James A. Spotila
Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA
Activity
2025
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MATERIAL PROPERTIES OF RIDGE-FORMING LITHOLOGIES IN THE VALLEY AND RIDGE AND BLUE RIDGE OF THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIAN MOUNTAINS
34 D1. Geomorphic Processes and Landscape Evolution Across Diverse SystemsFriday, 21 March 202510:30 AM - 12:00 PMAlleghany A
2024
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MOUNTAINS, GLACIERS AND BEARS, OH MY!: THE ST. ELIAS EROSION/TECTONICS PROJECT (STEEP) AND ITS LEGACY FOR ACTIVE TECTONICS AND TEAM SCIENCE
T223 Structural Analysis, Digital Mapping Advances, Tectonics, and Tectonic-Climate Processes from California to Alaska and Elsewhere II: A Celebration of Terry Pavlis’s Diverse Contributions and CareerTuesday, 24 September 20241:30 PM - 5:30 PM304A
2023
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NEW SLIP-RATE ESTIMATES ON THE SOUTHERN CALICO FAULT WITHIN THE EASTERN CALIFORNIA SHEAR ZONE
T243 Sedimentary Archives of Mountain Building from the Fault-Scarp to the Range-Front: Interpreting Colluvial Wedge and Alluvial Fan Systems (Posters)Wednesday, 18 October 20238:00 AM - 5:30 PMHall B
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WHAT SHAPES A RESTRAINING BEND? AN ANALYSIS FROM THE EASTERN CALIFORNIA SHEAR ZONE
T160 Exploring Strain Partitioning and Kinematic Evolution of the Lithosphere I: In Honor of Micah JessupTuesday, 17 October 20238:00 AM - 12:00 PM326
2022
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CHRONOLOGY AND IMPACT OF LARGE BOULDERS ON HILLSLOPE AND CHANNEL EROSION IN THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS
T36 Over the Hills and through the River: The Mechanisms of Change in Bedrock River Influenced/Controlled LandscapesSunday, 9 October 20221:30 PM - 5:30 PM406
2019
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KINEMATICS OF TRANSPRESSIONAL FAULT LINKAGES ALONG THE EMERSON AND CALICO-HIDALGO FAULTS IN THE SOUTHERN EASTERN CALIFORNIA SHEAR ZONE
Late Breaking Session: Ten-Million Years of Deformation along the Eastern California Shear Zone: Context and Characterization of the July 2019 Mw7.1 Ridgecrest Earthquake (Posters)Sunday, 22 September 20198:00 AM - 12:00 PMSpecial Presentation Area Hall A, North Building
2017
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CONSISTENT SLOW EXHUMATION IN A LATE CENOZOIC GLACIATED LANDSCAPE, THE PRESIDENTIAL AND CARTER RANGES OF THE WHITE MOUNTAINS IN NEW HAMPSHIRE, USA
T160 Quantifying Geomorphic Processes and Rates of Landscape Evolution (Posters)Monday, 23 October 20179:00 AM - 6:30 PMHalls 4EF
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INCIPIENT EVOLUTION OF THE EASTERN CALIFORNIA SHEAR ZONE THROUGH A TRANSPRESSIONAL ZONE ALONG THE SAN ANDREAS FAULT IN THE SAN BERNARDINO MOUNTAINS, CALIFORNIA
T55 Multi-Proxy Records for Large-Scale Translation and Vertical Strain along Active and Ancient Strike-Slip Fault SystemsSunday, 22 October 20171:30 PM - 5:30 PMTahoma 3
2016
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USING COSMOGENIC 10BE IN BOTH BEDROCK AND SEDIMENT TO TRACK GLACIAL AND PARAGLACIAL EROSION OF THE NORTHWEST SCOTTISH HIGHLANDS
T304 Quantifying Geomorphic Processes and Rates of Landscape Evolution IIWednesday, 28 September 20161:30 PM - 5:30 PMRoom 405
2015
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RAPID EXHUMATION OF CRETACEOUS ARC ROCKS ALONG THE BLUE MOUNTAIN RESTRAINING BEND, JAMAICA, USING APATITE (U-TH)/HE THERMOCHRONOMETRY
T10 An Updated View on Caribbean TectonicsSunday, 1 November 20158:00 AM - 12:00 PMRoom 319/320
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ASSESSING ARCTIC TIDEWATER GLACIER STABILITY USING DIFFERENTIAL BATHYMETRY IN KONGSFJORDEN, SVALBARD, NORWAY
57 Holocene Paleoclimate Perspectives on Present-Day Arctic Change (Posters)Tuesday, 24 March 20151:30 PM - 5:30 PMPresidential Ballroom
2014
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GLACIOLOGY IN THE CHUGACH RANGE OF SOUTH CENTRAL ALASKA
118 Quaternary Geology: Glacial Deposits and Processes, Sediment Transport and Channels (Posters)Monday, 20 October 20149:00 AM - 6:30 PMExhibition Hall C
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DRAINAGE DIVIDE STRUCTURE: POTENTIAL TOOL AND VIABLE INFLUENCE ON THE EVOLUTION OF GLACIATED BASINS
T69 Geomorphic Dynamics in Glacial and Periglacial Mountain LandscapesSunday, 19 October 20141:00 PM - 5:00 PM211
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TESTING GLACIALLY INDUCED LANDSCAPE TRANSIENCE; GLEN SHIEL AND THE MAMORE RANGE, NW SCOTLAND
T69 Geomorphic Dynamics in Glacial and Periglacial Mountain LandscapesSunday, 19 October 20141:00 PM - 5:00 PM211
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THE EFFECT OF LATE CENOZOIC GLACIATION ON DENUDATION IN THE WHITE MOUNTAINS OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
58 Glaciers, Sediments, and Landforms of Northeast North America and Beyond (Posters)Monday, 24 March 20141:30 PM - 5:35 PMFreedom Hall A
2012
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A CASE FOR PUNCTUATED VERTICAL DEFORMATION ALONG CONTINENTAL STRIKE-SLIP FAULTS, BASED ON OBSERVATIONS FROM THE SOUTHERN SAN ANDREAS FAULT
T272 Large-Scale Strike-Slip Fault Systems: Insights into 4-D Evolution through Lateral and Vertical Juxtaposition Recorded in the Rock Record, Geophysical Imaging, and Associated Basin Formation via Large-Scale Translation and TranspressionWednesday, 7 November 20121:30 PM - 5:30 PM207D
2010
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PALEOSEISMIC INVESTIGATIONS OF THE MIDDLE AMERICA TRENCH ON THE NICOYA PENINSULA, COSTA RICA: A FEASIBILITY STUDY OF THE TAMARINDO ESTUARY
250 Neotectonics/Paleoseismology (Posters)Wednesday, 3 November 20108:00 AM - 6:00 PMHall D
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LANDSCAPE DISEQUILIBRIUM...IN THE VIRGINIA BLUE RIDGE? CONNECTING "UN-APPALACHIAN" EROSION TO A STREAM CAPTURE EVENT
T72 Hydrogeomorphic Processes in Hillslopes, Rivers, and LandscapesSunday, 31 October 20101:30 PM - 5:30 PMHall E
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NEW PHYSICAL EVIDENCE FOR STREAM CAPTURE AS THE DRIVER OF ACTIVE RETREAT OF THE BLUE RIDGE ESCARPMENT
18 Landscape Evolution in the Appalachians: Rates, Dates, and ModelsSunday, 14 March 20101:30 PM - 4:15 PMPratt A/B
2009
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FOREVER YOUNG? NEW EVIDENCE FOR CONTINUING PARALLEL RETREAT OF THE WORLD'S OLDEST PASSIVE MARGIN ESCARPMENT
122 Geomorphology: Interactions of Ice, Water, Slope, and WindMonday, 19 October 20091:30 PM - 5:30 PMB114/115
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COMBINING APATITE (U-TH)/HE AND FISSION-TRACK DATING: IMPLICATIONS FOR DIFFERENTIAL UPLIFT OF THE TETON RANGE AND INITIATION OF THE TETON FAULT, WYOMING
T14 50th Anniversary of the 1959 Hebgen Lake, Montana Earthquake: Lessons Learned in Extensional Tectonic RegimesSunday, 18 October 20098:00 AM - 12:00 PMB110/111/112
2008
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Active Tectonics of An Onshore-Offshore Fold-Thrust Belt Undergoing Intense Mass Redistribution by Erosion and Deposition: Initial Results from the ST. Elias Erosion and Tectonics Project (STEEP)
