Sarah Aciego
Assistant Professor, University of Michigan
University of Michigan - University of Michigan
Aciego's University of Michigan page
PhD, Earth and Planetary Science, University of California, Berkeley, 2006
Although the applications are diverse, my research interests broadly follow a common theme: using isotopes to trace physical processes of the earth. My primary research interests fall into several categories - U–series isotopes as tracers of ice dynamics in polar and temperate regions, isotopic tracers of dust and weathering in polar and tropical climates, stable isotopes of oxygen and hydrogen as pseudo-chronometers of ice, and recently we have started working on projects involving boron isotopes and the paleoclimate record.
CZO Research Groups
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CZO Publications
Papers/Books
2017
Dust outpaces bedrock in nutrient supply to montane forest ecosystems. Aciego, S.M.; Riebe, C.S.; Hart, S.C.; Blakowski, M.A.; Carey, C.J.; Aarons, S.M.; Dove, N.C.; Botthoff, J.K.; Sims, K.W.; Aronson, E.L. (2017): Nature Communications
2017
Global patterns of dust and bedrock nutrient supply to montane ecosystems. Arvin, L.J.; Riebe, C.S.; Aciego, S.M.; Blakowski, M.A. (2017): Science Advances, Vol. 3, no. 12, eeao1588
2016
Microbial community structure of subalpine snow in the Sierra Nevada, California. Carey, C.J., S.C. Hart, S.M. Aciego, C.S. Riebe, M.A. Blakowski, E.L. Aronson (2016): Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research. 48(4):685-701. 2016
Papers and books that explicitly acknowledge a CZO grant are highlighted in PALE ORANGE.
Other CZO Publications
2017
Dust and chemical erosion biases in cosmogenic nuclide studies: A factor-of-ten problem that could mask strong climatic effects on landscape evolution. Riebe, C. S.; Arvin, L.; Ferrier, K.; Aciego S. (2017): Fall Meeting, American Geophysical Union, December 2017. Abstract EP32C-08.
2016
Global datasets and Nd isotopes in pine needles estimate dust inputs to ecosystems in eroding landscapes. Arvin, L.; Riebe, C.S.; Aciego, S.; Blakowski, M.A. (2016): Fall Meeting, American Geophysical Union, December 2016. Abstract EP42B-04.
2016
Nd Isotopes in Soils and Pine Needles Trace Aeolian Inputs to Sierra Nevada Ecosystems. Arvin, L., Riebe, C., Aciego, S., Blakowski, M. (2016): Goldschmidt Abstracts. Yokohama, Japan.
2015
Aeolian and soil microbial communities differ at multiple elevations in the Southern Sierra CZO. Aronson, E.L., Carey, C., Riebe, C., Aciego, S., Blakowski, M., Hart, S.C. (2015): Soil Ecology Society Biennial Meeting. Colorado Springs, Colorado
2015
The role pf elevation and time in structuring soil microbial communities in the Sierra Nevada, California . Carey, C.J., Hart, S.C, Riebe, C.S., Aciego, S., Blakowski, M., Aronson, E. (2015): Ecology Society of America Annual Meeting. Baltimore, Maryland
2014
Altitudinal contrasts in drought-driven aeolian microbial inputs to montane soil ecology: impacts of a 500year drought in the Sierra Nevada, California. Aronson, E., Carey, C., Riebe, C., Aciego, S., Hart, S. (2014): AGU Fall Meeting
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News
NSF News Release: Dust on the wind: Study reveals surprising role of dust in mountain ecosystems
08 Dec 2017 - Southern Sierra Nevada forests rely on nutrients from windborne dust
Gobi Desert Dust Helps Sustain California’s Sierra Nevada
28 Mar 2017 - A team of researchers found that dust provides a much greater amount of nutrients to vegetation in the Sierra Nevada than previously thought.
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