Karl Wegmann
Associate Professor
Mapping a Dynamic Planet, Geomorphology
Marine, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences
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 Morphometric Investigation of Large-Scale Crustal Shortening on Mars , JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-PLANETS (2022)
- CLUMPED ISOTOPE CONSTRAINTS ON WARMING AND PRECIPITATION SEASONALITY IN MONGOLIA FOLLOWING ALTAI UPLIFT , AMERICAN JOURNAL OF SCIENCE (2022)
- Channel head response to anthropogenic landscape modification: A case study from the North Carolina Piedmont, USA, with implications for water quality , EARTH SURFACE PROCESSES AND LANDFORMS (2022)
- Decoupling between fluvial aggradation-incision dynamics and paleo-denudation rates during the last glacial cycle, Crete, Greece , (2022)
- Evaluation of machine learning-based algorithms for landslide detection across satellite sensors for the 2019 Cyclone Idai event, Chimanimani District, Zimbabwe , LANDSLIDES (2022)
- Insights on the growth and mobility of debris flows from repeat high-resolution lidar , LANDSLIDES (2022)
- Paleo-denudation rates suggest variations in runoff drove aggradation during last glacial cycle, Crete, Greece , EARTH SURFACE PROCESSES AND LANDFORMS (2022)
- Planetary Geoarchaeology as a New Frontier in Archaeological Science: Assessing Site Formation Processes on Extraterrestrial Bodies , Society for American Archaeology Annual Meeting (2022)
- Tectonic Geomorphology Above Mediterranean Subduction Zones , Treatise on Geomorphology (2022)
- The Mw 5.1, 9 August 2020, Sparta Earthquake, North Carolina: The first documented seismic surface rupture in the eastern United States , GSA Today (2022)