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  • 2016 - Geochemistry Fellow Honor, Geochemical Society and the European Association of Geochemistry
  • Fellow of the Geological Society of America
  • Fellow of the Geological Society of America

Overview

Yemane Asmerom is affiliated with the University of New Mexico in the United States and focuses their research primarily within Earth and Planetary Sciences. Their work encompasses a variety of subfields including Atmospheric Science, Geophysics, Earth-Surface Processes, Archeology, and Paleontology.

Their research addresses numerous specific topics such as Geology and Paleoclimatology Research, Karst Systems and Hydrogeology, Maritime and Coastal Archaeology, Geological and Geochemical Analysis, earthquake and tectonic studies, Marine and Environmental Studies, and Tree-ring Climate Responses.

Among their recent publications are studies that reflect a range of interests within the Earth sciences. These include:

  • "Intertropical convergence zone variability in the Neotropics during the Common Era" (2020, Science Advances)
  • "Twentieth-century Azores High expansion unprecedented in the past 1,200 years" (2022, Nature Geoscience)
  • "Drought-Induced Civil Conflict Among the Ancient Maya" (2022, Nature Communications)
  • "Great Basin Paleoclimate and Aridity Linked to Arctic Warming and Tropical Pacific Sea Surface Temperatures" (2020, Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology)
  • "Hydroclimate variability from western Iberia (Portugal) during the Holocene: Insights from a composite stalagmite isotope record" (2020, The Holocene)

Key frequent coauthors collaborating with Yemane Asmerom include Victor J. Polyak, Bogdan P. Onac, Alan D. Wanamaker, Caroline C. Ummenhofer, and Rhawn F. Denniston. This network reflects an interdisciplinary approach integrating various expertise within the geosciences.

They commonly publish in venues such as Abstracts with programs - Geological Society of America, Scientific Reports, Science Advances, International Journal of Speleology, and Geomorphology. This dissemination pattern indicates active engagement with both specialized and broader scientific communities.

In recognition of contributions to their field, Yemane Asmerom has been named a Geochemistry Fellow by the Geochemical Society and the European Association of Geochemistry in 2016. Additionally, they hold the distinction of Fellow of the Geological Society of America.

Best Publications

  • Improvements in 230Th dating, 230Th and 234U half-life values, and U–Th isotopic measurements by multi-collector inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry

    Hai Cheng;Hai Cheng;R. Lawrence Edwards;Chuan Chou Shen;Victor J. Polyak

  • The half-lives of uranium-234 and thorium-230

    H Cheng;RL Edwards;JA Hoff;CD Gallup

  • Development and Disintegration of Maya Political Systems in Response to Climate Change

    Douglas J. Kennett;Sebastian F. M. Breitenbach;Valorie V. Aquino;Yemane Asmerom

  • Variable winter moisture in the southwestern United States linked to rapid glacial climate shifts

    Yemane Asmerom;Victor J. Polyak;Stephen J. Burns

  • Unique Meteorite from Early Amazonian Mars: Water-Rich Basaltic Breccia Northwest Africa 7034

    Carl B. Agee;Nicole V. Wilson;Francis M. McCubbin;Karen Ziegler

  • Late Holocene Climate and Cultural Changes in the Southwestern United States

    Victor J. Polyak;Yemane Asmerom

  • Strontium isotopic variations of Neoproterozoic seawater: implications for crustal evolution.

