In Press:
Simms, A.R. (in press). Quaternary relative sea-level changes at high latitudes. In: Encyclopedia of Quaternary Science, 3rd Edition.
Hong, S.-H., Ryang, W. H., Yoo, D.-G., Simms, A.R., Kim, J.C., Lee, G.-S. (in press). Bayhead delta succession as a stratigraphic marker of sea-level changes during the early to late Holocene - the Nakdong Valley of south-eastern Korea. Sedimentology.
2024:
Simms, A.R., Ishiwa, T., Hodgson, D.A., Tamura, T., and DeWitt, R. (2024). Late Pleistocene sea-level constraints across Antarctica. Quaternary Science Reviews 341: 108879.
Pickering, L.O., Summers, G.R., Hocking, E.P., Garrett, E., and Simms, A.R. (2024). Microfossil and geochemical evidence for the Storegga tsunami at Budle Bay, Northumerland, UK. Sedimentologika 2: 1-15.
Divola, C., Simms, A.R., Sremba, A., Baker, C.S., Friedlaender, A., and Southon, J. (2024). Constraining the radiocarbon reservoir age for the Southern Ocean using whale bones salvaged from early 20th century whaling stations. Quaternary Science Reviews 336: 108756
2023:
Theilen, B.M., Simms, A.R., DeWitt, R., Zurbuchen, J., Garcia, C., and Gernant, C. (2023). The impact of the Neoglacial and other environmental changes on the raised beaches of Joinville Island. Antarctic Science 35: 418-437.
Kluesner, J.W., Johnson, S.Y., Nishenko, S.P., Medri, E., Simms, A.R., Greene, H.G., Gray, Shann, H.J., Mahan, S., Padgett, J.S., Krolczyk, E.T., Brothers, D.S., and Conrad, J.E. (2023). High-resolution geophysical and geochronological analysis of a relict shoreface deposit offshore central California: Implications for slip rate along the Hosgri fault. Geosphere 19: 1788-1811.
Anderson, J.B., Wallace, D., Rodriguez, A.B., and Simms, A.R. (2023). Unprecedented historical erosion of U.S. Gulf Coast: A consequence of accelerated sea-level rise? Earth’s Future 11: e2023EF003676.
Avnaim-Katav, S., Garrett, E., Gehrels, W.R., Brown, L.N., Rockwell, T.K., Simms, A.R., Bentz, J.M., and MacDonald, G.M. (2023). Contemporary salt-marsh foraminifera from Southern California and implications for reconstructing Late Holocene sea-level changes. Journal of Foraminiferal Research 53: 157-176.
Yoon, H.H., Ryang, W.H., Chun, S.S., Simms, A.R., Kim, J.C., Chang, T.S., Yoo, D.-G., and Hong, S.-H. (2023). Coastal switching of dominant depositional processes driven by decreasing rates of Holocene sea-level rise along the macrotidal coast of Gochang, SW Korea. Journal of Sedimentary Research 93: 20-36.
Medri, E., Simms, A.R., Kluesner, J., Johnson, S.Y., Nishenko, S.P., Greene, H.G., and Conrad, J.E. (2023). Subaqueous clinoforms created by sandy wave-supported gravity flows: lessons from the central California Shelf. Marine Geology 456: 106977
Rovere, A., Ryan, D.D., Vacchi, M., Dutton, A., Simms, A.R., Murray-Wallace, C.V. (2023). The World Atlas of Last Interglacial Shorelines (Version 1.0). Earth System Science Discussions 15:1-23.
2022:
Anderson, J.B., Wallace, D.J., Rodriguez, A.B., Simms, A.R., Milliken, K.T. (2022). Holocene Evolution of the Western Louisiana-Texas Coast, USA: Response to Sea-Level Rise and Climate Change. GSA Memoir 221, 81 p.
Reynolds, L.C., Simms, A.R., Rockwell, T.; Yokoyama, Y., Miyairi, Y., and Hangsterfer, A. (2022). Sedimentary response of a microtidal estuary to coseismic subsidence. Geological Society of America Bulletin 134: 2037-2050.
Ryang, W.H., Simms, A.R., Yoon, H.H., Chun, S.S., Kong, G.S. (2022). Last interglacial sea-level proxies in the Korea Peninsula. Earth System Science Data 14: 117-142.
Simms, A.R., Best, L., Shennan, I., Bradley, S.L., Small, D., Bustamante, E., Lightowler, A., Osleger, D., Sefton, J. (2022). Investigating the roles of relative sea-level change and glacio-isostatic adjustment on the retreat of a marine based ice stream in NW Scotland. Quaternary Science Reviews 277: 107366.
Best, L., Simms, A.R., Brader, M., Lloyd, J., Sefton, J., and Shennan, I. (2022). Local and regional constraints on relative sea-level changes in southern Isle of Skye, Scotland, since the Last Glacial Maximum. Journal of Quaternary Science 37: 59-70.
2021:
Simms, A.R., Bentley, M.J., Simkins, L.M., Zurbuchen, J., Reynolds, L.C., DeWitt, R., Thomas, E.R. (2021). Evidence for a “Little Ice Age” glacial advance within the Antarctic Peninsula – Examples from glacially-overrun raised beaches. Quaternary Science Reviews 271: 10791.
Simms, A.R. (2021). Last interglacial sea levels within the Gulf of Mexico and northwestern Caribbean Sea. Earth System Science Data 13: 1419-1439.
2020:
Zurbuchen, J., Simms, A.R., and Huot, S. (2020). Episodic coastal progradation of the coastal Oxnard Plain, southern California. Journal of Coastal Research 36: 1130-1144.
Simms, A.R., Rood, D.H., Rockwell, T.K. (2020). Correcting MIS5e and 5a sea-level estimates for tectonic uplift, an example from southern California. Quaternary Science Reviews 248: 106571.
Zurbuchen, J., Simms, A.R., Warrick, J.A., Miller, I.M., Ritchie, A. (2020). A model for the growth and development of wave-dominated deltas fed by small mountainous rivers: Insights from the Elwha River delta, Washington. Sedimentology 67: 2310-2331.
Switzer, A.D., Gouramanis, C., Bristow, C.S., and Simms, A.R. (2020). Chapter 8: Ground-penetrating radar (GPR) in coastal hazard studies. In: Engel, M., Pilarczyk, J., May, S.M., Brill, D., Garrett, E.G. (Eds.) Geological Records of Tsunamis and Other Extreme Waves. Elsevier. p. 143-168.
Rice, J.A, Simms, A.R., Buzas-Stephens, P., Steel, E., Livsey, D., Reynolds, L.C., Yokoyama, Y., and Halihan, T. (2020). Deltaic response to climate change: The Holocene history of the Nueces Delta. Global and Planetary Change 191:103213.
2019:
Zurbuchen, J., Simms, A.R. (2019). Late Holocene ice-mass changes recorded in a relative sea-level record from Joinville Island, Antarctica. Geology 47: 1064-1068.
King, B., Simms, A.R., Simkins, L.M. (in press). The stratigraphic architecture of small incised valleys along an active margin: examples from the Oceanside littoral cell of the southern California Coast. In. Mountains to the Abyss: The California Borderland as an Archive of Southern California Geologic Evolution. SEPM Special Publication 110: 78-86.
Reinhard, A.A., Jackson, M.G., Blusztajn, J., Koppers, A.A.P., Simms, A.R., and Konter, J.G. (2019). 'Petit Spot' rejuvenated volcanism superimposed on plume-derived Samoan shield volcanoes: Evidence from a 645 meter drill core from Tutuila Island, American Samoa. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems
Gebbie, G., Simms, A.R., Lisiecki, L. (2019). Why estimates of deglacial ice loss should be biased low. Earth and Planetary Science Letters 515: 112-124.
Simms, A.R., Lisiecki, L., Gebbie, G., Whitehouse, P.L., and Clark, J.F. (2019). Balancing the last glacial maximum (LGM) sea-level budget. Quaternary Science Reviews 205: 143-153.
2018:
Simms, A.R., Whitehouse, P.L., Simkins, L.M., Nield, G., DeWitt, R., and Bentley, M.J. (2018). Late Holocene relative sea levels near Palmer Station, northern Antarctic Peninsula, strongly controlled by late Holocene ice-mass changes. Quaternary Science Reviews 199: 49-59.
