Lixin Jin
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Shale Hills Associate Professor of Geological Sciences; University of Texas El Paso
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CZO Postdoctoral Fellow, Geochemistry/Mineralogy, The Pennsylvania State University, 2010
PhD, Geological Sciences, University of Michigan, 2007
B.S., Earth and Space Sciences, University of Science and Technology of China, 2001
Research: Continental weathering and global elemental cycles; interaction of water, air, biota and rocks in the Critical Zone (soils).
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CZO Publications
Papers/Books
2019 (In Review)
Chemical reactions, porosity, and microfracturing in shale during weathering: the effect of erosion rate . Gu, X., D.M. Rempe, W.E. Dietrich, A.J. West, T.-C. Lin, L. Jin, S.L. Brantley (2019): Geochimica Cosmochimica Acta (submitted) Cross-CZO
2019
Exploring the effect of aspect to inform future earthcasts of climate-driven changes in weathering of shale. Sullivan, P., Godderis, Y., Shi, Y., Gu, X., Schott, J., Hasenmueller, E.A., Kaye, J., Duffy, C., Jin, L., and Brantley, S.L. (2019): Journal of Geophysical Research - Earth Surface
2017
REE mobility and fractionation during shale weathering along a climate gradient. Jin, L., Ma, L., Dere, A., White, T., Mathur, M., and Brantely, S. (2017): Chemical Geology 466, 352-379
2017
A reactive transport model for Marcellus shale weathering. Heidari, P., Li Li, Lixin Jin, Jennifer Z. Williams, and Susan L. Brantley (2017): Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 217:421-440
2017
Expanding the role of reactive transport models in critical zone processes. Li Li, Kate Maher, Alexis Navarre-Sitchler, Jenny Druhan, Christof Meile, Corey Lawrence, Joel Moore, Julia Perdrial, Pamela Sullivan, Aaron Thompson, Lixin Jin, Edward W. Bolton, Susan L. Brantley, William E. Dietrich, K. Ulrich Mayer, Carl I. Steefel, Albert Valocchi, John Zachara, Benjamin Kocar, Jennifer Mcintosh, Benjamin M. Tutolo, Mukesh Kumar, Eric Sonnenthal, Chen Bao, Joe Beisman (2017): Earth-Science Reviews, 165:280-301 Cross-CZO
2016
CZ-tope at Susquehanna Shale Hills CZO: Synthesizing multiple isotope proxies to elucidate Critical Zone processes across timescales in a temperate forested landscape. Sullivan P., Ma L., West N., Jin L., Karwan D., Noireaux J., Steinhoefel G., Gaines K., Eissenstat D., Gaillardet J., Derry L., Meek K., Hynek S., and Brantley S.L. (2016): Chemical Geology, vol 445, 103–119
2015
Topographic controls on the depth distribution of soil CO2 in a small temperate watershed. Hasenmueller, E.A., Jin, L., Stinchcomb, G.E., Lin, H., Brantley, S.L., Kaye, J.P. (2015): Applied Geochemistry, vol 63, 58-69
2015
Importance of vegetation for manganese cycling in temperate forested watersheds. Herndon Elizabeth, Lixin Jin, Danielle Andrews, David Eissenstat, Susan Brantley (2015): Global Biogeochemical Cycles, 29(2):160-174
2015
Magnesium isotope fractionation during shale weathering in the Shale Hills Critical Zone Observatory: Accumulation of light Mg isotopes in soils by clay mineral transformation. Ma Lin, Fang-Zhen Teng, Lixin Jin, Shan Ke, Wei Yang, Hai-Ou Gu, Susan L. Brantley (2015): Chemical Geology, 397:37-50
2014
The CO2 consumption potential during gray shale weathering: Insights from the evolution of carbon isotopes in the Susquehanna Shale Hills critical zone observatory. Jin, L., Ogrinc, N., Yesavage, T., Hasenmueller, E.A., Ma, L., Sullivan, P.L., Kaye, J., Duffy, C., and Brantley, S.L. (2014): Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, (142) 260–280
