144 publications

2020

• House, B. M., & Norris, R. D. (2020). Unlocking the barite paleoproductivity proxy: A new high-throughput method for quantifying barite in marine sediments. Chemical Geology, 552(119664). doi: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2020.119664
• Sibert, E. C., Zill, M. E., Frigyik, E. T., & Norris, R. D. (2020). No state change in pelagic fish production and biodiversity during the Eocene-Oligocene transition. Nature Geoscience, 13(3), 238-+. doi: 10.1038/s41561-020-0540-2
• Dillon, E. M., Lafferty, K. D., McCauley, D. J., Bradley, D., Norris, R. D., Caselle, J. E., ... O'Dea, A. (2020). Dermal denticle assemblages in coral reef sediments correlate with conventional shark surveys. Methods in Ecology and Evolution, 11(3), 362-375. doi: 10.1111/2041-210x.13346
• Hull, P. M., Bomemann, A., Penman, D. E., Henehan, M. J., Norris, R. D., Wilson, P. A., ... Zachos, J. C. (2020). On impact and volcanism across the Cretaceous-Paleogene boundary. Science, 367(6475), 266-+. doi: 10.1126/science.aay5055

2019

• Cramer, K. L., O'Dea, A., Leonard-Pingel, J. S., & Norris, R. D. (2019). Millennial-scale change in the structure of a Caribbean reef ecosystem and the role of human and natural disturbance. Ecography. doi: 10.1111/ecog.04722
• Gruetzner, J., Espejo, F. J. J., Lathika, N., Uenzelmann-Neben, G., Hall, I. R., Hemming, S. R., ... Expedition, S. (2019). A new seismic stratigraphy in the Indian-Atlantic Ocean gateway resembles major paleo-oceanographic changes of the last 7 Ma. Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems, 20(1), 339-358. doi: 10.1029/2018gc007668

2018

• Sibert, E., Friedman, M., Hull, P., Hunt, G., & Norris, R. (2018). Two pulses of morphological diversification in Pacific pelagic fishes following the Cretaceous - Palaeogene mass extinction. Proceedings of the Royal Society B-Biological Sciences, 285(1888). doi: 10.1098/rspb.2018.1194
• Tangunan, D. N., Baumann, K. H., Just, J., LeVay, L. J., Barker, S., Brentegani, L., ... Expedition 361 Shipboard Sci, P. (2018). The last 1 million years of the extinct genus Discoaster: Plio-Pleistocene environment and productivity at Site U1476 (Mozambique Channel). Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology, 505, 187-197. doi: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2018.05.043
• Lukowiak, M., Cramer, K. L., Madzia, D., Hynes, M. G., Norris, R. D., & O'Dea, A. (2018). Historical change in a Caribbean reef sponge community and long-term loss of sponge predators. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 601, 127-137. doi: 10.3354/meps12694
• Friedrich, O., Bornemann, A., Norris, R. D., Erbacher, J., & Fiebig, J. (2018). Changes in tropical Atlantic surface-water environments inferred from late Albian planktic foraminiferal assemblages (ODP Site 1258, Demerara Rise). Cretaceous Research, 87, 74-83. doi: 10.1016/j.cretres.2017.05.028
• Egger, L. M., Bahr, A., Friedrich, O., Wilson, P. A., Norris, R. D., van Peer, T. E., ... Pross, J. (2018). Sea-level and surface-water change in the western North Atlantic across the Oligocene-Miocene Transition: A palynological perspective from IODP Site U1406 (Newfoundland margin). Marine Micropaleontology, 139, 57-71. doi: 10.1016/j.marmicro.2017.11.003
• Batenburg, S. J., Friedrich, O., Moriya, K., Voigt, S., Cournede, C., Moebius, I., ... Scientists, I. E. 3. (2018). Late Maastrichtian carbon isotope stratigraphy and cyclostratigraphy of the Newfoundland Margin (Site U1403, IODP Leg 342). Newsletters on Stratigraphy, 51(2), 245-260. doi: 10.1127/nos/2017/0398

2017

• Sibert, E. C., Cramer, K. L., Hastings, P. A., & Norris, R. D. (2017). Methods for isolation and quantification of microfossil fish teeth and elasmobranch dermal denticles (ichthyoliths) from marine sediments. Palaeontologia Electronica, 20(1), 1-14.
• Boyle, P. R., Romans, B. W., Tucholke, B. E., Norris, R. D., Swift, S. A., & Sexton, P. F. (2017). Cenozoic North Atlantic deep circulation history recorded in contourite drifts, offshore Newfoundland, Canada. Marine Geology, 385, 185-203. doi: 10.1016/j.margeo.2016.12.014
• Cramer, K. L., O'Dea, A., Carpenter, C., & Norris, R. D. (2017). A 3,000 year record of Caribbean reef urchin communities reveals causes and consequences of long-term decline in Diadema antillarum. Ecography. doi: 10.1111/ecog.02513
• Dillon, E. M., Norris, R. D., & O'Dea, A. (2017). Dermal denticles as a tool to reconstruct shark communities. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 566, 117-134. doi: 10.3354/meps12018
• Cramer, K. L., O’Dea, A., Clark, T. R., Zhao, J., & Norris, R. D. (2017). Prehistorical and historical declines in Caribbean coral reef accretion rates driven by loss of parrotfish. Nature Communications, 8, 14160. doi: 10.1038/ncomms14160

