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  • Fellow of the Geological Society of America
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Overview

Steven M. Colman is a researcher affiliated with the University of Minnesota in the United States. Their work centers primarily in the field of Earth and Planetary Sciences, with particular focus on Atmospheric Science, Anthropology, and Earth-Surface Processes.

Their main research topics include:

  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
  • Cryospheric studies and observations
  • Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology
  • Geological formations and processes

Steven M. Colman has published in a variety of scientific venues. Frequent publication venues include:

  • Nature
  • Quaternary Research

Among recent publications are:

  • "700,000 years of tropical Andean glaciation," published in Nature in 2022
  • "Moraines and late-glacial stratigraphy in central Lake Superior," published in Quaternary Research in 2020

The scientist has collaborated with multiple coauthors over their career. Frequent coauthors include:

  • N. J. Wattrus
  • Donald T. Rodbell
  • Robert G. Hatfield
  • Mark B. Abbott
  • Christine Y. Chen

Steven M. Colman has been recognized as a Fellow of the Geological Society of America.

Best Publications

  • Interplay between the Westerlies and Asian monsoon recorded in Lake Qinghai sediments since 32 ka

    Zhisheng An;Zhisheng An;Steven M. Colman;Weijian Zhou;Xiaoqiang Li

  • Global climate evolution during the last deglaciation

    Peter U. Clark;Jeremy D. Shakun;Paul A. Baker;Patrick J. Bartlein

  • Lake Superior summer water temperatures are increasing more rapidly than regional air temperatures: A positive ice-albedo feedback

    Jay A. Austin;Steven M. Colman

  • Continental climate response to orbital forcing from biogenic silica records in Lake Baikal

    Steven M. Colman;J.A. Peck;E.B. Karabanov;Susan J. Carter

  • Rock-Weathering Rates as Functions of Time

    Steven M. Colman

  • Weathering rinds on andesitic and basaltic stones as a Quaternary age indicator, Western United States

    Steven M. Colman;Kenneth L. Pierce

  • A rock-magnetic record from Lake Baikal, Siberia: Evidence for Late Quaternary climate change

    J.A. Peck;J.W. King;Steven M. Colman;V.A. Kravchinsky

  • AMS radiocarbon analyses from Lake Baikal, Siberia: Challanges of dating sediments from a large, oligotrophic lake

    Steven M. Colman;Glenn A. Jones;M. Rubin;J.W. King

  • Large Holocene summer temperature oscillations and impact on the peopling of the northeastern Tibetan Plateau

    Juzhi Hou;Juzhi Hou;Yongsong Huang;Yongsong Huang;Jiangtao Zhao;Jiangtao Zhao;Zhonghui Liu

  • A century of temperature variability in Lake Superior

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  • Late Cenozoic climate changes in China's western interior: a review of research on Lake Qinghai and comparison with other records

    Steven M. Colman;Shi-Yong Yu;Zhisheng An;Ji Shen

  • Chemical weathering of basalts and andesites; evidence from weathering rinds

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  • Effect of height and orientation (microclimate) on geomorphic degradation rates and processes, late-glacial terrace scarps in central Idaho

    Kenneth L. Pierce;Steven M. Colman

  • A synthesis of post-glacial diatom records from Lake Baikal

    J. Platt Bradbury;Ye. V. Bezrukova;G. P. Chernyaeva;S. M. Colman

  • Holocene lake-level trends in the Rocky Mountains, U.S.A.

    Bryan Shuman;Anna K. Henderson;Steven M. Colman;Jeffery R. Stone

  • Freshwater outburst from lake superior as a trigger for the cold event 9300 years ago

    Shi Yong Yu;Shi Yong Yu;Steven M. Colman;Thomas V. Lowell;Glenn A. Milne

  • An 84-kyr paleomagnetic record from the sediments of Lake Baikal, Siberia

    J.A. Peck;J.W. King;Steven M. Colman;V.A. Kravchinsky

  • Suggested terminology for Quaternary dating methods

    Steven M. Colman;Kenneth L. Pierce;Peter W. Birkeland

  • Climatic variability in the eastern United States over the past millennium from Chesapeake Bay sediments

    Thomas M. Cronin;Debra A. Willard;A. Karlsen;S. Ishman

  • Evidence from Lake Baikal for Siberian glaciation during oxygen-isotope substage 5d

    Eugene B. Karabanov;Eugene B. Karabanov;Alexander A. Prokopenko;Alexander A. Prokopenko;Douglas F. Williams;Steven M. Colman

  • Ages estimated from a diffusion equation model for scarp degradation.

    Steven M. Colman;K.E.N. Watson

  • The record of major quaternary sea-level changes in a large coastal plain estuary, Chesapeake Bay, Eastern United States

    Steven M. Colman;Robert B. Mixon

Frequent Co-Authors

John W. King
John W. King University of Rhode Island
Walter E. Dean
Walter E. Dean United States Geological Survey
Richard L. Reynolds
Richard L. Reynolds United States Geological Survey
Darrell S. Kaufman
Darrell S. Kaufman Northern Arizona University
Debra A. Willard
Debra A. Willard United States Geological Survey
J. Platt Bradbury
J. Platt Bradbury United States Geological Survey
Thomas M. Cronin
Thomas M. Cronin United States Geological Survey
Yongsong Huang
Yongsong Huang Brown University
Zhisheng An
Zhisheng An Chinese Academy of Sciences
Weijian Zhou
Weijian Zhou Chinese Academy of Sciences

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