Books and Monographs Published

Arbogast, A.F.  Discovering Physical Geography.  John Wiley and Sons, Inc. New York, NY.  624 p.

The image on the left is the cover of the 1st edition of my textbook.                         The cover of the 2nd edition of my text is on the right.

Discovering Physical Geography is a comprehensive text the covers all the features of the physical landscape essential to an undergraduate physical geography course.  The book is written in a conversational writing style that encourages students to find and appreciate features of physical geography in their everyday environments.  This book emphasizes human-environmental interactions central to physical geography and incorporates recent research about interconnected systems and global climate change.  

The media package for the text provides a comprehensive suite of animations, simulations and interactivities that help students comprehend important Earth processes.  Vivid images, animations, videos, simulations, assessments and virtual field trips all support the narrative material and enable students to interact with key processes and actively participate in visualizations.

    The dunes along the coast of Lake Michigan have a fascinating geoarchaeology associated with them.  This new monograph explores the relationship of dune histories and geomorphology with archaeological sites along the east coast of the lake.  I worked on this project with Bill Lovis, an archaeologist at MSU and Bill Monaghan, a geoarchaeologist at IU.

Book Chapters

Arbogast, A.F. 2009.  Sand Dunes. In: Schaetzl, R.J., Darden, J.T. and D. Brandt. (eds.). Michigan Geography and Geology. Pearson Custom Publishing, Boston, MA. pp. 274-287.

The state of Michigan has a fascinating physical and cultural geography.  Michigan's glacial history and formation of the Great Lakes is amazing.  Magnificent beaches with spectacular dunes abound.  The older rocks (where you can find them) are pretty cool too, with some containing important iron and copper deposits.  On the cultural side, the Native American history is rich, varied, and is about 10,000 years long.  Today, a variety of interesting cities dot the landscape.  As many people know, the American automobile history is closely tied to Detroit.  All of these topics, including my chapter on sand dunes, are thoroughly discussed in this great book on the geography and geology of Michigan.   

Refereed Manuscripts and Monographs (In Press) 

Lovis, W.A., Arbogast, A.F., and Monaghan, G.W.  The Geoarchaeology of Lake Michigan Coastal Dunes.  Michigan State University Press, East Lansing, MI.

Refereed Manuscripts Published  

Arbogast, A.F., Luehmann, M.D., Miller, B.A., Wernette, P.A., Adams, K.M., Waha, J. D., Oneil, G.A., Tang, Y., Boothroyd, J.J., Babcock, C.R., Hanson, P.R., and Young, A.R. Late-Pleistocene Paleowinds and Aeolian Sand Mobilization in North-Central Lower Michigan. Aeolian Research 16: 109-116.

Lovis, W. A., Monaghan, G.W., Arbogast, A.F., and Forman, S.L. Differential Temporal and Spatial Preservation of Archaeological Sites in a Great Lakes Coastal Zone. American Antiquity 77: 591-608.

Blumer, B.E., Arbogast, A.F., and Forman, S.L., 2012.  The OSL chronology of eolian sand deposition in a perched dune field along the northwestern shore of Lower Michigan.  Quaternary Research 77: 445-455. See paper here. 

Arbogast, A.F., Bigsby, M.E., Devisser, M.H., Hanson, P.R., Daly, T.A., and Young, A.R. 2010.  Geomorphic evolution of a coastal dune complex along the shore of Lake Huron in northeastern Lower Michigan. Aeolian Research 2: 83-92.  See paper here. 

Schrotenboer, B.R., and Arbogast, A.F.  2010.  Locating alternative sand sources to coastal sand dunes for Michigan’s foundry industry:  A geographical approach. Applied Geography 30: 697-719.  See paper here.

Hansen, E.C., Fisher, T.G., Arbogast, A.F., Bateman, M.  2010.  Geomorphic history of low perched, transgressive dune complexes along the southeastern shore of Lake Michigan.  Aeolian Research 1: 111-127. See paper here. 

Hanson, P, Arbogast, A.F.  Johnson, W.C. Joeckel, R. M., and Young, A. R. 2010. Megadroughts and Late Holocene Dune Activation at the Eastern Margin of the Great Plains, North-Central Kansas, USA.  Aeolian Research 1: 101-110. See paper here.  

Arbogast, A.F., Shortridge, A.M., and Bigsby, M.E. 2009. Using volumetric estimates of eolian sand to explain the geography of coastal sand dunes in Lower Michigan.  Physical Geography, 30: 479-500. See paper here.  

Arbogast, A.F., Bookout, J.R., Schrotenboer, B.R., Lansdale, A., Rust, G.L. and Bato, V.A. 2008. Post-Glacial Fluvial Response and Landform Development in the Upper Muskegon River Valley in North-Central Lower Michigan, U.S.A. Geomorphology 102: 615-623.  See paper here. 

Winklerprins, A.M.G.A., Weisenborn, B.N., Groop, R.E., and Arbogast, A.F. 2007.  Developing online geography courses: Experiences from Michigan State University. Journal of Geography 106: 163-170. See paper here.

Cordoba Lepczyk, X.D. and Arbogast, A.F. 2005. Geomorphic history of dunes at Petoskey State Park, Petoskey, Michigan: Significance to coastal dune formation models. Journal of Coastal Research 14: 231-241. See paper here. 

