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Robert S. Anderson

Fellow of INSTAAR; Professor of Geological Sciences, Univ. of Colorado at Boulder.

PhD: 1986, University of Washington.

Robert.S.Anderson@colorado.edu
(303) 735-8169

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Specialty: Geomorphology, mechanics and timing of landscape evolution.

Research Interests: My academic interests focus on the processes that drive landscape evolution, studied through monitoring of modern systems, numerical modeling of these systems constrained by modern rates, and establishment of a chronology that constrains the longer term pace of landscape evolution. While recent research has focused on alpine landscapes, and the glaciers and rivers that carve them, I remain interested in all landscapes, the processes that drive them, and the natural patterns that emerge.

Outstanding Awards: NSF Presidential Young Investigator Award 1991-1996. Gladys Cole Award for research in arid regions, Geological Society of America, 1995.

Selected Publications:

  • Wobus, C., Tucker, G., and Anderson, R.S. (2006), Self-formation of bedrock channels, Geophysical Research Letters, 33, L18408, doi:10.1029/2006GL027182.
  • Kessler, M.A., R.S. Anderson, and G.S. Stock (2006), Modeling topographic and climatic control of east-west asymmetry in Sierra Nevada Glacier length during the Last Glacial Maximum, J. Geophys. Res., 111, F2, F02002, doi:10.1029/2005JF000365.
  • Anderson, R.S., Riihimaki, C.A., Safran, E.B., MacGregor, K.R. (2006), Facing reality: Late Cenozoic evolution of smooth peaks, glacially ornamented valleys and deep river gorges of Colorado’s Front Range. In Willett, S.D., Hovius, N., and Brandon, M.T., and Fisher, D.M., eds., Tectonics, climate and landscape evolution, GSA Special Paper 398 (Chapter 25) p. 397-418.
  • Anderson, R.S., P. Molnar, and M.A. Kessler (2006), Features of glacial valley profiles simply explained, J. Geophys Res., 111, F01004, doi:10.1029/2005JF000344.
  • Stock G.M., Anderson R.S., and Finkel R.C. (2005), Late Cenozoic topographic evolution of the Sierra Nevada, California, inferred from cosmogenic 26Al and 10Be concentrations. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms 30: 985-1006; doi: 10.1002/esp.1258
  • Adams, P.N., Storlazzi, C.D., and Anderson, R.S. (2005), Nearshore wave-induced cyclical flexing of seacliffs. JGR-Earth Surface, Vol. 110, No. F2, F02002, 10.1029/2004JF000217
  • Kessler, M.A. and Anderson, R.S. (2004), Testing a numerical glacial hydrological model using spring speed-up events and outburst floods. Geophysical Review Letters, v.31, L18503, doi: 10.1029/2004GL020622.
  • Anderson, R.S., Anderson, S.P., MacGregor, K.R., O’Neel, S., Riihimaki, C.A., Waddington, E.D., and Loso, M.G. (2004), Strong feedbacks between hydrology and sliding of a small alpine glacier. J. Geophys. Res.-Earth Surface, v.109. F1, doi: 10.1029/2004JF000120.
  • Stock, G.M., Anderson, R.S., and Finkel, R.C. (2004), Cave sediments reveal pace of landscape evolution in the Sierra Nevada, California, Geology, v. 32, no. 3, p. 193-196; doi: 10.1130/G20197.1.
  • Anderson, R.S. (2002), Modeling of tor-dotted crests, bedrock edges and parabolic profiles of the high alpine surfaces of the Wind River Range, Wyoming. Geomorphology 46: 35-58.
  • Anderson, R.S., Repka, J.L. and Dick, G.S. (1996), Dating depositional surfaces using in situ produced cosmogenic radionuclides. Geology 24: 47-51.
  • Small, E.E. and Anderson, R.S. (1995), Geomorphically driven late Cenozoic rock uplift in the Sierra Nevada, California. Science 270: 277-280.

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