Dr. Tom Bullard

Title: Associate Research Professor
Affiliation: Division of Earth and Ecosystem Sciences
Location: DRI Reno
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Phone: 775.673.7420

Professional Interests

Dr. Bullard joined DRI in 1997 and has more than 25 years of academic and professional experience in basic and applied research in geology and geomorphology related to landscape evolution, fluvial system behavior, geologic hazards and hazardous waste disposal that includes: soils-geomorphic applications to landscape evolution in arid, semi-arid, alpine, and tropical regions; applied tectonic geomorphology research on blind thrust faults for earthquake hazard assessment; landslide investigations; fluvial geomorphology; geoarchaeology. Research field areas include the southeast, southwest and western United States, Alaska, Argentina, Belize, Bolivia, Colombia, Costa Rica, Panama, and Philippines.

Research Areas of Interest and Expertise

• Applied Geomorphology
• Fluvial Adjustments
• Geoarchaeology
• Geomorphology and Surficial Processes
• History of Landform Development
• Landform Analysis and Characterization
• Landscape Stability
• Natural Hazards Prediction
• Tectonic Geomorphology

Recent Projects

• Active deformation at the northern end of the Elsinore fault zone: implications for the Quaternary evolution of Santa Ana River (Eastern Los Angeles Basin, Southern California)

• Catalogue of Analogs: Identifying Terrain Similarities between the World's Deserts and the US Army's Desert/Hot Weather test site, Yuma Proving Ground (YPG), southwestern Arizona

• Geomorphic history and fluvial responses to active tectonics and climate change in an uplifted forearc region, Pacific coast of southern Costa Rica, Central America

• Landscape Dynamics and Ecologic Restoration in the Middle Ranch Hayfields Region, Catalina Island, California: A Soil-Geomorphic Approach to Understanding Landscape Responses to Restoration Activities

• Landscape Position and Hillslope Hydrology Associated with the Middle Ranch Hayfield Restoration

• Quaternary investigations to evalauate seismic source characteristics of the frontal thrust belt, Palo Alto region, California

• Sediment-Related Road Effects on Stream Channel Networks in an Eastern Sierra Nevada Watershed