    Yemane Asmerom;Stein B Jacobsen;Andrew H Knoll;Nicholas J Butterfield

  • Stable isotope variations in modern tropical speleothems: Evaluating equilibrium vs. kinetic isotope effects

    Patrick J. Mickler;Jay L. Banner;Libby Stern;Yemane Asmerom

  • High resolution stalagmite climate record from the Yucatán Peninsula spanning the Maya terminal classic period

    Martín Medina-Elizalde;Stephen J. Burns;David W. Lea;Yemane Asmerom

  • COnstructing Proxy Records from Age models (COPRA)

    Sebastian F.M. Breitenbach;Kira Rehfeld;Kira Rehfeld;Bedartha Goswami;Bedartha Goswami;James U.L. Baldini

  • Solar forcing of Holocene climate: New insights from a speleothem record, southwestern United States

    Yemane Asmerom;Victor Polyak;Stephen Burns;Jessica Rassmussen

  • Late Pleistocene Human Skeleton and mtDNA Link Paleoamericans and Modern Native Americans

    James C. Chatters;Douglas J. Kennett;Yemane Asmerom;Brian M. Kemp

  • A 1500‐year El Niño/Southern Oscillation and rainfall history for the Isthmus of Panama from speleothem calcite

    Matthew S. Lachniet;Stephen J. Burns;Dolores R. Piperno;Yemane Asmerom

  • A Stalagmite record of Holocene Indonesian–Australian summer monsoon variability from the Australian tropics

    Rhawn F. Denniston;Karl-Heinz Wyrwoll;Victor J. Polyak;Josephine R. Brown

  • Speleothem Evidence for Changes in Indian Summer Monsoon Precipitation over the Last ∼2300 Years

    Rhawn F. Denniston;Luis A. González;Yemane Asmerom;Ram H. Sharma

  • Aerosol forcing of the position of the intertropical convergence zone since ad 1550

    Harriet E. Ridley;Yemane Asmerom;James U. L. Baldini;Sebastian F. M. Breitenbach

  • The Pb isotopic evolution of the Earth: inferences from river water suspended loads

    Yemane Asmerom;Stein B. Jacobsen

  • Prolonged KREEP magmatism on the Moon indicated by the youngest dated lunar igneous rock

    Lars E. Borg;Charles K. Shearer;Yemane Asmerom;James J. Papike

  • Constraints on a Late Cretaceous uplift, denudation, and incision of the Grand Canyon region, southwestern Colorado Plateau, USA, from U-Pb dating of lacustrine limestone

    Carol A. Hill;Victor J. Polyak;Yemane Asmerom;Paula P. Provencio

  • Age and Evolution of the Grand Canyon Revealed by U-Pb Dating of Water Table-Type Speleothems

    Victor Polyak;Carol Hill;Yemane Asmerom

  • North Atlantic forcing of millennial-scale Indo-Australian monsoon dynamics during the Last Glacial period

    Rhawn F. Denniston;Karl-Heinz Wyrwoll;Yemane Asmerom;Victor J. Polyak

  • A 2400 yr Mesoamerican rainfall reconstruction links climate and cultural change

    Matthew S. Lachniet;Juan Pablo Bernal;Yemane Asmerom;Victor Polyak

  • Constraints on global mean sea level during Pliocene warmth.

    Oana-Alexandra Dumitru;Jacqueline Austermann;Victor J Polyak;Joan J Fornós

  • Tropical response to the 8200 yr B.P. cold event? Speleothem isotopes indicate a weakened early Holocene monsoon in Costa Rica

    Matthew S. Lachniet;Yemane Asmerom;Stephen J. Burns;William P. Patterson

Frequent Co-Authors

Victor J. Polyak
Victor J. Polyak University of New Mexico
Matthew S. Lachniet
Matthew S. Lachniet University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Bogdan P. Onac
Bogdan P. Onac University of South Florida
James U. L. Baldini
James U. L. Baldini Durham University
Karl E. Karlstrom
Karl E. Karlstrom University of New Mexico
William F. Humphreys
William F. Humphreys Australian Museum
Laura J. Crossey
Laura J. Crossey University of New Mexico
Alan D. Wanamaker
Alan D. Wanamaker Iowa State University
Stephen J. Burns
Stephen J. Burns University of Massachusetts Amherst
Caroline C. Ummenhofer
Caroline C. Ummenhofer Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

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