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Anderson, Robert S. |
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University of Colorado Boulder |
| Primary Field
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Geology |
| Secondary Field
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Geophysics |
 Election Citation
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Robert S. Anderson's work implements novel process measurements, formalized with mathematical models, to elucidate the development of landscapes.
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Research Interests
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Bob Anderson has studied most aspects of the planet?s landscapes, from the weathering of rock to generate soil, to the transport of soil down hillslopes, to the carving of channels into bedrock by rivers, to the evolution of rocky coastlines that define the edge of the ocean. He has worked on both tectonically alive and tectonically dead landscapes. His recent focus has been on alpine and Arctic landscapes in which ice figures prominently, as glaciers in alpine settings, and as permafrost and sea ice in the Arctic. His focus is always on the processes involved, working on landscapes as physics and chemistry problems. His research may be broken into three tasks: field monitoring, establishment of timing in the landscape, and numerical modeling. In dating landscapes, Bob employs cosmogenic radionuclides in a variety of ways, dating both erosional and depositional surfaces, and constraining erosion rates at both points and on drainage basin scales. His modeling involves numerical simulations meant both to interpret data and to generate generic landscapes. These often result in animations that serve as outreach and teaching tools. |
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