Papers

In-Review

  • Warix, S., Navarre-Sitchler A., Singha, K. Breaking C-Q stationary: an evaluation of long-term changing watershed reactivity via climate change (submitted to Earth’s Future)

  • Warix, S.#, Johnson, K.#, Adamchak, C., Miller, H., D’Arcy, S., Dumont, M., Graup, L., Kerins, D., Knapp, A., Newman, C., Sarup, O., Swift Bird, K., Yilangai, R., Early career perspectives to broaden the scope of Critical Zone Science (submitted to Earth’s Future) (# = co-first authors)

  • Bush, S.A., Birch, A.L., Warix, S., Lininger, K.B., Musselman, K.N., Barnard, H.R. Runoff composition is insensitive to summer rain contributions in a montane headwater stream (submitted to Journal of Hydrology: Regional Studies)

  • Marshall, A., Grubert, E., Warix, S. Unanticipated consequences of temperature overshoot for hydrology and water resources (submitted to Water Resources Research)

  • Schlegel, M., Souza, J., Warix, S., Murray. E., Godsey, S.E, Seyfried, M.S., Cram, Z., Lohse, K.A. Estimated in-situ carbon sequestration rates in a weathered silicate basin, southwestern Idaho, U.S.A. (in review at Chemical Geology)

2024

[13] - Godsey, S.E., Hale, R., Dohman, J., Warix, S. Diel wet-dry cycles create biogeochemical hot spots and pulses reflecting complex drivers (in press at Limnology and Oceanography)
[12] - Schlegel, M., Souza, J., Warix, S., Murray. E., Godsey, S.E, Seyfried, M.S., Cram, Z., Lohse, K.A. (2024). Carbon evolution and mixing effects on groundwater age calculations in fractured basalt, southwestern Idaho, U.S.A. Frontiers in Water, frwa.2024.1388465.
[11] - Warix, S., Navarre-Sitchler A., Singha, K. (2024). Water-rock interactions drive chemostasis. Hydrological Process, 10.1002/hyp.15078.

2023

[10] - Aho, K., Derryberry, D., Godsey, S.E., Ramos, R., Warix, S., Zipper, S. (2023). Communication Distance and Bayesian Inference in Non-Perennial Streams, Water Resources Research, 10.1029/2023WR034513.
[9] - Warix, S., Godsey, S.E., Flerchinger, G., Havens, S., Lohse, K.A., Bottenberg, H.C., Chu, X.S., Hale, R.L., Seyfried, M. (2023). Evapotranspiration and groundwater inputs control the timing of diel cycling of stream drying during low-flow periods, Frontiers in Water, 10.3389/frwa.2023.1279838.
[8] - Warix, S., Navarre-Sitchler, A., Manning, A., Singha, K. (2023). Local topography and streambed hydraulic conductivity are primary controls on groundwater residence time and stream drying potential. Water Resources Research, 10.1029/2023WR035044.
[7] - Schlegel, M., Souza, J., Warix, S., MacNeille, R., Murray, E., Radke, A., Godsey, S., Seyfried, M., Finney, B., Lohse, K.A. (2023). Seasonality and evaporation of water resources in Reynolds Creek Experimental Watershed and Critical Zone Observatory, Southwestern Idaho, USA. Vadose Zone Journal, 10.1002/vzj.20278 
[6] - Aho, K., Kriloff, C., Godsey, S.E., Ramos, R., Wheeler, C., You, Y., Warix, S., Derryberry, D., Zipper, S. (2023). Non-perennial stream networks as directed acyclic graphs: The R-package streamDAG. Environmental Modeling and Software, 105775.
[5] - Bush, S. A., Birch, A. L., Warix, S., Sullivan, P. L., Gooseff, M. N., McKnight, D. M., & Barnard, H.R. (2023). Dominant source areas shift seasonally from longitudinal to lateral contributions in a montane headwater stream. Journal of Hydrology, 129134. 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2023.129134.

2022

[4] - Heil, E., Warix, S., Singha, K., Navarre-Sitchler, A. (2022). Decadal trends in solute concentrations, mass flux, and discharge reveal variable hydrologic and geochemical response to climate change in two alpine watersheds, Applied Geochemistry, 10.1016/j.apgeochem.2022.105402.
[3] - Meyers, Z., Rademacher, L.K., Frisbee, M.D., Warix, S. (2022). Extending classical geochemical weathering studies through the mountain block: The effect of increasing scale on geochemical evolution in the Sierra Nevada (CA), Chemical Geology, 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2022.120831.

