Jane Duxbury (1963-2016)

Jane came to UVM in 2005, from San Francisco State University, with a focus on erosional processes. She pursued a project in the Shenandoah National Park, analyzing stream sediment employing cosmogenic¹⁰Be techniques. During her time at UVM, Jane enjoyed some unique international laboratory experience, which took her from the UVM campus in northern New England, to East Kilbride, Scotland, to Livermore, California, and back to Burlington. Jane passed away in January 2016.

MS Thesis, Geology (University of Vermont, 2008)

The determination of millennial scale erosion rates using cosmogenic analysis of ¹⁰Be in the Shenandoah National Park, VA, 2008
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Honors and Awards

Association of Women Geoscientists' Chrysalis Scholarship, 2007
USGS/NAGT Cooperative Field Training Program Award Recipient, 2005

Undergraduate Degree

San Francisco State University, B.S. cum laude in Geology, 2004

Related Links

Jane's UVM homepage
Jane's UVM IRWE page
Ransom Environmental web site

Current Position and Contact Information (1/2016)

Jane passed away in January 2016. You can read the Burlington Free Press obituary by clicking here

Refereed Papers

Duxbury, J., Bierman, P. R., Larsen, J., Pavich, M. J., Southworth, S., Miguéns-Rodríguez, M. and Freeman, S. (2015) Erosion rates in and around Shenandoah National Park, VA, determined using analysis of cosmogenic ¹⁰Be. American Journal of Science. v. 315, p. 46–76. doi:10.2475/01.2015.02

Abstracts

Bierman, P. R., Nichols, K. K., Sullivan, C., Duxbury, J., and Matmon, A. (2007) Little influence of grain size on cosmogenic ¹⁰Be concentration in river sediment. GSA Abstracts with Programs, Annual meeting, Denver, CO. v. 39(6), p. 137, Abstract 53-4. (download pdf)

Bierman, P. R., Duxbury, J., Jungers, M., Reusser, L., Reuter, J., Sullivan, C., Larsen, J., Pavich, M. and Finkel, R. (2007) A geochronologic glimpse into how ancient mountain ranges erode. GSA Abstracts with Programs, Annual meeting, Denver, CO. v. 39(6), p. 512, Abstract 190-3. (download pdf)

Duxbury, J., Bierman, P. R., Pavich, M., Southworth, S., Matmon, A., Larsen, J. and Finkel, R. C. (2007) Using cosmogenic isotopes to interpret landscape change in National Parks. GSA Abstracts with Programs, Annual meeting, Denver, CO. v. 39(6), p. 378, Abstract 139-16. (download pdf)

Bierman, P. R., Pavich, M., Reusser, L., Matmon, A., Sullivan, C., Duxbury, J., Larsen, J., Finkel, R. and Reuter, J. (2006) Erosion in an old decaying mountain range-the Appalachians. GSA Abstracts with Programs, Annual meeting, Philadelphia, PA. v. 38(7), p. 175, Abstract 65-12. (download pdf)

Duxbury, J., Bierman, P. R., Pavich, M. J., Larsen, J. and Finkel, R. C. (2006) Be monitoring of erosion rates in the Appalachian Mountains, Shenandoah National Park, Virginia. GSA Abstracts with Programs, Annual meeting, Philadelphia, PA. v. 38(7), p. 278, Abstract 112-1. (download pdf)