Scientific Publications
2021
[17] Koffman, B.G., Goldstein, S.L., Winckler, G., Kaplan, M.R., Kreutz, K.J., Bolge, L., Bory, A., and Biscaye, P. 2021. Late Holocene dust provenance at Siple Dome, Antarctica. Quaternary Science Reviews 274, doi: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2021.107271.
[16] *Lewis, G., Osterberg, E., Hawley, R., Marshall, H.P., Meehan, T., *Graeter, K., McCarthy, F., Overly, T., *Thundercloud, Z., Ferris, D., Koffman, B.G., and Dibb, J. 2021. Atmospheric Blocking Drives Recent Albedo Change Across the Western Greenland Ice Sheet Percolation Zone. Geophysical Research Letters.
[15] Koffman, B.G., *Yoder, M., *Methven, T., *Hanschka, L., *Sears, H., *Saylor, P., and Wallace, K. 2021. Glacial dust surpasses both volcanic ash and desert dust in its iron fertilization potential. Global Biogeochemical Cycles, 35, e2020GB006821, doi: 10.1029/2020GB006821.
[14] Koffman, B.G., Goldstein, S.L., Winckler, G., Borunda, A., Kaplan, M.R., Bolge, L., Cai, Y., Recasens, C., Koffman, T.N.B., and Vallelonga, P.T. 2021. New Zealand as a source of mineral dust to the atmosphere and ocean. Quaternary Science Reviews, 251, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2020.106659.
2018
[13] Polashenski, D.J., Osterberg, E.C., Koffman, B.G., Winski, D., Kreutz, K.J., Wake, C.P., Ferris, D.G., Introne, D., Campbell, S., Stamieszkin, K., Lewis, G.M. 2018. Denali ice core methanesulfonic acid records North Pacific marine primary production. Journal of Geophysical Research – Atmospheres, 123, doi: 10.1029/2017/JD028123.
2017
[12] Koffman, B.G., Dowd, E.G., Osterberg, E.C., Ferris, D.G., Hartman, L.H., Wheatley, S.D., Kurbatov, A.V., Wong, G.J., Markle, B.R., Dunbar, N.W., Kreutz, K.J., Yates, M., 2017. Rapid transport of ash and sulfate from the 2011 Puyehue-Cordón Caulle (Chile) eruption to West Antarctica. Journal of Geophysical Research – Atmospheres. doi: 10.1002/2017/JD026893.
[11] Koffman, B.G., Kreutz, K.J., and Trenbath, K., 2017. Integrating scientific argumentation to improve undergraduate writing and learning in a global environmental change course. Journal of Geoscience Education 65, 231-239.
2016
[10] Sigl, M., Fudge, T.J., Winstrup, M., Cole-Dai, J., Ferris, D., McConnell, J.R., Taylor, K.C., Welten, K., Woodruff, T.E., Adolphi, F., Bisiaux, M., Brook, E.J., Buizert, C., Caffee, M.W., Dunbar, N., Edwards, R., Geng, L., Iverson, N., Koffman, B.G., Layman, L., Maselli, O.J., McGwire, K., Muscheler, R., Nishiizumi, K., Pasteris, D.R., Rhodes, R.H., and Sowers, T.A., 2016. The WAIS Divide deep ice core WD2014 chronology - Part 2: Annual-layer counting (0–31 ka BP). Climate of the Past, 12, p. 769-786, doi: 10.5194/cp-12-769-2016.
2015
[9] WAIS Divide Project Members (Buizert, C., lead author; Koffman, B.G., contributing author), 2015. Precise interpolar phasing of abrupt climate change during the last ice age. Nature, doi: 10.1038/nature14401. (Web of Science Highly Cited Paper)
2014
[8] Koffman, B.G., Kreutz, K.J., Breton, D.J., Kane, E.J., Winski, D.A., Birkel, S.D, Kurbatov, A.V., and Handley, M.J., 2014. Centennial-scale variability of the Southern Hemisphere westerly wind belt in the eastern Pacific over the past two millennia. Climate of the Past, 10, p. 1125-1144, doi: 10.5194/cp-10-1125-2014.
