Selected Publication list

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2009

BOOK CHAPTER: Battle, J., Anderton, J. and R.J. Schaetzl. Isle Royale. In: Schaetzl, R.J., Darden, J.T. and D. Brandt. (eds.). Michigan Geography and Geology. Pearson Custom Publishing, Boston, MA. pp. 377-388.

BOOK CHAPTER: Blewett, W., Lusch, D., and R.J. Schaetzl. The Physical Landscape. In: Schaetzl, R.J., Darden, J.T. and D. Brandt. (eds.). Michigan Geography and Geology. Pearson Custom Publishing, Boston, MA. pp. 249-273.

BOOK CHAPTER: Hupy, J.P. and Randall J. Schaetzl. Oblique Views of Recognizable Regions in Michigan. Appendix A. In: Schaetzl, R.J., Darden, J.T. and D. Brandt. (eds.). Michigan Geography and Geology. Pearson Custom Publishing, Boston, MA. pp. 645-653.

Lusch, D.P., Stanley, K.E., Schaetzl, R.J., Kendall, A.D., van Dam, R.L., Nielsen, A., Blumer, B.E., Hobbs, T.C., Archer, J.K., Holmstadt, J.L.F., and C.L. May. Characterization and Mapping of Patterned Ground in the Saginaw Lowlands, Michigan: Possible Evidence for Late-Wisconsin Permafrost. Annals of the Association of American Geographers 99:445-466.  PDF

BOOK CHAPTER: Schaetzl, R.J. Soils. In: Schaetzl, R.J., Darden, J.T. and D. Brandt. (eds.). Michigan Geography and Geology. Pearson Custom Publishing, Boston, MA. pp 315-329. Battle, J., Anderton, J. and R.J. Schaetzl. Isle Royale. In: Schaetzl, R.J., Darden, J.T. and D. Brandt. (eds.). Michigan Geography and Geology. Pearson Custom Publishing, Boston, MA. pp. 377-388.

BOOK: Schaetzl, R.J., Darden, J.T., and D. Brandt. (eds)  Michigan Geography and Geology.  Pearson Custom Publishers, Upper Saddle River, NJ. 672 pp.
http://www.pearsoncustom.com/custom-publications/michigan-geography-and-geology

Schaetzl, R.J., Krist, F.J. Jr., Stanley, K.E., and C.M. Hupy.  The Natural Soil Drainage Index: An Ordinal Estimate of Long-Term, Soil Wetness. Physical Geography 30:383-409.  PDF

BOOK CHAPTER: Schaetzl, R.J., Santer, RA., and L. Sommers. Introduction: Defining the State of Michigan. In: Schaetzl, R.J., Darden, J.T. and D. Brandt. (eds.). Michigan Geography and Geology. Pearson Custom Publishing, Boston, MA. pp. 1-10.

2008 Hupy, J.P. and R.J. Schaetzl.  Soil Development Following Disturbance Due to Explosive Munitions on the WWI Battlefield of Verdun, France. Geoderma 145:37-49.   PDF

Schaetzl, R.J. The Distribution of Silty Soils in the Grayling Fingers Region of Michigan: Evidence for Loess Deposition onto Frozen Ground. Geomorphology 102:287-296.   PDF

Schaetzl, R.J. and S.L. Forman.  OSL Ages on Glaciofluvial Sediment in Northern Lower Michigan Constrain Expansion of the Laurentide Ice Sheet. Quaternary Research 70:81-90.   PDF

Schaetzl, R.J. and J. Hook.  Evidence for Loess in NW Lower Michigan: the Silty Mantle on the Buckley Flats Outwash Plain. Physical Geography 29:1-18.  PDF

Schaetzl, R.J. and W.L. Loope.  Evidence for an Eolian Origin for the Silt-Enriched Soil Mantles on the Glaciated Uplands of Eastern Upper Michigan, USA. Geomorphology 100:285-295.  PDF

2007 Isard, S.A., Schaetzl, R.J., and J.A. Andresen.  Soils Cool as Climate Warms in Great Lakes Region, USA: 1951-2000. Annals of the Association of American Geographers 97:467-476.   PDF
2006 Hupy, J.P. and R.J. Schaetzl.  Introducing “Bombturbation,” A Singular Type of Soil Disturbance and Mixing. Soil Science 171:823-836.   PDF

