Selected Papers
Climate and Ice Sheet History
2009, Naish, T., Powell, R., Levy, R., Wilson, G., Scherer, R., et al. Obliquity-paced Pliocene West Antarctic Ice Sheet oscillation. Nature . 458, 322-328 (19 March 2009); doi:10.1038/nature07867
2008, Scherer, R. P., Bohaty, S., Dunbar, R., Esper, O., Flores, J., Gersonde, R., Harwood, D., Roberts, A., and Taviani, M. Antarctic records of precession-paced insolation-driven warming during early Pleistocene Marine Isotope Stage 31. Geophysical Research Letters. 35, doi:10.1029/2007GL032254.
2007, Sjunneskog, C.M., Scherer, R.P., Aldahan, A. and Possnert, G. 10Be in glacial marine sediment of the Ross Sea, Antarctica, a potential tracer of depositional environment and sediment chronology. NIMB (Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section B). 259, 576-583.
2005, Sjunneskog, C.S., and Scherer, R.P. 2005. Mixed diatom assemblages in Ross Sea (Antarctica) glacigenic facies. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology. 218(3-4), 287-300.
2003, Scherer, R.P., 2003. Quaternary interglacials and the West Antarctic Ice Sheet. In: A. Droxler, R. Poore, and Burckle, L. (eds.), Earth's Climate and Orbital Eccentricity: The Marine Isotope Stage 11 Question. AGU Geophysical Monograph # 137 Washington, D.C., 103-112.
1998, Scherer, R.P., Aldahan, A., Tulaczyk, S., Kamb., B., Engelhardt, H., and Possnert, G., 1998. Pleistocene collapse of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet. Science. 281(373), 82-85.
1997, Scherer, R.P., Aldahan, A., and Possnert, G., 1997. Cosmogenic 10Be in sediments beneath the West Antarctic Ice Sheet: Hypotheses and assumptions. Antarctic Journal of the U.S., 1997 Annual Review. 32(5)31-32.
1994, Scherer, R.P., 1994. A speculative stratigraphic model for the Ross Embayment, West 1993 Antarctica. Antarctic Jour. of the U.S. 29(5)9-11.
1993, Scherer, R.P., 1993. There is direct evidence for a late Quaternary collapse of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet. Jour. Of Glaciology 39(133):716-722.
1991, Scherer, R.P., 1991. Quaternary and Tertiary microfossils from beneath Ice Stream B: Evidence for a dynamic West Antarctic Ice Sheet history. Global and Planetary Change, 4(4)395-412.
1989, Harwood, D.M., Scherer, R.P. and Webb, P.-N., 1989. Multiple Miocene marine productivity events in West Antarctica as recorded in upper Miocene sediments beneath the Ross Ice Shelf (Site J-9). Marine Micropaleontology. 5:91-115.
1988, Scherer, R.P., Harwood, D.M., Ishman, S.E. and Webb, P.-N., 1988. Micropaleontological analysis of sediments from the Crary Ice Rise, Ross Ice Shelf. Antarctic Jour. of the U.S. 1988 Review, 23:34-36.
Marine Diatom Biostratigraphy and Taxonomy
In Press: Sjunneskog, C.M., Winter, D., Scherer, R., Riesselman, C. Pliocene evolution of the diatom Fragilariopsis on the Antarctic continental shelf. Micropaleontology.
2010, Winter, D., Sjunneskog, C., Scherer, R., and Maffioli, P. Early Pliocene diatom record of the ANDRILL MIS core and its regional counterparts. Global Planetary Change.
2010, Winter, D., Sjunneskog, C., Scherer, R., Riesselman, C., Maffioli, P., and Harwood, D. Pliocene-Pleistocene diatom biostratigraphy of near-shore Antarctica from the AND-1B core, McMurdo Sound. Global Planetary Change.
2009, Olney, M, Bohaty, S., Harwood, D., and Scherer, R., Creania lacyae gen. nov. et. sp. nov. and Synedropsis cheethamii sp. nov., fossil indicators of Antarctic sea ice? Diatom Research, 24(2), 357-375.
