PEER-REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS (*student or postdoc author)
J. Ren*, B.A. Schubert, W.E. Lukens, C. Xu. 2023. “The oxygen isotope value of whole wood, α-cellulose, and holocellulose in modern and fossil wood," Chemical Geology, 623: 121405, doi: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2023.121405 (pdf).
E.B. Wilkes, A.L. Sessions, S.S. Zeichner, B. Dallas, B.A. Schubert, A.H. Jahren, and J.M. Eiler. 2022. “Position-specific carbon isotope analysis of serine by gas chromatography/Orbitrap mass spectrometry, and an application to plant metabolism, “Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry, 36(18): e9347, doi: 10.1002/rcm.9347 (pdf)
W.E Lukens, R.T. Narmour*, B.A. Schubert. 2021, “Seasonal hydroclimate recorded in high resolution δ18O profiles across Pinus palustris growth rings, “Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences, 126(12): e2021JG006505, doi: 10.1029/2021JG006505 (pdf).
J. Ren*, B.A Schubert, W.E. Lukens, C. Quan. 2021, "Low oxygen isotope values of fossil cellulose indicate an intense monsoon in East Asia during the late Oligocene," Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 577: 110556, doi: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2021.110556 (pdf).
J.R. Vornlocher*, W.E. Lukens, B.A. Schubert, and C. Quan. 2021, "Late Oligocene precipitation seasonality in East Asia based on δ13C profiles in fossil wood," Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology, 36: e2021PA004229, doi: 10.1029/2021PA004229 (pdf).
B.A. Schubert, Y. Cui, and A.H. Jahren. 2021, "A 23 m.y. record of low atmospheric CO2: Reply," Geology, 49(6): e524, doi: 10.1130/G49093Y.1 (pdf).
Y. Cui, B.A. Schubert, and A.H. Jahren. 2020, "A 23 m.y. record of low atmospheric CO2," Geology, 48(9): 888-892. doi: 10.1130/G47681.1 (pdf).
W.E. Lukens*, P. Eze*, B.A. Schubert. 2019, "The effect of diagenesis on carbon isotope values of fossil wood," Geology, 47(10): 987-991, doi: 10.1130/G46412.1 (pdf).
T. W. Chapman*, Y. Cui, B.A. Schubert. 2019, "Stable carbon isotopes of fossil plant lipids support moderately high pCO2 in the early Paleogene," ACS Earth and Space Chemistry, 3(9): 1966-1973, doi: 10.1021/acsearthspacechem.9b00146 (pdf).
K.M. Evans, L.Y. Kim, B.A. Schubert, J.S. Albert. 2019. "Ecomorphology of Neotropical electric fishes: an integrative approach to testing the relationships between form, function and trophic ecology," Integrative Organismal Biology, doi: 10.1093/iob/obz015 (pdf).
C. J. Hollis, T. Dunkley Jones, E. Anagnostou, P. K. Bijl, M. J. Cramwinckel, Y. Cui, G. R. Dickens, K. M. Edgar, Y. Eley, D. Evans, G. L. Foster, J. Frieling, G. N. Inglis, E. M. Kennedy, R. Kozdon, V. Lauretano, C. H. Lear, K. Littler, L. Lourens, A. N. Meckler, B. D. A. Naafs, H. Pälike, R. D. Pancost, P. N. Pearson, U. Röhl, D. L. Royer, U. Salzmann, B. A. Schubert, H. Seebeck, A. Sluijs, R. P. Speijer, P. Stassen, J. Tierney, A. Tripati, B. Wade, T. Westerhold, C. Witkowski, J. C. Zachos, Y. G. Zhang, M. Huber, and D. J. Lunt. 2019. "The DeepMIP contribution to PMIP4: methodologies for selection, compilation and analysis of latest Paleocene and early Eocene climate proxy data, incorporating version 0.1 of the DeepMIP database," Geoscientific Model Development, 12(7): 3149-3206, doi: 10.5194/gmd-12-3149-2019 (pdf).
M.T. Jones, L.M.E Percival, E.W. Stokke, J. Frieling, T.A. Mather, L. Riber, B.A. Schubert, B. Schultz, C. Tegner, S. Planke, H.H. Svensen. 2019. “Mercury anomalies across the Palaeocene–Eocene Thermal Maximum,” Climate of the Past, 15: 217-236, doi: 10.5194/cp-15-217-2019 (pdf).
