Joel Pederson

Publications | Abstracts

• Bursztyn, N., Pederson, J.L, Shelton, B.E, (2012). Grand Canyon as a universally accessible virtual field trip for intro Geoscience classes using geo-referenced mobile game technology: EOS. American Geophysical Union *
• Jochems, A.P, Pederson, J.L, (2012). Linkages of fluvial terrace formation and geometry to Milankovitch- scale climate change revealed by the chronostratigraphy of the Colorado River above Moab, UT, and regional correlations: EOS. American Geophysical Union *
• Jochems, A., Pederson, J.L, (2012). Formation, deformation, and incision of Colorado River terraces upstream of Moab, Utah. Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs *
• Pederson, J.L, (2011). Holocene climate-dynamics of the Colorado River in Grand Canyon—a record built by centennial paleoflood variations superimposed upon millennial cycles of grade change. EOS, American Geophysical Union *
• Pederson, J.L, King, J., (2011). New constrains on the integration of the Bear River and cutting of Oneida Narrows canyon—implications for the Bonneville record. Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs
• Pederson, J.L, Tressler, C., (2009). Colorado Plateau rock strength, exhumation, and river knickzones— spatial datasets relating erodability to topographic metrics. EOS Fall Meet. Suppl, American Geophysical Union
• Tressler, C., Parr, T., Pederson, J.L, (2009). Development of erosion-control strategies for archaeological sites in Grand Canyon through the use of an experimental drainage. Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs
• Pederson, J.L, (2008). Reach variations in the alluvial sedimentation and stratigraphy that constrains the age of Barrier Canyon Style rock art in Canyonlands National Park, Utah. Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs
• O’Brien, G.R, Pederson, J.L, (2008). Soil Infiltration, Shear Strength, and Gully Erosion Measured Along the Colorado River- What is Responsible for the Erosion of Cultural Sites?. EOS, American Geophysical Union, Fall Meet. Suppl.
• Kelly, S.A, Stockli, D., Lee, J., Pederson, J.L, Roy, M., Callahan, C., (2007). Exhumation history of the Colorado Plateau. Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs
• Lee, J., Stockli, D., Ehlers, T., Pederson, J.L, Kelly, S.A, (2007). Quantifying the evolution of Grand Canyon topography with thermochronology and numerical modeling. Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs
• Pederson, J.L, Callahan, C.N, Roy, M., (2007). The central Colorado Plateau bullseye—linking patterns of quantified incision, exhumation, and flexure. Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs
• Pederson, J.L, Callahan, C.N, Roy, M., (2006). Modeled flexural response to erosion in the Colorado Plateau: Implications for Laramide and post-Laramide rock uplift processes. EOS, American Geophysical Union, Fall Meet. Suppl
• Gosse, J., MacDonald, E., Hidy, A., Lee, J., Pederson, J.L, Stockli, D., (2006). Strategies for Exposure Dating Coarse Alluvium Strain Markers. EOS, American Geophysical Union, Fall Meet. Suppl.
• Pederson, J.L, (2006). Weak bedrock, fast incision, deep exhumation, and flexural rebound in the central Colorado Plateau: A confluence of new datasets. Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs

An asterisk (*) at the end of a publication indicates that it has not been peer-reviewed.