Simms, A.R., Rodriguez, A.B., and Anderson, J.B. (2018). Bayhead deltas and shoreline: insights from modern and ancient examples. Sedimentary Geology 374: 17-35.
Reynolds, L.C., Simms, A.R., Ejarque, A., King, B., Anderson, R.S., Carlin, J.A., Bentz, J.M., Rockwell, T.K., and Peters, R. (2018). Coastal flooding and the 1861-2 California storm season. Marine Geology 400: 49-59.
Stocchi, P., Vacchi, M., Lorscheid, T., de Boer, B., Simms, A.R., van de Wal, R.S.W., Vermeersen, B.L.A., Pappalardo, M., and Rovere, A. (2018). MIS5e relative sea-level changes in the Mediterranean Sea: Contribution of isostatic disequilibrium. Quaternary Science Reviews 185: 122-134.
Ferguson, S., Warny, S., Anderson, J.B., Simms, A.R. and Escarguel, G. (2018). Holocene vegetation and climate evolution of Corpus Christi and Trinity bays: Implications on coastal Texas source-to-sink deposition. Geobios 51: 123-135.
Steel, E., Simms, A.R., Steel, R., and Olariu, C. (2018). Hyperpycnal delivery of sand to the continental shelf: insights from the Jurassic Lajas Formation, Neuquén Basin, Argentina. Sedimentology 65: 2149-2170.
Ferguson, S., Warny, S., Anderson, J.B., Simms, A.R. and White, C. (2018). Breaching of Mustang Island in response to the 8.2 ka sea-level event and impact on Corpus Christi Bay, Gulf of Mexico: Implications for future coastal change. The Holocene 28: 166-172.
2017:
Simms, A.R., DeWitt, R., Zurbuchen, J., and Vaughan, P., (2017). Coastal erosion and recovery from a Cascadia subduction zone earthquake and tsunami. Marine Geology 392: 30-40.
Milliken, K.T., Anderson, J.B., Simms, A.R., Blum, M.D., (2017). A Holocene record of flux of alluvial sediment related to climate: case studies from the Gulf of northern Gulf of Mexico. Journal of Sedimentary Research 87: 780-794.
Buzas, M.A., Hayek, L.A.C., Buzas-Stephens, and Simms, A.R., (2017). The ecological balance of nature and the evolution of Baffin Bay, Texas. Journal of Foraminiferal Research 47: 219-227.
Ashford, J., Zane, L., Torres, J.J., La Mesa, M., Simms, A.R. (2017). Population structure and life history connectivity of Antarctic silverfish (Pleugramma Antarctica) in the Southern Ocean ecosystem. In: The Antarctic Silverfish: A Keystone Species in a Changing Ecosystem. p. 193-134.
Steel, E., Buttles, J., Simms, A.R., Mohrig, D., and Meiburg, E., (2017). The role of buoyancy reversal in turbidite deposition and submarine fan architecture. Geology 45: 35-38.
2016:
Steel, E., Simms, A.R., Warrick, J., and Yokoyama, Y. (2016). Highstand shelf fans: the role of buoyancy reversal in the deposition of a new type of shelf sand body. Geological Society of America Bulletin 128: 1717-1724.
Livsey, D.N., and Simms, A.R. (2016). Episodic flooding of estuarine environments in response to drying climate over the last 6,000 years in Baffin Bay, Texas. Marine Geology 381: 142-162.
Simkins, L.M., DeWitt, R., Simms, A.R., Briggs, S., and Shapiro, R.S. (2016). Investigation of optically stimulated luminescence behavior of quartz from crystalline rock surfaces: A look forward. Quaternary Geochronology 36: 161-173.
Simms, A.R., Reynolds, L.C., Bentz, M., Roman, A., Rockwell, T., and Peters, R. (2016). Tectonic subsidence of California estuaries increases forcasts of relative sea-level rise. Estuaries and Coasts 39: 1571-1581.
Anderson, J.B., Wallace, D.J., Simms, A.R., Rodriguez, A.B., Weight, R.W.R., and Taha, Z.P. (2016). Recycling sediments between source and sink during
a eustatic cycle: Systems of late Quaternary northwestern Gulf of Mexico Basin. Earth-Science Reviews 153: 111-138.
