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2022
Pulkit, S., Lu, W., Lu, Z., Jost, A.B., Lau, K.V., Bachan, A., van de Schootbrugge, B., Payne, J.L. Reduction in animal abundance and oxygen availability during and after the end-Triassic mass extinction. Geobiology. https://doi.org/10.1111/gbi.12533
Lau, K.V. and Hardisty, D.S. (co-first authors) Modeling the impacts of diagenesis on carbonate paleoredox proxies. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 337, 123-139. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gca.2022.09.021
Isson, T.T., Zhang, S., Lau, K.V., Rauzi, S., Tosca, N.J., Penman, D.E., Planavsky, N.J. Marine siliceous ecosystem decline led to sustained anomalous Early Triassic warmth. Nature Communications 13, 3509. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-31128-3
Nana Yobo, L., Holmden, C., Brandon, A.D., Lau, K.V., Eldrett, J.S., and Bergman, S. LIP volcanism (not anoxia) tracked by Cr isotopes during Ocean Anoxic Event 2 in the proto-North Atlantic region. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 332, 138-155. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gca.2022.06.016https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gca.2022.06.016
Pimentel-Galvan, M., Lau, K.V., Maher, K., Mukerji, T., Lehrmann, D.J., Altiner, D., Payne, J.L. Duration and Intensity of End-Permian Marine Anoxia. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems e2021GC010130.
https://doi.org/10.1029/2021GC010130
2021
Lau, K.V., Hancock, L.G., Severmann, S., Kuzminov, A., Cole, D.B., Behl, R.J., Planavsky, N.J., Lyons, T.W. Variable local basin hydrography and productivity control the uranium isotope paleoredox proxy in anoxic black shales. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 317, 433-456. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gca.2021.10.011
Hülse, D., Lau, K.V., van de Velde, S.J., Arndt, S., Meyer, K.M., Ridgwell, A. End-Permian marine extinction due to temperature-driven nutrient recycling and euxinia. Nature Geoscience 14, 862-867. 10.1038/s41561-021-00829-7
Farrell, U., … Lau, K.V., … Sperling, E.A. The Sedimentary Geochemistry and Paleoenvironments Project. Geobiology 19, 545-556. https://doi.org/10.111/gbi.12462.
Nana Yobo, L., Brandon, A.D., Holmden, C., Lau, K.V., Eldrett, J. Changing inputs of continental and submarine weathering sources of Sr to the oceans during OAE 2. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 303, 205-222. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gca.2021.03.013.
2020
Zhang, F., Lenton, T.M., del Rey, A., Romaniello, S.J., Chen, X., Planavsky, N.J., Clarkson, M.O., Dahl, T.W., Lau, K.V., Wang, W., Li, Z., Zhao, M., Isson, T., Algeo, T.J., Anbar, A.D. Uranium isotopes in marine carbonates as a global ocean paleoredox proxy: A critical review. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 287, 27-49. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gca.2020.05.011.
Fantle, M.F., Barnes, B.D., Lau, K.V. The Role of Diagenesis in Shaping the Geochemistry of the Marine Carbonate Record. Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences 48, 549-583. doi.org/10.1146/annurev-earth-073019-060021.
Kelley, B.M., Lehrmann, D.J., Yu, M., Jost, A.B., Meyer, K.M., Lau, K.V., Altiner, D., Li, X. Minzoni, M., Schaal., E.K., Payne, J.L. Controls on carbonate platform architecture and reef recovery across the Palaeozoic to Mesozoic transition: A high-resolution analysis of the Great Bank of Guizhou. Sedimentology. 10.1111/sed.12741.
Gussone, N., Ahm, A-S.C., Lau, K.V., Bradbury, H.C. (2020) Calcium Isotopes in Deep Time: Potential and Limitations. Chemical Geology 544, 119601. 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2020.119601.
