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In Revision
Abbott, M.B. and Edwards, M.E. (In Revision). A 40,000-Year Record of Environmental Change from Burial Lake, Northwest Alaska. Quaternary Research.

Robinson, K., Abbott, M.N., Rosenmeier, M.F., Soninkihishig, N., and Fitzhugh, W.W. (In Revision). A 2600-Year Record of Aquatic Productivity from Lake Sediments in the Horidol Saridag Mountains, Northern Mongolia. Journal of Paleolimnology.

Rodbell, D.T., Seltzer, G.O., Mark, B.G., Smith, J.A. and Abbott, M.B. (In Revision). Clastic Sediment Flux to Tropical Andean Lakes: Records of Glaciation and Soil Erosion. Quaternary Science Reviews.

In Press
Abbott, M.B. and Anderson, L. (In Press - 2008). Lake-Level Fluctuations as an Indicator of Hydrological and Climatic Change. In: Encyclopedia of Paleoclimatology and Ancient Environments, V. Gornitz (ed.), Encyclopedia of Earth Science Series, Springer, Dordrecht, The Netherlands.

Francus, P., Bradley, R.S., Lewis, T., Abbott, M.B., Retelle, M. and Stoner, J.S. (In Press - 2008). Limnological and Sedimentary Processes at Sawtooth Lake, Canadian High Arctic, and Their Influence on Varve Formation. Journal of Paleolimnology.

Cooke, C.A., M.B. Abbott and A.P. Wolfe. (In Press - 2008). Metallurgy in Southern South America. In: Encyclopedia of the History of Science, Technology, and Medicine in Non-Western Cultures Vol. 2, H. Seline (ed.), Kluwer Science, Dordrecht, The Netherlands.

2008
Besonen, M.R. Bradley, R.S., Mudelsee, M., Abbott, M.B. and Francus, P. (2008) A Thousand Year Record of Hurricanes from Boston, Massachusetts. Geophysical Research Letters 35. DOI:1029/2008GL033950. PDF file

Besonen, M.R. Bradley, R.S., Francus, P., Stoner, J. and Abbott, M. (2008). A Record of Climate over the Last Millennium Based on Varved Lake Sediments from the Canadian High Arctic, Journal of Paleolimnology 18, 169-180. PDF file

Cooke, C.A., Abbott, M.B. and Wolfe, A.P. (2008). Late-Holocene Atmospheric Lead Deposition in the Peruvian and Bolivian Andes. The Holocene 18, 353-359. PDF file

Cooke, C.A. and Abbott, M.B. (2008). A Paleolimnological Perspective on Industrial-ERA Metal Pollution in the Central Andes, Peru. Science of the Total Environmental 393, 262-272. DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2007.12.034. PDF file

2007
Anderson, L., Abbott, M.B., and Finney, B.P. and Burns, S.J. (2007). Late Holocene Moisture Balance Variability in the Southwest Yukon Territory, Canada. Quaternary Science Reviews 26, 130-140. PDF file

Cooke, C.A., Abbott, M.B., Wolfe, A.P. and Kittleson, J.L. (2007). A Millennium of Metallurgy Recorded by Lake Sediments in Morococha, Peruvian Andes. Environmental Science and Technology. PDF file

Stansell, N.D., Polissar, P.J. and Abbott, M.B. (2007). Last Glacial Maximum Equilibrium-Line Altitude and Paleo-Temperature Reconstructions for the Cordillera de Mérida, Venezuelan Andes. Quaternary Research 67, 115-127. PDF file

Stansell, N.D., Abbott, M. B., Polissar, P. J., Wolfe, A. P., Rull, V. and Bezada, M. (2007). Reply: Late Quaternary Deglacial History of the Merida Andes, Venezuela: Response to Comment. Journal of Quaternary Science 22, DOI: 10.1002/jqs.1109. PDF file

2006
Polissar, P.J., Abbott, M.B., Wolfe, A.P., Bezada, M., Rull, V. and Bradley, R.S. (2006). Solar Modulation of Little Ice Age Climate in the Tropical Andes. The Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 103, 8937-8942. PDF file

Polissar, P.J., Abbott, M.B., Shemesh, A., Wolfe, A.P. and Bradley, R.S. (2006). Holocene Hydrologic Balance of Tropical South America from Oxygen Isotopes of Lake Sediment Opal, Venezuelan Andes. Earth and Planetary Science Letters 242, 375-389. PDF file

2005
Anderson, L., Abbott, M.B. Finney, B.P. and Edwards, M.E. (2005). Paleohydrology of the Southwest Yukon Territory, Canada, Based on Multiproxy Analyses of Lake Sediment Cores from a Depth Transect. The Holocene 15, (8). PDF file

Anderson, L., Abbott, M.B., Finney, B.P. and Burns, S. (2005). Regional Atmospheric Circulation Change in the North Pacific during the Holocene Inferred from Lacustrine Carbonate Oxygen Isotopes, Yukon Territory, Canada. Quaternary Research, 64, 21-35. PDF file

Bush, M.B., Hansen, B.C.S., Rodbell, D., Seltzer, G.O., Young, K.R., Leon, B., Abbott, M.B., Silman, M.M.R. and Gosling, W.D. (2005). A 17,000 Year History of Andean Climate and Vegetation Change from Laguna de Chochos, Peru. Journal of Quaternary Science 20, 703-714. PDF file

Rull, V., Abbott, M.B., Polissar, P., Wolfe, A.P., Bezada, M. and Bradley, R.S. (2005). Late Quaternary Paleoecology and Paleolimnology of High-Altitude Tropical Environment in the Venezuelan Andes. Quaternary Research 64, 308-317. PDF file

