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Eric Kirby

EESI Associate

Eric Kirby
Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2000

Contact Information:
Department of Geosciences
218 Deike Building
University Park, PA 16802
Phone: (814) 865-0732
email: ekirby@geosc.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:
Duvall, A., Kirby, E., and Burbank, D., Tectonic and lithologic controls on channel profiles and processes in coastal California : Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface, v. 109, F03002, doi:10.1029/2003JF000086

Wobus, C., Whipple, K., Kirby, E., Snyder, N., Johnson, J., Spyropolou, K., Crosby , B., Sheehan, D., Tectonics from Topography: Procedures, promise, and pitfalls: GSA Penrose Conference Volume (in press)

Kirby, E. , Whipple, K.X., Tang, W., and Chen, Z., 2003, Distribution of active rock uplift along the eastern margin of the Tibetan Plateau: Inferences from bedrock river profiles: Journal of Geophysical Research, v.108, 2217, doi:10.1029/2001JB000861.

Clift, P.D., Carter, A., Krol, M., and Kirby, E., 2002, Constraints on India-Eurasia collision in the Arabian Sea region taken from the Indus Group, Ladakh Himalaya, India, in, Clift, P.D., Kroon, D., Gaedicke, C. and Craig, J., eds., The Tectonic and Climatic Evolution of the Arabian Sea Region: Geological Society, London, Special Publications, v. 195, p. 97-116.

Kirby, E. and Whipple, K.X., 2001, Quantifying differential rock-uplift rates via stream profile analysis: Geology, v. 29, pp. 415-418.

Kirby, E. , Reiners, P.W., Krol, M.A., Hodges, K.V., Whipple, K.X., Farley, K.A., Chen, Z., and Tang, W., 2002, Late Cenozoic evolution of the eastern margin of the Tibetan Plateau: Inferences from 40Ar/ 39Ar and (U-Th)/He thermochronology, Tectonics, v. 21, 1001, doi:10.1029/2000TC001246, 2002.

Kirby, E. , Burchfiel, B.C., Whipple, K.X., Tang, W., Berger, G., Sun, Z., and Chen, Z., 2000, Neotectonics of the Min Shan, China: Implications for mechanisms driving Quaternary deformation along the eastern margin of the Tibetan Plateau: GSA Bulletin, v. 112, pp. 375-393.

Whipple, K.X., Kirby, E. and Brocklehurst, S.H., 1999, Geomorphic limits to climatically induced increases in topographic relief: Nature, v. 401, pp. 39-43.