L. Allan James,
Ph.D.
CURRICULUM
VITA
February, 2013
Department of Geography Callcott Building
Citizenship: U.S.A. University of
South Carolina (803) 777-6117 Columbia SC 29208
Fax (work): (803) 777-4972 Email:
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Education
Professional
Experience
Grants
Awards, Honors & Elected
Positions
Publications
Books
Refereed Publications
Book Chapters
Field
Guides
Book Reviews & Other
Publications
Unpublished Books, Reports, &
other Documents
Presentations
Invited Paper
Presentations
Other Paper
Presentations
Posters and Panels
Discussions
Memberships in Professional
Societies
Service
- Editorial Boards of Refereed Professional
Journals
- Advisory/Review Panels and
Consulting
- Professional Societies
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University South Carolina
Field Trips Led
EDUCATION
Ph.D. in Geography
and Geology (held jointly), Univ.Wisconsin, Madison, 1988. Dissertation:
"Historical transport and storage of hydraulic mining sediment in the Bear
River, California."
M.S. in
Geography, Univ. Wisconsin, Madison, 1983. Thesis: "Post-flood channel
adjustments in the upper Kickapoo River, Southwest Wisconsin."
M.S. in
Water Resources Management, Univ. Wisconsin, Madison, 1981.
B.A.
in Geography, Univ. California, Berkeley, 1978.
PROFESSIONAL
EXPERIENCE
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Professor of Geography with Tenure. Geography Dept., Univ.
South Carolina. 2006 to present.
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Director, Biogeomorphology
Lab.
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Associate Professor with Tenure. Geography Dept.,
USC. 1993 to 2006.
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Instructor. U.Calif., Davis. Geology Dept., Summer
field camp; Sierra Nevada. Summer, 1996.
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Assistant Professor. Geography Dept., Univ. South
Carolina. 1988 to 1993.
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Lecturer. Geography, Univ. Georgia, Athens.
Visiting instructor, full-time. 1987-88.
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Lecturer. Geography, Univ. Oregon, Eugene.
Visiting instructor. Summer, 1987.
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Lecturer. Geography, Univ. Wisconsin, Madison.
Instructor. Fall, 1986.
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Lecturer/Lab Instructor. Geog., Univ. Wisc.
Center, Rock Co. Instructor. Spring, 1985.
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Lab Instructor/Teaching Assistant. Univ.
Wisconsin, Madison. Eight semesters, 1978-1983.
Courses
Taught:
- Introductory
level Undergraduate: Physical Geography (w/labs); Introduction to
Landforms (w/labs); Weather and Climate (w/labs); Soils and
Vegetation.
- Upper Level
Undergraduate: Water as a Resource; Geomorphology.
- Senior &
Graduate Level: Water & Watersheds; Watershed Hydrology;
Fluvial Geomorphology; Geomorphology from Space; Modeling
Hydrologic & Geomorphic Systems; Floodplain & Watershed
Management.
GRANTS
Externally
Funded Research Grants
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Yuba County Water Authority.
Historical Geomorphic and Land Use / Land Cover Reconstructions for the Lower
Yuba River Based on Remote Sensing. PI. Spring and
summer, 2011.
$59,895.
- U.S. GEological
Survey. Establishing a multi agency stewardship program for
the National Hydrographic Database (NHD) in South Carolina, G09AC00497, PI,
Michael Hodgson (co-PI). $25,000.
- Richland Co., Dept.
Publis Works. Environmental Assessment of Stormwater Infrastructure
Chemical Spraying. Co-PI; Liv Haselbach (PI), Civil & Env.
Engineering, USC. Oct. 207 - June 2008. $20,000.
- National
Science Foundation, Geog. and Regional Science Program. $79,000.
PI. Tracking Hydraulic Mining Sediment from the Sierra Piedmont into Flood
Bypasses of the Sacramento Valley, California. .
- South
Carolina Dept. Health and Environmental Control. $98,840; with Dean, McKellar,
and Carbone. Rainfall-runoff relationships in the Colonel
Creek watershed.1997-99.
- South
Carolina National Guard. $30,000 with Dean, McKellar, and Carbone, Heavy
metals in sediments of the Mill Creek and Colonel Creek watersheds;
1996-98.
- South
Carolina Dept. Health and Environmental Control. $104,000 with Dean, McKellar,
and Carbone, Rainfall-runoff relationships in the Mill Creek watershed.
1996-97.
- National
Science Foundation. $15,230 over three years for CoPI subaward. PI: J. Harbor
(Purdue). Reconstructing spatial patterns of glacial erosion: A new
approach using cosmogenic nuclides. 1996-1998.
- South
Carolina Space Grant Consortium. $4,000. Geomorphology from Space.
Curriculum
- development.
Fall, 1995.
- National
Science Foundation. $24,000. MississippiRiverFlood Sedimentation.
Co-PI with B. Gomez (ISU), F.Magilligan (Dartmouth), and J.Phillips
(E.Carolina). 1994.
- Association
of American Geographers Research Grant, $500. PI. Repeat Photography...
1993.
- South
Carolina Water Resources Commission, $15,000. PI. Delineation and
Digitization of Drainage Divides. Spring, 1992.
- Research
Experiences for Undergraduates (REU). National Science Foundation, Geography
and Regional Science Program. $2,700. PI. Added to: Hydraulic mining
sediment in the Bear and South Yuba rivers, California. NSF Grant
#SES-8822436. To October, 1990.
- Southeast
Regional Climate Center. $31,536. Co-PI with Dr. Greg Carbone. Use of
Geographic Information Systems in Climate Impact Analysis.
1990.
- National
Science Foundation, Geog. and Regional Science Program. $45,000. PI.
Hydraulic mining sediment in the Bear and South Yuba rivers, Calif.
NSF #SES-8822436.
Externally Funded Education
Enhancement and Travel Grants
- National Science
Foundation, Binghamton Geomorphology Symposium: Geospatial
Technologies and Geomorphological Mapping. Funding for the 41st International Binghamton Geomorphology Symp. Solicitation #: PD
98-1352. $23,000. Sole PI.
- South
Carolina Space Grant Consortium. $4,000. Geomorphology from Space. Curriculum development. Fall, 1995.
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American
Geophysical Union, INQUA Travel Grant, $1500.
International Union for Quaternary Research (INQUA), August, 1991.
Beijing, People's Republic of China.
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U.S. Geological Survey and
NSF, Faculty Enhancement Program in Water Resources and Hydrology;
stipend and tuition.
Internally Funded
Grants
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37
th International Binghamton
Geomorphology Symposium. $15,000. The Human Role in Changing Fluvial
Systems, Vice Presidents Office of Research,
USC. 2006. #13540-06-12680.
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Research and Productive Scholarship Grant. $2400. PI.
Sediment storage potential of the southern Coastal Plain. Univ. South
Carolina Grant #13540 E132; 1989.
AWARDS,
HONORS, and ELECTED POSITIONS
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National Councilor, Assn. Amer. Geographers
(AAG), Elected; 2009-2012.
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Dean’s Academic
Planning Council (APC), College Arts and Science. Elected 2009-2012.
Honors Committee, Assn. Amer. Geogs. (AAG), Elected,
2006-08.
Panelist, Quaternary Geology and Geomorphology (QG&G)
Div., Geological Soc. America. Elected, 2005-07.
Vice
President, Southeastern Div. AAG (SEDAAG). Elected 2002-04.
Chair, Water Resource Specialty Group (WRSG), AAG, Elected 2002-04.
Secretary-Treasurer, WRSG,
AAG, Elected 2000-02.
Secretary-Treasurer, SEDAAG. Elected
1998-2000.
South
Carolina State Representative, SEDAAG. Elected
1996-98.
Chair, Geomorphology Specialty Group, AAG,
1995-96.
Secretary/Treasurer,
Geomorphology Specialty Group, AAG, 1994-95.
Faculty
Senate, University South Carolina. Elected. 1990-92.
