Karl Wegmann

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

• 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)
• The impact of river capture on fluvial terraces and bedrock incision , EARTH SURFACE PROCESSES AND LANDFORMS (2025)
• Using paleolake shorelines to estimate lithospheric strength and response rates: Field observations and flexural isostatic modeling of Lake Khyargas, western Mongolia. , (2025)
• Machine learning-based assessment of regional-scale variation of landslide susceptibility in central Vietnam , PLOS ONE (2024)
• The emerging archaeological record of Mars , NATURE ASTRONOMY (2024)
• A geospatial and archaeological investigation of an African-American cemetery in Raleigh, North Carolina, USA , ARCHAEOLOGICAL PROSPECTION (2023)
• Back from the past? Assessment of nitrogen removal ability of buried historic wetland soils before and after a 1-year incubation on a restored floodplain , RESTORATION ECOLOGY (2023)
• Curvature Weighted Decimation: A Novel, Curvature-Based Approach to Improved Lidar Point Decimation of Terrain Surfaces , Geomatics (2023)
• Planetary geoarchaeology as a new frontier in archaeological science: Evaluating site formation processes on Earth's Moon , GEOARCHAEOLOGY-AN INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL (2023)
• The case for a lunar anthropocene , NATURE GEOSCIENCE (2023)