DORAN VITAE updated December 18, 2007

Refereed Journal Publications--

Anglen, B.L., L.M. Pratt, P.T. Doran. In review. Contrasting sulfur isotopic profiles of water column sulfate from three lakes in Taylor Valley, Antarctica. Limnology and Oceanography

Antoniades, C. C. M. S.V. Douglas, R. Pienitz, D. Andersen, P. T. Doran, I. Hawes, W. Pollard, and W. F. Vincent. 2007. Abrupt environmental change in Canada's northernmost lake inferred from diatom and fossil pigment stratigraphy. Geophyscial Research Letters. 34 (18): Art. No. L18708

Doran, P.T., D. M. McKnight, C. Jaros, A. G. Fountain, T. H. Nylen, C.P. McKay and D. L. Moorhead. In review. Hydrologic response to extreme warm and cold summers in the McMurdo Dry Valleys, East Antarctica. Antarctic Science.

Beaty, D. K. Buxbaum, M. Meyer, N. Barlow, W. Boynton, B. Clark, J. Deming, P.T. Doran, K. Edgett, S. Hancock, J. Head, M., V. Hipkin, T. Kieft, R. Mancinelli, E. McDonald, C. McKay, M. Mellon, H. Newsom, G. Ori, D. Paige, A.C. Schuerger, M. Sogin, J.A. Spry, A. Steele, K. Tanaka and M. Voytek. 2006. Findings of the Mars Special Regions Science Analysis Group. Astrobiology 6:667-732.

Barrett, J. E., R. A. Virginia, W. B. Lyons, D.M. McKnight, J. C. Priscu, P. T. Doran, A. G. Fountain, D. H. Wall, and D. L. Moorhead. 2006. Biogeochemical stoichiometry of Antarctic Dry Valley ecosystems. Journal of Geophysical Research, 112, G01010, doi:10.1029/2005JG000141.

Wagner, B., Melles, M., Doran, P.T., Kenig, F., Forman S.L., Pierau, R., Allan, P. 2006. Glacial and postglacial sedimentation in the Fryxell basin, Taylor Valley, southern Victoria Land, Antarctica. Palaeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 341: 320-337.

Esposito, R.M.M., Horn, S.L., McKnight, D. M., Cox, M.J., Grant, M.C., Spaulding, S. A., Doran, P.T., Cozzetto, K.D. 2006. Antarctic Climate Cooling and Response of Diatoms in Glacial Meltwater Streams. Geophyscial Research Letters 33 (7): Art. No. L07406

Moody, C. D., Villar, S. E. J., Edwards, H. G. M., Hodgson, D. A., Doran, P. T., and Bishop, J. L., 2005: Biogeological Raman spectroscopic studies of Antarctic lacustrine sediments. Spectrochimica Acta Part a-Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy, 61: 2413-2417.

Lyons, W. B., Dowling, C., Welch, K. A., Synder, G., Poreda, R. J., Doran, P. T., and Fountain, A., 2005: Dating water and solute additions to ice-covered Antarctic lakes. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 69: A720-A720.

Clifford, S. M., Doran, P. T., Fisher, D. A., and Herd, C. D. K., 2005: Third Mars polar science special issue: Key questions, needed observations, and recommended investigations. Icarus, 174: 291-293.

Doran, P.T., J. C. Priscu, W. B. Lyons, J. E. Walsh, A. G. Fountain, D. M. McKnight, D. L. Moorhead, R. A. Virginia, D. H. Wall, G. D. Clow, C. H. Fritsen, C. P. McKay, and A. N. Parsons. 2005. Comment on “El Nino suppresses Antarctic warming” by N. Bertler et al. Geophysical Research Letters Art. No. L07706

Lyons, W.B., K.A. Welch, A.E. Carey, D.Wall, R.A. Virginia, A. Fountain, P.T. Doran, B. Csatho and C. Tremper. 2005. Groundwater Seeps in Taylor Valley Antarctica: An example of a Subsurface Melt Event. Annals of Glaciology, 40, 200-206.