South
Carolina State Representative, SEDAAG. Elected 1990-92.
Nystrom
Competition Finalist. AAG national mtg. Ph.D. paper competition,
1988.
BOOKS AND
PROCEEDINGS VOLUMES
- James,
L.A.,
In
Preparation. Watersheds and Water Resources ,
~650 pp. Textbook.
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James, L.A., C. Harden, and J. Clague
(eds.) (in press for 2013).
Geomorphology of Climate Change, Human Impacts, and Natural
Hazards. Volume 13 of Treatise on Geomorphology, J. Shroder (Chief
Editor); Elsevier.
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James, L. Allan. 2012. Landform Geography: Laboratory
Exercises. Kendall-Hunt, Publishing Co.
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James, L. A., S. Walsh, and
M. P. Bishop (eds.) 2012.
Geomorphic Mapping and Spatial Analysis. Proc. 41st Internat.
Binghamton Geomorphology Symposium. Preface
- James, L. A. S. Rathburn, and R. Whittecar
(eds.) 2009. Management and
Restoration of Fluvial Systems
with Broad Historical Changes and Human Impacts.
Geological Soc. Amer. Special Paper 451. Proceedings of Topical Session
held in October, 2007; Denver.
- James, L.A. and W.A. Marcus (Eds.). 2006. The Human Role in Changing Fluvial Systems.
Proc. Binghamton Geomorphology Symp., Oct. 20-22, 2006, Columbia,
SC. Elsevier. 362 pp. Preface
- Platt, R.H., James, L.A., et al. 1995.
Flood Risk Management and the American River Basin: An
Evaluation. National Research Council, Committee on Flood Control
Alternatives in the American River Basin. Wash., D.C.: National Academy
Press. 236 pp.
REFEREED JOURNAL ARTICLES
- James, L. A.,
Hodgson, M. E., Ghoshal, S., Megison Latiolais, M. 2012. Geomorphic
change detection using historic maps and DEM differencing: The temporal
dimension of geospatial analysis.
Geomorphology 137: 181-198
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Perveen, S. and L. A. James.
2011. Changes in correlation
coefficients with spatial scale and implications for water resources and
vulnerability data. Professional Geographer 64(3):389-400 .
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James, L. A.,
M. B. Singer, S. Ghoshal, and M. Megison. 2009. Sedimentation in the lower Yuba and Feather Rivers,
California: Long-term effects of contrasting river-management
strategies, (4.8 Mb)
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James, L. A. and M. B. Singer. (2008) Development of the lower Sacramento Valley flood-control system:
An historical perspective
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Natural Hazards Review 9(3): 125-135.
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Singer, M. B., R. Aalto, and L. A. James. (2008)
Status of
the lower Sacramento Valley flood-control system within the context of its
natural geomorphic setting.
Natural Hazards Review 9(3): 104-115.
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James, L. A., D. G. Watson, W. F. Hansen. 2007.
Using Lidar to map gullies and
headwater streams under forest canopy: South Carolina, USA
. Catena 71: 132-144.
- James, L.A. 2006.Bed waves at the basin scale:
implications to river management and restoration
. Earth
Surface Processes and Landforms 31: 1692-1706.
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James, L.A. and W.A. Marcus. 2006. Preface:
The 2006 Binghamton Geomorphology
Symposium on The Human Role in Changing Fluvial Systems
. Geomorphology 79: 144–147
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James, L.A. and W.A. Marcus. 2006. The human role in changing fluvial
systems: Retrospect, inventory and prospect.
Geomorphology 79: 152-171.
Also in Proc. 37th Binghamton Internat. Geomorphology Symp., 2006,
Univ. South Carolina. L. A. James and W. A. Marcus
(Eds.).
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James, L.A. 2005. Sediment from Hydraulic Mining
Detained by Englebright and Small Dams in the Yuba
Basin
. Geomorphology 71: 202-226. Also
in: Proc. 33rd Binghamton Internat. Geomorphology
Symp., 2002, Bloomsburg Univ. of Pennsylvania. P. Beyer (ed.).
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James, L.A.
2004. Tailings fans and valley-spur cutoffs created by
hydraulic mining. Earth Surface Processes
and Landforms 29(7): 869-882.
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James, L. A. 2003. Glacial Erosion and Geomorphology in the Northwest Sierra
Nevada, California, Geomorphology 55(1-4):
283-303.
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James, A.; Harbor, J.; Fabel, D.; Dahms, D.; Elmore, D. 2002.
Late Pleistocene Glaciations in the
Northwestern Sierra Nevada, California,
Quaternary Research 57: 409-419.
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Shepherd, A.M., James, L.A. 2001.
Interpolation of Horizon Contours from
Parallel 2D Seismic Sections.
Australian
Assoc. Exploration Geophysicists, Preview
Vol.95 (Dec.).
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James, L.A. 1999. Time and the persistence of alluvium:
River engineering, fluvial geomorphology, and mining sediment in
California
. Geomorphology 31: 265-290.
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Magilligan, F.J., Phillips, J.D., James, L.A. and Gomez, B. 1998.
Geomorphic and sedimentological
controls on the effectiveness of an extreme flood
. Journal of
Geology 106:
87-95.
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Gomez, B., Phillips, J.D., Magilligan, F.J., and James, L.A. 1997.
Floodplain sedimentation and
sensitivity: Summer 1993 flood, upper Mississippi River valley
, Earth
Surface Processes & Landforms 22: 923-936.
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James, L.A. (1997).
Channel incision on the lower American
River, California, from streamflow gage records.
Water Resources
Research 33:
485-490.
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James, L.A. (1996).
Polynomial functions for glacial
valley cross-section morphology.
Earth Surface Processes and
Landforms 21:
413-432.
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James, L.A. (1995).
Diversion of the upper Bear
River: Glacial diffluence and Quaternary erosion, Sierra Nevada,
California
. Geomorphology 14: 131-148.
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Gomez, B., Mertes, L.A.K., Phillips, J.D., Magilligan, F.J., and James, L.A.
(1995).
Sediment characteristics of an extreme
flood: 1993 upper Mississippi R. valley,
Geology 23(11):
963-966.
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James, L.A. (1993).
Sustained reworking of hydraulic
mining sediment in Calif.: G.K.Gilbert's sediment wave model
reconsidered
. Zeitschrift für Geomorphologie, N.F.; Suppl.-Bd.88:
49-66.
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Carbone, G. and L.A. James (1993). Applying GIS Technology
to Climate Data in South Carolina. Geo Info Systems
3(9): 52-59.
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James, L.A. (1991).
Incision and morphological evolution
of a channel recovering from hydraulic mining sedimentation
. Geological Society of America Bulletin 103: 723-726.
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James, L.A. (1991).
Quartz concentration as an index of
alluvial mixing of hydraulic mine tailings with other sediment in the Bear
River, California.
Geomorphology 4: 125-144.
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James, L.A. (1989). Sustained storage and transport of
hydraulic mining sediment in the Bear River, California
. Annals,
Association of American Geographers 79(4): 570-592.
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James, L.A. (1988). Rates of organic carbon accumulation
in young mineral soils near Burroughs Glacier: Glacier Bay, Alaska. Physical Geography 9:50-70.
REFEREED BOOK
CHAPTERS
James, L.A. (in press for 2013) Impacts of Early Agriculture and Deforestation on
Geomorphic Systems.
In:
Shroder, J., Jr., James, L.A., C. Harden, J. Clague (Eds.), Treatise on
Geomorphology.
Academic Press, San Diego, CA, vol. 13, pp. xx–xx.
James, L.A., S. Lecce. (in press for 2013) Impacts of Land-Use and Land-Cover Change on River
Systems. In: Shroder, J., Jr.,
Wohl, E. (Eds.), Treatise on Geomorphology. Academic Press, San
Diego, CA, vol. 9, pp. xx–xx.
