Alexander Ray Simms

In Press:

Simms, A.R. and Rodriguez, A.B. (in press). The influence of valley morphology on the rate of bayhead delta progradation. Journal of Sedimentary Research.

2014:

The RAISED Consortium, Bentley, M.J...(76 other authors), Simms, A.R. (2014). A community-based geological reconstruction of Antarctic Ice Sheet deglaciation since the Last Glacial Maximum. Quaternary Science Reviews 11:1-9.

O Cofaigh, C, Davies, B.J. Livingstone, S.J., Smith, J.A,. Johnson, J.S., Hocking, E.P., Hodgson, D.A., Anderson, J.B., Bentley, M.J., Canals, M., Domack, E., Dowdeswell, J.A., Evans, J., Glasser, N.F., Hillenbrand, C.-D., Larter, R.D., Roberts, S.J., Simms, A.R. (2014). Reconstruction of ice-sheet changes in the Antarctic Peninsula since the Last Glacial Maximum. Quaternary Science Reviews 11:87-110.

Anderson, J.B., Wallace, D.J., Simms, A.R., Rodriguez, A.B., Milliken, K.T. (2014). Variable response of coastal environments of the northwestern Gulf of Mexico to sea-level rise and climate change: Implications for future change. Marine Geology 352: 348-366.

Buzas-Stephens, P., Livsey, D.N., Simms, A.R., Buzas, M.A. (2014). Estuarine foraminifera record Holocene stratigraphic changes and Holocene climate changes in ENSO and the North American monsoon: Baffin Bay, Texas. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 404: 44-56.

Simms, A.R., and Rodriguez, A.B. (2014). Where do coastlines stabilize following rapid retreat? Geophysical Research Letters 41: 1698-1703.

Bement, L.C., Madden, A.S., Carter, B.J., Simms, A.R., Swindle, A.L., Alexander, H.M., Fine, S., and Benamara, M. (2014). Quantifying the distribution of nanodiamonds in pre-Younger Dryas to recent age deposits along Bull Creek, Oklahoma Panhandle, USA. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 111: 1726-1731.

2013:

Simms, A.R., Anderson, J.B., DeWitt, R., Lambeck, K., and Purcell, A., 2013.  Quantifying rates of coastal subsidence since the last interglacial and the role of sediment loading.  Global and Planetary Change 111: 296-308.

Simkins, L.M., Simms, A.R., DeWitt, R., (2013).  Relative sea-level history of Marguerite Bay, Antarctic Peninsula derived from optically stimulated luminescence-dated beach cobbles.  Quaternary Science Reviews 77: 141-155.

Livsey, D. and Simms, A.R., (2013).  Holocene sea-level change derived from microbial mats. Geology 41: 971-974.

Simkins, L.M., DeWitt, R., Simms, A.R., (2013). Methods to reduce sample carrier contamination for luminescence measurements.  Ancient TL 31: 19-28.

Warrick, J.A., Simms, A.R., Ritchie, A., Steel, E., Dartnell, P., Conrad, J.E., and Finlayson, D.P. (2013).  Hyperpycnal plume-derived fans in the Santa Barbara Channel, California.  Geophysical Research Letters 40: 2081-2086.

Anderson, J.B., Kirshner, A., Simms, A.R. (2013), Constraints on the Antarctic Ice Sheet configuration during and following the Last Glacial Maximum and its episodic contribution to sea-level rise. In: Hambrey, M.J., Barker, P.F., Barrett, P.J., Bowman, V., Davies, B., Smellie, J.L., and Tranter, M. (eds.). Antarctic Palaeoenvironments and Earth-Surface Processes, Geological Society of London Special Publication 381: 215-232.

Livsey, D.N., Simms, A.R., Clary, W., Wellner, J.S., Anderson, J.B., and Chandler, J.P., (2013). Fourier grain-shape analysis of Antarctic marine core: the relative influence of provenance and glacial activity on grain-shape. Journal of Sedimentary Research 83:80-90.

2012:

Simkins, L.M., Simms, A.R., Cruse, A.M., Troiani, T., Atekwana, E.A., Puckette, J., and Yokoyama, Y. (2012). Correlation of early and mid-Holocene events using magnetic susceptibility in estuarine cores. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 346-347: 95-107.

Simms, A.R., DeWitt, R., Ivins, E.R., Kouremenos, P., and Simkins, L.M. (2012), Determining the timing of the Little Ice Age in the Antarctic Peninsula from raised beaches. Quaternary Science Reviews 47:41-55.

Poland, Z. and Simms, A.R. (2012), Sedimentology of an erg-erg margin depositional system, the Rush Springs Sandstone of western Oklahoma: implications for paleowinds across northwestern Pangea during the Guadalupian (middle Permian). Journal of Sedimentary Research 82:345-363.

Valentine, D.W., Keller, E.A., Carver, G., Li, W.-H., Manhart, C., Simms, A.R. (2012), Paleoseismicity of the southern end of the Cascadia Subduction Zone, northwestern California, USA. Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America 102: 1059-1078.

Woldearegay, A., Jaiswal, P., Simms, A.R., Alexander H., Bement, L.C., and Carter, B.J. (2012), Ultrashallow depth imaging of a channel stratigraphy with first-arrival traveltime inversion and prestack depth migration: A case study from Bull Creek, Oklahoma. Geophysics 77:1-10.

