Papers

Patton, N. R., Shulmeister, Hua, Q., Almond, P., Rittenour, T., Hanson, J. M., Grealy, A., Gilroy, J., & Ellerton, D. (2023) Reconstructing Holocene fire records using dune foot-slope deposits at the Cooloola Sand Mass, Australia. Quaternary Research, 1–23. https://doi.org/10.1017/qua.2023.14
​Lohse, K. A., Patton, N. R., Godsey, S. E., & Crosby, B. T. (2023). Soil depth measurement system and method. United States Patent, US 11567055.
​Lohse, K.A., Pierson, D., Patton, N.R., Sanderman, J., Huber, D.P., Finney, B., Facer, J., Meyers, J. & Seyfried, M.S., (2022). Multiscale responses and recovery of soils to wildfire in a sagebrush steppe ecosystem. Scientific Reports, 12(1). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-26849-w
Ellerton, D., Rittenour, T., Shulmeister, J., Roberts, A.P., Miot da Silva, G., Gontz, A., Hesp, P., Moss, P., Patton, N. R., Santini, T., Welsh, K., & Zhao, X. (2022). Fraser Island (K'gari) and initiation of the Great Barrier Reef linked by Middle Pleistocene sea-level change. Nature Geoscience, 1752-0894.  https://doi.org/10.1038/s41561-022-01062-6
Patton, N. R. (2022). Landscape evolution of the Southeast Queensland Dune Fields, Australia. PhD Thesis - University of Canterbury.
Pierson, D., Lohse, K., Wieder, W., Facer, J., Patton, N. R. & Seyfried, M.S. (2022). Optimizing process-based models to predict current and future soil organic carbon stocks at high-resolution. Scientific Reports, 12, 10824 . https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-14224-8
Patton, N. R., Shulmeister, J., Rittenour, T. M., Almond, P., Ellerton, D., & Santini, T. (2022). Using calibrated surface roughness dating to estimate coastal dune ages at K’gari (Fraser Island) and the Cooloola Sand Mass, Australia. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, 47(10), 2455-2470.
https://doi.org/10.1002/esp.5387 
Patton, N. R., Shulmeister, J., Ellerton, D., & Seropian, G. (2022). Measuring landscape evolution from inception to maturity: Insights from a coastal dune system. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 584, 117448. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2022.117448
Ya-na, J., Zhang, Y., Huang, C. C., Wang, N., Qiu, H., Wang, H., Xiao, Q., Chen, D., Lin, X., Zhu, Y., Fu, L., Gu, K., & Patton, N. R. (2022) Late Pleistocene-Holocene aeolian loess-paleosol sections in the Yellow River source area on the northeast Tibetan Plateau: chronostratigraphy, sediment provenance, and implications for paleoclimate reconstruction. Catena, 208, 105777.
​https://doi.org/10.1016/j.catena.2021.105777
O'Bryan, C. J., N. R. Patton, J. Hone, J. S. Lewis, V. Berdejo-Espinola, D. R. Risch, M. H. Holden, and E. McDonald-Madden. (2021). Invasive wild pigs (Sus scrofa) as a human‐mediated source of soil carbon emissions: Uncertainties and future directions. Global change biology, 28: e1-e3.
​https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.15992
O'Bryan, C. J., N. R. Patton, J. Hone, J. S. Lewis, V. Berdejo-Espinola, D. R. Risch, M. H. Holden,  and E. McDonald-Madden. (2021). Unrecognized threat to global soil carbon by a widespread invasive species. Global change biology, 28(3), 877-882. https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.15769
Kohler, M., J. Shulmeister, N.R. Patton, T.M. Rittenour, S. McSweeney, D.T. Ellerton, J.C. Stout, and H. Huneke. (2021). Holocene evolution of a barrier-spit complex and the interaction of tidal and wave processes, Inskip Peninsula, SE Queensland, Australia. The Holocene, 31(9), 1476-1488
​http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/09596836211019092
