Noah M. McLean
College of Liberal Arts and Sciences - GeologyDr. McLean has long been interested in using high-precision thermo- and geochronology to solve geological problems, especially those that require resolution at the limits of analytical precision. A main thrust of his research involves quantitatively interpreting the large volume of information used to calculate and interpret isotopic dates.
Education
Ph.D., Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
B.Sc., Geological Sciences with honors, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Selected Publications
McLean, N. M. (2017). Interpretational Approaches: Making Sense of Data. In . (Ed.), Geochronology and Thermochronology. Wiley.
Dutton, A. A., Rubin, K. McLean, N. M., Bowring, J. F., Bard, E. Edwards, R. L., Henderson, G. M., Reid, M. R., Richards, D. A., Sims, K. W., Walker, J. D., & Yokoyama, Y. (2017). Data reporting standards for publication of U-series data for geochronology and timescale assessment in the Earth Sciences. Quaternary Geochronology. DOI:10.1016/j.quageo.2017.03.001 http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1871101416301479
Blackburn, T. McLean, N. M., & Bowring, S. A. (2017). U-Pb geochronologic and thermochronologic time-temperature constraints for the 40 Ar/39 Ar horn- blende standard HB3gr. Geostandards and Geoanalytical Research. DOI:10.1111/ggr.12165 http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/ggr.12165/abstract
McLean, N. M., Bowring, J. F., & Gehrels, G. (2016). Algorithms and software for U-Pb geochronology by LA-ICPMS. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, 17(7), 2480–2496. DOI:10.1002/2015GC006097 http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/2015GC006097/full
Miller, R. B., Gordon, S. M., Bowring, S. Doran, B. McLean, N. M., Michels, Z. & Shea, E. (2016). Linking deep and shallow crustal processes during regional transtension in an exhumed continental arc, North Cascades, northwestern Cordillera (USA). Geosphere, 12(3). DOI:10.1130/GES01262.1 http://geosphere.geoscienceworld.org/content/early/2016/05/11/GES01262.1
Eddy, M. P., Bowring, S. A., Umhoefer, P. J., Miller, R. B., McLean, N. M., & Donaghy, E. E. (2016). High-resolution temporal and stratigraphic record of Siletzia’s accretion and triple junction migration from nonmarine sedimentary basins in central and western Washington. Geological Society of America Bulletin, 128(3-4), 425-441. DOI:10.1130/B31335.1 http://bulletin.geoscienceworld.org/content/128/3-4/425.short
Horstwood, M. Kosler, J. Gehrels, G. Jackson, S. McLean, N. M., Paton, C. Pearson, N. Sircombe, K. Sylvester, P. Vermeesch, P. Bowring, J. Condon, D. & Schoene, B. (2016). Community-derived standards for LA-ICP-MS U-Th-Pb geochronology - uncertainty propagation, age interpretation and data reporting. Geostandards and Geoanalytical Research, DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-908X.2016.00379.x. DOI:10.1111/j.1751-908X.2016.00379.x http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1751-908X.2016.00379.x/abstract http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1751-908X.2016.00379.x/abstract
Condon, D. J., Schoene, R. B., McLean, N. M., Bowring, S. A., Parrish, R. & Noble, S. R. (2015). Metrology and traceability of U-Pb isotope dilution geochronology (EARTHTIME Tracer Calibration Part I). Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 164, 464-480. DOI:10.1016/j.gca.2015.05.026 http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S001670371500321X
McLean, N. M., Condon, D. Schoene, B. & Bowring, S. A. (2015). Evaluating Uncertainties in the Calibration of Isotopic Reference Materials and Multi-Element Isotopic Tracers (EARTHTIME Tracer Calibration Part II). Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 164, 481-501. DOI:10.1016/j.gca.2015.02.040 http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0016703715001428
Bookhagen, B. McLean, N. M., Buchwaldt, R. Rioux, M. Dudás, F. L., & Bowring, S. A. (2014). EARTHTIME: Teaching geochronology to high school students in the US. In V. C. H. Tong (Ed.), Geoscience Research and Education. Springer. DOI:10.1007/978-94-007-6943-4_11 http://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007%2F978-94-007-6943-4_11
McLean, N. M. (2014). Straight line regression through data with correlated uncertainties in two or more dimensions, with an application to kinetic isotope fractionation. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 124, 237-249. DOI:10.1016/j.gca.2013.08.035 http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0016703713004870
Blackburn, T. J., Olsen, P. E., Bowring, S. A., McLean, N. M., Kent, D. V., Puffer, J. McHone, G. Rasbury, E. T., & Et-Touhami, M. (2013). Zircon U-Pb Geochronology Links the End-Triassic Extinction with the Central Atlantic Magmatic Province. Science, 340(6135), 941-945. DOI:10.1126/science.1234204 http://www.sciencemag.org/content/340/6135/941
Selected Grants
Bowring, James F, (Principal), McLean, Noah M, (Co-Principal), Rubin, Ken, (Co-Principal), Dutton, Andrea, (Co-Principal), CIF21 DIBBs: Collaborative Research: Cyberinfrastructure for Interpreting and Archiving U-series Geochronologic Data, 1443037, National Science Foundation, $82,175, (09/01/2014 - 08/31/2017) . Federal. Status: Funded.
