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sediment + landscapes

at human & geologic timescales

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Susannah M. Morey

I am fluvial geomophologist interested in the role that sediment plays in shaping landscapes both at human and geologic timescales. I do this through the lens of studying catastrophic events that instantaneously (geologically speaking, at least) transport sediment across landscapes.

Outburst floods and landslides are my favorite!

active research

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landslides at geologic timescales

collaborators:

Greg Tucker, Irina Overeem, Benjamin Campforts, Charlie Shobe, Alison Duvall

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the legacy of sediment in the Front Range

collaborators:

Greg Tucker, Irina Overeem, Benjamin Campforts, Charlie Shobe, Alison Duvall

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megafloods in the eastern Himalaya

collaborators:

Kate Huntington, Dave Montgomery, Alison Duvall, Charlie Shobe, Karl Lang, Mike Turzewski

As an earth scientist, it is my responsibility to acknowledge that the space I occupy in Colorado is the ancestral lands where the Native Americans, the Arapaho, Cheyenne, Comanche, Plains Apache, and Ute have a familial connection and relationship to this land. S/he is their grandparent, their mother, who has provided for them and for us, and who we are obligated to care for in return.

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A meaningful Land Acknowledgement must address historical wrongs and inequities, not just the fact that others once occupied the land. As a new resident of Colorado, I am beginning learning about history of this land and these Peoples. Below is the University of Colorado Land Acknowledgement, which I will refine once I know more.

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The University of Colorado Boulder, Colorado’s flagship university, honors and recognizes the many contributions of Indigenous peoples in our state. CU Boulder acknowledges that it is located on the traditional territories and ancestral homelands of the Cheyenne, Arapaho, Ute and many other Native American nations. Their forced removal from these territories has caused devastating and lasting impacts. While the University of Colorado Boulder can never undo or rectify the devastation wrought on Indigenous peoples, we commit to improving and enhancing engagement with Indigenous peoples and issues locally and globally.

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