T320 Continental and Marine Fold and Thrust Belts IWednesday, 8 October 20081:30 PM - 5:30 PM
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Exhumation of the Trans-Himalayan Ama Drime Massif: Implications for Orogen-Parallel Mid-Crustal Flow and Exhumation on the Southern Margin of the Tibetan Plateau
T130 Modes of Lithospheric Extension: Oceanic and Continental Core ComplexesSunday, 5 October 20088:00 AM - 12:00 PM
2007
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ARCHITECTURE, KINEMATICS, AND EXHUMATION OF A GLACIATED OROGENIC WEDGE: THE CENTRAL ST. ELIAS OROGEN, ALASKA
T181 Active and Ancient Tectonics along the Northern Cordillera Margin—Magmatism, Deformation, Metamorphism, and Basin Development (Posters)Tuesday, 30 October 20071:30 PM - 5:30 PM
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TECTONICS AND STRUCTURAL EVOLUTION OF THE EASTERN ST. ELIAS SYNTAXIS, ALASKA
T181 Active and Ancient Tectonics along the Northern Cordillera Margin—Magmatism, Deformation, Metamorphism, and Basin Development (Posters)Tuesday, 30 October 20071:30 PM - 5:30 PM
2006
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STRAIN PARTITIONING WITHIN THE WESTERN CHUGACH-ST. ELIAS OROGEN, ALASKA: THE EFFECT OF GLACIAL EROSION
184 Tectonics IIWednesday, 25 October 20068:00 AM - 12:00 PM
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HETEROGENEOUS EXHUMATION ALONG THE SOUTHERN SAN ANDREAS FAULT AS INFERRED FROM (U-TH)/HE AGES IN THE NORTHERN SAN GABRIEL MOUNTAINS, SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
184 Tectonics IIWednesday, 25 October 20068:00 AM - 12:00 PM
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GEOLOGIC HISTORY OF THE YAKUTAT TERRANE BASED ON DETRITAL ZIRCON FISSION-TRACK ANALYSIS, SOUTHERN ALASKA
45 GSA: Active Tectonics of the Northern Cordillera (Posters)Wednesday, 10 May 20061:00 PM - 5:00 PM
2005
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TRANSPRESSIVE BLOCK EXHUMATION ALONG THE SAN ANDREAS FAULT IN THE NORTHWESTERN SAN GABRIEL MOUNTAINS
T153 Thermochronology: Techniques, Applications, and Interpretations IITuesday, 18 October 20058:00 AM - 12:00 PM
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THE LATE CENOZOIC EXHUMATION PATTERN IN A TRANSPRESSIONAL SETTING: FAIRWEATHER RANGE, ALASKA
T31 Mesozoic and Cenozoic Crustal Evolution of Alaska and Western Canada (Posters)Sunday, 16 October 20058:00 AM - 12:00 PM
2004
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ROLE OF TECTONICS AND CLIMATE IN THE TOPOGRAPHY, GLACIATION, DENUDATION, AND FLOW OF ROCKS IN THE CHUGACH/ST. ELIAS RANGE (SOUTHERN ALASKA) ACTIVE COLLISIONAL OROGEN
T126 Differentiating Climatic from Tectonic Controls on Landscape Evolution (Posters)Monday, 8 November 20041:30 PM - 5:30 PM
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BACKSTOP AND OROGENIC WEDGE COOLING HISTORIES IN THE ACTIVE YAKUTAT TERRANE COLLISION, SOUTHERN ALASKA
T112 Whence the Mountains? New Developments in the Tectonic Evolution of Orogenic Belts: Celebrating the Dynamic Career of Raymond A. Price at the 50-Year Mark IIMonday, 8 November 20041:30 PM - 5:30 PM
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NEW CONSTRAINTS ON THE LATE CENOZOIC INCISION HISTORY OF THE NEW RIVER, VIRGINIA
1 Geomorphology ISunday, 7 November 20048:00 AM - 12:00 PM
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CRUSTAL EXHUMATION IN A TRANSPRESSIONAL SETTING, THE SAN EMIGDIO MOUNTAINS, CALIFORNIA
6 Tectonics I: The Cordillera, from the Canada Basin to Southern Sierra Nevada and Basin and RangeSunday, 7 November 20048:00 AM - 12:00 PM
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ORIGIN OF THE BLUE RIDGE ESCARPMENT ALONG THE PASSIVE MARGIN OF EASTERN NORTH AMERICA