Schaetzl, R.J., Mikesell, L.R., and M.A. Velbel.  Expression of Soil Characteristics Related to Weathering and Pedogenesis Across a Geomorphic Surface of Uniform Age in Michigan. Physical Geography 27:170-188.   PDF

Schaetzl, R.J. and C. Schwenner.  An Application of the Runge “Energy Model” of Soil Development in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula. Soil Science 171:152-166.  PDF
2005 Hupy, J.P., Aldrich, S., Schaetzl, R.J., Varnakovida, P., Arima, E., Bookout, J., Wiangwang, N., Campos, A., and K. McKnight. Mapping Soils, Vegetation, and Landforms: An Integrative Physical Geography Field Experience. Professional Geographer 57: 438-451.  PDF

Schaetzl, R.J., Knapp, B.D., and S.A. Isard.  Modeling Soil Temperatures and the Mesic-Frigid Boundary in the Great Lakes Region, 1951-2000.  Soil Science Society of America Journal 69:2033-2040.  PDF

BOOK: Schaetzl, R.J. and S.N. Anderson. Soils: Genesis and Geomorphology. Cambridge University Press. 832 pp. http://www.cambridge.org/catalogue/catalogue.asp?isbn=9780521812016

Weisenborn, B.N. and R.J. Schaetzl. Range of Fragipan Expression in Some Michigan Soils: I. Morphological, Micromorphological, and Characterization. Soil Science Society of America Journal 69:168-177.  PDF

Weisenborn, B.N. and R.J. Schaetzl. Range of Fragipan Expression in Some Michigan Soils: II. A Model for Fragipan Evolution. Soil Science Society of America Journal 69:178-187.  PDF

2004 Arbogast, A.F., Schaetzl, R.J., Hupy, J.P., and E.C. Hansen. The Holland Paleosol: An Informal Pedostratigraphic Unit in the Coastal Dunes of Southeastern Lake Michigan. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences 41:1385-1400.  PDF

Hupy, C.M., Schaetzl, R.J., Messina, J.M., Hupy, J.P., Delamater, P., Enander, H., Hughey, B.D., Boehm, R., Mitroka, M.J., and M.T. Fashoway. Modeling the Complexity of Different, Recently Deglaciated Soil Landscapes as a Function of Map Scale. Geoderma 123:115-130.  PDF

Mikesell, L.R., Schaetzl, R.J., and M.A. Velbel. Hornblende Etching and Quartz/Feldspar Ratios as Weathering and Soil Development Indicators in Some Michigan Soils. Quaternary Research 62:162-171.  PDF

Schaetzl, R.J. and B.N. Weisenborn. The Grayling Fingers Geomorphic Region of Michigan: Soils, Sedimentology, Stratigraphy and Geomorphic Development. Geomorphology 61:251-274.  PDF
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2002 Schaetzl, R.J.  A Spodosol-Entisol Transition in Northern Michigan. Soil Science Society of America Journal 66:1272-1284. PDF

Schaetzl, R.J., Drzyzga, S.A., Weisenborn, B.N., Kincare, K.A., Lepczyk, X.C., Shein, K.A., Dowd, C.M., and J. Linker. Measurement, Correlation, and Mapping of Glacial Lake Algonquin Shorelines in Northern Michigan. Annals of the Association of American Geographers 92:399-415.  PDF

Schaetzl, R.J. and D.M. Tomczak. Wintertime Soil Temperatures in the Fine-Textured Soils of the Saginaw Valley, Michigan. The Great Lakes Geographer 8:87-99.  PDF

BOOK CHAPTER: Schaetzl, R.J. and S.A. Isard.
The Great Lakes Region. In: Goudie, A. and A. Orme, (ed.), The Physical Geography of North America. Oxford Univ. Press. pp. 307-334.

2001 Schaetzl, R.J. Late Pleistocene Ice Flow Directions and the Age of Glacial Landscapes in Northern Lower Michigan. Physical Geography 22:28-41.  PDF

Krist, F. and R.J. Schaetzl. Paleowind (11,000 BP) Directions Derived from Lake Spits in Northern Michigan. Geomorphology 38:1-18.  PDF

Rindfleisch, P.R. and R.J. Schaetzl. Soils and Geomorphic Evidence for a High Lake Stand in a Michigan Drumlin Field. Physical Geography 22:483-501.

