Douglas Burbank

Recent Funding (1997-2007)

Spatial and temporal distribution of Quaternary fold growth and faulting in a transpressional regime, New Zealand: Tectonics:  1997-1999, National Science Foundation (EAR 97-06294); ($182,000): P.I.

Three-dimensional reconstruction and rates of actual fold growth and fold propagation in near-surface conditions: Tectonics: 1997-1999; National Science Foundation (EAR 97-06269); ($156,000 ): P.I.

Workshop on geomorphic-geodynamic coupling at the orogen scale: a Himalayan transect in central Nepal: 1997, National Science Foundation; $12,000: P.I.

Tectonic controls on landscape development: a case study of the San Bernardino and San Gabriel Mountain through integration of DEM analyses with thermochronometry; NASA (NAG5-7646): ($84,000) 1998-2000, P.I.

REU: Spatial and temporal distribution of Quaternary fold growth and faulting in a transpressional regime, New Zealand: Tectonics: 1998-1999, National Science Foundation; ($6,300): P.I.

Measurement and analysis of the spatial and temporal variability of orographic precipitation in the Himalayas - a case study in central Nepal: TRMM program, NASA (NAG5-7781): $350,000; 1998-2001: co-PI.

Climatic and tectonic controls on steady-state and pre-steady-state collisional ranges; Shuttle Radar Topographic Mission, NASA (NAG5-9039; 10520): $355,000; 2000-2003.

Geomorphic-Geodynamic coupling at the orogen scale: a Himalayan transect in central Nepal: Continental Dynamics  NSF (EAR 9909647): $1,335,000 ; 2000-2004. Lead PI. ($2.8 M total).

Upgrading Computing Hardware to Support Geoscience Initiatives: NSF (EAR-0001918); $158, 047; 2000-2003; co-PI.

Strain rates, patterns, and partitioning during continental transtension: NSF (EAR-0001044); $158,000; 2000-2002; PI.

Scaling and Displacement Relationships for Thrust Faults: Tectonics, NSF (EAR 0117242): $212,000; 2001-2004; PI.

REU: Scaling and Displacement Relationships for Thrust Faults: Tectonics, NSF (EAR 0117242): $6,300; 2002-2004; PI.

REU: Geomorphic-Geodynamic coupling at the orogen scale: a Himalayan transect in central Nepal: NSF (EAR 0196414) $14,000; PI.

Tectonic-Climate Interactions in Active Orogenic Belts: Quantification of Approach to Steady-State Topography with SRTM data; NASA (NAG5-13758): $330,000, 2003-2006, P.I.

Geologic versus geodetic rates of convergence in the southwestern Tien Shan, China: NSF (EAR 0230403), $273,500; 2003-2005; PI.

Extrusion and rotation during intracontinental deformation: The role of the Kunlun fault in the Indo-Asia collision: NSF (EAR 0229911), $53,000: 2003-2006; PI.

Rates of vertical deformation above blind and poorly exposed faults: developing a geomorphic tool for hazards analysis: NEHRP, USGS, $50,000; 2002-2003; PI.

REU: Scaling and Displacement Relationships for Thrust Faults: Tectonics, NSF (EAR): $4,975; 2003-2004; PI.

Colca and Cotahuasi Valleys Geomorphology Hazard Project:  Study of the geomorphologic instability in relation to tectonic, volcanic, erosion and climate change interactions as a first step in the sustainable development of the area: UC-Madrid Del Amo grant: $10,620, 2003-2004, PI.

Supplement to “Geomorphic-Geodynamic coupling at the orogen scale: a Himalayan transect in central Nepal”, NSF (EAR 0341031); $68,404; 2003-2005, PI.

Reconciling geologic and geodetic rates of deformation: the role of distributed strain in the upper crust: NSF (EAR 0408675); $47,980, 2004-2007, PI.

Supplement to “Geomorphic-Geodynamic coupling at the orogen scale: a Himalayan transect in central Nepal”, NSF (EAR 0435753), $30,000, 2004-05, PI.

Calibrating Erosion Rates in Rapidly Eroding Landscapes Using Cosmogenic Nuclides and Numerical Models: UC-LLNL Campus Laboratory Exchange (SB050041), $61,239, 2004-05, PI.

Illuminating the evolution of thrust-fault systems using  deformed geomorphic markers, Petroleum Research Fund (41960-AC8), $80,000, 2005-2007, PI.

Supplement to “Geomorphic-Geodynamic coupling at the orogen scale: a Himalayan transect in central Nepal”, NSF (EAR 0435753), $135,000, 2005-06, PI.

Collaborative Research: Upward and Outward: Tibetan Plateau growth and climate consequences, NSF (EAR-0507431) ,$395,068, 2005-2009, PI.

Cosmogenic 3He Dating of Accessory Minerals: NSF, $26,385, 2006-2007, PI.

Earthquake Hazard of the Camarillo Fold Belt: The Last Remaining Fold Belt in the Southern California “Hot Spot: USGS, $60,000, 2007, Co-PI.

Orogeny and Climate: Spatial Pattern of Differential Erosion, South Island, New Zealand: National Geographic Research, $24,000: PI.

Quantification of climate-erosion coupling in the Himalaya (05-ESI/05-14): NASA, 2007-2010, $347,000: PI.

  

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