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Corcoran, P.L., (submitted July 25, 2024). Plastics and the Anthropocene. In: Encyclopedia of the Anthropocene, Elsevier.
Sara L. Belontz, Patricia L. Corcoran, Linda Kimpe, Paul A. Helm, and Chris Marvin. 2024. A temporal record of microplastic accumulation in sediment cores of the Great Lakes, North America, reflects macroeconomic and regional influences. FACETS. 9(): 1-10. https://doi.org/10.1139/facets-2023-0057
Nina Kozikowski and Patricia Lynn Corcoran (submitted July 4, 2024). Pedestrian traffic is the main driver of macro-and large microplastic debris deposition in urban stormwater drains. Frontiers in Environmental Science ms#145925.
Hill-Svehla, C.M., Corcoran, P.L. 2022. Microbial, tidal, and storm activity in a macrotidal to shallow marine shelf environment during the Paleoproterozoic era. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences. e-First https://doi.org/10.1139/cjes-2022-0042
Wardlaw, C., Corcoran, P.L., Neff, B.D., 2022. Factors influencing the variation of microplastic uptake in demersal fishes from the upper Thames River Ontario. Environmental Pollution, 313, 120095.
Belontz, S.L., Corcoran, P.L., de Haan-Ward, J., Helm, P.A., Marvin, C., 2022. Factors driving the spatial distribution of microplastics in nearshore and offshore sediment of Lake Huron, North America. Marine Pollution Bulletin 179, 113709.
Arturo, I.A., Corcoran, P.L., 2022. Categorization of plastic debris on sixty-six beaches of the Laurentian Great Lakes, North America. Environmental Research Letters 17 (4), 045008.
Corcoran, P.L., 2021. Degradation of microplastics in the environment. Rocha-Santos, T., Costa, M. Mouneyrac, C. (Eds.), Handbook of Microplastics in the Environment. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-10618-8_10-1
Al-Hashim, M., Corcoran, P.L., 2021. Synsedimentary deformation structures within the Paleoproterozoic Espanola Formation, Huronian Supergroup, Canada: Implications for basin tectonism and paleodepositional conditions. Precambrian Research, 367, 106441.
Belontz, S.L. and Corcoran, P.L., 2021. Prioritizing Suitable Quality Assurance and Control Standards to Reduce Laboratory Airborne Microfibre Contamination in Sediment Samples. Environments, 8:89; https://doi.org/10.3390/environments8090089.
Al-Hashim, M.H., Corcoran, P.L. 2021. Geochemistry of the Paleoproterozoic Espanola Formation, Bruce Mines—Elliot Lake area, Ontario, Canada: implications for provenance, paleo-weathering, and tectonic setting. Geoscience Journal, 25, 125–144.
Wardlaw, Colleen, “Microplastics in White Sucker (Catostomus commersonii) and Common Carp (Cyprinus carpio) from the Upper Thames River, Ontario.” (2021). Electronic Thesis and Dissertation Repository. 8241.
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Arturo, Ian A., “Plastic debris in the Laurentian Great Lakes System, North America: Analysis of types, abundances, and sources” (2021). Electronic Thesis and Dissertation Repository. 7758.
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Belontz, Sara L., “An Assessment of the Spatial and Temporal Distribution of Microplastics in Surface and Subsurface Sediment of Lake Huron, North America” (2021). Electronic Thesis and Dissertation Repository. 7811. https://ir.lib.uwo.ca/etd/7811
Corcoran, P.L., de Haan Ward, J., Arturo, I.A., Belontz, S.L., Moore, T., Hill-Svehla, C.M., Robertson, K., Wood, K., and Jazvac, K. 2020. A comprehensive investigation of industrial plastic pellets on beaches across the Laurentian Great Lakes and the factors governing their distribution. Science of the Total Environment, 747: 141227. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.141227
Huntington, A., Corcoran, P.L., Jantunen, L., Thaysen, C., Bernstein, S., Stern, G.A., and Rochman, C.M. 2020. A first assessment of microplastics and other anthropogenic particles in Hudson Bay and the surrounding eastern Canadian Arctic waters of Nunavut. FACETS, 5: 432-454. https://doi.org/10.1139/facets-2019-0042
Corcoran, P.L. and Jazvac, K. 2020. The consequence that is plastiglomerate. Nature Reviews Earth & Environment, 1: 6–7. https://doi.org/10.1038/s43017-019-0010-9
Corcoran, P.L., Belontz, S.L., Ryan, K., and Walzak, M.J. 2020. Factors controlling the distribution of microplastic particles in benthic sediment of the Thames River, Canada. Environmental Science & Technology, 54: 818-825. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.9b04896
Blythe, Lindsay M., “Determining geological controls on nutrient availability at different depths in the soils of the Pelee Island Winery” (2020). Electronic Thesis and Dissertation Repository. 7105.
