Selected Publication list

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2023 Erber, N., Kehew, A.E., Schaetzl, R.J., Gillespie, R., Sultan, M.E., Esch, J., Yellich, J., Curry, B.B., Huot, S., and A.Z. Abotalib.  Revisiting the Timing of Saginaw Lobe Ice Retreat and Implications for Drainage Adjustments Across Southern Michigan, USA. Catena 233. 107510.
2022

Owczarek, P, Dagsson-Waldhauserova, P., Opała-Owczarek, M., Migała, K., Arnalds, O., and R.J. Schaetzl. Aeolian erosion rates in northeastern Iceland, as indicated by changes in growth rings and cell sizes of Arctic dwarf shrub roots. Geoderma 428. 116173.

Schaetzl, R.J., Running, G. IV, Larson, P., Rittenour, T., Yansa, C., and D. Faulkner.  Luminescence Dating of Sand Wedges Constrains the Late Wisconsin (MIS-2) Permafrost Interval in the Upper Midwest, USA. Boreas 50. https://doi.org/10.1111/bor.12550  17 pp.

2021

Baish, C. and R.J. Schaetzl. New Insights into the Origin and Evolution of Glossic Features in Coarse- textured Soils in Northern Lower Michigan (USA). Soil Science Society of America Journal 85:2115-2134.PDF

Becker, B.L., Bryce, A., and R.J. Schaetzl. Property Values as Affected by Loess Thickness and Texture. Aeolian Research 53. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aeolia.2021.100741 7 pp.PDF

Hambacher, M.J. and R.J. Schaetzl. A Case Study of Cache Pit Construction, Use, and Abandonment from the Upper Great Lakes, USA. Journal of Field Archaeology 46.doi.org/10.1080/00934690.2021.1906053 PDF

Schaetzl, R.J., Nyland, K.E., Kasmerchak, C.S., Breeze, V., Kamoske, A., Thomas, S.E., Bomber, M., Grove, L., Komoto, K., and B.A. Miller. Holocene, Silty-Sand Loess Immediately Downwind of Dunes in Northern Michigan, USA. Physical Geography: in press. PDF

Schaetzl, R.J., Running, G. IV, Larson, P., Rittenour, T., Yansa, C., and D. Faulkner. Luminescence Dating of Sand Wedges Constrains the Late Wisconsin (MIS-2) Permafrost Interval in the Upper Midwest, USA. Boreas 50. https://doi.org/10.1111/bor.12550  17 pp. PDF

Zeremski, T., Tomić, N., Vasin, J., Milić, S., Vasin, J., Schaetzl, R.J., Milić, D., Gavrilov, M.B., Živanov, M., Ninkov, J., and S.B. Marković. Saline Soils: A Potentially Significant Geoheritage of the Vojvodina Region, Northern Serbia. Sustainability 13. https://doi.org/10.3390/su13147891 19 pp.PDF

2020

Goff, K., Schaetzl, R.J., Chakraborty, S., Weindorf, D.C., Kasmerchak, C. and E.A. Bettis III. Impact of Sample Preparation Methods for Characterizing the Geochemistry of Soils and Sediments by Portable X-ray fluorescence. Soil Science Society of America Journal 84:1310143. PDF

Schaetzl, R.J., Baish, C., Colgan, P., Knauff, J., Bilintoh, T., Wanyama, D., Church, M., McKeehan, K., Fulton, A., and A.F. Arbogast. A Sediment-Mixing Process Model of Till Genesis, using Texture and Clay Mineralogy Data from Saginaw Lobe (Michigan, USA) Tills. Quaternary Research 94:174-194. PDF

Yansa, C., Fulton III, A., Schaetzl, R.J., Kettle, J., and A.F. Arbogast. Interpreting Basal Sediments and Plant Fossils in Kettle Lakes: Insights from Silver Lake, Michigan, USA. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences 57:292-305. PDF

2019

Miller, B.A., Brevik, E.C., Pereira, P., and R.J. Schaetzl. Progress in Soil Geography I: Reinvigoration. Progress in Physical Geography 43:827-854. PDF

Schaetzl, R.J., Sauck, W., Heinrich, P.V., Colgan, P.M., and V.T. Holliday. Commentary on [Klokočník, J., Kostelecký, and Bezděk, A. The putative Saginaw impact structure, Michigan, Lake Huron, in the light of gravity aspects derived from recent EIGEN 6C4 gravity field model. Journal of Great Lakes Research 45:12–20.] Journal of Great Lakes Research 45:1003-1006. PDF

