Publications (most of them, anyway)

Reiners, P.W., 2009, Nonmonotonic thermal histories and contrasting kinetics of multiple thermochronometers, Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, v. 73, p. 3612-3629.

Carrapa, B., DeCelles, P.G., Reiners, P.W., Gehrels, G.E., and Sudo, M., 2009, Apatite triple dating and white mica 40Ar/39Ar thermochronology of syntectonic detritus in the Central Andes: A multiphase tectonothermal history, Geology, v. 37, p. 407-410.

van der Beek, P., Van Melle, J., Guillot, S., Pecher, A., Reiners, P.W., Nicolescu, S., and Latif, M., 2009, Eocene Tibetan plateau remnants preserved in the northwest Himalaya, Nature Geoscience, doi: 10.1038/NGEO503

Riihimaki, C.A., Reiners, P.W., and Heffern, E.L., 2009, Climate control on Quaternary coal fires and landscape evolution, Powder River basin, Wyoming and Montana, Geology, v. 37, p. 255-258.

Muceku, B, van der Beek, P., Bernet, M., Reiners, P., Mascle, G., and Tashko, A., 2008, Thermochronological evidence for Mio-Pliocene late orogenic extension in the north-eastern Albanides (Albania), Terra Nova, doi: 10.1111/j.1365-3121.2008.00803.x.

Colgan, J.P., Shuster, D.L., and Reiners, P.W., 2008, Two-phase Neogene extension in the northwestern Basin and Range recorded in a single thermochronology sample, Geology, v. 36, p. 631-634.

Blondes, M.S., Reiners, P.W., Ducea, M.N., Singer, B., and Chesley, J., 2008, Temporal-compositional trends over short and long time-scales in basalts of the Big Pine Volcanic Field, California, Earth and Planetary Science Letters, v. 269, p. 140-154.

Bryan, S.E., Ferrari, L., Reiners, P.W., Allen, C.M., Petrone, C.M., Ramos-Rosique, A., and Campbell, I.H., 2008, New insights into crustal contributions to large-volume rhyolite generation in the mid-Tertiary Sierra Madre Occidental Province, Mexico, revealed by U-Pb geochronology, Journal of Petrology, v. 49, p. 47-77.

Heffern, E.L., Reiners, P.W., Naeser, C.W., and Coates, D.A., 2007, Geochronology of clinker and implications for evolution of the Powder River Basin landscape, Wyoming and Montana, Geological Society of America Reviews in Engineering Geology, v. 18, p. 155-175.

Fellin, M.G., Reiners, P.W., Brandon, M.T., Wuthrich, E., Balestrieri, M.L., and Molli, G., 2007, Thermochronologic evidence for the exhumational history of the Alpi Apuane metamorphic core complex, Northern Apennines, Italy, Tectonics, 26, TC6015, doi:10.1029/2006TC002085.

Reiners, P.W., Thomson, S.N., McPhillips, D., Donelick, R.A., and Roering, J.J., 2007, Wildfire thermochronology and the fate and transport of apatite in hillslope and fluvial environments, Journal of Geophysical Research-Earth Surface, v. 112, F04001, doi:10.1029/2007JF000759.

Reiners, P.W., 2007, Thermochronologic Approaches to Paleotopography, in Kohn, M.J. (Ed.), Paleoaltimetry: Geochemical and Thermodynamic Approaches, Reviews in Mineralogy and Geochemistry, v. 66, p. 243-267.

Min, K., and Reiners, P.W., 2007, High temperature Mars-to-Earth transfer of meteorite ALH84001, Earth and Planetary Science Letters, v. 260, p. 72-85.

Peppe, D.J. and Reiners, P.W., 2007, Conodont (U-Th)/He thermochronology: Initial results, potential, and problems, Earth and Planetary Science Letters, v. 258, p. 569-580.

Schildgen, T.F., Hodges, K.V., Whipple, K.X., Reiners, P.W., and Pringle, M.S., 2007, Uplift of the western margin of the Andean plateau, revealed from canyon incision history, Southern Peru, Geology, v. 35, p. 523-527.

Blondes, M.B., Reiners, P.W., Edwards, B.R., and Biscontini, A.E., 2007, Dating young basalts by (U-Th)/He on xenolithic zircons, Geology, v. 35, p. 17-20.

