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Robert B. Dunbar, PhD
Professor of Geological and Environmental Sciences; FSI Senior Fellow by courtesy
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dunbar@pangea.stanford.edu
(650) 725-6830 (phone)
(650) 725-0979 (fax)
Bldg 320/Braun Hall
Room 325
Stanford, CA 94305
Mail Code:2215
RESEARCH INTERESTS
Ocean processes, biogeochemistry, climatology/paleoclimatology, geology/geophysics of continental margins
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Reports
 

Annual Records of Tropical Systems

Robert B Dunbar, J.E. Cole
PAGES Workshop Report Series, 99-1, PAGES, BERN Switzerland (1999)
 

Diagenetic reactions in deeply buried sediments of the Japan Sea: a synthesis of interstitial water chemistry results from Leg 127 and Leg 128

R.W. Murray, H.J. Brumsack, M. von Breymann, A. Sturz, Robert B Dunbar, J. Gieskes
Tamaki, K., Suyehiro K., Allan, J., McWilliams, M., et al. 1992, Proceedings of the Ocean Drilling Program (1992)
 

Dark-light rhythms in the sediments of the Japan Sea: Preliminary results from Site 798, with some additional results from Sites 797 and 799. In: Pisciotto, K.A., Ingle, J.C., Jr., von Breymann, M.T., Barron, J., et al.

K.B. F?llmi, A. Cramp, K.E. F?llmi, J.M. Alexandrovitxh, C. Brunner, L.H. Burckle, M. Casey, R.B. deMenocal, Robert B Dunbar, K.A. Grimm
Proceedings of the Ocean Drilling Program (1992)
 

Dark-light rhythms in the sediments of the Japan Sea: Preliminary results from Site 798, with some additional results from Sites 797 and 799. In: Pisciotto, K.A., Ingle, J.C., Jr., von Breymann, M.T., Barron, J., et al.

K.B. F?llmi, A. Cramp, K.E. F?llmi, J.M. Alexandrovitxh, C. Brunner, L.H. Burckle, M. Casey, R.B. deMenocal, Robert B Dunbar, K.A. Grimm
Proceedings of the Ocean Drilling Program (1992)
 

Dead Central American coral reef ract: possible link with the Little Ice Age, A

Robert B Dunbar, P. deMenocal, L.H. Burckle
Journal of Marine Research vol. 41 (1992)
 

Eastern tropical Pacific corals monitor low latitude climate during the past 400 years

Robert B Dunbar, G.M. Wellington, M. Colgan, P.W. Glynn
J.L. Betancourt and V.L. Tharp (eds.), Proceedings of the Seventh Annual Pacific Climate (PACLIM) Workshop, April 1992 California Department of Water Resources. Interagency Ecological Studies Progam Technical Report (1991)
 

Proceedings of the Ocean Drilling Program

J. Ingle, K. Suyehiro, M. von Breymann, et al., Robert B Dunbar
Initial Reports vol. 128 (1990)
 

Proceedings of the Ocean Drilling Program

J. Ingle, K. Suyehiro, M. von Breymann, et al., Robert B Dunbar
Initial Reports vol. 128 (1990)
 

Proceedings of the Ocean Drilling Program

R. Duncan, J. Backman, L. Peterson, Robert B Dunbar
Scientific Results vol. 115 (1990)
 

Chemical composition of interstitial waters from the Japan Sea, ODP Leg 128, Proceedings of Fifth Circum-Pacific Energy and Mineral Resources Conference

A. Sturz, M. von Breymann, Robert B Dunbar, the Leg 128 shipboard scientific party
AAPG (1990)
 

Chemical composition of interstitial waters from the Japan Sea, ODP Leg 128, Proceedings of Fifth Circum-Pacific Energy and Mineral Resources Conference