2007, Olney, M., Scherer, R., Harwood, D., and Bohaty, S. Oligocene-early Miocene Antarctic nearshore diatom biostratigraphy. Deep-Sea Research II. 54, 2325-2349.
2007, Scherer, R.P., Gladenkov, A. Yu., and Barron, J. Methods and applications of Cenozoic marine diatom biostratigraphy, In: Pond Scum to Carbon Sink: Geological and Environmental Applications of Diatoms," S. Starrat, ed. Paleontological Society, Geological Society of America Special Publication 37pp.
2007, Scherer, R., Hannah, M., Maffioli, P., Persico, D., Sjunneskog, C., Strong, P., Taviani, M., And Winter, D., 2007, Palaeontologic characterization and analysis of ANDRILL core AND-1b. Terra Antartica, 15(3):223-254 (supplementary data on CD-ROM).
2007, Dunbar G., Niessen F., Vogel S., Tulaczyk, S., Mandernack K., Krissek L., Carter L., Cowan E., Wilch T., Peng C., Strong C.P., Scherer, R., Sjunneskog C., Winter D., McKay R., Talarico F., Pompilio M. & the ANDRILL-MIS Science Team. Late-Pleistocene to Holocene Strata from Soft-Sediment Coring at the AND-1B Site, ANDRILL McMurdo Ice Shelf Project, Antarctica. Terra Antartica 15(3):141-154.
2007, Wilson G., Levy R., Browne G., Cody R., Dunbar, N., Florindo F., Henrys S., Graham I., McIntosh W., McKay R., Naish T., Ohneiser C., Powell R., Ross J., Sagnotti L., Scherer, R., Sjunneskog C., Strong C.P., Taviani M., Winter D. & the ANDRILL-MIS Science Team. Preliminary Integrated Chronostratigraphy of the AND-1B Core, ANDRILL McMurdo Ice Shelf Project, Antarctica. Terra Antartica 15(3):297-316.
2007, Naish T., Powell R., Levy R., Henrys S., Krissek L., Niessen F., Pompilio M., Scherer, R., Wilson G. & the ANDRILL-MIS Science Team Synthesis of the Initial Scientific Results of the MIS Project, Victoria Land Basin, Antarctica. Terra Antartica 15(3):317-324.
2007, Scherer, R., Winter, D., Sjunneskog, C., Maffioli, P. The diatom record of the ANDRILL - McMurdo Ice Shelf project drillcore. Proceedings of the 10th ISAES, USGS Spec. Pub. http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2007/1047/ea/of2007-1047ea171.pdf
2007, Naish, T., Powell, R., Henrys, S., Wilson, G., Krissek, L., Niessen, F., Pompilio, M., Scherer, R., Talarico, F., Levy, R., and Pyne, A. Late Neogene climate history of the Ross Embayment: Initial results from the ANDRILL McMurdo Ice Shelf Project. Proceedings of the 10th ISAES, USGS Spec. Pub.
2007, Wilson, G., Levy, R., Browne, G., Florindo, F., Henrys, S., Graham, I., McIntosh, W., McKay, R., Naish, T., Ohneiser, C., Powell, R., Ross, J., Sagnotti, L., Scherer, R., Sjunneskog, C., Strong, P., Taviani, M. and Winter, D. Preliminary chronostratigraphy for the upper 700 m (upper Miocene Pleistocene) of the AND-1B drillcore recovered from beneath the McMurdo Ice Shelf, Antarctica. Proceedings of the 10th ISAES, USGS Spec. Pub. http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2007/1047/ea/of2007-1047ea092.pdf
2006, Harwood, D., Bohaty, S., Scherer, R., Miocene siliceous microfossil occurence of sediment core CRP-1 (Table 3) [supplementary data to Scherer et al., Terra Antartica, 1998], doi:10.1594/PANGAEA.433491
2006, Bohaty, S., Scherer, R., Harwood, D. Investigation of Quaternary diatoms in sediment core CRP-1 from the Ross Sea, Antarctica [supplementary data to Bohaty et al., Terra Antartica 1998] doi:10.1594/PANGAEA.510744
2005, Olney, M, Scherer, R., Bohaty, S., and Harwood, D., 2005. Eocene-Oligocene Paleoecology and the Diatom Genus Kisseleviella Sheshukova-Poretskaya from the Victoria Land Basin, Antarctica. Marine Micropaleontology, 58: 56-72.