2016

• Egger, L. M., Sliwinska, K. K., van Peer, T. E., Liebrand, D., Lippert, P. C., Friedrich, O., ... Pross, J. (2016). Magnetostratigraphically-calibrated dinoflagellate cyst bioevents for the uppermost Eocene to lowermost Miocene of the western North Atlantic (IODP Expedition 342, Paleogene Newfoundland sediment drifts). Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology, 234, 159-185. doi: 10.1016/j.revpalbo.2016.08.002
• Bornemann, A., D'Haenens, S., Norris, R. D., & Speijer, R. P. (2016). The demise of the early Eocene greenhouse - Decoupled deep and surface water cooling in the eastern North Atlantic. Global and Planetary Change, 145, 130-140. doi: 10.1016/j.gloplacha.2016.08.010
• Penman, D. E., Turner, S. K., Sexton, P. F., Norris, R. D., Dickson, A. J., Boulila, S., ... Rohl, U. (2016). An abyssal carbonate compensation depth overshoot in the aftermath of the Palaeocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum. Nature Geoscience, 9(8), 575-+. doi: 10.1038/ngeo2757
• Sibert, E., Norris, R., Cuevas, J., & Graves, L. (2016). Eighty-five million years of Pacific Ocean gyre ecosystem structure: long-term stability marked by punctuated change. Proceedings of the Royal Society B-Biological Sciences, 283(1831). doi: 10.1098/rspb.2016.0189

2015

• Sibert, E. C., & Norris, R. D. (2015). New Age of Fishes initiated by the Cretaceous−Paleogene mass extinction. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1504985112
• Yamaguchi, T., & Norris, R. D. (2015). No place to retreat: Heavy extinction and delayed recovery on a Pacific guyot during the Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum. Geology, 43(5), 443-446. doi: 10.1130/g36379.1

2014

• Turner, S. K., Sexton, P. F., Charles, C. D., & Norris, R. D. (2014). Persistence of carbon release events through the peak of early Eocene global warmth. Nature Geoscience, 7(10), 748-751. doi: 10.1038/ngeo2240
• Sibert, E. C., Hull, P. M., & Norris, R. D. (2014). Resilience of Pacific pelagic fish across the Cretaceous/Palaeogene mass extinction. Nature Geoscience, 7(9), 667-670. doi: 10.1038/ngeo2227
• Norris, R. D., Norris, J. M., Lorenz, R. D., Ray, J., & Jackson, B. (2014). Sliding rocks on Racetrack Playa, Death Valley National Park: First observation of rocks in motion. PLoS ONE, 9(8), e105948. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0105948
• Bornemann, A., Norris, R. D., Lyman, J. A., D'Haenens, S., Groeneveld, J., Rohl, U., ... Speijer, R. P. (2014). Persistent environmental change after the Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum in the eastern North Atlantic. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 394, 70-81. doi: 10.1016/j.epsl.2014.03.017
• Yamaguchi, T., Norris, R. D., & Dockery, D. T. (2014). Shallow-marine ostracode turnover during the Eocene-Oligocene transition in Mississippi, the Gulf Coast Plain, USA. Marine Micropaleontology, 106, 10-21. doi: 10.1016/j.marmicro.2013.11.003

2013

• Norris, R. D., Turner, S. K., Hull, P. M., & Ridgwell, A. (2013). Marine ecosystem responses to cenozoic global change. Science, 341(6145), 492-498. doi: 10.1126/science.1240543
• Addison, J. A., Finney, B. P., Jaeger, J. M., Stoner, J. S., Norris, R. D., & Hangsterfer, A. (2013). Integrating satellite observations and modern climate measurements with the recent sedimentary record: An example from Southeast Alaska. Journal of Geophysical Research-Oceans, 118(7), 3444-3461. doi: 10.1002/jgrc.20243
• Carilli, J. E., Charles, C. D., Garren, M., McField, M., & Norris, R. D. (2013). Baseline shifts in coral skeletal oxygen isotopic composition: a signature of symbiont shuffling?. Coral Reefs, 32(2), 559-571. doi: 10.1007/s00338-012-1004-y
• Forrest, M. J., Kulongoski, J. T., Edwards, M. S., Farrar, C. D., Belitz, K., & Norris, R. D. (2013). Hydrothermal contamination of public supply wells in Napa and Sonoma Valleys, California. Applied Geochemistry, 33, 25-40. doi: 10.1016/j.apgeochem.2013.01.012
• Edgar, K. M., Bohaty, S. M., Gibbs, S. J., Sexton, P. F., Norris, R. D., & Wilson, P. A. (2013). Symbiont 'bleaching' in planktic foraminifera during the Middle Eocene Climatic Optimum. Geology, 41(1), 15-18. doi: 10.1130/g33388.1