A. Sturz, M. von Breymann, Robert B Dunbar, the Leg 128 shipboard scientific party
AAPG (1990)
 

Cooperative study of upper ocean particulate fluxes in the Weddell Sea, A

Robert B Dunbar, D.C. Biggs, S.P. Berkowitz, M.A. Altabet, R.R. Bidigare, D.J. DeMaster, A. Leventer, S.A. Macko, C.A. Nittrouer, M.E. Ondrusek
Barker, P.F., Kennett, J.P., O'Connell, S., Stewart, N.J. and others, Proceedings of the Ocean Drilling Program, Initial Reports vol. 113 (1988)
 

Sedimentation and the history of upwelling and climate in high fertility areas of the northeastern Pacific Ocean, Ph.D. dissertation

Robert B Dunbar
University of California, San Diego (1981)
Journal Articles

Global change: Leads, lags and the tropics

Robert B. Dunbar
Nature vol. 421 (2003) +PDF+

Tropical Pacific forcing of decadal SST variability in the western Indian Ocean over the past two centuries

J.E. Cole, Robert B Dunbar, T.R. McClanahan, N.A. Muthiga
Science vol. in press (1999)

Stable isotopic variation in pteropods and atlantids from North Pacific sediment traps

G.R. DiTullio, J. Grebmeier, K.R. Arrigo, M.. Lizotte, D.H. Robinson, A. Leventer, J. Barry, M. Van Woert, Robert B Dunbar
Marine Micropaleontology vol. 10 (1999)

Phytoplankton taxonomic variability in nutrient utilization and primary productivity in the Ross Sea, Community Structure and the Drawdown of Nutrients and CO2 in the Southern Ocean

K.R. Arrigo, Robert B Dunbar, D.H. Robinson, J. Worthen, A.R. Leventer, D.L. Barry, G.R. DiTullio, M. Van Woert, M.P. Lizotte
Journal of Geophysical Research vol. in press (1999)

Phytoplankton Community Structure and the Drawdown of Nutrients and CO2 in the Southern Ocean

K.R. Arrigo, D.H. Robinson, D.L. Worthen, Robert B Dunbar, G.R. DiTullio, M. Wan Woert, M.P. Lizotte
Science vol. 283 (1999)

Paleoclimate Reconstruction along the Pole-Equator-Pole Transect of the Americas (PEP 1)

V. Markgraf, T.R. Baumgartner, J.P. Bradbury, H.F. Diaz, Robert B Dunbar, B. Luckman, G. Seltzer, T.W. Swetnam, R. Villalba
Quaternary Science Reviews vol. in press (1999)

Paleochemistry of manganese in corals from the Galapagos Islands

A. Pawley, S.C. Fritz, P.A. Baker, G.O. Seltzer, Robert B Dunbar
Coral Reefs vol. 10 (1999)
 

On the origin of carbonaceous matter, fullerenes, and elemental sulfur in rocks of the Whitewater Group, Susbury Impact Structure, Ontario, Canada

D.Heymann, B.O. Dressler, P.R. Buseck, J. Knell, M.H. Thiemens, Robert B Dunbar, D.J. Mucciarone
Large Meteorite Impacts and Planetary Evolution, Geological Society of America Special Publication vol. in press (1999)

New views of tropical paleoclimate from Corals

M.K. Gagan, L.K. Ayliffe, J.W. Beck, J.E. Cole, E.R.M. Druffel, Robert B Dunbar, D.P Schrag
Quaternary Science Reviews vol. in press (1999)

ENSO and decadal-scale climate variability at 10¡N in the eastern Pacific from 1893 to 1994: A coral-based reconstruction from Clipperton Atoll

B.K. Linsley, L. Ren, Robert B Dunbar, S.H. Howe
Paleoceanography vol. in press (1999)

Assessing between colony oxygen isotope variability in the coral Porites lobata at Clipperton Atoll

B.K. Linsely, R.G. Messier, Robert B Dunbar
Coral Reefs vol. 18 (1999)