[7] Koffman, B.G. and Kreutz, K.J., 2014. Evidence that local dust sources supply low-elevation Antarctic regions. Past Global Changes, 22(2), 76-77.
[6] Koffman, B.G., Handley, M.J., Osterberg, E.C, Wells, M.L., and Kreutz, K.J., 2014. Dependence of ice-core relative trace-element concentration on acidification. Journal of Glaciology, 60, 219, doi: 10.3189/2014JoG13J137.
2013
[5] Koffman, B.G., Kreutz, K.J., Kurbatov, A.V., and Dunbar, N., 2013. Impact of known local and tropical volcanic eruptions of the past millennium on the WAIS Divide microparticle record. Geophysical Research Letters, 40, doi: 10.1002/grl.50822.
[4] Kreutz, K.J. and Koffman, B.G., 2013. Ice Core Methods: Glaciochemistry. In Encyclopedia of Quaternary Science, 2nd edition (S.A. Elias, ed.), Elsevier Publishers, Amsterdam, p.326-333.
2012 and earlier
[3] Breton, D.J., Koffman, B.G., Kurbatov, A.V., Kreutz, K.J., and Hamilton, G.S., 2012. Quantifying signal dispersion in a hybrid ice core melting system. Environmental Science and Technology 46(21), p. 11922-11928, doi: 10.1021/es302041k.
[2] Macalady, J. L., Lyon, E.H., Koffman, B., Albertson, L.K., Meyer, K., Galdenzi, S. and Mariani, S, 2006. Dominant microbial populations in limestone-corroding stream biofilms, Frasassi cave system, Italy. Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 72:8, p. 5596-5609, doi: 10.1128/AEM.00715-06.
[1] Lyon, E., Koffman, B., Meyer, K., Cleaveland, L., Mariani, S., Galdenzi, S., and Macalady, J.L., 2004. Geomicrobiology of the Frasassi Caves. In Frasassi 1989-2004: Gli sviluppi nella ricerca (S. Galdenzi, ed.), p. 152-157.
Datasets and Other Products
Koffman, B. G., Goldstein, S. L., Winckler, G., Borunda, A., Kaplan, M. R., Bolge, L., Cai, Y., Recasens, C., Koffman, T. N. B. , Vallelonga, P. T. 2021. Major/trace element and Sr-Nd-Pb isotope geochemistry of New Zealand South Island sediments, Version 1.0. Interdisciplinary Earth Data Alliance (IEDA). https://doi.org/10.26022/IEDA/111726. Accessed 2020-10-20.
Koffman, B.G., Yoder, M.F., Methven, T., Hanschka, L., Sears, H.B., Saylor, P.L., Wallace, K.L., 2021. Geochemistry of sediments and volcanic ash from Southcentral Alaska, Version Version 1.0. Interdisciplinary Earth Data Alliance (IEDA). https://doi.org/10/26022/IEDA/111679. Accessed 2020-09-17.
Koffman, B., 2019. Making the unseen seen. The River Rail: Occupy Colby.
Koffman, B., 2019. Breeze is up at NJ/LIS District Championship. Bagpipe: Journal of the Thistle Class Association, Vol. LXXII, No. 6.
Koffman, B., 2017. Snowpit evidence of the 2011 Puyehue-Cordon Caulle (Chile) eruption in West Antarctica. Palisades, New York USA: U.S. Antarctic Program (USAP) Data Center. doi: 10.15784/601036.
Kreutz, K., and Koffman, B., 2015. WAIS Divide microparticle concentration and size distribution, 0-2400 ka. Boulder, Colorado USA: National Snow and Ice Data Center. doi: 10.7265/N5KK98QZ.