Y. Cui and B.A. Schubert. 2018 (invited research article). "Towards determination of the source and magnitude of atmospheric pCO2 change across the early Paleogene hyperthermals," Global and Planetary Change, 170, 120-125, doi: 10.1016/j.gloplacha.2018.08.011 (pdf).
W.M. Hagopian, B.A. Schubert, R.A. Graper, A.H. Jahren. 2018. "Plant growth chamber design for subambient pCO2 and δ13C studies," Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry, 32, 1296-1302, doi: 10.1002/rcm.8176 (pdf).
B.A. Schubert and A.H. Jahren. 2018 (invited review). "Incorporating the effects of photorespiration into terrestrial paleoclimate reconstruction," Earth-Science Reviews, 177, 637-642, doi: 10.1016/j.earscirev.2017.12.008 (pdf).
Y. Cui* and B.A. Schubert. 2017. "Atmospheric pCO2 reconstructed across five early Eocene global warming events," Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 478, 225-233, doi: 10.1016/j.epsl.2017.08.038 (pdf).
B.A. Schubert, A.H. Jahren, S.P. Davydov, S. Warny. 2017. “The transitional climate of the late Miocene Arctic: Winter-dominated precipitation with high seasonal variability,” Geology, 45, 447-450, doi: 10.1130/G38746.1 (pdf).
E.A. Hobbie, B.A. Schubert, J.M. Craine, E. Linder, A. Pringle. 2017. “Increased C3 productivity in Midwestern lawns since 1982 revealed by carbon isotopes in Amanita thiersii,” Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences, 122(2): 280-288, doi: 10.1002/2016JG003579 (pdf).
M.W. Trahan* and B.A. Schubert. 2016. “Temperature-induced water stress in high-latitude forests in response to natural and anthropogenic warming.” Global Change Biology, 22: 782-791, doi: 10.1111/gcb.13121 (pdf).
Y. Cui* and B.A. Schubert. 2016. “Quantifying uncertainty of past pCO2 determined from changes in C3 plant carbon isotope fractionation.” Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 172: 127-138, doi: 10.1016/j.gca.2015.09.032 (pdf).
B.A. Schubert and A. Timmermann. 2015. “Reconstruction of seasonal precipitation in Hawai`i using high-resolution carbon isotope measurements across tree rings.” Chemical Geology, 417: 273-278, doi:10.1016/j.chemgeo.2015.10.013 (pdf).
B.A. Schubert and A.H. Jahren. 2015 (invited review). “Seasonal temperature and precipitation recorded in the intra-annual oxygen isotope pattern of meteoric water and tree-ring cellulose.” Quaternary Science Reviews, 125: 1-14, doi: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2015.07.024 (pdf).
B.A. Schubert and A.H. Jahren. 2015. " Global increase in plant carbon isotope fractionation following the Last Glacial Maximum caused by increase in atmospheric pCO2," Geology, 43(5): 435-438, doi:10.1130/G36467.1 (pdf).
W.H. Hagopian, B.A. Schubert, A.H. Jahren. 2015. "Large-scale plant growth chamber design for elevated pCO2 and δ13C studies," Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry, 29: 440-446, doi: 10.1002/rcm.7121 (pdf).
K. Sankaranarayanan, T.K. Lowenstein, M.N. Timofeeff, B.A. Schubert, J.K. Lum. 2014. “Characterization of ancient DNA supports long-term survival of haloarchaea,” Astrobiology, 14(7): 553-560, doi:10.1089/ast.2014.1173. (pdf)
A.H. Jahren, B.A. Schubert, L. Marynowski, J.A. Wilson. 2013. The carbon isotope organic geochemistry of Early Ordovician rocks from the Annascaul Formation. County Kerry, Irish Journal of Earth Sciences, 31: 1-12, doi: 10.3318/IJES.2012.31.1. (pdf)
B.A. Schubert and A.H. Jahren. 2013. Reconciliation of marine and terrestrial carbon isotope excursions based on changing atmospheric CO2 levels. Nature Communications, 4: 1653, doi: 10.1038/ncomms2659. (pdf)
B.A. Schubert and A.H. Jahren. 2012. The effect of atmospheric CO2 concentration on carbon isotope fractionation in C3 land plants. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 96: 29-43. (pdf)
D.C. King, B.A. Schubert, A.H. Jahren. 2012. Practical considerations for the use of pollen δ13C value as a paleoclimate indicator. Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry, 26: 2165-2172. (pdf)