Livsey, D.N., Simms, A.R., Hangsterfer, A., Nisbet, R.A., and DeWitt, R. (2016). Drought modulated by North Atlantic sea surface temperatures for the last 3,000 years along the northwestern Gulf of Mexico. Quaternary Science Reviews 135: 54-64.
Arauza, H.M., Simms, A.R., Bement, L.C., Carter, B.J., Conley, T., Wolderqauy, A., Johnson, W.C., and Jaiswal, P. (2016). Geomorphic and sedimentary responses of the Bull Creek Valley (Southern High Plains, USA) to Pleistocene and Holocene environmental change. Quaternary Research 85: 118-132
Simms, A.R., Rouby, H., and Lambeck, K. (2016). Marine terraces and rates of vertical tectonic motion: The importance of glacio-isostatic adjustment along the Pacific Coast of central North America. Geological Society of America Bulletin 128: 81-93.
2015:
Reynolds, L.C., and Simms, A.R. Late (2015). Quaternary relative sea level in Southern California and Monterey Bay. Quaternary Science Reviews 126: 57-66.
Simkins, L.M., Simms, A.R., and DeWitt, R. (2015). Assessing the link between coastal morphology, wave energy, and sea ice throughout the Holocene from Antarctic raised beaches. Journal of Quaternary Science 30: 335-348.
Holmquist, J., Reynolds, L., Brown, L., Southon, J., Simms, A.R., and MacDonald, G. (2015). Marine radiocarbon reservoir values in southern California estuaries: interspecies, latitudinal, and interannual variability. Radiocarbon 57: 449-458.
Ejarque, A., Anderson, R.S., Simms, A.R., and Gentry, B.J. (2015). Prehistoric fires and the shaping of colonial transported landscapes in southern California: A paleoenvironmental study at Dune Pond, Santa Barbara County. Quaternary Science Reviews 112: 181-196.
Simms, A.R. and Rodriguez, A.B. (2015). The influence of valley morphology on the rate of bayhead delta progradation. Journal of Sedimentary Research 85: 38-44.
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.
Simms, A.R. (in press). Quaternary relative sea-level changes at high latitudes. In: Encyclopedia of Quaternary Science, 3rd Edition.
Hong, S.-H., Ryang, W. H., Yoo, D.-G., Simms, A.R., Kim, J.C., Lee, G.-S. (in press). Bayhead delta succession as a stratigraphic marker of sea-level changes during the early to late Holocene - the Nakdong Valley of south-eastern Korea. Sedimentology.
2024:
Simms, A.R., Ishiwa, T., Hodgson, D.A., Tamura, T., and DeWitt, R. (2024). Late Pleistocene sea-level constraints across Antarctica. Quaternary Science Reviews 341: 108879.
Pickering, L.O., Summers, G.R., Hocking, E.P., Garrett, E., and Simms, A.R. (2024). Microfossil and geochemical evidence for the Storegga tsunami at Budle Bay, Northumerland, UK. Sedimentologika 2: 1-15.
Divola, C., Simms, A.R., Sremba, A., Baker, C.S., Friedlaender, A., and Southon, J. (2024). Constraining the radiocarbon reservoir age for the Southern Ocean using whale bones salvaged from early 20th century whaling stations. Quaternary Science Reviews 336: 108756
2023:
Theilen, B.M., Simms, A.R., DeWitt, R., Zurbuchen, J., Garcia, C., and Gernant, C. (2023). The impact of the Neoglacial and other environmental changes on the raised beaches of Joinville Island. Antarctic Science 35: 418-437.
Kluesner, J.W., Johnson, S.Y., Nishenko, S.P., Medri, E., Simms, A.R., Greene, H.G., Gray, Shann, H.J., Mahan, S., Padgett, J.S., Krolczyk, E.T., Brothers, D.S., and Conrad, J.E. (2023). High-resolution geophysical and geochronological analysis of a relict shoreface deposit offshore central California: Implications for slip rate along the Hosgri fault. Geosphere 19: 1788-1811.
Anderson, J.B., Wallace, D., Rodriguez, A.B., and Simms, A.R. (2023). Unprecedented historical erosion of U.S. Gulf Coast: A consequence of accelerated sea-level rise? Earth’s Future 11: e2023EF003676.