2012

• Yamaguchi, T., Norris, R. D., & Bornemann, A. (2012). Dwarfing of ostracodes during the Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum at DSDP Site 401 (Bay of Biscay, North Atlantic) and its implication for changes in organic carbon cycle in deep-sea benthic ecosystem. Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology, 346, 130-144. doi: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2012.06.004
• Larrasoana, J. C., Roberts, A. P., Chang, L., Schellenberg, S. A., Gerald, J. D. F., Norris, R. D., & Zachos, J. C. (2012). Magnetotactic bacterial response to Antarctic dust supply during the Palaeocene-Eocene thermal maximum. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 333, 122-133. doi: 10.1016/j.epsl.2012.04.003
• Yamaguchi, T., & Norris, R. D. (2012). Deep-sea ostracode turnovers through the Paleocene-Eocene thermal maximum in DSDP Site 401, Bay of Biscay, North Atlantic. Marine Micropaleontology, 86-87, 32-44. doi: 10.1016/j.marmicro.2012.02.003
• Norris, R. D., & Hull, P. M. (2012). The temporal dimension of marine speciation. Evolutionary Ecology, 26(2), 393-415. doi: 10.1007/s10682-011-9488-4
• Friedrich, O., Norris, R. D., & Erbacher, J. (2012). Evolution of middle to Late Cretaceous oceans-A 55 m.y. record of Earth's temperature and carbon cycle. Geology, 40(2), 107-110. doi: 10.1130/g32701.1
• Freeman, L. A., Miller, A. J., Norris, R. D., & Smith, J. E. (2012). Classification of remote Pacific coral reefs by physical oceanographic environment. Journal of Geophysical Research-Oceans, 117(C02007). doi: 10.1029/2011jc007099

2011

• Hull, P. M., Norris, R. D., Bralower, T. J., & Schueth, J. D. (2011). A role for chance in marine recovery from the end-Cretaceous extinction. Nature Geoscience, 4(12), 856-860. doi: 10.1038/ngeo1302
• Sexton, P. F., & Norris, R. D. (2011). High latitude regulation of low latitude thermocline ventilation and planktic foraminifer populations across glacial-interglacial cycles. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 311(1-2), 69-81. doi: 10.1016/j.epsl.2011.08.044
• Hull, P. M., & Norris, R. D. (2011). Diverse patterns of ocean export productivity change across the Cretaceous-Paleogene boundary: New insights from biogenic barium. Paleoceanography, 26(Pa3205). doi: 10.1029/2010pa002082
• Nunes, F. L. D., Norris, R. D., & Knowlton, N. (2011). Long Distance Dispersal and Connectivity in Amphi-Atlantic Corals at Regional and Basin Scales. Plos One, 6(7). doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0022298
• Sexton, P. F., Norris, R. D., Wilson, P. A., Palike, H., Westerhold, T., Rohl, U., ... Gibbs, S. (2011). Eocene global warming events driven by ventilation of oceanic dissolved organic carbon. Nature, 471(7338), 349-+. doi: 10.1038/nature09826
• Hull, P. M., Osborn, K. J., Norris, R. D., & Robison, B. H. (2011). Seasonality and depth distribution of a mesopelagic foraminifer, Hastigerinella digitata, in Monterey Bay, California. Limnology and Oceanography, 56(2), 562-576. doi: 10.4319/lo.2011.56.2.0562
• Hull, P. M., Franks, P. J. S., & Norris, R. D. (2011). Mechanisms and models of iridium anomaly shape across the Cretaceous-Paleogene boundary. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 301(1-2), 98-106. doi: 10.1016/j.epsl.2010.10.031

2010

• Hartmann, A. C., Carilli, J. E., Norris, R. D., Charles, C. D., & Deheyn, D. D. (2010). Stable isotopic records of bleaching and endolithic algae blooms in the skeleton of the boulder forming coral Montastraea faveolata. Coral Reefs, 29(4), 1079-1089. doi: 10.1007/s00338-010-0667-5
• Edgar, K. M., Wilson, P. A., Sexton, P. F., Gibbs, S. J., Roberts, A. P., & Norris, R. D. (2010). New biostratigraphic, magnetostratigraphic and isotopic insights into the Middle Eocene Climatic Optimum in low latitudes. Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology, 297(3-4), 670-682. doi: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2010.09.016
• Voigt, S., Friedrich, O., Norris, R. D., & Schonfeld, J. (2010). Campanian - Maastrichtian carbon isotope stratigraphy: shelf-ocean correlation between the European shelf sea and the tropical Pacific Ocean. Newsletters on Stratigraphy, 44(1), 57-72. doi: 10.1127/0078-0421/2010/0004
• Carilli, J. E., Godfrey, J., Norris, R. D., Sandin, S. A., & Smith, J. E. (2010). Periodic endolithic algal blooms in Montastraea faveolata corals may represent periods of low-level stress. Bulletin of Marine Science, 86(3), 709-718.
• Schulte, P., Alegret, L., Arenillas, I., Arz, J. A., Barton, P. J., Bown, P. R., ... Willumsen, P. S. (2010). Response - Cretaceous Extinctions. Science, 328(5981), 975-976.
• Carilli, J. E., Norris, R. D., Black, B., Walsh, S. M., & McField, M. (2010). Century-scale records of coral growth rates indicate that local stressors reduce coral thermal tolerance threshold. Global Change Biology, 16(4), 1247-1257. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2486.2009.02043.x
• Schulte, P., Alegret, L., Arenillas, I., Arz, J. A., Barton, P. J., Bown, P. R., ... Willumsen, P. S. (2010). The Chicxulub Asteroid Impact and Mass Extinction at the Cretaceous-Paleogene Boundary. Science, 327(5970), 1214-1218. doi: 10.1126/science.1177265