2021 & Earlier

[2] - Warix, S., Godsey, S.E., Lohse, K.A., & Hale, R.L. (2021). Influence of groundwater and topography on stream drying in semi‐arid headwater streams. Hydrological Processes, 35(5), 1–18. 10.1002/hyp.14185.
[1] - Warix, S., Rademacher, L.K., Meyers, Z.P., Frisbee, M.D., (2019). Groundwater geochemistry and flow in the Spring Mountains, NV: Implications for the Death Valley Regional Flow System. Journal of Hydrology, 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2019.124313.

Data

[6] - Schegel, M.E., Lohse, K.A., Souza, J., Warix, S., Murray, E.M., Godsey, S.E., Seyfried, M.S., Schmitz, M.D., Carr, B. J., Finney, B., Cram, Z. (2024). Dataset for Field Parameters, Chemistry Concentrations, and Isotopes of Water, and Down-Hole Geophysical Measurements Primarily in the Summit Area at Reynolds Creek Experimental Watershed and Critical Zone Observatory, Southwestern Idaho, USA. https://doi.org/10.18122/reynoldscreek.30.boisestate
[5] - Warix, S., Navarre-Sitchler, A., Singha, K. Data from Warix et al. (2024) Water-rock interactions drive chemostasis, HydroShare. https://www.hydroshare.org/resource/c4b384a77a0f43cbb2de2d6eae9cf901.
[4] - Warix, S., Navarre-Sitchler, A., Singha, K. Data from Warix et al. (2023) Local topography and hydraulic conductivity influence riparian groundwater age and groundwater-surface water connection, HydroShare. https://www.hydroshare.org/resource/46dc8efda0dd44a095592817d481fb1f.
[3] - Lohse, K.A., Schegel, M., Souza, J., Warix, S., MacNeille, R., Murray, E., Radke, A., Godsey, S., Seyfried, M., Finney, B. (2022) Dataset of stable isotopes of water for precipitation, surface water, spring water, and subsurface waters at the Reynolds Creek Experimental Watershed and Critical Zone Observatory, Southwestern Idaho, USA. scholarworks.boisestate.edu/reynoldscreek/29/
[2] - Warix, S., Godsey, S., Flerchinger, G., Bottenburg, C., Chu, X., Lohse, K., Hale, R., and Seyfried, M. (2021). Dataset for Riparian Evapotranspiration and NDVI: Murphy Creek, Idaho. 10.18122/reynoldscreek/24/boisestate
[1] - Warix, S., Godsey, S.E., Lohse, K.A., and Hale, R.L. (2020). Dataset for Flow Presence and Groundwater Fluxes at Murphy Creek, Southwest Idaho. 10.18122/reynoldscreek/22/boisestate.

