Breadcrumb Home Academics Faculty Directory Colin Robins Colin Robins, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Environmental Science Department Keck Science Areas of Expertise Environmental science Geomorphology Soil Science Research and Publications Robins, C., 2016. Soils, Science, Society, and the Environment. Oxford Research Encyclopedia: Environmental Science. Subject: Agriculture and the Environment. doi:10.1093/acrefore/9780199389414.013.69 Wheeler, M. M., Dipman, M.M., Adams, T.A., Ruina, A.V., Robins, C.R., and Meyer, W.M. III, 2016. Carbon and nitrogen storage in California sage scrub and non-native grassland habitats. Journal of Arid Environments 129: 119-125. Robins, C.R., Deurlington, A., Buck, B.J., and Brock-Hon, A.L., 2015. Micromorphology and formation of pedogenic ooids in calcic soils and petrocalcic horizons. Geoderma 251-252: 10-23. Goossens, D., Buck, B.J, Teng, Y., Robins, C.R., and Goldstein, H., 2014. Effect of sulfate and carbonate minerals on particle size distributions in arid soils. Soil Science Society of America Journal 78:881-893. Robins, C.R., Buck, B.J., and Williams, A.J., 2014. Surficial geologic and soil habitat criteria for Eriogonum corymbosum var. nilesii, a Mojave Desert “gypsophile”. Catena 118: 9-19. Robins, C.R., Buck, B.J., Spell, T., Soukup, D., and Steinberg, S.M., 2014. Testing the applicability of vacuum-encapsulated 40Ar/39Ar geochronology to pedogenic palygorskite and sepiolite. Quaternary Geochronology, 20: 8-22. Rogers, R., Krause, D.W., Kast, S.C., Marshall, M.S., Rahantarisoa, L., Robins, C.R., and Sertich, J.J . 2013. A new, richly fossiliferous member comprised of tidal deposits in the Upper Cretaceous Maevarano Formation, northwestern Madagascar. Cretaceous Research 44:12-29. Robins, C.R., Brock-Hon, A.L., and Buck, B.J., 2012. Conceptual mineral genesis models for calcic pendants and petrocalcic horizons, NV. Soil Science Society of America Journal 76(5): 1887-1903. Brock-Hon, A.L., Robins, C.R., and Buck, B.J., 2012. Micromorphological investigation of pedogenic barite in Mormon Mesa petrocalcic horizons, Nevada, USA: Implications for genesis. Geoderma 179-180: 1-8. Robins, C.R., Buck, B.J., Williams, A.J., Morton, J.L., Howell, M.S., Yonovitz, M.L., and House, P.K., 2009. Comparison of flood hazard assessments on desert piedmonts and playas: A case study in Ivanpah Valley, Nevada. Geomorphology, 103 (4): 520-532. Contact:
