Colleen Linari (Sullivan)

Colleen arrived at UVM in summer 2005 and promptly began her research on the Appalachian Mountains. She investigated the erosional history in the Blue Ridge Escarpment in western North Carolina and Virginia using cosmogenic ¹⁰Be analysis.

MS Thesis, Geology (University of Vermont, 2007)

Using ¹⁰Be to investigate the long term behavior of the Blue Ridge Escarpment
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Undergraduate Degree

Lafayette College, B.S. Geology, 2003

Refereed papers

Linari (Sullivan), C. L., Bierman, P. R.R., Portenga, E., Pavich, M.J., Finkel, R.C. and Freeman, S. (2016) Rates of erosion and landscape change along the Blue Ridge escarpment, southern Appalachian Mountains, estimated from in situ cosmogenic ¹⁰Be. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms. v. 42, p. 928-940. doi:10.1002/esp.4051

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)

Sullivan, C., Bierman, P. R., Reusser, L., Pavich, M., Larsen, J. and Finkel, R. C. (2007) Cosmogenic erosion rates and landscape evolution of the Blue Ridge Escarpment, southern Appalachian Mountains. GSA Abstracts with Programs, Annual meeting, Denver, CO. v. 39(6), p. 512, Abstract 190-2. (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)

Sullivan, C. L., Bierman, P. R., Pavich, M., Larsen, J. and Finkel, R. (2006) Cosmogenically derived erosion rates for the Blue Ridge Escarpment, Southern Appalachian Mountains. GSA Abstracts with Programs, Annual meeting, Philadelphia, PA. v. 38(7), p. 279, Abstract 112-9. (download pdf)