I have pursued a number of themes during my career which are all broadly related to water; both as a resource that needs management, and as an agent of erosion that creates dramatic landscapes.
Water Resources Management – At this time I am actively researching various aspects of the water resources on Vancouver Island, and developing a series of tools to help protect and manage this most important resource. See separate page for more details.
Hillslope and River Dynamics – From 1996 to 2002 I was actively employed as a consultant Professional Geoscientist in the forest resource sector assessing hillslope and stream channel erosion, and working on watershed restoration projects in northern BC.
Macrogeomorphology – During the early part of my career I examined how erosional processes can affect the creation and evolution of high mountains (1000’s meters high) over geological timescales via the link between erosion and isostasy. I have studied mountain ranges in the interior of tectonic plates (southern Africa, eastern Australia and the Transantarctic mountains) and also at convergent plate boundaries (European Alps, Himalayas and the Andes).
Willkapampa mountain range in the Andes of Peru.