2018

Gavrilov, M.B., Marković, S.B., Schaetzl, R.J., Tošić, I., Zeeden, C., Obreht, I., Sipos, G., Ruman, A., Putniković, S., Emunds, K., Perić, Z., Hambach, U., and F. Lehmkuhl. Prevailing Surface Winds in Northern Serbia in the Recent and Past Time Periods; Modern- and Past Dust Deposition. Aeolian Research 31:117-129. PDF

Lukić, T., Bjelajac, D., Fitzsimmons, K.E., Marković, S.B., Basarin, B., Mlađan, D., Micić, T., Schaetzl, R.J., Gavrilov, M.B., Milanović, M., Sipos, G., Mezősi, G., Knežević-Lukić, N., Milinčić, M., Létal, A., and I. Samardžić. 2018. Factors Triggering Landslide Occurrence on the Zemun Loess Plateau, Belgrade area, Serbia. Environmental Earth Science 77. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12665-018-7712-z PDF

Marković, S.B., Sümegi, P., Stevens, T., Schaetzl, R.J., Obreht, I., Chu, W., Buggle, B., Zech, M., Zech, R., Zeeden, C., Gavrilov, M.B., Perić, Z., Svirčev, Z., and F. Lehmkuhl. The Crvenka Loess-Paleosol Sequence: A Record of Continuous Grassland Domination in the Southern Carpathian Basin during the Late Pleistocene. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 509:33-46. PDF

Nyland, K.E., Schaetzl, R.J., Ignatov, A., and B.A. Miller. A New Depositional Model for Sand-rich Loess on the Buckley Flats Outwash Plain, Northwestern Lower Michigan. Aeolian Research 31:91-104. PDF

Pinilla-Gallego, M., Crum, J., Schaetzl, R.J., and R. Isaacs. Soil Textures of Nest Partitions made by the Mason Bees Osmia lignaria and O. cornifrons (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae). Apidologie doi.org/10.1007/s13592-018-0574-2 PDF

Radaković, M.G., Gavrilov, M.B., Hambach, U., Schaetzl, R.J., Tošić, I.A., Ninkov, J., Vasin, J., and S.B. Marković. Quantitative Relationships between Climate and Magnetic Susceptibility of Soils on the Bačka Loess Plateau (Vojvodina, Serbia). Quaternary International 502A:85-94. PDF

Rothstein, D.E., Toosi, E.R., Schaetzl, R.J., and A.S. Grandy. Translocation of Carbon from Surface Organic Horizons to the Subsoil in Coarse-Textured Spodosols: Implications for Deep Soil C Dynamics. Soil Science Society of America Journal 82:969-982. PDF

Šamonil, P., Daněk, P., Schaetzl, R.J., Tejnecký, V., and O. Drábek. 2018. Converse Pathways of Soil Evolution Caused by Tree Uprooting: A Synthesis from Three Regions with Varying Soil Formation Processes. Catena 161:122–136. PDF

Schaetzl, R.J., Bettis, E.A. III., et al. (25 additional authors). Approaches and Challenges to the Study of Loess - Introduction to the LoessFest Special Issue. Quaternary Research 89:563-618. PDF

Schaetzl, R.J., Larson, P.H., Faulkner, D.J., Running, G.L., Jol, H.M., and T.M. Rittenour. Eolian Sand and Loess Deposits indicate West-Northwest Paleowinds during the Late Pleistocene in Western Wisconsin, USA. Quaternary Research 89:769-785. PDF

Schaetzl, R.J., Rothstein, D., and P. Samonil. Gradients in Lake-Effect Snowfall and Fire across Northern Lower Michigan Drive Patterns of Soil Development and Carbon Dynamics. Annals of the American Association of Geographers 108:638-657. PDF

2017

BOOK CHAPTER Ahr, S.W., Nordt, L.C. and R.J. Schaetzl. Lithologic Discontinuities in Soils. In: The International Encyclopedia of Geography. D.L. Richardson (Editor in Chief). Wiley and Sons, New York. DOI: 10.1002/9781118786352.wbieg0816 PDF

Blewett, W.L., Lusch, D.P., Schaetzl, R.J., and S.A. Drzyzga. A Century of Change in the Methods, Data, and Approaches to Mapping Glacial Deposits in Michigan. In: Quaternary Glaciation of the Great Lakes Region: Process, Landforms, Sediments, and Chronology. A.E. Kehew and B.B. Curry (eds). Geological Society of America Special Paper 530:39-67. PDF

