Colleen Linari (Sullivan)
Colleen arrived at ¶¶Òõ̽̽ 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.
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. ()
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. ()
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. ()
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. ()
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. ()