Lawson, J.L., P.T. Doran, F. Kenig, D. DesMarais and J.C. Priscu, 2004. Stable carbon and nitrogen isotopic compositions of benthic and pelagic organic matter in four polar lakes of the McMurdo Dry Valleys, Antarctica.  Aquatic Geochemistry10:269-301

Nylen T. H., A. G. Fountain and P. T. Doran. 2004. Climatology of Katabatic Winds in the McMurdo Dry Valleys, Southern Victoria Land, Antarctica.  Journal of Geophysical Research – Atmospheres 109 (D3): Art. No. D03114.

Bishop, J. L., , B. L. Anglen, L. M. Pratt, H. G. M. Edwards, D. J. DesMaraia and P. T. Doran,  2003. A Spectroscopy and isotope study of sediments from the Antarctic Dry Valleys as snalogues for potential paleolakes on Mars. International Journal of Astrobiology 2:273-2

McKay, C.P., K.P. Hand, P. T. Doran, D. T. Andersen and J. C. Priscu 2003. Clathrate formation and the fate of noble and biologically useful gases in Lake Vostok, Antarctica. Geophyscial Research Letters 30 (13): Art. No. 1702.

Edwards, H.G.M., D.D. Wynn-Williams, J.C. Ellis-Evans, E.M. Newton, S.J. Little, L.F.C. de Oliveira, D.A.Hodgson and P. T. Doran. 2003. Fourier-Transform Raman Spectroscopic Studies of organic and inorganic chemical components in Stromatolitic Cores from Antarctic Lake Sediments. International Journal of Astrobiology. 1(4): 325-331.

Doran, P. T., C. H. Fritsen, C. P. McKay, J. C. Priscu, and E. E. Adams. 2003. Formation and character of an ancient 19 m ice cover and underlying trapped brine in an “ice-sealed” east Antarctic lake. Proc. National Acad. Sci. 100: 26-31.

Gooseff, MN, J.E. Barrett, P.T. Doran, A.G. Fountain, W.B. Lyons, A.N. Parsons, D.L. Porazinska, R.A. Virginia and D.H. Wall. 2003. Snow patch influence on soil biogeochemical processes and invertebrate distribution in the McMurdo Dry Valleys, Antarctica. Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research, v. 35, (1), 95-100.

Doran, P. T. , C. P. McKay, G. D. Clow, G. L. Dana, A. G. Fountain, T.  Nylen and W. B. Lyons. 2002. Valley floor climate observations from the McMurdo dry valleys, Antarctica, 1986–2000. J. Geophys. Res., 107(D24), 4772, doi:10.1029/2001JD002045,

Lyons, W.B., K.A. Welch, J.C. Priscu, D. Moorhead, D. McKnight, P.T. Doran and M. Tranter in Press. The McMurdo Dry Valleys Long Term Ecological Research Program: New understanding of the biogeochemistry of the dry valley lakes: A Review. Polar Geography.

Walsh J.E., P.T. Doran, J.C. Priscu, W.B. Lyons, A.G. Fountain, D.M.  McKnight, D.L. Moorhead, R.A. Virginia, D.H. Wall, G.D. Clow, C.H. Fritsen, C.P.  McKay and A.N. Parsons 2002. Climate change - Recent temperature trends in the Antarctic. Nature 418 (6895): 292-292.

Doran, P.T., J. C. Priscu, W. B. Lyons, J. E. Walsh, A. G. Fountain, D. M. McKnight, D. L. Moorhead, R. A. Virginia, D. H. Wall, G. D. Clow, C. H. Fritsen, C. P. McKay, and A. N. Parsons. 2002. Antarctic climate cooling and terrestrial ecosystem response.  Nature 415:517-520.

Bishop, J. L., A. Lougear, J. Newton, P. T. Doran, H. Froeschl, W. Körner, C. Koeberl,, and A. X. Trautwein. 2001. Mineralogical and geochemical analyses of Antarctic lake sediments: A study of reflectance and Mössbauer spectroscopy and C, N and S isotopes with applications for remote sensing on Mars. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 65:2875-2897.