Connallon, C.B. and R.J. Schaetzl. Geomorphology of the Chippewa River Delta of Glacial Lake Saginaw, Central Lower Michigan, USA. Geomorphology 290:128-141. PDF

BOOK CHAPTER Fey, M. and R.J. Schaetzl. Pedoturbation. In: The International Encyclopedia of Geography. D.L. Richardson (Editor in Chief). Wiley and Sons, New York. DOI: 10.1002/9781118786352.wbieg0826 PDF

Luehmann, M.D. and R.J. Schaetzl. Late Pleistocene Deltas in the Lower Peninsula of Michigan, USA. In: Quaternary Glaciation of the Great Lakes Region: Process, Landforms, Sediments, and Chronology. A.E. Kehew and B.B. Curry (eds). Geological Society of America Special Paper 530:163-177. PDF

Šamonil, P., Daněk, P., Schaetzl, R.J., Tejnecky, V., and O. Drábek. Converse Pathways of Soil Evolution Caused by Tree Uprooting: A Synthesis from Three Regions with Varying Soil Formation Processes. Catena 161:122-136. PDF

Schaetzl, R.J., Lepper, K., Thomas, S., Grove, L., Treiber, E., Farmer, A., Fillmore, A., Lee, J., Dickerson, B., and K. Alme. Kame Deltas Provide Evidence for a New Glacial Lake and Suggest Early Glacial Retreat from Central Lower Michigan, USA. Geomorphology 280:167-178. PDF

BOOK CHAPTER: Schaetzl, R.J. Soils of the Northern Lake States Forest and Forage Region. In: The Soils of the USA. West, L.T., M.J.Singer, and A. Hartemink (eds.), Springer, New York. pp 191-208.PDF

Valtera, M. and R.J. Schaetzl. Pit-Mound Microrelief in Forest Soils: Review of Implications for Water Retention and Hydrologic Modelling. Forest Ecology and Management 393:40-51. PDF

2016

Bjelajac, D., Mesaroš, M., Schaetzl, R.J., Pavić, D., Micić, T., Marković, R.S., Gavrilov, M.B., Perić, Z., and S.B. Marković. Introducing the Loess Pyramid – An Unusual Landform in the Thick Loess Deposits of Vojvodina, Serbia. Geographica Pannonica 20:1-7.PDF

Luehmann, M.D., Peter, B., Connallon, C.B., Schaetzl, R.J., Smidt, S.J., Liu, W., Kincare, K., Walkowiak, T.A., Thorlund, E., and M.S. Holler. Loamy, Two-Storied Soils on the Outwash Plains of Southwestern Lower Michigan: Pedoturbation of Loess with the Underlying Sand. Annals of the Association of American Geographers 106:551-571. PDF

Miller, B.A. and R.J. Schaetzl. History of Soil Geography in the Context of Scale. Geoderma 264:284-300. PDF

Šamonil, P., Valtera, M., Schaetzl, R.J., Dusan, A., Vašíčková, I., Daněk, P., Janík, D., and V. Tejnecký. Impacts of Old, Comparatively Stable, Treethrow Microtopography on Soils and Forest Dynamics in the Northern Hardwoods of Michigan, USA. Catena 140:55-65. PDF

Schaetzl, R.J., Krist, F.J. Jr., Luehmann, M.D. Lewis, C.F.M., and M.J. Michalek. Spits Formed in Glacial Lake Algonquin Indicate Strong Easterly Winds Over the Laurentide Great Lakes During Late Pleistocene. Journal of Paleolimnology 55:49-65. PDF

BOOK CHAPTER: Schaetzl, R.J. and B.A. Miller. Use of Soil Maps and Surveys to Interpret Soil-Landform Assemblages and Soil-Landscape Evolution. In: Geopedology - An Integration of Geomorphology and Pedology for Soil and Landscape Studies. A. Zinck (ed.). Springer. pp. 251-264. PDF

Schaetzl, R.J. and D.E. Rothstein. Temporal Variation in the Strength of Podzolization as Indicated by Lysimeter Data. Geoderma 282:26-36. PDF Errata

2015

Miller, B.A. and R.J. Schaetzl. Digital Classification of Hillslope Position. Soil Science Society of America Journal 79:132-145. PDF

Šamonil, P., Daněk, P., Schaetzl, R.J., Vašíčková, I., and M. Valtera. Soil Mixing and Genesis as Affected by Tree Uprooting in Three Temperate Forests. European Journal of Soil Science 66:589-603. PDF

