Jason B. Barnes
Assistant Professor & McMillan Fellow
Earth Surface Processes & Tectonics
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Office: 213 Mitchell Hall Lab: 208 Mitchell Hall Phone: (919) 962-0675 Email: barnesjb at unc dot edu Research Webpage |
Ph.D., University of Michigan, 2008
M.S., University of Arizona, 2002
B.A., Wesleyan University, 1998
Research interests:
Earth surface processes and erosion rates, mountain belt and plateau evolution and associated climate patterns, low-temperature thermochronology, tectonic geomorphology, and sediment routing systems. Regions I have worked in include the Andes, the Himalayas, the Pyrenees, Antarctica, and the CA Sierra Nevada.
Select recent publications (see research webpage for full list):
Barnes, J.B., Ehlers, T.A., Insel, N., McQuarrie, N., Poulsen, C.J., 2012. Linking orography, climate, and exhumation across the central Andes. Geology, 40, p. 1135-1138, doi: 10.11130/G33229.1.
Insel, N., Grove, M., Haschke, M., Barnes, J.B., Schmitt, A.K., Strecker, M.R., 2012. Paleozoic to early Cenzoic cooling and exhumation of the basement underlying the eastern Puna plateau margin prior to plateau growth. Tectonics, 31, TC6006, doi: 10.1029/2012TC003168.
Pavelsky, T.M., Sobolowski, S., Kapnick, S.B., Barnes, J.B., 2012. Changes in orographic precipitation patterns caused by a shift from snow to rain. Geophysical Research Letters, L18706, doi:10.1029/2012GL052741.
Barnes, J.B., Densmore, A.L., Mukul, M., Sinha, R., Jain, V., Tandon, S.K., 2011. Interplay between faulting and base level in the development of Himalayan frontal fold topography; JGR-Earth Surface, 116, F03012, doi:10.1029/2010JF001841.
Insel, N., Ehlers, T.A., Schaller, M., Barnes, J.B., Tawackoli, S., Poulsen, C. J., 2010. Spatial and temporal variability in denudation across the Bolivian Andes from multiple geochronometers; Geomorphology, 122, p. 65-77, doi: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2010.05.014.
Barnes, J.B., and Ehlers, T.A., 2009. End member models for Andean Plateau uplift; Earth-Science Reviews, 97, p.117-144, doi:10.1016/j.earscirev.2009.08.003.
Barnes, J.B., and Heins, W.A., 2009. Plio-Quaternary sediment budget between thrust belt erosion and foreland deposition in the central Andes, southern Bolivia; Basin Research, 21, p.91-109, doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2117.2008.00372.x.
McQuarrie, N., Ehlers, T.A., Barnes, J.B., Meade, B.J., 2008. Temporal variation in climate and tectonic coupling in the central Andes; Geology, 36, p.999-1002.
Barnes, J.B., Ehlers, T.A., McQuarrie, N., O'Sullivan, P.B., Tawackoli, S., 2008. Thermochronometer record of central Andean plateau growth, Bolivia (19.5ºS); Tectonics, TC3003, p.1- 25, doi:10.1029/2007TC002174.
Barnes, J.B., Ehlers, T.A., McQuarrie, N., O’Sullivan, P.B., Pelletier, J.D., 2006. Eocene to recent variations in erosion across the central Andean fold-thrust belt, northern Bolivia: Implications for plateau evolution; Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 248, p.118-133.
Barnes, J.B., and Pelletier, J.D., 2006. Latitudinal variation of denudation in the evolution of the Bolivian Andes; American Journal of Science, 306, p.1-31.