Jennifer Pierce

Assistant Professor

Department of Geosciences

Boise State University

1910 University Dr

Boise, Idaho 83725-1535

Email:

Work: 208-426-5380

Website: http://earth.boisestate.edu

Education

Ph.D. University of New Mexico: Albuquerque, New Mexico. Fall 2004. Research and Teaching Assistant, Dept. of Earth and Planetary Sciences. Dissertation: Forest Fires, Holocene Climate Change, and Geomorphic Response: South Fork Payette River, Idaho. GPA 4.0

M.A. University of Oregon: Eugene, Oregon. May 2000. Research Assistant and Graduate Teaching Fellow, Dept. of Geography. Thesis: The Effects of Dredge Mining on Channel Adjustment: Granite Creek, Eastern Oregon. GPA 4.04

B.A. The Colorado College: Colorado Springs, Colorado. May 1995. Dept. of Geology, emphasis in Environmental Geology. Honors Thesis: A Classification and Mineralogical Description of Ferricrete Samples in the New World Mining District of Montana. GPA 3.6

PEER REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS

* (denotes graduate student author)

** (denotes undergraduate student author)

Davis, J.D., C. V. Baxter, C.V., Crosby, B.T., Pierce, J.L., Rosi-Marshall, E., Incorporating indirect effects into a conceptual model for predicting the effects of global climate change on stream ecosystems,In review for Ecosystems.

Kenworthy, M.*, Rittenour, T.M., and Pierce, J.L., Luminescence dating without sand lenses; An application of OSL to coarse-grained alluvial fan deposits of the Lost River Range, Idaho, USA. Submitted to Quaternary Geochronology

Poulos, M.J.*, Pierce, J.L., Flores, A.N. and Benner, S.G., Hillslope Asymmetry Maps reveal widespread Mulit-Scale Organization. In review for Geophysical Research Letters

Pierce, J.L., Meyer, G.A., and Rittenour, T., 2011, Terrace records of incision, aggradation, and relationships between hillslope erosion and main channel processes. Quaternary Science Reviews. v.30, p. 628-645.

Nelson, N.A.*, and Pierce, J.L.,2010, Holocene fire and climate in rangeland ecosystems of southwestern Idaho, The Holocene, 20(8) 1179–1194

Kunkel, M.** and Pierce, J.L., 2010, Reconstructing Snowmelt in Idaho’s Watershed Using Historic Streamflow Records, Journal of Climatic Change. Vol 98: 155-176.

Power MJ, Marlon J, Ortiz N, Bartlein PJ,. . . .Pierce J, 2008, Changes in fire regime since the Last Glacial Maximum: an assessment based on a global synthesis and analysis of charcoal data. Climate Dynamics, 30:887–907.

Pierce, J.L., and Meyer, G.A., 2008, The effects of Holocene climate change on fire regimes in Idaho ponderosa pine forests, International Journal of Wildland Fire, vol. 17, pp. 85-95.

Pierce, J.L., Meyer, G.A., and Jull A.J.T., 2004, Fire-induced erosion and millennial-scale climate change in northern ponderosa pine forests: Nature, v. 432, p. 87-90.

Pierce, J.L., Meyer, G.A., Thackray, G.D., Wood, S.H., Lundeen, K., and Rothwell, E., Fire and ice in central Idaho: modern and Holocene fires, debris flows, and climate in the Payette River Basin, and Quaternary and glacial geology in the Sawtooth Mountains, 2004 Rocky Mountain Cordilleran Geological Society of America Field Guide.

Meyer, G.A., and Pierce, J.L., 2003, Climatic controls on fire-induced sediment pulses in Yellowstone National Park and Central Idaho: a long-term perspective: Forest Ecology and Management, v. 178, p. 89-104.

Meyer, G.A., Pierce, J.L., Wood, S.H., and Jull. A.J.T., 2001, Fires, storms, and sediment yield in the Idaho Batholith, Hydrological Processes, v. 15, p. 3025-3038.

OTHER Publications

Pierce, J.L., 2004, Holocene fire regimes and geomorphic response in conifer forests of the northwestern United States: Evidence of millennial-scale climate change: Dissertation, University of New Mexico, 242 pp

Pierce, J.L., 2000, The effects of dredge mining on channel adjustment: Granite Creek, Eastern Oregon: Thesis (M.A.), University of Oregon, 175 pp.