Berger, G.W. and P.T. Doran. 2001. Luminescence zeroing tests in Lake Hoare, Taylor Valley, Antarctica.  Journal of Paleolimnology 25:519-529.

McKnight, D. M., E. W. Boyer, P. K. Westerhoff, P. T. Doran, T. Kulbe, and D. T. Andersen. 2001. Spectrofluorometric characterization of dissolved organic matter for indication of precursor organic material and aromaticity. Limnology and Oceanography 46(1):38-48.

Doran, P. T., S. L. Forman, N. C. Sturchio, S. M. Clifford, and D. A. Papanastassiou. 2000. Measuring geologic time on Mars. EOS 81(45):533, 535.

Doran, P.T., R.A. Wharton, W.B. Lyons, D.J. DesMarais, and D.T. Andersen. 2000. Sedimentology and Geochemistry of a Perennially Ice-Covered  Epishelf Lake in Bunger Hills Oasis, East Antarctica. Antarctic Science 12(2):131-140.

Lyons, W. B., C. A. Nezat, K. A. Welch, S. T. Kottmeier, and P. T. Doran. 2000. Fossil fuel burning in Taylor Valley, southern Victoria Land, Antarctica: Estimating the role of scientific activities on carbon and nitrogen reservoirs and fluxes. Environmental Science and Technology. 34:1659-1662.

Lyons, W. B., A. Fountain, P. T. Doran, J. C. Priscu, K. Neunmann and K. A. Welch 2000. The importance of landscape position and legacy: the evolution of the Taylor Valley Lake District, Antarctica. Freshwater Biology. 43:355-368.

Kepner, R. Jr, A. Kortyna, R.A. Wharton Jr., P.T. Doran, D.T. Andersen, and E. Roberts. 2000. Effects of research diving on a stratified antarctic lake.  Water Research 33(17):3574-3582.

Fountain, A.G., K. J. Lewis, and P.T. Doran, 1999. Spatial and climatic variations and its control on glacier equilibrium line altitude in Taylor Valley, Antarctica.  Global and Planetary Change, 22(1), 1-10.

Fountain, A.G., M. Burkins, G.L. Dana, P.T. Doran, K. Lewis, W.B. Lyons, D. Mcknight, D. Moorhead, A. Parsons, J.C. Priscu, D. Wall, and R.A. Wharton. 1999. Physical controls on the Taylor Valley Ecosystem, Antarctica. Bioscience  49(12):961-972.

Moorhead, D.L., M.B. Burkins, P.T. Doran, A.G. Fountain, W.B. Lyons, D.M. McKnight, J.C. Priscu, R.A. Virginia and D.H. Wall. 1999. Ecological Legacies: Production, Persistence and Influence on Soil and Lake Ecosystems of the Antarctic Dry Valleys. Bioscience 49(12):1009-1019.

Doran, P.T., G. Berger, R.A. Wharton Jr., W.B. Lyons, L. Davisson, J. Southon and J. Dibb. 1999. Dating Quaternary lacustrine sediments in the McMurdo Dry Valleys Antarctica. Palaeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 147:223-239.

Doran, P.T., R.A. Wharton Jr., D. Des Marais, and C.P. McKay. 1998. Antarctic paleolake sediments and the search for extinct life on Mars. Journal of Geophysical Research -Planets. 103(E12):28481-28493

Priscu, J.C., C.H. Fritsen, E.E. Adams, S. J. Giovannoni, H.W. Paerl, C. P. McKay, P.T. Doran, B.D. Lanoil, J.L. Pinckney.1998. Perennial Antarctic lake ice: An oasis for life in a polar desert. Science 280:2095-2098.

Tyler, S.W., P.G. Cook, A.Z. Butt, J.M. Thomas, P.T. Doran, and W.B. Lyons. 1998. Evidence of deep circulation in two perennially ice-covered Antarctic lakes. Limnology and Oceanography 43:625-635.

