Noah McLean


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  • Hubert H. and Kathleen M. Hall Associate Professor
  • Associate Professor
  • Geology

Contact Info

Office Phone:
Department Phone:
Slawson Hall, Room 170H
1420 Naismith Dr
Lawrence, KS 66045

Selected Publications

Joeckel, R., Suarez, C., Mclean, N., Moller, A., Ludvigson, G., Suarez, M., Kirkland, J., Andrew, J., Kiessling, S., Hatzell, G. (2023). Berriasian–Valanginian Geochronology and Carbon-Isotope Stratigraphy of the Yellow Cat Member, Cedar Mountain Formation, Eastern Utah, USA. Geosciences - Issue 2 | Volume 13. https://doi.org/10.3390/geosciences13020032.
Blackburn, T., Edwards, G., Tulaczyk, S., Scudder, M., Piccione, G., Hallet, B., Mclean, N., Zachos, J., Cheney, B., Babbe, J. (2020). Ice retreat in Wilkes Basin of East Antarctica during a warm interglacial. Nature - Issue 7817 | Volume 583. https://doi.org/10.1038/S41586-020-2484-5.
Mclean, N. (2017). Interpretational Approaches: Making Sense of Data. Geochronology and Thermochronology. Wiley.
Blackburn, T., Mclean, N., Bowring, S. (2017). U‐Pb Geochronological and Thermochronological Time–Temperature Constraints of 40 Ar/ 39 Ar Hornblende Reference Material HB 3gr. Geostandards and Geoanalytical Research - Issue 3 | Volume 41. https://doi.org/10.1111/GGR.12165.
Dutton, A., Rubin, K., Mclean, N., Bowring, J., Bard, E., Edwards, R., Henderson, G., Reid, M., Richards, D., Sims, K., Walker, J., Yokoyama, Y. (2017). Data reporting standards for publication of U-series data for geochronology and timescale assessment in the earth sciences. Quaternary Geochronology - Volume 39. https://doi.org/10.1016/J.QUAGEO.2017.03.001.
Horstwood, M., Košler, J., Gehrels, G., Jackson, S., Mclean, N., Paton, C., Pearson, N., Sircombe, K., Sylvester, P., Vermeesch, P., Bowring, J., Condon, D., Schoene, R. (2016). Community‐Derived Standards for LA ‐ ICP ‐ MS U‐(Th‐)Pb Geochronology – Uncertainty Propagation, Age Interpretation and Data Reporting. Geostandards and Geoanalytical Research - Issue 3 | Volume 40. https://doi.org/10.1111/J.1751-908X.2016.00379.X.
Mclean, N., Bowring, J., Gehrels, G. (2016). Algorithms and software for U‐Pb geochronology by LA‐ICPMS. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems - Issue 7 | Volume 17. https://doi.org/10.1002/2015GC006097.
Miller, R., Gordon, S., Bowring, S., Doran, B., Mclean, N., Michels, Z., Shea, E., Whitney, D. (2016). Linking deep and shallow crustal processes during regional transtension in an exhumed continental arc, North Cascades, northwestern Cordillera (USA). Geosphere - Issue 3 | Volume 12. https://doi.org/10.1130/GES01262.1.
Eddy, M., Bowring, S., Umhoefer, P., Miller, R., Mclean, N., Donaghy, 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. The Geological Society of America Bulletin - Issue 3-4 | Volume 128. https://doi.org/10.1130/B31335.1.
Condon, D., Schoene, R., Mclean, N., Bowring, S., Parrish, R. (2015). Metrology and traceability of U–Pb isotope dilution geochronology (EARTHTIME Tracer Calibration Part I). Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta - Volume 164. https://doi.org/10.1016/J.GCA.2015.05.026.
Mclean, N., Condon, D., Schoene, R., Bowring, S. (2015). Evaluating Uncertainties in the Calibration of Isotopic Reference Materials and Multi-Element Isotopic Tracers (EARTHTIME Tracer Calibration Part II). Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta - Volume 164. https://doi.org/10.1016/J.GCA.2015.02.040.
Mclean, N. (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 - Volume 124. https://doi.org/10.1016/J.GCA.2013.08.035.
Bookhagen, B., Mclean, N., Dudas, F., Rioux, M., Bowring, S., Buchwaldt, R. (2013). Earthtime: Teaching Geochronology to High School Students in the USA. Geoscience Research and Outreach. Springer Verlag. [9789400769427].
Blackburn, T., Olsen, P., Bowring, S., Mclean, N., Kent, D., Puffer, J., Mchone, G., Rasbury, E., Et-Touhami, M. (2013). Zircon U-Pb Geochronology Links the End-Triassic Extinction with the Central Atlantic Magmatic Province. Science - Issue 6135 | Volume 340. https://doi.org/10.1126/SCIENCE.1234204.
Hallman, J., Mclean, N., Möller, A., Ludvigson, G., Smith, J. Spatial and temporal patterns of Ogallala Formation deposition revealed by U-Pb zircon geochronology. Earth and Planetary Science Letters.