Publications | Cynthia M. Liutkus
Peer-reviewed
Liutkus, C.M., Beard, J.S., Fraser, N.C., and Ragland, P.C., 2010, Use of fine scale stratigraphy and chemostratigraphy to evaluate conditions of deposition and preservation of a Triassic Lagerstatte, south central Virginia: Journal of Paleolimnology, v. 44, p. 645-666. (PDF)
Liutkus, C.M., 2009, Using petrography and geochemistry to determine the origin and formation mechanism of calcitic plant molds: rhizolith or tufa?: Journal of Sedimentary Research, v. 79, p. 906-917. (PDF)
Nandi, A., Liutkus, C., and Whitelaw, M., 2009, Geotechnical characterization of Sevier and Rome shale, eastern Tennessee: 2009 Rock Mechanics Symposium Special Volume. (PDF)
Liutkus, C.M., and Wright, J.D., 2008, The influence of hydrology and climate on the isotope geochemistry of playa carbonates: A study from Pilot Valley, Nevada, USA: Sedimentology, v. 55, p. 965-978. (PDF)
Liutkus, C.M., Wright, J.D., Ashley, G.M., and Sikes, N., 2005, Paleoenvironmental interpretation of lake-margin deposits using δ13C and δ18O results from Pleistocene carbonate rhizoliths; Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania: Geology, v. 33, p. 377-380. (PDF)
Liutkus, C.M., and Ashley, G.M., 2003, Facies model of a semiarid freshwater wetland, Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania: Journal of Sedimentary Research, v. 73, p. 691-705. (PDF)
Ashley, G.M., and Liutkus, C.M., 2002, Tracks, trails, and trampling by large vertebrates in a rift valley paleo-wetland, lowermost Bed II, Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania: Ichnos, v. 9, p. 23-32. (PDF)
Hatala, K.G., Richmond, B.G., Harcourt-Smith, W.E., Rossi, V., Metallo, A., Liutkus, C.M., Pobiner, B.L., Dingwall, H., Olle Moita, G., Brett, J., 2011, Early modern human footprins from Engare Sero, Tanzania. American Association of Physical Anthropologists, Abstracts with Program, v. TBD.
Hewitt, S., Zimmer, B., Liutkus, C., Carmichael, S., and McGinnis, K., 2010, Field-mapping and petrographic analysis of volcanoes surrounding the Lake Natron Homo sapiens footprint site, northern Tanzania. American Geophysical Union, Abstracts with Program, v. TBD.
Norman, J.R., Liutkus, C.M., Wright, J.D., and Scharer, K.M., 2010, Paleoclimate reconstruction using δ18O and δ13C of Holocene carbonates from the Frazier Mountain paleoseismic site, southern California: Geological Society of America, Abstracts with Program, v. TBD.
Liutkus, C.M., Beard, J.S., and Fraser, N.C., 2010, Saline, alkaline, and toxic—a recipe for perfect preservation. Geological Society of America, Abstracts with Program, v. TBD.
Norman, J.R., Liutkus, C.M., Wright, J.D., Scharer, K., Weldon, R., and Fumal, T., 2010, Stable isotope ecology of Holocene carbonates from the Frazier Mountain paleoseismic site, southern California: Geological Society of America, Abstracts with Program, v. 42, no. 1, p. 163.
Scharer, K., Weldon, R., Fumal, T., Liutkus, C., Zachariesen, J., Norman, J., Gibson, B., Alba, S., Weldon, N., Swanson, C., and Hilden, C., 2009, Frazier Mountain: Abundant ruptures, transtension, and sediment, A.D., 1480 to present. 2009 SCEC Annual Meeting Abstracts, 1-126.
McGinnis, K., and Liutkus, C.M., 2009, Fingerprinting a footprint-bearing volcanic ash in northern Tanzania: Geological Society of America, Abstracts with Program, v. 41, no. 7.
Brett, J., Mollel, G., Liutkus, C., Harcourt-Smith, W., Pobiner, B., Olle Moita, G., and Swisher III, C., 2009, In the footprints of our ancestors: A new hominin (Homo sapiens) trackway at Ngare Sero, Tanzania. East African Association of Paleoanthropology and Paleontology Conference, v. TBD.
