Charles Trodick

Charles came to UVM in August of 2008 after spending a semester at Vanderbilt and getting his BA in Geology and Business from Cornell College. He is investigating human impacts on the environment and how to lessen them with a focus on the Potomac River Watershed.
MS Thesis, Geology (University of Vermont, 2011)
In Situ And Meteoric 10Be Concentrations Of Fluvial Sediment Collected From The Potomac Riverdownload pdf of MS thesis proposal
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Undergraduate degree
Cornell College, B.A. Geology, Economics and Business, 2007Current Position and Contact Information (11/2011)
Charles Trodick Jr.22159 283 Ave
LeClaire, IA 52753
Refereed Papers
Portenga, E., Bierman, P. R., Trodick, C., Dejong, B., Greene, S. and Pavich, M. (2019) Erosion rates and sediment flux within the Potomac River basin quantified over millennial timescales using beryllium isotopes. GSA Bulletin. doi.org/10.1130/B31840.1Abstracts
Portenga, E. W., Bierman, P. R., Trodick, C. D., DeJong, B., Rood, D. H., and Pavich, M. J. (2019) The current state of post-colonial landscape disturbance to the Potomac River and Chesapeake Bay. GSA Abstracts with Programs, Annual Meeting, Phoenix, AZ. v. 51(5), Abstract 213-8. doi.org/10.1130/abs/2019AM-332323Portenga, E., Bierman, P. R., Trodick, C. and Rood, D. (2010) Low rates of bedrock outcrop erosion in the central Appalachian Mountains, inferred from in situ 10Be concentrations. GSA Abstracts with Programs, Annual meeting, Denver, CO. v. 42(5), p. 33, Abstract 4-12. (download pdf)
Trodick, C., Bierman, P. R., Pavich, M., Reusser, L., Portenga, E. and Rood, D. (2010) Basin Scale Erosion Rates from the Potomac River Basin using In Situ and Meteoric 10Be. GSA Abstracts with Programs, Annual meeting, Denver, CO. v. 42(5), p. 33, Abstract 4-13. (download pdf)
Trodick, C. D. Jr., Bierman, P. R., Pavich, M., Reusser, L. J. and Rood, D. (2009) Meteoric 10Be concentrations in the Potomac River Basin. GSA Abstracts with Programs, Annual meeting, Portland, OR. v. 41, No. 7, p. 625, Abstract 244-38. (download pdf)