2009

• Hull, P. M., & Norris, R. D. (2009). Evidence for abrupt speciation in a classic case of gradual evolution. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 106(50), 21224-21229. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0902887106
• Carilli, J. E., Prouty, N. G., Hughen, K. A., & Norris, R. D. (2009). Century-scale records of land-based activities recorded in Mesoamerican coral cores. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 58(12), 1835-1842. doi: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2009.07.024
• Nunes, F., Norris, R. D., & Knowlton, N. (2009). Implications of isolation and low genetic diversity in peripheral populations of an amphi-Atlantic coral. Molecular Ecology, 18(20), 4283-4297. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2009.04347.x
• Carilli, J. E., Norris, R. D., Black, B. A., Walsh, S. M., & McField, M. (2009). Local Stressors Reduce Coral Resilience to Bleaching. Plos One, 4(7). doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0006324
• Morard, R., Quillevere, F., Escarguel, G., Ujiie, Y., de Garidel-Thoron, T., Norris, R. D., & de Vargas, C. (2009). Morphological recognition of cryptic species in the planktonic foraminifer Orbulina universa. Marine Micropaleontology, 71(3-4), 148-165. doi: 10.1016/j.marmicro.2009.03.001
• Robinson, N., Ravizza, G., Coccioni, R., Peucker-Ehrenbrink, B., & Norris, R. (2009). A high-resolution marine Os-187/Os-188 record for the late Maastrichtian: Distinguishing the chemical fingerprints of Deccan volcanism and the KP impact event. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 281(3-4), 159-168. doi: 10.1016/j.epsl.2009.02.019

2008

• Sexton, P. F., & Norris, R. D. (2008). Dispersal and biogeography of marine plankton: Long-distance dispersal of the foraminifer Truncorotalia truncatulinoides. Geology, 36(11), 899-902. doi: 10.1130/g25232a.1
• Friedrich, O., Norris, R. D., Bornemann, A., Beckmann, B., Palike, H., Worstell, P., ... Wagner, T. (2008). Cyclic changes in Turonian to Coniacian planktic foraminiferal assemblages from the tropical Atlantic Ocean. Marine Micropaleontology, 68(3-4), 299-313. doi: 10.1016/j.marmicro.2008.06.003
• Flogel, S., Beckmann, B., Hofmann, P., Bornemann, A., Westerhold, T., Norris, R. D., ... Wagner, T. (2008). Evolution of tropical watersheds and continental hydrology during the Late Cretaceous greenhouse: impact on marine carbon burial and possible implications for the future. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 274(1-2), 1-13. doi: 10.1016/j.epsl.2008.06.011
• Nunes, F., Fukami, H., Vollmer, S. V., Norris, R. D., & Knowlton, N. (2008). Re-evaluation of the systematics of the endemic corals of Brazil by molecular data. Coral Reefs, 27(2), 423-432. doi: 10.1007/s00338-007-0349-0
• Bornemann, A., Norris, R. D., Friedrich, O., Beckmann, B., Schouten, S., Damste, J. S. S., ... Wagner, T. (2008). Isotopic evidence for glaciation during the Cretaceous supergreenhouse. Science, 319(5860), 189-192. doi: 10.1126/science.1148777
• Quillevere, F., Norris, R. D., Kroon, D., & Wilson, P. A. (2008). Transient ocean warming and shifts in carbon reservoirs during the early Danian. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 265(3-4), 600-615. doi: 10.1016/j.epsl.2007.10.040

2007

• Bornemann, A., & Norris, R. D. (2007). Size-related stable isotope changes in Late Cretaceous planktic foraminifera: Implications for paleoecology and photosymbiosis. Marine Micropaleontology, 65(1-2), 32-42. doi: 10.1016/j.marmicro.2007.05.005
• Mutterlose, J., Linnert, C., & Norris, R. (2007). Calcareous nannofossils from the Paleocene-Eocene thermal maximum of the equatorial Atlantic (ODP Site 1260B): Evidence for tropical warming. Marine Micropaleontology, 65(1-2), 13-31. doi: 10.1016/j.marmicro.2007.05.004
• Bice, K. L., Norris, R. D., Mosher, D. C., Erbacher, J., Malone, M. J., Berti, D., ... Wise, S. W. (2007). Data report; stable isotope ratios of foraminifers from ODP Leg 207, sites 1257, 1258, and 1260, and a cleaning procedure for foraminifers in organic-rich shales. Proceedings of the Ocean Drilling Program, Scientific Results (CD ROM), 207, 23. doi: 10.2973/odp.proc.sr.207.104.2005