Florin, S. A., P. Roberts, B. Marwick, N. R. Patton, J. Shulmeister, C. E. Lovelock, L. A. Barry, Q. Hua, M. Nango, D. Djandjomerr, R. Fullagar, L. A. Wallis, A. S. Fairbairn, and C. Clarkson. (2021) Pandanus nutshell generates a palaeoprecipitation record for human occupation at Madjedbebe, northern Australia. Nature Ecology and Evolution, 5(3), 295-303. https://www.nature.com/articles/s41559-020-01379-8
Jia, Y., Y. Zhang, N. Wang, C. C. Huang, H. Qui, H. Wang, Y. Yu, A. Seilbike, M. Zou, X. Lin, Z. Tan, W. Liu, S. Hu, and  N. R. Patton. (2021) Chronostratigraphic framework and paleoenvironmental interpretation of the Holocene loess-paleosol sequence in the Luoyang Basin, Central China. Aeolian Research, 48.
​https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aeolia.2020.100657
Gontz, A., A. McCallum, D. Ellerton, N.R. Patton and J. Shulmeister. (2020). The Teewah Transect: GPR-Derived Insights into the Younger Dune Morphosequences on the Great Sandy Coast, Queensland, Australia. Journal of Coastal Research, 95 (SI). https://doi.org/10.2112/SI95-097.1
Ellerton, D., T. Rittenour, J. Shulmeister, A. Gontz, K. Welsh, and N.R. Patton. (2020).  An 800 kyr record of dune emplacement in relationship to high sea level forcing, Cooloola Sand Mass, Queensland, Australia. Geomorphology, 351, 106999. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geomorph.2019.106999
Patton, N. R., D. Ellerton, and J. Shulmeister. (2019). High-resolution remapping of the coastal dune fields of south east Queensland, Australia: a morphometric approach. Journal of Maps, 15(2), 578-589. 
​https://doi.org/10.1080/17445647.2019.1642246​
Patton, N. R., K. A. Lohse, M. Seyfried, S.E Godsey, and S.B Parsons. (2019). Topographic controls of soil organic carbon on soil-mantled landscapes. Scientific Reports, 9(1), 1-15.
​https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-42556-5
Zhang, Y., Q. Zhou, N. Wang, Y. Cuan, C.C. Huang, N.R. Patton, T. Liu, L. Liu, J. Kemp, H. Zhao, J. Shulmeister, G. Yongqiang, and Y. Chen. (2019). Formation and evolution of the massive landslide-dammed lakes in the Jishixia Gorges along the upper Yellow River: No relation to China’s Great Flood and the Xia Dynasty​. Quaternary Science Reviews, 218, 267-280.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2019.06.011
Zhang, Y., Y. Zhu, Y. Chen, N.R. Patton, C.C. Huang, N. Wang, J. Shulmeister, Y. Li, H. Qui, Z. Tan, X. Li, Y. Zhang, and L. Liu. (2019). Prehistoric and historic overbank floods in the Luoyang Basin along the Luohe River, middle Yellow River basin, China. Quaternary International, 521, 118-128.
​https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quaint.2019.06.023
Shulmeister, J., G.D. Thackray, T.M. Rittenour, D. Fink, and N.R. Patton. (2019). The timing and nature of the last glacial cycle in New Zealand. Quaternary Science Reviews, 206, 1-20.
​https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2018.12.020
Patton, N. R., K. A. Lohse, M. Seyfried, R. M. Will, and S. Benner. (2019). Lithology and coarse fraction adjusted bulk density estimates for determining total organic carbon stocks in dryland soils. Geoderma, 337, 844-852. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geoderma.2018.10.036
Patton, N. R., K. A. Lohse, M. Seyfried, B.T. Crosby, and S.E. Godsey. (2018). Predicting soil thickness on soil mantled hillslopes. Nature Communications, 9(1), 1-10.
​https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-05743-y
Fellows, A. Flerchinger, G.N., M. S. Seyfried, K.A. Lohse, and N. R Patton. (2018). Controls on gross production in an aspen-sagebrush vegetation mosaic. Ecohydrology, 12(1) E2046).
​https://doi.org/10.1002/eco.2046
​Patton, N. R. (2016). Topographic controls on total mobile regolith and total soil organic carbon in complex terrain. MSc Thesis - Idaho State University.