Avnaim-Katav, S., Garrett, E., Gehrels, W.R., Brown, L.N., Rockwell, T.K., Simms, A.R., Bentz, J.M., and MacDonald, G.M. (2023). Contemporary salt-marsh foraminifera from Southern California and implications for reconstructing Late Holocene sea-level changes. Journal of Foraminiferal Research 53: 157-176.
Yoon, H.H., Ryang, W.H., Chun, S.S., Simms, A.R., Kim, J.C., Chang, T.S., Yoo, D.-G., and Hong, S.-H. (2023). Coastal switching of dominant depositional processes driven by decreasing rates of Holocene sea-level rise along the macrotidal coast of Gochang, SW Korea. Journal of Sedimentary Research 93: 20-36.
Medri, E., Simms, A.R., Kluesner, J., Johnson, S.Y., Nishenko, S.P., Greene, H.G., and Conrad, J.E. (2023). Subaqueous clinoforms created by sandy wave-supported gravity flows: lessons from the central California Shelf. Marine Geology 456: 106977
Rovere, A., Ryan, D.D., Vacchi, M., Dutton, A., Simms, A.R., Murray-Wallace, C.V. (2023). The World Atlas of Last Interglacial Shorelines (Version 1.0). Earth System Science Discussions 15:1-23.
2022:
Anderson, J.B., Wallace, D.J., Rodriguez, A.B., Simms, A.R., Milliken, K.T. (2022). Holocene Evolution of the Western Louisiana-Texas Coast, USA: Response to Sea-Level Rise and Climate Change. GSA Memoir 221, 81 p.
Reynolds, L.C., Simms, A.R., Rockwell, T.; Yokoyama, Y., Miyairi, Y., and Hangsterfer, A. (2022). Sedimentary response of a microtidal estuary to coseismic subsidence. Geological Society of America Bulletin 134: 2037-2050.
Ryang, W.H., Simms, A.R., Yoon, H.H., Chun, S.S., Kong, G.S. (2022). Last interglacial sea-level proxies in the Korea Peninsula. Earth System Science Data 14: 117-142.
Simms, A.R., Best, L., Shennan, I., Bradley, S.L., Small, D., Bustamante, E., Lightowler, A., Osleger, D., Sefton, J. (2022). Investigating the roles of relative sea-level change and glacio-isostatic adjustment on the retreat of a marine based ice stream in NW Scotland. Quaternary Science Reviews 277: 107366.
Best, L., Simms, A.R., Brader, M., Lloyd, J., Sefton, J., and Shennan, I. (2022). Local and regional constraints on relative sea-level changes in southern Isle of Skye, Scotland, since the Last Glacial Maximum. Journal of Quaternary Science 37: 59-70.
2021:
Simms, A.R., Bentley, M.J., Simkins, L.M., Zurbuchen, J., Reynolds, L.C., DeWitt, R., Thomas, E.R. (2021). Evidence for a “Little Ice Age” glacial advance within the Antarctic Peninsula – Examples from glacially-overrun raised beaches. Quaternary Science Reviews 271: 10791.
Simms, A.R. (2021). Last interglacial sea levels within the Gulf of Mexico and northwestern Caribbean Sea. Earth System Science Data 13: 1419-1439.
2020:
Zurbuchen, J., Simms, A.R., and Huot, S. (2020). Episodic coastal progradation of the coastal Oxnard Plain, southern California. Journal of Coastal Research 36: 1130-1144.
Simms, A.R., Rood, D.H., Rockwell, T.K. (2020). Correcting MIS5e and 5a sea-level estimates for tectonic uplift, an example from southern California. Quaternary Science Reviews 248: 106571.
Zurbuchen, J., Simms, A.R., Warrick, J.A., Miller, I.M., Ritchie, A. (2020). A model for the growth and development of wave-dominated deltas fed by small mountainous rivers: Insights from the Elwha River delta, Washington. Sedimentology 67: 2310-2331.