Publications | Book Chapters

• Pederson, J.L, OBrien, G., Anderson, K., Neff, T., (2017). Geomorphic Context of the River-Corridor Cultural Record in Grand Canyon: Archaeology of the Grand Canyon: Ancient Peoples, Ancient Places. Grand Canyon Association
• Loope, D., Kettler, R., Murray, K., Pederson, J.L, Reiners, P., (2016). Sandstones and Utah’s Canyon Country: Deposition, Diagenesis, Exhumation and Landscape Evolution: Unfolding the Geology of the West. Geological Society of America
• Pederson, J.L, Janecke, S.U, Reheis, M., Kaufmann, D., Oaks, R., (2016). The Bear River’s history and diversion—constraints, unsolved problems, and implications for the Lake Bonneville record: Lake Bonneville--A Scientific Update. Elsevier
• Pederson, J.L, (2012). A review of the geomorphology of eastern Grand Canyon: Grand Canyon Geology: Two Billion Years of Earth's History. Geological Society of America Special Paper
• Karlstrom, K., Beard, S., House, P.K, Young, R., Aslan, A., Billingsley, G., Pederson, J.L, (2011). CRevolution II: Origin and evolution of the Colorado River system II, summary report: Origin and Evolution of the Colorado River System. U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report
• Harvey, J.E, Pederson, J.L, Rittenour, T.M, (2010). The alluvial records of Buckskin Wash. Geology of South-Central Utah: Utah Geological Association Publication
• Harvey, J., Pederson, J.L, Rittenour, T.M, (2010). The alluvial records of Buckskin Wash, Utah.. Geology of South-Central Utah, Utah Geological Association Publication 39
• Pederson, J.L, (2000). Neogene through Quaternary hillslope records, basin sedimentation, and landscape evolution of southeast Nevada: Great Basin and Sierra Nevada. Geological Society of America Field Guide
• Pederson, J.L, (1998). Terraces of the Minnesota River valley and the character of River Warren downcutting. Contributions to Quaternary Studies in Minnesota: Minn. Geological Survey Report of Investigation

An asterisk (*) at the end of a publication indicates that it has not been peer-reviewed.