2002, Wilson, G., Lavelle, M., McIntosh, W., Roberts, A., Harwood, D., Villa, G., Bohaty, S., Fielding, C., Florindo, F., Naish, T., Sagnotti, S., Scherer, R., Verosub, K., Watkins, D., 2002. Integrated chronostratigraphic calibration of the Oligocene-Miocene boundary at 24.0 ± 0.1 Ma from the CRP-2A drill core, Ross Sea, Antarctica. Geology, 30 (11), 1043-1046.
2001, Naish, T., Woolfe, K., Wilson, G, Atkins, C, Barrett, P., Bohaty, S., Bucker, C., Claps, M., Davey, F., Dunbar, G., Dunn, A., Fielding, C., Florindo, F., Hannah, M., Harwood, D., Watkins, D., Henrys, S., Krissek, L., Lavelle, M., van der Meer, J., McIntosh, W., Niessen, F., Passchier, S., Powell, R., Roberts, A., Sagnotti, S., Scherer, R., Strong, C., Talarico, F., Verosub, K., Webb, P., and Wonik, T., 2001. Orbitally induced oscillations in the East Antarctic Ice Sheet at the Oligocene/Miocene boundary. Nature, 413, 719-723.
2000, Scherer, R.P, Bohaty, S, and Harwood, D. M., 2000. Oligocene and lower Miocene siliceous microfossil biostratigraphy of Cape Roberts Project, Core CRP-2/2a, Victoria Land Basin, Ross Sea, Antarctica. Terra Antartica, 7(4), 417-442.
1999, Harwood, D. M., Bohaty, S., and Scherer, R.P. 1999. Lower Miocene diatom biostratigraphy of the Ross Sea, Antarctica, Cape Roberts Project Core 1. Terra Antartica, 5(3): 499-514.
1999, Bohaty, S., Scherer, R.P., and Harwood, D. M., 1999. Quaternary biostratigraphy and paleoenvironments of the Victoria Land Basin, Ross Sea, Antarctica, Cape Roberts Project Core 1. Terra Antartica, 5(3): 431-454.
1998, Scherer, R.P., 1998. Occurrences of diatoms, silicoflagellates or ebridians in lower Eocene through lower Miocene sediments of the southeast Greenland margin. Proc. ODP, Sci. Res. College Station TX (Ocean Drilling Program) 152: 249-253.
1997, Scherer, R.P. 1997. Dickensoniaforma: A new diatom genus in the family Rhaphoneidaceae, with two new fossil species from the Norwegian- Greenland Sea. Diatom Research, 12(1):83-94.
1996, Scherer, R.P. and Koc, N. 1996. Late Paleogene diatom biostratigraphy and paleoenvironments of the northern Norwegian-Greenland Sea. Proc. ODP, Sci. Res. College Station TX (Ocean Drilling Program), 151: 75-100.
1996, Koc, N. and Scherer, R.P. 1996. Neogene diatom biostratigraphy of the Iceland Sea Site 907. Proc. ODP, Sci. Res. College Station TX (Ocean Drilling Program), 151:61-74.
Quantitative Approaches to Marine and Freshwater Diatom Paleoecology
2007, Warnock, J., Scherer, R., and Loubere, P. A quantitative proxy of diatom dissolution with implications on sediment focussing mechanisms in the Eastern Equatorial Pacific. Deep-Sea Research. 54, 772-783.
1997, Sjunneskog, C. and Scherer, R.P., 1997. High-resolution diatom record in bioturbated antarctic sediments. Antarctic Journal of the U.S., 1997 Annual Review. 32(5), 34-36.
