Mark Sweeney

Jordan, Brennan, Sweeney, Mark, and Wiebelhaus, Wyatt, Characterizing mineralogical contributions to dust from aeolian sand abrasion: Methods development for pXRF analysis of dust and sand from PI-SWERL experiments. Presented at the Geological Society of America Cordilleral/Rocky Mt. Section Meeting, Spokane, WA. (May 2024)

Sweeney, Mark, Wiebelhaus, Wyatt, and Ewing, Ryan, Aeolian abrasion and dust emission potential of basaltic and other volcanically derived sands: an analog for dust production on Mars. Presented at the Geological Society of America Cordilleran/Rocky Mt. Section Meeting, Spokane, WA. (May 2024)

Sweeney, Mark, Bustos, David, Martinez, Patrick, Harsha, Gwenn, Chadima, Sarah, Hand, Jenny, and Gill, Tom, The role of efflorescent salts in dust production at White Sands National Park, New Mexico. Presented at the Geological Society of America, Pittsburgh, PA. (October 2023)

Sweeney, Mark, Forman, S, and Weeden, T, Dust emission potential of South Dakota soils: Insight into the 1930s Dust Bowl Drought. Presented at the South Dakota Academy of Sciences, Vermillion, SD. (October 2023)

Sweeney, Mark, Campus Sustainability Tour. Presented at the Upper Midwest Conference on Sustainability, Vermillion, SD. (September 2023)

Sweeney, Mark, and Nwanevu, C, Keys to success of campus recycling programs. Presented at the Upper Midwest Conference on Sustainability, Vermillion, SD. (September 2023)

Harsha, Gwenn, Sweeney, Mark, and McDonald, Eric, A field-based evaluation of the Preferential Dust Source Scheme in the northern Chihuahuan Desert. Presented at the International Conference on Aeolian Research, Las Cruces, NM. (July 2023)

Sweeney, Mark, Bustos, David, Martinez, Patrick, Harsha, Gwenn, and Chadima, Sarah, Dust emission processes on Alkali Flat and Lake Lucero, White Sands National Park, New Mexico. Presented at the International Conference on Aeolian Research, Las Cruces, NM. (July 2023)

Hartshorn, Evan, Sweeney, Mark, McDonald, Eric, and Sion, Brad, Integrating sub-centimeter resolution photogrammetry with a surface roughness correction factor applied to PI-SWERL measurements. Presented at the International Conference on Aeolian Research, Las Cruces, NM. (July 2023)

Van Pelt, R S., and Sweeney, Mark, Using PI-SWERL to characterize the dust emissivity of soils and the physical, chemical, and biological characteristics of dust. Presented at the International Conference on Aeolian Research, Las Cruces, NM. (July 2023)

Sweeney, Mark, and Wiebelhaus, Wyatt, Kicking up dust on Utah’s off-highway vehicle trails: PI-SWERL assessment of anthropogenic dust emissions. Presented at the Dust^2 Critical Zone Grant Meeting, Salt Lake City. (June 2023)

Sweeney, Mark, and Forman, Steve, Contrasting dust emission processes in the Northern and Southern Great Plains, USA. Presented at the Geological Society of America, Denver, CO. (October 09, 2022)

Wiebelhaus, Wyatt, and Sweeney, Mark, Kicking up dust on Utah's off-road vehcile trails: PI-SWERL assessment of anthropogenic dust emissions. Presented at the Geological Society of America, Denver, CO. (October 09, 2022)

Sweeney, Mark, What can dune fields reveal about dust emission processes and dust sources?. Presented at the University of Tennessee Knoxville Earth & Planetary Sciences, Knoxville, TN. (September 15, 2022)

Ruma, Amena B., Dixon, Mark, Sweeney, Mark, and Ali, S.M. A., Patterns and Processes of Sandbar Revegetation on the Missouri National Recreational River. Presented at the Mississippi Academy of Sciences Summer Science and Engineering Symposium, Starkville, MS. (June 08, 2022)

Ruma, Amena B., Dixon, Mark, Sweeney, Mark, and Ali, S.M. A., Patterns and Processes of Sandbar Revegetation on the Missouri National Recreational River. Presented at the 86th Annual Mississippi Academy of Sciences Conference, Biloxi, MS. (March 31, 2022)

Bollig, Madalyn C., Dixon, Mark, John, Ranjeet, and Sweeney, Mark, Ecological Changes of the Lower Niobrara River Valley and Lewis and Clark Lake Delta from Past to Present. Presented at the Missouri River Natural Resources Conference, Nebraska City, NE. (March 22, 2022)