Mossa, J., L.A. James (in press for 2013). Impacts of Mining on Geomorphic Systems. In: Shroder, J., Jr.,
James, L.A., C. Harden, J. Clague (Eds.), Treatise on Geomorphology. Academic Press, San
Diego, CA, vol. 13, pp. xx–xx.
James, L.A.,
M. B.
Singer, S.
Ghoshal, M. Megison. 2009. Sedimentation in the lower Yuba and Feather Rivers, California: Long-term effects of contrasting
river-management strategies, in James, L.A., Rathburn, S.L., and Whittecar, G.R.,
eds. Management and Restoration of Fluvial Systems with Broad
Historical Changes and Human Impacts: Geological Society of America Special
Paper 451, doi: 10.1130/2009.2451(04).
James, L.A. 2004. Decreasing sediment
yields in northern California: Vestiges
of hydraulic gold-mining and reservoir trapping. In, pp. 235-244; Golosov, V.,
P.J. Wallbrink & D.E. Walling (eds.), Sediment
Transfer through the Fluvial System. Proc. Internat. Symp., Aug. 2-6,
2004.
Moscow, Russia. Internat. Assn.
Hydrological Sci. Publ. 288 (Red Book). Proc. Symp. August, 2004 meeting in
Moscow.
Shankman, D.; James, L.A. 2001. Mountain
environments - Appalachia and the Eastern Cordillera, pp. 291-306, in Antony
Orme (Ed.), The Physical Geography of North
America; N.Y. &
London: Oxford Univ. Press. 576 pp.
NON-REFEREED ARTICLES & BOOK
CHAPTERS
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James, L.A., C. Harden, J. Clague (in press) Geomorphology of
Human Disturbances, Climate Change, and Hazards. In: Shroder, J., Jr.,
James, L.A., C. Harden, J. Clague (Eds.), Treatise on
Geomorphology.
Academic Press, San Diego, CA, vol. 13, pp. xx–xx.
James, L.A., S.
Walsh, M.P. Bishop. 2012. Geospatial technologies and geomorphological
mapping.
Geomorphology 137: 1-4.
- James, L.A., S.A. Lecce, L.
Davis. 2010. Fluvial
processes in small Southeastern watersheds; Introduction. Southeastern
Geographer 50(4): 393-396.
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James,
L.A., S.L. Rathburn, G.R. Whittecar. 2009. Managing Rivers with Broad Historical Changes and Human
Impacts. In, Management and Restoration of
Fluvial Systems with Broad Historical Changes and Human Impacts:
Geological Society of America Special Paper 451, doi:
10.1130/2009.2451(00).
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James, L.A. (2004). Non-Point
Sources: Historical Sedimentation and 20th
Century Geography. In, pp. 405-410, Warf, B., D. Janelle, and K. Hansen
(eds.) WorldMinds:
Geographical Perspectives on 100 Problems. N.Y.: Kluwer Pub. Co
- Brown, A.G.,
F. Petit, L.A. James. 2003. Archaeology and Human Artefacts.
In, pp.59-75, H. Piegay and M. Kondolf (eds.), Tools in Fluvial
Geomorphology. Oxford: Oxford Univ. Press.
UNPUBLISHED
FIELD GUIDES
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James, L.A., 2003. Late Pleistocene Glaciations in the Northwestern Sierra
Nevada. Field Trip Guide and Road Log.
(pdf 2.5 Mb) XVI INQUA Congress,
International Quaternary Association; from Reno, Nevada, July 27,
2003.
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James, L.A. and Davis J.D. 1994. Glaciation and Hydraulic Gold-Mining Sediment in the Bear and South Yuba Rivers, California. Field
Trip Guide, April
1-3, 1994, Assoc. Amer. Geographers National Meeting, San Francisco. 108
pp.
BOOK REVIEWS & OTHER
PUBLICATIONS
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James, L.A. 2003. Non-point source pollution and the
Clean Water Act: Policy problems and professional prospects. Water Resources Update 126: 60-67.
(Invited paper).
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James, L.A. and C. Lant. 2003. Water-Resources Issues for the New
Millennium: Geographic Perspectives. Water Resources Update 126:
1-5. (Introduction to special issue as invited guest editor.
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James, L.A. 2001. Book Review: Virtual Rivers: Lessons from the
Mountain Rivers of the Colorado Front Range, Ellen E. Wohl, Yale University Press, New Haven, xiv+210 pp.,
EOS, Transactions American Geophysical Union, p.459,
Oct. 2, 2001.
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James, L.A. Book Review. 1999. Glaciers of California: Modern Glaciers, Ice Age Glaciers, Origin
of Yosemite Valley, and a Glacier Tour in the Sierra
Nevada, by Bill Guyton. Univ. Calif. Press
(1998). 197 p. Geotimes 44(12):
26.
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James, L.A. 1998. Book Review: Geomorphology from Space, CDROM. Short and
Blair. In press, Professional Geographer, 50(3):
400.
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James, L.A. and Colman, S. 1996. Quaternary Geology and Geomorphology. Annual
summary, Geotimes, Feb.,
1996.
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James, L.A. 1996. Four brief articles: Sierra Madre,
Paricutin, Mt. Rainier, and Niagara
Escarpment. In Microsoft Encarta
[multimedia encyclopedia], Redmond, WA: Microsoft Corp.
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James, L.A. 1992. Conference Report: "International Union for Quaternary Research" in Professional Geographer, V.44:
99.
UNPUBLISHED REPORTS & OTHER
DOCUMENTS
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Haselback, L.
and L. A. James. 2008.
Review of Practices for Ditch Vegetation Management and
Summary Recommendations for Richland County; for Richland
County Stormwater Management Division, Department of Public Works. Submitted
as the final report for Environmental Assessment of
Spraying of Stormwater Infrastructure Project, July 2, 2008. 155 pp. with
Appendices.
James, L.A. nd. Fluvial Geomorphology:
Flood Hydrology and Riverine Landforms; unpub. course supplement for
Geography 547; 180pp. This supplement was revised and reprinted almost every
year from 1989 to 2000.
nd. Geographic Techniques
for Landform Analysis; Unpub. Lab. Manual for Introductory Physical
Geography; 147 pp. This supplement has been revised and reprinted almost every
year from 1989 to present.
Carbone, G.; James, A.; Cheng, Y.; Holt, P.;
and Lin, H. 1991. Carolina Climatic and Hydrologic Data Spatial Analysis
System. Southeast Regional Climate Center, RP121091.
Carbone,
G.; James, A. 1991. Use of a Geographic Information System in Climate
Analysis. Southeast Regional Climate Center, Research Paper Series:
RP120191.
Carbone,
G.J.; James, L.A.; and Holt, P.R. 1991. Application of GIS technology to
climate data in the Carolinas; GIS/LIS '91:
Proceedings, Vol.2; Oct.28-Nov.1, 1991.
James,
L.A. 1988. Historical transport and storage of hydraulic mining sediment in
the Bear River, California; Ph.D. Dissertation. Madison: Univ. Wisconsin, 284
pp.
James,
L.A. 1983. Post-Flood Channel Adjustments in the Upper
Kickapoo River, Southwest Wisconsin. M.S. Thesis. Madison: Univ.
Wisconsin, 247 pp.
Anderson,
K, James, L.A.; et al. 1982. Upper Koshkonong Creek: A Watershed Management Study.
Inst. Environmental Studies, Rpt. 116. Madison: Univ. Wisconsin, 187
pp.
Massie,
L.; James, L.A.; et al. (1982). Upper Koshkonong
Creek: A Watershed Management Study. Paper No. 82-2544. Am. Soc. Agric. Engrs. Proc., Nat. Mtg., Chicago, IL,
1982.
INVITED
PAPER PRESENTATIONS
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James, L. A., M. B. Singer, and R. Aalto.
2008.
Legacy
morphologies: Channel avulsions and historical engineering structures drive
form and process in the lower Yuba and Feather Rivers, California.