Schaetzl, R.J., Luehmann, M.D., and D. Rothstein. Pulses of Podzolization: The Importance of Spring Snowmelt, Summer Storms, and Fall Rains on Spodosol Development. Soil Science Society of America Journal 79:117-131. PDF

BOOK: Schaetzl, R.J. and M.L. Thompson. Soils: Genesis and Geomorphology. 2nd ed. Cambridge Univ. Press, Cambridge. 778 pp. LINK

2014

Johnson, D.L. and R.J. Schaetzl. Differing Views of Soil and Pedogenesis by Two Masters: Darwin and Dokuchaev. Geoderma 237-238:176-189. PDF

Miller, B.A. and R.J. Schaetzl. The Historical Role of Base Maps in Soil Geography. Geoderma 230-231:329-339. PDF

Schaetzl, R.J. Professor Donald Johnson’s List of Landmark Papers (1878-1998) in Geomorphology and Soil Geomorphology – An Appreciation. Progress in Physical Geography 38:129-137. PDF

Schaetzl, R.J., Forman, S.L., and J.W. Attig. Optical Ages on Loess Derived from Outwash Surfaces Constrain the Advance of the Laurentide Ice from the Lake Superior Basin, Wisconsin, USA. Quaternary Research 81:318-329. PDF

2013

Luehmann, M.D., Schaetzl, R.J., Miller, B.A., and M. Bigsby. Thin, Pedoturbated and Locally Sourced Loess in the Western Upper Peninsula of Michigan. Aeolian Research 8:85-100. PDF

Šamonil, P., Schaetzl, R.J., Valtera, M., Goliáš, V., Baldrian, P., Vašíčková, I., Adam, D., Janík, D., and L. Hort. Crossdating of Disturbances by Tree Uprooting: Can Treethrow Microtopography Persist for 6,000 years? Forest Ecology and Management 307:123-135. PDF

BOOK CHAPTER: Schaetzl, R.J. Catenas and Soils. In: J.F. Shroder (ed.), Treatise on Geomorphology 4:145-158. Academic Press, San Diego, CA. PDF

Schaetzl, R.J. and J.W. Attig. The Loess Cover of Northeastern Wisconsin. Quaternary Research 79:199-214. PDF

Schaetzl, R.J., Enander, H., Luehmann, M.D., Lusch, D.P., Fish, C., Bigsby, M., Steigmeyer, M., Guasco, J., Forgacs, C., and A. Pollyea. Mapping the Physiography of Michigan Using GIS. Physical Geography 34:1-38. PDF
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Schaetzl, R.J. and M.D. Luehmann. Coarse-Textured Basal Zones in Thin Loess Deposits: Products of Sediment Mixing and/or Paleoenvironmental Change? Geoderma 192:277-285. PDF

Schaetzl, R.J., Yansa, C.H., and M.D. Luehmann. Paleobotanical and Environmental Implications of a Buried Forest Bed in Northern Lower Michigan, USA. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences 50:483-493.PDF

2012

Drzyzga, S.A., Shortridge, A.M., and R.J. Schaetzl.  Mapping the Stages of Glacial Lake Algonquin in Northern Michigan, USA, and Nearby Ontario, Canada, Using an Isostatic Rebound Model. Journal of Paleolimnology 47:357-371. PDF

Miller, B.A. and R.J. Schaetzl. Precision of Soil Particle Size Analysis Using Laser Diffractometry. Soil Science Society of America Journal 76:1719-1727. PDF

Schaetzl, R.J. Mississippi Valley Regional Source of Loess on the Southern Green Bay Lobe Land Surface, Wisconsin -- Comment to the Paper Published by Jacobs et al., Quaternary Research 75 (3), 574-583, 2011. Quaternary Research 78:149-151. PDF

Schaetzl, R.J. Krist, F.J. Jr., and B.A. Miller.  A Taxonomically Based, Ordinal Estimate of Soil Productivity for Landscape-Scale Analyses. Soil Science 177:288-299. PDF

Vader, M.J., Zeman, B.K., Schaetzl, R.J., Anderson, K.L., Walquist, R.W., Freiberger, K.M., Emmendorfer, J.A., and H. Wang.  Proxy Evidence for Easterly Winds in Glacial Lake Algonquin, from the Black River Delta in Northern Lower Michigan. Physical Geography 33:252-268. PDF

2011

Hobbs, T., Schaetzl, R.J., and M.D. Luehmann. Evidence for Periodic, Holocene Loess Deposition in Kettles in a Sandy Interlobate Landscape, Michigan, USA. Aeolian Research 3:215-228. PDF

BOOK CHAPTER: Schaetzl, R.J. and W. Harris.  Spodosols. In: Handbook of Soil Science, 2nd ed. P.M. Hunag, Y. Li and M.E. Sumner (eds.). CRC Press, New York. pp. 33-113 – 33-127.

