Faculty and Staff

Lewis A. Owen

Professor, Department Head

500B Geology-Physics Building
513-556-4203
lewis.owen@uc.edu

Professional Summary

My research focuses on the Quaternary geology and geomorphology of tectonically active mountain belts and their forelands. I am particularly concerned with quantifying the timing, and rates and magnitudes of landscape evolution in these regions to understand the dynamics and interactions between tectonics, Earth surfaces processes and climate. This involves remote sensing, field mapping, geomorphic and sedimentological analysis of landforms, and geochronology. I have concentrated my efforts in two major geographic-tectonic regions: the Himalayan-Tibetan orogen; and the Cordilleras of North and South America. These regions provide two of the best natural laboratories for understanding the dynamics of and the interaction between geomorphic, tectonic and climatic processes along active plate margins. I have also undertaken research in other tectonically active regions, including: the Red Sea margin in Yemen; and the Atlas and Anti-Atlas Mountains of Morocco. Ultimately, these studies provide analogs for understanding and modeling the evolution of ancient mountains.

Education

B.Sc., Imperial College of Science and Technology, University of London, London, England, 1985 (Geology).

PhD, University of Leicester, United Kingdom, 1988 (Geomorphology).

Positions & Work Experience

2007 to Present, Professor, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH.

2004-2007, Associate Professor, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH.

2001-2004, Associate Professor, University of California, Riverside, CA.

1997-2001, Assistant Professor, University of California, Riverside, CA.

1991-1997, Lecturer, Royal Holloway, University of London, UK.

1989-1991, Lecturer, Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong.

1989-1989, Geomorphologist, Geomorphological Services, Ltd., UK.

Peer Reviewed Publications

Owen et al. Thackray, G., Anderson, R.S., Briner, J., Kaufman, D., Roe, G., Pfeffer, W. and Yi, C. (2009). Integrated research on mountain glaciers: current status, priorities and future prospects. Geomorphology, 103, 158-171. [Link]

Seong Y.B., Bishop, M.P., Bush, A., Clendon, P., Copland, P., Finkel,. R., Kamp, U., Owen, L.A., and Shroder, J.F. (2009). Landforms and landscape evolution in the Skardu, Shigar and Braldu Valleys, Central Karakoram. Geomorphology, 103, 251-267. [Link]

Seong Y.B., Owen, L.A., Yi, C., Finkel. R.C. and Schoenbohm, L. (2009). Geomorphology of anomalously high glaciated mountains at the northwestern end of Tibet: Muztag Ata and Kongur Shan. Geomorphology, 103, 227-250. [Link]

Lee, J., Stockli, D.F., Owen, L.A., Finkel, R.C. and Kislitsyn, R. (2009). Exhumation of the Inyo Mountains, California: Implications for the timing of extension along the western boundary of the Basin Range Province and distribution of dextral fault slip rates across the Eastern California Shear Zone . Tectonics, 28 (TC1001). [Link]

Adams, B.*, Dietsch, C., Owen, L.A., Caffee, M., Spotila, J. and Haneberg, B. (2009). Exhumation and incision history of the Lahul Himalaya, northern India, based on (U-Th)/He thermochronometry and terrestrial cosmogenic nuclide methods. Geomorphology, 107, 285-299. [Link]

Dortch, J.*, Owen, L.A., Haneberg, W.C., Caffee, M.W., Dietsch, C. and Kamp, U. (2009). Nature and timing of mega-landslides in northern India. Quaternary Science Reviews, 28, 1037-1056. [Link]

Seong Y.B.*, Owen, L.A., Yi, C. and Finkel, R.C. (2009). Quaternary glaciation of Muztag Ata and Kongur Shan: evidence for glacier response to rapid climate changes throughout the Late-glacial and Holocene in westernmost Tibet. Geological Society of America Bulletin, 121, 348-365. [Link]

Owen, L.A. (2009). Latest Pleistocene and Holocene glacier fluctuations in the Himalaya and Tibet. Quaternary Science Reviews, 28, 2150-2164. [Link]

Seong, Y.B.*, Owen, L.A., Lim, H.S., Yoon, H.I., Kim, Y., Lee, Y.I. and Caffee, M.W. (2009). Rate of Late Quaternary ice cap thinning on King George Island, South Shetland Islands, West Antarctica defined by cosmogenic 36Cl surface exposure dating. Boreas, 38, 207-213. [Link]