2006

• Palike, H., Norris, R. D., Herrle, J. O., Wilson, P. A., Coxall, H. K., Lear, C. H., ... Wade, B. S. (2006). The heartbeat of the oligocene climate system. Science, 314(5807), 1894-1898. doi: 10.1126/science.1133822
• Sexton, P. F., Wilson, P. A., & Norris, R. D. (2006). Testing the Cenozoic multisite composite delta(18)O and delta(13)C curves: New monospecific Eocene records from a single locality, Demerara Rise (Ocean Drilling Program Leg 207). Paleoceanography, 21(2). doi: 10.1029/2005pa001253
• Bice, K. L., Birgel, D., Meyers, P. A., Dahl, K. A., Hinrichs, K. U., & Norris, R. D. (2006). A multiple proxy and model study of Cretaceous upper ocean temperatures and atmospheric CO2 concentrations. Paleoceanography, 21(2). doi: 10.1029/2005pa001203
• Nunes, F., & Norris, R. D. (2006). Abrupt reversal in ocean overturning during the Palaeocene/Eocene warm period. Nature, 439(7072), 60-63. doi: 10.1038/nature04386
• Nunes, F., & Norris, R. D. (2006). High-resolution stable isotope records across the Paleocene/Eocene boundary, ODP Sites 1220 and 1221. Proceedings of the Ocean Drilling Program, Scientific Results (CD ROM), 199, 12. doi: 10.2973/odp.proc.sr.199.206.2006

2005

• Danelian, T., Le Callonnec, L., Erbacher, J., Mosher, D. C., Malone, M. J., Berti, D., ... Glatz, C. (2005). Preliminary results on Cretaceous-Tertiary tropical Atlantic pelagic sedimentation (Demerara Rise, ODP Leg 207). Comptes Rendus Geoscience, 337(6), 609-616. doi: 10.1016/j.crte.2005.01.011

2004

• Holmes, M. A., Watkins, D. K., & Norris, R. D. (2004). Paleocene cyclic sedimentation in the western North Atlantic, ODP Site 1051, Blake Nose. Marine Geology, 209(1-4), 31-43. doi: 10.1016/j.margeo.2004.06.005

2003

• Kelly, D. C., Norris, R. D., & Zachos, J. C. (2003). Deciphering the paleoceanographic significance of Early Oligocene Braarudosphaera chalks in the South Atlantic. Marine Micropaleontology, 49(1-2), 49-63. doi: 10.1016/s0377-8398(03)00027-6
• Bice, K. L., Huber, B. T., & Norris, R. D. (2003). Extreme polar warmth during the Cretaceous greenhouse? Paradox of the late Turonian delta O-18 record at Deep Sea Drilling Project Site 511. Paleoceanography, 18(2). doi: 10.1029/2002pa000848
• Quillevere, F., & Norris, R. D. (2003). Ecological development of acarininids (planktonic Foraminifera) and hydrographic evolution of Paleocene surface waters. Special Paper - Geological Society of America, 369, 223-238.
• Bains, S., Norris, R. D., Corfield, R. M., Bowen, G. J., Gingerich, P. D., & Koch, P. L. (2003). Marine-terrestrial linkages at the Paleocene-Eocene boundary. Special Paper - Geological Society of America, 369, 1-9.
• Roehl, U., Norris, R. D., & Ogg, J. G. (2003). Cyclostratigraphy of upper Paleocene and lower Eocene sediments at Blake Nose Site 1051 (western North Atlantic). Special Paper - Geological Society of America, 369, 567-588.

2002

• Bice, K. L., & Norris, R. D. (2002). Possible atmospheric CO(2) extremes of the Middle Cretaceous (late Albian-Turonian). Paleoceanography, 17(4). doi: 10.1029/2002pa000778
• Quillevere, F., Aubry, M. P., Norris, R. D., & Berggren, W. A. (2002). Paleocene oceanography of the eastern subtropical Indian Ocean - An integrated magnetobiostratigraphic and stable isotope study of ODP Hole 761B (Wornbat Plateau). Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology, 184(3-4), 371-405. doi: 10.1016/s0031-0182(02)00275-4
• Wilson, P. A., Norris, R. D., & Cooper, M. J. (2002). Testing the Cretaceous greenhouse hypothesis using glassy foraminiferal calcite from the core of the Turonian tropics on Demerara Rise. Geology, 30(7), 607-610. doi: 10.1130/0091-7613(2002)030<0607:ttcghu>2.0.co;2
• Norris, R. D., Bice, K. L., Magno, E. A., & Wilson, P. A. (2002). Jiggling the tropical thermostat in the Cretaceous hothouse. Geology, 30(4), 299-302. doi: 10.1130/0091-7613(2002)030<0299:jtttit>2.0.co;2
• Huber, B. T., Norris, R. D., & MacLeod, K. G. (2002). Deep-sea paleotemperature record of extreme warmth during the Cretaceous. Geology, 30(2), 123-126. doi: 10.1130/0091-7613(2002)030<0123:dsproe>2.0.co;2
• Norris, R. D., & Firth, J. V. (2002). Mass wasting of Atlantic continental margins following the Chicxulub impact event. Special Paper - Geological Society of America, 356, 79-95.
• Huber, B. T., MacLeod, K. G., & Norris, R. D. (2002). Abrupt extinction and subsequent reworking of Cretaceous planktonic Foraminifera across the Cretaceous-Tertiary boundary; evidence from the subtropical North Atlantic. Special Paper - Geological Society of America, 356, 277-289.

