Eric Kirby 
EESI Associate
Eric Kirby
Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2001
Contact Information:
Department of Geosciences
336 Deike Building
University Park, PA 16802
Phone: (814) 865-0732
email: exk26@psu.edu
Dept. website:http://www.geosc.psu.edu/people/faculty/personalpages/ekirby/index.html
Current Research Interests:
Tectonic geomorphology, surface processes and landform evolution
Selected Publications:
Kirby, E., and Ouimet, W., 2011. Tectonic geomorphology along the eastern margin of Tibet: Insights into the pattern and processes of active deformation adjacent to the Sichuan Basin, in, Gloaguen, R. and Ratschbacher, L., eds., Growth and Collapse of the Tibetan Plateau: Geological Society, London, Special Publications, v. 353, p. 165-188.
Zhang, H., Zhang, P., Kirby, E. Yin, J., Liu, C., and Yu, G., 2011. Along-strike topographic variation of the Longmen Shan and its significance for landscape evolution along the eastern Tibetan Plateau: Journal of Asian Earth Sciences Vol. 40(4): 855-864.
Harkins, N.W., Kirby, E., Shi, X., Wang, E., Burbank, D., and Chun, F., 2010. Millennial slip-rates along the eastern Kunlun fault: Implications for the dyanmics of intracontinental deformation in Asia: Lithosphere, v. 2, p. 247-266, doi: 10.1130/L85.1.
Hu, X., Pan, B., Kirby, E., Li, Q., Geng, H., and Chen, J., 2010. Spatial differences in rock uplift rates inferred from channel steepness indices along the north flank of the Qilian Mountains, northeast Tibet Plateau: Chinese Science Bulletin, v. 55, p. 3205-3214.
Regalla, C., Fisher, D., and Kirby, E., 2010, Timing and magnitude of shortening within the inner fore arc of the Japan Trench: Journal of Geophysical Research, v. 115, doi:10.1029/2009JB006603.
Craddock, W., Kirby, E., Harkins, N., Zhang, H., and Shi, X., 2010, Rapid fluvial incision along the Yellow River during headward basin integration: Nature Geoscience, v. 3, p. 209-213, doi:10.1038/ngeo777.
Pan, B., Su, H., Hu, Z., Hu, X., Gao, H., Li, J., and Kirby, E., 2009, Evaluating the role of climate and tectonics during non-steady incision of the Yellow River: evidence from a 1.24 Ma terrace record near Lanzhou, China: Quaternary Science Reviews, v. 28, p. 3281-3290.
Johnson, C. B., Furlong, K.P., and Kirby, E., 2009, Integrated geomorphic and geodynamic modeling of a potential blind thrust in the San Francisco Bay area, California: Teconophysics, v. 471, p. 319-328.
Harkins, N. and Kirby, E., 2008, Fluvial terrace riser degradation and determination of slip rates on strike-slip faults: An example from the Kunlun fault, China: Geophysical Research Letters, v. 35, L05406, doi:10.1029/2007GL033073.
Parsons, T., Ji, C., and Kirby, E., 2008, Stress changes from the 2008 Wenchuan earthquake and increased hazard in the Sichuan basin: Nature, v. 454, doi: 10.1038/nature07177.
Burchfield, B.C., Royden, L.H., van der Hilst, R.D., Chen, Z., King, R.W., Li, C., Lu, J., Yao, H., and Kirby, E., 2008, A geological and geophysical context for the Wenchuan earthquake of 12 May 2008, Sichuan, People’s Republic of China: GSA Today, v. 18, no. 7, doi: 10.1130/GSATG18A.1.