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geomorphyuggs.bsky.social @geomorphyuggs.bsky.social · 5d

How is ‘river’ defined here?

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geomorphyuggs.bsky.social @geomorphyuggs.bsky.social · 11d

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geomorphyuggs.bsky.social @geomorphyuggs.bsky.social · 15d

The landslide dam has failed: storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/5864...

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geomorphyuggs.bsky.social @geomorphyuggs.bsky.social · 20d

Usually sometime in mid October

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geomorphyuggs.bsky.social @geomorphyuggs.bsky.social · 28d

Ah, yes a rock from the Middle-Absurdian Period on Mars...

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Claire Masteller @cmasteller.bsky.social · 29d

🥳🥳🥳 Thrilled to be part of this new effort to connect flood hazards to health risks through community-engaged research linking hydrology, microbiology, anthropology and data science.

We’re seeking PhD students + postdocs eager to dive in to this convergent research!

Multidisciplinary team secures $3.6M grant to investigate health risks from flooding

A cross-disciplinary team of WashU researchers has received a five-year, $3.6 million grant from the National Science Foundation to expand its work studying the human health effects of flooding in com...

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geomorphyuggs.bsky.social @geomorphyuggs.bsky.social · 29d

Awesome! Congrats!!

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Dept. of Earth & Atmospheric Sciences @iuearth.bsky.social · Sep 5

In the news at IU: Dr. Brian Yanites (@geomorphyuggs.bsky.social) is a principal investigator in the new Center for Land Surface Hazards, sponsored by NSF. Press release and more details: news.iu.edu/live/news/46...

Research on cascading natural disaster hazards helps communities plan ahead for weather threats

As natural disasters increase in frequency and strength, so does a phenomenon known as cascading hazards. Brian Yanites studies these hazards in order to ...

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geomorphyuggs.bsky.social @geomorphyuggs.bsky.social · Sep 4

Big news today! Super excited to be a part of this new initiative. Lots to come, so stay tuned! And follow @clashgeohazards.bsky.social !!!

CLaSH-an NSF Center for Land Surface Hazards @clashgeohazards.bsky.social · Sep 4

🎉 It’s official! Today, we announce the launch of CLaSH: Center for Land Surface Hazards an NSF supported initiative to advance the science of cascading geohazards to enable a resilient society.

Follow along as we share updates, opportunities, research, and collaborations! 🌎✨ #CLaSH #NSF

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geomorphyuggs.bsky.social @geomorphyuggs.bsky.social · Aug 31

I'd love to get/use induction, but I'm one of the people who can hear the high-pitched tone when they're cooking. It makes my skin crawl (like my ultrasonic tanks in the lab).

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geomorphyuggs.bsky.social @geomorphyuggs.bsky.social · Aug 28

When is the last time you've seen a faculty job ad for a Quaternary Geologist? Not that it's dead or irrelevant, but it's just doesn't resonate with most folks. We sent out a survey, but there's enough 'old guard' around (I speculate) such that, I think, 60% wanted to keep the name. (2/2

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geomorphyuggs.bsky.social @geomorphyuggs.bsky.social · Aug 28

I struggle with GSA. Awesome organization that does great things for students, but I agree QGG is becoming less and less relevant while the geomorphology community is booming. I'm not sure why. When I was on the QGG panel, I really pushed for a name change. (1/2)

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Jill A Marshall she/her 🇺🇸 @happygeojill.bsky.social · Aug 20

Can forests damp earthquake waves and thus limit co-seismic landslides? What does this mean for Critical Zone development? Postdoctoral position with Will Struble and a multi-disciplinary team (including me🌲🌲🌊🌳🪾). Position is open until filled.

willstruble.com
#CZScience #Postdoc

Will Struble

Tectonic Geomorphology and Surface Processes at the University of Houston

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geomorphyuggs.bsky.social @geomorphyuggs.bsky.social · Aug 14

I'm not sure that's all run up. The pre-imagery clearly shows an active/unstable slope. The run-up may have simply undercut that slope, expanding that unstable area:

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geomorphyuggs.bsky.social @geomorphyuggs.bsky.social · Aug 14

It's been around for over a decade at least. @opentopography.org has a nice overview: opentopography.org/blog/new-pac...

New package automates river relative elevation model (REM) generation | OpenTopography

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geomorphyuggs.bsky.social @geomorphyuggs.bsky.social · Aug 14

That tsunamigenic landslide is impressive.

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geomorphyuggs.bsky.social @geomorphyuggs.bsky.social · Aug 13

Can we now stop saying that once suspended sediment returns to pre-event levels, then the system response is over? Great paper here with relevance to cascading hazards and landscape evolution.

Nature @nature.com · Aug 13

Nature research paper: Large riverbed sediment flux sustained for a decade after an earthquake

go.nature.com/3UsaAS8

Large riverbed sediment flux sustained for a decade after an earthquake - Nature

Bedload can dominate river sediment flux after a major earthquake for a prolonged time period.

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Nature @nature.com · Aug 13

Nature research paper: Large riverbed sediment flux sustained for a decade after an earthquake

go.nature.com/3UsaAS8

Large riverbed sediment flux sustained for a decade after an earthquake - Nature

Bedload can dominate river sediment flux after a major earthquake for a prolonged time period.

go.nature.com

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geomorphyuggs.bsky.social @geomorphyuggs.bsky.social · Aug 13

Mandatory evacuations downstream in anticipation of Podul arriving. news.ltn.com.tw/news/life/br...

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Randall Munroe @xkcd.com · Aug 12

Where Babies Come From

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Comic. Various Experts Answer the Question “Where do babies come from?” Geneticist: Recent admixture event, roughly 0.001 kya. Astronomer: Low-impulse ejection from a parent body. Software engineer: Off-by-one error in the population calculations. Geologist: The area was originally a uniform plane, but the non-baby parts eroded at higher rates. Meteorologist: Moist ground-level turbulent mixing.

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maryn sanders @maryn-geomorph.bsky.social · Aug 11

shamelessly made a bluesky account so I could plug my first first-author paper (!) on postfire erosion in steep rocky catchments -- go check her out!

www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

The influence of wildfire on debris flows in a landscape of persistent disequilibrium: Columbia River Gorge, OR, USA

Debris flow erosion in rocky catchments of northern Oregon (USA) is found to be relatively insensitive to fire conditions.

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geomorphyuggs.bsky.social @geomorphyuggs.bsky.social · Aug 8

They need to bring back random sports like caber tossing during the day. Enough talking crap.

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The Geological Society of America (GSA) @geosociety.bsky.social · Aug 7

Out Now: August Issue of #GSAToday!

Lead article: Multi-agency effort forecasts & mitigates postfire debris flows in Glenwood Canyon, CO—26 in 2021, 3 in 2023, no major injuries.

Plus: GSA Connects 2025 updates, GSA news & Wonders of Geology.

Read now: geosociety.co/4oqnjlV

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geomorphyuggs.bsky.social @geomorphyuggs.bsky.social · Aug 7

The lake is still growing.

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geomorphyuggs.bsky.social @geomorphyuggs.bsky.social · Aug 7

This landslide has its own entry on the USGS earthquake site: earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/...

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