Refereed Publications

(updated June, 2009: stay tuned for updated list and PDFs)
* student or post-doc author


46. DiBiase, R.A., Whipple, K.X., Heimsath, A.M., and Ouimet, W.B. Landscape form and millennial erosion rates in the San Gabriel Mountains, CA. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, In Review.

45. Amundson, R., Dietrich, W.E., Bellugi, D., Ewing, S., Nishiizumi, K., Chong, G., Ebling, A., Owen, J., Finkel, R., Heimsath, A.M., and Caffee, M. Geomorphic evidence for the Late Pliocene onset of hyperaridity in the Atacama desert. GSA Bulletin. In Review.

44. Kaste, J.M.*, Bostick, B.C., Heimsath, A.M., Steinnes, E., and Friedland, A.J. The dynamics of Al, Fe, and Mn in aging organic matter: Insight from 210Pb dating in the O horizon. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, In Review.

43. Pratt-Sitaula, B.A.*, Burbank, D.W., Heimsath, A.M., Humphrey, N., Oskin, M., Putkonen, J. Hypsometric control of asynchronous glacial advances in the Nepalese Himalaya. Geology. In Revision.

42. Burke, B.* Heimsath, A.M., and Kaste, J.M.*. Quantifying the spatial variability of chemical weathering across soil-mantled landscapes. Geoderma. In Revision.

41. Heimsath, A.M., Hancock, G.R., and Fink, D., 2009. The ‘humped’ soil production function: Eroding Arnhem Land, Australia. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms. In press.

40. Heimsath, A.M., Chappell, J., and Fifield, K., 2009. Eroding Australia: Rates and processes from Bega Valley to Arnhem Land. Geological Society of London, Special Publication. In press.

39. Furbish, D.J., Haff, P.K., Dietrich, W.E., and Heimsath, A.M., 2009. Statistical description of slope-dependent soil transport and the diffusion-like coefficient. J. of Geophysical Research, In press.

38. O’Farrell, C.R.*, A.M. Heimsath, D.E. Lawson, L.M. Jorgensen*, E.B. Evenson, and G. Larson., 2009. Above the glacier: non-glacial erosion rates and processes feeding the Matanuska Glacier, Alaska. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms. In Press.

37. Dixon, J.L.*, Heimsath, A.M., Kaste, J.M.*, and Amundson, R., 2009. Climate driven processes of hillslope weathering. Geology. In press.

36. Dixon, J.L.*, Heimsath, A.M., and Amundson, R., 2009. The critical role of climate and saprolite weathering in landscape evolution. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms. DOI: 10.1002/esp.

35. Cook, K.L.*, Whipple, K.X., Heimsath, A.M., and Hanks, T., 2009. Rapid incision of the Colorado River in Glen Canyon – insights from channel profiles, local incision rates, and modeling of lithologic controls. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms. DOI: 10.1002/esp. 1790. Cook et al espl 09.pdf

34. Burke, B*, A.M. Heimsath, J. Chappell, and K. Yoo*, 2009. Weathering the escarpment: Chemical and physical rates and processes, southeastern Australia. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms. DOI: 10.1002/esp.1764. Burke et al espl 09.pdf

33. Heimsath, A.M. and McGlynn, R.S.*, 2008. Quantifying headwall retreat rates in the Nepal High Himalaya. Geomorphology, 97(1-2): 5-23. DOI:10.1016/j.geomorph.2007.02.046. Heimsath Mcglynn 08.pdf

32. Pratt-Sitaula, B.A.*, Garde, M.*, Burbank, D.W., Oskin, M., Heimsath, A.M., and Gabet, E. 2007. Bedload ratio, regional erosion rate, and rapid bedrock incision from Himalayan landslide-dam lake record. Quaternary Research, 68: 111-120.

31. Harkins, N.*, Kirby, E., and Heimsath, A.M., 2007. Transient fluvial incision in the headwaters of the Yellow River, northeastern Tibet, China. J. of Geophysical Research. 112: F03S04. Harkins et al jgr07.pdf

30. Kirby, E., Johnson, C.*, Furlong, K., and Heimsath, A.M., 2007. Transient channel incision along Bolinas Ridge, California: Evidence for differential rock uplift adjacent to the San Andreas Fault. J. of Geophysical Research, 112, F03S07. Kirby et al jgr 07.pdf