ABSTRACTS AND PRESENTATIONS

Kenworthy, M.K.*, Rittenour, T., Pierce, J.L., 2011, OSL dating without sand lenses: Late Pleistocene alluvial fan aggradation in the Lost River Range, Idaho, AGU fall meeting

J. M. Davis, C. V. Baxter, B. T. Crosby, J. L. Pierce, and E. J. Rosi-Marshall, 2010, Do indirect effects of global climate change on forest, fire, and flow dynamics mediate responses of stream-riparian ecosystems? American Society of Limnology and Oceanography and the North American Benthological Society. Joint Meeting June 6-10, 2010, Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA.

Weppner, K.N.*, Pierce, J.L., and Betancourt, J.L., 2010, Holocene climate, wildfire and vegetation in a forest-steppe ecotone at the City of Rocks National Reserve, Idaho, Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, Vol. 42, No. 5, p. 417.

Riley, K.*, Pierce, J.L., 2010, Fire frequency and fire-related deposition during the Holocene: a study of alluvial fans in the middle fork salmon river watershed, Idaho, Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, Vol. 42, No. 5, p. 417.

Sutfin, N.**, Pierce, J.L., Sharp, W., 2010, Estimating the age of terminal fluvial deposition on Quaternary fans of the Lost River Basin, Northern Rocky Mountains, USA, Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs.

Kenworthy, M.K.*, Rittenour, T., Pierce, J.L., 2010, OSL chronology for alluvial fans of the Lost River Range, Idaho: large-scale deposition during OIS 3 and 4, Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs

Riley, K.E.*, Pierce, J.L., and Hopkins, A.**, 2010, The role of episodic fire-related debris flows on long-term (103-104) sediment yields in the Middle Fork Salmon River Watershed, in central Idaho, EP33C-0785, presented at 2010 Fall Meeting, AGU, San Francisco, Calif., 13-17 Dec.

Kenworthy, M.K.*, Pierce, J.L., Rittenour, T., Sharp, W, Pierce, K.L, 2009, Quaternary climate change and hillslope processes: What can we learn from alluvial fans? Eos Trans. AGU, 90(52), Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract : EP41C-0615.

Kunkel, M., and Pierce, J.L, 2009, The influence of PDO and ONI on the timing of snowmelt in Idaho, Eos Trans. AGU, 90(52), Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract : U13B-0057.

Pierce, J.L, Baxter, C., Yager, E M, Fremier, A., Crosby, B T, Smith, A M, Kennedy, B., Hicke, J A., Feris, K., 2009, Forests, fire, floods and fish: nonlinear biophysical responses to changing climate, Eos Trans. AGU, 90(52), Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract : U13B-0074

Poulos, M J., Pierce, J L, Flores, A N, Benner, S G, Smith, T J, McNamara, J P , 2009, Aspect-Driven Changes in Slope Stability Due to Ecohydrologic Feedbacks, Eos Trans. AGU, 90(52), Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract : EP53D-0640

Pierce, J. L., Meyer, G.A., Nelson, N.A, Svenson, L., Riley, 2009, How does Holocene climate change drive wildfires, sediment delivery from hillslopes, and main channel response? Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, Vol. 41, No. 7, p. 40. (invited)

Pierce, J. L., Meyer, G.A., and Rittenour, T, 2009, Terrace records of Holocene incision, aggradation, and relationships between hillslope erosion and main channel processes in central Idaho, Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, Vol. 41, No. 7, p. 227

Kenworthy, M.K.*, Pierce, J.L., Rittenour, T., 2009, Climate, sediment supply, and stream power: episodes of enhanced deposition on alluvial fans of the Lost River Range, Idaho, Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, Vol. 41, No. 7, p. 227.

Poulos, M J., Pierce, J L, Flores, A N, Benner, S G, Smith, T J, McNamara, J P , 2009, Microclimate Controls on Slope Angles in the Idaho Batholith, AGU Chapman Conference: Examining Ecohydrological Feedbacks of Landscape Change Along Elevation Gradients in Semiarid Regions Boise and Sun Valley, Idaho USA 4–8 October 2009.

