PUBLICATIONS
PUBLICATIONS
[*Student/postdoc author]
A fully calibrated and updated mid-Holocene climate reconstruction for Eastern South America
Gorenstein, I., Prado, L.F., Bianchini, P.R., Wainer, I., Griffiths, M.L., Pausata, F.S.R., Yokoyama, E., 2022. Quaternary Science Reviews 292, doi: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2022.107646.
Constraining cloud and convective parameterizations in a climate model using paleoclimate data
*Ramos, R.D., LeGrande, A.N., Griffiths, M.L., Elsaesser, G., Litchmore, D.T., Tierney, J.E., Pausata, F.S.R., and Nusbaumer, J., 2022. Journal of Advances in Modeling Systems, doi: 10.1029/2021MS002893.
Cenozoic megatooth sharks occupied extremely high trophic positions
*Kast, E.R., Griffiths, M.L., Kim, S.L., Rao, Z.C., Shimada, K., Becker, M.A., Maisch, H.M., Eagle, R.A., *Clarke, C.A., *Neumann, A.N., *Karnes, M.E., Lüdecke, T., Leichliter, J.N., Martínez-García, A., *Akhtar, A.A., Wang, X.T., Haug, G.H., Sigman, D.M., 2022. Science Advances 8, eabl6529. See associated Focus.
Holocene forcing of East Asian hydroclimate recorded in a subtropical peatland from southeastern China
Huang, X., Zhang, H., Griffiths, M.L., Zhao, B., Pausata, F.S.R., Tabor, C., Shu, J., and Xie, S., 2022. Climate Dynamics, 1-13, doi: 10.1007/s00382-022-06333-x.
Trophic position of Otodus megalodon and great white sharks through time revealed by zinc isotopes
McCormack, J., Griffiths, M.L., Kim, S.L., Shimada, K., Karnes, M., Maisch IV, H.M., Pederzani, S., Bourgon, N., Jaouen, K., Becker, M.A., Jons, N., Sisma-Ventura, G., Straube, N., Pollerspock, J., Hublin, J.J., Eagle, R.A., and Tutken, T., 2022. Nature Communications 13, 2980.
Revisiting body size trends and nursery areas of the Neogene megatooth shark, Otodus megalodon (Lamniformes: Otodontidae), reveals Bergmann’s rule possibly enhanced its gigantism in cooler waters
Shimada, K., Maisch IV, H.M., Perez, J., Becker, M.A., and Griffiths, M.L., 2022. Historical Biology, doi: 10.1080/08912963.2022.2032024.
Asian monsoon evolution linked to Pacific temperature gradients since the Late Miocene
Lu, J., Yang, H., Griffiths, M.L., Burls, N.J., Xiao, G., Yang, J., Wang, J., Johnson, K.R., Xie, S., 2021. Earth and Planetary Science Letters 563, 116882.
Ontogenetic growth pattern of the extinct megatooth shark Otodus megalodon, and implications for its reproductive biology, development, and life expectancy
Shimada, K., Bonnan, M.F., Becker, M.A., Griffiths, M.L., 2021. Historical Biology, doi: 10.1080/08912963.2020.1861608.
Body, jaw, and dentition lengths of macrophagous lamniform sharks, and body size evolution in Lamniformes with special reference to ‘off-the-scale’ gigantism of the megatooth shark, Otodus megalodon
Shimada, K., Becker, M.A. and Griffiths, M.L., 2020. Historical Biology, doi: 10.1080/08912963.2020.1812598, pp.1-17.
Rainwater isotopes in central Vietnam controlled by two oceanic moisture sources and rainout effects
*Wolf, A., Roberts, W.H., Ersek, V., Johnson, K.R. and Griffiths, M.L., 2020. Scientific Reports 10, 1-14.
End of Green Sahara amplified mid-to late Holocene megadroughts in mainland Southeast Asia
Griffiths, M.L., Johnson, K.R., Pausata, F.S., White, J.C., Henderson, G.M., Wood, C.T., Yang, H., Ersek, V., Conrad, C. and Sekhon, N., 2020. Nature communications 11(1), 1-12.