Lau, K.V., Lyons, T.W., Maher, K. (2020) Uranium reduction and isotopic fractionation in reducing sediments: Insights from reactive transport modeling. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 287, 65-92. 10.1016/j.gca.2020.01.021.
Brüske, A., Weyer, S., Zhao, M.-Y., Planavsky, N.J., Wegwerth, A., Neubert, N., Dellwig, O., Lau, K.V., Lyons, T.W. (2020) Correlated molybdenum and uranium isotope signatures in modern anoxic sediments: implications for their use as a paleo-redox proxy. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 270, 449-474. 10.1016/j.gca.2019.11.031.
2019
Lau, K., Romaniello, S., & Zhang, F. (2019) The Uranium Isotope Paleoredox Proxy (Elements in Geochemical Tracers in Earth System Science). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. doi.org/10.1017/9781108584142.
Lefebvre, P., Noël, V., Lau, K.V., Jemison, N.E., Weaver, K.L., Williams, K.H., Bargar, J.R., Maher, K. (2019) Isotopic fingerprint of uranium accumulation and redox cycling in floodplains of the Upper Colorado River Basin. Environment, Science & Technology 53, 3399 - 3409. 10.1021/acs.est.8b05593.
Ibarra, D.E., Caves Rugenstein, J.K., Bachan, A., Baresch, A., Lau, K.V., Thomas, D.L., Lee, J.-E., Boyce, C.K., Chamberlain, C.P. (2019) Modeling the consequences of land plant evolution on silicate weathering. American Journal of Science 319, 1-43. 10.2475/01.2019.01.
2018
Lyons, T.W., Droser, M.L., Lau, K.V., Porter, S.M. (2018) Early Earth and the rise of complex life. Emerging Topics in Life Sciences 2(2), 121-124. 10.1042/ETLS20180093
Zhang, F.F., Romaniello, S.J., Algeo, T.J., Lau, K.V., Clapham, M.E., Richoz, S., Hermann, A.D., Smith, H., Horacek, M., Anbar, A.D. Multiple episodes of extensive marine anoxia linked to global warming and continental weathering following the latest Permian mass extinction. Science Advances 4, 4:31602921. 10.1126/sciadv.1602921.
Silva-Tamayo, J.C., Lau, K.V., Jost, A.B., Payne, J.L., Wignall, P.B., Newton, R.J., Eisenhauer, A., DePaolo, D.J., Brown, S., Maher, K., Lehrmann, D.J., Altiner, D., Yu, M., Richoz, S., Paytan, A. (2018) Global perturbation of the marine calcium cycle during the Permian-Triassic transition. GSA Bulletin. 10.1130/B31818.1.
2017
Lau, K.V., Maher, K., Brown, S., Altiner, D., DePaolo, D.J., Eisenhauer, A., Jost, A.B., Kelley, B.M., Lehrmann, D.J., Paytan, A., Silva-Tamayo, J.C., Yu, M., Payne, J.L. (2017) The influence of diagenesis, mineralogy, and seawater changes on calcium isotope variations in Lower-Middle Triassic carbonate rocks. Chemical Geology 471, 13-37. 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2017.09.006. pdf.
Jost, A.B., Bachan, A., van de Schootbrugge, B., Lau, K.V., Weaver, K.L., Maher, K., Payne, J.L. (2017) Uranium isotope evidence for an expansion of marine anoxia during the end-Triassic extinction. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems 18, 3093-3108. 10.1002/2017GC006941. pdf.
Bachan, A., Lau, K.V., Saltzman, M.R., Thomas, E., Kump, L.R, Payne, J.L. (2017) A model for the decrease in amplitude of carbon isotope excursions throughout the Phanerozoic. American Journal of Science 317, 641-676. 10.2475/06.2017.01. pdf.
Kelley, B.M., Lehrmann, D.J., Yu, M., Minzoni, M., Enos, P., Li, X.W., Lau, K.V., Payne, J.L. (2017) The Late Permian to Late Triassic Great Bank of Guizhou: An isolated carbonate platform in the Nanpanjiang Basin of Guizhou Province, China. AAPG Bulletin 101, 553-562. 10.1306/011817DIG17034. pdf.