Amer. Geophys. Union, San
Francisco; Dec., 2008. (1st
author invited)
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James, L.
A., 2008. Legacy sediment and secular channel changes: lower Yuba and Feather
Rivers, California. Humans and Environmental Change, Exeter Lecture Series,
Nov. 21st, School of Geography, Univ. Exeter, U. K.
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James, L.
A. 2006. Sustained storage and remobilization of hydraulic mining sediment in
the Yuba, Bear, and American Rivers. Presentation to the U.S. Geological
Survey, Menlo Park, July 14, 2006.
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James, L.
A. 2006. Using Airborne
Laser Scanning (ALS or Lidar) Data to Map Gullies and Headwater Streams under
Thick Canopy in South Carolina.
Invited colloquium presentation, Dept. Geosciences,
Florida Atlantic Univ., West Palm Beach, Feb. 24, 2006.
- James, L.A. 2005. Mapping Late Pleistocene Glaciations: Northwest Sierra
Nevada, California. Invited colloquium presentation, Geography Dept.,
Appalachian State Univ., Feb., 2005.
- James, L.A., 2005. The Need for Integrated Watershed & Water Resources
Management: An example from the Yuba River, California. Invited
colloquium presentation, Program in Science, Technology and International
Affairs, Georgetown University. January, 2005.
- James, L.A., 2005. Hydraulic Myopia and the Fluvial Sediment Wave: Localized
River-Channel Perspectives Overlook Gilbert's Watershed Vision.
Invited colloquium presentation, Earth Systems and GeoInformation Sciences
program, School of Computational Sciences, George Mason Univ., January,
2005.
- James, L.A. 2004. Mining
the Gold: Episodic sedimentation from California mining and Southern
Piedmont tobacco & cotton farming. Colloquium presentation,
Geography Dept., Univ. Georgia, Athens. Feb. 6, 2004.
- James,
L.A. 2001. Glacial Erosion and Geomorphology in the
Northwest Sierra Nevada, California," Oct. 20-21, 2001; Internat. Binghamton Geomorphology
Symp., Univ. North Carolina - Chapel Hill.
- James,
L.A. 2001. "Mercury and other Toxins in Hydraulic Gold-Mining, Calif."
So. Carolina Geologic Professionals; Nov., 2001.
- James,
L.A. 2001. "Environmental Impacts of Hydraulic Gold Mining,
Calif." South
Carolina Auduban Society, Oct., 2001.
- James,
L.A. 2001. Glacial geomorphology in the Sierra Nevada, California:
Mapping and Stratigraphy. Geography Dept. Colloquium; Sept.,
'01.
- James,
L.A. 2001. Glaciation in the Tahoe National Forest: Evidence and
Implications. Presented to U.S. Forest Service personnel at the Tahoe N.F.
District Office, Nevada City, CA; Sept., '01.
- James,
L.A. 1999. Geomorphic Responses to Episodic Hydraulic Gold-mining
Sedimentation. Theme session on Impacts of Hydraulic Mining and Placer Gold
Processing, Organized by M. Hunerlach and C. Alpers, USGS. Geol. Soc. Amer.,
Cordilleran Div. mtg., Berkeley, CA.
- James,
L.A. 1998. Hydraulic Gold-Mining Sediment and Channel Responses in the
northwestern Sierra Nevada, California. Colloquium, Geography Dept., Univ.
Calif., Berkeley, Oct. 14, '98.
- James,
L.A. 2001. Glacial Erosion and Geomorphology in the Northwest Sierra Nevada,
California, Mountain Geomorphology - Integrating Earth
Systems; Proc. 2001 International Binghamton Geomorphology Symp., Oct.
20 & 21, 2001, Univ. No. Carolina - Chapel Hill.
- James,
L.A. 1998. Green and Gold: California's Environments; Memories and Visions.
Conference Sponsored by Univ. California and Calif. Council for the Humanities
July 30 - August 2, 1998, College Eight, Univ. California, Santa
Cruz.
- McKellar,
H., James, A. et al. 1998. "Mill Creek Watershed
Project: Stream Hydrology and Water Quality." What We've Learned So Far --
Non-Point Source Information Exchange. S.C. Dept. Health and Env. Control and
S.C. Dept. Natural Resources. Columbia, SC. April 21-22. Read by James and
McKellar.
- James, L.
Allan, 1996. Production, storage, and transport of hydraulic mining sediment
in northern California. Society of Environmental Toxicity and Chemistry
(SETAC) sixth annual meeting: Environmental Fate of
Contaminants. June 24, 1996, Sacramento, Calif.
- James,
L.A. 1996. Environmental impact of California's historic hydraulic gold-mining
in the Sierra Nevada. Sierra Club, South Carolina Chapter.
- James,
L.A. 1993. Diversion of the Upper Bear River: A Case for Late Quaternary
Sierra Nevada Glacial Transfluence. 1993 Fall Mtg.,
S.F. Am. Geophys. Union, EOS Sup., Oct., 1993. pp.292-93.
- James,
L.A. 1988. Responses of sediment loads to climate change in the southeastern
United States. 19th Ann. South Carolina Water
Conference, Oct. 20, 1988, Columbia, SC.
OTHER PAPER
PRESENTATIONS
(Read by first author unless otherwise
noted)
-
James,
L.A., M. E. Hodgson; S. Ghoshal; M. Megison Latiolais. Geomorphic change
detection using historic maps and DEM differencing: The temporal dimension of
geospatial analysis. Binghamton Geomorphology Symp., Columbia, SC. April 15,
2010.
-
Bishop, M., L. A.
James, J. Shroder, S. Walsh. Geospatial Technologies and Digital Geomorphological
Mapping: Concepts, Issues and Research. Geomorphology, special issue for
Binghamton Geomorphology Symp. Oct. 15, 2010.
-
L. A. James, S.
Ghoshal, M.B. Singer, and R. Aalto. 2010. Channel and floodplain metamorphosis following an
aggradation-degradation episode. April 15, 2010. Assn. Amer. Geographers annual mtg.,
Wash., D.C.
-
Subhajit Ghoshal and Allan James (read
by Ghoshal). Planimetric and
Volumetric Analysis of Channel Change in the Post- Hydraulic Mining Period:
Central Valley, California. April 15, 2010. Assn.
Amer. Geographers annual meeting, Wash.,
D.C.
-
L. A. James and K. J. Hunt. 2009. Analyzing small
watersheds with high-resolution topographic data: The LiDAR-side of
mapping headwater streams. Paper read at Southeastern Division, Assn.
Amer. Geographers annual mtg., Knoxville, Tenn. Nov., 2009.
-
James, L.A. and M.B. Singer. 2009. Secular human impacts on river channels: Spatial patterns
of change along the Yuba and Feather Rivers, California. Paper read at Assn. Amer. Geographers (AAG) annual
mtg., March, 2009. Las Vegas, NV.
-
Megison, M. and
L. A. James (read by James). 2008. Quantifying
channel change with historical maps and high-resolution topographic data:
Lower Feather River, CA, 1909-1999.
Topical Session 13. Sediment in
Fluvial Systems: Production, Transport, and Storage at the Watershed Scale.
Geological Soc. Amer. (GSA) annual meeting, Oct. 5, 2008. Houston, TX.
-
James, L. A.
2008. A tale of two rivers: contrasting styles of
episodic hydraulic mining sedimentation and recovery. Paper read at AAG annual mtg., Boston.
-
Megison, M. and
L. A. James. 2008. A century of human impacts:
Quantifying channel volumetric changes from 1909 to 1999, the Feather River,
CA. Paper read at AAG annual mtg., Boston.
-
Ghoshal, S. and
L. A. James. 2008. Planimetric and volumetric change
analysis estimating lateral channel migration and associated timing and
magnitude of sediment erosion in the post-hydraulic mining period in lower
Yuba River, California. Paper read at AAG annual mtg., Boston.
-
James, L. A., M.