Schaetzl, R.J. Morphologic Evidence of Lamellae Forming Directly from Thin, Clayey Bedding Planes in a Dune. Geoderma 99:51-63.  PDF

Larson, G. and R.J. Schaetzl. Origin and Evolution of the Great Lakes. Journal of Great Lakes Research 27:518-546.  PDF

2000

Schaetzl, R.J., Krist, F., Rindfleisch, P., Liebens, J., and T. Williams. Post-Glacial Landscape Evolution of Northeastern Lower Michigan, Interpreted from Soils and Sediments. Annals of the Association of American Geographers 90:443-466.  PDF

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1998 Schaetzl, R.J. Lithologic Discontinuities in Some Soils on Drumlins: Theory, Detection, and Application. Soil Science 163:570-590.

Isard, S.A. and R.J. Schaetzl. Effects of Winter Weather Conditions on Soil Freezing in Southern Michigan. Physical Geography 19:71-94.  PDF

Barrett, L.R. and R.J. Schaetzl. Regressive Pedogenesis Following a Century of Deforestation: Evidence for Depodzolization. Soil Science 163:482-497.
1997 Liebens, J. and R.J. Schaetzl. Relative-Age Relationships of Debris Flow Deposits in the Southern Blue Ridge, North Carolina. Geomorphology 21:53-67.  PDF

Hunckler, R.V. and R.J. Schaetzl. Spodosol Development as Affected by Geomorphic Aspect, Baraga County, Michigan. Soil Science Society of America Journal 61:1105-1115.  PDF

Groop, R.E. and R.J. Schaetzl. Productivity Profiles of PhD-Granting Geography Departments in the United States: 1980-1994. The Professional Geographer 49:451-464.

Arbogast, A.F., Scull, P., Schaetzl, R.J., Harrison, J., Jameson, T.P., and S. Crozier. Concurrent Stabilization of Some Interior Dune Fields in Michigan. Physical Geography 18:63-79.
1996 Schaetzl, R.J. Spodosol-Alfisol Intergrades: Bisequal Soils in NE Michigan, USA. Geoderma 74:23-47.  PDF

Schaetzl, R.J. and S.A. Isard. Regional-Scale Relationships Between Climate and Strength of Podzolization in the Great Lakes Region, North America. Catena 28:47-69.  PDF

Schaetzl, R.J., Frederick, W.E., and L. Tornes. Secondary Carbonates in Three Fine and Fine-Loamy Alfisols in Michigan. Soil Science Society of America Journal 60:1862-1870.  PDF

Schaetzl, R.J. and D.G. Brown. Forest Associations and Soil Drainage Classes in Presettlement Baraga County, Michigan. The Great Lakes Geographer 3:57-74.

1995 Isard, S.A. and R.J. Schaetzl. Estimating Soil Temperatures and Frost in the Lake Effect Snowbelt Region, Michigan, USA. Cold Regions Science and Technology 23:317-332.

Norman, S.A., Schaetzl, R.J., and T.W. Small. Effects of Slope Angle on Mass Movement by Tree Uprooting. Geomorphology 14:19-27.  PDF

Barrett, L.R., Liebens, J., Brown, D.G., Schaetzl, R.J., Zuwerink, P., Cate, T.W. and D.S. Nolan. Relationships Between Soils and Presettlement Vegetation in Baraga County, Michigan. American Midland Naturalist 134:264-285.  PDF

1994 Schaetzl, R.J. Changes in O Horizon Mass, Thickness and Carbon Content Following Fire in Northern Hardwood Stands. Vegetatio 115:41-50.

Schaetzl, R.J., Barrett, L.R., and J.A. Winkler. Choosing Models for Soil Chronofunctions and Fitting them to Data. European Journal of Soil Science 45:219-232.

1993 Barrett, L.R. and R.J. Schaetzl. Soil Development and Spatial Variability on Geomorphic Surfaces of Different Age. Physical Geography 14:39-55.
1992 Schaetzl, R.J. Texture, Mineralogy and Lamellae Development in Sandy Soils in Michigan. Soil Science Society of America Journal 56:1538-1545.  PDF

Schaetzl, R.J. Beta Spodic Horizons in Podzolic Soils (Lithic Haplorthods and Haplohumods). Pedologie 42:271-287.