Lau, K.V., Macdonald, F.A., Maher, K., Payne, J.L. (2017) Uranium isotope evidence for temporary ocean oxygenation in the aftermath of the Sturtian Snowball Earth. Earth and Planetary Science Letters 458, 282-292. 10.1016/j.epsl.2016.10.043. pdf. code.
2016
Caves, J.K., Jost, A.B., Lau, K.V., Maher, K. (2016) Cenozoic carbon cycle imbalances and a variable weathering feedback. Earth and Planetary Science Letters 450, 152-163. 10.1016/j.epsl.2016.06.035. pdf.
Lau, K.V., Maher, K., Altiner, D., Kelley, B.M., Kump, L.R., Lehrmann, D.J., Silva-Tamayo, J.C., Weaver, K.L., Yu, M., Payne, J.L. (2016) Marine anoxia and delayed Earth system recovery after the end-Permian extinction. Proceedings of the National Academy of the United States of America 113, 2360-2365. 10.1073/pnas.1515080113. pdf. code.
2015
Schaal, E.K., Meyer, K.M., Lau, K.V., Silva-Tamayo, J.C., Payne, J.L. (2015) Oceanic anoxia during the Permian-Triassic transition and links to volcanism. In: Volcanism and Global Environmental Change, Cambridge University press, p. 275-290.
2022
Pulkit, S., Lu, W., Lu, Z., Jost, A.B., Lau, K.V., Bachan, A., van de Schootbrugge, B., Payne, J.L. Reduction in animal abundance and oxygen availability during and after the end-Triassic mass extinction. Geobiology. https://doi.org/10.1111/gbi.12533
Lau, K.V. and Hardisty, D.S. (co-first authors) Modeling the impacts of diagenesis on carbonate paleoredox proxies. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 337, 123-139. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gca.2022.09.021
Isson, T.T., Zhang, S., Lau, K.V., Rauzi, S., Tosca, N.J., Penman, D.E., Planavsky, N.J. Marine siliceous ecosystem decline led to sustained anomalous Early Triassic warmth. Nature Communications 13, 3509. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-31128-3
Nana Yobo, L., Holmden, C., Brandon, A.D., Lau, K.V., Eldrett, J.S., and Bergman, S. LIP volcanism (not anoxia) tracked by Cr isotopes during Ocean Anoxic Event 2 in the proto-North Atlantic region. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 332, 138-155. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gca.2022.06.016https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gca.2022.06.016
Pimentel-Galvan, M., Lau, K.V., Maher, K., Mukerji, T., Lehrmann, D.J., Altiner, D., Payne, J.L. Duration and Intensity of End-Permian Marine Anoxia. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems e2021GC010130.
https://doi.org/10.1029/2021GC010130
2021
Lau, K.V., Hancock, L.G., Severmann, S., Kuzminov, A., Cole, D.B., Behl, R.J., Planavsky, N.J., Lyons, T.W. Variable local basin hydrography and productivity control the uranium isotope paleoredox proxy in anoxic black shales. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 317, 433-456. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gca.2021.10.011
Hülse, D., Lau, K.V., van de Velde, S.J., Arndt, S., Meyer, K.M., Ridgwell, A. End-Permian marine extinction due to temperature-driven nutrient recycling and euxinia. Nature Geoscience 14, 862-867. 10.1038/s41561-021-00829-7
Farrell, U., … Lau, K.V., … Sperling, E.A. The Sedimentary Geochemistry and Paleoenvironments Project. Geobiology 19, 545-556. https://doi.org/10.111/gbi.12462.
Nana Yobo, L., Brandon, A.D., Holmden, C., Lau, K.V., Eldrett, J. Changing inputs of continental and submarine weathering sources of Sr to the oceans during OAE 2. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 303, 205-222. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gca.2021.03.013.
