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A. Joshua West is affiliated with the University of Southern California in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Earth and Planetary Sciences and Environmental Science. Within these broad fields, they have contributed extensively to subfields such as Atmospheric Science, Geochemistry and Petrology, Geophysics, Paleontology, and Ecology.

The scientist's work covers a range of specific research topics, including:

  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
  • Geochemistry and Elemental Analysis
  • Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils
  • Cryospheric studies and observations
  • Landslides and related hazards
  • Groundwater and Isotope Geochemistry
  • Climate change and permafrost

They have authored papers published in various venues. The recurring publication outlets for their work include:

  • Abstracts with programs - Geological Society of America
  • Geology
  • OSTI OAI (U.S. Department of Energy Office of Scientific and Technical Information)
  • HydroShare Resources
  • Nature

Among their recent papers are:

  • "Mountains, erosion and the carbon cycle" (2020), published in Nature Reviews Earth & Environment
  • "A lithium-isotope perspective on the evolution of carbon and silicon cycles" (2021), published in Nature
  • "Lithium isotope evidence for enhanced weathering and erosion during the Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum" (2021), published in Science Advances
  • "Sulfate sulfur isotopes and major ion chemistry reveal that pyrite oxidation counteracts CO2 drawdown from silicate weathering in the Langtang-Trisuli-Narayani River system, Nepal Himalaya" (2020), published in Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta
  • "The effects of diagenesis on lithium isotope ratios of shallow marine carbonates" (2020), published in American Journal of Science

A. Joshua West has frequently collaborated with the following coauthors:

  • Woodward W. Fischer
  • Michael P. Lamb
  • Gen Li
  • Preston Kemeny
  • Madison M. Douglas

The scientist has also contributed to book publications, including the 2021 title "Lithium Isotopes" published by Cambridge University Press.

Best Publications

  • Tectonic and climatic controls on silicate weathering

    A. Joshua West;Albert Galy;Mike Bickle

  • Earthquake-Induced Chains of Geologic Hazards: Patterns, Mechanisms, and Impacts

    Xuanmei Fan;Gianvito Scaringi;Gianvito Scaringi;Oliver Korup;A. Joshua West

  • Enhanced chemical weathering as a geoengineering strategy to reduce atmospheric carbon dioxide, supply nutrients, and mitigate ocean acidification

    Jens Hartmann;A. Joshua West;Philip Renforth;Peter Köhler

  • The size, distribution, and mobility of landslides caused by the 2015 Mw7.8 Gorkha earthquake, Nepal

    Kevin Roback;Marin K. Clark;A. Joshua West;Dimitrios Zekkos

  • Mountains, erosion and the carbon cycle

    Robert G. Hilton;A. Joshua West

  • Sulphide oxidation and carbonate dissolution as a source of CO2 over geological timescales

    Mark A. Torres;A. Joshua West;Gaojun Li

  • Global chemical weathering and associated p-release - the role of lithology, temperature and soil properties

    Jens Hartmann;Nils Moosdorf;Ronny Lauerwald;Ronny Lauerwald;Matthias Hinderer

  • The short term climatic sensitivity of carbonate and silicate weathering fluxes: Insight from seasonal variations in river chemistry

    Edward T. Tipper;Mike J. Bickle;Albert Galy;A. Joshua West

  • Thickness of the chemical weathering zone and implications for erosional and climatic drivers of weathering and for carbon-cycle feedbacks

    A. Joshua West

  • Mercury anomalies and the timing of biotic recovery following the end-Triassic mass extinction

    Alyson M. Thibodeau;Alyson M. Thibodeau;Kathleen Ritterbush;Joyce A. Yager;A. Joshua West

  • Silicon isotope variations accompanying basalt weathering in Iceland

    R.B. Georg;R.B. Georg;B.C. Reynolds;A.J. West;K.W. Burton

  • Mobilization and transport of coarse woody debris to the oceans triggered by an extreme tropical storm

    A. J. West;C. W. Lin;Teng-Chiu Lin;R. G. Hilton

  • Seismic mountain building: Landslides associated with the 2008 Wenchuan earthquake in the context of a generalized model for earthquake volume balance

    Gen Li;A. Joshua West;Alexander L. Densmore;Zhangdong Jin

  • Temperature dependence of basalt weathering

    Gaojun Li;Jens Hartmann;Louis A. Derry;A. Joshua West

  • Glacial weathering, sulfide oxidation, and global carbon cycle feedbacks

    Mark A. Torres;Mark A. Torres;Mark A. Torres;Nils Moosdorf;Nils Moosdorf;Jens Hartmann;Jess F. Adkins

  • The acid and alkalinity budgets of weathering in the Andes–Amazon system: Insights into the erosional control of global biogeochemical cycles

    Mark A. Torres;Mark A. Torres;A. Joshua West;Kathryn E. Clark;Kathryn E. Clark;Guillaume Paris

  • Controls on fluvial evacuation of sediment from earthquake-triggered landslides

    Jin Wang;Jin Wang;Zhangdong Jin;Zhangdong Jin;Robert G. Hilton;Fei Zhang

  • Contribution of deep groundwater to the weathering budget in a rapidly eroding mountain belt, Taiwan

    Damien Calmels;Albert Galy;Niels Hovius;Mike J. Bickle

  • Evolution of Cenozoic seawater lithium isotopes: Coupling of global denudation regime and shifting seawater sinks

    Gaojun Li;A. Joshua West

  • Connectivity of earthquake-triggered landslides with the fluvial network: Implications for landslide sediment transport after the 2008 Wenchuan earthquake

    Gen Li;A. Joshua West;Alexander L. Densmore;Douglas E. Hammond

  • A lithium-isotope perspective on the evolution of carbon and silicon cycles

    Boriana Kalderon-Asael;Joachim A. R. Katchinoff;Noah J. Planavsky;Ashleigh Von S. Hood

  • Plant leaf wax biomarkers capture gradients in hydrogen isotopes of precipitation from the Andes and Amazon.

    Sarah J. Feakins;Lisa Patrick Bentley;Norma Salinas;Alexander Shenkin

  • Geomorphic regime modulates hydrologic control of chemical weathering in the Andes-Amazon

    Mark A. Torres;A. Joshua West;Kathryn E. Clark;Kathryn E. Clark

Frequent Co-Authors

William M. Berelson
William M. Berelson University of Southern California
Frank A. Corsetti
Frank A. Corsetti University of Southern California
Zhangdong Jin
Zhangdong Jin Chinese Academy of Sciences
David J. Bottjer
David J. Bottjer University of Southern California
Sarah J. Feakins
Sarah J. Feakins University of Southern California
Alexander L. Densmore
Alexander L. Densmore Durham University
Philip A.E. Pogge von Strandmann
Philip A.E. Pogge von Strandmann Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz
Gaojun Li
Gaojun Li Nanjing University
Jens Hartmann
Jens Hartmann Universität Hamburg
Marin K. Clark
Marin K. Clark University of Michigan–Ann Arbor

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