B.A. Schubert, A.H. Jahren, J.J. Eberle, L.S.L. Sternberg, and D.A. Eberth. 2012. A summertime rainy season in the Arctic forests of the Eocene. Geology, 40(6): 523–526. (pdf)
B.A. Schubert, A.H. Jahren. 2011. Quantifying seasonal precipitation using high-resolution carbon isotope analyses in evergreen wood. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 75(22): 7291-7303. (pdf)
L. Marynowski, M. Rakocinski, E. Borcuch, B. Kremer, B.A. Schubert, A.H. Jahren. 2011. Molecular and petrographic indicators of redox conditions and bacterial communities after the F/F mass extinction (Kowala, Holy Cross Mountains, Poland). Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology, 306, 1-14. (pdf)
T.K. Lowenstein, B.A. Schubert, and M.N. Timofeeff. 2011. Microbial communities in fluid inclusions and long-term survival in halite. GSA Today, 21(1) 4-9. (pdf)
B.A. Schubert and A.H. Jahren. 2011. Fertilization trajectory of the root crop Raphanus sativus across atmospheric pCO2 estimates of the next 300 years. Agriculture, Ecosystems, and Environment, 140(1-2) 174-181, doi: 10.1016/j.agee.2010.11.024. (pdf)
A.H. Jahren, and B.A. Schubert. 2010. The corn content of French-fry oil from national chain vs. small business restaurants. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA, 107(5) 2099-2101, doi: 10.1073/pnas.0914437107. (pdf)
B.A. Schubert, M.N. Timofeeff, J.E.W. Polle, and T.K. Lowenstein. 2010. Dunaliella cells in fluid inclusions in halite: Significance for long-term survival of prokaryotes. Geomicrobiology Journal, 27(1), 61-75. (pdf)
B.A. Schubert, T.K. Lowenstein, M.N. Timofeeff, and M.A. Parker. 2010. Halophilic Archaea cultured from ancient halite, Death Valley, California. Environmental Microbiology, 12(2), 440-454. (pdf)
B.A. Schubert, T.K. Lowenstein, M.N. Timofeeff, and M.A. Parker. 2009, How can prokaryotes survive in fluid inclusions in halite for 30,000 years? Geology, 37(12), 1059-1062. (pdf)
B.A. Schubert, T.K. Lowenstein, and M.N. Timofeeff. 2009. Microscopic identification of prokaryotes in modern and ancient halite, Saline Valley and Death Valley, California. Astrobiology, 9(5), 467-482. (pdf)
E.B. Wilkes, A.L. Sessions, S.S. Zeichner, B. Dallas, B.A. Schubert, A.H. Jahren, and J.M. Eiler. 2022. “Position-specific carbon isotope analysis of serine by gas chromatography/Orbitrap mass spectrometry, and an application to plant metabolism, “Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry, 36(18): e9347, doi: 10.1002/rcm.9347 (pdf)
W.E Lukens, R.T. Narmour*, B.A. Schubert. 2021, “Seasonal hydroclimate recorded in high resolution δ18O profiles across Pinus palustris growth rings, “Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences, 126(12): e2021JG006505, doi: 10.1029/2021JG006505 (pdf).
J. Ren*, B.A Schubert, W.E. Lukens, C. Quan. 2021, "Low oxygen isotope values of fossil cellulose indicate an intense monsoon in East Asia during the late Oligocene," Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 577: 110556, doi: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2021.110556 (pdf).
J.R. Vornlocher*, W.E. Lukens, B.A. Schubert, and C. Quan. 2021, "Late Oligocene precipitation seasonality in East Asia based on δ13C profiles in fossil wood," Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology, 36: e2021PA004229, doi: 10.1029/2021PA004229 (pdf).
B.A. Schubert, Y. Cui, and A.H. Jahren. 2021, "A 23 m.y. record of low atmospheric CO2: Reply," Geology, 49(6): e524, doi: 10.1130/G49093Y.1 (pdf).
Y. Cui, B.A. Schubert, and A.H. Jahren. 2020, "A 23 m.y. record of low atmospheric CO2," Geology, 48(9): 888-892. doi: 10.1130/G47681.1 (pdf).
W.E. Lukens*, P. Eze*, B.A. Schubert. 2019, "The effect of diagenesis on carbon isotope values of fossil wood," Geology, 47(10): 987-991, doi: 10.1130/G46412.1 (pdf).
T. W. Chapman*, Y. Cui, B.A. Schubert. 2019, "Stable carbon isotopes of fossil plant lipids support moderately high pCO2 in the early Paleogene," ACS Earth and Space Chemistry, 3(9): 1966-1973, doi: 10.1021/acsearthspacechem.9b00146 (pdf).