Stansell, N.D., Abbott, M. B., Polissar, P. J., Wolfe, A. P., Rull, V. and Bezada, M. (2005). Late Quaternary Deglacial History of the Merida Andes, Venezuela. Journal of Quaternary Science 20, 801-812. PDF file

2004
Fisher, D.A., Wake, C., Kreutz, K., Yalcin, K., Steig, E., Mayewski, P., Anderson, L., Sheng, J., Rupper, S., Zdanowiz, C., Demuth, M., Waszkiewicz, M., Dahl-Jensen, D., Goto-Azuma, K., Bourgeois, J.B., Koener, R.M., Sekera, J., Osterberg, E., Abbott, M.B., Finney, B.P. and Burns, S.J. (2004). Stable Isotope Records from Mount Logan, Eclipse Ice Cores and Nearby Jellybean Lake. Water Cycle of the North Pacific Over 2000 Years and Over Five Vertical Kilometers: Sudden Shifts and Tropical Connections. Géographie et Quaternaire 58, 337-352. PDF file

Smith, S.V. Bradley, R.S. and Abbott, M.B. (2004). A 300 Year Record of Environmental Change from Lake Tuborg, Ellesmere Island, Nunavut, Canada. Journal of Paleolimnology 32, 137-148. PDF file

2003
Abbott, M.B. and Wolfe, A. (2003). Intensive Pre-Incan Metallurgy Recorded by Lake Sediments from the Bolivian Andes. Science 301, 1893-1895. PDF file

Abbott, M.B., Wolfe, B., Wolfe, A.P., Seltzer, G.O., Aravena, R., Mark, B.G., Polissar, P.J., Rodbell, R.T., Rowe, H.D. and Vuille, M. (2003). Holocene Paleohydrology and Glacial History of the Central Andes using Multiproxy Lake Sediment Studies. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 194, 123-138. PDF file

Hansen, B.S.C., Rodbell, D.T., Seltzer, G.O., Leon, B., Young, K.R. and Abbott, M.B. (2003). Late-Glacial and Holocene Vegetation History from Two Sites in the Western Cordillera of Southwestern Ecuador. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 194, 79-108. PDF file

2002
Francus P., Bradley R., Abbott M.B., Patridge W. and Keimig F. (2002). Paleoclimate Studies of Minerogenic Sediments Using Annually Resolved Textural Parameters. Geophysical Research Letters 29. 20, 1998, doi:10.1029/2002GL015082. PDF file

Rodbell, D. T., Bagnato, S., Nebolini, J. C., Seltzer, G. O. and Abbott, M.B. (2002). A Late Glacial-Holocene Tephrochronology for Glacial Lakes in Southern Ecuador. Quaternary Research, 57, 343-354. PDF file

2001
Anderson, L., Abbott, M.B. and Finney, B.P. (2001). Holocene Climate Inferred from Oxygen Isotope Ratios in Lake Sediments, Central Brooks Range, Alaska. Quaternary Research 55, 313-321. PDF file

Brenner, M., Hodell, D.A., Curtis, J.H., Rosenmeier, M. and Abbott, M.B. (2001). Abrupt Climate Change and Pre-Columbian Cultural Collapse. In “Interhemispheric climatic linkages” (V. Markgraf Ed), pp. 87-103. PDF file

Wolfe, B.B., Aravena, R., Abbott, M.B., Seltzer, G.O. and Gibson, J.J. (2001). Reconstruction of Paleohydrology and Paleohumidity from Oxygen Isotope Records in the Bolivian Andes. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 176, 177-192. PDF file

2000
Abbott, M.B., Wolfe, B., Aravena, R., Wolfe, A.P. and Seltzer, G.O. (2000). Holocene Hydrological Reconstructions from Stable Isotopes and Palaeolimnology, Cordillera Real, Bolivia. Quaternary Science Reviews 19, 1801-1820. PDF file

Abbott, M.B., Finney, B.P., Edwards, M. and Kelts, K.R. (2000). Paleohydrology of Birch Lake, Central Alaska: Lake-Level Reconstructions Using Seismic Reflection Profiles and Core Transect Approaches. Quaternary Research 23,154-166. PDF file

1999
Rodbell, D.T., Seltzer, G.O., Anderson, D.M., Abbott, M.B., Enfield, D.B. and Newman, J.H. (1999). An ~15,000-Year Record of El-Niño Alluviation in Southwestern Ecuador. Science 283, 516-520. PDF file

1997
Abbott, M.B., Binford, M.W., Brenner, M. and Kelts, K.R.. (1997). A 3500 14C yr High-Resolution Record of Lake Level Changes in Lake Titicaca, Bolivia/Peru. Quaternary Research 47, 169-180. PDF file

Abbott, M.B., Seltzer, G.O., Kelts, K.R. and Southon, J. (1997). Holocene Paleohydrology of the Tropical Andes from Lake Records. Quaternary Research 47, 70-80. PDF file

Binford, M.W., Kolata, A.L., Brenner, M., Janusek, J., Abbott, M.B. and Curtis, J (1997). Climate Variation and the Rise and Fall of an Andean Civilization. Quaternary Research 47, 171-186. PDF file

1996
Abbott, M.B. and Stafford, T.W. (1996). Radiocarbon Geochemistry of Ancient and Modern Arctic Lakes, Baffin Island. Quaternary Research. 45, 300-311. PDF file

1993
Seltzer, G.O., Rodbell, D.T. and Abbott, M.B. (1995). Andean Glacial Lakes and Climate Variability Since the Last Glacial Maximum. Bull. Inst fr. éstudes andines 24, 539-549. PDF file

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