1994, Scherer, R.P., 1994. A new method for the determination of absolute abundance of diatoms and other silt-sized sedimentary particles. Journal of Paleolimnology, 12(2)171-180.
1988, Scherer, R. P., 1988. Freshwater diatom assemblages and ecology/paleoecology of the Okefenokee swamp-marsh complex of southern Georgia, USA. Diatom Research, 3(1)115-143.
1987, Scherer, R.P., 1987. Paleoenvironmental studies of non-marine diatoms in Quaternary antarctic sediments. Antarctic Jour. of the U.S. 1987 Review, 22:35-37.
Glacial Processes
2005, Scherer, R.P., Sjunneskog, C.M., Iverson, N., and Hooyer, T. 2005. Frustules to fragments, diatoms to dust: how degradation of microfossil micro and nanostructures can teach us how ice sheets work. Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, 5, 96-99.
2004, Scherer, R.P., Sjunneskog, C.M., Iverson, N., and Hooyer, T. 2004. Assessing subglacial processes from diatom fragmentation patterns. Geology. 32(7), 557-560.
2000, Tulaczyk, S., Scherer, R.P., and Clark, C.D., 2000. A ploughing model for the origin of weak tills beneath ice streams: a qualitative treatment. Quaternary International, 86(1), 59-70. (Republished in 2004 in D.J.A. Evans (ed.) Critical Concepts in Geography: Glacial Geomorphology. v. 4)
1998, Tulaczyk, S., Kamb, B., Scherer, R.P. and Engelhardt, H., 1998. Sedimentary processes at the base of a West Antarctic ice stream: Constraints from textural and compositional properties of subglacial debris. Journal of Sedimentary Research, 68(3), 487-496.
1997, Scherer, R.P. and Tulaczyk, S., 1997. Diatoms in subglacial sediments yield clues regarding West Antarctic ice sheet history and ice stream processes. Antarctic Journal of the U.S., 1997 Annual Review, 32(5), 32-33.
Vertebrate Paleontology
In Press: Peterson, J., Scherer, R. and Huffman, K. Methods of microvertebrate sampling and their influences on taphonomic interpretations. Palaios.
In Press: Harrison, W., Nichols, D., Henderson, M. and Scherer, R., Using pollen, leaves, and paleomagnetism to date a juvenile tyrannosaurid in Upper Cretaceous rocks. In: Origin, Systematics, and Paleobiology of the Tyrannosauridae. (M. Parrish and P. Currie, eds.), Indiana University Press.
In Press: Henderson, M., Parrish, M., Currie, P., Scherer, R. Ontogenetic changes in Tyrannosaurous rex. In: Origin, Systematics, and Paleobiology of the Tyrannosauridae. (M. Parrish and P. Currie, eds.), Indiana University Press.
2010, Peterson, J.E., Lenczewski, M.E., Scherer, R.P. Influence of Microbial Biofilms on the Preservation of Primary Soft Tissue in Fossil and Extant Archosaurs. PLoS ONE 5(10): e13334. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0013334
2009, Peterson, J., Henderson, M., Scherer, R., and Vittore, C. Face biting on a juvenile tyrannosaurid and behavioral implications. Palaios. 24: 780-784.
Radiolarian Biostratigraphy, Evolution, and Taxonomy
1991, Scherer, R.P., 1991. Miocene radiolarians of the Sulu Sea, ODP Leg 124. Proc. ODP, Sci. Res., 124: College Station, TX (Ocean Drilling Program) pp. 359-368.
1991, Scherer, R.P., 1991. Radiolarians of the Celebes Sea, ODP Leg 124, Sites 767 and 770. Proc. Proc. ODP, Sci. Res., 124: College Station, TX (Ocean Drilling Program), pp. 345-358.
1985 Lazarus, D., Scherer, R.P. and Prothero, D., 1985. Evolution of the radiolarian species-complex Pterocanium. Journal of Paleontology, 59(1):183-220.