Edgar, C.J., Wolff, J.A., Olin, P.H., Nichols, H.J., Pittari, A., Cas, R.A.F., Reiners, P.W., Spell, T.L., and Marti, J., 2007, The late Quaternary Diego Hernandez Formation, Tenerifte: Volcanology of a complex cycle of voluminous explosive phonolitic eruptions, Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research, v. 160, p. 59-85.

Harris, A.C., Dunlap, W.J., Reiners, P.W., Allen, C.M., Cooke, D.R., White, N.C., Campbell, I.H., and Golding, S.D., 2007, Multimillion year thermal history of a porphyry copper deposit: Application of U-Pb, 40Ar/39Ar, and (U-Th)/He chronometers, Bajo de la Alumbrera copper-gold deposit, Argentina, Mineralium Deposita, v. 43, p. 295-314.

Colgan, J.P. Dumitru, T.A., Reiners, P.W., Wooden, J.L., and Miller, E.L., 2006, Cenozoic tectonic evolution of the Basin and Range Province in northwestern Nevada, American Journal of Science, v. 306, p. 616-654.

Flowers, R.M., Bowring, S.A., and Reiners, P.W., 2006, Low long-term erosion rates and extreme continental stability documented by ancient (U-Th)/He dates, Geology, v. 34, p. 925-928.

Cecil, M.R., Ducea, M.N., Reiners, P.W., and Chase, C.G., 2006, Cenozoic exhumation of the northern Sierra Nevada, California, from (U-Th)/He thermochronology, Geological Society of America Bulletin, v. 118, p. 1481-1488.

Hansen, K., and Reiners, P.W., 2006, Low temperature thermochronology of the southern East Greenland continental margin: evidence from apatite (U-Th)/He and fission track analysis and implications for intermethod calibration, Lithos, v. 92, p. 117-136.

Boyce J.W., Hodges K.V., Olszewski W.J., Jercinovic M.J., Carpenter B.D., and Reiners, P.W., 2006, Laser microprobe (U-Th)/He geochronology, Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, v. 70, p. 3031-3039.

Reiners, P.W. and Brandon, M.T., 2006, Using Thermochronology to Understand Orogenic Erosion, Annual Reviews of Earth and Planetary Science, v. 34, p. 419-466.

Min, K., Reiners, P.W., Wolff, J., Mundil, R., Winters, L.R., 2006, (U-Th)/He dating of volcanic phenocrysts with high-U-Th inclusions, Jemez Volcanic Field, New Mexico, Chemical Geology, v. 227, p. 223-235.

Hu, S., Raza, A., Min, K., Kohn, B.P., Reiners , P.W., Ketcham, R.A., Wang, J., and Gleadow, A.J.W., 2006, Late Mesozoic and Cenozoic thermotectonic evolution along a transect from the north China craton through the Qinling orogen into the Yangtze craton, central China, Tectonics, 25, TC6009, doi:10.1029/2006TC001985

Reiners, P.W., Ehlers, T.A., and Zeitler, P.K., 2005, Past, Present, and Future of Thermochronology, in Reiners, P.W. and Ehlers, T.A. (Eds.), Thermochronology, Reviews in Mineralogy and Geochemistry, v. 58, p. 1-18.

Reiners, P.W., 2005, Zircon (U-Th)/He Thermochronometry, in Reiners, P.W. and Ehlers, T.A. (Eds.), Thermochronology, Reviews in Mineralogy and Geochemistry, v. 58, p. 151-176.

Campbell, I.H., Reiners, P.W., Allen, C.M., Nicolescu, S., and Upadhyay, R., 2005, He-Pb double dating of detrital zircons from the Ganges and Indus Rivers: Implications for sediment recycling and provenance studies, Earth and Planetary Science Letters, v. 237, p. 402-432.

Hourigan, J.K., Reiners, P.W., and Brandon, M.T., 2005, U-Th zonation-dependent alpha-ejection in (U-Th)/He chronometry, Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, v. 69, p. 3349-3365.

Reiners, P.W., Campbell, I.H., Nicolescu, S., Allen, C.M., Hourigan, J.K., Garver, J.I., Mattinson, J.M., Cowan, D.S., 2005, (U-Th)/(He-Pb) double dating of detrital zircons, American Journal of Science, v. 305, p. 259-311.

Fellin, M.G., Zattin, M., Picotti, V., Reiners, P.W., and Nicolescu, S., 2005, Relief evolution in northern Corsica (western Mediterranean): Constraints on uplift and erosion on long-term and short-term timescales, Journal of Geophysical Research, Earth Surface Processes, v. 110, F01016.

