Recent Publications

 

Eaton, L.S., and Morgan, B.A., (in press) Surficial Geology of the Old Rag

Quadrangle, Virginia: Virginia Division of Geology and Mineral Resources Publication.

 

May, C.L., and Eaton, L.S. (in press) What determines channel width... and can the

location of large gravel bars be predicted?, in Vignettes to Key Concepts in

Geomorphology, Science Education Resource Center, NSF.

 

Heller, M., and Eaton, L.S., (in press), Surficial Geology of the Elkton West       

Quadrangle, Virginia: Virginia Division of Geology and Mineral Resources        

Publication.

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Eaton, L.S., Kochel, R.C., Hubbard, D.A., Simoni de Cannon, F.V., and Mose, D.G.,      

(in press), Geologic Hazards of Virginia, in Bailey, C.M., Eaton, L.S., and

Sherwood, W.C. (eds.), The Geology of Virginia, Virginia Division of Geology

and Mineral Resources, Charlottesville.

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Whittecar, G.R., Newell, W.L., and Eaton, L.S., (in press), Landscape evolution in Virginia,

in Bailey, C.M., Eaton, L.S., and Sherwood, W.C. (eds.), The Geology of Virginia,

Virginia Division of Geology and Mineral Resources, Charlottesville.

 

Sherwood, W.C., Hartshorn, A., and Eaton, L.S., 2010, Geology, Soils, and Land

Use in the Eastern Blue Ridge and Western Piedmont of Central Virginia,

Geological Society of America, Boulder, CO.

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Wieczorek, G.F., Eaton, L.S., Morgan, B.A., Wooten, R.M., and Morrissey, M., 2009,

An examination of selected historical rainfall-induced debris flow events within the

central and southern Appalachian Mountains of the Eastern United States,

U.S. Geological Survey Professional Report Series 2009-1155.

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Kochel, R.C., Nickelsen, R.P., and Eaton, L.S., 2009, Catastrophic Middle

Pleistocene Jökulhlaups in the Upper Susquehanna River: Distinctive Landforms

from Breakout Floods in the Central Appalachians, Geomorphology, v. 110, p. 80-95.

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May, C.L., Eaton, L.S., and Whitmeyer, S., 2009, Integrating student-led research in environmental geology

into traditional field courses: a case study from James Madison University’s field course in Ireland,

In S.J. Whitmeyer, D.W. Mogk, & E.J. Pyle (Eds.), Field geology education: Historical perspectives

and modern approaches: GSA Special Paper 461. Boulder, CO: Geological Society of America.

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Bailey, C.M., Southworth, S., Eaton, L.S., Hancock, G., Lamoreaux, M.H., Litwin, R.J., Burton, W.C., and

Whitten, J., 2009, Geology of the Shenandoah National Park Region, Virginia Geological Field Conference Guide Book.

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Wieczorek, G.F., Eaton, L.S., Morgan, B.A., Wooten, R.M., and Morrissey, M., 2009, An examination of

selected historical rainfall-induced debris-flow events within the central and southern Appalachian Mountains of the Eastern United States: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2009–1155, 25 p.

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Sas, R.J., Jr., and Eaton, L. S., 2007, Quartzite terrains, geologic controls, and

            basin denudation by debris flows: their role in long-term landscape evolution in the

            central Appalachians, Landslides

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*Sas, R.J., Jr., Sklar, L.S., Eaton, L.S., and Davis, J., 2008, A Method for Developing    

Regional Road-Fill Failure Hazard Assessments Using GIS and Virtual    

Fieldwork, Environmental and Engineering Geosciences; v. 14:221-229.

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Wieczorek, G.F., Eaton, L.S., Yanowski, T.M., and Turner, E.J., 2006, Landslide activity

along Meadow Run, Shenandoah Valley, Virginia, Landslides, v. 3: 95–106

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Eaton, L.S., and Bailey, C.M., 2004, Surficial and bedrock geology of western Madison

County, Virginia, Virginia Geological Field Conference Guide Book.

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Litwin, R.J., Morgan, B.A., Eaton, L.S., and Wieczorek, G.F., 2004, Assessment of Late

Pleistocene to recent climate-induced vegetation changes in and near the

Shenandoah National Park (Blue Ridge Province, VA), USGS Open File Report 2004-1351.

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Eaton, L.S., Morgan, B.A., Kochel, R.C., and Howard, A.D., 2003, Role of debris

flows in long-term landscape denudation in the central Appalachians of Virginia. Geology, v. 31, p. 339-342.