Kreutz, K., and Koffman, B., 2015. Snowpit chemistry - methods comparison, WAIS Divide, Antarctica. Boulder, Colorado USA: National Snow and Ice Data Center. doi: 10.7265/N5Q81B1X.
Bohleber, P., Cavitte, M., Koffman, B., Markle, B., Pavlova, P., Winstrup, M., and Winton, H. 2014. Ice Core Young Scientists. Past Global Changes.
Koffman, B.G., 2014. Getting dusty in the name of science. In Depth magazine.
Koffman, B.G., 2013. Atmospheric dust deposition in West Antarctica over the past two millennia. PhD Dissertation, University of Maine, 214 pages.
Koffman, B., 2012, Seasonal to centennial-scale variability of microparticle concentration and size distribution in the WAIS Divide ice core over the past 2.4 ka. Quaternary International 279-280, doi:10.1016/j.quaint.2012.08.596 (Published Abstract).
Koffman, B.G., 2011. Ice cores: archives of past climate. Punctuated Equilibrium blog hosted by The Guardian.
Kreutz, K., Koffman, B., Breton, D., and Hamilton, G., 2011. Microparticle, Conductivity, and Density Measurements from the WAIS Divide Deep Ice Core, Antarctica. Boulder, Colorado, USA: National Snow and Ice Data Center. http://dx.doi.org/10.7265/N5K07264.
Kreutz, K., and Koffman, B. 2011. WAIS Divide Snowpit Chemical and Isotope Measurements, Antarctica. Boulder, Colorado USA: National Snow and Ice Data Center. http://dx.doi.org/10.7265/N5SJ1HHN.
Koffman, T.S. and Koffman, B.G., 2008. The climate change debate: Is there really another side? Bangor Daily News.
Koffman, B., Kreutz, K., Handley, M., Wells, M., Kurbatov, A., and Mayewski, P., 2008. A snowpit record of atmospheric Fe deposition in West Antarctica at the WAIS Divide site. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 72:12, p. A487-A487 (Published Abstract).
2021
[17] Koffman, B.G., Goldstein, S.L., Winckler, G., Kaplan, M.R., Kreutz, K.J., Bolge, L., Bory, A., and Biscaye, P. 2021. Late Holocene dust provenance at Siple Dome, Antarctica. Quaternary Science Reviews 274, doi: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2021.107271.
[16] *Lewis, G., Osterberg, E., Hawley, R., Marshall, H.P., Meehan, T., *Graeter, K., McCarthy, F., Overly, T., *Thundercloud, Z., Ferris, D., Koffman, B.G., and Dibb, J. 2021. Atmospheric Blocking Drives Recent Albedo Change Across the Western Greenland Ice Sheet Percolation Zone. Geophysical Research Letters.
[15] Koffman, B.G., *Yoder, M., *Methven, T., *Hanschka, L., *Sears, H., *Saylor, P., and Wallace, K. 2021. Glacial dust surpasses both volcanic ash and desert dust in its iron fertilization potential. Global Biogeochemical Cycles, 35, e2020GB006821, doi: 10.1029/2020GB006821.
[14] Koffman, B.G., Goldstein, S.L., Winckler, G., Borunda, A., Kaplan, M.R., Bolge, L., Cai, Y., Recasens, C., Koffman, T.N.B., and Vallelonga, P.T. 2021. New Zealand as a source of mineral dust to the atmosphere and ocean. Quaternary Science Reviews, 251, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2020.106659.
2018
[13] Polashenski, D.J., Osterberg, E.C., Koffman, B.G., Winski, D., Kreutz, K.J., Wake, C.P., Ferris, D.G., Introne, D., Campbell, S., Stamieszkin, K., Lewis, G.M. 2018. Denali ice core methanesulfonic acid records North Pacific marine primary production. Journal of Geophysical Research – Atmospheres, 123, doi: 10.1029/2017/JD028123.