Seong, Y.B.*, Owen, L.A., Caffee, M.W., Kamp, U., Bishop, M.P., Bush, A., Copland, L. and Shroder, J.F. (2009). Rates of basin-wide rockwall retreat in the K2 region of the Central Karakoram defined by terrestrial cosmogenic nuclide 10Be. Geomorphology, 107, 254-262. [Link]

Copland, L., Pope, S.*, Bishop, M.P., Shroder, J.F., Clendon, P., Bush, A., Kamp, U., Seong, Y.B.* and Owen, L.A. (2009). Glacier velocities across the central Karakoram. Annals of Glaciology, 50(52), 41-49. [Link]

Owen, L.A., Robinson, R., Benn, D.I., Finkel, R.C., Davis, N.K., Yi, C., Putkonen, J., Li, D., and Murray, A. (2009). Quaternary glaciation of Mount Everest. Quaternary Science Reviews, 28, 1412-1433. [Link]

Rockwell, T., Fonseca, J., Madden, C., Dawson, T., Owen, L.A., Vilanova, S. and Figueiredo, P. (2009). Palaeoseismology of the Vilarica Segment of the Manteigas-Braganca Fault in northeastern Portugal. Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 316, 237-258. [Link]

Armstrong, P., Perez, R., Owen, L.A., and Finkel, R.C. (2009). (In Press). Terraces of the eastern Sierra el Mayor, northern Baja California, Mexico: relations to climate change, Colorado River response, and tectonics. Geomorphology. [Link]

Kamp, U., Owen, L.A., Growley, B.J.* and Khattak, G.* (2009). (In Press). Back analysis of landslide susceptibility zonation mapping for the 2005 Kashmir earthquake: an assessment of the reliability of susceptibility zoning maps. Natural Hazards. [Link]

Dortch, J.*, Owen, L.A., Caffee, M.C. and Brease, P. (2009). (In Press). Late Quaternary glaciation and ELA variations of the McKinley River region, central Alaska Range. Boreas. [Link]

Owen, L.A. (2009). (In Press). Landscape development of the Himalayan-Tibetan orogen: a review. Special Publication of the Geological Society of London. [Link]

Khattak, G.A.*, Owen, L.A., Kamp, U. and Harp, E.L. (2009). (In Press). Evolution of earthquake-triggered landslides in the Kashmir Himalaya, northern Pakistan. Geomorphology. [Link]

Owen, L.A., Kamp, U., Khattak, G.A.*, Harp, E.L., Keefer, D.K. and Bauer, M.A. (2008). Landslides triggered by the October 8, 2005, Kashmir Earthquake. Geomorphology (94), 1-9. [Link]

Seong Y.B.*, Owen, L.A., Bishop, M.P., Bush, A., Clendon, P., Copland, P., Finkel,. R., Kamp, U. and Shroder, J.F. (2008). Rates of fluvial bedrock incision within an actively uplifting orogen: Central Karakoram Mountains, northern Pakistan. Geomorphology (97), 274-286. [Link]

Kamp, U., Growley, B.J., Khattak, G.A. and Owen, L.A. (2008). GIS-based landslide susceptibility mapping for the 2005 Kashmir Earthquake Region.. Geomorphology, 101, 631-642. [Link]

Owen, L.A., Caffee, M.W., Finkel, R.C. and Seong, B.Y (2008). Quaternary glaciations of the Himalayan-Tibetan orogen. Journal of Quaternary Science, 23, 513-532. [Link]

Arboleya, M.-L., Babault, J., Owen, L.A., Teixell, A. and Finkel, R.C. (2008). Timing and nature of fluvial incision in the Ouarzazate foreland basin, Morocco. Journal of the Geological Society, London (165), 1059-1073. [Link]

Fuchs, M. and Owen, L.A. (2008). Luminescence dating of glacial and associated sediments: review, recommendations and future directions. Boreas, 37, 636-659. [Link]

Spelz, R.M., Fletcher, J.M., Owen, L.A. and Caffee, M.W. (2008). Quaternary alluvial-fan development, climate and morphologic dating of faults scarps in Laguna Salada, Baja California, Mexico. Geomorphology, 102, 578-594. [Link]

Thackray, G.D., Owen, L.A., and Yi, C. (2008). Timing and nature of late Quaternary mountain glaciation. Journal of Quaternary Science, 23, 503-508. [Link]

Le, K.*, Lee, J., Owen, L.A. and Finkel, R.C. (2007). Late Quaternary slip rates along the Sierra Nevada frontal fault zone, California: slip partitioning across the western margin of the Eastern California Shear Zone/Basin and Range Province. GSA Bulletin (119), 240-256. [Link]