29. Yoo, K.*, R. Amundson, A. M. Heimsath, W. E. Dietrich, and G. H. Brimhall, 2007. Integration of geochemical mass balance with sediment transport to calculate rates of soil chemical weathering and transport on hillslopes. J. of Geophysical Research, 112: F02013. Yoo et al jgr 07.pdf

28. Kaste, J.M.*, Heimsath, A.M. and Bostick, B. C., 2007. Short-term soil mixing quantified with fallout radionuclides. Geology, 35(3): 243-246. Kaste et al Geology 07.pdf

27. Salant, N.L.*, Renshaw, C.E., Magilligan, F.J., Kaste, J.M.*, Nislow, K.H., and Heimsath, A.M., 2007. The use of short-lived radionuclides to quantify transitional bed load transport in a regulated river. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, 32: 509-524. Salant et al espl 07.pdf

26. Burke, B* and Heimsath, A.M., and White, A.F., 2007. Coupling chemical weathering with soil production across soil mantled landscapes. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms. 32: 853-873. Burke et al espl 06.pdf

25. O’Farrell, C.R.*, Heimsath, A.M., and Kaste, J.M.*, 2007. Quantifying hillslope erosion rates and processes for a coastal California landscape over varying timescales. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, 32: 544-560. O'Farrell et al espl 07.pdf

24. Magilligan F.J., Salant, N.L.*, Renshaw, C.E., Nislow, K.H., Heimsath, A.M., and Kaste, J.*, 2006, Evaluating the impacts of impoundment on sediment transport using short-lived fallout radionuclides, In: Sediment Dynamics and The Hydromorphology of Fluvial Systems (Ed. Rowan, J. and Werrity, A.), The International Association of Hydrological Sciences (IAHS) Special Publication 306, IAHS Press, Wallingford, UK, pp. 159-165.

23. Kaste, J.M.*, Bostick, B.C., and Heimsath, A.M. 2006. Determining 234Th and 238U in rocks, soils, and sediments via the doublet gamma at 92.5 keV. Analyst, 131(6): 757-763.

22. Heimsath, A.M., 2006. Eroding the land: Steady-state and stochastic rates and processes through a cosmogenic lens. In Siame, L.L., Bourles, D.L., and Brown, E.T. (eds.), Application of cosmogenic nuclides to the study of Earth surface processes: the practice and the potential. GSA Special Paper 415, p. 111-129, DOI 10.1130/2006.2415(07). Heimsath gsa 06.pdf

21. Kaste, J.M.*, Heimsath, A.M., and Hohmann, M., 2006. Quantifying sediment transport across an undisturbed prairie landscape using Caesium-137 and high-resolution topography. Geomorphology, 76: 430-440. Kaste et al geomorph 06.pdf

20. Heimsath, A.M., Chappell, J., Finkel, R.C., Fifield, K., and Alimanovic, A., 2006. Escarpment erosion and landscape evolution in southeastern Australia. Geological Society of America Special Paper 398, p. 173-190. doi: 10.1130/2005.2398(10). Heimsath et al gsa 06.pdf

19. Heimsath, A.M., Furbish, D.J., and Dietrich, W.E., 2005. The illusion of diffusion: Field evidence for depth dependent sediment transport. Geology, 33(12): 949-952. Heimsath et al 05.pdf

18. Yoo, K.*, Amundson, R., Heimsath, A.M., and Dietrich, W.E., 2005. A process based model linking pocket gopher (Thomomys Bottae) activity to sediment transport and soil thickness. Geology, 33(11): 917-920. Yoo et al Geology 05.pdf

17. Niemi, N., Oskin, M., Burbank, D., and Heimsath, A.M., 2005. Effects of bedrock landsliding on cosmogenically determined erosion rates. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 237: 480-498. Niemi et al epsl 05.pdf

16. Yoo, K.*, Amundson, R., Heimsath, A.M., and Dietrich, W.E., 2005. Erosion of upland hillslope soil organic carbon: Coupling field measurements with a sediment transport model, Global Biogeochemical Cycles, 19, GB3003, doi:10.1029/2004GB002271. Yoo et al gbc 05.pdf

15. Garvin, C.*, Hanks, T.C., Finkel, R.C., and Heimsath, A.M., 2005. Episodic incision of the Colorado River in Glen Canyon, Utah. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, 30(8): 973-984. Garvin et al espl 05.pdf

14. Yoo, K.*, Amundson, R., Heimsath, A.M., and Dietrich, W.E., 2005. Spatial patterns of soil organic carbon on hillslopes: Integrating geomorphic processes and the biological C cycle. Geoderma, 130(1-2): 47-65.