13C/12C ratios of sedimentary organic matter from the Ross Sea, Antarctica: a record of sea ice and open water phytoplankton bloom dynamics

Robert B Dunbar, J.C. Villinkski, D.A. Mucciarone
Journal of Geophysical Research vol. in press (1999)

Relationship between new production and vertical flux on the Ross Sea Continental Shelf, The

Robert B Dunbar, W.O. Smith Jr.
Journal of Marine Systems vol. 17 (1998)
 

High resolution seismic reflection profiles from Lake Titicaca, Peru/Bolivia: evidence for Holocene aridity in the Andes

G. Seltzer, P. Baker, S. Cross, Robert B Dunbar, S. Fritz
Geology vol. 26 (1998)

Experimental Dendroclimatic Reconstruction of the Southern Oscillation

Robert B Dunbar
Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society vol. 79 (1998)

Biogenic Sediment Fluxes in the Ross Sea, Antarctica: Atmospheric and Sea Ice Forcing

Robert B Dunbar, A.R. Leventer, D.A. Mucciarone
Journal of Geophysical Research vol. 1093 (1998)
 

Distribution and origin of lignin phenols in Antarctic sediments, The

I. Venkatesan, K. Ohta, R. Pourvase, K. Matsunaga, Robert B Dunbar, T. Dorsey, D. DeMaster
Proceedings of the International Association of Organic Geochemists vol. in press (1997)

Factors influencing the distribution of diatoms and other algae in the Ross Sea

Robert B Dunbar, A. Leventer
Journal of Geophysical Research vol. 101 (1996)

Cycling of organic carbon and biogenic silica in the Southern Ocean: estimates of water column and sedimentary fluxes on the Ross Sea Continental Shelf

D.M.Nelson, D.J. DeMaster, Robert B Dunbar, W.O. Smith Jr.
Journal of Geophysical Research vol. 101 (1996)

Cycling of organic carbon and biogenic silica in the Southern Ocean: estimates of water column and sedimentary fluxes on the Ross Sea Continental Shelf

D.M.Nelson, D.J. DeMaster, Robert B Dunbar, W.O. Smith Jr.
Journal of Geophysical Research vol. 101 (1996)

Calibration of stable oxygen isotope signatures in Galapagos corals

Robert B Dunbar, G.M. Wellington, G. Merlen
Paleoceanography vol. 11 (1996)

Advection of suspended sediment in the Ross Sea and implications for the fate of biogenic material

J.M. Jaeger, C.A. Nittrouer, D.J. DeMaster, Robert B Dunbar
Journal of Geophysical Research vol. 101 (1996)
 

Tropical influence on global climate: are surprises the rule?, The

Robert B Dunbar, J.E. Cole
EOS - Transactions of the American Geophysical Union vol. 76 (1995)
 

Meeting zeroes in on Past Global Change in Western North America

Robert B Dunbar, R.Y. Anderson
EOS - Transactions of the American Geophysical Union vol. 76 (1995)
 

Environmental controls on uranium in reef corals

Robert B Dunbar, G.T. Shen
Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta vol. 59 (1995)
 

Coral records offer long-term perspective on tropical climate systems

Robert B Dunbar, J.E. Cole
Global Change Newsletter, Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, Stockholm vol. 23 (1995)

Benthic and pelagic foraminifera of the Macoma layer, Santa Barbara Basin

S.K. Burke, Robert B Dunbar, W.H. Berger
Journal of Foraminiferal Research vol. 25 (1995)

Late Pleistocene history of surface water d13C in the Sulu Sea: Possible relationship to Pacific deepwater d13C changes, The

Robert B Dunbar, B.K. Linsley
Paleoceanography vol. 9 (1994)

Stable isotopic signature of El Nino-Southern Oscillation events in eastern tropical Pacific reef corals

Robert B. Dunbar, G.M. Wellington
Coral Reefs vol. 14 (1994)

