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James A. Spotila

James A. Spotila

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Earth Science

D-Index
32
Citations
3585
World Ranking
8723
National Ranking
2837

Overview

James A. Spotila is affiliated with Virginia Tech in the United States and conducts research primarily in the field of Earth and Planetary Sciences. Their scholarly work spans a range of subfields including Atmospheric Science, Geophysics, Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law, Earth-Surface Processes, and Ecology.

The scientist's research covers multiple interconnected topics, notably Geology and Paleoclimatology Research, Geological and Geochemical Analysis, Landslides and Related Hazards, Cryospheric Studies and Observations, Earthquake and Tectonic Studies, Geological Formations and Processes, and Climate Change and Permafrost.

Frequent publication venues reflect the focus and dissemination channels of their work. These include:

  • Abstracts with programs - Geological Society of America
  • Geosphere
  • Geomorphology
  • Tectonics
  • Quaternary Research

Among recent published papers, the following stand out:

  • "Preservation of Valley and Ridge topography via delivery of resistant, ridge-sourced boulders to hillslopes and channels, Southern Appalachian Mountains, U.S.A." (2020, Geomorphology)
  • "Timing and extent of Late Pleistocene glaciation in the Chugach Mountains, Alaska" (2021, Quaternary Research)
  • "Uncovering the Controls on Fluvial Bedrock Erodibility and Knickpoint Expression: A High-Resolution Comparison of Bedrock Properties Between Knickpoints and Non-Knickpoint Reaches" (2022, Journal of Geophysical Research Earth Surface)
  • "Geomorphic complexity and the case for topographic rejuvenation of the Appalachian Mountains" (2022, Geomorphology)
  • "Kinematics and Evolution of the Southern Eastern California Shear Zone, Based on Analysis of Fault Strike, Distribution, Activity, Roughness, and Secondary Deformation" (2021, Tectonics)

Collaborative work features frequently in this scientist's career, with repeated co-authorship alongside several researchers including:

  • Max M. Garvue
  • Kristin Chilton
  • Lewis A. Owen
  • Joshua Valentino
  • Philip S. Prince

The areas of study and research outputs indicate a comprehensive focus on Earth surface dynamics and related geological phenomena. This includes investigations into topographic processes, glaciation history, bedrock erosion, and tectonic zone analysis, often combining field observations with geophysical and geological data.

Best Publications

  • Near-Field Investigations of the Landers Earthquake Sequence, April to July 1992

    Kerry Sieh;Lucile M Jones;Egill Hauksson;Kenneth W Hudnut

  • Quaternary tectonic response to intensified glacial erosion in an orogenic wedge

    Aaron L. Berger;Sean P. S. Gulick;James A. Spotila;Phaedra Upton

  • Long-term glacial erosion of active mountain belts: Example of the Chugach–St. Elias Range, Alaska

    James A. Spotila;Jamie T. Buscher;Andrew J. Meigs;Peter W. Reiners

  • Orogen-parallel extension and exhumation enhanced by denudation in the trans-Himalayan Arun River gorge, Ama Drime Massif, Tibet-Nepal

    Micah J. Jessup;Dennis L. Newell;John M. Cottle;Aaron L. Berger

  • Uplift and erosion of the San Bernardino Mountains associated with transpression along the San Andreas fault, California, as constrained by radiogenic helium thermochronometry

    James A. Spotila;Kenneth A. Farley;Kerry Sieh

  • Stream capture as driver of transient landscape evolution in a tectonically quiescent setting

    Philip S. Prince;James A. Spotila;William S. Henika

  • Architecture, kinematics, and exhumation of a convergent orogenic wedge: A thermochronological investigation of tectonic-climatic interactions within the central St. Elias orogen, Alaska

    Aaron L. Berger;James A. Spotila;James B. Chapman;Terry L. Pavlis

  • Origin of the Blue Ridge escarpment along the passive margin of Eastern North America

    James A. Spotila;Greg C. Bank;Peters W. Reiners;Charles W. Naeser

  • New physical evidence of the role of stream capture in active retreat of the Blue Ridge escarpment, southern Appalachians

    Philip S. Prince;James A. Spotila;William S. Henika

  • Long-term continental deformation associated with transpressive plate motion: The San Andreas fault

    James A. Spotila;Nathan Niemi;Robert Brady;Martha House

  • Denudation and deformation in a glaciated orogenic wedge: The St. Elias orogen, Alaska

    Aaron L. Berger;James A. Spotila

  • Geologic investigations of a “slip gap” in the surficial ruptures of the 1992 Landers earthquake, southern California

    James A. Spotila;Kerry E Sieh

  • Volcanoes of the passive margin: The youngest magmatic event in eastern North America

    Sarah E Mazza;Esteban Gazel;Elizabeth A Johnson;Michael J. Kunk

  • Exhumation at orogenic indentor corners under long-term glacial conditions: Example of the St. Elias orogen, Southern Alaska

    James A. Spotila;Aaron L. Berger

  • Near‐field transpressive deformation along the San Andreas fault zone in southern California, based on exhumation constrained by (U‐Th)/He dating

    James A. Spotila;Kenneth A. Farley;J. Douglas Yule;Peter W. Reiners;Peter W. Reiners

  • Applications of Low-Temperature Thermochronometry to Quantification of Recent Exhumation in Mountain Belts

    James A. Spotila

  • The form and function of headwater streams based on field and modeling investigations in the southern Appalachian Mountains

    Rebecca Kavage Adams;James A. Spotila

  • Architecture of transpressional thrust faulting in the San Bernardino Mountains, southern California, from deformation of a deeply weathered surface

    James A. Spotila;Kerry Sieh

  • Structure of the actively deforming fold-thrust belt of the St. Elias orogen with implications for glacial exhumation and three-dimensional tectonic processes

    Terry L. Pavlis;James B. Chapman;Ronald L. Bruhn;Kenneth Ridgway

  • New constraints on the late Cenozoic incision history of the New River, Virginia

    Dylan J. Ward;James A. Spotila;Gregory S. Hancock;John M. Galbraith

  • Controls on the Erosion and Geomorphic Evolution of the San Bernardino and San Gabriel Mountains, Southern California

    James A. Spotila;Martha A. House;Ann E. Blythe;Nathan A. Niemi;Nathan A. Niemi

Frequent Co-Authors

Lewis A. Owen
Lewis A. Owen North Carolina State University
Terry L. Pavlis
Terry L. Pavlis The University of Texas at El Paso
Nathan A. Niemi
Nathan A. Niemi University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Sean P.S. Gulick
Sean P.S. Gulick The University of Texas at Austin
David L. Shuster
David L. Shuster University of California, Berkeley
Marc W. Caffee
Marc W. Caffee Purdue University West Lafayette
Marino Protti
Marino Protti University of California, Santa Cruz
Kerry E Sieh
Kerry E Sieh Nanyang Technological University
Peter W. Reiners
Peter W. Reiners University of Arizona
Eva Enkelmann
Eva Enkelmann University of Calgary

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