Publications:

1) 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.

2) 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.

3) 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.

4) 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.

5) 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.

6) 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.

7) 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.

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

9) 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.

10) 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.

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

12) 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.

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

14) 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 267: 12-23.

15)Pelletier, J.D. and C. Rasmussen. 2009. Geomorphically-based predictive mapping of soil thickness in upland watersheds. Water Resources Research 45: W09417.

16) Rasmussen, C., R.A. Dahlgren and R.J. Southard. 2010. Basalt weathering and pedogenesis across an environmental gradient in the southern Cascade Range California, USA. Geoderma 154: 473-485.

17) Diaz, F.J., A.T. O'Geen, C. Rasmussen, and R.A. Dahlgren. 2010. Pedogenesis along a biothermal gradient in a geothermal region of the southern Cascades, California. Geoderma 154: 495-507.

18) Rasmussen, C. and D.A. White. 2010. Vegetation effects on soil organic carbon quality in an arid, hyperthermic ecosystem. Soil Science 175:438-446.

19) Rasmussen C., Troch P.A., Chorover J., Brooks P., Pelletier J., and Huxman T. 2011. An open system framework for integrating critical zone structure and function. Biogeochemistry, 102: 15-29.

20) Rasmussen C., Brantley S., Richter D.D., Blum A., Dixon J., and White A.F. 2011. Strong climate and tectonic control on plagioclase weathering in granitic terrain. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 301: 521-530.

21) Lybrand R., Rasmussen C., Jardine A., Troch P.A., and Chorover J., 2011. The effects of climate and landscape position on chemical denudation and mineral transformation in the Santa Catalina mountain critical zone observatory. Applied Geochemistry, 26(S): S80-S84.

22) Chorover J., Troch P.A., Rasmussen C., Brooks P., Pelletier J., Breshears D.D., Huxman T., Lohse K., McIntosh J., Meixner T., Papuga S., Schaap M., Litvak M., Perdrial J. Harpold A., and Durcik M. 2011. How Water, Carbon, and Energy Drive Critical Zone Evolution: The Jemez-Santa Catalina Critical Zone Observatory. Vadose Zone Journal, 10(3): 884-899.

23) Heckman, K. and C. Rasmussen. 2011. Lithologic controls on regolith weathering and mass flux in forested ecosystems of the southwestern USA. Geoderma 164: 99-111.

24) Heckman, K, Vazquez-Ortega, A., Gao, X., Chorover, J., Rasmussen, C. 2011. Changes in water extractable organic matter during incubation of forest floor material in the presence of quartz, goethite and gibbsite surfaces. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 75: 4295-4309.

25) Fernández, J., Plante, A., Leifeld, J., and C. Rasmussen. 2011. Methodological considerations for using thermal analysis in the characterization of soil organic matter. Journal of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry, 104: 389-398.

26) Pelletier, J.D., McGuire L.,Ash J., Engelder, T., Hill L., Leroy, K., Orem, C., Rosenthal, S., Trees, M., Rasmussen, C., Chorover, J.. 2011. Calibration and testing of upland hillslope evolution models in a dated landscape: Banco Bonito, New Mexico, USA. Journal of Geophysical Research, doi:10.1029/2011JF001976.

27) Levi, M.R. and C. Rasmussen. 2011. Considerations for Atmospheric Correction of Surface Reflectance for Soil Survey Applications. Soil Survey Horizons 52:48-55.

28) Richter, D. et al. 2011. Human-soil relations are changing rapidly: Proposals from SSSA’s cross-divisional soil change working group. Soil Sci. Soc. Am. J. 75: 6: 2079-2084 .

29) Legatzki, A., M. Ortiz, J.W. Neilson, R.R. Casavant, M.W. Palmer, C. Rasmussen, B.M. Pryor, L.S. Pierson III, and R.M. Maier. 2011. Factors influencing observed variations in the structure of bacterial communities on calcite formations in Kartchner Caverns, AZ, USA. Geomicrobiology (In Press).

30) Rasmussen, C. 2011. Thermodynamic constraints on effective energy and mass transfer and catchment function. Hydrology and Earth System Science (In Press).

31) Heckman, K., Welty-Benard, A., Vazquez-Ortega, A., Schwartz, E., Chorover, J. and C. Rasmussen. The influence of goethite and gibbsite on soluble nutrient dynamics and microbial community composition. Biogeochemistry (In Press).