Publications
2021
Heard, A.W, Aarons, S.M., Hofmann, A., He, X., Ireland, T., Bekker, A., Qin, L., Dauphas, N. Anoxic continental surface weathering conditions in the Mesoarchean Pongola Supergroup, South Africa, Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 295, 1-23, 2021.
2020
Aarons, S. M., Reimink, J.R., Greber, N.D., Heard, A.W., Zhang, Z., and Dauphas, N., Titanium isotopes constrain a magmatic transition at the Hadean-Archean boundary in the Acasta Gneiss Complex, Science Advances, 6, eabc9959, 2020.
2019
Aarons, S. M., Arvin, L. J., Aciego, S. M., Riebe, C. S., Johnson, K. R., Blakowski, M. A., ... Aronson, E. L. (2019). Competing droughts affect dust delivery to Sierra Nevada. Aeolian Research, 41(100545). doi: 10.1016/j.aeolia.2019.100545
Johnson, A. C., Aarons, S. M., Dauphas, N., Nie, N. X., Zeng, H., Helz, R. T., ... Anbar, A. D. (2019). Titanium isotopic fractionation in Kilauea Iki lava lake driven by oxide crystallization. Geochimica Et Cosmochimica Acta, 264, 180-190. doi: 10.1016/j.gca.2019.08.022
Aarons, S. M., Aciego, S. M., McConnell, J. R., Delmonte, B., Baccolo, G. (2019). Dust transport to the Taylor Glacier, Antarctica, during the last interglacial. Geophysical Research Letters, 46(4), 2261-2270. doi: 10.1029/2018gl081887
2017
Aarons, S. M., Blakowski, M. A., Aciego, S. M., Stevenson, E. I., Sims, K. W. W., Scott, S. R., & Aarons, C. (2017). Geochemical characterization of critical dust source regions in the American West. Geochimica Et Cosmochimica Acta, 215, 141-161. doi: 10.1016/j.gca.2017.07.024
Arendt, C. A., Aciego, S. M., Sims, K. W. W., & Aarons, S. M. (2017). Seasonal progression of uranium series isotopes in subglacial meltwater: Implications for subglacial storage time. Chemical Geology, 467, 42-52. doi: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2017.07.007
Aarons, S. M., Aciego, S. M., Arendt, C. A., Blakowski, M. A., Steigmeyer, A., Gabrielli, P., ... Pratt, K. A. (2017). Dust composition changes from Taylor Glacier (East Antarctica) during the last glacial-interglacial transition: A multi-proxy approach. Quaternary Science Reviews, 162, 60-71. doi: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2017.03.011
Chellman, N., McConnell, J. R., Arienzo, M., Pederson, G. T., Aarons, S. M., & Csank, A. (2017). Reassessment of the Upper Fremont Glacier Ice-Core Chronologies by Synchronizing of Ice-Core-Water Isotopes to a Nearby Tree-Ring Chronology. Environmental Science & Technology, 51(8), 4230-4238. doi: 10.1021/acs.est.6b06574
Aciego, S. M., Riebe, C. S., Hart, S. C., Blakowski, M. A., Carey, C. J., Aarons, S. M., ... Aronson, E. L. (2017). Dust outpaces bedrock in nutrient supply to montane forest ecosystems. Nature Communications, 8. doi: 10.1038/ncomms148002
2016
Aarons, S. M., Aciego, S. M., Gabrielli, P., Delmonte, B., Koornneef, J. M., Uglietti, C., ... Bouman, C. (2016). Ice core record of dust sources in the western United States over the last 300 years. Chemical Geology, 442, 160-173. doi: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2016.09.006
Aarons, S. M., Aciego, S. M., Gabrielli, P., Delmonte, B., Koornneef, J. M., Wegner, A., & Blakowski, M. A. (2016). The impact of glacier retreat from the Ross Sea on local climate: Characterization of mineral dust in the Taylor Dome ice core, East Antarctica. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 444, 34-44. doi: 10.1016/j.epsl.2016.03.035
2015
Aciego, S. M., Aarons, S. M., & Sims, K. W. W. (2015). The uranium-isotopic composition of Saharan dust collected over the central Atlantic Ocean. Aeolian Research, 17, 61-66. doi: 10.1016/j.aeolia.2015.01.003
2013
Aarons, S. M., Aciego, S. M., & Gleason, J. D. (2013). Variable HfSrNd radiogenic isotopic compositions in a Saharan dust storm over the Atlantic: Implications for dust flux to oceans, ice sheets and the terrestrial biosphere. Chemical Geology, 349-350, 18-26. doi: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2013.04.010