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Belontz, S.L., Corcoran, P.L., Davis, H., Hill, K.A., Jazvac, K., Robertson, K., and Wood, K. 2019. Embracing an interdisciplinary approach to plastics pollution awareness and action. Ambio, 48: 855–866. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13280-018-1126-8
Dean, B.Y., Corcoran, P.L., and Helm, P.A. 2018. Factors influencing microplastic abundances in nearshore, tributary and beach sediments along the Ontario shoreline of Lake Erie. Journal of Great Lakes Research, 44: 1002-1009. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jglr.2018.07.014
Hill, C.M. and Corcoran, P.L. 2018. Processes responsible for the development of soft-sediment deformation structures (SSDS) in the Paleoproterozoic Gordon Lake Formation, Huronian Supergroup, Canada. Precambrian Research, 310: 63-75. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.precamres.2018.02.019
Hill, C.M., Davis, D.W., and Corcoran, P.L. 2018. New U-Pb geochronology evidence for 2.3 Ga detrital zircon grains in the youngest Huronian Supergroup formations, Canada. Precambrian Research, 314: 428-433. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.precamres.2018.07.001
Corcoran, P.L., Jazvac, K., and Ballent, A. 2017. Plastics and the Anthropocene. In Dellasala and D.A., Goldstein, M.I. (Eds.), Encyclopedia of the Anthropocene, 1: 163-170. https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-809665-9.10000-X
Jazvac, K. and Corcoran, P.L. 2017. Plastiglomerate. In Szeman, I., Wenzel, J., and Yaeger, P (Eds.), Fueling Culture: 101 Words for Energy and Environment: 275-277. https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt1hfr0s3
Corcoran, P.L. and Jazvac, K. 2017. Big Asks. In Jazvac, K, Plastiglomerates: 23-31. Durable Good: Toronto. https://artmetropole.com/events/big-asks
Dean, Bethany, “Factors controlling the abundance, distribution, and composition of macroplastic and microplastic particles in tributary, beach, and benthic sediments of Lake Erie, Ontario” (2016). Electronic Thesis and Dissertation Repository. 3828.
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Ballent, Anika, “Sources and Sinks of Microplastics in Canadian Lake Ontario Nearshore, Tributary and Beach Sediments” (2016), Electronic Thesis and Dissertation Repository. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2016.06.037
Howe, T.S., Corcoran, P.L., Longstaffe, F.J., Webb, E.A., and Pratt, R.G. 2016. Climatic cycles recorded in glacially influenced rhythmites of the Gowganda Formation, Huronian Supergroup. Precambrian Research, 286: 269-280. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.precamres.2016.10.002
Ballent, A., Corcoran, P.L., Madden, O., Helm, P.A., and Longstaffe, F.J. 2016. Sources and sinks of microplastics in Canadian Lake Ontario nearshore, tributary and beach sediments. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 110: 383–395. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2016.06.037
Hill, C., Corcoran, P.L., Aranha, R.A., and Longstaffe, F.J. 2016. Microbially induced sedimentary structures in the Paleoproterozoic, upper Huronian Supergroup, Canada. Precambrian Research, 281: 155-165. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.precamres.2016.05.010
Zalasiewicz, J., Waters, C.N., Ivar do Sul, J., Corcoran, P.L., Barnosky, A.D., Cearreta, A., Edgeworth, M., Galuszka, A., Jeandel, C., Leinfelder, R., McNeill, J.R., Steffen, W., Summerhayes, C., Wagreich, M., Williams, M., Wolfe, A.P., and Yonan, Y. 2016. The geological cycle of plastics and their use as a stratigraphic indicator of the Anthropocene. Anthropocene, 13: 4-17. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ancene.2016.01.002
Zhan, R., Jin, J., Liu, J., Corcoran, P., and Luan, X. 2015. Meganodular limestone of the Pagoda Formation: A time-specific carbonate facies in the Upper Ordovician of South China. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 448: 349-362. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.palaeo.2015.07.039
Corcoran, P.L. 2015. Benthic Plastic Debris in Marine and Fresh Water Environments. Environmental Science: Processes & Impacts, 17: 1363-9. https://doi.org/10.1039/C5EM00188A
Corcoran, P.L., Norris, T., Ceccanese, T., Walzak, M.J., Helm, P.A., and Marvin C.H. 2015. Hidden plastics of Lake Ontario, Canada and their potential preservation in the sediment record. Environmental Pollution, 204: 17-25. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2015.04.009
Alford, L.K., Corcoran, P., Driedger, A., Duhaime, M., Durr, H., Helm, P., Mason, S.A., and Norris, T. 2014. Microplastics pollution in the Great Lakes ecosystem: summary of presentations at IAGLR 2014. Lake Scientist, http://www.lakescientist.com/microplastics-pollution-great-lakes-ecosystem-summary-presentations-iaglr-2014/.