2001

• Wilson, P. A., & Norris, R. D. (2001). Warm tropical ocean surface and global anoxia during the mid-Cretaceous period. Nature, 412(6845), 425-429. doi: 10.1038/35086553
• Ravizza, G., Norris, R. N., Blusztajn, J., & Aubry, M. P. (2001). An osmium isotope excursion associated with the late Paleocene thermal maximum: Evidence of intensified chemical weathering. Paleoceanography, 16(2), 155-163. doi: 10.1029/2000PA000541
• Pearson, P. N., Norris, R. D., & Empson, A. J. (2001). Mutabella mirabilis gen. et sp nov., a Miocene microperforate planktonic foraminifer with an extreme level of intraspecific variability. Journal of Foraminiferal Research, 31(2), 120-132. doi: 10.2113/0310120
• Erbacher, J., Huber, B. T., Norris, R. D., & Markey, M. (2001). Increased thermohaline stratification as a possible cause for an ocean anoxic event in the Cretaceous period. Nature, 409(6818), 325-327. doi: 10.1038/35053041
• Norris, R. D., Klaus, A., & Kroon, D. (2001). Mid-Eocene deep water, the late Palaeocene thermal maximum and continental slope mass wasting during the Cretaceous-Palaeogene impact. North Atlantic Palaeogene and Cretaceous Paleoceanography (pp. 23-48). London, United Kingdom (GBR): Geological Society of London, London.
• Quillevere, F., Norris, R. D., Moussa, I., & Berggren, W. A. (2001). Role of photosymbiosis and biogeography in the diversification of early Paleogene acarininids (planktonic foraminifera). Paleobiology, 27(2), 311-326. doi: 10.1666/0094-8373(2001)027<0311:ropabi>2.0.co;2
• Norris, R. D. (2001). Impact of K-T boundary events on marine life. Palaeobiology II (pp. 229-231). Osney Mead, Oxford; Malden, MA: Blackwell Science.
• Bowen, G. J., Koch, P. L., Gingerich, P. D., Norris, R. D., Bains, S., & Corfield, R. M. (2001). Refined isotope stratigraphy across the continental Paleocene-Eocene boundary on Polecat Bench in the northern Bighorn Basin. Paleocene-Eocene stratigraphy and biotic change in the Bighorn and Clarks Fork basins, Wyoming (pp. 73-88). Ann Arbor, MI, United States (USA): University of Michigan, Museum of Paleontology, Ann Arbor, MI.
• Norris, R. D., & Nishi, H. (2001). Evolutionary trends in coiling of tropical Paleogene planktic foraminifera. Paleobiology, 27(2), 327-347. doi: 10.1666/0094-8373(2001)027<0327:eticot>2.0.co;2
• Norris, R. D., Kroon, D., Huber, B. T., & Erbacher, J. (2001). Cretaceous-Palaeogene ocean and climate change in the subtropical North Atlantic. North Atlantic Palaeogene and Cretaceous Paleoceanography (pp. 1-22). London, United Kingdom (GBR): Geological Society of London, London.
• Kroon, D., Norris, R. D., & Klaus, A. (2001). Western North Atlantic Palaeogene and Cretaceous palaeoceanography. Geological Society Special Publication, 183, 319.

2000

• Norris, R. D., Firth, J., Blusztajn, J. S., & Ravizza, G. (2000). Mass failure of the North Atlantic margin triggered by the Cretaceous-Paleogene bolide impact. Geology, 28(12), 1119-1122. doi: 10.1130/0091-7613(2000)28<1119:mfotna>2.0.co;2
• Rohl, U., Bralower, T. J., Norris, R. D., & Wefer, G. (2000). New chronology for the late Paleocene thermal maximum and its environmental implications. Geology, 28(10), 927-930. doi: 10.1130/0091-7613(2000)28<927:ncftlp>2.0.co;2
• Bains, S., Norris, R. D., Corfield, R. M., & Faul, K. L. (2000). Termination of global warmth at the Palaeocene/Eocene boundary through productivity feedback. Nature, 407(6801), 171-174. doi: 10.1038/35025035
• Berggren, W. A., Aubry, M. P., van Fossen, M., Kent, D. V., Norris, R. D., & Quillevere, F. (2000). Integrated Paleocene calcareous plankton magnetobiochronology and stable isotope stratigraphy: DSDP Site 384 (NW Atlantic Ocean). Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology, 159(1-2), 1-51.
• Klaus, A., Norris, R. D., Kroon, D., & Smit, J. (2000). Impact-induced mass wasting at the K-T boundary: Blake Nose, western North Atlantic. Geology, 28(4), 319-322. doi: 10.1130/0091-7613(2000)28<319:imwatk>2.0.co;2
• Norris, R. D., & Rohl, U. (2000). Astronomically-tuned chronology for the Palaeocene-Eocene transition. GFF Geological Society of Sweden, 122, 117-118.
• Norris, R. D. (2000). Pelagic species diversity, biogeography, and evolution. Paleobiology, 26(4), 236-258. doi: 10.1666/0094-8373(2000)26[236:psdbae]2.0.co;2
• Norris, R. D., Corfield, R. M., & Hayes-Baker, K. (2000). Mountains and Eocene climate. Warm climates in Earth history (pp. 161-196). Cambridge, United Kingdom (GBR): University of Cambridge, Cambridge.
• Nishi, H., Norris, R. D., Okada, H., Paull, C. K., Matsumoto, R., Wallace, P. J., ... Wood, W. T. (2000). Paleoceanographic changes in the dynamics of subtropical Atlantic surface conditions at hole 997A. Proceedings of the Ocean Drilling Program, Scientific Results, 164, 343-363. doi: 10.2973/odp.proc.sr.164.229.2000