B. Singer, R. Aalto, and S. Ghoshal. 2007. Floodplain
and channel evolution following catastrophic sedimentation: early and on-going
river-management in the West. Paper
read at GSA annual mtg., Denver.
-
James, L. A.
2007. Geomorphic and historic underpinnings of flood
hazards in the Sacramento Valley, California. Paper read
at AAG annual mtg., San Francisco.
- James, L.A. and S. Ghoshal. 2006. "Responses to Episodic Floodplain Aggradation: Hydraulic
Mining Sediment in the Sacramento Valley." Amer. Geophysical
Union. Dec.; San Francisco, CA.
- James, L. A. and D. G. Watson. 2006. "LIDAR Map Data for Delineating Channel Headwater Networks
but Not for Sediment Budgets." Assn. Amer. Geographers, March,
2006.
- James, L. A., D. G. Watson, and W. F. Hansen.
2005. "Using Lidar imagery for geomorphic
studies of gullies under thick canopy: South Carolina, USA." 6th
Internat. Assn. Geomorphology Conf., Zaragoza, Spain, Sept. 11, 2005.
- James, L.A. 2005. "Increasing Fluvial Heterogeneity with Recovery from
Episodic Sedimentation: Implications to River Restoration." Assn.
Amer. Geographers, April 9; Denver, CO.
- ____ 2004. "Long-term
At-a-Station Channel Morphological and Hydraulic Changes in Response to
Decreased Sediment Supplies." Amer. Geophysical Union. Dec.
17; San Francisco, CA.
- ____ 2004. "A Watershed
Perspective of Dam Impacts on Hydraulic Mining Sediment in
California." Geological Soc. Amer., Nov 7; Denver,
CO.
- ____ 2002.
"Hydrogeomorphic Considerations to Alterations
or Removal of Englebright Dam." Dams and Geomorphology, 2002
Binghamton Geomorphology Symposium, Bloomsburg,
Pennsylvania.
- James, A.
2002. "Evidence and Implications of Pleistocene
Alpine Glaciation in the Northwestern Sierra Nevada." Assn. Amer. Geogs.
(AAG), Annual Mtg., Los Angeles, CA. March, '02.
- James,
L.A. 2000. "Extent and Timing of Late
Quaternary Glaciations in the Northwestern Sierra Nevada, California."
Geological Soc. Amer. Annual Mtg., Reno, NV. Oct., '00.
- James, A.
and Carbone, G. 1999. "Streamflow in paired
Southeastern Sandhills watersheds before and during an El Niño rainfall
event." AAG Ann. Mtg., Honolulu, HI.
- Greenwell,
R.A., Bartholomew, M.J., James, L.A. 1999. "Segmentation of the Red Rock fault, southwestern Montana,
from new geomorphic evidence." Geological Society of America,
Abstracts with Programs, V.31, No.4, p.A-14.
- Curtis,
J.A., Kelsey, H.M., and James, L.A., 1998. "Quantification of historical channel changes due to the
influx of hydraulic mining debris, Steephollow Creek, Nevada
Co.,California." Abstract 51255; Quaternary Geology and
Geomorphology I: Fluvial and Hillslope Geomorphology: Channel Erosion,
Sediment Transport and Paleoenvironmental Studies; Geol. Soc. Amer. Ann. Mtg.,
Toronto, Ont., Canada, Oct. 28, 1998.
- McKellar,
H., James, A. et al. 1998. "Mill Creek Watershed
Project: Stream Hydrology and Water Quality." What We've Learned So
Far -- Non-Point Source Information Exchange. S.C. Dept. Health and Env.
Control and S.C. Dept. Natural Resources. Columbia, SC. April 21-22. [Read by
James and McKellar].
- James,
A.; Carbone, G.; McKellar, H.; Dean, J.; Atkins, J.; and others. 1997. "Measuring stormflow from urban vs. rural areas: Sandhills
region, Fort Jackson, South Carolina." Southeastern Div. AAG (SEDAAG) Ann.
Mtg. Birmingham, AL.
- Harbor,
J., James, L.A. et al., 1997. "Reconstructing
spatial patterns of erosion: New approaches using cosmogenic
radionuclides," AAG Ann. Mtg., Fort Worth , TX.
- James,
L.A., 1996. "Hydraulic mining sediment in the
American River Basin and its impact on flood hazards in Sacramento,
California." Geological
Society Am., Denver,
CO.
- Curley,
P. and L.A. James. 1996. "Linking the family of
Universal Soil Loss Equation Models to a GIS." American Water Resources
Association, Symp. on GIS for Water Resources Modeling, Ft. Lauderdale,
FL.
- James,
L.A. 1996. "Channel Responses to Hydraulic
Mining Sediment in the American River Basin, California." Abstracts: 92nd Ann.
Mtg., AAG, Charlotte, NC.
- James,
L.A. 1995. "Stratigraphic Evidence of Quaternary
Deep Valley Incision and Drainage Diversion: Northern Sierra Nevada,
California." Geological Society Am., Cordilleran Div., Fairbanks,
AK.
- James, L.A. 1995. "Channel
morphological responses to historical sediment in the American River and flood
hazard implications." Abstracts: 91st Ann. Mtg., AAG, Chicago,
IL.
- Magilligan, F.J., Gomez, B., Phillips, J.D., James, L.A.,
and Mertes, L.A.K., 1995, "Where's the Silt: Impacts
of the '93 Mississippi River Flood", Read by Magilligan, Abstracts: 91st Ann.
Mtg., AAG, Chicago, IL.
- James, L.A. 1994. "Channel
changes wrought by gold mining: Northern Sierra Nevada, California."
Am. Water Resources Ass., Ann. Summer Mtg., Jackson Hole, WY.
- Magilligan, F.J., Gomez, B., Phillips, J.D., and James,
L.A., 1994, "Anatomy of a Levee Break". Read by
Magilligan, Abstracts: 90th Ann. Mtg., AAG, 1994. S.F., CA.
- James, L.A. 1993. "Late
Quaternary Stream Capture: Sierra Nevada, California." Third
International Geomorphology Conference. Hamilton, Ontario.
- James, L.A. 1993. "Mining-induced channel change documented by repeat
photography: 1858 to present." In Ass. Am.
Geogs., Abstracts: 89th Ann. Mtg., 6-10 April,
1993,
Atlanta, GA: p.112.
- James, L.A. 1992. "Hydraulic Gold-Mine Tailings in the Sierra
Nevada." 27th Internat. Geographic Congress, Tech. Program Abstracts, Wash., D.C.: p.284-85.
- James, L.A. 1992. "Longitudinal changes in an episodically aggraded channel
system." San Diego, AAG, 88th Ann. Mtg.
Abstracts: p.112.
- Cordova, A.J. and James, L.A. 1991. "Erosion and sedimentation of an urbanizing
catchment." In AAG, Asheville, NC; p.5
[Read by James].
- Carbone,
G.; James, L.A.; and Holt, P.R. 1991. "Application of GIS technology to regional climate data in
the Carolinas." In GIS/LIS '91 Proc., V.2. GIS/LIS Ann. Conf. and
Exposition, Atlanta.
- James,
L.A. 1991. "Sediment storage potential and
stream power." In AAG, 1991 Ann. Mtg. Abstracts, Miami, FL, April 13-17,
P.94.
- James,
L.A. 1991. "Late Quaternary Stream Capture:
Sierra Nevada, California." In Abstracts:
Int. Union Quaternary Research (INQUA), XIII Int. Congr., Aug.2-9, 1991;
Beijing, PRC. p.148.
- James,
L.A. 1990. "Late Quaternary Stream Capture,
Northern Sierra Nevada." Fluvial Geomorphology Spec. Sess., p. 115,
1990 AAG, Ann. Mtg., Program and Abstracts,
Toronto.
- James,
L.A. 1990. "Sediment Storage Potential: An
example of two dissimilar California Basins." In Abstracts, 45th Mtg., AAG, Div., Columbia, SC: p.14.