K.M. Evans, L.Y. Kim, B.A. Schubert, J.S. Albert. 2019. "Ecomorphology of Neotropical electric fishes: an integrative approach to testing the relationships between form, function and trophic ecology," Integrative Organismal Biology, doi: 10.1093/iob/obz015 (pdf).
C. J. Hollis, T. Dunkley Jones, E. Anagnostou, P. K. Bijl, M. J. Cramwinckel, Y. Cui, G. R. Dickens, K. M. Edgar, Y. Eley, D. Evans, G. L. Foster, J. Frieling, G. N. Inglis, E. M. Kennedy, R. Kozdon, V. Lauretano, C. H. Lear, K. Littler, L. Lourens, A. N. Meckler, B. D. A. Naafs, H. Pälike, R. D. Pancost, P. N. Pearson, U. Röhl, D. L. Royer, U. Salzmann, B. A. Schubert, H. Seebeck, A. Sluijs, R. P. Speijer, P. Stassen, J. Tierney, A. Tripati, B. Wade, T. Westerhold, C. Witkowski, J. C. Zachos, Y. G. Zhang, M. Huber, and D. J. Lunt. 2019. "The DeepMIP contribution to PMIP4: methodologies for selection, compilation and analysis of latest Paleocene and early Eocene climate proxy data, incorporating version 0.1 of the DeepMIP database," Geoscientific Model Development, 12(7): 3149-3206, doi: 10.5194/gmd-12-3149-2019 (pdf).
M.T. Jones, L.M.E Percival, E.W. Stokke, J. Frieling, T.A. Mather, L. Riber, B.A. Schubert, B. Schultz, C. Tegner, S. Planke, H.H. Svensen. 2019. “Mercury anomalies across the Palaeocene–Eocene Thermal Maximum,” Climate of the Past, 15: 217-236, doi: 10.5194/cp-15-217-2019 (pdf).
Y. Cui and B.A. Schubert. 2018 (invited research article). "Towards determination of the source and magnitude of atmospheric pCO2 change across the early Paleogene hyperthermals," Global and Planetary Change, 170, 120-125, doi: 10.1016/j.gloplacha.2018.08.011 (pdf).
W.M. Hagopian, B.A. Schubert, R.A. Graper, A.H. Jahren. 2018. "Plant growth chamber design for subambient pCO2 and δ13C studies," Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry, 32, 1296-1302, doi: 10.1002/rcm.8176 (pdf).
B.A. Schubert and A.H. Jahren. 2018 (invited review). "Incorporating the effects of photorespiration into terrestrial paleoclimate reconstruction," Earth-Science Reviews, 177, 637-642, doi: 10.1016/j.earscirev.2017.12.008 (pdf).
Y. Cui* and B.A. Schubert. 2017. "Atmospheric pCO2 reconstructed across five early Eocene global warming events," Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 478, 225-233, doi: 10.1016/j.epsl.2017.08.038 (pdf).
B.A. Schubert, A.H. Jahren, S.P. Davydov, S. Warny. 2017. “The transitional climate of the late Miocene Arctic: Winter-dominated precipitation with high seasonal variability,” Geology, 45, 447-450, doi: 10.1130/G38746.1 (pdf).
E.A. Hobbie, B.A. Schubert, J.M. Craine, E. Linder, A. Pringle. 2017. “Increased C3 productivity in Midwestern lawns since 1982 revealed by carbon isotopes in Amanita thiersii,” Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences, 122(2): 280-288, doi: 10.1002/2016JG003579 (pdf).
M.W. Trahan* and B.A. Schubert. 2016. “Temperature-induced water stress in high-latitude forests in response to natural and anthropogenic warming.” Global Change Biology, 22: 782-791, doi: 10.1111/gcb.13121 (pdf).
Y. Cui* and B.A. Schubert. 2016. “Quantifying uncertainty of past pCO2 determined from changes in C3 plant carbon isotope fractionation.” Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 172: 127-138, doi: 10.1016/j.gca.2015.09.032 (pdf).
B.A. Schubert and A. Timmermann. 2015. “Reconstruction of seasonal precipitation in Hawai`i using high-resolution carbon isotope measurements across tree rings.” Chemical Geology, 417: 273-278, doi:10.1016/j.chemgeo.2015.10.013 (pdf).
