Joanna Reuter

Joanna came to UVM in 2002 where she expanded her expertise in GIS and applied her many skills to an investigation of erosion rates on the Susquehanna River in Pennsylvania.

MS Thesis, Geology (University of Vermont, 2005)

Erosion rates and patterns inferred from cosmogenic ¹⁰Be in the Susquehanna River Basin
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Honors and Awards

National Science Foundation Graduate Fellow, 2003

Undergraduate Degree

Carleton College, B.A. Geology, Summa Cum Laude, 2000

Current Position and Contact Information (4/2008)

Physical Scientist
River Studies Project
USGS Columbia Environmental Research Center
4200 New Haven Road
Columbia, MO 65201

Refereed Papers

Bierman, P. R., Reuter, J. M., Pavich, M., Gellis, A. C., Caffee, M. W. and Larsen, J. (2005) Using cosmogenic nuclides to contrast rates of erosion and sediment yield in a semi-arid, arroyo-dominated landscape, Rio Puerco Basin, New Mexico. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms. v. 30(8), p. 935-953. doi:10.1002/esp.1255

Abstracts

Miller, S. R., Sak, P. B., Kirby, E., Bierman, P. R. and Reuter, J. (2010) Relationship between fluvial geomorphology and erosion in the Pennsylvania Appalachians: implications for landscape evolution. GSA Abstracts with Programs, NE section meeting, Baltimore, MD. v. 42(1), p. 79, Abstract 18-2. (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)

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)

Reuter, J. M., Bierman, P. R., Pavich, M., Larsen, J. and Finkel, R. (2006) ¹⁰Be estimates of erosion rates in the Susquehanna River basin: Implications for models of Appalachian geomorphology and consideration of rates in a global context. GSA Abstracts with Programs, Annual meeting, Philadelphia, PA. v. 38(7), p. 278, Abstract 112-3. (download pdf)

Pavich, M. J., Reuter, J. M. and Bierman, P. R. (2005) Persistence of relief and erosion on the eastern passive margin. Earthscope Annual Meeting. (download pdf)

Pavich, M. J., Reuter, J., Reusser, L. and Bierman, P. R. (2005) Late Cenozoic Response of the Susquehanna River to Climatic and Base Level Forcing. EOS, AGU Spring meeting, New Orleans, LA. v. 86(16), Abstract H24A-02. (download pdf)

Reuter, J. M., Bierman, P. R. and Pavich, M. (2005) Using GIS to select drainage basins for sampling: An example from a cosmogenic ¹⁰Be study of erosion rates within the Susquehanna River basin. GSA Abstracts with Programs, NE section meeting, Saratoga Springs, NY. v. 37(1), p. 32, Abstract 18-4. (download pdf)

Gellis, A. C., Pavich, M. J., Landwehr, J. M., Banks, W. S., Bierman, P. R. and Reuter, J. M. (2004) Identifying watershed sediment sources in the Chesapeake Bay. EOS, AGU Fall meeting, San Francisco, CA. v. 85(47), Abstract 51C-1159. (download pdf)

Reuter, J., Bierman, P. R., Pavich, M., Larsen, J. and Finkel, R. (2004) Linking ¹⁰Be estimates of erosion rates with landscape variables: compilation and consideration of multiple data sets from around the world. International Geological Conference: Florence. (download pdf)

Reuter, J. M., Bierman, P. R., Pavich, M., Gellis, A. and Larsen, J. (2004) Erosion of the Susquehanna River Basin: Assessing relations between ¹⁰Be derived erosion rates and basin characteristics. GSA Abstracts with Programs, NE section meeting, Washington, D.C. v. 36(2), p. 94, Abstract 35-3. (download pdf)

Pavich, M. J., Bierman, P. R., Gellis, A. C. and Reuter, J. M. (2003) Rates and scales of sediment production in the Rio Puerco Basin, New Mexico, XVI INQUA Congress: Reno, Nevada, p. 119, Abstract 26-2. (download pdf)

Other Publications Based on UVM Research

Reuter, J., Bierman, P. R., Pavich, M., Gellis, A., Larsen, J. and Finkel, R. (2003) Long-term sediment generation rates derived from ¹⁰Be in river sediment of the Susquehanna River Basin, in "Channeling through time: Landscape evolution, land use change, and stream restoration in the lower Susquehanna Basin", in Merritts, D., Walter, R., and de Wet, A., eds. Southeastern Friends of the Pleistocene Fall 2003 Guidebook. p. 48-55. (download pdf)