- James,
L.A. 1989. "Contrasting styles of sediment
storage and transport: Hydraulic mining sediment in the South Yuba vs. Bear
rivers." Erosion and Sedimentation Committee; Trans., Am. Geophysical Union, Ann. Fall Mtg., S.F.;
Dec., 1989: pp.1123-24.
- James,
L.A. 1989. "Sustained reworking of hydraulic
mining sediment in California: G.K. Gilbert's sediment wave model
reconsidered." Second Internat. Conference
on Geomorphology: Geomorphology and Geoecology, Frankfurt, am Main, F.R.
Germany. Sept.: pp.136-37.
- James,
L.A. 1989. "Hydraulic Gold mining sediment
remaining in the Bear River, California." In AAG, Program and Abstracts, Nystrom Award Spec. Sess.,
Balt., MD. p.95.
- James,
L.A. 1988. "Hydrologic evidence of conditions
conducive to sediment storage in the Southern Coastal Plain."
Geomorphic Hazards and Sedimentation Special Session, SEDAAG, Ann. Mtg., Nov.20-22, Mobile,
AL.
- James,
L.A. 1988. "Contemporaneous and recent channel
morphological responses to hydraulic mining sediment production." Abstracts with Programs, Geol. Soc. Am., Denver, CO: p. A362.
- James,
L.A. 1988. "Quartz concentration as an index of
alluvial mixing of hydraulic mine tailings with other sediment in the Sierra
Nevada, California." Fluvial Geomorphology Special Session. In 1988
Ass. Am.Geogs., Ann. Mtg., Program and Abstracts,
Phoenix, AZ, p.87.
- James,
L.A. 1987. "Rates of organic carbon accumulation
in young soils in front of the Burroughs Glacier, Glacier Bay,
Alaska." In Abtracts, SEDAAG, Charlotte, NC;
p.20.
- James,
L.A. 1987. "Sustained storage of hydraulic
mining sediment: Bear River, Sierra Nevada, California." Fluvial
Geomorph. spec. session. In 1987 AAG, Ann. Mtg., Program and Abstracts. Portland, OR,
p.47.
- James,
L.A. 1986. "Hydraulic mining debris in Bear
River, northern Sierra Nevada, California: Delivery, storage, and transport of
episodically introduced sediment." Fluvial Geomorphology Spec. Sess.
In AAG, Abstracts. Nat. Mtg., Minneapolis: Paper
No. 81.
- James,
L.A. 1985. "Timing of channel incision into
hydraulic mining debris: Bear River, Calif." In AAG, Program Abstracts. Nat. Mtg., Detroit: Ppr.No.
193.
- James,
L.A. 1984. "Hydraulic mining debris along the
Bear River, California." Fluvial Geomorphology Special Session. In
AAG, Program Abstracts, 1984, p.143. Nat.Mtg.,
Wash., DC.
- James,
L.A. 1981. "Channel Response to Moderate
Magnitude Floods Following an Extreme Event: Kickapoo River, Southwest
Wisc." p.149, Program Abstracts, AAG Nat. Mtg., Los Angeles.
POSTERS and
PANEL DISCUSSIONS
-
Ghoshal,
S. and L.A. James. 2010. Poster: Floodplain and channel
change analysis using DEM differencing: Lower Yuba River,
California. Binghamton Geomorphology Symposium,
Columbia, SC.
-
Panelist: South Carolina
Hydrographic Data Users Group. South Carolina Water Resources
Conference, Oct., 2010.
-
Panelist: Multi-scale
assessments in water resources: Basic challenges in current research. Assn. American Geographers (AAG), annual
meeting, Washington, D.C., April 16, 2010.
-
Panelist: South Carolina Hydrographic Data Users Group. South
Carolina Arc
GIS Conference; Jan. 25, 2010.
-
Panel: "
The State of
SEDAAG: A forum on the future of the regional
division."
Southeastern Div. AAG (SEDAAG), Greensboro, N.C., Nov., 24, 2008.
-
James, L.
A. and M. Megison. 2008. Channel Changes on the Lower Feather
River
. Poster
presented at Workshop on High Resolution Topographic Data. Boulder, CO. June
16, 2008.
-
James, L.
A., S. Ghoshal, M. Megison, M. Singer, R. Aalto. 2007. Legacy sediments and channel morphology in the
Feather and Yuba Rivers, California.
Poster presented at the American Geophysical Union
ann. mtg., San Francisco.
-
Ghoshal,
S. and L. A. James. 2007. Channel morphological changes in the Yuba River,
California, in the post-hydraulic mining period.
Poster presented at the
American Geophysical Union ann. mtg., San Francisco.
-
Ghoshal,
S., L. A. James, M. B. Singer, R. E. Aalto. 2006. Erosion of
hydraulic mining sediment and channel change: Sacramento Valley,
California.
Poster
presented at Binghamton Geomorphology Symp., The Human Role in Changing Fluvial
Systems; Columbia, SC;
Oct., 2006.
- James, L.A. 2004. “Learning to Publish: The Rules, Risks, and Rewards,”
Invited Panelist; SEDAAG, Nov., 2004; Biloxi, MS.
- James, L.A. 2003. Glacially Eroded Landforms
in the Northwestern Sierra Nevada, California. Poster. 16th
Internat. Quaternary Commission (INQUA) Congress, Reno, Nevada.
- Organizer and Panel Discussant: "Geographic Perspectives on the International Year of
Fresh Water." Assn. Amer. Geogs. (AAG) Ann. Mtg., New Orleans,
March, 2003.
- James,
L.A. Poster: 2001. "Glaciation in the Northwest Sierra
Nevada, California," Internat. Binghamton Geomorph. Symp., Oct. 20 &
21, 2001, Univ. No. Carolina - Chapel Hill; 2001.
- James,
L.A. and Carbone, G., 2001. Illustrated Paper: Rainfall-runoff relations in a paired watershed study:
Exploding the Urban-Rural Dichotomy Myth., Assn. Amer. Geogs. (AAG) Ann.
Mtg., New York City; Feb.27-March 3, 2001.
- Carbone,
G. and James, L.A. 2001. Illustrated Paper: Spatial
and temporal character of precipitation and hydrologic response in a small
watershed. AAG Ann. Mtg., New York City; Feb.27-March 3,
'01.
- James,
L.A., Harbor, J., Fabel, D., and Dahms, D., 2000.
"Late Quaternary Glacial Advances in Northwestern
Sierra Nevada, California." April, '00, AAG ann. mtg., Pittsburgh,
PA.
- Harbor,
J., Fabel, D., Dahms, D., and James, L.A., "Spatial
Patterns of Glacial Erosion at a Valley Scale from Cosmogenic Radionuclide
Concentrations." April, '00, AAG nat. mtg., Pittsburgh, PA.
- Dahms,
D., Harbor, J., Fabel, D., and James, L. 2000. Glacial
Stratigraphy and Geomorphology of Two Alpine Valleys in Wyoming: Results of
10Be and 26Al
Exposure Ages. April,
'00, AAG nat. mtg., Pittsburgh, PA
- James, A.
1999. Panel Discussant: "Status of Physical Geography in the Southeast",
SEDAAG ann. mtg., Tampa, FL, Nov., '99.
- James,
A.; Harbor, J.; Fabel, D.; Dahms, D.; and Elmore, D. 1998. Poster: "Glacial mapping in the northwestern Sierra Nevada:
Preliminary cosmogenic readionuclide dates." AAG Ann. Mtg., Boston, March,
1998.
- James, A.
1998. Panel Discussion: "Teaching water Resources
Management in Geography", Sponsored by Water Resources and Geomorph.
Specialty Groups, AAG Ann. Mtg., Boston, March, 1998.
- James, A.
1997. Panel Discussion: "Hydrology in Geography --
Barriers and Bridges", Sponsored by Friends of Hydrology Group and Water
Resources Specialty Group, AAG Ann. Mtg., Fort Worth , TX.