Svenson, L.,* Pierce, J.L., Wilkins, D., and Whitman, J., 2009, Fire and climate in a lodgepole-pine forest in central Idaho: annual, interannual, centennial, and millennial perspectives, Association of American Geographers Abstracts, March 22-27, Las Vegas, USA.

Pierce, J.L., Meyer, G. A., Rittenour, T., 2008, Main Channel Response to Holocene Climate Change and Hillslope Sedimentation, Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, ISSN 0016-7592 - Vol. 40, no. 6.

Poulos, M.J.**, Pierce, J.L., Pierce, K.L, 2008, Drainage Basin Influences on Alluvial Fan Processes in the Lost River Range, Idaho, Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, ISSN 0016-7592 - Vol. 40, no. 6.

Meyer, G.A., Pierce, J.L., Frechette, J.D., New, J. Nelson, N.A., Persico, L., 2008, Medieval-Period Droughts, Fires, Floods and Geomorphic Change In Interior Western USA Mountains, Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, ISSN 0016-7592 - Vol. 40, no. 6.

Kenworthy, M.K.*, Rittenour, T., Pierce, J.L., 2008, Using OSL to Assess the Role of Climate and Glaciation in Sediment Delivery to Alluvial Fans of the Lost River Range, Idaho Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, ISSN 0016-7592 - Vol. 40, no. 6, 150-2.

McVeigh, B.E.,** Pierce, J.L., Pierce, K.L., Sharp, W.D., 2008, Mapping of the Bull Lake and Pinedale Glaciations in the Lost River Range, Idaho, Based on Carbonate Coat Thicknesses of Geomorphic Features Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, ISSN 0016-7592 - Vol. 40, no. 6, 150-3.

Sutfin, N.A.**, Pierce, J.L., Sharp; W., Pierce, K.L, 2008, Using the Thickness of Pedogenic Carbonate Coatings as a Proxy for Ages of Alluvial Fan Abandonment in the Lost River Range of Eastern Idaho, Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, ISSN 0016-7592 - Vol. 40, no. 6, 150-4.

Kunkel, M.A.,* Pierce, J.L., 2008, Reconstructing Snowmelt in Idaho's Watershed Using Historic Streamflow Records: Methods and Applications, Eos Trans. AGU, 89(53), Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract C21A-0492.

Weigel, A.B.* Pierson, F.B., Kormos, P.R., Williams, C. J., Pierce J.L., 2008, Soil Water Repellency and Groundcover Effects on Infiltration in Response to Prescribed Burning of Steeply-Sloped Sagebrush Hillslopes. Eos Trans. AGU, 89(53), Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract H33D-1036.

(INVITED) Pierce, J.L., Rittenour, T., Meyer, G.A., 2008, Relationships between main channel incision and increased sediment yields following forest fires: is climate the driver? Geological Society of America, sectional meeting, Las Vegas, NV.

Kunkel, M.A.*, Pierce, J.L., 2008, Snowmelt, Summer Drought and Fire: Using Stream Gage Data to Extend Snowmelt Records in Fire Prone Areas of Idaho's Watershed, Western Snow Conference, April 15-17, Hood River, Oregon

(INVITED) Pierce, J.L., Meyer, G.A., 2008, Modern and Long-term Records of Climate Change and Forest Fires in the Western U.S., American Society of Environmental History National Annual Conference, Boise, Idaho.

Pierce, J. L., Phillips, R. J., Rittenour, T., Sharp, W. D., Pierce, K. L., 2007, What climatic factors control intervals of deposition and stability on alluvial fans? Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, Vol. 39, No. 6, P. 261.

Meyer, G, Frechette, J. D., New, J. K., Pierce, J. L., 2007, Fire, climate, and fans. Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, Vol. 39, No. 6, p. 259.

Nelson, N.A.,* Pierce, J.L, 2007, Alluvial fan records of fire and geomorphic response in rangeland ecosystems. Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, Vol. 39, No. 6, p. 259.

Kunkel, M.A.,* Pierce, J.L., 2007, Snowmelt, Summer Drought and Fires: Using Stream Gage Data to Extend Snowmelt Records in Fire-prone Areas of Central Idaho. Eos Trans. AGU, 88(52), Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract C33A-03.

