Mendenhall Fellow at the USGS Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center
Dr. Helen Willemien Dow (maiden name: Beeson)
PUBLICATIONS
Warrick, J.A., East, A.E., Dow, H.W., 2022. Fires, Floods, and Other Extreme Events — How Watershed Processes Under Climate Change Will Shape Our Coastlines. Coastal Futures, accepted manuscript. https://doi.org/10.1017/cft.2022.1
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Beeson, H.W., McCoy, S.W., 2022, Disequilibrium river networks dissecting the western slope of the Sierra Nevada, California, USA, record significant late Cenozoic tilting and associated surface uplift: Reply, GSA Bulletin https://doi.org/10.1130/B36668.1
Beeson, H.W., McCoy, S.W., 2022, Disequilibrium river networks dissecting the western slope of the Sierra Nevada, California, USA, record significant late Cenozoic tilting and associated surface uplift, GSA Bulletin https://doi.org/10.1130/B35463.1
Beeson, H.W., McCoy, S.W., 2020, Geomorphic signatures of the transient fluvial response to tilting, Earth Surface Dynamics 8, 123–159. https://doi.org/10.5194/esurf-8-123-2020
Willett, S.D., McCoy, S.W., Beeson, H.W., 2018. Transience of the North American High Plains landscape and its impact on surface water. Nature 561, 528–532. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-018-0532-1
Beeson, H.W., Flitcroft, R.L., Fonstad, M.A., Roering, J.J., 2018. Deep-Seated Landslides Drive Variability in Valley Width and Increase Connectivity of Salmon Habitat in the Oregon Coast Range. Journal of American Water Resources Association. 54, 1325–1340. https://doi.org/10.1111/1752-1688.12693
Beeson, H.W., McCoy, S.W., Keen-Zebert, A., 2017. Geometric disequilibrium of river basins produces long-lived transient landscapes. Earth and Planetary Science Letters 475, 34–43. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2017.07.010
Manuscripts in preparation
Beeson, H.W., McCoy, S.W., Willett, S.D., From shoestring rills to dendritic river networks: Documenting the evolution of river basins towards geometric similarity through divide migration, stream capture and lateral branching.
RECORDED INVITED TALKS
EPSP Connects Seminar Series, 2020. Complex System Response to External Forcing. Watch on YouTube.
Landscapes Live Seminar Series, 2022. Identifying Causal Links Between Tectonic Processes and Biodiversity in an Orogenic Wedge Setting with a Coupled Landscape-Biodiversity Evolution Model. Watch on YouTube.
CONFERENCE ABSTRACTS
Beeson, H.W., Willett, S.D., Pellissier, L, Wang, Y, Identifying causal links between tectonic processes and biodiversity in an orogenic wedge setting with a coupled landscape-biodiversity evolution model, AGU Fall Meeting, December 17 2021, Virtual, Oral.
Beeson, H.W., Willett, S.D., Pellissier, L, Identifying causal links between tectono-geomorphic processes and biodiversity with a coupled landscape-biodiversity evolution model, vEGU Meeting, April 2021, Oral.
Beeson, H.W., McCoy, S.W., Disequilibrium river networks dissecting the western slope of the Sierra Nevada, California record significant late Cenozoic tilting and associated surface uplift, GSA Cordilleran Section Meeting, May 2021, Virtual, Oral.
Beeson, H.W., McCoy, S.W., (Invited), Quantification of internal system dynamics and external forcing in bedrock river networks across tectonic provinces of North America, AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA, 9-13 December 2019, Oral.
Beeson, H.W., McCoy, S.W., Disequilibrium river networks dissecting the western slope of the Sierra Nevada, California record significant late Cenozoic tilting and associated surface uplift, AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA, 9-13 December 2019, Poster.
Beeson, H.W., McCoy, S.W., Bedrock river networks of the Sierra Nevada, USA record westward tilting, large-scale drainage area loss, and distinct patterns and causes of stream incision between the northern and southern Sierra: Abstract EP53B-1680. AGU Fall Meeting, New Orleans, LA, 12-16 December 2017, Poster.
Beeson, H.W., McCoy, S.W., Willett, S.D., From shoestring rills to dendritic river networks: Documenting the evolution of river basins towards geometric similarity through divide migration, stream capture and lateral branching: Abstract EP52A-04. AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA, 12-16 December 2016, Oral.
McCoy, S.W., Beeson, H.W., River geomorphology reveals distinct patterns and causes of elevation change between the northern and southern Sierra Nevada, California, USA: Abstract T24A-04. AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA, 12-16 December 2016, Oral.
Willett, S.D., McCoy, S.W., Beeson, H.W., Tectonic Tilting and Reorganizing of an Alluvial Fan to a Dendritic, Erosional River Network: the Example of the Ogallala Gravels: Abstract T31A-2879. AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA, 12-16 December 2016, Poster.
Beeson, H.W., McCoy, S.W., Drainage area exchange between river basins produces long-lived transient landscapes: Abstract 219-2. GSA Fall Meeting, Denver, CO, 25-28 September 2016, oral
Beeson, H.W., McCoy, S.W., Keen-Zebert, A., Persistent river-basin disequilibrium in a cratonic landscape: Ozark dome, USA: Abstract EP41A-0911. AGU Fall Meeting, December 14-18, 2015, San Francisco, CA. AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA, 14-18 December 2015, Poster.
Beeson, H.W., Fonstad, M.A., Roering, J.J., Flitcroft, R.L. The Influence of Deep-Seated Landslides on Topographic Variability and Salmon Habitat in the Oregon Coast Range, USA: Abstract EP43A-3544. AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA, 15-19 December 2014, Poster.
Beeson, H.W., Fonstad, M.A., Roering, J.J., Flitcroft, R.L., The Influence of Deep-Seated Landslides on Topographic Variability and Salmon Habitat in the Oregon Coast Range, USA. Bretz Club, a meeting of Northwest Geomorphologists, Portland, Oregon, April 11, 2014, Poster.
Beeson, H.W., Deep-seated Landslides Control Valley Width and In-Channel Geomorphic Features in the Oregon Coast Range, USA: Abstract EP43A-0826. AGU Fall Meeting, 9-13 December 2013, San Francisco, CA, Poster.
Beeson, H.W., Mapping and Predicting Landscape Morphology and Erosion Rates in Badlands: Painted Hills, Oregon, USA. Bretz Club, a meeting of Northwest Geomorphologists, 27 April 2013, Poster.
Beeson, H.W., Mapping and Predicting Landscape Morphology and Erosion Rates in Badlands: Painted Hills, Oregon, USA. Association of American Geographers Annual Meeting Physical Geography, Los Angeles, CA, 9-11 April 2013, Poster.