Luke Reusser
Luke came to ¶¶Òõ̽̽ in 2001 and earned his MS degree in 2004. His
interests include determining erosion rates cosmogenically and
evaluating human impact on the landscape.
PhD dissertation, Natural Resources (University of Vermont, 2014)
Quantifying Human Impacts on Natural Rates of Erosion Along Continental Margins
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MS Thesis, Geology (University of Vermont, 2004)
Late Pleistocene Bedrock Channel Incision Along The U.S. Atlantic
Passive Margin Measured with 10-Be: Holtwood Gorge, Susquehanna River,
Pennsylvania
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Undergraduate Degree
Skidmore College, Geology and Art, 1999
Current Position and Contact Information (7/2008)
Doctoral Candidate
¶¶Òõ̽̽ Rubenstein School of the Environment and
Natural Resources
George D. Aiken Center
81 Carrigan Drive
Burlington,VT 05405
802-656-3396
Refereed Papers
Reusser, L., Bierman, P. R., Rizzo, D. M. and Rood, D. H. (2017) Characterizing
landscape-scale erosion using
10Be in detrital fluvial
sediment: slope-based sampling strategy detects the effect of widespread dams. Water Resources Research. v. 53, p. 4476-4486.
Reusser, L., Bierman, P. R., and Rood, D. (2015) Quantifying human impacts
on rates of erosion and sediment transport at a landscape scale. Geology. v. 43(2), p. 171-174.
Reusser, L. J., Corbett, L. B. and Bierman, P. R. (2012) Incorporating concept sketching into teaching undergraduate geomorphology.
Journal of Geoscience Education. v. 60, p. 3-9.
Graly, J., Reusser, L. and Bierman, P. R. (2011) Short and long-term delivery rates of meteoric
10Be to terrestrial soils. Earth and Planetary Science Letters. v. 302(3-4), p. 329-336.
Graly, J., Bierman, P. R., Reusser, L. and Pavich, M., (2010)
Meteoric
10Be in soil profiles – a global meta-analysis. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, v. 74(23), p. 6814-6829.
Reusser, L. and Bierman, P. R. (2010) Using meteoric
10Be to track fluvial sand through the Waipaoa River Basin, New Zealand.
Geology. v. 38(1), p. 47–50.
Reusser, L., Graly, J., Bierman, P. R. and Rood, D. (2010)
A new approach for constraining long-term meteoric
10Be deposition rates. Geophysical Research Letters. v. 37(19), p. L19403.
Bierman, P. R., Gould, P., Lamb, J., Massey, C., Norton, S.,
Olson, J., Reusser, L. and Ungerleider, J. (2008) Global climate change
- motivated high school students gain their voice. Teaching for High
Potential, National Association for Gifted Children. Published online: Spring 2008. ()
Reusser, L., and Bierman, P. R. (2007) Accuracy assessment
of LiDAR-derived DEMs of bedrock river channels: Holtwood Gorge,
Susquehanna River. Geophysical Research Letters. v. 34(23), p. L23S06.
Reusser, L., Bierman, P. R., Pavich, M., Larsen, J. and
Finkel, R. (2006) An episode of rapid bedrock channel incision during
the last glacial cycle, measured with
10Be. American Journal
of Science. v. 306(2), p. 69-102.
Reusser, L. J., Bierman, P. R., Pavich, M. J., Zen, E.-a.,
Larsen, J. and Finkel, R. (2004) Rapid Late Pleistocene incision of
Atlantic passive-margin river gorges. Science. v. 305(5683), p. 499-502.