2020
Zhang, F., Lenton, T.M., del Rey, A., Romaniello, S.J., Chen, X., Planavsky, N.J., Clarkson, M.O., Dahl, T.W., Lau, K.V., Wang, W., Li, Z., Zhao, M., Isson, T., Algeo, T.J., Anbar, A.D. Uranium isotopes in marine carbonates as a global ocean paleoredox proxy: A critical review. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 287, 27-49. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gca.2020.05.011.
Fantle, M.F., Barnes, B.D., Lau, K.V. The Role of Diagenesis in Shaping the Geochemistry of the Marine Carbonate Record. Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences 48, 549-583. doi.org/10.1146/annurev-earth-073019-060021.
Kelley, B.M., Lehrmann, D.J., Yu, M., Jost, A.B., Meyer, K.M., Lau, K.V., Altiner, D., Li, X. Minzoni, M., Schaal., E.K., Payne, J.L. Controls on carbonate platform architecture and reef recovery across the Palaeozoic to Mesozoic transition: A high-resolution analysis of the Great Bank of Guizhou. Sedimentology. 10.1111/sed.12741.
Gussone, N., Ahm, A-S.C., Lau, K.V., Bradbury, H.C. (2020) Calcium Isotopes in Deep Time: Potential and Limitations. Chemical Geology 544, 119601. 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2020.119601.
Lau, K.V., Lyons, T.W., Maher, K. (2020) Uranium reduction and isotopic fractionation in reducing sediments: Insights from reactive transport modeling. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 287, 65-92. 10.1016/j.gca.2020.01.021.
Brüske, A., Weyer, S., Zhao, M.-Y., Planavsky, N.J., Wegwerth, A., Neubert, N., Dellwig, O., Lau, K.V., Lyons, T.W. (2020) Correlated molybdenum and uranium isotope signatures in modern anoxic sediments: implications for their use as a paleo-redox proxy. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 270, 449-474. 10.1016/j.gca.2019.11.031.
2019
Lau, K., Romaniello, S., & Zhang, F. (2019) The Uranium Isotope Paleoredox Proxy (Elements in Geochemical Tracers in Earth System Science). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. doi.org/10.1017/9781108584142.
Lefebvre, P., Noël, V., Lau, K.V., Jemison, N.E., Weaver, K.L., Williams, K.H., Bargar, J.R., Maher, K. (2019) Isotopic fingerprint of uranium accumulation and redox cycling in floodplains of the Upper Colorado River Basin. Environment, Science & Technology 53, 3399 - 3409. 10.1021/acs.est.8b05593.
Ibarra, D.E., Caves Rugenstein, J.K., Bachan, A., Baresch, A., Lau, K.V., Thomas, D.L., Lee, J.-E., Boyce, C.K., Chamberlain, C.P. (2019) Modeling the consequences of land plant evolution on silicate weathering. American Journal of Science 319, 1-43. 10.2475/01.2019.01.
2018
Lyons, T.W., Droser, M.L., Lau, K.V., Porter, S.M. (2018) Early Earth and the rise of complex life. Emerging Topics in Life Sciences 2(2), 121-124. 10.1042/ETLS20180093
Zhang, F.F., Romaniello, S.J., Algeo, T.J., Lau, K.V., Clapham, M.E., Richoz, S., Hermann, A.D., Smith, H., Horacek, M., Anbar, A.D. Multiple episodes of extensive marine anoxia linked to global warming and continental weathering following the latest Permian mass extinction. Science Advances 4, 4:31602921. 10.1126/sciadv.1602921.
Silva-Tamayo, J.C., Lau, K.V., Jost, A.B., Payne, J.L., Wignall, P.B., Newton, R.J., Eisenhauer, A., DePaolo, D.J., Brown, S., Maher, K., Lehrmann, D.J., Altiner, D., Yu, M., Richoz, S., Paytan, A. (2018) Global perturbation of the marine calcium cycle during the Permian-Triassic transition. GSA Bulletin. 10.1130/B31818.1.
