Bio

Karl uses geospatial analytics to study how landscapes respond to tectonic and climatic forcing, and to decipher distinct topographic, erosional, stratigraphic, and bio-genetic signatures of this forcing. He combines geospatial analysis of topographic data with field-based investigations of Earth surface processes. His interests include the intersections of the fields of geomorphology, active tectonics, and biogeomorphology.

Publications

• A storm‐sculpted landscape—Observations from post‐Helene lidar in the Hickory Nut Gorge, North Carolina , Earth Surface Processes and Landforms (2026)
• Defining the timing and controls of alluvial fan aggradation in an extreme continental-interior setting in the Basin of Great Lakes, western Mongolia , (2026)
• Glacial Lake Outburst Floods and Their Long-Term Impacts on Himalayan Landscapes , (2026)
• Landslide Volume, Mobility, and Recurrence on Grand Mesa, Colorado: Insights from a 781-Event Inventory , Research Square (2026)
• Supplemental Data - Beavers Preferentially Select Floodplain Habitat in Urbanized Watersheds V1.0 , Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research) (2026)
• A Late Holocene sedimentary record of earthquakes and hydroclimate from Ozette Lake, Washington, USA , Quaternary Research (2025)
• Drivers of late Quaternary lake level fluctuations of Khyargas Nuur, western Mongolia - glacial meltwater discharge or atmospheric moisture supply? , Quaternary Science Reviews (2025)
• Event-based mapping and spatial pattern analysis of landslides in parts of central Vietnam , Natural Hazards (2025)
• InSAR characterization of short-term deformation in a Late Quaternary landslide complex in the lower Rio Grande Gorge, New Mexico, U.S.A. , Scientific Reports (2025)
• Paleoclimate and landscape evolution in an extreme continental interior – Interplay between aeolian, fluvial, and lacustrine systems in the Basin of the Great Lakes, Western Mongolia , (2025)