl.2010.12.032
[13] West A.J., Jin Z.D., Zhang F. 2010. Changes in dissolved ion concentrations of the Min Jiang associated with the 2008 Wenchuan earthquake. Journal of Earth Environment 2: 90-99.
[12] Georg R.B., West A.J., Basu A.R., and Halliday, A.N. 2009. Silicon fluxes and isotope composition of direct groundwater discharge into the Bay of Bengal and the effect on the global ocean silicon isotope budget. Earth and Planetary Science Letters 283: 67-74. doi: 10.1016/j.epsl.2009.03.041
[11] Nissen E.T., Walker R.T., Bayasgalan A., Carter A., Fattahi M., Molor E., Schnabel C., West A.J., and Xu S. 2009. The late Quaternary slip-rate of the Har-Us-Nuur fault (Mongolian Altai) from cosmogenic 10Be and luminescence dating. Earth and Planetary Science Letters 286: 467-478. doi: 10.1016/j.epsl.2009.06.048
[10] West, A.J. 2008. Mountains and monsoons. Nature Geoscience 1(12): 814-815. [Solicited News and Views article.] doi: 10.1038/ngeo369
[9] Knudsen M.F., Henderson G.M., MacNiocaill C., and West A.J. 2007. Seven thousand year duration for a geomagnetic excursion constrained by Th-230(xs). Geophysical Research Letters 34(22): L22302. doi: 10.1029/2007GL031090
[8] Georg R.B., Reynolds B.C., West A.J., Burton K.W., and Halliday A.N. 2007. Silicon isotope variations accompanying basalt weathering in Iceland. Earth and Planetary Science Letters 261: 476-490. doi: 10.1016/j.epsl.2007.07.004
[7] Tipper E.T., Bickle M.J., Galy A., West A.J., Pomies C., and Chapman H.J. 2006. The short term climatic sensitivity of carbonate and silicate weathering fluxes: Insight from seasonal variations in river chemistry. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 70: 2737-2754. doi: 10.1016/j.gca.2006.03.005
[6] West A.J., Galy A., Bickle M.J. 2005. Tectonic and climatic controls on silicate weathering. Earth and Planetary Science Letters 235: 211-228. doi: 10.1016/j.epsl.2005.03.020
[5] West A.J. 2003. Forests and national security: British and American forestry policy in the wake of World War I. Environmental History 8 (2): 270-293. doi:
[4] West A.J., Bickle M.J., Collins R., et al. 2002. Small-catchment perspective on Himalayan weathering fluxes. Geology 30 (4): 355-358. doi: 10.2307/3985712
[3] Thornton G.J.P., Oliver L.S., West A.J. 2001. Acid sensitivity of three large Nepalese catchments: Case study of Bhote Kosi, Everest and Langtang. Water, Air and Soil Pollution 130 (1-4): 849-854. doi: 10.1023/A:1013882914649
[2] West A.J., Findlay S.E.G., Burns D.A., et al. 2001. Catchment-scale variation in the nitrate concentrations of groundwater seeps in the Catskill Mountains, New York, USA. Water, Air and Soil Pollution 132 (3-4): 389-400. doi: 10.1023/A:1013268004513
[1] Moulton K.L., West J., Berner R.A. 2000. Solute flux and mineral mass balance approaches to the quantification of plant effects on silicate weathering. American Journal of Science 300 (7): 539-57. doi: 10.2475/ajs.300.7.539