Zbyszewski, M., Corcoran P.L., and Hockin, A. 2014. Comparison of the distribution and degradation of plastic debris along shorelines of the Great Lakes, North America. Journal of Great Lakes Research, 40: 288-299. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jglr.2014.02.012
Corcoran, P.L., Moore, C., and Jazvac, K. 2014. An anthropogenic marker horizon in the future rock record. GSA Today, 24: 4-8. https://www.geosociety.org/gsatoday/archive/24/6/article/i1052-5173-24-6-4.htm
Corcoran, P.L., Bumby, A.J. and Davis, D.W. 2013. Provenance of the Paleoproterozoic Waterberg Group, South Africa: provenance and its relation to the timing of the Limpopo Orogeny. Precambrian Research, 230: 45-60. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.precamres.2012.12.009
Eriksson, P.G., Banerjee, S., Catuneanu, O., Corcoran, P.L., Eriksson, K., Lenhardt, N., Long, D.G.F., Miall, A., Mints, M., Pufahl, P., Sarkar, S., Simpson, E., Williams, G., and Laflamme, M. 2013. Secular changes in sedimentation systems and sequence stratigraphy. In: Kusky, T., Stern, R., and Dewey, J. (Eds.), Secular changes in sedimentation systems and sequence stratigraphy. Gondwana Research, 24: 468-489. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gr.2012.09.008
Corcoran, P.L. 2012. Archaean sedimentary sequences of the Slave craton. Marine and Petroleum Geology, 33: 80-91. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2011.08.006
Pilote, C., Corcoran, P.L., and Mueller, W.U. 2012. A Neoproterozoic continental rift succession: the volcano-sedimentary Koivib Mountains deposits of Namibia. Precambrian Research, 214: 172-184. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.precamres.2011.10.014
Zbyszewski, M. and Corcoran, P.L. 2011. Distribution and degradation of fresh water plastic particles along the beaches of Lake Huron, Canada. Water, Air, & Soil Pollution, 220: 365-372. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11270-011-0760-6
Biesinger, M.C., Corcoran, P.L., and Walzak, M.J. 2011. Developing ToF‐SIMS methods for investigating the degradation of plastic debris on beaches. Surface and Interface Analysis, 43: 443-445. https://doi.org/10.1002/sia.3397
Cooper, D.A., and Corcoran, P.L. 2010. Effects of mechanical and chemical processes on the degradation of plastic beach debris on the island of Kauai, Hawaii. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 60: 650-654. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2009.12.026
Corcoran, P.L., Packer, K., and Biesinger, M.C. 2010. First-cycle grains weathering processes: compositions and textures of sea glass from Port Allen, Kauai, Hawaii. Journal of Sedimentary Research, 80: 884-894. https://doi.org/10.2110/jsr.2010.077
Corcoran, P.L. 2009. Magnifying ancient microstructures. Nature Geoscience, 2: 606-607. https://doi.org/10.1038/ngeo611
Corcoran, P.L., Biesinger, M.C., and Grifi, M. 2009. Plastics and beaches: a degrading relationship. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 58: 80-84. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2008.08.022