Scull, P. and R.J. Schaetzl. Using PCA to Characterize and Differentiate the Character of Loess Deposits in Wisconsin and Upper Michigan, USA. Geomorphology 127:143-155. PDF

Stanley, K.E. and R.J. Schaetzl. Characteristics and Paleoenvironmental Significance of a Thin, Dual-Sourced Loess Sheet, North‑Central Wisconsin.  Aeolian Research 2:241-251. PDF

2010 BOOK CHAPTER: Schaetzl, R.J. and B.V.Barnes. Landforms, Physical Landscapes and Glacial History. In: Nadelhoffer, K.J., Hogg, A.J., Jr., and B.A. Hazlett. (eds.), The Changing Environment of Northern Michigan: A Century of Science and Nature at the University of Michigan Biological Station. Univ. of Michigan Press, Ann Arbor. pp. 25-35.
2009

BOOK CHAPTER: Battle, J., Anderton, J. and R.J. Schaetzl. Isle Royale. In: Schaetzl, R.J., Darden, J.T. and D. Brandt. (eds.). Michigan Geography and Geology. Pearson Custom Publishing, Boston, MA. pp. 377-388.

BOOK CHAPTER: Blewett, W., Lusch, D., and R.J. Schaetzl. The Physical Landscape. In: Schaetzl, R.J., Darden, J.T. and D. Brandt. (eds.). Michigan Geography and Geology. Pearson Custom Publishing, Boston, MA. pp. 249-273.

BOOK CHAPTER: Hupy, J.P. and Randall J. Schaetzl. Oblique Views of Recognizable Regions in Michigan. Appendix A. In: Schaetzl, R.J., Darden, J.T. and D. Brandt. (eds.). Michigan Geography and Geology. Pearson Custom Publishing, Boston, MA. pp. 645-653.

Lusch, D.P., Stanley, K.E., Schaetzl, R.J., Kendall, A.D., van Dam, R.L., Nielsen, A., Blumer, B.E., Hobbs, T.C., Archer, J.K., Holmstadt, J.L.F., and C.L. May. Characterization and Mapping of Patterned Ground in the Saginaw Lowlands, Michigan: Possible Evidence for Late-Wisconsin Permafrost. Annals of the Association of American Geographers 99:445-466.  PDF

BOOK CHAPTER: Schaetzl, R.J. Soils. In: Schaetzl, R.J., Darden, J.T. and D. Brandt. (eds.). Michigan Geography and Geology. Pearson Custom Publishing, Boston, MA. pp 315-329. Battle, J., Anderton, J. and R.J. Schaetzl. Isle Royale. In: Schaetzl, R.J., Darden, J.T. and D. Brandt. (eds.). Michigan Geography and Geology. Pearson Custom Publishing, Boston, MA. pp. 377-388.

BOOK: Schaetzl, R.J., Darden, J.T., and D. Brandt. (eds)  Michigan Geography and Geology.  Pearson Custom Publishers, Upper Saddle River, NJ. 672 pp.LINK

Schaetzl, R.J., Krist, F.J. Jr., Stanley, K.E., and C.M. Hupy.  The Natural Soil Drainage Index: An Ordinal Estimate of Long-Term, Soil Wetness. Physical Geography 30:383-409.  PDF

BOOK CHAPTER: Schaetzl, R.J., Santer, RA., and L. Sommers. Introduction: Defining the State of Michigan. In: Schaetzl, R.J., Darden, J.T. and D. Brandt. (eds.). Michigan Geography and Geology. Pearson Custom Publishing, Boston, MA. pp. 1-10.

2008 Hupy, J.P. and R.J. Schaetzl.  Soil Development Following Disturbance Due to Explosive Munitions on the WWI Battlefield of Verdun, France. Geoderma 145:37-49.   PDF

Schaetzl, R.J. Pedoturbation.  Encyclopedia of Soil Science. W. Chesworth, Editor. Springer, New York. pp. 516-522.