Garver, J.I., Reiners, P.W., Walker, L.J., Ramage, J.M., Perry, S.E., 2005, Implications for timing of Andean uplift based on thermal resetting of radiation-damaged zircon in the Cordillera Huayhuash, northern Peru, Journal of Geology, v. 113, n. 2, p. 117-138.

Ducea, M.N., Valencia, V.A., Shoemaker, S., Reiners, P.W., DeCelles, P.G., Campa, M.F., Moran-Zenteno, D., and Ruiz, J., 2004, Rates of sediment recycling beneath the Acapulco trench: Constraints from (U-Th)/He thermochronology, Journal of Geophysical Research, v. 109, doi:10.1029/2004JB003112.

Min, K., Reiners, P.W., Nicolescu, S., and Greenwood, J.P., 2004, Age and temperature of shock metamorphism of Martian meteorite Los Angeles, from (U-Th)/He thermochronometry, Geology, v. 32, p. 677-680.

Spotila, J.A., Buscher, J.T., Meigs, A.J., and Reiners, P.W., 2004, Long-term glacial erosion of active mountain belts: Example of the Chugach-St. Elias Range, Alaska, Geology, v. 32, p. 501-504.

Reiners, P.W., Spell, T.L., Nicolescu, S., and Zanetti, K.A., 2004, Zircon (U-Th)/He thermochronometry: He diffusion and comparisons with 40Ar/ 39Ar dating, Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, v. 68, p. 1857-1887.

Spotila, J.A., Bank, G.C., Reiners, P.W., Naeser, C.W, Naeser, N.D., and Henika, B.S., 2004, Origin of the Blue Ridge escarpment along the passive margin of Eastern North America, Basin Research, v. 16, p. 41-63.

Kogiso, T., Hirschmann, M.M., and Reiners, P.W., 2004, Length scales of mantle heterogeneities and their relationship to ocean island basalt geochemistry, Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, v. 68, p. 345-360.

Nasdala, L., Reiners, P.W., Garver, J.I., Kennedy, A.K., Stern, R.A., Balan, E., and Wirth, R., 2004, Incomplete retention of radiation damage in zircon from Sri Lanka, American Mineralogist, v. 89, p. 219-231.

Reiners, P.W., Ehlers, T.A., Mitchell, S.G., and Montgomery, D.R., 2003, Coupled spatial variations in precipitation and long-term erosion rates across the Washington Cascades, Nature, v. 426, p. 645-647.

Mitchell, S.G., and Reiners, P.W., 2003, Influence of wildfires on apatite and zircon (U-Th)/He ages, Geology, v. 31, p. 1025-1028.

Rahl, J.M., Reiners, P.W., Campbell, I.H., Nicolescu, S., and Allen, C.M., 2003, Combined single-grain (U-Th)/He and U/Pb dating of detrital zircons from the Navajo Sandstone, Utah, Geology, v. 31, p. 761-764.

Reiners, P.W., Zhou, Z., Ehlers, T.A., Xu, C., Brandon, M.T., Donelick, R.A., and Nicolescu, S., 2003, Post-orogenic evolution of the Dabie Shan, eastern China, from (U-Th)/He and fission-track dating, American Journal of Science, v. 303, p. 489-518.

Reiners, P.W., Ehlers, T.A., Garver, J.I., Mitchell, S.G., Montgomery, D.R., Vance, J.A., and Nicolescu, S., 2002, Late Miocene exhumation and uplift of the Washington Cascades, Geology, v. 30, p. 767-770.

Reiners, P.W., 2002, (U-Th)/He chronometry experiences a renaissance, Eos, v. 83, p. 21-27.

Reiners, P.W., 2002, Temporal-compositional trends in intraplate basalt eruptions: Implications for mantle heterogeneity and melting processes, Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems, v. 3(2), paper 2001GC000250.

Reiners, P.W., Farley, K.A., and Hickes, H.J., 2002, He diffusion and (U-Th)/He thermochronometry of zircon: Initial results from Fish Canyon Tuff and Gold Butte, Nevada, Tectonophysics, v. 349, p. 297-308.

Ghiorso, M.S., Hirschmann, M.M., Reiners, P.W., and Kress, V.C., III, 2002, pMELTS: A revision of MELTS for improved calculation of phase relations and major element partitioning related to partial melting of the mantle to 3 GPa, Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems, paper 10.1029/2001GC000217.

