William Balsam

Dartmouth College — United States

Earth and Planetary Sciences · Physical Sciences

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Research Topics

Geology and Paleoclimatology Research(74), Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping(28), Isotope Analysis in Ecology(20), Geological formations and processes(18), Geomagnetism and Paleomagnetism Studies(16)

Publications122 total

The formation of iron oxides and magnetic enhancement mechanisms in northern Iranian loess-paleosol sequences: Evidence from diffuse reflectance spectrophotometry and temperature dependence of magnetic susceptibility
Quaternary International·2021· 8 cited
Mineralogical evidence of reduced East Asian summer monsoon rainfall on the Chinese loess plateau during the early Pleistocene interglacials
Earth and Planetary Science Letters·2018· 98 cited
Sr–Nd–Hf isotopic fingerprinting of transatlantic dust derived from North Africa
Earth and Planetary Science Letters·2018· 50 cited
Iron Mineralogy and Speciation in Clay‐Sized Fractions of Chinese Desert Sediments
Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres·2017· 55 citedOpen Access
To what extent have laterites contributed to the geochemical, surface reflectance and magnetic properties of adjacent tropical soils? Evidence from Niger and Burkina Faso
Earth Surface Processes and Landforms·2017· 2 cited
Diffuse reflectance spectroscopy of a tropical southern Indian lake sediment core: A window to environmental change
Episodes·2017· 11 citedOpen Access
Distribution of hematite and goethite in Chinese and African deserts as determined by visible reflectance spectroscopy
AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts·2016
Climatic interpretation of loess-paleosol sequences at Mobarakabad and Aghband, Northern Iran
Quaternary Research·2016· 3 cited
Climatic interpretation of loess-paleosol sequences at Mobarakabad and Aghband, Northern Iran
Quaternary Research·2016· 30 cited
Hf-Nd-Sr isotopic fingerprinting of mineral dust from Asian and North African deserts
2015 AGU Fall Meeting·2015
Dolomite abundance in Chinese loess deposits: A new proxy of monsoon precipitation intensity
Geophysical Research Letters·2015· 78 citedOpen Access
An Early Pleistocene atmospheric CO2 record based on pedogenic carbonate from the Chinese loess deposits
Earth and Planetary Science Letters·2015· 20 cited
Grain growth and transformation of pedogenic magnetic particles in red Ferralsols
Geophysical Research Letters·2015· 34 citedOpen Access
Clay‐sized Hf‐Nd‐Sr isotopic composition of Mongolian dust as a fingerprint for regional to hemispherical transport
Geophysical Research Letters·2015· 71 citedOpen Access
Corrigendum to “Geochemical constraints on the provenance of surface sediments of radial sand ridges off the Jiangsu coastal zone, East China” [Mar. Geol. 359 (2015) 35–49]
Marine Geology·2015
Geochemical constraints on the provenance of surface sediments of radial sand ridges off the Jiangsu coastal zone, East China
Marine Geology·2014· 42 cited
Determining hematite content from NUV/Vis/NIR spectra: Limits of detection
American Mineralogist·2014· 42 cited
Hf-Nd isotopic variability in mineral dust from Chinese and Mongolian deserts: implications for sources and dispersal
Scientific Reports·2014· 74 citedOpen Access
Geochemical and isotopic characterization of the Bodélé Depression dust source and implications for transatlantic dust transport to the Amazon Basin
Earth and Planetary Science Letters·2013· 143 cited
Geochemical and isotopic constraints on the significance of the Bodélé Depression as source for global dust emission
EGU General Assembly Conference Abstracts·2013
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Frequent Co-authors

Junfeng Ji(25), Jun Chen(10), Lianwen Liu(9), Huayu Lu(8), B. C. Deaton(7), Youbin Sun(5), John E. Damuth(5), Jun Chen(5), Brooks B. Ellwood(4), Earle Williams(4), Wancang Zhao(4), Xiaoyong Long(3), Huifang Xu(3), Yige Zhang(2), R. Arimoto(2), Maxime Debret(2), Yoann Copard(2), Xianqiang Meng(2), Qiaoqin Xie(2), Tianhu Chen(2)