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Darryl E. Granger is affiliated with Purdue University West Lafayette in the United States. Their research is primarily situated within the field of Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a focus on several subfields including Atmospheric Science, Geophysics, Earth-Surface Processes, Anthropology, and Paleontology.

The main topics covered by their work span diverse areas, reflecting interdisciplinary interests. These include:

  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
  • Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology
  • Geological formations and processes
  • Geological and Geochemical Analysis
  • Earthquake and tectonic studies
  • Evolution and Paleontology Studies
  • Hydrology and Sediment Transport Processes

Darryl E. Granger has published articles in various scientific venues, with frequent contributions to the following journals and conference programs:

  • Abstracts with programs - Geological Society of America
  • Quaternary Science Reviews
  • Earth and Planetary Science Letters
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Geochronology

Their recent papers illustrate a range of research interests and collaborations, including:

  • "A new absolute date from Swartkrans Cave for the oldest occurrences of Paranthropus robustus and Oldowan stone tools in South Africa" (2021), published in Journal of Human Evolution
  • "Covariation of cross-divide differences in denudation rate and χ: Implications for drainage basin reorganization in the Qilian Shan, northeast Tibet" (2021), published in Earth and Planetary Science Letters
  • "Cosmogenic nuclide dating of Australopithecus at Sterkfontein, South Africa" (2022), published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • "Isochron 26Al/10Be burial dating of Xihoudu: Evidence for the earliest human settlement in northern China" (2020), published in L Anthropologie
  • "Late Pleistocene lake overspill and drainage reversal in the source area of the Yellow River in the Tibetan Plateau" (2022), published in Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Their frequent coauthors include:

  • Angus K. Moore
  • Kathleen Kuman
  • Lan Luo
  • William E. Odom
  • Hua Tu

Best Publications

  • Spatially Averaged Long-Term Erosion Rates Measured from in Situ-Produced Cosmogenic Nuclides in Alluvial Sediment

    Darryl E. Granger;James W. Kirchner;Robert Finkel

  • The first hominin of Europe

    Eudald Carbonell;Jose M. Bermudez de Castro;Josep M. Pares;Alfredo Perez-Gonzalez

  • Mountain erosion over 10 yr, 10 k.y., and 10 m.y. time scales

    James W. Kirchner;Robert C. Finkel;Clifford S. Riebe;Darryl E. Granger

  • Beyond threshold hillslopes: Channel adjustment to base-level fall in tectonically active mountain ranges

    William B. Ouimet;Kelin X Whipple;Darryl E. Granger

  • Dating sediment burial with in situ-produced cosmogenic nuclides: theory, techniques, and limitations

    Darryl E. Granger;Paul F. Muzikar

  • Strong tectonic and weak climatic control of long-term chemical weathering rates

    Clifford S. Riebe;James W. Kirchner;Darryl E. Granger;Robert C. Finkel

  • Pliocene−Pleistocene incision of the Green River, Kentucky, determined from radioactive decay of cosmogenic 26Al and 10Be in Mammoth Cave sediments

    Darryl E. Granger;Derek Fabel;Arthur N. Palmer

  • QUATERNARY DOWNCUTTING RATE OF THE NEW RIVER, VIRGINIA, MEASURED FROM DIFFERENTIAL DECAY OF COSMOGENIC 26AL AND 10BE IN CAVE-DEPOSITED ALLUVIUM

    Darryl E. Granger;James W. Kirchner;Robert C. Finkel

  • Age of Zhoukoudian Homo erectus determined with 26 Al/ 10 Be burial dating

    Guanjun Shen;Xing Gao;Bin Gao;Darryl E. Granger

  • Lower Pliocene hominid remains from Sterkfontein

    T. C. Partridge;D. E. Granger;M. W. Caffee;R. J. Clarke

  • Abrupt glacial valley incision at 0.8 Ma dated from cave deposits in Switzerland

    Philipp Haeuselmann;Darryl E. Granger;Pierre-Yves Jeannin;Stein-Erik Lauritzen

  • Minimal climatic control on erosion rates in the Sierra Nevada, California

    Clifford S. Riebe;James W. Kirchner;Darryl E. Granger;Robert C. Finkel

  • New cosmogenic burial ages for Sterkfontein Member 2 Australopithecus and Member 5 Oldowan

    Darryl E. Granger;Ryan J. Gibbon;Kathleen Kuman;Ronald J. Clarke

  • Dating buried sediments using radioactive decay and muogenic production of 26Al and 10Be

    Darryl E. Granger;Allison L. Smith

  • Quantifying rock uplift rates using channel steepness and cosmogenic nuclide–determined erosion rates: Examples from northern and southern Italy

    Andrew J. Cyr;Darryl E. Granger;Valerio Olivetti;Paola Molin

  • Outburst flood at 1920 BCE supports historicity of China’s Great Flood and the Xia dynasty

    Qinglong Wu;Qinglong Wu;Qinglong Wu;Zhijun Zhao;Zhijun Zhao;Li Liu;Darryl E. Granger

  • Erosional equilibrium and disequilibrium in the Sierra Nevada, inferred from cosmogenic 26Al and 10Be in alluvial sediment

    Clifford S. Riebe;James W. Kirchner;Darryl E. Granger;Robert C. Finkel

  • A cosmic trip: 25 years of cosmogenic nuclides in geology

    Darryl E. Granger;Nathaniel A. Lifton;Jane K. Willenbring

  • Rock uplift rates in South Africa from isochron burial dating of fluvial and marine terraces

    Erica D. Erlanger;Darryl E. Granger;Ryan J. Gibbon;Ryan J. Gibbon

  • A review of burial dating methods using 26Al and 10Be

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  • Early Acheulean technology in the Rietputs Formation, South Africa, dated with cosmogenic nuclides.

    Ryan J. Gibbon;Darryl E. Granger;Kathleen Kuman;Timothy C. Partridge

Frequent Co-Authors

Eric Kirby
Eric Kirby Oregon State University
Karl E. Karlstrom
Karl E. Karlstrom University of New Mexico
Joshua J. Roering
Joshua J. Roering University of Oregon
Robert C. Finkel
Robert C. Finkel Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Daniel G. Gavin
Daniel G. Gavin University of Oregon
Travis Rayne Pickering
Travis Rayne Pickering University of Wisconsin–Madison
Marc W. Caffee
Marc W. Caffee Purdue University West Lafayette
Kelin X. Whipple
Kelin X. Whipple Arizona State University
ZhongPing Lai
ZhongPing Lai Shantou University

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