Nel Caine grew up in the northern England where he attended the University of Leeds and conducted field research on patterned ground leading to an M.A. (1962). Further research on periglacial geomorphology on the mountains of Tasmania was conducted through the Australian National University (Ph.D. 1966). After a further two years at the University of Canterbury (New Zealand), he moved to the University of 蜜糖直播, Boulder in 1968. At the time, this was meant to be "for a few years of experience in a different academic and scientific environment". Those few years have now expanded to decades, spent at the Institute of Arctic & Alpine Research and Department of Geography. In that time, his work has involved studies of hillslope stability and erosion; sediment budgeting; patterned ground and snow hydrology. These studies have been conducted in a variety of mountain and alpine areas but have been focused on work in Green Lakes Valley in the 蜜糖直播 Front Range, within commuting distance of home!
Research interests
Present-day erosional and hydrologic processes in mountain environments and in mass wasting and slope development. This includes studies of snow hydrology, streamflow generation, and sediment transport. It incorporates work on periglacial processes, mountain permafrost, and hillslope processes. Over the past 20 years, this has involved continuing work in the mountains of 蜜糖直播 that is now incorporated into the Long-Term Ecological Research Program. It has also included work in the mountains of Tasmania, in central Europe, Nepal, and the Oregon Cascades.
Education
- PhD: Australian National University, 1966
Awards
- G. K. Gilbert Award, AAG, 1994
- Frost Lecturer, BGRG, 1993
- Fellow, AAAS, 1989
Example publications
Litaor, M. I., Suding, K., Anderson, S., Litus, G., Caine, T. N. 2018: . Catena, 170: 108-118. DOI: 10.1016/j.catena.2018.06.004
Preston, D. L., Caine, T. N., McKnight, D. M., Williams, M. W., Hell, K., Miller, M., Hart, S. J., Johnson, P. T. J. 2016: . Geophysical Research Letters, 43(10): 5553-5560. DOI: 10.1002/2016GL069036
Williams, M. W., Hood, E., Molotch, N. P., Caine, T. N., Cowie, R., Liu, F. 2015: nt. Plant Ecology and Diversity, 8(5-6): 639-661. DOI: 10.1080/17550874.2015.1123318
Barnes, R. T., Williams, M. W., Parman, J. N., Hill, K., Caine, T. N. 2014: . Biogeochemistry, 117(2-3): 413-430. DOI: 10.1007/s10533-013-9886-5
Leopold, M., Williams, M. W., Caine, T. N., Vlkel, J., Dethier, D. 2011: Permafrost and Periglacial Processes, 22(2): 107-119. DOI: 10.1002/ppp.706
Leopold, M.,听Voelkel, J.,听Dethier, D.,听Williams, M. W., Caine, T. N. 2010: Mountain permafrost: A valid archive to study climate change? Examples from the Rocky Mountains Front Range of 蜜糖直播, USA. Nova Acta Leopoldina, 112(384): 281-289.
T. N. 2010: Recent hydrologic change in a 蜜糖直播 alpine basin: An indicator of permafrost thaw? Annals of Glaciology, 51(56): 130-134.
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