35 Geomorphic Process Rates on the Passive MarginFriday, 26 March 20048:00 AM - 12:00 PM
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THE FORM AND FUNCTION OF HEADWATER STREAMS BASED ON FIELD AND MODELING INVESTIGATIONS IN THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIAN MOUNTAINS
8 From the Mountains to the Sea: Fluvial Processes in the Eastern United States IThursday, 25 March 20048:00 AM - 12:00 PM
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TESTING THE ROLES OF CLIMATE, TECTONICS, AND BEDROCK LITHOLOGY IN THE LATE CENOZOIC INCISION HISTORY OF THE NEW RIVER
8 From the Mountains to the Sea: Fluvial Processes in the Eastern United States IThursday, 25 March 20048:00 AM - 12:00 PM
2003
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HYPORHEIC FUNCTION IN FORESTED VS. AGRICULTURAL STREAMS
T161 Exploring the Linkages Between the Geochemistry, Biology, and Hydrology of the Hyporheic Zone (Posters)Tuesday, 4 November 20038:00 AM - 12:00 PM
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ROCK UPLIFT ALONG THE SAN ANDREAS FAULT AND IMPLICATIONS FOR PROCESSES OF TRANSPRESSION
T111 Exhumation Along Major Continental Strike-Slip Fault Systems IMonday, 3 November 20031:30 PM - 5:30 PM
2002
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THE INFLUENCE OF GLACIAL EROSION ON ACTIVE MOUNTAIN BUILDING, BASED ON EXHUMATION OF THE CHUGACH/ST. ELIAS RANGE, SOUTHEAST ALASKA
26 Quaternary Geology and Paleoclimate (Posters)Tuesday, 14 May 20021:30 PM - 5:30 PM
Date Unknown
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EPHEMERAL CHANNELS AND HILLSLOPE EROSION IN THE SOUTHERN VALLEY AND RIDGE, SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA
26 Quaternary Geology and Geomorphology (Posters)
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PALEOTHERMOMETRY AND THERMOCHRONOLOGY OF CARBONIFEROUS STRATA, CENTRAL APPALACHIAN BASIN, SOUTHERN WEST VIRGINIA: BURIAL AND GEOMORPHIC EVOLUTION OF THE APPALACHIAN PLATEAU
60 Sediments, Clastic (Posters) I: Methods, Processes, and Petrology
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ACTIVE TRANSTENSIONAL BASIN FORMATION ALONG THE MAACAMA FAULT ZONE, NORTHERN CALIFORNIA COAST RANGE
T227 Exhumation Along Major Continental Strike-Slip Fault Systems (Posters)
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THE RELATIONSHIP OF GEOLOGIC STRUCTURE TO THE GILES COUNTY SEISMIC ZONE IN SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA, BASED ON FRACTURE MAPPING IN ALLOCHTHONOUS PALEOZOIC STRATA
1 Geophysics and Seismology (Posters)
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THE EFFECT OF STRUCTURE AND LITHOLOGY ON THE ASPECT RATIO OF FLUVIAL CHANNELS: A FIELD-BASED QUANTITATIVE STUDY OF THE NEW RIVER IN THREE GEOLOGIC PROVINCES
53 Geomorphology (Posters)
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THE COEXISTENCE OF STEADY AND NON-STEADY STATE TOPOGRAPHY IN THE SAN BERNARDINO MOUNTAINS, SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, FROM COSMOGENIC 10BE AND U-TH/HE THERMOCHRONOLOGY
T31 Erosion, Exhumation, and Uplift: Complex Interactions and Feedback Mechanisms Between Tectonics and Geomorphology (Posters)
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Refining the Temporal and Spatial Evolution of the Teton Range, Wyoming, from Integrated Apatite (U-Th) / He and Structural Analyses
146 Quaternary Geology (Posters)
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TESTING THE ROLES OF CLIMATE, TECTONICS, AND BEDROCK LITHOLOGY IN THE LATE CENOZOIC INCISION HISTORY OF THE NEW RIVER
154 Quaternary Geology/Geomorphology (Posters) II: Landscape Processes and Histories