Fisher, Kenton, Ewing, Ryan, and Sweeney, Mark, Erodibility of microbial mats and the implications for preservation of microbially induced sedimentary structures (MISS). Presented at the 53rd Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, Houston, TX. (March 2022)

Sweeney, Mark, Forman, Steve, and McDonald, Eric, Comparing dust emission processes and dust fluxes from dune field and associated landforms. Presented at the Geological Society of America, Portland, OR. (October 11, 2021)

Taylor, Weeden, Forman, Steve, and Sweeney, Mark, Evidence for a northern dust bowl: Heightened wind erosion and dust sources during the 1930s in the Northern Great Plains, USA. Presented at the Geological Society of America, Portland, OR. (October 11, 2021)

Harsha, Gwenn, Sweeney, Mark, and McDonald, Eric, Testing the Preferential Dust Source scheme using the PI-SWERL in the northern Chihuahuan Desert, New Mexico and Texas. Presented at the Geological Society of America, Portland, OR. (October 11, 2021)

Sweeney, Mark, What can dune fields reveal about dust emission processes and dust sources?. Presented at the Baylor University Dept. of Geosciences, Waco, TX. (September 03, 2021)

Cui, M, Lu, H, Wiggs, G, Etyemezian, V, Sweeney, Mark, and Xu, Z, Quantifying the effect of geomorphology on aeolian dust emission potential in northern China. Presented at the American Geophysical Union Annual Meeting (December 2019)

Ruma, Amena B., Sweeney, Mark, John, Ranjeet, and Dixon, Mark, Patterns and Processes of Sandbar Revegetation on the Missouri National Recreational River. Presented at the 2019 Missouri River Institute Symposium, Vermillion, SD. (November 21, 2019)

Sweeney, Mark, Cardona, Nathan, Jurotich, Marcella, and Vazquez, Bethany, Suspended load of the Missouri River and its tributaries: Refining the sediment budget along the 59-Mile MNRR. Presented at the Missouri River Institute Annual Research Symposium (November 21, 2019)

Sweeney, Mark, McDonald, Eric, Chabela, Lucas, and Hanson, Paul, The role of eolian-fluvial interactions and dune dams in alluvial fan and ephemeral wash dynamics, late Pleistocene-Holocene, Mojave Desert, USA. Presented at the Geological Society of America Annual Meeting, Phoenix, AZ. (September 23, 2019)

Cardonna, Nathan, and Sweeney, Mark, Suspended sediment contributions of Nebraska tributaries along the 59-mile stretch of the Missouri National Recreational River. Presented at the South Dakota EPSCoR Undergraduate Research Symposium (July 30, 2019)

Sweeney, Mark, Forman, Steve, and McDonald, Eric, A tale of two dune fields: dust emission processes from White Sands, New Mexico and Monahans, Texas, USA. Presented at the 20th Congress of the International Quaternary Association (INQUA) (July 29, 2019)

Bolles, Kasey, Forman, Steven, Sweeney, Mark, and Crooks, J, Estimating health risks to dust aerosol exposure at the heart of the 1930s Dust Bowl, Southern Great Plains, USA. Presented at the American Geophysical Union Annual Meeting, Washington, D.C.. (December 2018)

Sweeney, Mark, Jurotich, Marcella, and Vazquez, Bethany, Tributary suspended load and their contributions to sediment in the Missouri River. Presented at the Missouri River Insititute Annual Research Symposium (November 15, 2018)

Dixon, Mark, Beall, Catherine C., Sweeney, Mark, Volke, Malia, Johnson, W C., and Scott, Michael L., Deltas as Unique Habitats on the Missouri River. Presented at the Missouri River Institute Annual Research Symposium, Vermillion, SD. (November 15, 2018)

Jurotich, Marcella, and Sweeney, Mark, Increase in suspended load contributions from tributaries of the Missouri River, southeast South Dakota. Presented at the Geological Society of America Annual Meeting, Indianapolis, IN. (November 2018)

Sweeney, Mark, Bolles, Kasey, and Forman, Steve, Revisiting the Dust Bowl: Evaluating natural versus anthropogenic dust sources. Presented at the Geological Society of America Annual Meeting, Indianapolis, IN. (November 2018)

Lacey, Tad, and Sweeney, Mark, What the flux? Dust production from abrasion of aeolian sand measured by PI-SWERL. Presented at the Geological Society of America Annual Meeting, Indianapolis, IN. (November 2018)

McDonald, Eric, Sweeney, Mark, and Hanson, Paul, When did vesicular (Av) horizons form in the desert southwest US: Elucidating between soil processes and luminescence ages. Presented at the Geological Society of America Annual Meeting, Indianapolis, IN. (November 2018)

