Vanessa Gabel

Advisor: Greg Tucker

Research

My research focuses on understanding how sediment properties govern fluvial behavior and control the evolution of landscapes over geologic time. More specifically, I develop numerical models to understand the feedbacks between geology (tectonics, lithology, & climate) and sediment (generation & transport) that shape the landforms we observe today. My current field area is the North American High Plains, which was a depositional setting during the Miocene and has undergone exhumation in more recent Cenozoic time.

Other areas of interest include tectonic sedimentology, paleoseismicity, geochronology, and undergraduate education.

Education

• B.S. Geology, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, 2017