Veronica Sosa-Gonzalez
Veronica comes to UVM from the University of Puerto Rico-Rio Piedras where she obtained her BS in Environmental Sciences in 2010. Her research is on the determination of background erosion rates in Panama, and exploring physiographic controls on erosion in tropical climates.
PhD dissertation, Natural Resources (University of Vermont, 2016)
Erosion Rates in Subtropical, Rapidly Developing Countries: An Isotopic Approach to Measuring Background Rates of Erosion in Brazil and Chinadownload pdf of PhD dissertation proposal
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MS Thesis, Aquatic Ecology and Watershed Sciences (University of Vermont, 2012)
Determining Long Term Erosion Rates in Panama: An Application of 10Bedownload pdf of MS thesis proposal
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Undergraduate degree
University of Puerto Rico-Rio Piedras, B.S. Environmental Sciences, 2010Related Links
VT EPSCoR Center for Workforce Development and Diversity WebsiteCurrent Position and Contact Information (3/2024)
Consortium of Universities for the Advancement of Hydrologic ScienceEducation Program Manager
vgonzalez@cuahsi.org
Refereed Papers
Schmidt, A. H., Sosa-Gonzalez, V., Bierman, P. R., Neilson, T. B.,Rood, D. (2017) Agricultural land use doubled sediment loads in western China's rivers. Anthropocene. v. 21, p. 95-106. doi:10.1016/j.ancene.2017.10.002Neilson, T. B., Schmidt, A. H., Bierman, P. R., Sosa-Gonzalez, V., and Rood, D. (2017) Efficacy of in situ and meteoric 10Be mixing in fluvial sediment collected from small catchments in China. Chemical Geology. v. 471, p. 119-130. doi:10.1016/j.chemgeo.2017.09.024
Sosa-Gonzalez, V., Schmidt, A. H., Bierman, P. R. and Rood, D. (2017) Spatial and temporal replicability of meteoric and in situ 10Be concentrations in fluvial sediment, Earth Surface Process and Landforms. v. 42, p. 2570-2584. doi:10.1002/esp.4205
Schmidt, A. H., Neilson, T. B., Bierman, P. R., Rood, D., Ouimet, W.B. and Sosa-Gonzalez, V. (2016) Influence of topography and human activity on apparent in situ 10Be-derived erosion rates in Yunnan, SW China. Earth Surface Dynamics. v. 4, p. 819-830. doi:10.5194/esurf-4-819-2016
Sosa., V., Bierman, P. R., Nichols, K. K. and Rood, D. H. (2016) Long-term erosion rates of Panamanian drainage basins determined using in situ 10Be. Geomorphology. v. 275, p. 1–15. doi:10.1016/j.geomorph.2016.04.025
Sosa., V., Bierman, P. R., Fernandes, N. F. and Rood, D. H. (2016) Long-term background denudation rates of Brazilian watersheds constrained with cosmogenic 10Be. Geomorphology. v. 268, p. 54–63. doi:10.1016/j.geomorph.2016.05.024
Abstracts
Schmidt, A., Bierman, P. R., Sosa-Gonzalez, V., Nielson, T. Rood, D., Campbell, M. and Hill, M. (2017) Tracers derived in situ replicate and mix better than fallout tracers incorporated into grain coatings. GSA Abstracts with Programs, Annual Meeting, Seattle, WA. v. 49(6), Abstract 53-2. doi:10.1130/abs/2017AM-299479Schmidt, A., Sosa-Gonzales, V., Bierman, P. R., Neilson, T., Rood, D. and Hill, M. (2017) Agricultural land use doubled sediment yield of western China’s rivers. EOS, AGU Fall Meeting, New Orleans, LA. Abstract EP21D-1867. (download pdf)
Martin, J., Lawrence, D., Schmidt, A. H., Bierman, P. R., Sosa-Gonzalez, V., Singleton, A. and Qiu, Y. (2015) Examining land use and erosion in southwest China. GSA Abstracts with Programs, Annual Meeting, Baltimore, MD. v. 47(7), p. 515, Abstract 204-11. (download pdf)
Campbell, M. K., Bower, J. A., Schmidt, A. H., Neilson, T. B., Sosa-Gonzalez, V. and Bierman, P. R. (2015) Fallout radionuclides in soil profiles and history of land use in Yunnan province, China. GSA Abstracts with Programs, Annual Meeting, Baltimore, MD. v. 47(7), p. 515, Abstract 204-10. (download pdf)