2014
Quantifying an early signature of the industrial revolution from lead concentrations and isotopes in soils of Pennsylvania, USA. Lin Ma, Jasper Konter, Elizabeth Herndon, Lixin Jin, Grit Steinhoefel, Diego Sanchez, Susan Brantley (2014): Anthropocene 7:16-29
2013
Probing deep weathering in the Shale Hills Critical Zone Observatory, Pennsylvania (USA): The hypothesis of nested chemical reaction fronts in the subsurface. Brantley, S.L., Holleran, M., Jin, L., and Bazilevskaya, E. (2013): Earth Surface Processes and Landforms 38:1280-1298
2013
Evolution of porosity and geochemistry in Marcellus Formation black shale during weathering. Jin, L., Mathur, R., Rother, G., Cole, D.R., Bazilevskaya, E., Williams, J., Carone, A. and Brantley, S.L (2013): Chemical Geology (356):50-63
2013
Regolith production and transport in the Susquehanna Shale Hills Critical Zone Observatory, Part 1: Insights from U-series isotopes. Ma, L., Chabaux, F., West, N., Kirby, E., Jin, L., and Brantley, S. (2013): Journal of Geophysical Research, Earth Surface 118 (2) 722-740
2013
Spatiotemporal patterns of water stable isotope compositions at the Shale Hills Critical Zone: Linkages to subsurface hydrologic processes. Thomas, Evan M., Henry Lin, Christopher J. Duffy, Pamela L. Sullivan, George H. Holmes, Susan L. Brantley and Lixin Jin (2013): Vadose Zone Journal
2012
Insights into the weathering of black shale: Cu isotopes and concentrations in the Marcellus Formation shale, Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania (USA) . Mathur, R., Jin, L., Prush, V., Paul, J., Ebersole, C., Fornadel, A., Williams, J.Z., and Brantley, S.L. (2012): Chemical Geology, 304–305:175–184
2012
Fe cycling in the Shale Hills Critical Zone Observatory, Pennsylvania: An analysis of biogeochemical weathering and Fe isotope fractionation. Yesavage, T.A., M.S. Fantle, J. Vervoort, R. Mathur, L. Jin, L.J. Liermann, S.L. Brantley. (2012): Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta 99:18-38
2011
Hot Spots and Hot Moments of Dissolved Organic Carbon Export and Soil Organic Carbon Storage in the Shale Hills Critical Zone Observatory . Andrews, D.M., H. Lin, Q. Zhu, L. Jin, S.L. Brantley. (2011): Vadose Zone Journal 10:943-954
2011
Soils Reveal Widespread Manganese Enrichment from Industrial Inputs. Herndon, E.M., Jin, L., and Brantley, S.L. (2011): Environmental Science & Technology 45 (1):241-247.
2011
Opening the "Black Box": Water Chemistry Reveals Hydrological Controls on Weathering in the Susquehanna Shale Hills Critical Zone Observatory . Jin, L., Andrews, D.M., Holmes, G.H., Lin, H., and Brantley, S.L. (2011): Vadose Zone Journal 10:928-942,
2011
Characterization of deep weathering and nanoporosity development in shale – A neutron study . Jin, L., Rother, G., Cole, D., Mildner, D., Duffy, C., Brantley, S.L. (2011): American Mineralogist 96:498–512.
2011
Soil chemistry and shale weathering on a hillslope influenced by convergent hydrologic flow regime at the Susquehanna/Shale Hills Critical Zone Observatory. Jin, L.,Brantley S. L. (2011): Applied Geochemistry 26:S51–S56,
2011
Geochemical behaviors of different element groups during shale weathering at the Susquehanna/Shale Hills Critical Zone Observatory. Ma, L., Jin, L., Brantley S. L. (2011): Applied Geochemistry 26:S89–S93,
2010
Regolith production rates calculated with uranium-series isotopes at Susquehanna/Shale Hills Critical Zone Observatory. Ma, L., Chabaux, F., Pelt, E., Blaes, E., Jin, L., and Brantley, S.L. (2010): Earth and Planetary Science Letters vol 297, 211-225.
