Daniel Muhs
I study geomorphology, soils and Quaternary stratigraphy to reconstruct paleoclimates over the past two and a half million years of geologic time.
My main study areas are in the central and western USA (Mississippi Valley, Great Plains, Rocky Mountains, desert Southwest, Pacific Coast and Alaska), but I have also worked in the Caribbean, Spain and Israel. My main interests are in origin and paleoclimatic significance of dune fields, stratigraphy and paleopedology of loess, effects of long-range-transported dust on soils, the atmosphere, oceans and ecosystems, and sea level history.
Education:
University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado 1977-1980 (Ph.D., Physical geography/Geology)
University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois 1973-1975 (M.S., Physical geography/Soil science)
University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois 1972-1973 (B.A., Physical geography)
University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois 1970-1972 (B.A., English, History)
Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa 1968-1970 (English)
Professional experience:
1995-date: Geologist, Geology and Environmental Change Science Center, USGS, Denver, CO
1985-1995: Geologist, Branch of Isotope Geology, USGS, Denver, CO
1983-1984: Soil Scientist with USGS while on leave-of-absence with the University of Wisconsin to accept National Research Council Research Associateship, Denver, Colorado.
1980-1985: Assistant and Associate Professor of Geography, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI
1978-1980, part-time Soil Scientist, U.S. Geological Survey, Branch of Central Regional Geology.
1977-1979: Instructor (while a Ph.D student), Department of Geography, University of Colorado at Boulder and University of Colorado at Denver
1975-1976: Soil Scientist, U.S. Soil Conservation Service/Iowa State University
Science and Products
The potential response of eolian sands to greenhouse warming and precipitation reduction on the Great Plains of the U.S.A.
Sr-Isotope record of Quaternary marine terraces on the California coast and off Hawaii
Uranium-series age estimates of corals from Quaternary marine sediments of southern Florida
Aminostratigraphy and oxygen isotope stratigraphy of marine terrace deposits, Palos Verdes Hills and San Pedro areas, Los Angeles County, California
Late quaternary uplift rates of marine terraces on the Pacific coast of North America, southern Oregon to Baja California sur
U and Sr Isotopes in ground water and calcite, Yucca Mountain, Nevada: Evidence against upwelling water
Unpublished letter from U.S. Geological Survey scientists to the editor of the New York Times Magazine regarding William J. Broads' November 18, 1990 article on Yucca Mountain
Age estimates and uplift rates for late Pleistocene marine terraces: Southern Oregon portion of the Cascadia forearc
Uranium-series dating of secondary carbonates near Yucca Mountain, Nevada. Applications to tectonic, paleoclimatic, and paleohydrologic problems
Non-USGS Publications**
**Disclaimer: The views expressed in Non-USGS publications are those of the author and do not represent the views of the USGS, Department of the Interior, or the U.S. Government.
Science and Products
The potential response of eolian sands to greenhouse warming and precipitation reduction on the Great Plains of the U.S.A.
Sr-Isotope record of Quaternary marine terraces on the California coast and off Hawaii
Uranium-series age estimates of corals from Quaternary marine sediments of southern Florida
Aminostratigraphy and oxygen isotope stratigraphy of marine terrace deposits, Palos Verdes Hills and San Pedro areas, Los Angeles County, California
Late quaternary uplift rates of marine terraces on the Pacific coast of North America, southern Oregon to Baja California sur
U and Sr Isotopes in ground water and calcite, Yucca Mountain, Nevada: Evidence against upwelling water
Unpublished letter from U.S. Geological Survey scientists to the editor of the New York Times Magazine regarding William J. Broads' November 18, 1990 article on Yucca Mountain
Age estimates and uplift rates for late Pleistocene marine terraces: Southern Oregon portion of the Cascadia forearc
Uranium-series dating of secondary carbonates near Yucca Mountain, Nevada. Applications to tectonic, paleoclimatic, and paleohydrologic problems
Non-USGS Publications**
**Disclaimer: The views expressed in Non-USGS publications are those of the author and do not represent the views of the USGS, Department of the Interior, or the U.S. Government.