Sarah Brown Lewis

Sarah Lewis (Brown) spent her time at Ritterbush Pond. There she collected numerous cores of lake sediment and processed those cores at UVM and at Livermore Lab where we did the radiocarbon dating. She interpreted a detailed record of paleo-storms from sandy interbeds so well preserved in Ritterbush Pond.

MS Thesis, Geology (University of Vermont, 1999)

Geomorphic, sedimentological and climatic implications of inorganic horizons in Ritterbush Pond, VT
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Honors and Awards

Geological Society of America, Howard Award, 2000
Goelogical Society of America, Howard Award, 1998
University of Vermont Geology Department, Graduate Teaching Fellow of the Year, 1998
University of Vermont, Excellence in Master's Research, 1998
Vermont Geological Society Spring Meeting, Best Student Presentation, 1998

Undergraduate Degree

Tufts University, B.S. Geological Sciences, 1996

Current Position and Contact Information (6/2023)

Mineral Land Regulation & Reclamation Program Manager
Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries
229 Broadalbin St SW, Albany, Oregon 97321

Refereed Papers

Brown, S. L., Bierman, P. R., Lini, A., Davis, P. T. and Southon, J. (2002) Reconstructing lake and drainage basin history using terrestrial sediment layers: analysis of cores from a post-glacial lake in New England, USA. Journal of Paleolimnology. v. 28(2), p. 219-236. doi:10.1023/A:1021623020656

Brown, S. L., Bierman, P. R., Lini, A. and Southon, J. (2000) A 10,000 year record of extreme hydrologic events. Geology. v. 28, p. 335-338. doi:10.1130/0091-7613(2000)028<0335:YROEHE>2.3.CO;2

Abstracts

Brown, S., Bierman, P. R., Mehrtens, C. and Lini, A. (1998) Terrigenous layers in lake cores document fluctuations in New England’s Holocene climate. GSA Abstracts with Programs, Annual meeting, Toronto, Canada. v. 30, p. A-114. (download pdf)

Bierman, P. R., Lini, A., Brown, S., Davis, P. T. and Zehfuss, P. (1997) Fans and pond sediments record concurrent episodes of hillslope erosion. GSA Abstracts with Programs, Annual meeting, Salt Lake City, UT. v. 29, p. A-411. (download pdf)

Brown, S. L., Bierman, P. R., Mehrtens, C. J. and Lini, A. (1997) Episodic inputs of terrestrial sediment to a post-glacial mountain lake. GSA Abstracts with Programs, Annual meeting, Salt Lake City, UT. v. 29, p. A-36. (download pdf)