Spencer Staley

Dr. Spencer Staley

Assistant Research Professor

Phone

(775) 673-7321

E-Mail

Spencer.Staley@www-dev.dri.edu

Campus

Reno Campus

Division

Earth and Ecosystem Sciences

Education

Year	Degree	Concentration	Institution
2023	Ph.D.	Earth & Planetary Sciences	University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM
2018	M.S.	Earth & Planetary Sciences	University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM
2013	B.A.	Geology	Colgate University, Hamilton, NY

Research Areas

Quaternary Period surface processes in the Southwestern US
Eolian Processes
Paleoclimate
Paleo-geomorphology
Paleoecology
Weathering and Erosion rates
Watershed Processes
Limnology

Keywords

Quaternary geology, geomorphology, paleoclimate, dust, weathering, erosion

Publications

2024

Staley, S. E., Briem, C. M., Harsha, G. L., Hartshorn, E. J., Hibbard, S., Korotkin, M., Houseman, S. M., Lu, K., Sion, B. (2024). Task Deliverable Report: Evaluation of field procedures for rapid measurement of mobility related soil properties at Fort Hunter Liggett. Report prepared for U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Engineer Research and Development Center Coastal Hydraulics Laboratory under contract W912HZ23C0008.

Staley, S. E., Baish, C. J., Kielhofer, J., Korotkin, M., Sabol, D. E., Harsha, G. L., Sion, B. (2024). TECHNICAL REPORT: Evaluating three U.S. military installations as analogs for upper mid- to high-latitude environments across Europe using climate, terrain, landforms, and soil characteristics. Report prepared for U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Engineer Research and Development Center Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory under contract W913E520C0021.

Kielhofer, J., Staley, S. E., Sabol, D. E., Sion, B. (2024). Synoptic Report: A synopsis of achievements towards the enhancement of military planning and operations in cold regions and dust-affected environments., 27 pp.. Report prepared for U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Engineer Research and Development Center, Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory under contract W913E520C0021.

2023

Staley, S. E., Fawcett, P. J., Jiménez-Moreno, G., Anderson, R., Markgraf, V. (2023). Long-Term Landscape Evolution in Response to Climate Change, Ecosystem Dynamics, and Fire in a Basaltic Catchment on the Colorado Plateau, Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface, 128 (e2023JF007266), 1-19. American Geophysical Union, 10.1029/2023JF007266

Jiménez-Moreno, G., Anderson, R., Markgraf, V., Staley, S. E., Fawcett, P. J. (2023). Environmental and climate evolution in the Southwest USA since the last interglacial deduced from the pollen record from Stoneman lake, Arizona, Quaternary Science Reviews, 300 (107883), 1-15. Pergamon, 10.1016/j.quascirev.2022.107883

2022

Staley, S. E., Fawcett, P. J., Anderson, R., Jiménez-Moreno, G. (2022). Early Pleistocene–to–present paleoclimate archive for the American Southwest from Stoneman Lake, Arizona, USA, GSA Bulletin, 134 (3/4), 791-814. Geological Society of America, 10.1130/B36038.1

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