Owen, L.A., Bright, J., Finkel, R.C., Jaiswal, M.K., Kaufman, D., Mahan, S., Schneider, J.S., Sharp, W., Singhvi, A.K. and Warren, C.N. (2007). Numerical dating of a Late Quaternary spit-shoreline complex at the northern end of Silver Lake, Mojave Desert, California. Quaternary International (166), 87-100. [Link]

Frankel, K.L., Brantley, K.S., Dolan, J.F., Finkel, R.C., Klinger, R.E., Knott, J.R., Machette, M.N., Owen, L.A., Phillips, F.M., Slate, J.L., Wenicke, B.P. (2007). Cosmogenic 10Be and 36Cl geochronology of offset alluvial fans along the northern Death Valley fault zone: Implications for transient strain in the eastern California shear zone. Journal of Geophysical Research – Solid Earth (112), B06407, doi:10.1029/2006JB004350. [Link]

Seong, Y.B., Lim, H.S., Yoon, H.I., Lee, Y.I., Kim, Y. and Owen, L.A. (2007). A preliminary geomorphic overview of Late Quaternary glacier fluctuations in the South Shetland Islands, West Antartica. Journal of the Korean Geographical Society (41), 513-526. [Link]

Gupta, A., Kale, V.S., Owen, L.A., and Singhvi, A.K. (2007). Late Quaternary bedrock incision in the Narmada river at Dardi Falls. Current Science (93), 564-567. [Link]

Frankel, K.L., Dolan, J.F., Finkel, R.C., Owen, L.A., Hoeft, J.S. (2007). Spatial variations in slip rate along the Death Valley-Fish Lake Valley fault system determined from LiDAR topographic data and cosmogenic 10Be geochronology. Geophysical Research Letters (34), LI8303, doi:10.1029/2007GL030549. [Link]

Seong Y.B.*, Owen, L.A., Bishop, M.P., Bush, A., Clendon, P., Copland, P., Finkel,. R., Kamp, U. and Shroder, J.F. (2007). Quaternary Glacial History of the Central Karakoram. Quaternary Science Reviews (26), 3384-3405. [Link]

Barnard, P.L.*, Owen, L.A. and Finkel, R.C. (2006). Quaternary fans and terraces in the Khumbu Himalaya, south of Mt. Everest: their characteristics, age and formation. Journal of the Geological Society, London (163), 383-400. [Link]

Owen, L.A., Caffee, M., Bovard, K.*, Finkel, R.C. and Sharma, M. (2006). Terrestrial cosmogenic surface exposure dating of the oldest glacial successions in the Himalayan orogen. Geological Society of America Bulletin (118), 383-392. [Link]

Barnard, P.L.*, Owen, L.A., Finkel, R.C. and Asahi, K. (2006). Landscape response to deglaciation in a high relief, monsoon-influenced alpine environment, Langtang Himal, Nepal. Quaternary Science Reviews (25), 2162-2176. [Link]

Yi, C., Zhu, L., Seong, Y.B.*, Owen, L.A. and Finkel, R.C. (2006). A lateglacial rock avalanche event in the Tianchi Lake, Tien Shan, Xinjiang. Quaternary International (154-155), 26-31. [Link]

Owen, L.A.. Finkel, R. C., Ma Haizhou and Barnard, P.L.* (2006). Late Quaternary landscape evolution in the Kunlun Mountains and Qaidam Basin, Northern Tibet: a framework for examining the links between glaciation, lake level changes and alluvial fan formation. Quaternary International (154-155), 73-86. [Link]

Meltzner, A.J., Rockwell, T.K. and Owen, L.A. (2006). Recent and long-term behavior of the Brawley fault Zone, Imperial Valley, California: An escalation in slip rate. Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America (96), 2304-2328. [Link]

Benn, D.I., Owen, L.A., Finkel, R.C. and Clemmens, S. (2006). Pleistocene Lake Outburst Floods and Fan Formation along the Eastern Sierra Nevada: Implications for the Interpretation of Intermontane Lacustrine Records. Quaternary Science Reviews (25), 2729-2748. [Link]

Kent, G.M., Babcock, J.M., Driscoll, N.W., Harding, A.J., Dingler, J.A., Seitz, G.G., Gardner, J.V., Mayer, L.A., Goldman, C.R., Heyvaert, A.C., Richards, R.C., Karlin, R., Morgan, C.W., Gayes, P.T. and Owen, L.A. (2005). 60 k.y. record of extension across the western boundary of the Basin and Range province: Estimate of slip rates from offset shoreline terraces and a catastrophic slide beneath Lake Tahoe. Geology (33), 365–368. [Link]