Barrett, L.R. and R.J. Schaetzl. An Examination of Podzolization Near Lake Michigan Using Chronofunctions. Canadian Journal of Soil Science 72:527-541.   PDF

1991 Schaetzl, R.J. Factors Affecting the Formation of Dark, Thick Epipedons Beneath Forest Vegetation, Michigan, USA. Journal of Soil Science 42:501-512.

Schaetzl, R.J. A Lithosequence of Soils in Extremely Gravelly, Dolomitic Parent Materials, Bois Blanc Island, Lake Huron. Geoderma 48:305-320.  PDF

Schaetzl, R.J. and S.A. Isard. The Distribution of Spodosol Soils in Southern Michigan: A Climatic Interpretation. Annals of the Association of American Geographers 81:425-442.  PDF

1990 Schaetzl, R.J. Effects of Treethrow Microtopography on the Characteristics and Genesis of Spodosols, Michigan, USA. Catena 17:111-126.

Small, T.W., Schaetzl, R.J., and J.M. Brixie. Redistribution and Mixing of Soil Gravels by Tree Uprooting. The Professional Geographer 42:445-457.

Schaetzl, R.J., Burns, S.F., Small, T.W., and D.L. Johnson. Tree Uprooting: Review of Types and Patterns of Soil Disturbance. Physical Geography 11:277-291.

Schaetzl, R.J. and L.R. Follmer. Longevity of Treethrow Microtopography: Implications for Mass Wasting. Geomorphology 3:113-123.  PDF

Mokma, D.L., Schaetzl, R.J., Doolittle, J.A., and E.P. Johnson. Ground-Penetrating Radar Study of Ortstein Continuity in Some Michigan Haplaquods. Soil Science Society of America Journal 54:936-938. 

Mokma, D.L., Schaetzl, R.J., Johnson, E.P., and J.A. Doolittle. Assessing Bt horizon Character in Sandy Soils Using Ground Penetrating Radar: Implications for Soil Survey. Soil Survey Horizons 31:1-8.

1989 Schaetzl, R.J., Hendrie, L.K., and S.W. Kirsch. Soil Water Characteristics of Two Soil Catenas in Illinois: Implications for Irrigation. Water Resources Bulletin 25:1023-1030.

Schaetzl, R.J., Burns, S.F., Johnson, D.L., and T.W. Small. Tree Uprooting: Review of Impacts on Forest Ecology. Vegetatio 79:165-176.  PDF

Schaetzl, R.J., Johnson, D.L., Burns, S.F., and T.W. Small. Tree Uprooting: Review of Terminology, Process, and Environmental Implications. Canadian Journal of Forest Research 19:1-11.  PDF

1988 Schaetzl, R.J. and D.L. Mokma. A Numerical Index of Podzol and Podzolic Soil Development. Physical Geography 9:232-246. PDF

Tandarich, J.P., Schaetzl, R.J., and R.G. Darmody. Conversations with Francis D. Hole. Soil Survey Horizons 29:9-21.

1987 Schaetzl, R.J. and C.J. Sorenson.  The Concept of "Buried" vs "Isolated" Paleosols: Examples from Northeastern Kansas. Soil Science 143:426-435.  PDF

Johnson, D.L., Watson-Stegner, D., Johnson, D.N., and R.J. Schaetzl.  Proisotropic and Proanisotropic Processes of Pedoturbation. Soil Science 143:278-292

1986 Schaetzl, R.J.  Soilscape Analysis of Contrasting Glacial Terrains in Wisconsin. Annals of the Association of American Geographers 76:414-425.

Schaetzl, R.J.  Complete Soil Profile Inversion by Tree Uprooting. Physical Geography 7:181-189.

Schaetzl, R.J.  The Sangamon Paleosol in Brown County, Kansas. Kansas Academy of Science Transactions 89:152-161.

1983

Schaetzl, R.J. and W.C. Johnson. Pollen and Spore Stratigraphy of a Mollic Hapludalf (Degraded Chernozem) in Northeastern Kansas. The Professional Geographer 35:183-191.