Spaulding, S.A., D.M. McKnight, E.F. Stoermer, and P.T. Doran. 1997. Diatoms in sediments of perennially ice-covered Lake Hoare, and implications for interpreting lake history in the McMurdo Dry Valleys of Antarctica. Journal of Paleolimnology. 17(4):403-420.

Doran, P.T., C.P. McKay, M.A. Meyer, D.T. Andersen, R.A. Wharton, and J.T. Hastings. 1996. Climatology and implications for perennial lake ice occurrence at Bunger Hills Oasis, East Antarctica. Antarctic Science, 8(3):289-296.

Doran, P.T., C.P. McKay, W.P. Adams, M.C. English, R.A. Wharton Jr., and M.A. Meyer. 1996. Climate-forcing and thermal feedback of high arctic residual lake ice covers. Limnology and Oceanography 41(5):839-848.

Doran, P.T., R.A. Wharton Jr. and W.B. Lyons. 1994. Paleolimnology of the McMurdo Dry Valleys, Antarctica. Journal of Paleolimnology. 10(2):85-114.

Doran, P.T. 1993. Sedimentology of Colour Lake, a non-glacial, high Arctic lake, Axel Heiberg Island, N.W.T. Arctic and Alpine Research. 25:353-367.

Adams, W.P., P.T. Doran, M. Ecclestone, C. Kingsbury, and C. Allan. 1989. A rare second year, lake ice cover in the Canadian High Arctic. Arctic. 42:299-306.

Letters and Commentary--
Doran, P. T. and S. L. Forman 2000. Extinct saline groundwater discharge on Mars? Science 290(5492):713-714.  

Book Chapters--

Wolfe, A. P., G. H. Miller, C. A. Olsen, S. L. Forman, P. T. Doran and S. U. Holmgren in press. Geochronology of high latitude lake sediments. In R. Pienitz, M.S.V. Douglas and J.P. Smol (eds.). Long-Term Environmental Change in Arctic and Antarctic Lakes. Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht, The Netherlands.

Reports--
Wharton. R. A. and P. T. Doran (eds.) 1999. McMurdo Dry Valley Lakes: Impacts of Research Activities. Desert Research Institute, University and Community College System of Nevada, USA, special publication, 54 p.

Doran, P.T., S. M. Clifford, S. L. Forman, L. Nyquist, D. A. Papanastassiou, B. W. Stewart, N. C. Sturchio, and T. D. Swindle (eds), 2000. Workshop Report: Assessing Chronometric Techniques for Quantifying Surficial Processes on Mars. Report to the JPL Mars Program Office.  Online at http://marsweb1.jpl.nasa.gov/dating/mars_chronology_report.pdf

Unrefereed Publications--

Andersen, D. T., P. T. Doran, D. Bolshiyanov, J. Rice, V. Galchenko, N. Cherych, R. A. Wharton Jr., C. P. McKay, M. Meyer, and V. Garshnek. 1993. A preliminary comparison of two perennially ice-covered lakes in Antarctica: analogs of past Martian lacustrine environments. Advances in Space Research. 15(3):199-202.

Doran, P. T., R. A. Wharton Jr., S. Spaulding, and J. Foster. 1994. McMurdo LTER: Paleolimnology of Taylor Valley. Antarctic Journal of the United States 24(5):234-237.

Doran, P. T., G. Dana, J. T. Hastings, and R. A. Wharton. 1995. The McMurdo LTER Automatic Weather Network (LAWN). Antarctic Journal of the United States 30(5):276-280.

Doran, P. T., R. A. Wharton Jr., and J. Schmok. 1996. Geophysical determination of bathymetry and morphology of Taylor Valley Lakes  Antarctic Journal of the United States 31(2):198-200.

Doran, P. T. 2000. Martian Chronology: Workshop Report. Geochemical News 104, 20-21

Doran, P. T., S. L. Forman, N. C. Sturchio, S. M. Clifford, and D. A. Papanastassiou. 2001. Measuring geologic time on Mars. Earth in Space 13(6):1-16.