2011:

Wellner, J.S., Anderson, J.B., Werner, E., Weaver, F.M., Kirshner, A., Livsey, D., and Simms, A.R. (2011). History of an evolving ice sheet as recorded in SHALDRIL cores from the northwestern Weddell Sea, Antarctica. In: Tectonic, Climatic, and Cryospheric Evolution of the Antarctic Peninsula, AGU Monograph Series 63: 131-152.

Anderson, J.B., Warny, S., Askin, R.A., Wellner, J.S., Bohaty, S.M., Kirshner, A., Livsey, D.N., Simms, A.R., Smith, T.R., Ehrmann, W., Lawver, L.A., Barbeau, D., Wise, S.W., Kulhenek, D.K., Weaver, F.M., Mojewski, W. (2011). Progressive Cenozoic cooling and the demise of Antarctica’s last refugium. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 108: 11356-11360.

Simms, A.R., Milliken, K.T., Anderson, J.B. Wellner, J.S. (2011). The marine record of deglaciation of the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica since the Last Glacial Maximum. Quaternary Science Reviews 30: 1583-1601.

Troiani, T., Simms, A.R., Dellapenna, T., Piper, E., and Yokoyama, Y. (2011). The importance of sea-level and climate change, including wind energy, on the evolution of a coastal estuary: Copano Bay, Texas. Marine Geology 280, p.1-19.

Simms, A.R., DeWitt, R., Kouremenos, P., Drewry, A.M. (2011). A new approach to reconstructing sea levels in Antarctica using optically stimulated luminescence of cobble surfaces. Quaternary Geochronology 6, p. 50-60.

2005-2010:

Anderson, J.B., Milliken, K.T., Wallace, D., Rodriguez, A. B., Simms, A.R., (2010). Coastal impact of accelerated sea-level rise underrated. EOS Trans AGU 91(23), p. 205-206.

Simms, A.R., Aryal, N., Miller, L.*, Yokoyama, Y. (2010). The incised valley of Baffin Bay, Texas: a tale of two climates. Sedimentology 57, p642-669.

Rodriguez, A. B., Simms, A.R., Anderson, J.B. (2010). Bay-head deltas across the northern Gulf of Mexico back step in response to the 8.2 ka cooling event. Quaternary Science Reviews 29, p. 3983-3993.

Simms, A.R., Aryal, N., Yokoyama, Y., Matsuzaki, H., and DeWitt, R. (2009). Insights on a proposed mid-Holocene highstand along the northwestern Gulf of Mexico from the evolution of small coastal ponds. Journal of Sedimentary Research 79, p. 757-772.

Simms, A.R., DeWitt, R., Rodriguez, A.B., Lambeck, K., and Anderson, J.B., (2009), Revisiting marine isotope stage 3-5a (MIS3-5a) sea levels within the northwestern Gulf of Mexico. Global and Planetary Change 66, p 100-111.

Simms, A.R., Anderson, J.B., Rodriguez, A.B., and Taviani, M., 2008. Mechanisms controlling environmental changes within an estuary: Corpus Christi Bay, Texas, in Anderson, J.B. and Rodriguez, A.B. (eds.), Response of Upper Gulf Coast Estuaries to Holocene Climate Change and Sea-Level Rise, GSA Special Paper 443, p. 121-146.

Rodriguez, A.B., Greene D.L.Jr., Anderson, J.B., and Simms, A.R., 2008. Threshold-Response of Mobile Bay and eastern Mississippi Sound, Alabama to Changes in Accommodation Space and Sediment Sequestration, in Anderson, J.B. and Rodriguez, A.B. (eds.), Response of Upper Gulf Coast Estuaries to Holocene Climate Change and Sea-Level Rise, GSA Special Paper 443,p. 13-29.

Simms, A. R., K. Lambeck, T. Purcell, J. B. Anderson, A. B. Rodriguez. 2007. Sea-level history within the Gulf of Mexico since the Last Glacial Maximum with implications for the melting history of the Laurentide Ice Sheet. Quaternary Science Reviews 26, p 920-940.

Simms, A. R., J. B. Anderson, K. T. Milliken, Z. P. Taha, and J. S. Wellner. 2007. Geomorphology and age of the OIS 2 (last lowstand) sequence boundary on the northwestern Gulf of Mexico continental shelf. in Davis, R.J., Posamentier, H.W., Wood, L.J., and Cartwright, J.A. (eds.), Seismic Geomorphology: Applications to Hydrocarbon Exploration and Production, Geological Society of London Special Publication 277, p. 29-46.

Matteus, C.R., Rodriguez, A.B., Greene, D.L.Jr., Simms, A.R., and Anderson, J.B., 2007. Control of upstream variables on incised-valley dimension. Journal of Sedimentary Research 77, p. 213-224.

Simms, A. R., J. B. Anderson, Z. P. Taha, and A. B. Rodriguez. 2006. Overfilled versus underfilled incised valleys: Lessons from the Quaternary Gulf of Mexico. in Dalrymple, R., Leckie, D., and Tillman, R. (Eds.), Incised Valleys in Time and Space, SEPM Special Publication 85, p. 117-139.

Simms, A. R., J. B. Anderson, and M. Blum. 2006. Barrier-island aggradation via inlet migration: Mustang Island, Texas. Sedimentary Geology 187, p. 105-125.

Rodriguez, A. B., J. B. Anderson, and A. R. Simms. 2005. Terrace inundation as an autocyclic mechanism for parasequence formation: Galveston Estuary, Texas, USA. Journal of Sedimentary Research 75, p.608-620.