Datasets

Patton, N. R., K. A. Lohse, M. S. Seyfried, and M. D. Murdock. (2018). Dataset for Soil Properties Determined at the Reynolds Creek Experimental Watershed (RCEW), Idaho [Idaho State University Collections 2010-2016] (Boise State University Scholar Works) 
Patton, N. R., K. A. Lohse, S. E. Godsey, S. B. Parsons, and M. Seyfried. (2018). Dataset for topographic controls on total soil carbon in semi-arid environments (Boise State University Scholar Works) 
Patton, N. R., K. A. Lohse, M. Seyfried, S. Benner and R. Will. (2018). Dataset for lithology and coarse fraction adjusted bulk density estimates for determining total organic carbon stocks in dryland soils (Boise State University Scholar Works)
Patton, N. R., K. A. Lohse, M. Seyfried, and M. D. Murdock. (2018). Dataset: Soil properties of Johnston Draw a subcatchment of Reynolds Creek, Idaho. (Boise State University Scholar Works) 
Patton, N. R., K. A. Lohse, M. Seyfried, A. G. Radke, and S. E. Godsey. (2018). Dataset: Soil properties of Reynolds Mountain East a subcatchment of Reynolds Creek, Idaho. (Boise State University Scholar Works)  
Murdock, M. D., D. P. Huber, M. S. Seyfried, N. R. Patton, and K. A. Lohse. (2018). Dataset for soil hydraulic parameter estimates along an elevation gradient in dryland soils (Boise State University Scholar Works)
Will, R. M., S. Benner, N. F. Glenn, J. Pierce, K. A. Lohse, N. R. Patton, L. P. Spaete, and C. Stanbery. (2017) Reynolds Creek - A Collection of Near-Surface Soil Organic Carbon (SOC) Maps, GIS/Map Data (Boise State University Scholar Works)
Patton, N. R., K. A. Lohse, M. Seyfried, B.T. Crosby and S.E. Godsey. (2017). Dataset for predicting soil thickness on soil mantled hillslopes (Boise State University Scholar Works)

Posters/Talks

Patton, N. R. (2022). Career development : pursuing your masters and/or doctorates degree. Pennsylvania Western University. California, PA (Invited Presentation).

Patton, N. R., Shulmeister, J., Hua, Q., Almond, P., Rittenour, T. M., Hanson, J. M., Ellerton, D. T., and Seropian, G. (2022). The geomorphic influence of wildfire on stabilized dune fields, an example from the Cooloola Sand Mass, Australia. Geological Society of America (GSA) Denver, Colorado, USA (Presentation).

Patton, N. R., Shulmeister, J., Rittenour, T. M., Almond, P., Ellerton, D., & Santini, T. (2022). Using surface-roughness dating to estimate coastal dune ages at Fraser Island and the Cooloola Sand Mass, Australia. New World Luminescence Dating Workshop. Grand Junction, Colorado, USA (Presentation).​

​Patton, N. R. (2022) Overview of research and experience. Desert Research Institute. Online (Presentation).

Patton, N. R. ​(2021) Evaluating seasonal variability from carbon and oxygen stable isotope measurements of a modern Biggenden Banded snail (Figuladra bayensis). 15th International Conference on Accelerator Mass Spectrometry (AMS-15). Online (Presentation).