Schaetzl, R.J. The Distribution of Silty Soils in the Grayling Fingers Region of Michigan: Evidence for Loess Deposition onto Frozen Ground. Geomorphology 102:287-296.   PDF

Schaetzl, R.J. and S.L. Forman.  OSL Ages on Glaciofluvial Sediment in Northern Lower Michigan Constrain Expansion of the Laurentide Ice Sheet. Quaternary Research 70:81-90.   PDF

Schaetzl, R.J. and J. Hook.  Evidence for Loess in NW Lower Michigan: the Silty Mantle on the Buckley Flats Outwash Plain. Physical Geography 29:1-18.  PDF

Schaetzl, R.J. and W.L. Loope.  Evidence for an Eolian Origin for the Silt-Enriched Soil Mantles on the Glaciated Uplands of Eastern Upper Michigan, USA. Geomorphology 100:285-295.  PDF

2007 Isard, S.A., Schaetzl, R.J., and J.A. Andresen.  Soils Cool as Climate Warms in Great Lakes Region, USA: 1951-2000. Annals of the Association of American Geographers 97:467-476.   PDF
2006 Hupy, J.P. and R.J. Schaetzl.  Introducing “Bombturbation,” A Singular Type of Soil Disturbance and Mixing. Soil Science 171:823-836.   PDF

Schaetzl, R.J., Mikesell, L.R., and M.A. Velbel.  Expression of Soil Characteristics Related to Weathering and Pedogenesis Across a Geomorphic Surface of Uniform Age in Michigan. Physical Geography 27:170-188.   PDF

Schaetzl, R.J. and C. Schwenner.  An Application of the Runge “Energy Model” of Soil Development in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula. Soil Science 171:152-166.  PDF
2005 Hupy, J.P., Aldrich, S., Schaetzl, R.J., Varnakovida, P., Arima, E., Bookout, J., Wiangwang, N., Campos, A., and K. McKnight. Mapping Soils, Vegetation, and Landforms: An Integrative Physical Geography Field Experience. Professional Geographer 57: 438-451.  PDF

Schaetzl, R.J., Knapp, B.D., and S.A. Isard.  Modeling Soil Temperatures and the Mesic-Frigid Boundary in the Great Lakes Region, 1951-2000.  Soil Science Society of America Journal 69:2033-2040.  PDF

BOOK: Schaetzl, R.J. and S.N. Anderson. Soils: Genesis and Geomorphology. Cambridge University Press. 832 pp. LINK

Weisenborn, B.N. and R.J. Schaetzl. Range of Fragipan Expression in Some Michigan Soils: I. Morphological, Micromorphological, and Pedogenic Characterization. Soil Science Society of America Journal 69:168-177.  PDF

Weisenborn, B.N. and R.J. Schaetzl. Range of Fragipan Expression in Some Michigan Soils: II. A Model for Fragipan Evolution. Soil Science Society of America Journal 69:178-187.  PDF

2004 Arbogast, A.F., Schaetzl, R.J., Hupy, J.P., and E.C. Hansen. The Holland Paleosol: An Informal Pedostratigraphic Unit in the Coastal Dunes of Southeastern Lake Michigan. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences 41:1385-1400.  PDF

Hupy, C.M., Schaetzl, R.J., Messina, J.M., Hupy, J.P., Delamater, P., Enander, H., Hughey, B.D., Boehm, R., Mitroka, M.J., and M.T. Fashoway. Modeling the Complexity of Different, Recently Deglaciated Soil Landscapes as a Function of Map Scale. Geoderma 123:115-130.  PDF

Mikesell, L.R., Schaetzl, R.J., and M.A. Velbel. Hornblende Etching and Quartz/Feldspar Ratios as Weathering and Soil Development Indicators in Some Michigan Soils. Quaternary Research 62:162-171.  PDF

Schaetzl, R.J. and B.N. Weisenborn. The Grayling Fingers Geomorphic Region of Michigan: Soils, Sedimentology, Stratigraphy and Geomorphic Development. Geomorphology 61:251-274.  PDF
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2002 Schaetzl, R.J.  A Spodosol-Entisol Transition in Northern Michigan. Soil Science Society of America Journal 66:1272-1284. PDF

Schaetzl, R.J., Drzyzga, S.A., Weisenborn, B.N., Kincare, K.A., Lepczyk, X.C., Shein, K.A., Dowd, C.M., and J. Linker. Measurement, Correlation, and Mapping of Glacial Lake Algonquin Shorelines in Northern Michigan. Annals of the Association of American Geographers 92:399-415.  PDF

Schaetzl, R.J. and D.M. Tomczak. Wintertime Soil Temperatures in the Fine-Textured Soils of the Saginaw Valley, Michigan. The Great Lakes Geographer 8:87-99.  PDF

BOOK CHAPTER: Schaetzl, R.J. and S.A. Isard. The Great Lakes Region. In: Goudie, A. and A. Orme, (ed.), The Physical Geography of North America. Oxford Univ. Press. pp. 307-334.