1999

• Norris, R. D., & Rohl, U. (1999). Carbon cycling and chronology of climate warming during the Palaeocene/Eocene transition. Nature, 401(6755), 775-778. doi: 10.1038/44545
• Huber, B. T., Leckie, R. M., Norris, R. D., Bralower, T. J., & CoBabe, E. (1999). Foraminiferal assemblage and stable isotopic change across the Cenomanian-Turonian boundary in the subtropical North Atlantic. Journal of Foraminiferal Research, 29(4), 392-417.
• Norris, R. D., & Wilson, P. A. (1999). Low-latitude sea-surface temperatures for the mid-Cretaceous and the evolution of planktic foraminifera: Reply. Geology, 27(9), 858-858.
• Bains, S., Corfield, R. M., & Norris, R. D. (1999). Mechanisms of climate warming at the end of the Paleocene. Science, 285(5428), 724-727. doi: 10.1126/science.285.5428.724
• Norris, R. D., Huber, B. T., & Self-Trail, J. (1999). Synchroneity of the K-T oceanic mass extinction and meteorite impact: Blake Nose, western North Atlantic. Geology, 27(5), 419-422. doi: 10.1130/0091-7613(1999)027<0419:sotkto>2.3.co;2
• Billups, K., Ravelo, A. C., Zachos, J. C., & Norris, R. D. (1999). Link between oceanic heat transport, thermohaline circulation, and the Intertropical Convergence Zone in the early Pliocene Atlantic. Geology, 27(4), 319-322. doi: 10.1130/0091-7613(1999)027<0319:lbohtt>2.3.co;2
• de Vargas, C., Norris, R., Zaninetti, L., Gibb, S. W., & Pawlowski, J. (1999). Molecular evidence of cryptic speciation in planktonic foraminifers and their relation to oceanic provinces. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 96(6), 2864-2868. doi: 10.1073/pnas.96.6.2864
• Norris, R. D. (1999). Hydrographic and tectonic control of plankton distribution and evolution. Reconstructing ocean history: a window into the future (pp. 173-193). New York, NY, United States (USA): Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers, New York, NY.
• Kroon, D., Norris, R. D., & Party, O. L. 1. S. (1999). Variability of extreme Cretaceous-Paleogene climates; evidence from Blake Nose (ODP Leg 171B). Reconstructing ocean history: a window into the future (pp. 295-319). New York, NY, United States (USA): Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers, New York, NY.

1998

• Norris, R. D., & Wilson, P. A. (1998). Low-latitude sea-surface temperatures for the mid-Cretaceous and the evolution of planktic foraminifera. Geology, 26(9), 823-826. doi: 10.1130/0091-7613(1998)026<0823:llsstf>2.3.co;2
• Barrick, R. E., Norris, R. D., & Corfield, R. M. (1998). Isotope paleobiology of the vertebrates; ecology, physiology, and diagenesis. The Paleontological Society Papers, 4, 101-137.
• Corfield, R. M., & Norris, R. D. (1998). The oxygen and carbon isotopic context of the Paleocene/Eocene epoch boundary. New York, NY, United States (USA): Columbia University Press, New York, NY.
• Norris, R. D., Kim, D. Y., Park, B., Kang, S., & Khim, B. (1998). Stable isotope and ecological habitat of planktonic foraminifera adjacent to the ice edge in the western Weddell Sea. Geosciences Journal, 2(2), 88-98. doi: 10.1007/bf02910487
• Norris, R. D., & Corfield, R. M. (1998). Recognition and macroevolutionary significance of photosymbiosis in molluscs, corals, and Foraminifera. Isotope Paleobiology and Paleoecology (pp. 68-100). Lawrence, KS, United States (USA): The Paleontological Society.
• Norris, R. D. (1998). Planktonic foraminifer biostratigraphy: eastern equatorial Atlantic. Proceedings of the Ocean Drilling Program, Scientific Results, 159, 445-479. doi: 10.2973/odp.proc.sr.159.036.1998
• Norris, R. D. (1998). Miocene-Pliocene surface-water hydrography of the eastern Equatorial Atlantic. Proceedings of the Ocean Drilling Program, Scientific Results, 159, 539-555. doi: 10.2973/odp.proc.sr.159.021.1998
• Kroon, D., Norris, R. D., & Klaus, A. (1998). Drilling Blake Nose; the search for evidence of extreme Palaeogene-Cretaceous climates and extraterrestrial event. Geology Today, 14(6), 222-226.
• Norris, R. D., & Corfield, R. M. (1998). Isotope paleobiology and paleoecology. Paleontological Society Papers, 4, 285.