Jurotich, Marcella, and Sweeney, Mark, Effect of tributaries on suspended sediment concentration of the Missouri River below Gavins Point Dam. Presented at the South Dakota EPSCoR Undergraduate Research Symposium, Pierre, SD. (July 26, 2018)

Sweeney, Mark, and Cowman, Tim, Sediment sources of the Lewis and Clark Lake delta, Missouri River. Presented at the Geological Society of America North-Central Meeting, Ames, IA. (April 2018)

McDonald, E, and Sweeney, Mark, Blowing dust and a dangerous highway: evaluating the sources of dust along Interstate 10 between Phoenix and Tucson, Arizona. Presented at the Geological Society of America Annual Meeting, Seattle. (October 22, 2017)

Lechler, A, Huntington, K, Breecker, D, Sweeney, Mark, and Schauer, A, Carbonate clumped isotope record of LGM-Holocene climate change across the Pacific Northwest US: insights from loess-paleosols and pluvial lakes. Presented at the Geological Society of America Annual Meeting, Seattle. (October 22, 2017)

Sweeney, Mark, and McDonald, E, Dust emission potential along the Interstate 8 corridor, southern California and Arizona. Presented at the Geological Society of America Annual Meeting, Seattle. (October 22, 2017)

Vazquez, Bethany, and Sweeney, Mark, Impact of drought on suspended load: the Vermillion, Big Sioux, and James tributaries. Presented at the SD EPSCoR Undergraduate Research Symposium, Pierre, SD. (August 02, 2017)

Sweeney, Mark, and Cowman, T, Sediment sources and impacts of the 2011 flood on the Lewis and Clark Lake delta. Presented at the MRNRC Conference and BiOp Forum, Nebraska City, NE. (March 2017)

Sweeney, Mark, and Jarchow, Meghann, Sustainable Rivers: Using place-based learning to integrate science across the liberal arts curriculum. Presented at the Earth Educators Rendezvous, Madison, WI. (July 19, 2016)

Sweeney, Mark, Geomorphology and sediment sources of the Lewis and Clark Lake delta. Presented at the Missouri River Institute Symposium (April 07, 2016)

Sweeney, Mark, McDonald, E, Hanson, P, and Chabela, L, Sand dunes exert control on alluvial base level and soil formation, Eastern Mojave Desert, USA. Presented at the Geological Society of America Annual Meeting, Baltimore, MD. (November 04, 2015)

Sweeney, Mark, and McDonald, Eric, Fingerprinting sources of dust in the Mojave Desert, USA. Presented at the Batsheva de Rothschild Seminar on Atmospheric Dust, Dust Deposits and Soils in Deserts, Jerusalem, Israel. (October 15, 2015)

Sweeney, Mark, and Jarchow, Meghann, Sustainable Rivers: Integrating Earth Science and Sustainability Across the Curriculum. Presented at the Missouri River Institute Symposium (April 09, 2015)

Gaylord, D, Sweeney, Mark, Foit, F, McDonald, E, and Busacca, A, Overview of the geomorphic, sedimentary, stratigraphic and paleoclimatic history of sand-dominated Quaternary eolian deposits on the Columbia Plateau, WA. Presented at the Geological Society of America Annual Meeting, Vancouver, BC, Canada. (October 2014)

King, G, Pearce, N, Roberts, H, Gaylord, D, Sweeney, Mark, and Smith, V, Re-evaluating the tephrochronology of the Palouse loess, Washington State, using single-shard major- and trace-element analyses. Presented at the Geological Society of America Annual Meeting, Vancouver, BC, Canada. (October 2014)

Roberts, H, King, G, Pearce, N, Sweeney, Mark, Gaylord, D, and Busacca, A, Reconciling the luminescence- and tephro-chronologies of the Palouse loess, Washington State, USA. Presented at the Geological Society of America Annual Meeting, Vancouver, BC, Canada. (October 2014)

Sweeney, Mark, Lu, H, Cui, M, Mason, J, Feng, H, and Xu, Z, Sand dunes as potential sources of dust in northern China. Presented at the Geological Society of America Annual Meeting, Vancouver, BC, Canada. (October 2014)

Lechler, A, Huntington, K, Breecker, D, Sweeney, Mark, and Schauer, A, Systematic variability in clumped isotope temperatures of loess carbonates during late Pleistocene climate change, Palouse loess, USA. Presented at the Geological Society of America Annual Meeting, Vancouver, BC, Canada. (October 2014)

