David Dethier

David is a geomorphologist working in both eastern and western North America. David's involvement with cosmogenic nuclides and UVM goes back many years and includes several Williams students who have come to UVM for sample processing. David got Paul started in geomorphology as his undergraduate thesis advisor.

Doctoral Degree

University of Washington, Ph.D. Geology, 1977

Email Address

ddethier@williams.edu

Current Position and Contact Information (3/2008)

Professor of Geoscience
303 Clark Hall
Williams College
Williamstown, MA 01267
(413) 597-2078

First-Authored Meeting Abstracts Based on UVM Research

Dethier, D.P., Ouimet, W., Bierman, P., and Finkel, R.C., 2002, Long-term erosion rates derived from ¹⁰Be in sediment from small catchments, northern Front Range and southern Wyoming: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs. (download pdf)

Dethier, D.P., Schildgen, T.F., Bierman, P.R., and Caffee, M.W., 2001, Cosmogenic analysis of the Rocky Flats alluvium near Boulder, Colorado: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 33, p. A-312. (download pdf)

Dethier, D.P., Schildgen, T.F., Bierman, P.R., and Caffee, M.W., 2000, The cosmogenic isotope record of late Pleistocene incision, Boulder Canyon, Colorado: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 32, p. A-473. (download pdf)

Junior-Authored, Refereed Publications Based on UVM Research

Riihimaki, C.A., Anderson, R.S., Safran, E.B., Dethier, D.P., Finkel, R.C., and Bierman, P.R., 2006, Longevity and progressive abandonment of the Rocky Flats surface, Front Range, Colorado: Geomorphology, v. 78, p. 265-278. (download pdf)

Schildgen, T., Dethier, D., Bierman, P.R., and Caffee, M., 2002, ²⁶Al and ¹⁰Be dating of late Pleistocene fill terraces: a record of glacial and non-glacial fluvial deposition and incision, Colorado Front Ranges and Landforms.: Earth Surface Processes and Landforms., v. 27, p. 773-787. (download pdf)

Bierman, P., and Dethier, D., 1986, Lake Bascom and the deglaciation of Northwestern Massachusetts: Northeastern Geology, v. 8, p. 32-43. (download pdf)

Other Meeting Abstracts Based on UVM Research

Bierman, P., and Dethier, D., 1985, The deglaciation of northwestern Massachusetts: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 17, p. 4. (download pdf)