Joel Leonard

Just out in @ScienceAdvances! Does climate control mountain topography? (Yes!) What about tectonics? (Also yes!) Lithology? (Yep!) Great, but can we pull them all apart? (YES!) Our latest on this longstanding debate with BIG implications! [1/11] science.org/doi/10.1126/sc…

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New paper out in Geology! @geosociety "Controls on topography and erosion of the north-central Andes" We present a new cache of 10Be erosion rates, identify unambiguous climatic and lithologic controls on topography, and much more! Check it out: pubs.geoscienceworld.org/gsa/geology/ar…

@lsuscience @AdamForte83 @LSUGeology @LSUResearch Awesome!

Congratulations to @LSUGeology Ass. Prof. Adam Forte for receiving an NSF CAREER award! His research will focus on the relationship between long-term earthquake activity and the development and modification of topography. 👏 Learn more about his project: lsu.edu/science/news_e…

New research article: Chemical abrasion: the mechanics of zircon dissolution doi.org/10.5194/gchron…

@AdamForte83 @eruptionsblog I’ve seen this movie. Where are the km-scale geodes, diamond fields, and unobtainium?

February 2023 OpenTopography newsletter is out. If you missed it or are not subscribed, you can check it out here: mailchi.mp/unavco/opentop…

@transient_earth @ScienceAdvances Thanks Byron!

@joelsleonard @ScienceAdvances Nice work, Joel!

Just out in @ScienceAdvances! Does climate control mountain topography? (Yes!) What about tectonics? (Also yes!) Lithology? (Yep!) Great, but can we pull them all apart? (YES!) Our latest on this longstanding debate with BIG implications! [1/11] science.org/doi/10.1126/sc…

@qianyuan_geo @ScienceAdvances Thanks Qian!

@joelsleonard @ScienceAdvances Congratulations Joe！

@CinTyLeeEarth @ScienceAdvances …is something we would only under quasi-equilibrium. We also see clustering in ksnQ-E that wouldn’t happen if modern rainfall weighting was a poor representation. We briefly discuss some reasons for why this may not be the case in certain settings and what that might mean.

@CinTyLeeEarth @ScienceAdvances Great question! In this setting, we find a few lines of evidence all suggesting modern rainfall is representative. E.g., because we weight by modern rainfall, adjustment to a very different rainfall pattern would differently impact trunk/tributary ksnQ. That they are equal…[1/n]

@astoldbywater @ScienceAdvances Thanks Kate!

@joelsleonard @ScienceAdvances Congrats, Joel!

Finally, a big shout out to my coauthors, Kelin Whipple and Arjun Heimsath @SESEASU @ASU If this piqued your interest, more is coming in this space following up on the work here! [fin] #ScienceAdvancesResearch

Take homes: Topography is sensitive to climate and capturing its effect is CRITICAL to unlocking the immense archive of information encoded within topography. Because topography and rainfall data are globally available, these methods can be applied rapidly and widely. [10/11]