Patton, N. R. (2021) Utilizing meteoric 10Be to define the mobile-stable regolith boundary within unconsolidated sediment. 15th International Conference on Accelerator Mass Spectrometry (AMS-15). Online (Presentation).

Patton, N. R. (2021). Validating seasonal variability from carbon and oxygen stable isotope measurements of a modern Biggenden Banded snail (Figuladra bayensis). Australasian Environmental Isotope Conference (AEIC). Online (Invited Presentation).
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Patton, N. R. (2021). Using surface roughness to determine ages of coastal dunes at K'gari (Fraser Island) and the Cooloola Sand Mass, Australia. Australasian Quaternary Association (AQUA) Pop-Up E Conference. Online  (Presentation).

Gontz, A., McCallum, A., Ellerton, D., Patton, N., and Shulmeister, J. (2021) The Teewah Transect – GPR-derived insights into the aeolian-soils relationships of the Southern Cooloola Sand Mass, Queensland, Australia. International Coastal Symposium Online from Seville, Spain (Poster).

Patton, N. R. (2020). Measuring landscape evolution form inception to senescence; an example from the Cooloola Sand Mass, Australia. Geoscience Society of New Zealand (GSNZ) Annual Conference. Christchurch, NZ  (Presentation).
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Patton, N. R. (2019). Landscape evolution of the south east Queensland dune field, Australia. Australia's Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation (ANSTO). Sydney, New South Wales, AUS (Invited Presentation).

Patton, N. R. (2019). Evaluation of steady-state topography of the Cooloola Sand Mass, Australia. University of Utah Luminescence Laboratory. Logan,  Utah, USA (Invited Presentation).

Patton, N. R. (2019). Creeping towards a steady-state topography: landscape evolution of the Cooloola Sand Mass, QLD. The Australian and New Zealand Geomorphology Group (ANZGG). Inverloch, VIC,  AUS (Invited Presentation).

Patton, N. R. (2018). Predicting soil thickness and its potential applications in Quaternary science. University of Nottingham. Beeston, ENG (Guest Speaker).

Lohse, K. A., N. R. Patton, C. Renner, A. Commendador, J. Thomas, B. Finney, R. Macneille, K. Gossner, Z. V. Orsdel, A. Millard, S. Hill, C. Durfee, K. Hawkes, J. Facer, K. Ferguson, A. Rozin, K. Aho, M. Seyfried, and F. Pierson. (2018). Temporal variation in soil carbon cycling in response to wildfire in the Reynolds Creek Critical Zone Observatory, Idaho, USA. American Geophysical Union. San Francisco, CA.

Zellman, M. S., C. B. DuRoss, G. D. Thackray, R. W. Briggs, N. Cholewinski, T. Reyes, N. R. Patton, and S. A. Mahan. (2018). A paleoseismic investigation of the northern Teton fault at the Steamboat Mountain trench site, Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming. Seismological Society of America. Miami, FL. 

Radke, A. G., S. E. Godsey, K. A. Lohse, M. S. Seyfried, D. P. Huber, N. R. Patton, and W. S. Holbrook. (2017). Spatiotemporal heterogeneity of dissolved organic carbon in waters and soils of a snow-dominated headwater catchment. American Geophysical Union. New Orleans, LA.

Patton, N. R. (2017). Continuing your education in graduate school. California University of Pennsylvania. California, PA (Invited Presentation).

Patton, N. R., K. Lohse, M. Seyfried, B. Crosby, and S. Godsey. (2017). Predicting soil thickness and total organic carbon on soil mantled hillslopes. Critical Zone All Hands Meeting. Washington, DC (Poster).

Ripley, K., N. R. Patton, and K. Lohse. (2017). Examining and comparing unique soil profiles in Reynolds Creek, Idaho. Idaho State University Research Symposium. Pocatello, ID. 

Patton, N. R., K. Lohse, R. Will, S. Benner, and M. Seyfried. (2016). Coarse fraction adjusted bulk density estimates using soil organic carbon and matter in a complex terrain. Critical Zone All Hands Meeting. Boise, ID (Poster).