2017
Lau, K.V., Maher, K., Brown, S., Altiner, D., DePaolo, D.J., Eisenhauer, A., Jost, A.B., Kelley, B.M., Lehrmann, D.J., Paytan, A., Silva-Tamayo, J.C., Yu, M., Payne, J.L. (2017) The influence of diagenesis, mineralogy, and seawater changes on calcium isotope variations in Lower-Middle Triassic carbonate rocks. Chemical Geology 471, 13-37. 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2017.09.006. pdf.
Jost, A.B., Bachan, A., van de Schootbrugge, B., Lau, K.V., Weaver, K.L., Maher, K., Payne, J.L. (2017) Uranium isotope evidence for an expansion of marine anoxia during the end-Triassic extinction. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems 18, 3093-3108. 10.1002/2017GC006941. pdf.
Bachan, A., Lau, K.V., Saltzman, M.R., Thomas, E., Kump, L.R, Payne, J.L. (2017) A model for the decrease in amplitude of carbon isotope excursions throughout the Phanerozoic. American Journal of Science 317, 641-676. 10.2475/06.2017.01. pdf.
Kelley, B.M., Lehrmann, D.J., Yu, M., Minzoni, M., Enos, P., Li, X.W., Lau, K.V., Payne, J.L. (2017) The Late Permian to Late Triassic Great Bank of Guizhou: An isolated carbonate platform in the Nanpanjiang Basin of Guizhou Province, China. AAPG Bulletin 101, 553-562. 10.1306/011817DIG17034. pdf.
Lau, K.V., Macdonald, F.A., Maher, K., Payne, J.L. (2017) Uranium isotope evidence for temporary ocean oxygenation in the aftermath of the Sturtian Snowball Earth. Earth and Planetary Science Letters 458, 282-292. 10.1016/j.epsl.2016.10.043. pdf. code.
2016
Caves, J.K., Jost, A.B., Lau, K.V., Maher, K. (2016) Cenozoic carbon cycle imbalances and a variable weathering feedback. Earth and Planetary Science Letters 450, 152-163. 10.1016/j.epsl.2016.06.035. pdf.
Lau, K.V., Maher, K., Altiner, D., Kelley, B.M., Kump, L.R., Lehrmann, D.J., Silva-Tamayo, J.C., Weaver, K.L., Yu, M., Payne, J.L. (2016) Marine anoxia and delayed Earth system recovery after the end-Permian extinction. Proceedings of the National Academy of the United States of America 113, 2360-2365. 10.1073/pnas.1515080113. pdf. code.
2015
Schaal, E.K., Meyer, K.M., Lau, K.V., Silva-Tamayo, J.C., Payne, J.L. (2015) Oceanic anoxia during the Permian-Triassic transition and links to volcanism. In: Volcanism and Global Environmental Change, Cambridge University press, p. 275-290.
first-authored conference abstracts
Lau, K.V., Hardisty, D.S. A New Model-Data Comparison: Promises and Pitfalls of Paleoredox Proxies in Carbonate Rocks. GSA Connects [invited talk].
Lau, K.V., Hülse, D., van de Velde, S.J., Arndt, S., Meyer, K., Ridgwell, A. Temperature-driven nutrient recycling controlled the global redox landscape during the end-Permian mass extinction. GSA Connects [invited talk].
Lau, K.V., Ibarra, D.E., Kukla, T., Caves Rugenstein, J.K. Extreme Climate, Carbon, and Continents: Quantifying Earth system feedbacks in the late Paleozoic. AGU Fall Meeting [invited talk].
