Lin Ma
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INVESTIGATOR, COLLABORATOR
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Shale Hills Current Position: Associate Professor of Geological Sciences; University of Texas El Paso
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CZO Postdoctoral fellow, Isotope Geochemistry, Pennsylvania State University, 2010
PhD
, Geochemistry, University of Michigan, 2008
BS, Geochemistry, University of Science & Technology of China , 2001
Research: Low temperature geochemistry and hydrogeology, applications of isotopes (e.g., U-series and noble gases) to hydrological and environmental problems.
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CZO Publications
Papers/Books
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
Growing new generations of critical zone scientists. Wymore, Adam S., Nicole R. West, Kate Maher, Pamela L. Sullivan, Adrian Harpold, Diana Karwan, Jill A. Marshall, Julia Perdrial, Daniella M. Rempe and Lin Ma (2017): Earth Surface Processes and Landforms 42 (14): 2498-2502 Cross-CZO National
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
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
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
Regolith production and transport at the Susquehanna Shale Hills Critical Zone Observatory: Part 2 - Insights from meteoric 10Be. West, N., Kirby, E., Bierman, P., Slingerland, R., Ma, L., Rood, D., and Brantley, S. L. (2013): Journal of Geophysical Research, Earth Surface 118:1-20
2011
Investigating the complex interface where bedrock transforms to regolith. Brantley, S. L., Buss, H., Lebedeva, M., Fletcher R.C., Ma L. (2011): Applied Geochemistry. Vol 26. S12-S15. Cross-CZO
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.
Papers and books that explicitly acknowledge a CZO grant are highlighted in PALE ORANGE.
Other CZO Publications
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.
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
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 regolith formation rates with U-series isotopes along the shale weathering transect within the Susquehanna Shale Hills Critical Zone Observatory. Ma, L (2013): Seed Grant Proposals in Support of Critical Zone Science in the Susquehanna Shale Hills CZO
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.
2013
Going Steady: Using multiple isotopes to test the steady-state assumption at the Susquehanna Shale Hills Critical Zone Observatory (Invited) . West, N., Kirby, E., Ma, L., Bierman, P.R. (2013): Abstract H54A-03 presented at 2013 Fall Meeting, AGU, San Francisco, CA, 9-13 Dec.
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
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 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
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
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Models
Isotope Weathering
Isotopic Estimates of Weathering
Isotope geochemistry (Uranium, Thorium, Beryllium) offer estimates of weathering rates at Shale Hills.
Bedrock-to-Regolith
Bedrock and Regolith Weathering
Conceptual models of deep CZ structure and function.
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News
CZ Science at Goldschmidt 2016, Yokohama
08 Feb 2016 - Yokohama, Japan. 26 June - 01 July, 2016. All aspects of geochemistry and related fields. Multiple sessions related to Critical Zone science.
Sino-USA CZO scientists meet to discuss future collaborations
09 Oct 2015 - About 60 Chinese and American critical zone scientists met in Guiyang, China for two days of discussions and presentations on the significance of...
CZ researcher described in El Diario
23 Jan 2015 - Yvette Pereyra, a graduate student at the University of Texas-El Paso, was supported by NSF funds through the CZO National Office to attend the...
Fourth seed grant proposal funded for complimentary research along the shale transect
27 Feb 2013 - It is with great pleasure we announce a fourth award has been granted on the RFP seed grant for collaborative research at Shale Hills. The...
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Events
Critical Zone Seminar Series
Controls of slope aspect on regolith formation and chemical weathering: U-series isotopes from Shale Hills
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