David Harbor

Professor Harbor teaches general geology, geomorphology, and GIS and remote sensing. He is a core member of the environmental studies faculty. He has researched transient erosion, knickpoint erosion, stream morphology/hydraulics, and regenerative agriculture.

David Harbor

David Harbor

Professor of Earth and Environmental Geoscience

On Leave Winter and Spring Terms

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Education

  • Ph.D. Earth Resources, 1990, Colorado State University, Advisor: Stanley A. Schumm 
    • Dissertation: Adjustment of alluvial river morphology and process to localized active tectonics
  • M.S. Geology, 1985, Pennsylvania State University, Advisor: Thomas W. Gardner
    • Thesis: Hydrology of surface-mined land: A determination of minesoil control on infiltration capacity and runoff modeling of disturbed watersheds
  • B.A. Geology, with honors, 1981, Earlham College, Richmond, Indiana

Research

Soils and soil organic carbon, regenerative agriculture, river erosion and landscapes

Teaching

  • Introductory Geology
  • SAND!
  • Geomorphology
  • GIS and Remote Sensing
  • Regenerative Agriculture
  • Glaciology and Glacial Geology

Selected Publications

  • Barnhart, WD, RD Gold, HN Shea, KE Peterson, RW Briggs, DJ Harbor,. 2019. Vertical Coseismic Offsets Derived from High‐Resolution Stereogrammetric DSM Differencing: The 2013 Baluchistan, Pakistan Earthquake. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, https://doi.org/10.1029/2018JB017107 

  • Rahl, J.M., Harbor, D.J. and Galli C., 2018, Foreland basin record of uplift and exhumation of the Cordillera Oriental, northwest Argentina. Tectonics 37(11): 4173-4193. DOI:10.1029/2017TC004955

  • Wilkinson, C., Harbor, D.J., Helgans, E., and Kuehner, J.P., 2018, Plucking phenomena in nonuniform flow: Geosphere, v. 14, no. 4, p. 1– 15, https://doi.org/10.1130/GES01623.1 

  • Busch, J., Greer, L., Harbor, D., Wirth, K., Lescinsky, H., Curran, H.A. and de Beurs, K., 2016. Quantifying exceptionally large populations of Acropora spp. corals off Belize using sub-meter satellite imagery classification. Bulletin of Marine Science, 92(2), pp.265-283.DOI: 10.5343/bms.2015.1038

  • Pazzaglia, F. J., Carter, M., Berti, C., Counts, R., Hancock, G., Harbor, D., Harrison, R., Heller, M., Mahan, S., Malenda, H., McKeon, R., Nelson, M., Prince, P., Rittenour, T., Spotila, J., and Whittecar, R., 2015, Geomorphology, active tectonics, and landscape evolution in the Mid-Atlantic region: Field Guides, v. 40, p. 109-169., DOI: 10.1130/2015.0040(06)

  • Marshall, J., Barnhart, A., Butcher, A., Freimuth, C., Khaw, F., LaFromboise, E., Landeros,, M., Morrish, S., Olson, E., Ritzinger, B., Stewart, D., Utick, J., Wellington, K., Wenceslao, L., Gardner, T., Harbor, D., Osborn, S., 2015, Beachrock horizons of the Nicoya Peninsula, Costa Rica: Geomorphology, petrology, and neotectonic significance, in Wang, P., Rosati, J.D., Cheng, J., (eds.), Proceedings of the Coastal Sediments (2015), v. 8, World Scientific, Singapore, p. 2984-3003. https://doi.org/10.1142/9789814689977_0252 

  • Garcez, R., Humston, R., Harbor, D., Freitas, C., 2014, Otolith geochemistry in young-of-the-year peacock bass Cichla temensis for investigating natal dispersal in the Rio Negro (Amazon - Brazil) river system, Ecology of Freshwater Fish, DOI: 10.1111/eff.12142

  • Val, P., Silva, C., Harbor, D., Morales, N., Amaral, F., and Maia, T., 2013, Erosion of an active fault scarp leads to drainage capture in the Amazon region, Brazil: Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, DOI: 10.1002/esp.3507