Publications | Journal Articles

Academic Journal

• Tanski, N., Pederson, J.L, Rittenour, T.M, Hidy, A., (2023). Colorado River terraces in the canyonlands region (Utah, USA) record unsteady, transient incision and growth of the Cataract Canyon knickzone by salt tectonics. Geology
• Shmilovich, Y., Pederson, J.L, (2023). The impact of extreme rainstorms on escarpment morphology in arid areas: insights from the central Negev Desert. Journal of Geophysical Research -- Earth Surface, doi: 10.1029/2023JF007093
• Tuzlak, D., Pederson, J.L, Bufe, A., Rittenour, T.M, (2022). Patterns of incision and deformation on the southern flank of the Yellowstone hotspot from terraces and topography. GSA Bulletin, 134:5-6, 1319--1333.
• Shmilovitz, Y., Enzel, Y., Morin, E., Armon, M., Matmon, A., Mushkin, A., Pederson, J.L, Haviv, I., (2022). Aspect-dependent bedrock weathering, cliff retreat and morphology in a hyperarid environment. Geological Society of America Bulletin, doi: 10.1130/B36442.1
• McCarroll, N., Pederson, J.L, Hidy, A., Rittenour, T.M, (2021). Chronostratigraphic of talus flatirons and piedmont alluvium along the Book Cliffs, Utha – Testing models of dryland escarpment evolution. Quaternary Science Reviews 274
• Townsend, K.F, Nelson, M.S, Rittenour, T.M, Pederson, J.L, (2019). Anatomy and evolution of a dynamic arroyo system, Kanab Creek, southern Utah, USA. Geological Society of America Bulletin, 131:11-12, 2094--2109.
• Riley, K.E, Rittenour, T.M, Pederson, J.L, Belmont, P., (2019). Erosion rates and patterns in a transient landscape, Grand Staircase, southern Utah, USA. Geology, 47:9, 811--814.
• Bursztyn, N., Walker, A.E, Shelton, B.E, Pederson, J.L, (2017). Assessment of student learning using augmented reality Grand Canyon field trips for mobile smart-devices. Geosphere, 13:2, 260-268.
• Bursztyn, N., Walker, A.E, Shelton, B.E, Pederson, J.L, (2017). Increasing undergraduate interest to learn geoscience with GPS-based augmented reality field trips on students’ own smartphones. GSA Today, 27:6, 4-10. doi: 10.1130/GSATG304A.1
• Pelletier, J.D, Brad Murray, A., Pierce, J.L, Bierman, P.R, Breshears, D.D, Crosby, B.T, Ellis, M., Foufoula-Georgiou, E., Heimsath, A.M, Houser, C., Lancaster, N., Marani, M., Merritts, D., Moore, L., Pederson, J.L, Poulos, M., Rittenour, T.M, Rowland, J., Ruggiero, P., Ward, D., Yager, E., (2015). Forecasting the response of Earth’s surface to future climatic and land-use changes: A review of methods and research needs. Earth’s Future
• Burstyzn, N., Pederson, J.L, Shelton, B.E, Walker, A.E, Campbell, T., (2015). Utilizing Geo-referenced Mobile Game Technology for Universally Accessible Virtual Geology Field Trips. International Journal of Education in Mathematics, Science, and Technology, 3:2, 93-100.
• Bursztyn, N., Pederson, J.L, Tressler, C., Mackley, R., Mitchell, K., (2015). Rock strength along a fluvial transect of the Colorado Plateau–quantifying a fundamental control on geomorphology. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 429, doi: 10.1016/j.epsl.2015.07.042
• Gallen, S.F, Pazzaglia, F., Wegmann, K., Pederson, J.L, Gardner, T., (2015). The dynamic reference frame of rivers and apparent transience in incision rates. Geology, 43, doi: 10.1130/G36692.1
• Jochems, A.P, Pederson, J.L, (2015). Active salt deformation and rapid, transient incision along the Colorado River near Moab, Utah. Journal of Geophysical Research, 120, doi: 10.1002/2014JF003169
• Bursztyn, N., Pederson, J.L, (2015). Utilizing geo-referenced mobile game technology for universally accessible virtual geology field trips. International Journal of Education in Mathematics, Science and Technology, 3:2, 93-100.
• Pederson, J.L, Chapot, M.S, Simms, S.R, Sohbati, R., Rittenour, T.M, Murray, A.S, Cox, G., (2014). Age of Barrier Canyon-style rock art constrained by cross-cutting relations and luminescence dating techniques. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 111:36, 12986–12991.
• Pederson, J.L, Chapot, M.S, Simms, S.R, Sohbati, R., Rittenour, T.M, Murray, A.S, Cox, G., (2014). Reply to Simon and Reed: Independent and converging results rule out historic disturbance and confirm age constraints for Barrier Canyon rock art. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 111:52, E5604–E5604.
• Pederson, J.L, (2014). Age of Barrier Canyon rock art constrained by cross-cutting relations and luminescence dating techniques. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 111, doi: 10:1073/pnas.1205402111
• Pederson, J.L, O'Brien, G., (2014). Patterns in the landscape and erosion of cultural sites along the Colorado River corridor in Grand Canyon, USA. Geoarchaeology, 29, 431-447.
• Pederson, J.L, Burnside, N., Shipton, Z., Rittenour, T.M, (2013). Rapid river incision across an inactive fault - implications for patterns of erosion an deformation in the central Colorado Plateau.. Lithosphere , 5, 513-520.
• Pederson, J.L, Hidy, A., Gosse, J., Rittenour, T.M, (2013). Reply to Comment: Colorado River chronostratigraphy at Lee’s Ferry, Arizona, and the Colorado Plateau bull’s-eye of incision. Geology, 41
• Pederson, J.L, Cragun, W.S, Alan, H.J, Rittenour, T.M, Gosse, J.C, (2013). Colorado River chronostratigraphy at Lee’s Ferry, Arizona and the central Colorado Plateau bull’s-eye of incision. Geology
• Pederson, J.L, (2013). Rapid river incision across an inactive fault—Implications for patterns of erosion and deformation in the central Colorado Plateau. Lithosphere, 5, doi: 10.1130/L282.1
• Pederson, J.L, (2013). Colorado River chronostratigraphy at Lee’s Ferry, Arizona and the central Colorado Plateau bull’s-eye of incision. Geology, 41, doi: 10.1130/G34051.1
