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Earth Surface Processes Laboratory

University of Oregon

Faculty:

Josh Roering, Associate Professor, Department of Geological Sciences

Graduate Students:

Adam Booth, Ph.D, 2007-present

Max Calabro, M.S.(Co-advised w/ D. Schmidt), 2006-present, InSAR analysis of the Portuguese Bend landslide complex

Ben Mackey, Ph.D, 2004-present, Quantifying landslide dynamics using airborne LiDAR

Laura Stimely, Ph.D, 2007-present

Alumni:

T.C. Hales, Ph.D, 2006, Climatic controls on rockfall erosion and mountain evolution [thesis pdf].

Suzanne Walther, M.S., 2006, Quantifying biogenic sediment transport on a forested, loess-mantled hillslope in the Blue Mountains, Eastern Washington [thesis pdf].

Amanda MacLeod, M.S., 2006, Coupling meteorological data with hydrologic and slope stability models to constrain controls on shallow landsliding [thesis pdf].

Molly Gerber, M.S., 2004, Geomorphic response to wildfire in the Oregon Coast Range [thesis pdf].

Michelle Mort, M.S., 2003, Quantifying rates of bedrock erosion by tree throw and root action in the Oregon Coast Range.

Jacob Selander, B.S. honors thesis, 2004, Processes of knickpoint propagation and bedrock incision in the Oregon Coast Range [thesis pdf].

Jeremy Sierra Kobor, B.S. honors thesis, 2002, Using the stream power model and topographic data to quantify differential uplift in the Oregon Coast Range. [pdf]

Sarah Chylek, B.S. honors thesis, 2002, Quantifying the signature of captured streams in the Oregon Coast Range using digital elevation models.

Recent collaborators:

David Furbish, hydrology/geomorphology, Dept. of Earth and Environmental Sci., Vanderbilt, University

Peter Reiners, thermochronology/geochemistry, Dept. of Geosciences, University of Arizona

Taylor Perron, geomorphology/planetary geology, Department of Earth & Planetary Sciences, Harvard University

Becky Dorsey, sedimentology/stratigraphy, Dept. of Geological Sciences, University of Oregon

Gene Humphreys, geodynamics, Dept. of Geological Sciences, University of Oregon

Peter Almond, soil science/Quaternary geology, Lincoln University, New Zealand

Jim McKean, geomorphology/engineering, U.S. Forest Service, Rocky Mtn. Research Station, Boise, Idaho

Bill Dietrich, geomorphology, Dept. Earth and Planetary Sciences, Univ. California, Berkeley

Jim Kirchner, geochemistry/geomorphology, Dept. Earth and Planetary Sciences, Univ. California, Berkeley