Lau, K.V. Reconstructing anoxia in Phanerozoic oceans: insights from paleoredox proxies. Geobiology Society Conference, Banff, Alberta. [invited talk]
Lau, K.V., Hardisty, D.S., Gill, B.C., Lyons, T.W. Tracking Anoxia in Ancient Oceans: Potential and Limitations of Paleoredox Proxies in Carbonate Rocks. AAPG Annual Convention/SEPM Symposium, San Antonio TX. [invited keynote]
Lau, K., Lyons, T., Maher, K. Early diagenetic reactive transport modeling of uranium concentrations and ‘stable’ isotopes. AGU Fall Meeting. [invited and highlighted poster]
Lau, K., Lyons, T., Maher, K. Modeling insights and a case study of uranium accumulation and isotopic fractionation during early diagenesis of marine sediments. Uranium Biogeochemistry conference, Ascona, Switzerland. [talk]
Lau, K., Lyons, T., Maher, K. Modeling insights into uranium accumulation and isotopic fractionation during early diagenesis of marine sediments. Goldschmidt Meeting. [poster]
Lau, K.V., Hancock, L.G., Maher, K., Severmann, S., Kuzminov, A., Behl, R.J., Lyons, T.W. (2017) Constraints on Uranium Isotope Fractionation and Related Reconstructions of Past Marine Redox Conditions from the Miocene Monterey Formation. GSA Annual Meeting. [invited talk]
Lau, K., Maher, K., Brown, S., Silva Tamayo, J.C., Altiner, D., DePaolo, D., Eisenhauer, A., Lehrmann, D., Paytan, A., Yu, M., Payne, J. (2017) The Influence of Diagenesis and Mineralogy on Ca Isotopes in Lower-Upper Triassic Carbonate Rocks. Goldschmidt Meeting. [poster]
Lau, K.V., Macdonald, F.A., Maher, K., & Payne, J.L. (2017) Variable Ocean Oxygenation During the Cryogenian Non-Glacial Interval and Links to the Carbon Cycle: Insights from Uranium Isotopes. International GeoBiology Conference. [poster]
Lau, K.V., Jost, A.B., Payne, J.L., Miles, C.M., and Maher, K. (2016) Evaluating Uranium Isotopes in Carbonates and Implications for Reconstructing Marine Paleoredox Conditions. AGU Fall Meeting [poster].
Lau, K.V., Macdonald, F.A., Maher, K., and Payne, J.L. (2015) Uranium isotope evidence for temporary ocean oxygenation following the Sturtian glaciation. AGU Fall Meeting [talk].
Lau, K.V., Maher, K., Altiner, D., Brown, S., DePaolo, D., Eisenhauer, A., Jost, A., Kelley, B., Kump, L., Lehrmann, D., Paytan, A., Silva-Tamayo, J.C., Yu, M., and Payne, J.L. (2015) Ca Isotope Constraints on Early Triassic Marine Carbonate Chemistry. Goldschmidt Meeting [poster].
Lau, K.V., Maher, K., Kump, L.R., Kelley, B.M., Lehrmann, D.J., Yu, M., Altiner, D., and Payne, J.L. (2014) Extent of Early Triassic global marine anoxia from multiple uranium isotope records and numerical modeling. Goldschmidt Meeting [talk].
Lau, K.V., Maher, K., Kelley, B.M., Yu, M., Lehrmann, D.J., and Payne, J.L. (2013) Prolonged and Recurrent Global Seafloor Anoxia in the Early Triassic from Uranium Isotopic Evidence. AGU Fall Meeting [poster].
Lau, K.V., Maher, K., Kelley, B.M., Yu, M., Lehrmann, D.J., and Payne, J.L. (2013) Prolonged and Recurrent Global Seafloor Anoxia in the Early Triassic from Uranium Isotopic Evidence. GSA Annual Meeting [talk].
Lau, K.V., Hülse, D., van de Velde, S.J., Arndt, S., Meyer, K., Ridgwell, A. Temperature-driven nutrient recycling controlled the global redox landscape during the end-Permian mass extinction. GSA Connects [invited talk].
Lau, K.V., Ibarra, D.E., Kukla, T., Caves Rugenstein, J.K. Extreme Climate, Carbon, and Continents: Quantifying Earth system feedbacks in the late Paleozoic. AGU Fall Meeting [invited talk].