Abstracts
Bierman, P. R., Montgomery, D., Massey, C. and Reusser, L. (2013) A new geomorphology textbook, created in a new way. GSA
Abstracts with Programs, NE section meeting, Bretton Woods, NH. v. 45(1), p. 60, Abstract 11-8. ()
Bierman, P. R., Corbett, A. B., Reusser L., Graly J., Finkel R., Rood D., Hughes, J., Lini, A. and Neumann, T. (2011) Ancient, slowly-eroding soil preserved beneath the summit of the Greenland Ice Sheet. GSA Abstracts with Programs, Annual meeting, Minneapolis, MN. v. 43(5), p. 217, Abstract 82-9. (download pdf)
Bierman, P. R., Reusser, L. and Portenga, E. (2011) Using 10Be to quantify rates of landscape change in 'dead' Orogens – millennial scale rates of bedrock and basin-scale erosion in the southern and central Appalachian Mountains. EOS, AGU Fall meeting, San Francisco, CA. Abstract EP53C-08. (download pdf)
Bierman, P. R., Corbett, A. B., Reusser L., Graly J., Finkel R., Rood D. and Neumann, T. (2011) Erosivity of the Greenland Ice Sheet monitored with in situ and meteoric 10Be in exposed bedrock and boulders and in ice-carried clasts and silt. INQUA Conference, Bern, Switzerland. v. 279-280, p. 51.
Corbett, L. B., Bierman, P. R. and Reusser, L. J. (2011) Incorporating concept sketching into teaching undergraduate geomorphology. GSA Abstracts with Programs, NE section meeting, Pittsburgh, PA. v. 43(1), p. 142, Abstract 57-7. (download pdf)
Bierman, P. R., Portenga, E., Reusser L., Graly J., Corbett, A. B. and Borg,
J. (2010) Three decades tracing erosion and sediment with cosmogenic
nuclides - where do we go next? Landscapes to Rock, Geological Society
of London. ()
Bierman, P. R., Corbett, A. B., Reusser L., Graly J., Finkel R., Rood D.
and T. Neumann (2010) River response to Greenland deglaciation monitored
with cosmogenic 10Be: a new way of detecting and quantifying
post-glacial emergence. International Polar Year Conference, Oslo. ()
Bierman, P. R., Corbett, A. B., Reusser L., Graly J., Finkel R., Rood D.
and T. Neumann (2010) Quantifying post-glacial emergence at
Kangerlussuaq, Greenland using 10Be dating of bedrock forms exposed by
river incision. Arctic Workshop, Winter Park, CO. ()
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. ()
Graly, J., Corbett, A. B., Bierman, P. R., Neumann, T., Lini, A., Reusser,
L, Finkel, R. and Rood, D. (2010) Surface exposure age and erosion rates of
sub-ice soils in Western Greenland. Arctic Workshop, Winter Park, CO.
()
Graly, J., Corbett, A. B., Bierman, P. R., Neumann, T., Lini, A., Reusser,
L., Finkel, R. and Rood, D. (2010) High levels of meteoric 10Be indicate
that relict soils are preserved in the western Greenland Ice Sheet.
International Polar Year Conference, Oslo. ()
Nichols, K. K., Bierman, P. R., Reusser, L., Portenga, E., Matmon, A. and
Rood, D. (2010) Dual 10Be isotope systems constrain the source of
sediment and rate of erosion for the tropical Barron River catchment,
Queensland, Australia. EOS, AGU Fall meeting, San Francisco, CA. Abstract EP33D-05. ()
Bierman, P. R., Reusser, L. J., Nichols, K. K., Matmon, A. and Rood, D.
(2009) Where is the sediment coming from and where is it going – a 10Be
examination of the northern Queensland escarpment, Australia. GSA Abstracts with Programs, Annual meeting, Portland, OR. v. 41(7), p. 625, Abstract 244-39. ()
Bierman, P. R., Reusser, L. and Pavich, M. (2009) New ways of using
an old isotopic system – meteoric 10Be is back and ready to do
eomorphology. Geophysical Research Abstracts. v. 11, Abstract EGU2009-0. ()
Graly, J. A., Bierman, P. R., Neumann, T., Corbett, L. B., Lini, A.,
Reusser, L. J., Finkel, R. and Rood, D. (2009) Relict soil
entrainment in Pleistocene ice through open- system regelation:
latitudinal variation in the western Greenland ice sheet. GSA Abstracts with Programs, Annual meeting, Portland, OR. v. 41(7), p. 620, Abstract 244-9. ()
Reusser, L. J., Bierman, P. R. and Montgomery, D. R. (2009) How we
visualize geomorphology – a new approach to textbook figures. GSA Abstracts with Programs, Annual meeting, Portland, OR. v. 41(7), p. 627, Abstract 244-48. ()
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. ()
Bierman, P. R.,
Jungers, M., Reusser, L. and Pavich, M. (2008) Look again: meteoric
10Be is a useful tracer of hillslope and basin-scale process.