Owen, L.A., Finkel, R.C., Barnard, P.L.*, Ma, H., Asahi, K., Caffee, M.W. and Derbyshire, E. (2005). Climatic and topographic controls on the style and timing of Late Quaternary glaciation throughout Tibet and the Himalaya defined by 10Be cosmogenic radionuclide surface exposure dating. Quaternary Science Reviews (24), 1391-1411. [Link]

Lehmkuhl, F and Owen, L.A. (2005). Late Quaternary glaciation of Tibet and the bordering mountains: a review. Boreas (34), 87-100. [Link]

Owen, L.A. and Benn, D.I. (2005). Equilibrium-line altitudes of the Last Glacial Maximum for the Himalaya and Tibet: an assessment and evaluation of results. Quaternary International (138/139), 55-78. [Link]

Benn, D.I., Owen, L.A., Osmaston, H.A., Seltzer, G.O., Porter, S.C. and Mark, B. (2005). Reconstruction of equilibrium-line altitudes for tropical and sub-tropical glaciers. Quaternary International (138/139), 8-21. [Link]

Wesnousky S. G., Barron, A. D., Briggs, R. W., Caskey, S. J., Kumar, S. and Owen, L. (2005). Paleoseismic transect across the northern Great Basin. Journal of Geophysical Research (110), B05408, doi:10.1029/2004JB003283. [Link]

Spencer, J.Q. and Owen, L.A. (2004). Optically stimulated luminescence dating of Late Quaternary glaciogenic sediments in the upper Hunza valley: validating the timing of glaciation and assessing dating methods. Quaternary Sciences Reviews (23), 175-191. [Link]

Van der Woerd, J., Owen, L.A., Tapponnier, P., Xiwei X., Kervyn, F., Finkel, R.C. Barnard, P.L. (2004). Giant, M~8 earthquake-triggered, ice avalanches in the eastern Kunlun Shan (Northern Tibet): characteristics, nature and dynamics. Geological Society of America Bulletin (116), 394-406. [Link]

Barnard, P.L.*, Owen, L.A. and Finkel, R.C. (2004). Style and timing of glacial and paraglacial sedimentation in a monsoonal influenced high Himalayan environment, the upper Bhagirathi Valley, Garhwal Himalaya. Sedimentary Geology (165), 199-221. [Link]

Barnard, P.L.*, Owen, L.A., Sharma, M.C. and Finkel, R.C. (2004). Late Quaternary (Holocene) landscape evolution of a monsoon-influenced high Himalayan valley, Gori Ganga, Nanda Devi, NE Garhwal. Geomorphology (61), 91-110. [Link]

Owen, L.A., Ma Haizhou, Derbyshire, E., Spencer, J.Q., Barnard, P.L.*, Zeng Yong Nian, Finkel, R.C. and Caffee, M.W. (2003). The timing and style of Late Quaternary glaciation in the La Ji Mountains, NE Tibet: evidence for restricted glaciation during the latter part of the Last Glacial. Zeitschrift für Geomorphologie (130), 263-276. [Link]

Finkel, R.C., Owen, L.A., Barnard, P.L.* and Caffee, M.W. (2003). Beryllium-10 dating of Mount Everest moraines indicates a strong monsoonal influence and glacial synchroneity throughout the Himalaya. Geology (31), 561-564. [Link]

Cunningham, D., Owen, L.A., Snee, L.W. and Li Jiliang (2003). Structural framework of a major intracontinental orogenic termination zone: the extreme easternmost Tien Shan, China. Journal of the Geological Society, London (160), 575-590. [Link]

Owen, L.A., Spencer, J.Q. , Ma Haizhou, Barnard, P.L.*, Derbyshire, E., Finkel, R.C., Caffee, M.W. and Zeng Yong Nian (2003). Timing of Late Quaternary glaciation along the southwestern slopes of the Qilian Shan. Boreas (32), 281-291. [Link]

Owen, L.A., Finkel, R.C., Minnich, R. and Perez, A.* (2003). Extreme southern margin of Late Quaternary glaciation in North America: timing and controls. Geology (31), 729-732. [Link]

Owen, L.A., Finkel, R.C., Ma, H., Spencer, J.Q. , Derbyshire, E., Barnard, P.L.* and Caffee, M.W. (2003). Timing and style of Late Quaternary glaciations in NE Tibet. Geological Society of America. Bulletin (11), 1356-1364. [Link]