2017
[12] Koffman, B.G., Dowd, E.G., Osterberg, E.C., Ferris, D.G., Hartman, L.H., Wheatley, S.D., Kurbatov, A.V., Wong, G.J., Markle, B.R., Dunbar, N.W., Kreutz, K.J., Yates, M., 2017. Rapid transport of ash and sulfate from the 2011 Puyehue-Cordón Caulle (Chile) eruption to West Antarctica. Journal of Geophysical Research – Atmospheres. doi: 10.1002/2017/JD026893.
[11] Koffman, B.G., Kreutz, K.J., and Trenbath, K., 2017. Integrating scientific argumentation to improve undergraduate writing and learning in a global environmental change course. Journal of Geoscience Education 65, 231-239.
2016
[10] Sigl, M., Fudge, T.J., Winstrup, M., Cole-Dai, J., Ferris, D., McConnell, J.R., Taylor, K.C., Welten, K., Woodruff, T.E., Adolphi, F., Bisiaux, M., Brook, E.J., Buizert, C., Caffee, M.W., Dunbar, N., Edwards, R., Geng, L., Iverson, N., Koffman, B.G., Layman, L., Maselli, O.J., McGwire, K., Muscheler, R., Nishiizumi, K., Pasteris, D.R., Rhodes, R.H., and Sowers, T.A., 2016. The WAIS Divide deep ice core WD2014 chronology - Part 2: Annual-layer counting (0–31 ka BP). Climate of the Past, 12, p. 769-786, doi: 10.5194/cp-12-769-2016.
2015
[9] WAIS Divide Project Members (Buizert, C., lead author; Koffman, B.G., contributing author), 2015. Precise interpolar phasing of abrupt climate change during the last ice age. Nature, doi: 10.1038/nature14401. (Web of Science Highly Cited Paper)
2014
[8] Koffman, B.G., Kreutz, K.J., Breton, D.J., Kane, E.J., Winski, D.A., Birkel, S.D, Kurbatov, A.V., and Handley, M.J., 2014. Centennial-scale variability of the Southern Hemisphere westerly wind belt in the eastern Pacific over the past two millennia. Climate of the Past, 10, p. 1125-1144, doi: 10.5194/cp-10-1125-2014.
[7] Koffman, B.G. and Kreutz, K.J., 2014. Evidence that local dust sources supply low-elevation Antarctic regions. Past Global Changes, 22(2), 76-77.
[6] Koffman, B.G., Handley, M.J., Osterberg, E.C, Wells, M.L., and Kreutz, K.J., 2014. Dependence of ice-core relative trace-element concentration on acidification. Journal of Glaciology, 60, 219, doi: 10.3189/2014JoG13J137.
2013
[5] Koffman, B.G., Kreutz, K.J., Kurbatov, A.V., and Dunbar, N., 2013. Impact of known local and tropical volcanic eruptions of the past millennium on the WAIS Divide microparticle record. Geophysical Research Letters, 40, doi: 10.1002/grl.50822.
[4] Kreutz, K.J. and Koffman, B.G., 2013. Ice Core Methods: Glaciochemistry. In Encyclopedia of Quaternary Science, 2nd edition (S.A. Elias, ed.), Elsevier Publishers, Amsterdam, p.326-333.
2012 and earlier
[3] Breton, D.J., Koffman, B.G., Kurbatov, A.V., Kreutz, K.J., and Hamilton, G.S., 2012. Quantifying signal dispersion in a hybrid ice core melting system. Environmental Science and Technology 46(21), p. 11922-11928, doi: 10.1021/es302041k.
[2] Macalady, J. L., Lyon, E.H., Koffman, B., Albertson, L.K., Meyer, K., Galdenzi, S. and Mariani, S, 2006. Dominant microbial populations in limestone-corroding stream biofilms, Frasassi cave system, Italy. Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 72:8, p. 5596-5609, doi: 10.1128/AEM.00715-06.