• Lee, J., Pederson, J.L, (2013). New thermochronometric constraints on the Tertiary landscape evolution of central and eastern Grand Canyon, Arizona. Geosphere, 9:2, doi: 10.1130/GES00842.1
• Pederson, J.L, Tressler, C., (2012). Colorado River long-profile metrics, knickzones and their meaning. Earth and Planetary Science Letters/Elsevier, 345-348, 171-179.
• Lee, J.P, Stockli, D.F, Kelley, S.A, Pederson, J.L, Karlstrom, K.E, Ehlers, T.A, New thermochronometric constraints on the Tertiary landscape evolution of central and eastern Grand Canyon, Arizona. Geosphere
• Sohbati, R., Murray, A., Chapot, M., Jain, M., Pederson, J.L, (2012). Optically stimulated luminescence (OSL) as a chronometer for surface exposure dating. Journal of Geophysical Research (Solid Earth), 117, doi: 10.1029/2012JB009383
• Chapot, M., Sohbati, R., Murray, A., Pederson, J.L, Rittenour, T.M, (2012). Constraining the age of rock art by dating a rockfall event using single-grain and surface dating luminescence techniques. Quatarnary Geochronology
• Harvey, J.E, Pederson, J.L, (2011). Reconciling arroyo-cycle and paleoflood approaches to alluvial records in drylands. Quaternary Science Reivews
• Harvey, J.E, Pederson, J.L, Rittenour, T.M, (2011). Exploring relations between arroyo cycles and canyon paleoflood records in Buckskin Wash, Utah--reconciling scientific paradigms. Geological Society of America Bulletin, 123:11/12, 2266-2276.
• Hidy, A.J, Gosse, J.C, Pederson, J.L, Mattern, J.P, Finkel, R.C, (2010). A geologically constrained Monte Carlo approach to modeling exposure ages from profiles of cosmogenic nuclides: An example from Lee’s Ferry, AZ. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems (G3), 11, Q0AA10. doi: 10.1029/2010GC003084
• Roy, M., Jordan, T., Pederson, J.L, (2009). Colorado Plateau magmatism and uplift by warming of heterogeneous lithosphere. Nature, 459, 978-982. doi: 10.1038/nature08052
• Pitblado, B.L, Jackson, M.S, Pederson, J.L, Rittenour, T.M, (2008). OSL Dating the Paleoamerican Heath Site (5GN3418), Gunnison Basin, Colorado. Current Research in the Pleistocene, 25, 130-132.
• Pederson, J.L, (2008). Comment on “Age and Evolution of the Grand Canyon Revealed by U-Pb Dating of Water Table–Type Speleothems”. Science, 321, 1634.
• Pederson, J.L, (2008). The mystery of the pre-Grand Canyon Colorado River—Results from the Muddy Creek Formation. GSA Today, 18:8, 4-10.
• Larsen, I.J, Pederson, J.L, Schmidt, J.C, (2006). Geologic versus wildfire controls on hillslope processes and debris flow initiation in the Green River canyons of Dinosaur National Monument. Geomorphology, 81, 114-127.
• Pederson, J.L, Petersen, P.A, Dierker, J.L, (2006). Gullying and erosion control at archaeological sites in Grand Canyon, Arizona. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, 31, 507-525. doi: 10.1002/esp.1286
• Pederson, J.L, Anders, M.D, Rittenhour, T.M, Sharp, W.D, Gosse, J.C, Karlstrom, K.E, (2006). Using fill terraces to understand incision rates and evolution of the Colorado River in eastern Grand Canyon, Arizona. Journal of Geophysical Research (Earth Surface), 111, F02003. doi: 10.1029/2004JF000201
• Pederson, J.L, Anders, M.D, Rittenour, T.M, Sharp, W.D, Gosse, J.C, Karlstrom, K.E, (2006). Using fill terraces to understand incision rates and evolution of the Colorado River in eastern Grand Canyon, Arizona. Journal of Geophysical Research (Earth Surface), 111, F02003. doi: 10.1029/2004JF000201
• Larsen, i.J, Pederson, J.L, Schmidt, J.C, (2006). Geologic versus wildfire controls on hillslope processes and debris flow initiation in the Green River canyons of Dinosaur National Monument. geomorphology, 81:1-2, 114-127. doi: doi.org/10.1016/j.geomorph.2006.04.002
• Anders, M.D, Pederson, J.L, Rittenour, T.M, Sharp, W.D, Gosse, J.C, Karlstrom, K.E, Crossey, L.C, Finkel, R.C, Goble, R.J, Stockli, L., Yang, G., (2005). Pleistocene geomorphology and geochronology of eastern Grand Canyon: linkages of landscape components during climate changes. Quaternary Science Reviews, 24, 2428-2448.
• Pederson, J.L, Karlstrom, K., Sharp, W., McIntosh, W., (2003). reply to comment by Hanks, T.C. and Blair, J.L.., on Differential incision of the Grand Canyon related to Quaternary faulting - Constraints from u-series and Ar/Ar dating. Geology, e16-e17. doi: 10.1130/0091-7613(2003)31<e17:R>2.0.CO;2
• Pederson, J.L, Mackley, R.D, Eddleman, J.L, (2002). Colorado Plateau uplift and erosion—amounts and causes evaluated with GIS. GSA Today, 12:8, 4-10.
• Pederson, J.L, Karlstrom, K., Sharp, W., McIntosh, W., (2002). Differential incision of Grand Canyon related to Quaternary faulting—constraints from U-series and Ar/Ar dating. Geology, 30:8, 739-742.
• Lindsay, E., Mou, Y., Downs, W., Pederson, J.L, Kelly, T., Henry, C., Trexler, J., (2002). Resolution of the Hemphillian/Blancan boundary in Nevada. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 22:2, 429-442.
• Pederson, J.L, Smith, G.A, Pazzaglia, F.J, (2001). Comparing the Neogene, Quaternary, and modern records of climate-controlled hillslope sedimentation in southeast Nevada. Geological Society of America Bulletin, 113, 305-319.
• Pederson, J.L, Pazzaglia, F.J, Smith, G.A, (2000). Ancient hillslope deposits: Missing links in the study of climate controls on sedimentation. Geology, 28:1, 27-30.
• Pederson, J.L, (2000). Holocene paleolakes of Lake Canyon, Colorado Plateau: Paleoclimate and landscape response from sedimentology and allostratigraphy. Geological Society of America Bulletin, 112:1, 147-158.