Owen, L.A., Derbyshire, E. and Scott, C.H. (2002). Contemporary sediment production and transfer in high-altitude glaciers. Sedimentary Geology, 155, 13-36. [Link]

Benn, D.I. and Owen, L.A. (2002). Himalayan glacial sedimentary environments: a framework for reconstructing and dating former glacial extents in high mountain regions. Quaternary International, 97-98, 3-26. [Link]

Yang, X., Zhu, Z., Jaekel, D., Owen, L.A. and Han, J. (2002). Late Quaternary palaeoenvironmental change and landscape evolution along the Keriya River, Xingjiang, China: the relationship between high mountain glaciation and landscape evolution in foreland desert regions. Quaternary International, 97-98, 155-166. [Link]

Owen, L.A., Kamp, U., Spencer, J.Q. and Haserodt, K. (2002). Timing and style of Late Quaternary glaciation in the eastern Hindu Kush, Chitral, northern Pakistan: a review and revision of the glacial chronology based on new optically stimulated luminescence dating. Quaternary International, 97-98, 41-56. [Link]

Owen, L.A., Finkel, R.C., Caffee, M.W., Gualtieri, L (2002). Timing of multiple glaciations during the Late Quaternary in the Hunza Valley, Karakoram Mountains, Northern Pakistan: defined by cosmogenic radionuclide dating of moraines. Geological Society of America Bulletin, 114, 593-604. [Link]

Owen, L.A., Finkel, R.C. and Caffee, M.W. (2002). A note on the extent of glaciation throughout the Himalaya during the global Last Glacial Maximum. Quaternary Science Reviews, 21, 147-157. [Link]

Owen, L.A. Gualtieri, L., Finkel, R.C., Caffee, M.W., Benn, D.I., Sharma, M.C. (2001). Cosmogenic radionuclide dating of glacial landforms in the Lahul Himalaya, Northern India: defining the timing of Late Quaternary glaciation. Journal of Quaternary Science, 16, 555-563. [Link]

Lee, J., Spencer, J.Q. and Owen, L.A. (2001). Holocene slip rates along the Owens Valley fault, California: implications for the recent evolution of the Eastern California Shear Zone. Geology, 29, 819–822. [Link]

Barnard, P.L.*, Owen, L.A., Sharma, M.C.* and Finkel, R.C. (2001). Natural and human-induced landsliding in the Garhwal Himalaya of Northern India. Geomorphology, 40, 21-35. [Link]

Derbyshire, E., Fort, M. and Owen, L.A. (2001). Geomorphological hazards along the Karakoram Highway: Khunjerab Pass to the Gilgit River, Northern Pakistan. Erdkunde, 55, 49-71 and Appendix. [Link]

Richards. B.W.M.*, Benn, D. I., Owen, L.A., Rhodes, E.J. and Spencer, J.Q. (2000). Timing of Late Quaternary glaciations south of Mount Everest in the Khumbu Himal, Nepal. Geological Society of American Bulletin, 112, 1621-1632. [Link]

Richards, B.W.M.*, Owen, L.A. and Rhodes, E.J., (2000). Timing of Late Quaternary glaciations in the Himalayas of northern Pakistan. Journal of Quaternary Science, 15, 283-297. [Link]

Owen, L.A., Scott, C.H.*, Derbyshire, E (2000). The Quaternary glacial history of Nanga Parbat. Quaternary International, 65/66, 63-79. [Link]

Owen, L.A., Cunningham, D., Windley, B.F., Badamgarov, J and Dorjnamjaa, D. (1999). The landscape evolution of Nemegt Uul: a late Cenozoic transpressional uplift in the Gobi Altai, southern Mongolia. Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 162, 1-18. [Link]

Owen, L.A., Cunningham, W.D., Richards, B.*, Rhodes, E.J., Windley, B.F., Dornjamjaa, D., Badamgarav, J. (1999). Timing of formation of forebergs in the northeastern Gobi Altai, Mongolia: implications for estimating mountain uplift rates and earthquake recurrence intervals. Journal of the Geological Society, London, 156, 457-464. [Link]

Owen, L.A. (1998). Timing and style of glaciation in the Himalaya. Journal of Himalayan Geology, 18, 37-45. [Link]