Liutkus, C.M., and Whitelaw, M.J., 2008, Sedimentologic and stratigraphic investigations into the origin and fill history of a Tertiary sinkhole lake: Gray Fossil Site, TN. Geological Society of America, Abstracts with Program, 151-15.
McGinnis, K., Pruitt, A.H., and Liutkus, C.M., 2008, Independent sedimentological studies on fluvial and lacustrine sediments from the Gray Fossil Site, northeastern TN. Geological Society of America, Abstracts with Program, volume TBD.
Liutkus, C.M., 2007, New terminology for calcite stem casts formed in standing water: A case study from the semiarid western USA. Geological Society of America, Abstracts with Program, v. 39, no. 6, p. 345.
Quick, J.B., and Liutkus, C.M., 2007, Do playa sediments track paleoenvironment?: Sedimentological analyses of Quaternary lake cores from Pilot Valley, NV. Southeast Geological Society of America, Abstracts with Program, v. 39, no. 2, p. 84.
Liutkus, C.M., Raines, S.D., and Quick, J.B., 2007, Sedimentological analysis of Quaternary fossil-bearing lakeshore sediments from Pilot Valley, NV: Implications for climate change. Southeast Geological Society of America, Abstracts with Program, v. 39, no. 2, p. 83.
Liutkus, Cynthia M., and Wright, James D., 2006, Phreatically-formed rhizoliths as a tool for paleolandscape reconstruction: Southeast Geological Society of America, Abstracts with Program, v. 38, no. 3, p. 26.
Liutkus, Cynthia M., 2006, Modern 'rhizolith' formation on a closed-basin playa, Pilot Valley, NV: Southeast Geological Society of America, Abstracts with Program, v. 38, no. 3, p. 72.
Liutkus, Cynthia M., and Wright, James D., 2004, Rhizolith stable isotope patterns from Pilot Valley Playa, Utah: Geological Society of America, National Meeting, Denver.
Liutkus, Cynthia M., and Wright, James D., 2003, The rhizolith recorder: Reconstructing climate with stable isotope signatures of modern and ancient lacustrine carbonates: International Limnogeology Congress, Third Meeting, Abstract Volume, p 166-167.
Liutkus, Cindy M., and Wright, James D., 2002, Seasonal variation in δ18O and δ13C values of carbonate reedcasts from Fayetteville Green Lake, NY: Geological Society of America, Abstracts with Program, vol. 34, no. 7, #151-5.
Liutkus , C.M., Ashley, G.M., and Wright, J.D., 2000, Short-term climate changes and Milankovitch cyclicity at Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania: Evidence from sedimentology and stable isotopes. Geological Society of America, Abstracts with Program, vol. 32, n. 7, A-21.
Deocampo, D.M., Hay, R.L., Ashley, G.M., Kyser, T.K., and Liutkus, C.M., 2000, Lacustrine clay diagenesis in Northern Tanzania, and paleoenvironmental applications at Olduvai Gorge. Geological Society of America, Abstracts with Program, vol. 32, n. 7, A-366.
Ashley, G.M., Deocampo, D.M., and Liutkus, C.M., 2000, Track records of large mammals in lake-margin wetlands, LMBed II, Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania. International Association of Sedimentologists, Regional Meeting Abstracts, Dublin, Ireland.
Liutkus, C.M., and Ashley, G.M., 2000, Facies model of a Pleistocene groundwater-fed wetlands in a volcaniclastic setting; Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania. Geological Society of America, Abstracts with Program, vol. 32, n. 1, A-31.
Liutkus, C.M., 2005, Paleoclimate reconstruction using stable isotopes of freshwater phreatic carbonates: Ph.D. Dissertation, Department of Geological Sciences, Rutgers University, 212 pp.
Liutkus, C.M., 2000, Sedimentology, stratigraphy, and stable isotopes of the lowermost Bed II freshwater wetlands, Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania: Master's Thesis, Department of Geological Sciences, Rutgers University, 159 pp.
Superposition: A Lab Manual for Sedimentology and Stratigraphy, 2008, third edition. Authored by C.M. Liutkus , with contributions from G.M. Ashley and C.S. Feibel. Published in-house by the Hubbard Center at Appalachian State University.