Kelin Whipple
Professor, School of Earth and Space Exploration, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
School of Earth and Space Exploration
Arizona State University
PO Box 871404
Tempe, AZ 85287-1404
USA
Titles
- Professor, School of Earth and Space Exploration, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Biography
Kelin Whipple's research focuses on the interaction of climate, tectonics, and surface processes in the sculpting of the Earth's surface; mechanics of river incision into bedrock; dynamics of channel and sedimentation processes on alluvial fans; experimental and field study of debris-flow rheologies.
Education
- PhD, Geological Sciences, University of Washington, 1994
- MS, Geological Sciences, University of Washington, 1989
- BA, Geology, University of California-Berkeley, 1985
External Links
Journal Articles
2020
Adams, B. A., K. X. Whipple, A. M. Forte, A. M. Heimsath and K. V. Hodges. 2020. Climate controls on erosion in tectonically active landscapes. Science Advances 6(42):eaaz3166. DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.aaz3166. (link )
Darling, A., K. Whipple, P. Bierman, B. Clarke and A. Heimsath. 2020. Resistant rock layers amplify cosmogenically‐determined erosion rates. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms 45(2):312-330. DOI: 10.1002/esp.4730. (link )
2019
Heimsath, A. M. and K. X. Whipple. 2019. Strength matters: Resisting erosion across upland landscapes. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms 44(9):1748-1754. DOI: 10.1002/esp.4609. (link )
2017
Rossi, M. W., M. C. Quigley, J. M. Fletcher, K. Whipple, I. J. Duaz-Torres, C. Seiler, L. K. Fifield and A. M. Heimsath. 2017. Along-strike variation in catchment morphology and cosmogenic denudation rates reveal the pattern and history of footwall uplift, Main Gulf Escarpment, Baja California. GSA Bulletin 129(7-8):837–854. DOI: 10.1130/B31373.1. (link )
2016
Adams, B. A., K. Whipple, K. V. Hodges and A. Heimsath. 2016. In situ development of high‐elevation, low‐relief landscapes via duplex deformation in the Eastern Himalayan hinterland, Bhutan. JGR Science 121(2):294-319. DOI: 10.1002/2015JF003508. (link )
2015
DiBiase, R. A., K. Whipple, M. P. Lamb and A. Heimsath. 2015. The role of waterfalls and knickzones in controlling the style and pace of landscape adjustment in the western San Gabriel Mountains, CA. GSA Bulletin 127(3-4):539-559. DOI: 10.1130/B31113.1. (link )
2012
DiBiase, R. A., A. Heimsath and K. Whipple. 2012. Hillslope response to tectonic forcing in threshold landscapes. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms 37(8):855-865. DOI: 10.1002/esp.3205. (link )
Dixon, J. L., A. S. Hartshorn, A. M. Heimsath, R. A. DiBiase and K. Whipple. 2012. Chemical weathering response to tectonic forcing: A soils perspective from the San Gabriel Mountains, California. Earth and Planetary Science Letters 323-324(Mar):40-49. DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2012.01.010. (link )
Heimsath, A. M., R. A. DiBiase and K. X. Whipple. 2012. Soil production limits and the transition to bedrock-dominated landscapes. Nature Geoscience 5:210-214. DOI: 10.1038/ngeo1380. (link )
2010
DiBiase, R. A., K. X. Whipple, A. M. Heimsath and W. B. Ouimet. 2010. Landscape form and millennial erosion rates in the San Gabriel Mountains, CA. Earth and Planetary Science Letters 289(1-2):134-144. DOI: 0.1016/j.epsl.2009.10.036. (link )
Report Chapters
2011
Hanks, T. C., J. L. Blair, K. L. Cook, M. E. Davis, S. W. Davis, R. C. Finkel, C. D. Garvin, A. M. Heimsath, I. Lucchitta, R. H. Webb, K. X. Whipple and R. A. Young. 2011. The Colorado River in Glen Canyon during the Pleistocene -- incision rates, their uncertainties, and the possibility of ancient impoundments. Pp. 112-119 In: Beard, L. S., K. Karlstrom, R. A. Young and G. H. Billingsley eds., CRevolution 2 -- Origin and Evolution of the Colorado River System, Workshop Abstracts. US Geological Survey. Open-File 2011-1210. Flagstaff, AZ. (link )