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Donald T. Rodbell

Donald T. Rodbell

D-Index & Metrics

Earth Science

D-Index
36
Citations
7258
World Ranking
7073
National Ranking
2445

Research.com Recognitions

  • Fellow of the Geological Society of America
  • Fellow of the Geological Society of America

Overview

Donald T. Rodbell is affiliated with Union College in the United States and has an extensive publication record primarily in the field of Earth and Planetary Sciences. Their work spans several subfields, including Atmospheric Science, Earth-Surface Processes, Anthropology, Ecology, and aspects of Management, Monitoring, Policy, and Law related to environmental studies.

Their research focuses on topics such as Geology and Paleoclimatology Research, Geological formations and processes, Cryospheric studies and observations, Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology, Isotope Analysis in Ecology, Landslides and related hazards, and Climate change and permafrost.

Rodbell's frequent co-authors include:

  • Mark B. Abbott
  • Arielle Woods
  • Robert G. Hatfield
  • Christine Y. Chen
  • David McGee

They frequently publish in these scientific venues:

  • Abstracts with programs - Geological Society of America
  • Quaternary Science Reviews
  • Earth and Planetary Science Letters
  • Nature Communications
  • OPAL (Open@LaTrobe) (La Trobe University)

Notable papers by Donald T. Rodbell include:

  • "700,000 years of tropical Andean glaciation", 2022, Nature
  • "XRF analysis of Laguna Pallcacocha sediments yields new insights into Holocene El Niño development", 2022, Earth and Planetary Science Letters
  • "Andean drought and glacial retreat tied to Greenland warming during the last glacial period", 2020, Nature Communications
  • "U-Th dating of lake sediments: Lessons from the 700 ka sediment record of Lake Junín, Peru", 2020, Quaternary Science Reviews
  • "Recent tropical Andean glacier retreat is unprecedented in the Holocene", 2024, Science

In recognition of contributions to the geosciences, Rodbell has been named a Fellow of the Geological Society of America.

Best Publications

  • Variability of El Niño/Southern Oscillation activity at millennial timescales during the Holocene epoch

    Christopher M. Moy;Christopher M. Moy;Geoffrey O. Seltzer;Donald T. Rodbell;David M. Anderson;David M. Anderson

  • An ;15,000-Year Record of El Nino—Driven Alluviation in Southwestern Ecuador

    Donald T. Rodbell;Geoffrey O. Seltzer;David M. Anderson;Mark B. Abbott

  • A 2,300-year-long annually resolved record of the South American summer monsoon from the Peruvian Andes

    Broxton W. Bird;Mark B. Abbott;Mathias Vuille;Donald T. Rodbell

  • Holocene paleohydrology and glacial history of the central Andes using multiproxy lake sediment studies

    Mark B Abbott;Brent B Wolfe;Alexander P Wolfe;Geoffrey O Seltzer

  • Isotopic evidence for late Quaternary climatic change in tropical South America

    Geoffrey Seltzer;Donald Rodbell;Stephen Burns

  • Early Local Last Glacial Maximum in the Tropical Andes

    Jacqueline A. Smith;Geoffrey O. Seltzer;Daniel L. Farber;Donald T. Rodbell

  • Early Warming of Tropical South America at the Last Glacial-Interglacial Transition

    G. O. Seltzer;D. T. Rodbell;P. A. Baker;Sherilyn C. Fritz

  • Holocene tropical South American hydroclimate revealed from a decadally resolved lake sediment δ 18 O record

    Broxton W. Bird;Mark B. Abbott;Donald T. Rodbell;Mathias Vuille

  • A 17 000‐year history of Andean climate and vegetation change from Laguna de Chochos, Peru

    Mark B. Bush;Barbara C.S. Hansen;Donald T. Rodbell;Geoffrey O. Seltzer

  • Late-glacial and Holocene vegetational history from two sites in the western Cordillera of southwestern Ecuador

    B. C.S. Hansen;D. T. Rodbell;G. O. Seltzer;B. León

  • Glaciation in the Andes during the Lateglacial and Holocene

    Donald T. Rodbell;Jacqueline A. Smith;Bryan G. Mark

  • Rapid Ice Margin Fluctuations during the Younger Dryas in the Tropical Andes

    Donald T. Rodbell;Geoffrey O. Seltzer

  • The age and extent of tropical alpine glaciation in the Cordillera Blanca, Peru

    Daniel L. Farber;Daniel L. Farber;Gregory S. Hancock;Robert C. Finkel;Donald T. Rodbell

  • A Late-Glacial/Holocene Pollen Record from the Eastern Andes of Northern Peru

    Barbara C.S. Hansen;Donald T. Rodbell

  • Lichenometric and Radiocarbon Dating of Holocene Glaciation, Cordillera Blanca, Perú

    Donald T. Rodbell

  • Clastic sediment flux to tropical Andean lakes: records of glaciation and soil erosion

    Donald T. Rodbell;Geoffrey O. Seltzer;Bryan G. Mark;Jacqueline A. Smith

  • Moraine preservation and boulder erosion in the tropical Andes: interpreting old surface exposure ages in glaciated valleys

    Jacqueline A. Smith;Robert C. Finkel;Daniel L. Farber;Donald T. Rodbell

  • The timing and magnitude of mountain glaciation in the tropical Andes

    Jacqueline A. Smith;Bryan G. Mark;Donald T. Rodbell

  • Stratigraphy and chronology of Mississippi Valley loess in western Tennessee

    Donald T. Rodbell;Steven L. Forman;James Pierson;Warren C. Lynn

  • Proglacial lake sediment records of Holocene climate change in the western Cordillera of Peru

    Nathan D. Stansell;Donald T. Rodbell;Mark B. Abbott;Bryan G. Mark

  • Subdivision of Late Pleistocene Moraines in the Cordillera Blanca, Peru, Based on Rock-Weathering Features, Soils, and Radiocarbon Dates

    Donald T. Rodbell

Frequent Co-Authors

Geoffrey O. Seltzer
Geoffrey O. Seltzer Syracuse University
Mark B. Abbott
Mark B. Abbott University of Pittsburgh
Bryan G. Mark
Bryan G. Mark The Ohio State University
Joseph S. Stoner
Joseph S. Stoner Oregon State University
Robert C. Finkel
Robert C. Finkel Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
David P. Gillikin
David P. Gillikin Union College
Blas L. Valero-Garcés
Blas L. Valero-Garcés Spanish National Research Council
Hai Cheng
Hai Cheng Xi'an Jiaotong University
Mark B. Bush
Mark B. Bush Florida Institute of Technology
William D. Gosling
William D. Gosling University of Amsterdam

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