Abstracts

(*mentored undergraduates)  
[33] - Brooks, P., Solomon, D.K., Kampf, K., C., Bern, Barnard., D., Barnard, H., Carling., G., Carroll., R., Chorover., J., Harpold., A., Meza., F., McIntosh., J., Neilson., B., Singha., K., Warix., S., Wolf., M. (2024) Snowmelt runoff dominated by groundwater in western North America. EOS Trans. AGU Fall Meet. Suppl. Abstract. 
[32] - Barnard H., Bush, S., Warix, S., Kerins, D., Brooks, P., Li, L., Singha, K., Navarre-Sitchler, A., Sullivan, P. (2024) Variation Among Runoff-Generation Processes may Indicate the Sensitivity of Montane Headwater Catchments to Future Climate. EOS Trans. AGU Fall Meet. Suppl. Abstract. Invited.
[31] - Warix, S., Navarre-Sitchler, A., Manning, A. and Singha, K. (2024). Groundwater storage dynamics alter streamflow permanence. EOS Trans. AGU Fall Meet. Suppl. Abstract. Invited.
[30] - Manning, A.H., Runkel, R.L., Morrison, J.M., Warix, S., Wanty, R.B., Walton-Day, K. (2024). A new approach employing near-stream groundwater data to disentangle natural versus mining-related sources of stream metal loading. EOS Trans. AGU Fall Meet. Suppl. Abstract.
[29] - Johnson, K., Bush, S.A., Warix, S., Newman, C., Swift Bird, K., Ortega, J., Beutler, C., Barnard, H., Singha, K., Navarre-Sitchler, A., Segura, C., Williams, K. H., Christensen, J. N., Sprenger, M., Gardner, W. P. , Li, L., Carroll, R.W.H., Harpold, A., Raleigh, M.S., Dong, W., Sullivan, P. L.(2024) How does dynamic storage control stream flow discharge and chemistry from reach to catchment scales? Critical Zone Coordination Network Annual Meeting, 5-9 August, University of Illinois.
[28] - Warix, S., Navarre-Sitchler, A., and Singha, K. (2024). Breaking C-Q stationarity: an evaluation of changing watershed reactivity via climate change. Critical Zone Coordination Network Annual Meeting, 5-9 August, University of Illinois.
[27] - Warix, S., Navarre-Sitchler, A., Singha, K. (2024). Groundwater storage dynamics alter streamflow permanence. Intermittency in Headwater Streams Conference, University of Bonn, Germany.
[26] - Warix, S., Navarre-Sitchler, A., Singha, K. (2023). Exploring controls of long-term concentration-discharge (C-Q) patterns in U.S. catchments. American Geophysical Union Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA.
[25] - D’Arcy, S. Navarre-Sitchler, A., Warix, S., Andrews, E.A., Singha, K. (2023). Determining spatial and temporal scales of subsurface weathering rates in the Critical Zone using reactive transport modeling. American Geophysical Union Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA.
[24] - Hale, R., Godsey, S.E., Dohman, J., Warix, S. (2023). Diel wet-dry cycles create biogeochemical hot spots and pulses reflecting complex drivers. American Geophysical Union Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA.
[23] - Warix, S., Navarre-Sitchler, A., Singha, K.  (2023). Impacts of climate change on hydrologic and geochemical fluxes in a headwater stream. Gordon Research Conference on Challenges and Uncertainty in Predicting Catchment Responses to Stress, June 18-23, Andover, NH.
[22] - Warix, S., Navarre-Sitchler, A., Singha, K. (2022). Relation between concentration-discharge relationships and near-stream groundwater residence times. American Geophysical Union Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL.
[21] - Bush, S.A., Birch, A.L., Warix, S., Sullivan, P.L., Gooseff, M.N., McKnight, D.M., Barnard, H.R. (2022). Dominant source areas shift seasonally from longitudinal to lateral contributions in a montane headwater stream. American Geophysical Union Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL.
[20] - Ravikumar, S.*, Warix, S., Singha, K. (2022). Relating Groundwater Residence Time and Stream Hydraulic Conductivity in the Manitou Experimental Forest. American Geophysical Union Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL.
[19] - Warix, S., Navarre-Sitchler, A., Singha, K. (2022). Relation between concentration-discharge relationships and near-stream groundwater residence times. Rocky Mountain Hydrologic Research Center Annual Meeting, Boulder, CO. Invited.
[18] - Warix, S., Navarre-Sitchler, A., Manning, A., Godsey, S., Singha, K. (2022). Topography and hydraulic conductivity are primary controls on groundwater residence time, groundwater-surface water connection, and stream permanence. MtnClimate Meeting, Crested Butte, CO. Invited.[17] - Warix, S., Navarre-Sitchler, A., Manning, A., Singha, K., (2022) Groundwater residence times indicate variable storage mechanisms in a small headwater catchment. American Geophysical Union Frontiers in Hydrology Meeting, San Juan, PR.