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Eaton, L.S., Morgan, B.A. Kochel, R.C., and Howard, A.D., 2003, Quaternary

deposits and landscape evolution of the central Blue Ridge of Virginia, Geomorphology, v. 56, p. 139-154.

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Morgan, Benjamin A; Eaton, L Scott; Wieczorek, Gerald F, 2003, Pleistocene and

Holocene colluvial fans and terraces in the Blue Ridge region of Shenandoah

National Park, Virginia, U. S. Geological Survey, Report: OF 03-0410, 25 pp., 1

Sheet.

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Wieczorek, G.F., Larsen, M.C., Eaton, L.S., Morgan, B.A. and Blair, J. L.,

2002, Debris-flow and flooding deposits in coastal Venezuela

associated with the storm of December 14-16, 1999: U.S. Geological Survey,

            Geologic Investigation Series Map I-2772.

 

Eaton, L.S., Morgan, B.A., and Blair, J.L., 2001, Surficial geology of the Fletcher,

Madison, Stanardsville, and Swift Run Gap, 7.5-minute quadrangles, Madison,

Greene, Albemarle, Rockingham, and Page Counties, Virginia, US Geol. Surv. OFR 01-92. 1 table, 1 appendix, 4 plates, 1 CD..

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Larsen, M.C., Wieczorek, G.F., Eaton, L.S., Torres-Sierra, H., Morgan, B.A. 2001,

Natural Hazards on Alluvial Fans; The Venezuela Debris Flow and Flash Flood

Disaster, USGS Fact Sheet.

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Springer, G.S., Dowdy, H.S., and Eaton, L.S., 2001, Sediment budgets for two

mountainous basins affected by a catastrophic storm: Blue Ridge Mountains, Virginia: Geomorphology, v. 37, p. 135–148.

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Wieczorek, G.F., Larsen, M.C., Eaton, L.S., Morgan, B.A. and Blair, J. L.,

2001, Debris-flow and flooding hazards associated with the December 1999

storm in coastal Venezuela and strategies for mitigation: U.S. Geological

Survey Open File Report 01-144, 40p., 3 tables, 2 appendices, 3 plates, 1

CD.

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Recent Abstracts

 

Eaton, L.S., Baedke, S.J., Haynes, J., Johnson, E.A., Leslie, S.A., Pyle, E.J., Whitmeyer,

S., Whitmeyer, S.J., 2009, Dueling Topics: Success using a two track option in the

James Madison University Ireland Field Course, Geological Society of America

Abstracts with Programs, Portland, OR.

 

Eaton, L. S., Polivka, H., and Weisbrot, L., 2009, Using soils and sedimentology for

deciphering the origins of geomorphic surfaces near Massanutten Mountain,

central Shenandoah Valley, Virginia, , Geological Society of America Abstracts

with Programs, Portland, OR.

 

Heller, M.J., and Eaton, L.S., 2010, Evidence of prehistoric debris-flow activity in the Massanutten Mountains,       

Virginia, NE/SE Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, p. 80.

 

Eaton, L.S., Baedke, S.J., Haynes, J., Johnson, E.A., Leslie, S.A., Pyle, E.J., Whitmeyer,

S., Whitmeyer, S.J., 2009, Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, Portland, OR.

 

Polivka, Holly; Weisbrot, Elizabeth; and Eaton, L.S. 2009, Using soils and sedimentology for

            deciphering the origins of geomorphic surfaces near Massanutten Mountain, central Shenandoah Valley,   

Virginia, Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, Vol. 41, No. 7, p. 625

 

Eaton, L.S., May, C.L., Moore, K.R., Harris, M.J., and Whitmeyer, S.J., 2007, Integrating student-led research in

            environmental geology into traditional field courses: a case study from James Madison University’s field   

course in Ireland, Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, Vol. 39, No. 6, p. 622.

 

Sas, R.J., Jr., and Eaton, L. S., 2007, An integrative approach to assessing potential road-fill failures and downslope hazards,

            Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, Vol. 39, No. 6, p. 363.

 

Sas, R.J., Jr., and Eaton, L. S., 2006, Landslide Warning Action Plan: Prioritizing Areas of High  

            Risk Along Blue Ridge Parkway Using VisiData , Eos Trans. AGU, 87(52).