2010
Mineral weathering and elemental transport during hillslope evolution at the Susquehanna/Shale Hills Critical Zone Observatory . Jin, L., Ravella, R., Ketchum, B., Bierman, P.R., Heaney, P., White, T.S. and Brantley, S.L. (2010): Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 74 (13):3669-3691.
Papers and books that explicitly acknowledge a CZO grant are highlighted in PALE ORANGE.
Other CZO Publications
2017
Landform position and charring conditions control decomposition of soil organic matter and pyrogenic carbon. Abney, R.; Jin, L.; Berhe, A.A. (2017): Fall Meeting, American Geophysical Union, December 2017. Abstract B22D-05.
2017
Understanding inorganic carbon dynamics in natural and human-impacted critical zones. Jin, L., Ortiz, A.*, Ogrinc, N., Kaye, J., Ma, L., Hasenmueller, E.A., Sullivan, P.L., and Brantley, S.L. (2017): American Chemical Society 253rd annual meeting, San Francisco, CA.
2017
A Reactive Transport Modeling for Marcellus Shale Weathering. Li, L., Heidari, P., Jin, L., Williams, J.Z., Brantley, S.L. (2017): 2017 American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, New Orleans, LA, 11-15 Dec
2015
REGOLITH PRODUCTION AND TRANSPORT IN THE SUSQUEHANNA SHALE HILLS CRITICAL ZONE OBSERVATORY: INSIGHTS FROM U-SERIES ISOTOPES (Invited). Ma L., Chabaux F., West N., Kirby E., Jin L., and Brantley S.L. (2015): Pardee Symposium, 2015 GSA Annual Meeting, Baltimore, MD, Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs. Vol. 47, No. 7, p.832
2014
EP23B-3601 Systematic Investigation of REE Mobility and Fractionation During Continental Shale Weathering Along a Climate Gradient . Lixin Jin • Lin Ma • Ashlee Dere • Tim White • Susan Brantley (2014): 2014 AGU Annual Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA, Dec 15-19th
2014
CZ-tope: A multiple isotope approach to quantify critical zone processes – the Susquehanna Shale Hills Critical Zone Observatory as an example. Steinhoefel, G., Sullivan, P., Noireaux, J., West, N., Hynek, S., Gaillardet, J., Jin, L., Ma, L., Derry, L.A., Meek, K., Karwan, D.L., Yesavage, T., Fantle, M.S., Brantley, S.L. (2014): Presented at the NSF National Critical Zone Observatory Program All Hands Meeting, Yosemite, CA, 21-24 Sept., 2014
2013
Water-Organic-Rock Reactions Recorded in Pores in Shales from the Marcellus and Rose Hill Formations (Invited). Brantley, S.L., Jin, L., Rother, G., Cole, D.R., Gu, X., Balashov, V.N. (2013): Abstract H33L-01 presented at 2013 Fall Meeting, AGU, San Francisco, CA, 9-13 Dec.
2013
Depth and Topographic Controls on Soil Gas Concentrations and Fluxes in a Small Temperate Watershed. Hasenmueller, E.A., Jin, L., Smith, L.A., Kaye, M.W., Lin, H., Brantley, S.L., Kaye, J.P. (2013): Abstract EP13C-0876 presented at 2013 Fall Meeting, AGU, San Francisco, CA, 9-13 Dec.
2013
Using C and S isotopes to elucidate carbonic versus sulfuric acid reaction pathways during shale weathering in the Susquehanna Shale Hills Critical Zone Observatory . Jin, L., Ogrinc, N., Yesavage, T., Hasenmueller, E.A., Ma, L., Kaye, J.P., Brantley, S.L. (2013): Abstract H54A-05 presented at 2013 Fall Meeting, AGU, San Francisco, CA, 9-13 Dec.
2013
Quantifying the signature of the industrial revolution from Pb and Cd isotopes in the Susquehanna Shale Hills Critical Zone Observatory . Ma, L., Herndon, E., Jin, L., Sanchez, D., Brantley, S.L. (2013): Abstract H51B-1186 presented at 2013 Fall Meeting, AGU, San Francisco, CA, 9-13 Dec.