A record of the δ44/40Ca and [Sr] of seawater over the last 100 million years from fossil elasmobranch tooth enamel
*Akhtar, Alliya A., Santi, L.M., Griffiths, M.L., Becker, M., Eagle, R.A., Kim, S., Kocsis, L., Rosenthal, Y., and Higgins, J.A., 2020. Earth and Planetary Science Letters 543, 116354.
Chondrichthyans from the Lower Clayton Limestone Unit of the Midway Group (Paleocene) near Malvern, Arkansas, USA, with Comments on the K/Pg boundary
Maisch IV, H.M., Becker, M.A., Griffiths, M.L., 2019. PalZ, doi: 10.1007/s12542-019-00494-7.
Cave lipid biomarkers reveal increased soil microbial respiration during Holocene warm periods
Wang, C., Bendle, J., Greene, S.E., Griffiths, M.L., Huang, J., Moossen, H., Zhang, H., Ashley, K., Xie, S., 2019. Earth and Planetary Science Letters 525, 115754.
The potential and limitations of diatoms as environmental indicators in Mid-Atlantic coastal wetlands
Desianti, N., Potapova, M., Enache, M., Griffiths, M.L., *Biskup, K.,*Degen, A., DaSilva, M., Millemann, D., Lippincott, L., Watson, E., Gray, A., Nikitina, D., 2019. Estuaries and Coasts 42, 1440-1458.
Hydroclimatic variability in Southeast Asia over the past two millennia
*Wang, J.K., Johnson, K.R., Borsato, A., Amaya, D.J., Griffiths, M.L., Henderson, G.M., Frisia, S., 2019. Earth and Planetary Science Letters 525, 115737.
East Asian hydroclimate modulated by the position of the westerlies during Termination I
*Zhang, H., Griffiths, M.L., Chiang, J.C.H., Kong, W., Wu, S., Atwood, A., Huang, J., Cheng, H., Ning, Y., Xie, S., 2018. Science 362, 580-583. See associated Perspective.
Tropical and high latitude forcing of enhanced megadroughts in Northern China during the last four terminations
Tang, Changyan, Yang, H., Pancost, R.D., Griffiths, M.L., Xiao, G., Dang, X., Xie, S., 2017. Earth and Planetary Science Letters 479, 98-107.
Comparing proxy and model estimates of hydroclimate variability and change over the Common Era
Smerdon, J.E., Luterbacher, J., Phipps, S.J., Anchukaitis, K.J., Ault, T., Coats, S., Cobb, K.M., Cook, B.I., Colose, C., Felis, T., Gallant, A., Jungclaus, J.H., Konecky, B., LeGrande, A., Lewis, S., Lopatka, A.S., Man, W., Mankin, J.S., Maxwell, J.T., Otto-Bliesner, B.L., Partin, J.W., Singh, D., Steiger, N.J., Stevenson, S., Tierney, J.E., Zanchettin, D., Zhang, H., Atwood, A.R., Andreu-Hayles, L., Baek, S.H., Buckley, B., Cook, E.R., D’Arrigo, R., Dee, S.G., Griffiths, M., Kulkarni, C., Kushnir, Y., Lehner, F., Leland, C., Linderholm, H.W., Okazaki, A., Palmer, J., Piovano, E., Raible, C.C., Rao, M.P., Scheff, J., Schmidt, G.A., Seager, R., Widmann, M., Williams, A.P., Xoplaki, E., 2017. Climate of the Past 13.12, 1851-1900.
Antarctic link with East Asian Summer monsoon variability during the Heinrich Stadial-Bølling interstadial transition
*Zhang, H.-B., Griffiths, M.L., Xie, S.-C., Huang, J.-H., Cai, Y.-J., Wang, C.F., Zhang, F., Cheng, H., Ning, Y.-F., Hu, C.-H., 2016. Earth and Planetary Science Letters 453, 243-251.
Interannual controls on oxygen isotope variability in Asian monsoon precipitation and implications for paleoclimate reconstructions
*Yang, H., Johnson, K.R., Griffiths, M.L. and Yoshimura, K., 2016. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 121(14), pp.8410-8428.
Western Pacific hydroclimate linked to global climate variability over the past two millennia
Griffiths, M.L., Kimbrough, A.K., Gagan, M.K., Drysdale, R.N., Cole, J., Johnson, K., Zhao, J.-x., Cook, B., Hellstrom, J.C., Hantoro, W.S., 2016. Nature Communications, 7:11719, doi: 10.1038/ncomms11719.
