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John Brown University

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52 h-index 271 pubs 11,457 cited

Research Areas

Geology and Paleoclimatology Research Geological and Geophysical Studies Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology Isotope Analysis in Ecology Geological formations and processes

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James M. Russell is a geologist and paleoclimatologist at John Brown University whose research focuses on geological formations, processes, and geophysical studies. Russell's work incorporates isotope analysis and examines Pleistocene-era hominins and archaeology to understand past environmental conditions. His investigations into ancient climates include analyses of organic matter mineralization in ferruginous sediments and global temperature calibrations using lacustrine branched GDGTs. Russell has explored orbital controls on eastern African hydroclimate during the Pleistocene epoch and the role of environmental variation in the evolution and cultural changes of Homo over the last million years.

Metrics

  • h-index: 52
  • Publications: 271
  • Citations: 11,457

Selected Publications

  • A Quaternary Sedimentary Ancient DNA (sedaDNA) Record of Fungal–Terrestrial Ecosystem Dynamics in a Tropical Biodiversity Hotspot (Lake Towuti, Sulawesi, Indonesia) (2025) DOI
  • The Branched GDGT Isomer Ratio Refines Lacustrine Paleotemperature Estimates (2025) DOI
  • Potential plant extinctions with the loss of the Pleistocene mammoth steppe (2025) DOI
  • Highland forest dynamics across equatorial East Africa during the end of the African humid period (2024) DOI
  • Tropical Andean climate variations since the last deglaciation (2024) DOI
  • Changes in Indo-Pacific Warm Pool hydroclimate and vegetation during the last deglaciation (2024) DOI
  • Causes of Past African Temperature Change in PMIP Simulations of the Mid‐Holocene (2024) DOI
  • Authigenic minerals reflect microbial control on pore waters in a ferruginous analogue (2023) DOI
  • Morphological variation in extinct Aulacoseira (Bacillariophyta) species from Lake Towuti, with a description of novel species (2023) DOI
  • Investigating the impact of climate change on the lake ecosystem during the late Holocene using a sedimentary record from the southern Arabian Desert, Yemen (2023) DOI
  • Evaluating global temperature calibrations for lacustrine branched GDGTs: Seasonal variability, paleoclimate implications, and future directions (2023) DOI
  • High-resolution records of sea surface temperature and salinity in the East China Sea over the past 14.2 kyr: Implication from alkenone and its hydrogen isotopes (2023) DOI
  • Chemostratigraphy and source of mercury in the Tropical Western Pacific over the past 600 kyr (2023) DOI
  • Climate-controlled sensitivity of lake sediments to record earthquake-related mass wasting in tropical Lake Towuti during the past 40 kyr (2023) DOI
  • Nonlinear rainfall effects on savanna fire activity across the African Humid Period (2023) DOI

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Yongsong Huang John Brown University 5 shared publications Victor C. Tsai John Brown University 1 shared publication

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