Publications:

Rasmussen, C., R.J. Southard and W.R. Horwath. 2005. Modeling energy inputs to predict pedogenic environments using regional environmental datasets. Soil Sci. Soc. Am. J. 69:1266-1274.

Rasmussen, C., M.S. Torn and R.J. Southard. 2005. Mineral assemblage and aggregates control carbon dynamics in a California conifer forest. Soil Sci. Soc. Am. J. 69:1711-1721.

Rasmussen, C. 2006. Distribution of soil organic and inorganic carbon pools by biome and soil taxa in Arizona. Soil Sci. Soc. Am. J. 70: 256-265.

Rasmussen, C., R.J. Southard and W.R. Horwath. 2006. Mineral control of organic carbon mineralization in a range of temperate conifer forests. Global Change Biology. 12:834-847.

Rasmussen, C., N. Matsuyama, R.A. Dahlgren, R.J. Southard and N. Brauer. 2007. Soil genesis and mineral transformation across an environmental gradient on andesitic lahar. Soil Sci. Soc. Am. J. 71:225-237.

Rasmussen, C. and N. Tabor. 2007. Application of a quantitative pedogenic energy model across a range of environmental gradients. Soil Sci. Soc. Am. J. 71:1719-1729.

Rasmussen, C., R.J. Southard and W.R. Horwath. 2007. Soil mineralogy affects conifer forest soil carbon source utilization and microbial priming. Soil Sci. Soc. Am. J. 71:1141-1150.

Rasmussen, C. 2007. Red Rock Agricultural Center Pre-Developoment Soil Characterization Report. University of Arizona, Agricultural Experiment Station.

Rasmussen, C. 2008. Response to Comments on "Modeling energy inputs to predict pedogenic environments using regional environmental datasets". Soil Sci. Soc. Am. J. 72:860.

Rasmussen, C., R.J. Southard and W.R. Horwath. 2008. Litter type and soil minerals control forest soil carbon response to climate change. Global Change Biology. 14:2064-2080.

Pelletier, J.D. and C. Rasmussen. 2009. Quantifying the climatic and tectonic controls on hillslope steepness and erosion rate. Lithosphere 1:73-80.

White, D.A., A. Welty-Benard, C. Rasmussen, and E. Schwartz. 2009. Vegetation controls on soil organic carbon dynamics in an arid, hyperthermic ecosystem. Geoderma 150:214-223.

Rasmussen, C. 2009. Hiding carbon in terrestrial soils. Earth Magazine. 54:43-56.

Heckman, K., A. Welty-Benard, C. Rasmussen, and E. Schwartz. 2009. Geologic controls of soil carbon cycling and microbial dynamics in temperate conifer forests. Chemical Geology (doi:10.1016/j.chemgeo.2009.01.004).

Diaz, F.J., A.T. O'Geen, C. Rasmussen, and R.A. Dahlgren. 2009. Pedogenesis along a biothermal gradient in a geothermal region of the southern Cascades, California. Geoderma (doi:10.1016/j.geoderma.2009.05.017).

Rasmussen, C., R.A. Dahlgren and R.J. Southard. 2009. Basalt weathering and pedogenesis across an environmental gradient in the southern Cascade Range California, USA. Geoderma (doi:10.1016/j.geoderma.2009.05.019).

Pelletier, J.D. and C. Rasmussen. Geomorphically-based predictive mapping of soil thickness in upland watersheds. Water Resources Research (doi:10.1029/2008WR007319).

Rasmussen, C., P.A. Troch, J.D. Chorover, P. Brooks, J.D. Pelletier and T. Huxman. An open system framework for integrating critical zone structure and function. Biogeochemistry (In Press).