[16] - Souza, J. Lohse, K. A., Schlegel, M. E., Warix, S., Murray, E. M., Godsey, S., Seyfried, M. S., (2021) Depicting the Architecture of the Subsurface Groundwater Environment in the Reynolds Creek Critical Zone Observatory: A Geophysical Approach. American Geophysical Union Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA.
[15] - Motz, S.*, Warix, S., Navarre-Sitchler, A., Singha, K., (2021) The Influence of Topography on Discharge and Specific Conductivity in the Hotel Gulch Watershed in Central Colorado. American Geophysical Union Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA.
[14] - Warix, S., Navarre-Sitchler, A., Singha, K., (2021) Relation between concentration-discharge patterns and groundwater residence times in a headwater stream in the Colorado Front Range. American Geophysical Union Annual Meeting, Online.
[13] - Warix, S., Heil, E., Navarre-Sitchler, A., Singha, K. (2021), Concentration-discharge and mass flux relationships in two alpine headwater catchments. Goldschmidt Annual Meeting, Online.
[12] - Souza, J., Lohse, K.A., Schlegel, M., Warix, S., Murray, E., Godsey, S.E., Cram, Z., Seyfried, M., (2020) Determining Sources and Residence Times of Groundwater and Carbon in a Semi-Arid Basin. American Geophysical Union Annual Meeting, Online.
[11] - Warix, S., Godsey, S.E., Lohse, K.A., Hale, R.L. (2019). Influence of baseflow on stream drying in a semi-arid watershed. American Geophysical Union Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA.
[10] - Bottenberg, C.H., Milstein, I.*, Warix, S., Godsey, S.E., Lohse, K.A., MacNeille, R.B., and Hale, R.L. (2019). Can High-Resolution Vegetation Greenness Serve as an Indicator for Stream Drying? American Geophysical Union Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA.
[9] - Hale, R.L., Godsey, S.E, Dohman, J., Warix, S., Godsey, S.E. (2019). Synchronous and asynchronous changes in fluorescent dissolved organic matter along a perennial-intermittent streamflow transition. American Geophysical Union Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA.
[8] - Warix, S., Godsey, S.E. (2019). Baseflow contribution to intermittent streams in a semi-arid headwater network. Geological Society of America Annual Meeting, Abstracts with Programs, v. 51, no 5, Indianapolis, IN.
[7] - Warix, S., Godsey, S.E. (2019). Influence of groundwater on stream drying in a semi-arid watershed. Gordon Research Conference: Catchment Science, Andover, NH.
[6] - Warix, S., Rademacher, L.K., Meyers, Z.P., Frisbee, M.D., Gleason C.L., Hedlund, B.P., Friel, A.D., Pordel, K. (2018). Geologic Controls on Groundwater Flowpaths in the Spring Mountains, NV inferred from Spring Water Geochemistry and 87Sr/86Sr. Geological Society of America Annual Meeting, Abstracts with Programs, v. 50, no. 6, Phoenix, AZ. Awarded second place poster.
[5] - Meyers, Z. P., Frisbee, M.D., Rademacher, L.K., Box C., Warix, S., Hedlund, B., Friel, A., Pordel, K. (2018). Dissolved Noble Gases as Forensic Tracers to Investigate Mountain Front Springs in Owens Valley, CA. Geological Society of America Annual Meeting, Abstracts with Programs, v. 50, no. 6, Phoenix, AZ.
[4] - Friel, A.D., Meyers, Z.P., Gleason C.L., Warix, S., Seymour, C.O., Frisbee, M.D., Rademacher, L.K., Hedlund, B.P. (2018). Microbial Diversity and Community Structure of Desert Springs across Hydrogeochemical Gradients in the Southern Hydrographic Great Basin. Geological Society of America Annual Meeting, Abstracts with Programs, v. 50, no. 6, Phoenix, AZ.
[3] - Pordel, K., Sada, D.W., Umek, J., Meyers, Z.P., Gleason C.L., Warix, S., Rademacher, L.K. (2018). Integrating Hydrogeology and Aquatic Ecology: Evidence through the Structure of Benthic Macroinvertebrate Communities and Water Geochemistry in the Owens Valley, CA. Geological Society of America Annual Meeting, Abstracts with Programs, v. 50, no. 6, Phoenix, AZ.
[2] - Warix, S., Meyers Z., Box C., Friel, A., Hedlund, B., Frisbee, M.D., Rademacher, L.K. (2017). Mineral Weathering and Groundwater Flow in Owens Valley Springs: Geological Society of America Annual Meeting, v. 49, no. 6, Seattle, WA.
[1] - Meyers, Z., Rademacher, L.K., Frisbee, M.D., Warix, S., Hedlund, B., Friel, A. (2016). Desert Spring Characterization from Hydrochemical Data Analysis: Geological Society of America Annual Meeting, Abstracts with Programs, v. 48, no. 7, Denver, CO.