Professional Journal

• Karlstrom, K.E, Beard, S., House, K., Young, R., Aslan, A., Billingsley, G., Pederson, J.L, (2012). CRevolution 2: Origin and evolution of the Colorado River system II and introduction to a Geosphere special volume. Geosphere, 8:6

Public or Trade Journal

• Pederson, J.L, O'Brien, G., (2005). New studies of old river gravels. Boatman's Quarterly Review, 18:2, 22-23. *

An asterisk (*) at the end of a publication indicates that it has not been peer-reviewed.

Publications | Technical Reports

Research Reports

• Pederson, J.L, Spurr, K., Neff, T., O’Brien, G., (2011). Grand Canyon Geoarchaeology Project: Report on the Treatment of Nine Sites in Grand Canyon. Final Report to the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation
• Pederson, J.L, Damp, J., O’Brien, G., (2010). Geoarchaeological Investigations in Grand Canyon. Annual Report to the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation
• Pederson, J.L, Tressler, C., (2010). Testing Terrestrial LiDAR for Tracking Surface-Particle Creep at a Cultural Site in Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona.
• Pederson, J.L, Damp, J., O’Brien, G., (2009). Geoarchaeological Investigations in Grand Canyon. Annual Report to the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation
• Pederson, J.L, O’Brien, G., (2008). Geomorphic attributes of 232 cultural sites along the Colorado River in Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona. Report to the U.S. Geological Survey, Grand Canyon Monitoring and Research Center
• Pederson, J.L, O’Brien, G., (2008). Gully erosion processes and parameters at six cultural sites along the Colorado River in Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona. Report to the U.S. Geological Survey, Grand Canyon Monitoring and Research Center
• Damp, J., Pederson, J.L, O’Brien, G., (2007). Geoarchaeological investigations and an archaeological treatment plan for 151 sites in the Grand Canyon, Arizona. Report to the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, Salt Lake City
• Pederson, J.L, Petersen, P.A, Macfarlane, W.E, Gonzales, M.F, Kohl, K., (2003). Mitigation, Monitoring, and Geomorphology Related to Gully Erosion of Cultural Sites in Grand Canyon. Report to the U.S. Geological Survey, Grand Canyon Monitoring and Research Center

An asterisk (*) at the end of a publication indicates that it has not been peer-reviewed.