[1] Lyon, E., Koffman, B., Meyer, K., Cleaveland, L., Mariani, S., Galdenzi, S., and Macalady, J.L., 2004. Geomicrobiology of the Frasassi Caves. In Frasassi 1989-2004: Gli sviluppi nella ricerca (S. Galdenzi, ed.), p. 152-157.
Datasets and Other Products
Koffman, B. G., Goldstein, S. L., Winckler, G., Borunda, A., Kaplan, M. R., Bolge, L., Cai, Y., Recasens, C., Koffman, T. N. B. , Vallelonga, P. T. 2021. Major/trace element and Sr-Nd-Pb isotope geochemistry of New Zealand South Island sediments, Version 1.0. Interdisciplinary Earth Data Alliance (IEDA). https://doi.org/10.26022/IEDA/111726. Accessed 2020-10-20.
Koffman, B.G., Yoder, M.F., Methven, T., Hanschka, L., Sears, H.B., Saylor, P.L., Wallace, K.L., 2021. Geochemistry of sediments and volcanic ash from Southcentral Alaska, Version Version 1.0. Interdisciplinary Earth Data Alliance (IEDA). https://doi.org/10/26022/IEDA/111679. Accessed 2020-09-17.
Koffman, B., 2019. Making the unseen seen. The River Rail: Occupy Colby.
Koffman, B., 2019. Breeze is up at NJ/LIS District Championship. Bagpipe: Journal of the Thistle Class Association, Vol. LXXII, No. 6.
Koffman, B., 2017. Snowpit evidence of the 2011 Puyehue-Cordon Caulle (Chile) eruption in West Antarctica. Palisades, New York USA: U.S. Antarctic Program (USAP) Data Center. doi: 10.15784/601036.
Kreutz, K., and Koffman, B., 2015. WAIS Divide microparticle concentration and size distribution, 0-2400 ka. Boulder, Colorado USA: National Snow and Ice Data Center. doi: 10.7265/N5KK98QZ.
Kreutz, K., and Koffman, B., 2015. Snowpit chemistry - methods comparison, WAIS Divide, Antarctica. Boulder, Colorado USA: National Snow and Ice Data Center. doi: 10.7265/N5Q81B1X.
Bohleber, P., Cavitte, M., Koffman, B., Markle, B., Pavlova, P., Winstrup, M., and Winton, H. 2014. Ice Core Young Scientists. Past Global Changes.
Koffman, B.G., 2014. Getting dusty in the name of science. In Depth magazine.
Koffman, B.G., 2013. Atmospheric dust deposition in West Antarctica over the past two millennia. PhD Dissertation, University of Maine, 214 pages.
Koffman, B., 2012, Seasonal to centennial-scale variability of microparticle concentration and size distribution in the WAIS Divide ice core over the past 2.4 ka. Quaternary International 279-280, doi:10.1016/j.quaint.2012.08.596 (Published Abstract).
Koffman, B.G., 2011. Ice cores: archives of past climate. Punctuated Equilibrium blog hosted by The Guardian.
Kreutz, K., Koffman, B., Breton, D., and Hamilton, G., 2011. Microparticle, Conductivity, and Density Measurements from the WAIS Divide Deep Ice Core, Antarctica. Boulder, Colorado, USA: National Snow and Ice Data Center. http://dx.doi.org/10.7265/N5K07264.
Kreutz, K., and Koffman, B. 2011. WAIS Divide Snowpit Chemical and Isotope Measurements, Antarctica. Boulder, Colorado USA: National Snow and Ice Data Center. http://dx.doi.org/10.7265/N5SJ1HHN.
Koffman, T.S. and Koffman, B.G., 2008. The climate change debate: Is there really another side? Bangor Daily News.
Koffman, B., Kreutz, K., Handley, M., Wells, M., Kurbatov, A., and Mayewski, P., 2008. A snowpit record of atmospheric Fe deposition in West Antarctica at the WAIS Divide site. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 72:12, p. A487-A487 (Published Abstract).
