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

• A storm‐sculpted landscape—Observations from post‐Helene lidar in the Hickory Nut Gorge, North Carolina , Earth Surface Processes and Landforms (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)
• Quantitative assessment of landslide hazard and risk at regional-scale: a case study from central Vietnam , Environmental Science and Pollution Research (2025)
• The characteristics and timing of multiphase major landslides along the Blue Ridge Escarpment of the southern Appalachians revealed by combined cosmogenic nuclide dating and Schmidt hammer rebound measurements , Geomorphology (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)