Iowa State University

Iowa State University

College of Liberal Arts and Sciences

Department of Geological and Atmospheric Sciences

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Carl Jacobson
Chair
Department of Geological & Atmospheric Sciences
253 Science I
Ames, Iowa 50011

FAX: 515-294-6049

William Gallus
Professor-in-Charge
Meteorology Program
3010 Agronomy Hall
515-294-2270


Publications by German Mora


Articles

Mora, G., and Hinnov, L., (submitted), Sulfur speciation in lake sediments as a proxy for rainfall patterns. In: G. Mora and D. Surge (Eds). Isotopic and Elemental Proxies for Paleoclimatic reconstructions. Geological Society of America, Special Publication.

Mora, G., and Jahren, A.H., (2003), Isotopic evidence for the role of plant development on transpiration in deciduous forests of southern United States. Global Biogeochemical Cycles.

Kopf, A., Mora, G., and Deyhle, A. (2003), Fluid geochemistry in the Japan trench forearc (ODP Leg 186): A synthesis. In: Sacks, S. et al. (Eds). Proceedings of the Ocean Drilling Program. Scientific Results. vol. 186.

Mora, G. (2002), Carbonate and organic carbon accumulation at Sites 1150 and 1151, Leg 186. In: Sacks, S. et al. (Eds). Proceedings of the Ocean Drilling Program. Scientific Results. vol. 186.

Mora, G., Boom, A., and Pratt, L.M., (2002), Biogeochemical characteristics of lacustrine sediments reflecting a changing alpine neotropical ecosystem during the Pleistocene. Quaternary Research, 58, 189-196.

Mora, G., and Pratt, L.M., (2002), Mixed C3/C4 vegetation in the alpine neotropics during the last glacial stage: stable-carbon isotope evidence from paleosols of the Bogota basin, Colombia. Quaternary Science Reviews, 21, 985-995.

Mora, G., and Pratt, L.M., (2001), Isotopic evidence for cooler and drier conditions in the tropical Andes during the Last Glacial Stage. Geology, 29, 519-522.

Boom, A., Mora, G., Cleef, A.M., and Hooghiemstra, H., (2001), High altitude C4 grass ecosystem in the northern Andes: relicts from glacial conditions. Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology, 115, 147-160.

Mora, G., (2000), Geochemistry of Leg 186. In: Sacks, S. et al. (Eds). Proceedings of the Ocean Drilling Program. Initial Results. vol. 186.

Abstracts

Mora, G., 2003, Temperature and salinity changes in the Caribbean Sea during glacial/interglacial intervals as inferred from isotopic and elemental data. Geological Society of America, Abstracts with Programs.

Sharma, S., Zanazzi, A., Mora, G., Johnston, J.W., Thompson, T.A., and Baedke, S.J., 2003, Assessment of the influence of climate on the water balance of Lake Superior during the late Holocene as inferred from stable isotope ratios in swale sequences. Geological Society of America, Abstracts with Programs.

Johnson, C.C., Pratt, L.M., Kauffman, E.G., Mora, G., and Carmo, A., 2003, High-frequence oceanographic and climatic fluctuations in a subequatorial mid-Cretaceous basin, northeastern Brazil. Geological Society of America, Abstracts with Programs.

Mora, G., 2003, Isotopic evidence for the expansion of C4 plants in the tropical Andes during glacial intervals. INQUA meeting, Reno, Nevada.

Mora, G. and Hinnov, L., 2002, Can sulfur in lacustrine sediments be used as a proxy for rainfall? Geological Society of America, Abstracts with Programs.

Mora, G. and Hinnov, L., 2002, Sedimentary sulfur variability in lake sediments of the Bogota Basin as evidence for orbital forcing of rainfall patterns in the tropical Andes. EOS, American Geophysical Union.

Mora, G., and Jahren, A.H., 2001, Stable-carbon isotope composition of organic matter from early angiosperms present in the Arundel Formation (Potomac Group), Maryland, USA. Geol. Soc. Ame., Annual Meeting, Boston.

Mora, G., and Jahren, A.H., 2001, Hydro-ecological effects on the isotopic composition of soil and leaf water in humid deciduous forests of southern United States. Ame. Geophys. Union, Spring Meeting, Boston.

Mora, G., and Jahren, A.H., 2001, Changing biohydrology along a precipitation gradient: insights from stable isotopic measurements. Goldschmidt Conference. Raonoke, Virginia.

Mora, G. and Pratt, L.M., 2000, Cooler and drier conditions during the Last Glacial Stage in the Andean tropics inferred from kaolinite isotopic data. Geol. Soc. America Abs. with Programs. (in press).

Mora, G. and Pratt, L.M., 2000, Pleistocene expansion of C4 plants in the neotropics: stable-carbon isotope evidence from paleosols of the Bogota basin, Colombia. Gordon Conference on Organic Geochemistry.

Mora, G., Pratt, L.M., Mix, A., Boom, A., and Hooghiemstra, H., 1999, Assessment of tropical temperature fluctuations during glacial/interglacial intervals: organic geochemical and isotopic evidence from the Colombian Andes. American Geophys. Union, Fall Meeting.

Eigenbrode, J.L., Pratt, L.M., Rhodes, D.D., Arrowsmith, J.R., and Mora, G., 1999, Sedimentological and carbon-isotopic records of Late Holocene climate in the sediments of Soda Lake, Carrizo Plain, California. Geol. Soc. America Abs. with Programs, vol. 31, n. 7. p.361.

Mora, G. and Pratt, L.M., 1999, Testing the expansion of C4 plants in the neotropics during glacial intervals: carbon-isotope composition of organic matter in Pleistocene paleosols from the Colombian Andes. Geol. Soc. America Abs. with Programs, vol. 31, n. 7. p. 252.