13. Wobus, C.*, Heimsath, A.M., Whipple, K.X., Hodges, K., 2005. Active surface thrust faulting in the Central Nepalese Himalaya. Nature, 434: 1008-1011. Wobus et al Nature 05.pdf

12. Pratt-Situala, B.*, Burbank, D.W., Heimsath, A.M., and Ojha, T., 2004. Landscape disequilibrium on 1,000 to 10,000 year scales: Marsyandi River, Nepal, central Himalaya. Geomorphology, 58(1-4): 223-241. Pratt-Sitaula et al 04.pdf

11. Dietrich, W.E., Bellugi, D., Heimsath, A.M., Roering, J.J., Sklar, L., and Stock, J.D., 2003. Geomorphic Transport laws for predicting landscape form and dynamics. In Prediction in Geomorphology, Wilcock, P. and Iverson, R. (eds), American Geophysical Union monograph No. 135, Washington, D.C., p. 103-132. Dietrich et al 03.pdf

10. Heimsath, A.M. and Farid, H., 2003. “Hillslope topography from unconstrained photographs” by A.M. Heimsath and Hany Farid – Reply. Mathematical Geology, 35(3): 351-352. Heimsath and Farid 03.pdf

9. Heimsath, A.M. and Farid, H, 2002. Hillslope topography from unconstrained photographs. Mathematical Geology, 34(8): 929-952. Heimsath and Farid 02.pdf

8. Pratt, B.*, Burbank, D.W., Heimsath, A.M., and Ojha, T., 2002. Alluviation during Early Holocene strengthened monsoons, Central Nepal Himalaya. Geology, 30(10): 911-914. Pratt et al 02.pdf

7. Heimsath, A.M., Chappell, J.C., Spooner, N.A., Questiaux, D.G., 2002. Creeping soil. Geology. 30(2): 111-114. Heimsath et al 02.pdf

6. Heimsath, A.M., Dietrich, W.E., Nishiizumi, K., and Finkel, R.C., 2001. Stochastic processes of soil production and transport: erosion rates, topographic variation and cosmogenic nuclides in the Oregon Coast Range. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, 26: 531-552. Heimsath et al 01b.pdf

5. Heimsath, A.M., Chappell, J.C., Dietrich, W.E., Nishiizumi, K., and Finkel, R.C., 2001. Late Quaternary erosion in southeastern Australia. Quaternary International, 83-85: 169-185. Heimsath et al 01a.pdf

4. Braun, J., Heimsath, A.M., Chappell, J.C., 2001. Sediment transport mechanisms on soil mantled landscapes. Geology, 29(8): 683-686. Braun et al 01.pdf

3. Heimsath, A.M., Chappell, J.C., Dietrich, W.E., Nishiizumi, K., and Finkel, R.C., 2000. Soil production on a retreating escarpment in southeastern Australia. Geology, 28(9): 787-790. Heimsath et al 00.pdf

2. Heimsath, A.M., Dietrich, W.E., Nishiizumi, K., and Finkel, R.C., 1999. Cosmogenic nuclides, topography, and the spatial variation of soil depth. Geomorphology, 27(1?2): 151-172. Heimsath et al 99.pdf

1. Heimsath, A.M., Dietrich, W.E., Nishiizumi, K., and Finkel, R.C., 1997. The soil production function and landscape equilibrium. Nature, 388: 358-361. Heimsath et al 97.pdf

Other Publications

Heimsath, A.M., and Ehlers, T., 2005. Quantifying Rates and Timescales of Geomorphic Processes. Editorial, Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, 30(8): 917-922. (Editorial) Heimsath and Ehlers espl 05.pdf

Heimsath, A.M., 2004. Swayambu’s Shadow & Walking the Dusty Road (poems), and The Inner Gorge & Manasalu’s Cloud (photos), Woodsmoke, Spring.

Heimsath, A.M., 2001. Courtyard. Seedhouse Literary Journal, Fall Volume. (poem).

Heimsath, A.M., 2000. Himalayan Erosion. Seminar, 486: 19-25. (essay). Heimsath 00 - Himalayan erosion.pdf

Heimsath, A.M., 2000. Human Impacts on Ancient Environments. Book Review. Society for Archaeological Sciences Bulletin, 23(2):16-18.

Heimsath, A.M., 1993. A comparison of stream flow from agricultural and forested watersheds in the Middle Hills, Nepal. Working Paper #63, Tropical Resources Institute, Yale, New Haven. 62 p.