2012
Using carbon isotopes to determine the sources and mass balance of CO2 during shale weathering at Susquehanna Shale Hills Critical Zone Observatory. Jin, L (2012): Seed Grant Proposals in Support of Critical Zone Science in the Susquehanna Shale Hills CZO
2012
Drawdown of atmospheric CO2 by gray shale weathering: insights from carbon, sulphur, and oxygen isotope systematics in the Susquehanna Shale Hills Critical Zone Observatory. Jin, L., Ogrinc, N., Yesavage, T., Kaye, J.P., Brantley, S.L. (2012): AGU Annual Fall Conference Proceedings
2012
Using U-series isotopes to quantify regolith formation and chemical weathering rates along a climosequence associated with the Susquehanna Shale Hills Critical Zone Observatory (Invited). Ma, L., Chabaux, F.J., Dere, A.L., White, T., Jin, L., Brantley, S.L. (2012): AGU Annual Fall Conference Proceedings
2012
How lithology and climate affect REE mobility and fractionation along a shale weathering transect of the Susquehanna Shale Hills Critical Zone Observatory. Ma, L., Jin, L., Dere., A.L., White, T., Mathur, R., Brantely, S.L. (2012): AGU Annual Fall Conference Proceedings
2011
Controls of mineralogy and hydrology on weathering fluxes in the Susquehanna Shale Hills Critical Zone Observatory. Jin, L., Andrews, D.M., Holmes, G., Duffy, C., Lin, H., Brantley, S.L. (2011): AGU Annual Fall Conference Proceedings
2011
Toward an understanding of landscape change in the Susquehanna Shale Hills Critical Zone Observatory. West, N., Kirby, E., Bierman, P., Slingerland, R., Ma, L., Jin, L., Brantley, S., (2011): All Hands Meeting, Oracle, AZ, May, 2011
2010
The Carbon Story at the Shale Hills Critical Zone Observatory. Andrews, D. H.S. Lin, L. Li, and S. Brantley (2010): ASA, CSSA and SSSA International Annual Meeting
2010
Vegetation: A natural capacitor for contaminant metals input into the Critical Zone (Invited). Brantley, S.L., Herndon, E.M., Jin, L., Eissenstat, D., Raymond, P. (2010): AGU Annual Fall Conference Proceedings
2010
The movement of rock particles up and water pores down through weathering bedrock (Keynote). Brantley, S.L., Jin, L., Ma, L., Bhatt, M., Fletcher, R., Rother, G., Cole, D., Navarre-Sitchler, A. (2010): Goldschmidt
2010
Evidence of mobile/immobile flow at the Susquehanna Shale Hills Critical Zone Observatory using the stable isotope network. Holmes, G., Duffy, C., Boyer, E.W., Jin, L., Andrews, D. (2010): AGU Annual Fall Conference Proceedings
2010
Soil production is faster on south-facing slopes in the Susquehanna/Shale Hills Critical Zone Observatory due to periglacial, vegetative, and climate factors (Invited). Jin, L., Eissenstat, D., Lin, H., Chabaux, F.J., Ma, L., Brantley, S.L. (2010): AGU Annual Fall Conference Proceedings
2010
How Pores Grow in Shale during Rock-Water Interaction: A SANS/USANS Study (Invited). Jin, L., Rother, G., Cole, D., Brantley, S.L. (2010): Goldschmidt
2009
Influences of catchment topography on carbon and dissolved metal concentrations in the Shale Hills Critical Zone Observatory. Andrews, D.M., Jin, L., Brantley, S.L. and Lin, H. (2009): SSSA Annual Meeting
2009
Interaction between nutrient dynamics and chemical weathering at Shale Hills catchment, a Critical Zone Observatory in Pennsylvania, USA. Jin, L., Andrews, D., Kaiser, N., Kaye, J., Lin, H., and Brantley, S. L. (2009): GSA Annual Fall Meeting
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