2001 Schaetzl, R.J. Late Pleistocene Ice Flow Directions and the Age of Glacial Landscapes in Northern Lower Michigan. Physical Geography 22:28-41.  PDF

Krist, F. and R.J. Schaetzl. Paleowind (11,000 BP) Directions Derived from Lake Spits in Northern Michigan. Geomorphology 38:1-18.  PDF

Rindfleisch, P.R. and R.J. Schaetzl. Soils and Geomorphic Evidence for a High Lake Stand in a Michigan Drumlin Field. Physical Geography 22:483-501.

Schaetzl, R.J. Morphologic Evidence of Lamellae Forming Directly from Thin, Clayey Bedding Planes in a Dune. Geoderma 99:51-63.  PDF

Larson, G. and R.J. Schaetzl. Origin and Evolution of the Great Lakes. Journal of Great Lakes Research 27:518-546.  PDF

2000

Schaetzl, R.J., Krist, F., Rindfleisch, P., Liebens, J., and T. Williams. Post-Glacial Landscape Evolution of Northeastern Lower Michigan, Interpreted from Soils and Sediments. Annals of the Association of American Geographers 90:443-466.  PDF

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1998 Schaetzl, R.J. Lithologic Discontinuities in Some Soils on Drumlins: Theory, Detection, and Application. Soil Science 163:570-590.  PDF

Isard, S.A. and R.J. Schaetzl. Effects of Winter Weather Conditions on Soil Freezing in Southern Michigan. Physical Geography 19:71-94.  PDF

Barrett, L.R. and R.J. Schaetzl. Regressive Pedogenesis Following a Century of Deforestation: Evidence for Depodzolization. Soil Science 163:482-497. PDF
1997 Liebens, J. and R.J. Schaetzl. Relative-Age Relationships of Debris Flow Deposits in the Southern Blue Ridge, North Carolina. Geomorphology 21:53-67.  PDF

Hunckler, R.V. and R.J. Schaetzl. Spodosol Development as Affected by Geomorphic Aspect, Baraga County, Michigan. Soil Science Society of America Journal 61:1105-1115.  PDF

Groop, R.E. and R.J. Schaetzl. Productivity Profiles of PhD-Granting Geography Departments in the United States: 1980-1994. The Professional Geographer 49:451-464.

Arbogast, A.F., Scull, P., Schaetzl, R.J., Harrison, J., Jameson, T.P., and S. Crozier. Concurrent Stabilization of Some Interior Dune Fields in Michigan. Physical Geography 18:63-79. PDF
1996 Schaetzl, R.J. Spodosol-Alfisol Intergrades: Bisequal Soils in NE Michigan, USA. Geoderma 74:23-47.  PDF

Schaetzl, R.J. and S.A. Isard. Regional-Scale Relationships Between Climate and Strength of Podzolization in the Great Lakes Region, North America. Catena 28:47-69.  PDF

Schaetzl, R.J., Frederick, W.E., and L. Tornes. Secondary Carbonates in Three Fine and Fine-Loamy Alfisols in Michigan. Soil Science Society of America Journal 60:1862-1870.  PDF

Schaetzl, R.J. and D.G. Brown. Forest Associations and Soil Drainage Classes in Presettlement Baraga County, Michigan. The Great Lakes Geographer 3:57-74.

1995 Isard, S.A. and R.J. Schaetzl. Estimating Soil Temperatures and Frost in the Lake Effect Snowbelt Region, Michigan, USA. Cold Regions Science and Technology 23:317-332. PDF

Norman, S.A., Schaetzl, R.J., and T.W. Small. Effects of Slope Angle on Mass Movement by Tree Uprooting. Geomorphology 14:19-27.  PDF

Barrett, L.R., Liebens, J., Brown, D.G., Schaetzl, R.J., Zuwerink, P., Cate, T.W. and D.S. Nolan. Relationships Between Soils and Presettlement Vegetation in Baraga County, Michigan. American Midland Naturalist 134:264-285.  PDF

1994 Schaetzl, R.J. Changes in O Horizon Mass, Thickness and Carbon Content Following Fire in Northern Hardwood Stands. Vegetatio 115:41-50.

Schaetzl, R.J., Barrett, L.R., and J.A. Winkler. Choosing Models for Soil Chronofunctions and Fitting them to Data. European Journal of Soil Science 45:219-232.

