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George S. Burr is affiliated with the University of Arizona in the United States and conducts research predominantly in the fields of Earth and Planetary Sciences and Environmental Science. Their academic output reflects a focus on atmospheric science, global and planetary change, paleontology, earth-surface processes, and geochemistry and petrology.

The research topics addressed by George S. Burr cover geology and paleoclimatology, archaeology and ancient environmental studies, fire effects on ecosystems, isotope analysis in ecology, Pleistocene-era hominins and archaeology, as well as groundwater and isotope geochemistry and groundwater flow and contamination studies.

The scientist has coauthored publications with several frequent collaborators, including Weijian Zhou, A. J. T. Jull, Zhisheng An, Yongming Han, and Zhenchuan Niu.

George S. Burr's recent published papers include the following:

  • Asian inland wildfires driven by glacial-interglacial climate change, 2020, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Fossil fuel CO2 traced by radiocarbon in fifteen Chinese cities, 2020, The Science of The Total Environment
  • The impact of COVID-19 lockdown on atmospheric CO2 in Xi'an, China, 2021, Environmental Research
  • δ13C and 14C activity of groundwater DOC and DIC in the volcanically active and arid Loa Basin of northern Chile, 2021, Journal of Hydrology
  • Using Carbon-14 of dissolved organic carbon to determine groundwater ages and travel times in aquifers with low organic carbon, 2020, Applied Geochemistry

Frequently, George S. Burr's works appear in the journal Radiocarbon. Other frequent publication venues include Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, The Science of The Total Environment, Environmental Research, and Journal of Hydrology.

Best Publications

  • INTCAL98 Radiocarbon Age Calibration, 24,000-0 cal BP

    M Stuiver;P.J Reimer;E Bard;J.W Beck

  • IntCal04 terrestrial radiocarbon age calibration, 0-26 cal kyr BP

    Paula J. Reimer;Mike G.L. Baillie;Edouard Bard;Alex Bayliss

  • IntCal09 and Marine09 Radiocarbon Age Calibration Curves, 0–50,000 Years cal BP

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  • Marine04 marine radiocarbon age calibration, 0-26 cal kyr BP

    Konrad A Hughen;Mike G L Baillie;Edouard Bard;J Warren Beck

  • A Large Drop in Atmospheric 14C/12C and Reduced Melting in the Younger Dryas, Documented with 230Th Ages of Corals

    R. Lawrence Edwards;J. Warren Beck;G. S. Burr;D. J. Donahue

  • Rapid sea-level fall and deep-ocean temperature change since the last interglacial period

    K.B Cutler;R.L Edwards;F.W Taylor;H Cheng

  • Extremely Large Variations of Atmospheric 14C Concentration During the Last Glacial Period

    JW Beck;David A Richards;RL Edwards;BW Silverman

  • High-resolution evidence from southern China of an early Holocene optimum and a mid-Holocene dry event during the past 18,000 years

    Weijian Zhou;Xuefeng Yu;A.J. Timothy Jull;G. Burr

  • High resolution Holocene monsoon record from the eastern Arabian Sea

    Ashish Sarkar;R Ramesh;B.L.K Somayajulu;R Agnihotri

  • Marine04 Marine radiocarbon age calibration, 26 ? 0 ka BP

    K Hughen;M Baille;E Bard;J Beck

  • Comment on "Radiocarbon Calibration Curve Spanning 0 to 50,000 Years B.P. Based on Paired 230Th/234U/238U and 14C Dates on Pristine Corals" by R.G. Fairbanks, R. A. Mortlock, T.-C. Chiu, L. Cao, A. Kaplan, T. P. Guilderson, T. W. Fairbanks, A. L. Bloom, P

    P. J. Reimer;M. L. Baillie;E. Bard;J. W. Beck

  • Obliquity pacing of the western Pacific Intertropical Convergence Zone over the past 282,000 years.

    Yi Liu;Li Lo;Zhengguo Shi;Kuo Yen Wei

  • Interdecadal variation in the extent of south Pacific tropical waters during the Younger Dryas event

    Thierry Corrège;Michael K. Gagan;J. Warren Beck;George S. Burr

  • Excursions in the 14C record at A.D. 774–775 in tree rings from Russia and America

    A. J. Timothy Jull;Irina P. Panyushkina;Todd E. Lange;Vladimir V. Kukarskih

  • Radiocarbon Reservoir Correction Ages in the Peter the Great Gulf, Sea of Japan, and Eastern Coast of the Kunashir, Southern Kuriles (Northwestern Pacific)

    Yaroslav V Kuzmin;George S Burr;A J Timothy Jull

  • A High-Resolution Radiocarbon Calibration Between 11,700 and 12,400 Calendar Years Bp Derived from 230Th Ages of Corals from Espiritu Santo Island, Vanuatu

    G. S. Burr;J. Warren Beck;F. W. Taylor;Jacques Récy

  • Accelerating late Quaternary uplift of the New Georgia Island Group (Solomon island arc) in response to subduction of the recently active Woodlark spreading center and Coleman seamount

    Paul Mann;Frederick W Taylor;Martin B Lagoe;Andrew Quarles

  • Rapid forearc uplift and subsidence caused by impinging bathymetric features: Examples from the New Hebrides and Solomon arcs

    Frederick W Taylor;Paul Mann;M. G. Bevis;R. L. Edwards

  • Mass Spectrometric 14C and U-Th Measurements in Coral

    G. S. Burr;R. L. Edwards;D. J. Donahue;E. R.M. Druffel

  • East Asian monsoon evolution and reconciliation of climate records from Japan and Greenland during the last deglaciation

    Chuan Chou Shen;Akihiro Kano;Masako Hori;Ke Lin

  • AMS 14C dating the Protoaurignacian/Early Aurignacian of Isturitz, France. Implications for Neanderthal–modern human interaction and the timing of technical and cultural innovations in Europe

    Carolyn C. Szmidt;Christian Normand;George S. Burr;Greg W.L. Hodgins

Frequent Co-Authors

A. J. T. Jull
A. J. T. Jull University of Arizona
Douglas J. Donahue
Douglas J. Donahue University of Arizona
Frederick W. Taylor
Frederick W. Taylor The University of Texas at Austin
Weijian Zhou
Weijian Zhou Chinese Academy of Sciences
Chuan-Chou Shen
Chuan-Chou Shen National Taiwan University
Yaroslav V. Kuzmin
Yaroslav V. Kuzmin V.S. Sobolev Institute of Geology and Mineralogy
B.L.K. Somayajulu
B.L.K. Somayajulu Physical Research Laboratory
Guy Cabioch
Guy Cabioch Institut de Recherche pour le Développement
Paul E. Damon
Paul E. Damon University of Arizona
Paula J. Reimer
Paula J. Reimer Queen's University Belfast

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