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Overview

Jon J. Major is affiliated with the United States Geological Survey in the United States and has contributed to research primarily in the fields of Environmental Science and Earth and Planetary Sciences. Their work spans various subfields including Atmospheric Science, Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law, Global and Planetary Change, Ecology, and Geophysics.

Their research topics encompass landslides and related hazards, cryospheric studies and observations, geology and paleoclimatology, flood risk assessment and management, hydrology and sediment transport processes, geological and geochemical analysis, and geological formations and processes.

Some of the recent publications authored or co-authored by Jon J. Major include:

  • Subaerial volcaniclastic deposits - influences of initiation mechanisms and transport behaviour on characteristics and distributions, 2022, Geological Society London Special Publications
  • Effective Hydrological Events in an Evolving Mid-latitude Mountain River System Following Cataclysmic Disturbance-A Saga of Multiple Influences, 2020, Water Resources Research
  • Mount St. Helens at 40, 2020, Science

Jon J. Major has also frequently collaborated with other researchers. Notable frequent co-authors include Hannah R. Dietterich, Gordon E. Grant, Becky Fasth, K. V. Cashman, and Adam R. Mosbrucker.

Their research has appeared in several publication venues with multiple contributions to the Bulletin of Volcanology and Abstracts with programs - Geological Society of America, as well as appearances in Geological Society London Special Publications, Journal of Geophysical Research Earth Surface, and Water Resources Research.

Best Publications

  • Debris-flow deposition: Effects of pore-fluid pressure and friction concentrated at flow margins

    Jon J. Major;Richard M. Iverson

  • Depositional Processes in Large-Scale Debris-Flow Experiments

    Jon J. Major

  • Debris Flow Rheology: Experimental Analysis of Fine-Grained Slurries

    Jon J. Major;Thomas C. Pierson

  • Rainfall, ground-water flow, and seasonal movement at Minor Creek landslide, northwestern California: Physical interpretation of empirical relations

    Richard M. Iverson;Jon J. Major

  • Dynamics of seismogenic volcanic extrusion at Mount St Helens in 2004–05

    Richard M. Iverson;Daniel Dzurisin;Cynthia A. Gardner;Terrence M. Gerlach

  • Snow and ice perturbation during historical volcanic eruptions and the formation of lahars and floods

    Jon J Major;Christopher G Newhall

  • Sediment yield following severe volcanic disturbance—A two-decade perspective from Mount St. Helens

    J.J. Major;T.C. Pierson;R.L. Dinehart;J.E. Costa

  • Groundwater Seepage Vectors and the Potential for Hillslope Failure and Debris Flow Mobilization

    Richard M. Iverson;Jon J. Major

  • Dam removal: Listening in

    Melissa M. Foley;James Bellmore;James E. O'Connor;Jeffrey J. Duda

  • Gravity-Driven Consolidation of Granular Slurries--Implications for Debris-Flow Deposition and Deposit Characteristics

    Jon J. Major

  • Hydrogeomorphic Effects of Explosive Volcanic Eruptions on Drainage Basins

    Thomas C. Pierson;Jon J. Major

  • Geomorphic response of the Sandy River, Oregon, to removal of Marmot Dam

    Jon J. Major;Jim E. O'Connor;Charles J. Podolak;Mackenzie K. Keith

  • Conceptualizing Ecological Responses to Dam Removal: If You Remove It, What's to Come?

    J Ryan Bellmore;George R Pess;Jeffrey J Duda;Jim E O’Connor

  • Acute sedimentation response to rainfall following the explosive phase of the 2008-2009 eruption of Chaitén volcano, Chile

    Thomas C. Pierson;Jon J. Major;Álvaro Amigo;Hugo Moreno

  • Camera system considerations for geomorphic applications of SfM photogrammetry

    Adam R. Mosbrucker;Jon J. Major;Kurt R. Spicer;John Pitlick

  • Pebble orientation on large, experimental debris-flow deposits

    Jon J. Major

  • Rapid reservoir erosion, hyperconcentrated flow, and downstream deposition triggered by breaching of 38 m tall Condit Dam, White Salmon River, Washington

    Andrew C. Wilcox;James E. O'Connor;Jon J. Major

  • Watershed disturbance and lahars on the east side of Mount Pinatubo during the mid-June 1991 eruptions

    Jon J. Major;R. J. Janda;A.S. Daag

  • Overview of Chaitén Volcano, Chile, and its 2008-2009 eruption

    Jon J. Major;Luis E. Lara

  • Geomorphic Responses to Dam Removal in the United States – a Two‐Decade Perspective

    Jon J. Major;Amy E. East;Jim E. O'Connor;Gordon E. Grant

Frequent Co-Authors

Gordon E. Grant
Gordon E. Grant US Forest Service
Richard M. Iverson
Richard M. Iverson United States Geological Survey
Jim E. O'Connor
Jim E. O'Connor United States Geological Survey
Michael P. Poland
Michael P. Poland United States Geological Survey
Richard P. Hoblitt
Richard P. Hoblitt United States Geological Survey
John S. Pallister
John S. Pallister United States Geological Survey
Peter Richard Wilcock
Peter Richard Wilcock Utah State University
Francis J. Magilligan
Francis J. Magilligan Dartmouth College
John Pitlick
John Pitlick University of Colorado Boulder
George R. Pess
George R. Pess National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

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