Eastern Pacific sea surface temperature since 1600 A.D.: The d18O record of climate variability in Galapagos corals

Robert B. Dunbar, G.M. Wellington, M.W. Colgan, P.W. Glynn
Paleoceanography vol. 9 (1994)

Carbon isotopic composition of particulate organic carbon in Ross Sea surface waters during summer

J.C. Rogers, Robert B Dunbar
Antarctic Journal of the United States vol. 28 (1994)

Coral-based reconstruction of Intertropical Convergence Zone variability over Central America since 1707, A

Robert B Dunbar, B.K. Linsley, G.M. Welington, D.A. Mucciarone
Journal of Geophysical Research vol. 99 (1994)

Seasonal variation in carbon isotopic composition of Antarctic sea ice and open water plankton communities

Robert B Dunbar, A.R. Leventer
Antarctic Journal of the United States vol. 27 (1993)

Diatom evidence for late Holocene climatic events in Granite Harbor, Antarctica

Robert B Dunbar, A.R. Leventer, D.J. DeMaster
Paleoceanography vol. 8 (1993)
 

Coral records of ocean-atmosphere variability

Robert B Dunbar, J.E. Cole
NOAA Climate and Global Change Program, Special Report No. 10, University Corporation for Atmospheric Research, Boulder (1993)

Cycling and accumulation of organic matter and biogenic silica in high latitude environments: The Ross Sea, The

D.J. DeMaster, Robert B Dunbar, L.I. Gordon, A.R. Leventer, J.M. Morrison, D.M. Nelson, C.A. Nittrouer, W.O. Smith
Oceanography vol. 5 (1992)

Sediment trap experiments, Central and Western Ross Sea, January-February, 1990

Robert B Dunbar, A.R. Leventer-Reed, D.A. Mucciarone
Antarctic Journal of the United States vol. 26 (1992)

Modification of GC-based elemental analyzer for rapid extraction of C from geological materials for stable isotope analysis

Robert B Dunbar, D.A. Mucciarone
Journal of Sedimentary Petrology vol. 62 (1992)

Extreme climatic conditions recorded in Santa Barbara Basin laminated sediments: the 1835-1840 Macoma event

A. Schimmelmann, C.B. Lange, W.H. Berger, A. Simon, S.K. Burke, Robert B Dunbar
Marine Geology vol. 106 (1992)

Circulation in Eastern McMurdo Sound, Antarctica, January through November, 1990

Robert B Dunbar, A. Leventer-Reed
Antarctic Journal of the United States vol. 26 (1992)

Winter oceanographic observations in McMurdo Sound, Antarctica

J. Barry, Robert B Dunbar, A.R. Leventer, P.A. Dayton
Antarctic Journal of the United States vol. 25 (1991)

Paleochemistry of manganese in corals from the Galapagos Islands

G.T. Shen, Robert B Dunbar, M.W. Colgan, P.W. Glynn, G.M. Wellington
Coral Reefs vol. 10 (1991)
 

Biogenic sediment fluxes in the western Ross Sea. Antarctic Journal of the United States

Robert B Dunbar, D.J. Mucciarone, B. Jones, A.R. Leventer, A.R. Pyne, C. Moser
vol. 25 (1991)
 

Reef-building corals and identification of ENSO warming episodes

E.R.M. Druffel, Robert B Dunbar, G.M. Wellington, S.A. Minnis
P. W. Glynn (ed.), Global ecological consequences of the 1982-83 El Nino-Southern Oscillation (1990)

ODP in the Japan Sea: Results of Leg 128

Robert B Dunbar, ODP Leg 128 Shipboard Scientific Party
Geotimes vol. 35 (1990)

Evolution of the Japan Sea

Robert B Dunbar
Nature vol. 346 (1990)

Current velocities and sedimentation patterns in Granite Harbor fjord, North Victoria Land, Antarctica

Robert B Dunbar, A.R. Pyne
Antarctic Journal of the United States vol. 24 (1990)