Sweeney, Mark, McDonald, E, Gaylord, D, Roberts, H, and Busacca, A, The roles of sediment supply, sediment availability, and wind in driving the loess engine of the Palouse, Pacific Northwest. Presented at the Geological Society of America Annual Meeting, Vancouver, BC, Canada. (October 2014)

Mason, J, Sweeney, Mark, and Hanson, P, Wind-aligned landforms in thick loess of the central USA: Mechanisms of formation and paleoenvironmental significance. Presented at the International Conference on Loess Research, Warsaw, Poland. (September 2014)

Cui, M, Lu, H, Sweeney, Mark, Mason, J, Feng, H, and Xu, Z, Dust fluxes in northern desert of China measured by PI-SWERL. Presented at the Eighth International Conference on Aeolian Research, Lanzhou, China. (July 2014)

Huntington, K, Lechler, A, Hoke, G, Burgener, L, Breecker, D, and Sweeney, Mark, Clumped isotope paleothermometry in soil carbonate. Presented at the Goldschmidt Conference, Sacramento, CA. (June 2014)

Sweeney, Mark, Cowman, T, Campbell, M, Dixon, M, Geary, N, and Boever, C, Historical and predicted future sediment accumulation in the Niobrara River delta and Lewis and Clark Lake headwaters. Presented at the Geological Society of America North-Central Section Meeting, Lincoln, NE. (April 2014)

Herrig, K, Wetzel, R, Sweeney, Mark, and Cowman, T, Influence of suspended load on the dust emission potential of Missouri River sand bars. Presented at the Geological Society of America North-Central Section Meeting, Lincoln, NE. (April 2014)

King, Georgina, Roberts, Helen, Pearce, Nick, Gaylord, David, Sweeney, Mark, Duller, Geoff, and Smith, V, Re-evaluating the tephrochronology of the Palouse Loess, Washington State, using optically stimulated luminescence dating and single-shard major- and trace-element analyses. Presented at the American Geophysical Union (December 2013)

Cowman, Tim, Sweeney, Mark, Dixon, Mark, Campbell, Melissa, Geary, Nicole, and Boever, Chris, Historical and predicted future sediment accumulation in the Niobrara River Delta and Lewis and Clark Lake headwaters. Presented at the Eastern South Dakota Water Conference (October 2013)

Wetzel, Ruthie, Sweeney, Mark, and Cowman, Tim, Contributions of suspended load to the Missouri River downstream of Gavins Point Dam, Yankton, South Dakota. Presented at the Geological Society of America (October 2013)

Herrig, Karen, and Sweeney, Mark, Dust emission potential of Missouri River sand bars deposited by the 2011 flood. Presented at the Geological Society of America (October 2013)

Chabela, Lucas, Sweeney, Mark, and McDonald, Eric, Evidence for dune damming and lake formation along the eastern margin of the Kelso Dunes, Mojave Desert, USA. Presented at the Geological Society of America (October 2013)

Pearce, Nick, King, Georgina, Roberts, Helen, Smith, V, Gaylord, David, and Sweeney, Mark, Tephrochronology of the Palouse Loess, Washington State, USA: reconciling luminescence dates with proximal and distal volcanic records from the Cascades. Presented at the Canadian Quaternary Association (CANQUA) (July 2013)

Sweeney, Mark, Cowman, Tim, Campbell, Melissa, Dixon, Mark, Boever, Chris, and Geary, Nicole, Historical and future visualization of the Lewis and Clark Lake delta. Presented at the Missouri River Institute Symposium, Vermillion, SD. (April 2013)

Mason, Joe, Hanson, Paul, Sweeney, Mark, Loope, Henry, and Xiaodong, Miao, Aeolian morphodynamics of loess landscapes. Presented at the American Geophysical Union, San Francisco. (December 2012)

Sweeney, Mark, Zlotnik, Vitaly, Joeckel, R, Gates, John, and Stout, John, Preliminary results of dust emission data from Yellow Lake playa, West Texas, USA. Presented at the Geological Society of America, Charlotte, NC. (November 2012)

Sweeney, Mark, Eureka Flat: Engine of the Palouse Loess. Presented at the Loess Conference and field trip (May 2012)

Sweeney, Mark, Mason, Joe, and Hanson, Paul, Formation of large linear troughs and streamlined ridges by direct deflation of Peoria Loess, Nebraska, USA. Presented at the Geological Society of America Annual Meeting, Minneapolis, MN. (October 2011)

