Prof. Steven L. Forman

Department of Geosciences

Baylor University, USA

Professor

Email: [email protected]

Qualifications

1981-1986 Ph.D., University of Colorado, Boulder, Geological Sciences

Publications (Selected)

1. Guo, X. W., Fan, M. J., Ma, Y. Q., et al. (2026). Eccentricity forcing of late Paleogene dust accumulation in the western USA across the Eocene-Oligocene transition. Global and Planetary Change, 262, Article 105462.
2. Tuttle, M. P., Al-Shukri, H., Mahdi, H., et al. (2026). Repeated large-magnitude earthquakes in the Marianna area of east-central Arkansas during the middle-early Holocene and possibly the late Pleistocene. Seismological Research Letters, 97(2A), 715-729.
3. Guo, X. W., Shen, Y. K., Moody, M. A. M., et al. (2026). Paleogene loess emerged before the Eocene-Oligocene transition in the western United States. Geological Society of America Bulletin. Advance online publication.
4. Stinchcomb, G. E., Lukens, W. E., Henkes, G., et al. (2026). The Quaternary landscapes, chronostratigraphy, and paleoenvironments of the Chalbi Desert, Kenya. Quaternary Research, 130, 21-44.
5. Fournier, A., Fox, C., & Forman, SL. (2025). Seasonal and diurnal groundwater fluctuations linked to environmental and drought variability for the Kermit dune field, Chihuahuan Desert, West Texas, United States. Frontiers in Earth Science, 13, Article 1617125.
6. Tripaldi, A. & Forman, S. L. (2025). Quantitative geomorphic analysis of vegetated dunes of Western Pampa plain of Argentina: The role of aeolian legacy and hydroclimatic variability in landscape evolution. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, 50(10), Article e70129.
7. Kirsten, F., Moraetis, D., Christidis, G. E., et al. (2025). Paleosols as indicators for late Pleistocene landscape dynamics in Crete (Greece). Geoderma, 461, Article 117450.
8. Coca, O., Ramírez-Herrera, M. T., Gaidzik, K., et al. (2025). Reconstructing Holocene seismic and tsunami history along the Rio Grande coast, Oaxaca, Mexico. Marine Geology, 488, Article 107617.
9. Coca, O., Ramírez-Herrera, M. T., & Forman, S. L. (2025). Diatom-based palaeoenvironmental reconstruction of a coastal tropical estuary at the Rio Grande river mouth, Oaxaca, Mexico. Journal of South American Earth Sciences, 164, Article 105654.
10. Gaidzik, K., Ramírez-Herrera, M. T., Dominguez, L. A., et al. (2025). Geomorphic and paleoseismic evidence for active faulting along La Venta Fault, Guerrero, Mexican subduction Forearc. Geomorphology, 485, Article 109869.
11. Fournier, A., Forman, S. L., & Mayhack, C. (2024). Perched Hydrologic Systems of the Monahans and the Kermit Dune Fields, Northern Chihuahuan Desert, West Texas, USA. Water, 16(22), Article 3188.
12. Ramírez-Herrera, M. T., Corona, N., Cerny, J., et al. (2024). Tsunami deposits highlight high-magnitude earthquake potential in the Guerrero seismic gap Mexico. Communications Earth & Environment, 5(1), Article 198.
13. Shulmeister, J., Rittenour, T. M., Patton, N. R., et al. (2024). Chronology and evolution of the world's largest sand island: K'gari (Fraser Island), South East Queensland, Australia. Quaternary Science Reviews, 328, Article 108529.
14. Tripaldi, A., Ozán, I. L., Heider, G., et al. (2024). Where did the water come from? Wetlands and shallow lakes in semi-arid dunefields from South America during the Pleistocene-Holocene transition. Journal of Quaternary Science, 39(2), 289-308.
15. Sweeney, M. R., Lacey, T., & Forman, S. L. (2023). The role of abrasion and resident fines in dust production from aeolian sands as measured by the Portable in situ Wind Erosion Laboratory (PI-SWERL). Aeolian Research, 63, Article 100889.
16. Keir, D., Lieberman, B. S., Acocella, V., et al. (2023). Horizons in Earth science 2022. Frontiers in Earth Science, 11, Article 1321937.
17. Pavlopoulos, K., Moraetis, D., Foumelis, M., et al. (2023). Uplift Dynamics of the Obducted Northeastern Continental Margin of the Arabian Peninsula, Sultanate of Oman. Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems, 24(11), Article e2023GC011054.
18. Herrera-Ossandón, M., Easton, G., Antinao, J. L., et al. (2023). Late Quaternary glacier advances in the Andes of Santiago, central Chile, and paleoclimatic implications. Frontiers in Earth Science, 11, Article 1192812.
19. Guo, X. H., Forman, S., Wang, Y. Y., et al. (2023). Tectonic and climatic controls for fluvial terraces of the Yellow River over the past 2.6 Ma at Northeast Tibetan Plateau and Ordos Block. Journal of Mountain Science, 20(8), 2164-2180.
20. Estay, J., Pinto, L., Easton, G., et al. (2023). Active thrust tectonics along the western slope of the Central Andes southernmost Pampean flat-slab segment (-33°S, Chile): The Carin∼o Botado fault system. Geomorphology, 437, Article 108801.

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