Lau, K.V. Reconstructing anoxia in Phanerozoic oceans: insights from paleoredox proxies. Geobiology Society Conference, Banff, Alberta. [invited talk]
Lau, K.V., Hardisty, D.S., Gill, B.C., Lyons, T.W. Tracking Anoxia in Ancient Oceans: Potential and Limitations of Paleoredox Proxies in Carbonate Rocks. AAPG Annual Convention/SEPM Symposium, San Antonio TX. [invited keynote]
Lau, K., Lyons, T., Maher, K. Early diagenetic reactive transport modeling of uranium concentrations and ‘stable’ isotopes. AGU Fall Meeting. [invited and highlighted poster]
Lau, K., Lyons, T., Maher, K. Modeling insights and a case study of uranium accumulation and isotopic fractionation during early diagenesis of marine sediments. Uranium Biogeochemistry conference, Ascona, Switzerland. [talk]
Lau, K., Lyons, T., Maher, K. Modeling insights into uranium accumulation and isotopic fractionation during early diagenesis of marine sediments. Goldschmidt Meeting. [poster]
Lau, K.V., Hancock, L.G., Maher, K., Severmann, S., Kuzminov, A., Behl, R.J., Lyons, T.W. (2017) Constraints on Uranium Isotope Fractionation and Related Reconstructions of Past Marine Redox Conditions from the Miocene Monterey Formation. GSA Annual Meeting. [invited talk]
Lau, K., Maher, K., Brown, S., Silva Tamayo, J.C., Altiner, D., DePaolo, D., Eisenhauer, A., Lehrmann, D., Paytan, A., Yu, M., Payne, J. (2017) The Influence of Diagenesis and Mineralogy on Ca Isotopes in Lower-Upper Triassic Carbonate Rocks. Goldschmidt Meeting. [poster]
Lau, K.V., Macdonald, F.A., Maher, K., & Payne, J.L. (2017) Variable Ocean Oxygenation During the Cryogenian Non-Glacial Interval and Links to the Carbon Cycle: Insights from Uranium Isotopes. International GeoBiology Conference. [poster]
Lau, K.V., Jost, A.B., Payne, J.L., Miles, C.M., and Maher, K. (2016) Evaluating Uranium Isotopes in Carbonates and Implications for Reconstructing Marine Paleoredox Conditions. AGU Fall Meeting [poster].
Lau, K.V., Macdonald, F.A., Maher, K., and Payne, J.L. (2015) Uranium isotope evidence for temporary ocean oxygenation following the Sturtian glaciation. AGU Fall Meeting [talk].
Lau, K.V., Maher, K., Altiner, D., Brown, S., DePaolo, D., Eisenhauer, A., Jost, A., Kelley, B., Kump, L., Lehrmann, D., Paytan, A., Silva-Tamayo, J.C., Yu, M., and Payne, J.L. (2015) Ca Isotope Constraints on Early Triassic Marine Carbonate Chemistry. Goldschmidt Meeting [poster].
Lau, K.V., Maher, K., Kump, L.R., Kelley, B.M., Lehrmann, D.J., Yu, M., Altiner, D., and Payne, J.L. (2014) Extent of Early Triassic global marine anoxia from multiple uranium isotope records and numerical modeling. Goldschmidt Meeting [talk].
Lau, K.V., Maher, K., Kelley, B.M., Yu, M., Lehrmann, D.J., and Payne, J.L. (2013) Prolonged and Recurrent Global Seafloor Anoxia in the Early Triassic from Uranium Isotopic Evidence. AGU Fall Meeting [poster].
Lau, K.V., Maher, K., Kelley, B.M., Yu, M., Lehrmann, D.J., and Payne, J.L. (2013) Prolonged and Recurrent Global Seafloor Anoxia in the Early Triassic from Uranium Isotopic Evidence. GSA Annual Meeting [talk].