- Phillips,
J.D., Gomez, B., Magilligan, F.J., and James, L.A., 1994. Poster: "Where's the
silt?" 25th Binghamton Symp. in Geomorphology, Sept. 24-25.
- James,
L.A. 1993. Glacial valley cross-section morphology: Polynomial functions as a
robust alternative to the parabolic model. Poster; 3rd
Int. Geomorphology Conf. Hamilton, Ontario.
- James,
L.A. 1992. Drainage basin and channel network exercise. American Water
Resources Assoc., 28th Ann. Conf. and Symp.,
Reno, NV. Poster; presented in
absentia.
MEMBERSHIPS IN PROFESSIONAL
SOCIETIES
- American
Geographical Society, 1990 to present
- American
Geophysical Union, *L 1989 to
present
- American
Quaternary Association, 1983 to present
- American
Water Resources Association, 1993 to 1910
- Association of American Geographers, *L 1978 to present
- Geomorphology Specialty Group, 1978 to
present
- Water
Resources Spec. Group, 1985 to present
- Mountain Spec. Group, 1999 to present
- GIS
Specialty Group, 1991 to 1999
- British Geomorphological Research Group, 2003 to
present
- Geological Society of America, 1983 to
present
- Quaternary Geology and Geomorphology Division, 1983 to
present
- Engineering Geology Division, 1990 to
present
- Geology and Society, 2003 to present
- International Association of Geomorphologists, 1989 to
present
- International Association Hydrological Sciences, 1993 to
present
- South
Carolina Geographic Alliance, 1991 to present
- Southeastern Division A.A.G., 1988 to
present
- Union of
Concerned Scientists, 1990 to present
- American
Society for Photogrammetry & Remote Sensing, 1990-1995
*L: lifetime member
SERVICE
Editorial
Boards of Refereed Professional Journals:
- Geomorphology - 2004 to
present
- Southeastern Geographer -
2003 to present
-
Royale
Geographic Society (with Inst. British Geographers),
Advancing Geography
and Geographical Learning, book series,
editorial board – 2008 to present.
- Professional Geographer -
1998 to 2000.
Advisory/Review
Panels and Consulting:
- CALFED, Technical Review Committee, Upper Yuba River System Project (Englebright Dam
Study); Fall, 2001 to 2005.
- National Science Foundation, Division of Behavioral and
Cognitive Sciences (BCS), Geography and Regional Science Program; four panels,
2001 to 2002.
-
Testimony to FEMA review board, Jan., 2000; follow-up to
filing appeal, Jan., 2000.
-
Testimony before Richland County Supervisors, Fall, 1999,
regarding need to appeal FEMA’s revised Flood Insurance Rate Map which would
allow development of Congaree River floodplain.
- U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency / National Science Foundation / U.S. Dept.
Agriculture, Water and Watersheds, Peer Review
Panel, 1999.
- U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency / National Science Foundation, Water and Watersheds, Peer Review Panel, 1997.
- National Academy of Engineers, National Research Council,
Water Science and Technology Board, Committee on the American River. Fall,
1993 to Fall, 1995.
Professional Societies:
Association American Geographers
(AAG):
Committee on the Status of Women in Geography, 2010 to
present.
Elected
AAG National
Councilor
, 2009 to
present.
Elected
AAG Honors
Committee
, 2006 to 2008.
Past
President, Water Resource
Spec. Group
, AAG, 2004 to
2005.
Chair
(elected), Water Resource Specialty Group (AAG),
2002-04.
Co-Chair, Nystrom Awards Committee, AAG, Annual Mtg.,
NYC; 2001.
Secretary-Treasurer (elected), Water Resource Spec. Group (AAG), 2000-02.
Web
Editor, Water Resource Spec. Group (AAG), 1999 to
2006.
Web
Editor, Geomorphology Specialty Group (AAG), 1996
to 2006.
Board
of Directors (elected), Water Resources Spec. Grp. (AAG), 1996-98.
Board
of Advisors (elected), Geomorphology Spec. Grp. (AAG), 1996-present.
Chair
(elected), Geomorphology Specialty Group, 1995-96.
Secretary/Treasurer (elected), Geomorphology Specialty
Group, 1994-95.
Led
2½-day field trip to Sierra Nevada with Jerry Davis; AAG, April 1-3, 1994,
S.F.
Organized; four fluvial geomorphology Spec. Sessions;
AAG; 1993, Atlanta, GA.
Organized; four fluvial geomorphology Spec. Sessions (23
papers); AAG; 1992, San Diego.
Co-organized bus. mtg: Phoenix
Group (young PhDs) w/Susan Hanson, AAG; 1991, Miami.
Organized panel and led discussion: Changing Role of Geography in Academe and Society;
AAG nat. mtg.; 1990, Toronto.
Geological
Society of America (GSA)
- Panelist (elected), Quaternary Geology and Geomorphology
(QG&G) Division, GSA. 2005-2007.
- Member International Geomorphology Conference Host Search
Committee, ad hoc committee charged with locating
a local committee to host 2009 conference in western USA; 2004 to 2005.
Joint with GSA and AAG.
- Member Committee on Fluvial Geomorphology, ad hoc committee charged with producing policy
statement for importance of university training in river restoration; 2003 to
2005. Joint with GSA and AAG.
Southeastern Division Assoc.
American Geographers (SEDAAG)
- Program Committee Co-Chair 2004
- Program Committee Chair 2002 & 2003
- Vice
President (elected), 2002-2004.
- Secretary-newsletter editor (elected), 1998-2000.
- Honors Committee: 1998.
- State
representative (elected): 1996 to 1998.
- State
representative (elected): 1990 & 1991.
American Water Resources Association:
- Session Chair: Modeling Water
Resources Systems. Ft. Lauderdale, 1996.
University South Carolina
Founding Director, BioGeomorphology Research Laboratory, 1989 to
present.
M.S. Theses Advised:
-
Mary Megison, 2008.
Using LiDAR and historic maps and air photos to
reconstruct channel change; Feather River, CA.
John
Wooten, 2008. A watershed approach to managing Rocky Branch Creek,
Columbia, SC
. (MEERM) program. Wooten received a
MEERM outstanding graduate student in research award.
Duke Brantley, 2006. M.S. Alternative ecological assessments on the 303 (d) Listed
Bush River Watershed. (MEERM).
Cindy Kolomechuk, 2001. M.S. Gully erosion in Spartanburg County, Southern Piedmont,
SC., June, '01.
Randall Wheeler, 2000. M.S. Masters in Earth &
Environmental Mgt. (MEERM) program, Soil erosion and
sediment yields in Mill Creek basin, Fort Jackson, South Carolina.
Alexander Shepherd, 1999. M.S. Accuracy of Interpolations for Geologic Mapping Made from
3-D Seismic Models Using a Geographic Information System.
Jamilla, Sonja, 1999. M.S. Spatial Variability of Steady State Soil Infiltration
Rates: The Effect of Soil Type, Land Cover, and Topography.
Leigh
Ann Morgan, 1998. M.S. Post-Flood Analysis of the
Benefits of Floodplain Regulations in Beaufort County, North
Carolina.
David
Alexander, 1997. M.S. Channel Morphological Adjustment
to Soil Erosion and Sedimentation at the Chicken-Strong Creek
Confluence.
Rose
Fletcher, 1996. M.S., Development and application of historical digital
orthoimage mosaic for the Savannah River Site.
Martin Roberge, 1995. M.S. Topographic modeling of Lake Bonneville through the Late
Pleistocene.
Pat
Curley, 1994. M.S. Non-point source pollution risk
assessment classification: Identifying critical erosion areas in small
watersheds, South Carolina.