1997

• Bellier, J. P., Marca, S., Norris, R. D., Kroon, D., Klaus, A., Alexander, I. T., ... Wilson, P. A. (1997). The Blake Nose Cretaceous-Paleogene (Florida Atlantic margin, ODP Leg 171B): an exemplar record of the Maastrichtian-Danian transition. Comptes Rendus De L Academie Des Sciences Serie Ii Fascicule a-Sciences De La Terre Et Des Planetes, 325(7), 499-504. doi: 10.1016/s1251-8050(97)89868-0
• ObohIkuenobe, F. E., Yepes, O., Mascle, J., Lohmann, G. P., Clift, P., Allerton, S., ... Watkins, D. (1997). Palynofacies analysis of sediments from the Cote d'Ivoire Ghana transform margin: Preliminary correlation with some regional events in the Equatorial Atlantic. Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology, 129(3-4), 291-314. doi: 10.1016/s0031-0182(96)00125-3
• Mascle, J., Lohmann, P., Clift, P., Akamaluk, T., Allerton, S., Ask, M., ... Watkins, D. (1997). Development of a passive transform margin: Cote d'Ivoire Ghana transform margin - ODP Leg 159 preliminary results. Geo-Marine Letters, 17(1), 4-11. doi: 10.1007/pl00007205
• Berggren, W. A., & Norris, R. D. (1997). Biostratigraphy, phylogeny and systematics of the Paleocene trochospiral planktic foraminifera (vol 43, pg 17, 1997) - Correction. Micropaleontology, 43(3), 280-280.
• Berggren, W. A., & Norris, R. D. (1997). Biostratigraphy, phylogeny and systematics of Paleocene trochospiral planktic foraminifera. Micropaleontology, 43, 1-116. doi: 10.2307/1485988

1996

• Norris, R. D., Jones, L. S., Corfield, R. M., & Cartlidge, J. E. (1996). Skiing in the Eocene Uinta mountains? Isotopic evidence in the Green River formation for snow melt and large mountains. Geology, 24(5), 403-406. doi: 10.1130/0091-7613(1996)024<0403:siteum>2.3.co;2
• Norris, R. D. (1996). Symbiosis as an evolutionary innovation in the radiation of Paleocene planktic foraminifera. Paleobiology, 22(4), 461-480.
• Norris, R. D., Corfield, R. M., & Cartlidge, J. (1996). What is gradualism? Cryptic speciation in globorotaliid foraminifera. Paleobiology, 22(3), 386-405.
• Corfield, R. M., & Norris, R. D. (1996). Deep water circulation in the Paleocene ocean. Correlation of the Early Palaeogene in Northwest Europe (pp. 443-456). London, United Kingdom (GBR): Geological Society of London, London.

1994

• Norris, R. D., Corfield, R. M., & Cartlidge, J. E. (1994). Evolutionary Ecology of Globorotalia (Globoconella) (Planktic Foraminifera). Marine Micropaleontology, 23(2), 121-145. doi: 10.1016/0377-8398(94)90004-3

1993

• Norris, R. D., Corfield, R. M., & Cartlidge, J. E. (1993). Evolution of Depth Ecology in the Planktic Foraminifera Lineage Globorotalia (Fohsella). Geology, 21(11), 975-978. doi: 10.1130/0091-7613(1993)021<0975:eodeit>2.3.co;2

1992

• Norris, R. D. (1992). Extinction Selectivity and Ecology in Planktonic-Foraminifera. Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology, 95(1-2), 1-17. doi: 10.1016/0031-0182(92)90161-w
• Norris, R. D. (1992). Umbilical Structures in Late Cretaceous Planktonic-Foraminifera. Micropaleontology, 38(2), 165-181. doi: 10.2307/1485993

1991

• Norris, R. D. (1991). Parallel Evolution in the Keel Structure of Planktonic-Foraminifera. Journal of Foraminiferal Research, 21(4), 319-331.
• Norris, R. D. (1991). Biased Extinction and Evolutionary Trends. Paleobiology, 17(4), 388-399.

1990

• Allmon, W. D., Nieh, J. C., & Norris, R. D. (1990). Drilling and Peeling of Turritelline Gastropods since the Late Cretaceous. Palaeontology, 33, 595-611.

1989

• Norris, R. D. (1989). Cnidarian Taphonomy and Affinities of the Ediacara Biota. Lethaia, 22(4), 381-393. doi: 10.1111/j.1502-3931.1989.tb01439.x

1987

• Dickinson, W. R., Armin, R. A., Beckvar, N., Goodlin, T. C., Janecke, S. U., Mark, R. A., ... Wortman, A. A. (1987). Geohistory analysis of rates of sediment accumulation and subsidence for selected California basins. Englewood Cliffs, NJ, United States (USA): Prentice-Hall, Englewood Cliffs, NJ.

1986

• Norris, R. D. (1986). Taphonomic Gradients in Shelf Fossil Assemblages Pliocene Purisima Formation California USA. Palaios, 1(3), 256-270. doi: 10.2307/3514689