Rapid interhemispheric climate links via the Australasian monsoon during the last deglaciation
Ayliffe, L.K., Gagan, M.K., Zhao, J.-x., Drysdale, R.N., Hellstrom, J.C., Hantoro, W.S., Griffiths, M.L., Scott-Gagan, H., St. Pierre, E., Cowley, J.A., Suwargadi, B.W., 2013. Nature Communications, 4:2908, DOI: 10.1038/ncomms3908.
Australasian monsoon response to Dansgaard-Oeschger event 21 and teleconnections to higher latitudes
Griffiths, M.L., Drysdale, R.N., Gagan, M.K., Hellstrom, J.C., Couchoud, I., Vonhof, H.B., Ayliffe, L.K., Hantoro, W.S., 2013. Earth and Planetary Science Letters 369-370, 294-304.
Climate variability over the last 35,000 years recorded in marine and terrestrial archives in the Australian region: an OZ-INTIMATE compilation
Reeves, J.M., Barrows, T.T., Cohen, T.J., Kiem, A.S., Bostok, H.C., Fitzsimmons, K.E., Jansen, J.D., Kemp, Krause, C., Petherick, L., Phipps, S.J., OZ-INTIMATE Members, 2013. Quaternary Science Reviews 74, 21-34.
Palaeoenvironmental change in tropical Australasia over the last 30,000 years – a synthesis from the OZ-INTIMATE group
Reeves, J.M., Bostock, H.C., Ayliffe, L.K., Barrows, T.T, De Decker, P., Devreindt, L., Dunbar, G.B., Drysdale, R.N., Fitzsimmons, K., Gagan, M.K., Griffiths, M.L., Haberle, S.G., Jansen, J.D., Krause, C., Lewis, S., McGregor, H.V., Mooney, S.D., Moss, P., Nanson, G.C., Purcell, A., van der, K., 2013. Quaternary Science Reviews 74, 97-114.
Abrupt increase in east Indonesian rainfall from flooding of the Sunda Shelf ~9,500 years ago
Griffiths, M.L., Drysdale, R.N., Gagan, M.K., Zhao, J.-x., Hellstrom, J.C., Ayliffe, L.K., Hantoro, W.S., Suwargadi, B.W., 2013. Quaternary Science Reviews 74, 273-279.
Hydrological control of the dead carbon fraction in a tropical Holocene speleothem
Griffiths, M.L., Drysdale, R.N., Hua, Q., Fohlmeister, J., Johnson, K., Hellstrom, J.C., Gagan, M.K., Zhao, J.-x., 2012. Quaternary Geochronology 14, 81-93.
Younger Dryas-Holocene temperature and rainfall history of southern Indonesia from δ18O in speleothem calcite and fluid inclusions
Griffiths, M.L., Drysdale, R. N., Vonhof, H.B., Gagan, M.K., Zhao, J-x., Ayliffe, L.K., Hantoro, W.S., Hellstrom, J.C., Cartwright, I., Frisia, S., Suwargadi, B.W., 2010. Earth and Planetary Science Letters 295, 30-36.
Evidence for Holocene changes in Australian-Indonesian monsoon rainfall from stalagmite trace element and stable isotope ratios
Griffiths, M.L., Drysdale, R.N., Gagan, M.K., Ayliffe, L.K., Frisia, S., Zhao, J.-x., Hellstrom, J.C., Fischer, M.J., Hantoro, W.S., Feng, Y.-x., Suwargadi, B.W., 2010. Earth and Planetary Science Letters 292, 27-38.
Increasing Australian-Indonesian monsoon rainfall linked to early Holocene sea-level rise
Griffiths, M.L., Drysdale, R.N., Gagan, M.K., Zhao, J.-x., Ayliffe, L.K., Hellstrom, J.C., Hantoro, W.S., Frisia, S., Feng, Y.-x., Cartwright, I., St. Pierre, E., Fischer, M.J., Suwargadi, B.W., 2009. Nature Geoscience 2, 636-639. See associated Backstory.
Variations of Twentieth Century Temperature and Precipitation Extreme Indicators in the Northeast United States
Griffiths, M.L., and Bradley, R.S., 2007. Journal of Climate 20, 5401-5417.