Phillips, R. J., Pierce, J.L., Sharp, W.A, and Pierce, K.L., 2006, Climatic and Tectonic Controls on Alluvial Fan Evolution: The Lost River Range, Idaho, American Geophysical Union Abstracts with Programs.

Kunkel, M.A.,* and. Pierce, J. L,, 2006, The Influence of ENSO and PDO on Idaho’s Snowpack, American Geophysical Union Abstracts with Programs.

Nelson, N.A.,* and. Pierce, J. L,, 2006, Spatial Patterns of Post-Fire Soil Water Repellency in Rangelands, American Geophysical Union Abstracts with Programs.

Pierce, J.L., and Meyer, G.A., 2006, Late Holocene records of fire in alluvial fan sediments: fire-climate relationships and implications for management of rocky mountain forests,

Meyer, G. A. Pierce, J. L, New, J., and Frechette, J., 2006, episodic erosion forced by fire and climate in the Western United States, Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs.

Pierce, J.L., and Meyer, G.A., 2006, Holocene Fire Regimes and Geomorphic Response in Conifer Forests of the Northwestern United States: Evidence of Millennial-Scale Climate Change, International Quaternary Association Abstracts with Programs, XIX AMQUA Biennial Meeting August 18-20.

Pierce, J.L., and Meyer, G.A., 2006, Droughts, forest fires, and erosion in the Northern U.S.A. Rockies during the last two millennia, Pacific Climate of North America, Twenty-Second Pacific Climate Workshop, 26-29 March.

Pierce, J.L., and Rittenour, T., 2005, Terrace records of Quaternary incision and relationships between hillslope erosion and main channel processes in Central Idaho, American Geophysical Union Abstracts with Programs.

Pierce, J.L., and Meyer, G.A., 2005, Drought, forest fires, and debris flows: modern and 800-1000 cal yr BP, Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, Vol. 37, No. 7, p. 464.

Pierce, J.L., 2005, Climate-driven variations in Holocene fire regimes and geomorphic response in central Idaho, Association of American Geographers Meeting, Denver, April 5-9.

Pierce, J.L., and Meyer, G.A., 2005, Alluvial fan records of climate-driven variability in Holocene fire regimes in ponderosa pine forests of central Idaho, Fire History and Climate Synthesis in the Western United States, Workshop Flagstaff Arizona, May 1-3.

Pierce, J.L., and Meyer, G.A., 2005, Debris flows, fires, and channel disturbance: a millennial-scale perspective, Joint meeting of the American Geophysical Union and the North American Benthological Society, New Orleans May 22-27.

Pierce, J.L., Meyer, G.A., 2004, Fire, Holocene Climate Change, and Geomorphic Response Recorded in Alluvial Fan Sediments, American Geophysical Union Abstracts with Programs, vol. 85(47), Abstract B44C-06.

Pierce, J.L., Meyer, G.A., 2004, The Effects of Holocene Climate Change on Fire Regimes in Idaho Ponderosa Pine Forests, Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, Vol. 36, No. 4, p. 13.

Pierce, J.L., Meyer, G.A., 2003, A Record of Extreme Sedimentation Events in Central Idaho: Fire, Climate, and Changing Sediment Yields Over the Holocene, American Geophysical Union Abstracts with Programs, vol. 84(46) Abstract H42L-03.

Pierce, J.L., Meyer, G.A., 2003, Holocene fire regimes and geomorphic response in conifer forests of the northwestern United States: evidence of millennial-scale climate change, International Quaternary Association Programs with Abstracts, vol. 16, p. 192.

Pierce, J.L., Meyer, G.A., and Jull, A.J.T., 2002, Variability of fire regimes in ponderosa pine forests, Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 34, p. 41.

Pierce, J.L., and Meyer, G.A., 2002, Holocene Forest Fire Records as Evidence of Millennial-Scale Climate Change in the Northwestern United States: American Geophysical Union Abstracts with Programs, vol. 83, p. 265.

Pierce, J.L., Meyer, G.A., 2001, Using evidence of fires in alluvial fan stratigraphy to interpret variations in Holocene fire regimes in central Idaho, Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v.33, p.69

Pierce, J.L., Meyer, G.A., and Wood, S.H., 2000a, Fires, storms, and erosional events in the Idaho Batholith: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v.32, p.118