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Leslie D. McFadden is affiliated with the University of New Mexico in the United States and specializes in Earth and Planetary Sciences. Their research spans multiple subfields, including Atmospheric Science, Earth-Surface Processes, Soil Science, and aspects of Management, Monitoring, Policy, and Law within environmental contexts.

The scientist's work concentrates primarily on Geology and Paleoclimatology Research, with a focus on Aeolian processes and effects, soil erosion and sediment transport, and landslides and related hazards. These topics reflect an interest in how environmental and climatic factors influence soil dynamics and landscape changes.

Recent publications authored or co-authored by Leslie D. McFadden include:

  • Climate and Vegetation Change, Hillslope Soil Erosion, and the Complex Nature of Late Quaternary Environmental Transitions, Eastern Mojave Desert, USA, 2022, Quaternary
  • Climate and Vegetation Change, Hillslope Soil Erosion, and the Complex Nature of Late Quaternary Environmental Transitions, Eastern Mojave Desert, USA, 2022, SSRN Electronic Journal
  • LATE QUATERNARY GEOCHRONOLOGIC RECORD OF SOIL FORMATION AND EROSION: THE IMPORTANCE OF VEGETATION IN MODULATING HILLSLOPE RESPONSE TO CLIMATE CHANGE, 2021, Abstracts with programs - Geological Society of America
  • THE IMPORTANCE OF VEGETATION AND SOIL DEVELOPMENT IN MODULATING HILLSLOPE RESPONSE TO CLIMATE CHANGE IN THE MOJAVE DESERT, 2022, Abstracts with programs - Geological Society of America

Frequent co-authors collaborating with McFadden include:

  • Joseph R. McAuliffe
  • Lyman P. Persico
  • Tammy M. Rittenour
  • Tara E. Stahlecker
  • Saisha Brody

The primary venues where Leslie D. McFadden's research has appeared include:

  • Abstracts with programs - Geological Society of America
  • Quaternary
  • SSRN Electronic Journal

McFadden's research contributions demonstrate active engagement with interpreting geological records and environmental transitions, notably focusing on soil formation, erosion mechanisms, and the role of vegetation in these processes. Their work often addresses the Late Quaternary period, emphasizing how climatic variation influences hillslope dynamics within desert environments.

Best Publications

  • Tectonic Geomorphology North and South of the Garlock Fault, California

    William B. Bull;Leslie D. McFadden

  • Influences of eolian and pedogenic processes on the origin and evolution of desert pavements

    Leslie D. McFadden;Stephen G. Wells;Michael J. Jercinovich

  • Seasonal bias in the formation and stable isotopic composition of pedogenic carbonate in modern soils from central New Mexico, USA

    Daniel O Breecker;Z. D. Sharp;L. D. McFadden

  • Influence of Late Quaternary Climatic Changes on Geomorphic and Pedogenic Processes on a Desert Piedmont, Eastern Mojave Desert, California

    Stephen G. Wells;Leslie D. McFadden;John C. Dohrenwend

  • Late Cenozoic landscape evolution on lava flow surfaces of the Cima volcanic field, Mojave Desert, California

    Stephen G. Wells;John C. Dohrenwend;Leslie D. McFADDEN;Brent D. Turrin

  • Atmospheric CO2 concentrations during ancient greenhouse climates were similar to those predicted for A.D. 2100

    Daniel O Breecker;Z. D. Sharp;L. D. McFadden

  • Quaternary soils and dust deposition in southern Nevada and California

    Marith C. Reheis;Jonathan C. Goodmacher;Jennifer W. Harden;Leslie D. McFadden

  • The vesicular layer and carbonate collars of desert soils and pavements: formation, age and relation to climate change

    Leslie D McFadden;Eric V McDonald;Stephen G Wells;Kirk Anderson

  • Rate and depth of pedogenic-carbonate accumulation in soils: Formulation and testing of a compartment model

    Leslie D. McFadden;John C. Tinsley

  • Physical weathering in arid landscapes due to diurnal variation in the direction of solar heating

    L.D. McFadden;M.C. Eppes;A.R. Gillespie;B. Hallet

  • Use of multiparameter relative-age methods for age estimation and correlation of alluvial fan surfaces on a desert piedmont, eastern Mojave Desert, California

    Leslie D. McFadden;John B. Ritter;Stephen G. Wells

  • Cosmogenic 3He surface-exposure dating of stone pavements: Implications for landscape evolution in deserts

    Stephen G. Wells;Leslie D. McFadden;Jane Poths;Chad T. Olinger

  • Influences of quaternary climatic changes on processes of soil development on desert loess deposits of the Cima volcanic field, California

    L.D. McFadden;S.G. Wells;J.C. Dohrenwend

  • Regional response of alluvial fans to the Pleistocene-Holocene climatic transition, Mojave Desert, California

    Eric V. McDonald;Leslie D. McFadden;Stephen G. Wells

  • Changes in the content and composition of pedogenic iron oxyhydroxides in a chronosequence of soils in southern California

    Leslie D. McFadden;David M. Hendricks

  • Aspect-related microclimatic influences on slope forms and processes, northeastern Arizona

    Benjamin N. Burnett;Grant A. Meyer;Leslie D. McFadden

  • Rates and processes of soil development on Quaternary terraces in Cajon Pass, California

    Leslie D. McFADDEN;Ray J. Weldon

  • Factors and processes governing the 14C content of carbonate in desert soils

    Ronald Amundson;Yang Wang;Oliver Chadwick;Susan Trumbore

  • Short-Duration Holocene Lakes in the Mojave River Drainage Basin, Southern California

    Yehouda Enzel;William J. Brown;Roger Y. Anderson;Leslie D. McFadden

  • Development Rates of Late Quaternary Soils, Silver Lake Playa, California

    Marith C. Reheis;Ralph R. Shroba;Jennifer W. Harden;Leslie D. McFadden

Frequent Co-Authors

Stephen G. Wells
Stephen G. Wells New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology
Jennifer W. Harden
Jennifer W. Harden United States Geological Survey
Marith C. Reheis
Marith C. Reheis United States Geological Survey
Ronald Amundson
Ronald Amundson University of California, Berkeley
John W. Geissman
John W. Geissman The University of Texas at Dallas
Zachary D. Sharp
Zachary D. Sharp University of New Mexico
Oliver A. Chadwick
Oliver A. Chadwick University of California, Santa Barbara
Shannon A. Mahan
Shannon A. Mahan United States Geological Survey
Alan R. Gillespie
Alan R. Gillespie University of Washington
Steven L. Forman
Steven L. Forman Baylor University

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