1993 Barrett, L.R. and R.J. Schaetzl. Soil Development and Spatial Variability on Geomorphic Surfaces of Different Age. Physical Geography 14:39-55. PDF
1992 Schaetzl, R.J. Texture, Mineralogy and Lamellae Development in Sandy Soils in Michigan. Soil Science Society of America Journal 56:1538-1545.  PDF

Schaetzl, R.J. Beta Spodic Horizons in Podzolic Soils (Lithic Haplorthods and Haplohumods). Pedologie 42:271-287. PDF

Barrett, L.R. and R.J. Schaetzl. An Examination of Podzolization Near Lake Michigan Using Chronofunctions. Canadian Journal of Soil Science 72:527-541.   PDF

1991 Schaetzl, R.J. Factors Affecting the Formation of Dark, Thick Epipedons Beneath Forest Vegetation, Michigan, USA. Journal of Soil Science 42:501-512.  PDF

Schaetzl, R.J. A Lithosequence of Soils in Extremely Gravelly, Dolomitic Parent Materials, Bois Blanc Island, Lake Huron. Geoderma 48:305-320.  PDF

Schaetzl, R.J. and S.A. Isard. The Distribution of Spodosol Soils in Southern Michigan: A Climatic Interpretation. Annals of the Association of American Geographers 81:425-442.  PDF

1990 Schaetzl, R.J. Effects of Treethrow Microtopography on the Characteristics and Genesis of Spodosols, Michigan, USA. Catena 17:111-126. PDF

Small, T.W., Schaetzl, R.J., and J.M. Brixie. Redistribution and Mixing of Soil Gravels by Tree Uprooting. The Professional Geographer 42:445-457. PDF

Schaetzl, R.J., Burns, S.F., Small, T.W., and D.L. Johnson. Tree Uprooting: Review of Types and Patterns of Soil Disturbance. Physical Geography 11:277-291.PDF

Schaetzl, R.J. and L.R. Follmer. Longevity of Treethrow Microtopography: Implications for Mass Wasting. Geomorphology 3:113-123.  PDF

Mokma, D.L., Schaetzl, R.J., Doolittle, J.A., and E.P. Johnson. Ground-Penetrating Radar Study of Ortstein Continuity in Some Michigan Haplaquods. Soil Science Society of America Journal 54:936-938.  PDF

Mokma, D.L., Schaetzl, R.J., Johnson, E.P., and J.A. Doolittle. Assessing Bt horizon Character in Sandy Soils Using Ground Penetrating Radar: Implications for Soil Survey. Soil Survey Horizons 31:1-8.

1989 Schaetzl, R.J., Hendrie, L.K., and S.W. Kirsch. Soil Water Characteristics of Two Soil Catenas in Illinois: Implications for Irrigation. Water Resources Bulletin 25:1023-1030.

Schaetzl, R.J., Burns, S.F., Johnson, D.L., and T.W. Small. Tree Uprooting: Review of Impacts on Forest Ecology. Vegetatio 79:165-176.  PDF

Schaetzl, R.J., Johnson, D.L., Burns, S.F., and T.W. Small. Tree Uprooting: Review of Terminology, Process, and Environmental Implications. Canadian Journal of Forest Research 19:1-11.  PDF

1988 Schaetzl, R.J. and D.L. Mokma. A Numerical Index of Podzol and Podzolic Soil Development. Physical Geography 9:232-246. PDF

Tandarich, J.P., Schaetzl, R.J., and R.G. Darmody. Conversations with Francis D. Hole. Soil Survey Horizons 29:9-21. PDF

1987 Schaetzl, R.J. and C.J. Sorenson.  The Concept of "Buried" vs "Isolated" Paleosols: Examples from Northeastern Kansas.  Soil Science 143:426-435.  PDF

Johnson, D.L., Watson-Stegner, D., Johnson, D.N., and R.J. Schaetzl.  Proisotropic and Proanisotropic Processes of Pedoturbation.  Soil Science 143:278-292. PDF

1986 Schaetzl, R.J.  Soilscape Analysis of Contrasting Glacial Terrains in Wisconsin. Annals of the Association of American Geographers 76:414-425.PDF

Schaetzl, R.J.  Complete Soil Profile Inversion by Tree Uprooting. Physical Geography 7:181-189. PDF

Schaetzl, R.J.  The Sangamon Paleosol in Brown County, Kansas.  Kansas Academy of Science Transactions 89:152-161.

1983

Schaetzl, R.J. and W.C. Johnson. Pollen and Spore Stratigraphy of a Mollic Hapludalf (Degraded Chernozem) in Northeastern Kansas. The Professional Geographer 35:183-191.