Andrew Cordova, 1991. M.S. Effectiveness of a Sediment and Erosion Control
Ordinance: Richland County, South Carolina. Theses & Dissertation Committee Reader
(selected):
Ph.D.: Laura Stroup (2008); Phillip Yates (Statistics, 2006);
Preston Helms (2002, Civil & Environmental Engineering); Jeannie Eidson
(2000; Env. Health Sciences); Jonathon Jonathon Byron (1999); Eric Dobson
& Francois Smith (1998); Ron Marple (Geology, 1994); Cheryll Hallum (1993);
Drew Decker (1991)
M.S.: Bates
Rambow (2008); Tammy Ryan (2007, MEERM); Kimberly Mierdas (2006); Douglas Mayes
(2006); Joe Dickerson (2005); Kristi Suggs (2005, MEERM); Laura Stroup (2004);
Shawn Lowe (2004, CEE); Tom Toland (2003); Mary Kosko (2002; Anthropology);
Diane Zehrfuhs (2001, Geology); Melinda Young and Jaquline Luders (2000);
Judith Berglund & Barret Stone (Dept. Env. Health Sci.) (1999); Jeniifer
Curtis (Geology, Calif. State Univ., Humboldt) & Charmel Menzel (1998);
Renee Greenwell (School of Environment) & James McCallion (1997); Katie
Laddish (Geology, U. Calif., Davis; 1996); Rick Collins, Shan Burkhalter, Peter
Bramante, & Michael Burdette (1994); Paul Holt & Chris Keithly (1991);
David Wigle (1990).
Non-thesis: Mat
Sposato (1995), Francoise Smith (1994), Theresa Martin (1993).
FIELD TRIPS
LED
-
Field expedition to Sacramento Valley; led
four students (1 undergrad, two MS, and a PhD) as part of NSF grant:
Tracking hydraulic
mining sediment... two to eight weeks. Drove to California, river rafting,
sediment sampling, topographic surveying, and collection of ground-control
points. Summer, 2007.
-
Tracking Hydraulic Mining Sediment,
three-day excursion to Sierra foothills and Sacramento
Valley from San Francisco, Assn. Amer.
Geographers, National meeting. Sunday to Tuesday, March 15 - 17,
2007. Co-led with Michael Singer and Rolf Aalto.
-
Field
expedition to Sacramento Valley; led five students as part of NSF grant:
Tracking hydraulic mining sediment...
six weeks. Drove to
California, established apartment ‘field base’. Sediment sampling, topographic
surveying, and some river rafting. Summer, 2006.
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Glaciation in the Northwest Sierra
Nevada, one-day excursion. International Union for Quaternary Research
(INQUA),
Reno, Nevada. (July, 2003).
-
Field Camp in Rattlesnake Canyon, northern
Sierra Nevada; led one M.S. student. 1999.
- Field
Camp in Rattlesnake Canyon, northern Sierra Nevada; led one student and two
PhDs as part of NSF grant: Reconstructing spatial
patterns of glacial erosion: A new approach using cosmogenic nuclides. two
weeks, Summer, 1997.
- Field
Camp on Grouse Ridge, northern Sierra Nevada; led five students and post doc
as part of NSF grant: Reconstructing spatial patterns
of glacial erosion: A new approach using cosmogenic nuclides. two weeks,
Summer, 1996.
- Geology Field Camp on Six-Mile Meadow, northern Sierra
Nevada; led 12 students and 2 teaching assistants; Glacial mapping and
fluvial-environmental field techniques; Dept. Geology, Univ. Calif., Davis;
two weeks, summer, 1996.
- Northern Sierra Nevada, Calif., Ass. Am. Geogs. 1994 Nat.
Mtgs. in S.F. 2½ days, Glaciation and Hydraulic Mining
Sediment in the Bear and So. Yuba Rivers. Organized with Jerry
Davis.
- Oregon Coast. Geomorphology course Univ. Oregon. Unpub.
road log. Summer 1987.
- Baraboo Hills, Wisconsin. Repeated by request of regular
professor. Spring, 1986.
- Baraboo Hills, Wisconsin. Introductory physical geography
Univ. Wisconsin, Rock Co. Unpub. road log. Spring 1985.
- One-
or Two-day field excursions with physical geography courses:
1978-present.
Field Trips, Camps, and Conferences
Attended
- Yuba
River Basin; field trip and helicopter tour; CALFED; Sept. 2001, led by
Charlie Alpers, USGS.
- Truckee River and Pyramid Lake; Geological Soc. Amer.;
Oct., 2000; led by Larry Benson et al.
- Carson Sink, Nevada; Geological Soc. Amer.; Oct., 2000;
led by Ken Adams et al.
- Hawaii, Environmental Diversity on the Island of Hawaii,
2 days, March, 1999. Led by James Juvik, University of Hawaii-Hilo.
- Boone, N.C., Southeastern Friends of the Pleistocene, Led
by Hugh Mills; 2½ days; Nov., 1998.
- Little River, Virginia, Binghamton Geomorph. Symp. Biogeomorphology of the Little River - 35 years after
Hack and Goodlett. Led by W.R. Osterkamp, C.R. Hupp, and M.R. Schening, 1
day; 1995.
- Denali National Park, Geol. Soc. America, Cordilleran
Div. The Geology and Glacial history of Denali
National Park and Vicinity. Led by P. Brease and A. Till, two days;
1995.
- Fairbanks Alaska, Geol. Soc. America, Cordilleran Div. Loess and Tephra in the Fairbanks Region. Led by J.
Beget, one day; 1995.
- Snake
River, Amer. Water Resource Assoc. Mtg. Jackson Hole, WY. Geomorphology of the Upper Snake River. Led by R.
Marston, one day; 1994.
- Death
Valley and Mohave Desert, AAG Nat. Mtg. Regional
Geomorphology: Las Vegas to San Diego. Led by N. Meek and R. Dorn, three
days; 1992.
- Huang
He Plain, China, INQUA 13th Congress, Alluvium and
Loess on the border between the North China Plain and the Loess Plateau, 9
days, August, 1991.
- Upper
Potomac River, A.A.G. National Meetings, Geomorphology
of Two Catastrophic Floods in the South Branch Potomac River Basin, West
Virginia, 3 days, March, 1989.
- Rhine
Valley, International Geomorphological Association, 2nd Congress, Geomorphology of the Upper Middle Rhine
Valley.
- Big
Thompson River, Geological Soc. Am. Ann. Nat. Mtg., Pleistocene and Recent Floods of the Big Thompson River
Drainage, Northern Colorago Front Range, Nov., 1988.
- North-Central Ohio, Midwest Friends of the Pleistocene
34th Field Conference, Pre-Woodfordian
Stratigraphy, May 1987.
- Willamette Valley, Oregon, A.A.G. National Meetings, Quaternary Stratigraphy, Geomorphology, and Soils of the
Willamette Valley, Oregon, April 1987.
- Eastern Kansas, Midwest Friends of the Pleistocene 33rd
Field Conference, Lawrence Kansas: Quaternary
Environments of Kansas, August 1986.
- Glacier Bay, Alaska; Expedition led by Mickelson and
rendezvous with INQUA expedition led by Goldthwaite; 3 weeks in July
1986.
- Central Illinois, American Quaternary Association
(AMQUA), 9th Biennial Meeting, Wisconsinan and
Sangamonian Type-Sections, Univ. Illinois, June 1986.
- Northern Illinois, Midwest Friends of the Pleistocene
32nd Field Conference, Illinoian and Wisconsinan
Stratigraphy and Environments: the Altonian Revised, Champaign, Il, May
1985.
- Northwestern California, Am. Geomorphological Field
Group: Redwood Country, May 1985.
- Expedition to Scandinavia; 5 weeks, summer 1984.
Organized by Dr. D. Mickelson, Wisconsin. Led by Dr. J. Lindqvist, Univ.
Stockholm.
- Sierra Nevada, Geology Field Camp, N. Yuba R., CSU
Hayward; 6 wks, summer, 1984.
- Prairie Du Chien, Wisconsin, Midwest Friends of the Pleistocene, 29th Field
Conference, Quaternary History of the Driftless Area, May 1982.