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Earth Science

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Overview

Daniel Richter is affiliated with Duke University in the United States. Their primary field of study is Environmental Science, with a focus on several specific subfields including History and Philosophy of Science, Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Global and Planetary Change, Soil Science, and Atmospheric Science.

Richter's research broadly covers topics in Geology and Paleoclimatology Research, Heavy Metal Exposure and Toxicity, Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics, Historical Studies and Socio-cultural Analysis, Coastal Wetland Ecosystem Dynamics, Groundwater and Isotope Geochemistry, and Heavy Metals in the Environment.

They have contributed to multiple recent academic papers, several of which have been cited a notable number of times. Selected papers include:

  • "Agricultural acceleration of soil carbonate weathering" (2020) published in Global Change Biology
  • "Legacy of anthropogenic lead in urban soils: Co-occurrence with metal(loids) and fallout radionuclides, isotopic fingerprinting, and in vitro bioaccessibility" (2021) in The Science of The Total Environment
  • "Spatial-temporal association of soil Pb and children's blood Pb in the Detroit Tri-County Area of Michigan (USA)" (2020) in Environmental Research
  • "Mapping Antebellum Rice Fields as a Basis for Understanding Human and Ecological Consequences of the Era of Slavery" (2021) in Land
  • "Floodplain and Terrace Legacy Sediment as a Widespread Record of Anthropogenic Geomorphic Change" (2020) in Annals of the American Association of Geographers

Richter frequently publishes in venues such as Abstracts with programs - Geological Society of America, SSRN Electronic Journal, Global Change Biology, The Science of The Total Environment, and Environmental Research.

Collaborative work is a part of their research approach, with frequent co-authors including:

  • Daniel Markewitz
  • Sharon Billings
  • Terry A. Ferguson
  • Martha Cary Eppes
  • R. Daniel Hanks

Best Publications

  • The Anthropocene is functionally and stratigraphically distinct from the Holocene

    Colin N. Waters;Jan Zalasiewicz;Colin Summerhayes;Anthony D. Barnosky

  • When did the Anthropocene begin? A mid-twentieth century boundary level is stratigraphically optimal

    Jan Zalasiewicz;Colin N. Waters;Mark Williams;Anthony D. Barnosky

  • Rapid accumulation and turnover of soil carbon in a re-establishing forest

    Daniel D. Richter;Daniel Markewitz;Susan E. Trumbore;Carol G. Wells

  • Atmospheric deposition and canopy interactions of major ions in a forest.

    S. E. Lindberg;G. M. Lovett;D. D. Richter;D. W. Johnson

  • Global nitrogen budgets in cereals: A 50-year assessment for maize, rice, and wheat production systems.

    J. K. Ladha;A. Tirol-Padre;C. K. Reddy;Kenneth Cassman

  • Simulating trends in soil organic carbon in long-term experiments using RothC-26.3

    K. Coleman;D.S. Jenkinson;G.J. Crocker;P.R. Grace

  • How deep is soil?

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  • Search for heavy particles decaying into electron-positron pairs in p-pbar collisions

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  • Understanding Soil Change

    Daniel D. Richter;Daniel Markewitz

  • Geophysical imaging reveals topographic stress control of bedrock weathering

    J. St. Clair;S. Moon;W. S. Holbrook;J. T. Perron

  • Nutrient Cycles and H+ Budgets of Forest Ecosystems

    D. Binkley;D. Richter

  • Soil Diversity in the Tropics

    D.D. Richter;L.I. Babbar

  • The age of fine-root carbon in three forests of the eastern United States measured by radiocarbon

    J. B. Gaudinski;Susan E. Trumbore;E. A. Davidson;A. C. Cook

  • Long-Term Soil Experiments: Keys to Managing Earth's Rapidly Changing Ecosystems

    Daniel De B. Richter;Michael Hofmockel;Mac A. Callaham;David S. Powlson

  • Simulating trends in soil organic carbon in long-term experiments using the century model

    R.H. Kelly;W.J. Parton;G.J. Crocker;P.R. Graced

  • Stratigraphic and Earth System approaches to defining the Anthropocene

    Will Steffen;Will Steffen;Reinhold Leinfelder;Jan Zalasiewicz;Colin N. Waters

  • SOIL CHEMICAL CHANGE DURING THREE DECADES IN AN OLD-FIELD LOBLOLLY PINE (PINUS TAEDA L.) ECOSYSTEM'

    D. D. Richter;D. Markewitz;C. G. Wells;H. L. Allen

  • Current status, uncertainty and future needs in soil organic carbon monitoring.

    Robert Jandl;Mirco Rodeghiero;Cristina Martinez;M. Francesca Cotrufo

  • ‘One physical system’: Tansley's ecosystem as Earth's critical zone

    Daniel deB. Richter;Sharon A. Billings

  • Coupling between Biota and Earth Materials in the Critical Zone

    Ronald Amundson;Daniel D. Richter;Geoff S. Humphreys;Esteban G. Jobbágy

  • The nitrogen budget of a pine forest under free air CO2 enrichment.

    Adrien C. Finzi;Evan H. DeLucia;Jason G. Hamilton;Daniel D. Richter

Frequent Co-Authors

Daniel Markewitz
Daniel Markewitz University of Georgia
Sharon A. Billings
Sharon A. Billings University of Kansas
Jean-Jacques Hublin
Jean-Jacques Hublin Collège de France
Dale W. Johnson
Dale W. Johnson University of Nevada Reno
Susan L. Brantley
Susan L. Brantley Pennsylvania State University
Shannon P. McPherron
Shannon P. McPherron Max Planck Society
Ludwig Zöller
Ludwig Zöller University of Bayreuth
Will Steffen
Will Steffen Australian National University
Colin N. Waters
Colin N. Waters University of Leicester
Jan Zalasiewicz
Jan Zalasiewicz University of Leicester

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