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Research.com Recognitions

  • Fellow of the Geological Society of America
  • Fellow of the Geological Society of America

Overview

Dennis M. Staley is affiliated with the United States Geological Survey in the United States. Their research focuses primarily on environmental science and earth and planetary sciences, reflecting expertise across several interconnected fields.

Staley's main fields of study include:

  • Environmental Science
  • Earth and Planetary Sciences

Their work spans several subfields, including:

  • Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law
  • Global and Planetary Change
  • Atmospheric Science
  • Ecology
  • Geophysics

Key topics addressed throughout their research are:

  • Landslides and related hazards
  • Fire effects on ecosystems
  • Flood Risk Assessment and Management
  • Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations
  • Rangeland and Wildlife Management
  • Cryospheric studies and observations
  • Climate change and permafrost

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Staley include:

  • Jason W. Kean
  • Francis K. Rengers
  • Katherine R. Barnhart
  • Luke A. McGuire
  • Jeffrey A. Coe

Staley has published in multiple venues, most notably:

  • Abstracts with programs - Geological Society of America
  • Journal of Geophysical Research Earth Surface
  • Environmental and Engineering Geoscience
  • Antarctica A Keystone in a Changing World
  • Landslides

Selected recent publications include:

  • Landslides after wildfire: initiation, magnitude, and mobility, 2020, Landslides
  • Multi-Model Comparison of Computed Debris Flow Runout for the 9 January 2018 Montecito, California Post-Wildfire Event, 2021, Journal of Geophysical Research Earth Surface
  • Forecasting the Frequency and Magnitude of Postfire Debris Flows Across Southern California, 2021, Earth s Future
  • Movement of Sediment Through a Burned Landscape: Sediment Volume Observations and Model Comparisons in the San Gabriel Mountains, California, USA, 2021, Journal of Geophysical Research Earth Surface
  • The recurrence interval of post-fire debris-flow generating rainfall in the southwestern United States, 2020, Geomorphology

Dennis M. Staley has been recognized as a Fellow of the Geological Society of America.

Best Publications

  • Objective definition of rainfall intensity–duration thresholds for the initiation of post-fire debris flows in southern California

    Dennis M. Staley;Jason W. Kean;Susan H. Cannon;Kevin M. Schmidt

  • Analyzing High Resolution Topography for Advancing the Understanding of Mass and Energy Transfer Through Landscapes: A Review

    Paola Passalacqua;Patrick Belmont;Dennis M. Staley;Jeffrey D. Simley

  • In situ measurements of post-fire debris flows in southern California: Comparisons of the timing and magnitude of 24 debris-flow events with rainfall and soil moisture conditions

    Jason W. Kean;Dennis M. Staley;Susan H. Cannon

  • Runoff-generated debris flows: Observations and modeling of surge initiation, magnitude, and frequency

    Jason W. Kean;Scott W. McCoy;Gregory E. Tucker;Dennis M. Staley

  • Prediction of spatially explicit rainfall intensity–duration thresholds for post-fire debris-flow generation in the western United States

    Dennis M. Staley;Jacquelyn A. Negri;Jason W. Kean;Jayme L. Laber

  • Inundation, flow dynamics, and damage in the 9 January 2018 Montecito debris-flow event, California, USA: Opportunities and challenges for post-wildfire risk assessment

    Jason W. Kean;Dennis M. Staley;Jeremy T. Lancaster;Francis K. Rengers

  • Sediment entrainment by debris flows: In situ measurements from the headwaters of a steep catchment

    S.W. McCoy;Jason W. Kean;Jeffrey A. Coe;G.E. Tucker

  • Evolution of a natural debris flow: In situ measurements of flow dynamics, video imagery, and terrestrial laser scanning

    Scott W. McCoy;Jason W. Kean;Jeffrey A. Coe;Dennis M. Staley

  • Rainfall intensity-duration thresholds for postfire debris-flow emergency-response planning

    Susan H. Cannon;Eric M. Boldt;Jayme L. Laber;Jason W. Kean

  • Landslides after wildfire: initiation, magnitude, and mobility

    Francis K. Rengers;Luke A. McGuire;Nina S. Oakley;Jason W. Kean

  • Surficial patterns of debris flow deposition on alluvial fans in Death Valley, CA using airborne laser swath mapping data

    Dennis M. Staley;Dennis M. Staley;Thad A. Wasklewicz;Jacek S. Blaszczynski

  • Model simulations of flood and debris flow timing in steep catchments after wildfire

    Francis K. Rengers;Luke McGuire;Jason W. Kean;Dennis M. Staley

  • Characterizing the primary material sources and dominant erosional processes for post-fire debris-flow initiation in a headwater basin using multi-temporal terrestrial laser scanning data

    Dennis M. Staley;Thad A. Wasklewicz;Jason W. Kean

  • Debris flow initiation by runoff in a recently burned basin: Is grain-by-grain sediment bulking or en masse failure to blame?

    Luke A. McGuire;Francis K. Rengers;Jason W. Kean;Dennis M. Staley

  • Evolution of Debris-Flow Initiation Mechanisms and Sediment Sources During a Sequence of Postwildfire Rainstorms

    Hui Tang;Luke A. McGuire;Francis K. Rengers;Jason W. Kean

  • Functional and structural connectivity within a recently burned drainage basin

    Thad Wester;Thad Wasklewicz;Dennis Staley

  • Multi-model comparison of computed debris flow runout for the 9 January 2018 Montecito, California post-wildfire event

    K. R. Barnhart;R. P. Jones;D. L. George;B. W. McArdell

  • Forecasting the Frequency and Magnitude of Postfire Debris Flows Across Southern California

    Jason W. Kean;Dennis M. Staley

  • Movement of Sediment Through a Burned Landscape: Sediment Volume Observations and Model Comparisons in the San Gabriel Mountains, California, USA

    Francis K. Rengers;Luke A. McGuire;Jason W. Kean;Dennis M. Staley

  • Postwildfire Soil-Hydraulic Recovery and the Persistence of Debris Flow Hazards

    Matthew A. Thomas;Francis K. Rengers;Jason W. Kean;Luke A. McGuire

  • A low-cost method to measure the timing of postfire flash floods and debris flows relative to rainfall

    Jason W. Kean;Dennis M. Staley;Robert J. Leeper;Kevin Michael Schmidt

  • Prediction of spatially explicit rainfall intensity-duration thresholds for post-fire debris-flow generation in the western United States

    Dennis Staley;Jacquelyn Negri;Jason Kean

Frequent Co-Authors

Jason W. Kean
Jason W. Kean United States Geological Survey
Francis K. Rengers
Francis K. Rengers United States Geological Survey
Jeffrey A. Coe
Jeffrey A. Coe United States Geological Survey
Gregory E. Tucker
Gregory E. Tucker University of Colorado Boulder
Jonathan W. Godt
Jonathan W. Godt United States Geological Survey
Rex L. Baum
Rex L. Baum United States Geological Survey
Benjamin B. Mirus
Benjamin B. Mirus United States Geological Survey
Jonathan J. Gourley
Jonathan J. Gourley National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Brian A. Ebel
Brian A. Ebel United States Geological Survey
Peter R. Robichaud
Peter R. Robichaud United States Department of Agriculture

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