Switzer, A.D., Gouramanis, C., Bristow, C.S., and Simms, A.R. (2020). Chapter 8: Ground-penetrating radar (GPR) in coastal hazard studies. In: Engel, M., Pilarczyk, J., May, S.M., Brill, D., Garrett, E.G. (Eds.) Geological Records of Tsunamis and Other Extreme Waves. Elsevier. p. 143-168.
Rice, J.A, Simms, A.R., Buzas-Stephens, P., Steel, E., Livsey, D., Reynolds, L.C., Yokoyama, Y., and Halihan, T. (2020). Deltaic response to climate change: The Holocene history of the Nueces Delta. Global and Planetary Change 191:103213.
2019:
Zurbuchen, J., Simms, A.R. (2019). Late Holocene ice-mass changes recorded in a relative sea-level record from Joinville Island, Antarctica. Geology 47: 1064-1068.
King, B., Simms, A.R., Simkins, L.M. (in press). The stratigraphic architecture of small incised valleys along an active margin: examples from the Oceanside littoral cell of the southern California Coast. In. Mountains to the Abyss: The California Borderland as an Archive of Southern California Geologic Evolution. SEPM Special Publication 110: 78-86.
Reinhard, A.A., Jackson, M.G., Blusztajn, J., Koppers, A.A.P., Simms, A.R., and Konter, J.G. (2019). 'Petit Spot' rejuvenated volcanism superimposed on plume-derived Samoan shield volcanoes: Evidence from a 645 meter drill core from Tutuila Island, American Samoa. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems
Gebbie, G., Simms, A.R., Lisiecki, L. (2019). Why estimates of deglacial ice loss should be biased low. Earth and Planetary Science Letters 515: 112-124.
Simms, A.R., Lisiecki, L., Gebbie, G., Whitehouse, P.L., and Clark, J.F. (2019). Balancing the last glacial maximum (LGM) sea-level budget. Quaternary Science Reviews 205: 143-153.
2018:
Simms, A.R., Whitehouse, P.L., Simkins, L.M., Nield, G., DeWitt, R., and Bentley, M.J. (2018). Late Holocene relative sea levels near Palmer Station, northern Antarctic Peninsula, strongly controlled by late Holocene ice-mass changes. Quaternary Science Reviews 199: 49-59.
Simms, A.R., Rodriguez, A.B., and Anderson, J.B. (2018). Bayhead deltas and shoreline: insights from modern and ancient examples. Sedimentary Geology 374: 17-35.
Reynolds, L.C., Simms, A.R., Ejarque, A., King, B., Anderson, R.S., Carlin, J.A., Bentz, J.M., Rockwell, T.K., and Peters, R. (2018). Coastal flooding and the 1861-2 California storm season. Marine Geology 400: 49-59.
Stocchi, P., Vacchi, M., Lorscheid, T., de Boer, B., Simms, A.R., van de Wal, R.S.W., Vermeersen, B.L.A., Pappalardo, M., and Rovere, A. (2018). MIS5e relative sea-level changes in the Mediterranean Sea: Contribution of isostatic disequilibrium. Quaternary Science Reviews 185: 122-134.
Ferguson, S., Warny, S., Anderson, J.B., Simms, A.R. and Escarguel, G. (2018). Holocene vegetation and climate evolution of Corpus Christi and Trinity bays: Implications on coastal Texas source-to-sink deposition. Geobios 51: 123-135.
Steel, E., Simms, A.R., Steel, R., and Olariu, C. (2018). Hyperpycnal delivery of sand to the continental shelf: insights from the Jurassic Lajas Formation, Neuquén Basin, Argentina. Sedimentology 65: 2149-2170.
Ferguson, S., Warny, S., Anderson, J.B., Simms, A.R. and White, C. (2018). Breaching of Mustang Island in response to the 8.2 ka sea-level event and impact on Corpus Christi Bay, Gulf of Mexico: Implications for future coastal change. The Holocene 28: 166-172.
2017:
Simms, A.R., DeWitt, R., Zurbuchen, J., and Vaughan, P., (2017). Coastal erosion and recovery from a Cascadia subduction zone earthquake and tsunami. Marine Geology 392: 30-40.
Milliken, K.T., Anderson, J.B., Simms, A.R., Blum, M.D., (2017). A Holocene record of flux of alluvial sediment related to climate: case studies from the Gulf of northern Gulf of Mexico. Journal of Sedimentary Research 87: 780-794.