Arbogast, A.F., Schaetzl, R.J., Hupy, J.P., and Hansen, E.C. 2004. The Holland Paleosol: An Informal Pedostratigraphic Unit in the Coastal Dunes of Southeastern Lake Michigan. The Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences 14: 1385-1400.  See paper here. 

Hansen, E.C, Arbogast, A.F., Yurk, B, 2004. The history of dune growth and migration along the southeastern shore of Lake Michigan: A perspective from Green Mountain Beach. Michigan Academician 35: 455-478.

Arbogast, A.F. and Packman, S.G. 2004.  Middle Holocene mobilization of aeollian sand in western upper Michigan and the probable relationship with climate and fire. Holocene 14: 464-471.  See paper here. 

Harman, J.R. and Arbogast, A.F. 2004.   Empirical uncertainty and environmental ethics:  The case of shoreline dunes in western lower Michigan.  The Annals of the Association of American Geographers 94: 23-36.  See paper here. 

Hansen, E.C., Arbogast, A.F., Packman, S.C., and Hansen, B. 2003.  Post-Nipissing origin of a backdune complex along the southeastern shore of Lake Michigan. Physical Geography 23: 233-244.  See paper here. 

Arbogast, A.F., Hansen, E.C., and Van Oort, M.D. 2002.  Reconstructing the geomorphic evolution of large coastal dunes along the southeastern shore of Lake Michigan. Geomorphology 46: 241-255.  See paper here. 

Arbogast, A.F., Wintle, A.G., and Packman, S. 2002.  Widespread mobilization of eolian sand during the middle Holocene in the interior of Michigan's upper peninsula. Geology 30: 55-58. See paper here. 

Van Oort, M., Arbogast, A.F., Hansen, E.C., and Hansen, B. 2001.  Geomorphological history of massive parabolic dunes, Van Buren State Park, Van Buren County, Michigan. Michigan Academician 33: 175-188. See paper here. 

Arbogast, A.F. 2000. Estimating the time since final stabilization of a perched dunefield along Lake Superior. The Professional Geographer 52: 594-606. See paper here. 

Loope, W.L., and Arbogast, A.F., 2000. Dominance of a ~150-Year cycle of sand-supply change in late Holocene dune building along the eastern shore of Lake Michigan.  Quaternary Research 54: 414-422. See paper here.  See paper here. 

Arbogast, A.F., and Muhs, D.R. 2000. Eolian evidence for northwesterly paleowinds in the Holocene, central Kansas, U.S.A.; in S. Wolfe, G. Goodfriend, and R. Baker eds, "Holocene Environmental Change on the Great Plains of North America." Quaternary International 67: 107-118. See paper here.

Arbogast, A.F., and Loope, W.L. 1999. Maximum-limiting ages of Lake-Michigan coastal dunes: their correlation with Holocene lake level history. The Journal of Great Lakes Research 29: 372-382. See paper here. 

Brown, D.G., and Arbogast, A.F. 1999. Digital photogrammetric change analysis as applied to active coastal dunes in Michigan. Journal of Photogrammetric Engineering and Remote Sensing  65: 467-474.  See paper here. 

Arbogast, A.F. and Jameson, T.J. 1998. Using soils to determine the relative age of dune fields in eastern lower Michigan. Physical Geography 19: 485-501. See paper here. 

Arbogast, A.F. 1998.  Late-Quaternary climate change and landscape evolution on the Great Bend sand Prairie. Kansas Geological Survey Bulletin #242, 74 p.

Arbogast, A.F., and Johnson, W.C. 1998. Late-Quaternary landscape response to environmental change in south-central Kansas. Association of American Geographers Annals 88: 125-146.  Here is the link to radiocarbon ages cited in the paper. See paper here. 

Arbogast, A.F., Scull, P., Schaetzl, R. J., Harrison, J., Jameson, T. P., and Crozier, S. 1997. Concurrent stabilization of some interior dune fields in Michigan. Physical Geography, 14: 61-76.

Arbogast, A.F., 1996. Stratigraphic evidence for late-Holocene eolian sand mobilization and soil formation on the Great Bend Sand Prairie in Kansas.  Journal of Arid Environments 34: 403-414.  See paper here. 

Arbogast, A.F. 1996. Wilson Ridge: late-Quaternary evolution of a lunette in the central Great Plains; Physical Geography 17: 354-370.

Arbogast, A.F., and Johnson, W.C. 1994. Climatic implicatons of the late Quaternary alluvial record of a small drainage basin in the central Great Plains. Quaternary Research, 41: 298-305.

Arbogast, A. F. 1992. Geoarcheological model of a small basin in the Kansas River system. Current Research in the Pleistocene 8: 103-105.
 
 

Selected Technical Reports

Arbogast, A.F., and Johnson, W. C. 1996.  Surficial geology of Stafford County, Kansas. Kansas Geological Survey Map Series no. 46 (see the map here).

Arbogast, A.F., and Johnson, W.C. 1996. Surficial geology of Russell County, Kansas. Kansas Geological Survey Technical Series 7, 45 p.

Arbogast, A.F. And Johnson, W.C.1996. Surficial geology of Russell County, Kansas. Kansas Geological Survey Map Series no. 24. (see the map here).

Johnson, W.C., and Arbogast, A.F. 1992. Surficial geology of Finney County, Kansas. Kansas Geological Survey Map Series no. 23. (see the map here).

Johnson, W.C., and Arbogast, A.F. 1992. Surficial geology of Phillips County, Kansas. Kansas Geological Survey Map Series no. 20. (see the map here).