GSA Abstracts with Programs, Annual meeting, Houston, TX. 40(6), p. 195, Abstract 165-6. ()
Reusser, L., Bierman, P. R. and Finkel, R.
(2008) Estimating pre-disturbance rates of sediment generation and
erosion with in situ and meteoric 10Be: Waipaoa River Basin, New
Zealand. GSA Abstracts with Programs, Annual meeting, Houston, TX. v. 40(6), p. 464,
Abstract 299-7. ()
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. ()
Reusser, L. and Bierman, P. R. (2007) Quantifying
environmental change associated with deforestation, Waipaoa Basin, NZ.
Quaternary International, v. 167-168, p. 340. ()
Reusser, L. J., Bierman, P. R., Pavich, M. and Finkel, R.
(2007) A new approach for estimating background rates of erosion using
concentration of meteoric 10Be adhered to river sediment:
Application to the rapidly eroding Waipaoa Basin, New Zealand. EOS, AGU Fall meeting, San Francisco, CA. v. 88(52), Abstract H53C-1388. (download
df)
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. ()
Reusser, L., Bierman, P. R., Pavich, M., Larsen, J. and
Finkel, R. C. (2006) Timing, rates, and volumes of bedrock channel
incision measured with 10Be, GPS, and LIDAR: Holtwood Gorge,
PA. GSA Abstracts with Programs, Annual meeting, Philadelphia, PA. v. 38(7), p. 278, Abstract 112-2. ()
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. ()
Bierman, P. R., Reusser, L., Pavich, M., Zen, E.-a., Larsen,
J. and Finkel, R. (2004) Great Falls is 30,000 years old - Episodic
incision along the Potomac River revealed using field mapping and 10Be
analysis. GSA Abstracts with Programs, NE section meeting, Washington, D.C. v. 36(2) p. 94, Abstract 35-5. ()
Reusser, L., Bierman, P. R., Pavich, M., Zen, E.-a., Larsen,
J. and Finkel, R. (2004) Climate-driven bedrock channel incision of the
Susquehanna River, Holtwood Gorge, Pennsylvania: Regional Similarities.
GSA Abstracts with Programs, NE section meeting, Washington, D.C. v. 36(2), p. 95, Abstract 35-6. ()
Reusser, L., Bierman, P. R., Butler, E., Pavich, M. and
Finkel, R. (2003) Late Pleistocene bedrock channel incision of the lower
Susquehanna river: Holtwood Gorge, Pennsylvania. GSA Abstracts with
Programs, Annual meeting, Seattle WA. v. 35(6), p. 335, Abstract 154-37. ()
Bierman, P. R., Pavich, M. J., Reusser, L. J., Zen, E. A.,
Finkel, R. and Larsen, J. (2002) Major, climate-correlative incision of
the Potomac River Gorge at Great Falls about 30,000 years ago.
GSA Abstracts with Programs, Annual meeting, Denver, CO. v. 34, Abstract 58-9. (
Other Publications
Bierman, P. R., Zen, E.-a., Pavich, M. and Reusser, L. (2004) The incision history of a passive margin river, the Potomac near Great Falls, Geology of the National Capital Region - Field Trip Guidebook. ()
Reusser, L., Bierman, P. R., Pavich, M., Butler, E., Larsen, J. and Finkel, R. (2003) Late Pleistocene bedrock channel incision of the lower Susquehanna River: Holtwood Gorge, Pennsylvania, in "Channeling through time: landscape evolution, land use change, and stream restoration in the lower Susquehanna Basin", in Merritts, D., Walter, P., and de Wet, A., eds. Southeastern Friends of the Pleistocene Fall 2003 Guidebook. p. 48-55. ()