Cenozoic marine sedimentation in the Sechura and Pisco Basins, Peru

Robert B Dunbar, R.C. Marty, P.A. Baker
Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology vol. 41 (1990)
 

Reply to comment on: Late Eocene diatomite from the Peruvian coastal desert. Geology

R.C. Marty, Robert B Dunbar, P.A. Baker, J. Martin
vol. 17 (1989)

Pore water chemistry of Holocene organic-rich sediments in Granite Harbor

Robert B Dunbar, P.A. Baker
Antarctic Journal of the United States vol. 23 (1989)

Holocene sedimentation along the coast of southern Victoria Land

Robert B Dunbar
Antarctic Journal of the United States vol. 23 (1989)

Biogenic sedimentation in McMurdo Sound, Antarctica

Robert B Dunbar, A.R. Leventer, W.L. Stockton
Marine Geology vol. 85 (1989)

Recent diatom record of McMurdo Sound, Antarctica: implications for the history of sea ice extent

Robert B Dunbar, A. Leventer
Paleoceanography vol. 3 (1988)
 

Morphology of stacked marine delta lobes, East Pisco Basin, Peru

R. Wright, Robert B Dunbar, M. Allen, P. Baker
A. W. Bally (ed.) Atlas of Seismic Stratigraphy, AAPG Studies in Geology vol. 27 (III) (1988)
 

Eocene diatomite from the Peruvian coastal desert

R. Marty, Robert B Dunbar, J.B. Martin, P.A. Baker
Geology vol. 16 (1988)

Role of suspended sediment transport, sedimentation, and resuspension in controlling water quality in Lake Houston, Texas, The

J.M. Matty, J.B. Anderson, Robert B Dunbar
Environmental Geology vol. 10 (1987)

Surface sediment diatom assemblages, McMurdo Sound, Antarctica

Robert B Dunbar, A. Leventer
Antarctic Journal of the United States vol. 22 (1987)

Sediment fluxes beneath fast ice; October, 1986 through February 1987

Robert B Dunbar, A.R. Leventer
Antarctic Journal of the United States vol. 22 (1987)

Ice thickness in McMurdo Sound, Antarctica

Robert B Dunbar, A. Leventer, M.R. Allen, R.Y. Wayper
Antarctic Journal of the United States vol. 22 (1987)

Diatom flux in McMurdo Sound, Antarctica

Robert B Dunbar, A. Leventer
Marine Micropaleontology vol. 12 (1987)

Opal and carbon fluxes beneath ice-covered regions of McMurdo Sound, Antarctica

Robert B Dunbar, A.R. Leventer
Antarctic Journal of the United States vol. 21 (1986)

Dissolution and transport of particulate silica in McMurdo Sound, Antarctica

Robert B Dunbar, A. Leventer
Antarctic Journal of the United States vol. 21 (1986)

Water column particulate flux and seafloor deposits of the Bransfield Strait and southern Ross Sea

Robert B Dunbar, A.J. MacPherson, G. Wefer
Antarctic Journal of the United States vol. 20 (1985)

Vertical sediment flux beneath annual sea ice, McMurdo Sound, Antarctica

Robert B Dunbar, A.R. Leventer, R.C. Marty
Antarctic Journal of the United States vol. 20 (1985)

Suspended particulate matter in Antarctic coastal waters

Robert B Dunbar, A.R. Leventer
Antarctic Journal of the United States vol. 20 (1985)
 

Oceanographic influences on sedimentation along the Antarctic continental shelf

Robert B Dunbar, J.B. Anderson, E.W. Domack, S.S. Jacobs
in S.S. Jacobs (ed.), Oceanology of the Antarctic Shelf, Antarctic Research Series, American Geophysical Union vol. 43 (1985)

Stable isotope fractionation in benthic foraminifera from the Peruvian continental margin

Robert B Dunbar, G. Wefer
Marine Geology vol. 59 (1984)

