Research Over the Past Decade

Interactions of tectonics, erosion, and climate in shaping the Himalaya, Nepal and India

Climate and tectonic controls on growth of the Puna Plateau, NW Argentina

Steady-state and pre-steady-state topographic characteristics of collisional orogens

Collisions of continental promontories: Pamirs and Tien Shan, western China

Distributed deformation in the Kyrgyz Tien Shan: mechanisms and rates of deformation

Paleo-erosion rates in the eastern Andes of NW Argentina: Miocene-to-present

Controls on near-surface patterns of bedrock fractures

Automatic definition of knickpoints in stream channels from DEMs and relationships to uplift, rock types, and hillslope character

Some recent research results from the Burbank lab group

Use of channel profiles to deduce kinematic style of fold limb

High-resolution Himalayan rainfall

Controls on snow accumulation in the Himalaya

Apparent decoupling of rainfall and long-term denudation rates in the Nepalese  Himalaya

Structural and geomorphic map of deformed outwash surfaces along the Ostler Fault zone, South Island, New Zealand

Listric thrust model and associated terrace deformation

Frequency-magnitude distributions of landslides mapped from aerial photos and satellite imagery in the Southern Alps and Fiordland, South Island, NZ

Use of shallow seismic data (backpack-able arrays) to deduce fracture density in the Southern Alps and Fiordland, South Island, New Zealand

Vertical gradients in fracture densities deduced from shallow seismic data in the Southern Alps and Fiordland,  New Zealand

Riser profiles in New Zealand and Idaho: degradation as a function of angle, length, biota, & facing direction

Contrasts in apatite U-Th/He  and fission-track cooling ages in two nearby ranges (Laji Shan, Jishi Shan) signal a major Miocene change ini kinematics  in NE Tibet.

Slip rates on active normal faults along the eastern escarpment of the Sierra Nevada, CA

Structure and Initiation Ages across the

Naryn Basin, Kyrgyz Tien Shan

Comparison of InSAR and Terrace Deforma-tion Rates: Naryn Basin, Kyrgyz Tien Shan