 

Roberts, S.M., May, C.L., Eaton, L.S., and Hudy, M., 2006, Mixing geomorphology and ecology:  

            Relationships between fish populations and stream bed permeability, Geological Society of  

            America Abstracts with Programs, Vol. 38, No. 7, p. 188.

 

Harris, M. J., Whitmeyer, S., Kelly, S., Whitmeyer, S.J., Feely, M., and Eaton, L.S., 2006, Digital 

            mapping and 3D visualization in a geology summer field course, Geological Society of 

            America Abstracts with Programs, Vol. 38, No. 7, p. 425.

 

Sas, R.J., Jr., and Eaton, L. S., 2006, Geologic controls of basin denudation from debris flows in Rockbridge County, Virginia,

            Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, Vol. 38, No. 2, p. 84

 

Eaton, L. Scott, 2004, The role of debris flows in long-term denudation and landscape

evolution in the central Appalachians, : Eos Trans. AGU.

 

Felker, Kristin C., Benedict, Meredith L., and Eaton, L. Scott, 2004, Sedimentology

and geomorphology of Blackrock block stream, Shenandoah National Park, Virginia, Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, Vol. 36, No. 2, p. 73.

 

Frangos, William, and Eaton, L. Scott, 2004, Case History: Merging the Tools of DC

Resistivity and Fracture Trace Analysis for Locating High Yield Domestic Water Wells in Karst Terrain, Shenandoah Valley, Virginia, USA, (abstract), AGU Montreal Meeting, May, 2004.

 

Peebles, Erin K. and Eaton, L. Scott, 2004, The past, present, and future locations of

the stream of Meadow Run, Blue Ridge Mountains, Virginia, Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, Vol. 36, No. 2, p. 114.

 

Eaton, L. Scott, Yanosky, Thomas M., and Wieczorek, Gerald F., 2003, Use of

dendrochronology for determining the chronology of landslide activity along Meadow Run, Shenandoah Valley, Virginia, USA: Eos Trans. AGU, 84(46).

 

Litwin, R.J., Morgan, B.A., and Eaton, L.S., 2004, Proxy climate trends in the Blue Ridge

of Virginia, 0-45 KA, and comparison to the Greenland ice core record, Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, Vol. 36, No. 2, p. 114.

 

Kochel, R. Craig, Nickelsen, Richard P., and Eaton, L. Scott, 2003, Elongated low-

gradient debris fans: Jokulhlaups resulting from tributary damming by pre-Wisconsinan glacial ice lobes moving up the Buffalo Creek Valley in central Pennsylvania, Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, Vol. 35, No. 6, September 2003, p. 335.

 

Bierman, P.R., Pavich, M., Eaton, L.S., Finkel, R., and Larsen, J., 2002, The boulders of

Madison County, Abstracts with Programs - Geological Society of America, 34(6), p.127; Geological Society of America, 2002 annual meeting, Denver, CO, Oct. 27-30, 2002.

 

 

Eaton, L.S.; Reynolds, S.H., 2002, Trends in vegetation recovery of the Kinsey Run

debris fan, Madison County, Virginia, Abstracts with Programs - Geological Society of America, 34(2), p.8.

 

Eaton, L.S.; Wieczorek, G.F.; Morgan, B.A.; McNown, A.W.; Smoot, J.P.; and Litwin,

R.J., 2002, Periglacial slope processes and deposits in the Blue Ridge Mountains of central Virginia, Abstracts with Programs - Geological Society of America, 34(6), p.276.

 

Neely, B., H.; Eaton, L.S., 2002, Soil pedogenesis of debris fans, Graves Mill, VA

Virginia Journal of Science, 52(2), p.111; 79th annual meeting of the Virginia Academy of Science, Harrisonburg, VA, May 22-25, 2001.

 

 

Printz, C.M.; Eaton, L.S., 2002, The karst development of the Union and Hurricane

Ridge Cave systems, Dickson Spring drainage basin, Monroe County, West Virginia, Virginia Journal of Science, 52(2), p.111; 79th annual meeting of the Virginia Academy of Science, Harrisonburg, VA, May 22-25, 2001.

 

Turner, Eric J., and Eaton, L. Scott, 2004, Reactivation of slope failures along Meadow

Run, Shenandoah Valley, Virginia: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, Vol. 36, No. 2, p. 120.

 

Wieczorek, Gerald F., Eaton, L. Scott, and Turner, Eric J. 2004, Landslide activity

along Meadow Run, Shenandoah Valley, Virginia, Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, Vol. 36, No. 2, p. 149.

 

 

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