Publications | Other

Magazine/Trade Publications

• Pederson, J.L, Munroe, J.S, Laabs, B.C, Carson, E.C, (2005). From cirques to canyon cutting: New Quaternary research in the Uinta Mountains. Interior Western United States: Geological Society of America Field Guide
• Pederson, J.L, Hadder, K.W, (2005). Revisiting the classic conundrum of the Green River’s integration through the Uinta uplift. Uinta Mountain Geology: Utah Geological Association Publication
• Counts, R.C, Pederson, J.L, (2005). The nonglacial surficial geology of the Henrys Fork, Uinta Mountains, Utah and Wyoming. Uinta Mountain Geology: Utah Geological Association
• Pederson, J.L, Schmidt, J.C, Anders, M.D, (2003). Pleistocene and Holocene geomorphology of Marble and Grand Canyons, canyon cutting to adaptive management. Field Trip Guidebook for the XVIth INQUA congress: Denver, Geological Society of America
• Pederson, J.L, Karlstrom, K.E, (2001). Relating differential incision of Grand Canyon to slip along the Hurricane-Toroweap fault system. The Colorado River: Origin and evolution: Grand Canyon, AZ, Grand Canyon Association Monograph
• Pederson, J.L, (2001). Searching for the pre-Grand Canyon Colorado River—the Muddy Creek Formation north of Lake Mead. The Colorado River: Origin and evolution: Grand Canyon, Arizona, Grand Canyon Association Monograph

Other

• DeGrey, L., Tressler, C., Dehler, C.M, Pederson, J.L, Link, P., Hadder, K., Geologic map of the Swallow Canyon Quadrangle, Daggett County, Utah and Moffat County, Colorado. Utah Geological Survey map
• Pederson, J.L, Tressler, C., Hadder, K., Counts, R., Quaternary Geologic map of western Browns Park, northeastern Uinta Mountains, Utah. Utah Geological Survey map
• Pederson, J.L, Timmons, J.M, Karlstrom, K.E, Anders, M., (2007). Geologic map of the Butte fault/East Kaibab monocline area, Eastern Grand Canyon, Arizona. Grand Canyon Association and New Mexico Bureau of Geology and Mineral Resources
• Rittenour, T.M, Sharp, W., Pederson, J.L, O’Brien, G., Goble, R., (2006). OSL chronology from Colorado River tributaries in the western Grand Canyon and Grand Wash Trough: Comparison to U-series ages and application to fluvial deposits > 300 ka. US Geological Survey
• Pederson, J.L, Dehler, C.M, (2005). Geology of the Farmington North 7.5-minute quadrangle, NM. New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources, Open-file Digital Map
• Dehler, C.M, Pederson, J.L, Wagner, S., (2005). Geology of the Seven Rivers 7.5' quadrangle, Eddy County, New Mexico: New Mexico Bureau of Geology and Mineral Resources.
• Pederson, J.L, Dehler, C.M, (2003). Geology of the Carlsbad East 7.5-minute quadrangle, NM. New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources
• Pederson, J.L, Dehler, C.M, (2003). Geology of the Otis 7.5-minute quadrangle, NM. New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources
• Dehler, C.M, Pederson, J.L, (2002). Geology of the Carlsbad West 7.5-minute quadrangle, NM. New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources
• Pazzaglia, F.J, Pederson, J.L, Formento-Trigilio, J.L, Garcia, A.F, Koning, J., Toya, C., (1998). Geologic maps of the Ojito Springs, San Ysidro, Sky Village NE, and Jemez Pueblo 7.5-minute quadrangles. U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report

An asterisk (*) at the end of a publication indicates that it has not been peer-reviewed.