Colin Robins, Ph.D.

Associate Professor of Environmental Science

Department

Keck Science

Areas of Expertise

Environmental science

Geomorphology

Soil Science

Research Interests

Physical Geography Environmental Science GIS & Mapping Geomorphology Soil Science Geology Landscape Evolution

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.

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