Sediment trap experiments on the Antarctic continental margin

Robert B Dunbar
Antarctic Journal of the United States vol. 19 (1984)

Distribution of biogenic components in surface sediments from the Antarctic continental shelf

Robert B Dunbar, A. Leventer, M. Dehn
Antarctic Journal of the United States vol. 19 (1984)

Dead Central American coral reef ract: possible link with the Little Ice Age, A

Robert B Dunbar, P.W. Glynn, E.M. Druffel
Journal of Marine Research vol. 41 (1983)

Stable isotopes in a branching coral monitor seasonal temperature variation

Robert B Dunbar, G.M. Wellington
Nature vol. 293 (1981)

Fecal pellet flux to modern bottom sediments of Santa Barbara Basin (California) based on sediment trapping

Robert B Dunbar, W.H. Berger
Geological Society of America Bulletin vol. 92 (1981)

Sediment trap intercomparison study in Santa Barbara Basin, A

Robert B Dunbar, J. Dymond, K. Fischer, M. Clausson, R. Cobbler, W. Gardner, L. Sullivan, A. Soutar, W. Berger
Earth and Planetary Science Letters vol. 53 (1981)
Books & Book Chapters

Climate Variability During the Holocene: An Update

Robert B. Dunbar
Columbia University Press (2000) +BUY+
 

Organic C and Si accumulation in the Monterey Formation

C.M. Isaacs, R.M. Pollastro, J.A. Baron, D. Burky, M.L. Cotton, R.G. Arends, M.V. Filewicz, Robert B Dunbar, M.A. Keller, J.H. Tomson
Isaacs, C.M., and J. Rullkotter (eds.): The Monterey Formation in the Santa Maria and Ventura Basins, Special Publication, American Chemical Society vol. in press (1999)
 

Late Pliocene-Quaternary biosiliceous sedimentation at site 798, Japan Sea

Robert B Dunbar, A. Leventer, E. Domack, F. Taylor, S. Brachfield
Pisciotto, K.A., Ingle, J.C., Jr., von Breymann, M.T., Barron, J., et al. vol. 1992 (1999) +HTML+
 

Eastern Pacific corals monitor El Nino/Southern Oscillation, precipitation, and sea surface temperature variability over the past three centuries

Robert B Dunbar, B.K. Linsley, G.M. Wellington
Jones, P.D., R.S. Bradley, and J. Jouzel (eds.), Climatic fluctuations and forcing mechanisms of the last 2000 years vol. Springer-Verlag, Berlin (1996)
 

Role of sediment in the persistence and transport of enteric viruses in the marine environment

R.D. Ellender, J.B. Anderson, Robert B Dunbar
in V. Rao (Ed.), Human Viruses in Sediments, Sludges and Soils, CRC Press (1988)
 

Phosphatic sediments of the Pisco Basin

Robert B Dunbar, M.R. Allen
R. B. Dunbar and P.A. Baker (eds.): Cenozoic Geology of the Pisco Basin, IGCP Project 156 Field Workshop, Lima, Peru (1988)
 

Geology of Quebrada Huaracangana

C.E. Stock, R. Wright, Robert B Dunbar
R.B. Dunbar and P.A. Baker (eds.): Cenozoic Geology of the Pisco Basin, IGCP Project 156 Field Workshop, Lima, Peru (1988)
 

Geologic setting, stratigraphy, and biogenic sediments of the Pisco Basin

Robert B Dunbar, P.A. Baker, R.C. Marty, J. Cruzado
R. B. Dunbar and P.A. Baker (eds.): Cenozoic Geology of the Pisco Basin, IGCP Project 156 Field Workshop, Lima, Peru (1988)
 

Stable isotope record of upwelling and climate from Santa Barbara Basin, California

Robert B Dunbar
J. Thiede and E. Suess (Eds.) Coastal Upwelling: Its Sediment Record, Part B (1983)
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