Author Archives: Anne Jefferson

GSA call for abstracts on urban hydrology and anthropogenic geomorphology

Posted on July 24, 2012 by Anne Jefferson

Shameless plug… I’m convening two fantastic sessions at the upcoming Geological Society of America meeting in Charlotte, North Carolina on November 4-7, 2012. For both sessions there are incredible invited speakers lined up, and all we need to make them … Continue reading →

Categories: by Anne, conferences, geomorphology, hydrology

Scenic Saturday: Boulder rocks

Posted on July 21, 2012 by Anne Jefferson

I spent most of the last week in Boulder, Colorado at the CUAHSI Biennial Science Meeting, where I gorged myself on the latest and greatest in hydrologic science. I’m going to share more of that in the next few days, … Continue reading →

Categories: by Anne, outcrops

Avulsion: Anne’s new adventure

Posted on June 25, 2012 by Anne Jefferson

Most of the time, nothing much interesting happens to a river. It flows between its banks, carrying water and solutes, providing habitat and ecosystem services. If you look at a river, most of the time it looks roughly the same … Continue reading →

Categories: academic life, by Anne

Scenic Saturday: 101 Geo-sites

Posted on June 23, 2012 by Anne Jefferson

Following the lead set by Callan Bentley, the list of “101 American Geo-sites you’ve gotta see” (as published in a new book by Albert Dickas) has been circulating the geoblogosphere. While it seems a bit exclusionary to our non-USian geo-colleagues, … Continue reading →

Categories: by Anne, outcrops, photos

Bringing the stream to the people

Posted on May 26, 2012 by Anne Jefferson

With the help of four students and my daughter, we brought out the Emriver stream table and a groundwater model to teach hundreds of folks about urban hydrology, stormwater management, fluvial geomorphology, and groundwater pollution. Our booth was one of … Continue reading →

Categories: by Anne, geomorphology, public science