Crowley, P.D., Reiners, P.W., Reuter, J.M., and Kaye, G.D., 2002, Laramide exhumation of the Bighorn Mountains, Wyoming: An apatite (U-Th)/He thermochronology study, Geology, v. 30, p. 27-30.

Kirby, E., Reiners, P.W., Krol, M., Hodges, K., Whipple, K., Farley, K., Tang, W., and Chen, Z., 2002, Late Cenozoic uplift and landscape evolution along the eastern margin of the Tibetan Plateau: Inferences from 40Ar/39Ar and (U-Th)/He thermochronology, Tectonics, 10.1029/2000TC001246.

Reiners, P.W., and Farley, K.A., 2001, Influence of crystal size on apatite (U-Th)/He thermochronology: An example from the Bighorn Mountains, Wyoming, Earth and Planetary Science Letters, v. 188, p. 413-420.

Balestrieri, M.L., Bernet, M., Brandon, M.T., Picotti, V., Reiners, P., and Zattin, M., 2003, Pliocene and Pleistocene exhumation and uplift of two key areas of the Northern Apennines, Quaternary International, v. 101-102, p. 67-73.

Spotila, J.A., Farley, K.A., Yule, J.D., and Reiners, P.W., 2001, Near-field transpressive deformation along the San Andreas fault zone in southern California, based on exhumation constrained by (U-Th)/He dating, Journal of Geophysical Research, v. 106, p. 30909-30929.

Reiners, P.W., Brady, R., Farley, K.A., Fryxell, J.E., Wernicke, B.P., and Lux, D., 2000, Helium and argon thermochronometry of the Gold Butte block, South Virgin Mountains, Nevada, Earth and Planetary Science Letters, v. 178, p. 315-326.

Reiners, P.W., P.E. Hammond, J.M. McKenna, and R.A. Duncan, 2000, Young basalts of the central Washington Cascades, flux melting of the mantle, and geochemical signatures of primitive arc magmas, Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, v. 138, p. 249-264.

Lassiter, J.C., Hauri, E.H., Reiners, P.W., and Garcia, M.O., 2000, Generation of Hawaiian post-erosional lavas by melting of a mixed lherzolite/pyroxenite source: Implications for the chemical evolution of oceanic lithosphere, Earth and Planetary Science Letters, v. 178, p. 269-284.

Reiners, P.W. and K.A. Farley, 1999, He diffusion and (U-Th)/He thermochronometry of titanite, Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, v. 63, p. 3845-3859.

Reiners, P.W., B.K. Nelson, and Izuka, S.K., 1999, Geologic and petrologic evolution of the Lihue Basin and eastern Kauai, Hawaii, Geological Society of America Bulletin, v. 111, p. 674-685.

Reiners, P.W. and B.K. Nelson, 1998, Temporal-compositional-isotopic trends in rejuvenated-stage volcanics of Kauai, Hawaii, and implications for mantle melting processes, Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, v. 62, p. 2347-2368.

Reiners, P.W., 1998, Reactive melt transport in the mantle and geochemical signatures of mantle-derived magmas, Journal of Petrology, v. 39, p. 1039-1061.

Reiners, P.W., B.K. Nelson, and S.W. Nelson, 1996, Evidence for multiple mechanisms of crustal contamination of magma from compositionally zoned plutons and associated ultramafic intrusions of the Alaska Range, Journal of Petrology, v. 36, p. 261-292.

Reiners, P.W., B.K. Nelson, and M.S. Ghiorso, 1995, Assimilation of felsic crust and its partial melt by basaltic magma: Thermal limits and extents of crustal contamination, Geology, v. 23, p. 563-566.

Farley, K.A., P.W. Reiners, and V. Nenow, 1999, An apparatus for high precision in-vacuum noble gas diffusion measurements from minerals, Analytical Chemistry, v. 71, p. 2059-2061.

Holcomb, R.T., B.K. Nelson, P.W. Reiners, and N.-L. Sawyer, 2000, Overlapping volcanoes: The origin of Hilo Ridge, Hawaii, Geology, v. 28, p. 547-550.

Holcomb, R.T., P.W. Reiners, B.K. Nelson, and N.-L. Sawyer, 1997, Isotopic evidence for two shield volcanoes on the Island of Kauai, Geology, v. 25, p. 811-814.

Bice, D.M., C.R. Newton, S. McCauley, P.W. Reiners, and C.A. McRoberts, 1992, Shocked quartz at the Triassic-Jurassic boundary in Italy, Science, v. 255, p. 443-446.

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