B.A. Schubert and A.H. Jahren. 2015 (invited review). “Seasonal temperature and precipitation recorded in the intra-annual oxygen isotope pattern of meteoric water and tree-ring cellulose.” Quaternary Science Reviews, 125: 1-14, doi: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2015.07.024 (pdf).
B.A. Schubert and A.H. Jahren. 2015. " Global increase in plant carbon isotope fractionation following the Last Glacial Maximum caused by increase in atmospheric pCO2," Geology, 43(5): 435-438, doi:10.1130/G36467.1 (pdf).
W.H. Hagopian, B.A. Schubert, A.H. Jahren. 2015. "Large-scale plant growth chamber design for elevated pCO2 and δ13C studies," Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry, 29: 440-446, doi: 10.1002/rcm.7121 (pdf).
K. Sankaranarayanan, T.K. Lowenstein, M.N. Timofeeff, B.A. Schubert, J.K. Lum. 2014. “Characterization of ancient DNA supports long-term survival of haloarchaea,” Astrobiology, 14(7): 553-560, doi:10.1089/ast.2014.1173. (pdf)
A.H. Jahren, B.A. Schubert, L. Marynowski, J.A. Wilson. 2013. The carbon isotope organic geochemistry of Early Ordovician rocks from the Annascaul Formation. County Kerry, Irish Journal of Earth Sciences, 31: 1-12, doi: 10.3318/IJES.2012.31.1. (pdf)
B.A. Schubert and A.H. Jahren. 2013. Reconciliation of marine and terrestrial carbon isotope excursions based on changing atmospheric CO2 levels. Nature Communications, 4: 1653, doi: 10.1038/ncomms2659. (pdf)
B.A. Schubert and A.H. Jahren. 2012. The effect of atmospheric CO2 concentration on carbon isotope fractionation in C3 land plants. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 96: 29-43. (pdf)
D.C. King, B.A. Schubert, A.H. Jahren. 2012. Practical considerations for the use of pollen δ13C value as a paleoclimate indicator. Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry, 26: 2165-2172. (pdf)
B.A. Schubert, A.H. Jahren, J.J. Eberle, L.S.L. Sternberg, and D.A. Eberth. 2012. A summertime rainy season in the Arctic forests of the Eocene. Geology, 40(6): 523–526. (pdf)
B.A. Schubert, A.H. Jahren. 2011. Quantifying seasonal precipitation using high-resolution carbon isotope analyses in evergreen wood. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 75(22): 7291-7303. (pdf)
L. Marynowski, M. Rakocinski, E. Borcuch, B. Kremer, B.A. Schubert, A.H. Jahren. 2011. Molecular and petrographic indicators of redox conditions and bacterial communities after the F/F mass extinction (Kowala, Holy Cross Mountains, Poland). Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology, 306, 1-14. (pdf)
T.K. Lowenstein, B.A. Schubert, and M.N. Timofeeff. 2011. Microbial communities in fluid inclusions and long-term survival in halite. GSA Today, 21(1) 4-9. (pdf)
B.A. Schubert and A.H. Jahren. 2011. Fertilization trajectory of the root crop Raphanus sativus across atmospheric pCO2 estimates of the next 300 years. Agriculture, Ecosystems, and Environment, 140(1-2) 174-181, doi: 10.1016/j.agee.2010.11.024. (pdf)
A.H. Jahren, and B.A. Schubert. 2010. The corn content of French-fry oil from national chain vs. small business restaurants. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA, 107(5) 2099-2101, doi: 10.1073/pnas.0914437107. (pdf)
B.A. Schubert, M.N. Timofeeff, J.E.W. Polle, and T.K. Lowenstein. 2010. Dunaliella cells in fluid inclusions in halite: Significance for long-term survival of prokaryotes. Geomicrobiology Journal, 27(1), 61-75. (pdf)
B.A. Schubert, T.K. Lowenstein, M.N. Timofeeff, and M.A. Parker. 2010. Halophilic Archaea cultured from ancient halite, Death Valley, California. Environmental Microbiology, 12(2), 440-454. (pdf)
B.A. Schubert, T.K. Lowenstein, M.N. Timofeeff, and M.A. Parker. 2009, How can prokaryotes survive in fluid inclusions in halite for 30,000 years? Geology, 37(12), 1059-1062. (pdf)
B.A. Schubert, T.K. Lowenstein, and M.N. Timofeeff. 2009. Microscopic identification of prokaryotes in modern and ancient halite, Saline Valley and Death Valley, California. Astrobiology, 9(5), 467-482. (pdf)