Singleton, A., Schmidt, A. H., Sosa-Gonzalez, V., Qiu, Y., Neilson, T., Greene, E. S., Bierman, P. R., Rood, D., Campbell, M. K. and Woodmansee, S. J. (2015) Effects of grain size and mineralogy on the distribution of fallout radionuclides 7Be, 10Be, 137Cs, and 210Pb in sediment. GSA Abstracts with Programs, Annual Meeting, Baltimore, MD. v. 47(7), p. 240, Abstract 82-5. (download pdf)
Sosa-Gonzalez, V., Schmidt, A. H., Bierman, P. R., Neilson, T. B., Singleton, A., Qiu, Y., Bower, J. A. and Rood, D. H. (2015) Understanding sediment sourcing and erosion controls from 10Be measurements in fluvial sediments from Yunnan, China. GSA Abstracts with Programs, Annual Meeting, Baltimore, MD. v. 47(7), p. 240, Abstract 82-4. (download pdf)
Schmidt, A. H., Neilson, T. B., Bierman, P. R., Sosa-Gonzalez, V., Bower, J. A., Rood, D.H. and Ouimet, W. B. (2015) Using 10Be and short-lived fallout radionuclides to track sediment movement through watersheds in Yunnan, China. GSA Abstracts with Programs, Annual Meeting, Baltimore, MD. v. 47(7), p. 240, Abstract 82-3. (download pdf)
Schmidt, A. H., Bierman, P. R., Sosa-Gonzalez, V., Neilson, T., Singleton, A., Qiu, Y., Bower, J. A. and Rood, D. (2015) Effects of Chinese deforestation and reforestation policies on sediment sourcing in Yunnan, China. EOS, AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA. Abstract EP21C-0923. (download pdf)
Bierman, P. R., Fernandes, N., Sosa-Gonzalez, V., Rood, D. H. and Massey, C. (2014) Cosmogenic 10Be analysis of debris flow boulders and sediment from Brazil indicates long return times. GSA Abstracts with Programs, Annual meeting, Vancouver, British Columbia. v. 46(6), p. 801, Abstract 332-12. (download pdf)
Fernandes, N., Bierman, P. R., Sosa-Gonzalez, V., Rood, D., Fontes, R. L., Santos, A., Godoy, J. and Bhering, S. (2014) Comparing Background and Recent Erosion Rates in Degraded Areas of Southeastern Brazil. EOS, AGU Fall meeting, San Francisco, CA. Abstract EP23A-3585. (download pdf)
Neilson, T. B., Bierman, P. R., Schmidt, A. H., Sosa-Gonzalez, V. and Rood, D. H. (2014) Impacts of contemporary sediment yield on the use of in situ 10Be in river sediment as a tool for estimating background erosion rates. GSA Abstracts with Programs, Annual meeting, Vancouver, British Columbia. v. 46(6), p. 665, Abstract 274-4. (download pdf)
Garcia G. G., Fiallo, D., Neilson, T. B., Martin, J., Schmidt, A. H., Bierman, P. R., Sosa-Gonzales, V., Wei, R., Zhang, C., and Liang, C. (2014) Determining sediment sources and sinks in a small headwater watershed in Yunnan, China using short-lived radionuclides. GSA Abstracts with Programs, Annual meeting, Vancouver, British Columbia. v. 46(6), p. 800, Abstract 332-10. (download pdf)
Sosa-Gonzalez, V., Bierman, P. R., Fernandes, N. and Rood, D. H. (2014) Constraining background erosion rates using 10Be in selected Brazilian watersheds. GSA Abstracts with Programs, Annual meeting, Vancouver, British Columbia. 46(6), p. 381, Abstract 150-2. (download pdf)
Sosa-Gonzalez, V., Bierman, P. R. and Nichols, K. K. (2013) Tropical erosion: the story of Panama. International Association of Geomorphologists Meeting, Paris. (download pdf)
Neilson, T., Schmidt, A. H., Sosa-Gonzalez, V. and Rothenberg, M. (2013) Understanding modern landscape behavior using meteoric and in situ 10Be and 137Cs in large river basins, SW China. GSA Abstracts with Programs, Annual meeting, Boulder, CO. v. 45(7), p. 578, Abstract 246-8. (download pdf)
Sosa-Gonzales, V., Bierman, P. R., Nichols, K. K. and Rood, D. (2011) Determining long term erosion rates in Panama - an application of 10Be. GSA Abstracts with Programs, Annual meeting, Minneapolis, MN. v. 43(5), p. 274, Abstract 102-14. (download pdf)