Alexander Neely

Alumnus
Summer 2015

Office Location

Webb 1031

Specialization

Thesis/Dissertation
The Hillslope Signature of Knickpoints Resulting from Stream Capture, Coastal Processes, and Resistant Bedrock on Santa Cruz Island, CA: Insights from an Automated Knickpoint-Selection Algorithm

Research Area
Geomorphology

Advisor
Doug Burbank

Bio

Award
Lloyd and Mary Edwards Field Studies Fellowship, 2013/14

Research

My research interests focus on fluvial networks, particularly networks which contain perturbations from graded stream profiles.  Much of my work integrates concepts of tectonic geomorphology, aiming to characterize drainage basin response to external forces, ultimately with the goal of being able to distinguish differences between stream channel responses caused by sea level change and stream channel responses caused by tectonic forcing.  To accomplish this task, I am working in the geologically unique environment of the Santa Cruz Islands, a pristine island landscape which happens to contain events of both uplift and sea level change in its recent geologic history.

Courses

EARTH 2: Physical Geology (Teaching Assistant), F13/S15
EARTH 4: Intro to Oceanography (Teaching Assistant), W14
EARTH 7: Dinosaurs (Teaching Assistant), S14/F14
EARTH 106: Intro to Climate Modeling (Teaching Assistant), W15