Commendador, A., B. Finney, N. R. Patton, and K. Lohse. (2016). Stable carbon and nitrogen isotopes in soils and plants along a climatic gradient. Critical Zone All Hands Meeting. Boise, ID.

Radke, A., N. R.  Patton, K. Lohse, and S. Godsey. (2016). Hydrologic-geophysical impacts on soil carbon export in a snow-dominated headwater catchment. Critical Zone All Hands Meeting. Boise, ID.

Lohse, K. A., N. R. Patton, A. Fellows, P. Kormos, G. Flerchinger, M. Seyfried, E. McCorkle, and R. MacNeill. (2016). Taking the pulse of the skin of the earth: quantifying the spatial and temporal variability in soil biogeochemical cycling. American Geophysical Union. San Francisco, CA.2015

Patton, N. R., K. Lohse, M. Seyfried, B. Crosby, and S. Godsey. (2015). Determining total soil carbon storage in the critical zone using topography and lithology. American Geophysical Union. San Francisco, CA (Poster).

Patton, N. R., K. Lohse, M. Seyfried, B. Crosby, and S. Godsey. (2015). Determining soil thickness and carbon storage in the critical zone, Idaho State University Research Symposium. Pocatello, ID (Poster).

Will, R., Stanbery, C., Seyfried, M., Pierce, J., Lohse, K., Flores, A., Glenn, N., Spaete, L., Patton, N. R., Black, C., Good, A., and S. Benner (2015). Mapping the organic carbon content of soils (SOC) in the Reynolds Creek Watershed. Great Basin Consortium. Boise, ID.2014

Patton, N. R., M. Seyfried, T. Link, and K.A. Lohse. (2014). controls of parent material and topography on soil carbon storage in the critical zone. American Geophysical Union. San Francisco, CA (Poster).

Seyfried, M., T. Link, Z. Klos, N. R. Patton, and K.A. Lohse (2014). Ecohydrological implications of contrasting slope and aspect in complex terrain. American Geophysical Union. San Francisco, CA.

Will, R., Stanbery, C., Seyfried, M., Pierce, J., Lohse, K., Flores, A., Glenn, N., Spaete, L., Patton, N. R., Black, C., Good, A., and S. Benner (2014). Mapping the organic carbon content of soils (SOC) in the Reynolds Creek Watershed. CZO All Hands Meeting.

Patton, N. R., M. Seyfried, T. Link, and K.A. Lohse. (2014). Controls of parent material and topography on soil carbon storage. Critical Zone All Hands Meeting. Yosemite National Park, CA (Poster).

Jurkowski, C., D. Harris, and N. R.  Patton. (2014). Geochemical analysis and classification of the Gates-Adah kimberlite dike. American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting 2014. San Francisco, CA.

Patton, N. R., C. Killian, C. Jurkowski, and K. Fredrick (2014). Inorganic ions contributing to elevated conductivity in Oregon Hollow wetland: A headwater tributary of Pike Run Watershed, Washington County, PA. Pittsburgh Geological Society (Poster).

Patton, N. R., C. Killian, C. Jurkowski, and K. Fredrick (2013). Water quality indicators of Oregon Hollow wetland: A headwater tributary of Pike Run Watershed, Washington County, Pennsylvania. Geological Society of America. Denver, CO (Poster).

Patton, N. R., C. Killian, C. Jurkowski, M. Li and K. Fredrick (2013). Investigation of inorganic species in Oregon Hollow wetland: Washington County, Pennsylvania. PASSHE Undergraduate Research Conference in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics. Slippery Rock University, PA (Poster).

Patton, N. R. et al (2012). Identifying demographics surrounding parks: Frick, Schenley, Riverview and Highland Parks. Pittsburgh Park Conservancy, Pittsburgh, PA (Poster).