Buzas, M.A., Hayek, L.A.C., Buzas-Stephens, and Simms, A.R., (2017). The ecological balance of nature and the evolution of Baffin Bay, Texas. Journal of Foraminiferal Research 47: 219-227.
Ashford, J., Zane, L., Torres, J.J., La Mesa, M., Simms, A.R. (2017). Population structure and life history connectivity of Antarctic silverfish (Pleugramma Antarctica) in the Southern Ocean ecosystem. In: The Antarctic Silverfish: A Keystone Species in a Changing Ecosystem. p. 193-134.
Steel, E., Buttles, J., Simms, A.R., Mohrig, D., and Meiburg, E., (2017). The role of buoyancy reversal in turbidite deposition and submarine fan architecture. Geology 45: 35-38.
2016:
Steel, E., Simms, A.R., Warrick, J., and Yokoyama, Y. (2016). Highstand shelf fans: the role of buoyancy reversal in the deposition of a new type of shelf sand body. Geological Society of America Bulletin 128: 1717-1724.
Livsey, D.N., and Simms, A.R. (2016). Episodic flooding of estuarine environments in response to drying climate over the last 6,000 years in Baffin Bay, Texas. Marine Geology 381: 142-162.
Simkins, L.M., DeWitt, R., Simms, A.R., Briggs, S., and Shapiro, R.S. (2016). Investigation of optically stimulated luminescence behavior of quartz from crystalline rock surfaces: A look forward. Quaternary Geochronology 36: 161-173.
Simms, A.R., Reynolds, L.C., Bentz, M., Roman, A., Rockwell, T., and Peters, R. (2016). Tectonic subsidence of California estuaries increases forcasts of relative sea-level rise. Estuaries and Coasts 39: 1571-1581.
Anderson, J.B., Wallace, D.J., Simms, A.R., Rodriguez, A.B., Weight, R.W.R., and Taha, Z.P. (2016). Recycling sediments between source and sink during
a eustatic cycle: Systems of late Quaternary northwestern Gulf of Mexico Basin. Earth-Science Reviews 153: 111-138.
Livsey, D.N., Simms, A.R., Hangsterfer, A., Nisbet, R.A., and DeWitt, R. (2016). Drought modulated by North Atlantic sea surface temperatures for the last 3,000 years along the northwestern Gulf of Mexico. Quaternary Science Reviews 135: 54-64.
Arauza, H.M., Simms, A.R., Bement, L.C., Carter, B.J., Conley, T., Wolderqauy, A., Johnson, W.C., and Jaiswal, P. (2016). Geomorphic and sedimentary responses of the Bull Creek Valley (Southern High Plains, USA) to Pleistocene and Holocene environmental change. Quaternary Research 85: 118-132
Simms, A.R., Rouby, H., and Lambeck, K. (2016). Marine terraces and rates of vertical tectonic motion: The importance of glacio-isostatic adjustment along the Pacific Coast of central North America. Geological Society of America Bulletin 128: 81-93.
2015:
Reynolds, L.C., and Simms, A.R. Late (2015). Quaternary relative sea level in Southern California and Monterey Bay. Quaternary Science Reviews 126: 57-66.
Simkins, L.M., Simms, A.R., and DeWitt, R. (2015). Assessing the link between coastal morphology, wave energy, and sea ice throughout the Holocene from Antarctic raised beaches. Journal of Quaternary Science 30: 335-348.
Holmquist, J., Reynolds, L., Brown, L., Southon, J., Simms, A.R., and MacDonald, G. (2015). Marine radiocarbon reservoir values in southern California estuaries: interspecies, latitudinal, and interannual variability. Radiocarbon 57: 449-458.
Ejarque, A., Anderson, R.S., Simms, A.R., and Gentry, B.J. (2015). Prehistoric fires and the shaping of colonial transported landscapes in southern California: A paleoenvironmental study at Dune Pond, Santa Barbara County. Quaternary Science Reviews 112: 181-196.
Simms, A.R. and Rodriguez, A.B. (2015). The influence of valley morphology on the rate of bayhead delta progradation. Journal of Sedimentary Research 85: 38-44.
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.