Bacon, Steve, McDonald, Eric, Sweeney, Mark, Amit, Rivka, Enzel, Yehouda, and Courvi, O, Emission of PM10 and total suspended particulate matter from desert landforms across the southwestern U.S. and Israel: Implications for near-surface and atmospheric dust loading models.. Presented at the International Quaternary Assoc (INQUA) XVIII, Bern, Switzerland. (July 2011)

Mason, Joe, Sweeney, Mark, and Hanson, Paul, Evidence for eolian remobilization of loess in the central Great Plains, USA, and implications for paleoclimatic interpretation of the loess record. Presented at the European Geophysical Union, Vienna, Austria. (April 2011)

McDonald, E, and Sweeney, Mark, Extensive eolian activity during OIS 4-3 as recorded by paleoflood evidence and regional sedimentation patterns of loess on the Columbia Plateau, Washington State. Presented at the Geological Society of America Annual Meeting, Denver, CO. (October 2010)

Sweeney, Mark, McDonald, E, Hanson, P, and Young, A, Using luminescence dating to deciper the timing and origin of eolian Av horizons, southwest US. Presented at the Geological Society of America Annual Meeting, Denver, CO. (October 2010)

Irvine, Zac, Sweeney, Mark, and Mason, Joe, Using the PI-SWERL to evaluate sources of loess in Nebraska. Presented at the Geological Society of America Annual Meeting, Denver, CO. (October 2010)

Rathbun, K, and Sweeney, Mark, Source and paleoclimatic significance of loess in southeast South Dakota. Presented at the Geological Society of America Rocky Mountain Section Meeting, Rapid City, SD. (April 2010)

Sweeney, Mark, Erickson, E, and Cowman, T, The challenge of identifying sediment sources in superimposed fluvial channels: the Missouri and James rivers, South Dakota. Presented at the MRNRC Conference and BiOp Forum, Nebraska City, NE. (March 19, 2010)

King, J, Etyemezian, V, Sweeney, Mark, and Buck, B, Dust emission variability at the Salton Sea, California. Presented at the American Geophysical Union Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA. (December 2009)

Caldwell, T, Sweeney, Mark, Bacon, S, and McDonald, E, Hydraulic gradient and dust emissivity along a playa to distal fan transect. Presented at the American Geophysical Union Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA. (December 2009)

Roberts, H, Gaylord, D, Foit, F, Sweeney, Mark, and Busacca, A, Shedding new light on the age of the Palouse Loess, southeastern Washington, using optically stimulated luminescence dating of quartz. Presented at the American Geophysical Union Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA. (December 2009)

Erickson, E, Sweeney, Mark, and Cowman, T, Differentiating Missouri and James river sediments in South Dakota using grain size and geochemical methods. Presented at the Geological Society of America Annual Meeting, Portland, OR. (January 2009)

Lundstrom, S, Cowman, Tim, Holbrook, J, Paces, J, Hanson, P, Dillon, J, Sweeney, Mark, Jacobson, R, B, Heise, and J, Abraham, Geological mapping and research along the Missouri National Recreational River, Nebraska and South Dakota: Integration of results and significance to hydrogeologic and ecologic issues. Presented at the Geological Society of America Annual Meeting, Portland, OR. (January 2009)

Sweeney, Mark, McDonald, E, and Etyemezian, V, Quantification of dust emissions from desert landforms, using the PI-SWERL, southern California. Presented at the Geological Society of America Annual Meeting, Portland, OR. (January 2009)

Markley, C, Sweeney, Mark, and McDonald, E, Compositional variability of dust-producing landforms in the Mojave Desert of southern California. Presented at the Geological Society of America Annual Meeting, Houston, TX. (October 2008)

Sweeney, Mark, Gaylord, D, and Busacca, A, Using soils, tephras, and luminescence to reveal the Holocene record of loess in the Pacific Northwest. Presented at the Geological Society of America Annual Meeting, Houston, TX. (October 2008)

Etyemezian, V, Sweeney, Mark, Nickling, W, Gillies, J, and McDonald, E, Seasonal dust emissions measured from shorelines at the Salton Sea, southern California. Presented at the American Geophysical Union Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA. (December 2006)

Gillies, J, Etyemezian, V, Sweeney, Mark, Nickling, W, and King, J, Factors Controlling the Spatial and Temporal Variability of Dust Emissions. Presented at the 7th International Symposium on Environmental Geochemistry, Beijing, China. (September 2006)

Sweeney, Mark, Gaylord, D, Busacca, A, Richardson, C, Reyerson, P, and Blinnikov, M, A new luminescence chronology and paleoecologic history of Holocene loess, Pacific Northwest, USA. Presented at the Geological Society of America Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, PA. (January 2006)

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