Owen, L.A., Richards, B.*, Rhodes, E.J., Cunningham, W.D., Windley, B.F., Badamgarav, J., Dorjnamjaa, D. (1998). Relic permafrost structures in the Gobi of Mongolia: age and significance. Journal of Quaternary Science, 13, 539-548. [Link]

Owen, L.A. and Sharma, M.C.* (1998). Rates and magnitudes of paraglacial fan formation in the Garhwal Himalaya: implications for landscape evolution. Geomorphology, 26, 171-184. [Link]

Owen, L.A. and England, J. (1998). Observations on rock glaciers in the Himalayas and Karakoram Mountains of northern Pakistan and India. Geomorphology, 26, 199-213. [Link]

Owen, L.A., Derbyshire, E. and Fort, M. (1998). The Quaternary glacial history of the Himalaya. Quaternary Proceedings (6), 91-120. [Link]

Lehmkuhl, F., Owen, L.A. and Derbyshire, E. (1998). Late Quaternary glacial history of northeastern Tibet. Quaternary Proceedings, 6, 121-142. [Link]

Benn, D. and Owen, L.A. (1998). The role of the Indian summer monsoon and the mid-latitude westerlies in Himalayan glaciation: review and speculative discussion. Journal of the Geological Society, London, 155, 353-363. [Link]

Owen, L.A., Mitchell, W., Bailey, R.M.*, Coxon, P. and Rhodes, E. (1997). Style and timing of Glaciation in the Lahul Himalaya, northern India: a framework for reconstructing late Quaternary palaeoclimatic change in the western Himalayas. Journal of Quaternary Science, 12, 83-109. [Link]

Owen, L.A., Windley, B.F., Cunningham, W.D., Badamgarov, G. and Dorjnamjaa, D. (1997). Quaternary alluvial fans in the Gobi Desert, southern Mongolia: evidence for neotectonics and climate change. Journal of Quaternary Science, 12, 239-252. [Link]

Derbyshire, E. and Owen, L.A. (1997). Quaternary glacial history of the Karakoram Mountains and Northwest Himalayas: a review. Quaternary International, 38/39, 85-102. [Link]

Cunningham, W.D., Windley, B.F., Owen, L.A., Barry, T., Dorjnamjaa, and Badamgarav (1997). Geometry and style of partitioned deformation within a Late Cenozoic transpressional zone in the eastern Gobi Altai Mountains, Mongolia. Tectonophysics, 277, 285-306. [Link]

Sharma, M.C.* and Owen, L.A. (1996). Quaternary glacial history of NW Garhwal Himalayas. Quaternary Science Reviews, 15, 335-365. [Link]

Owen, L.A., Sharma, M.* and Bigwood, R.* (1996). Landscape modification and geomorphological consequences of the 20 October 1991 earthquake and the July – August 1992 monsoon in the Garhwal Himalaya. Zeitschrift für Geomorphologie, 103, 359-372. [Link]

Owen, L.A., Derbyshire, E., Richardson, S.*, Benn, D.I., Evans, D.J.A. and Mitchell, W.A. (1996). The Quaternary glacial history of the Lahul Himalaya, Northern India. Journal of Quaternary Science, 11, 25-42. [Link]

Owen, L.A. (1996). Quaternary lacustrine deposits in a high-energy semi-arid mountain environment, Karakoram Mountains, northern Pakistan. Journal of Quaternary Science, 11, 461-483. [Link]

Coxon, P., Owen, L.A. and Mitchell, W.A. (1996). A late Quaternary catastrophic flood in the Lahul Himalayas. Journal of Quaternary Science, 11, 495-510. [Link]

Owen, L.A., Benn, D.I., Derbyshire, E., Evans, D.J.A., Mitchell, W.A., Thompson, D., Richardson, S.*, Lloyd, M.* and Holden, C.* (1995). The geomorphology and landscape evolution of the Lahul Himalaya, Northern India. Zeitschrift für Geomorphologie, 39, 145-174. [Link]

Evans, D.J.A., Owen, L.A. and Roberts, D.* (1995). Stratigraphy and sedimentology of Devansian (Dimlington Stadial) glacial deposits, east Yorkshire, England. Journal of Quaternary Science, 10, 241-265. [Link]

Davison, I, Al-Kadasi, M., Al-Khirbash, S., Al-Subbary, A.K., Baker, J., Blakey, S., Bosence, D., Dart, C., Owen, L.A., Menzie, M., McClay, K., Nichols, G. and Yelland, A (1994). Geological evolution of the southern Red Sea rift-margin: Republic of Yemen. Geological Society of American Bulletin, 106, 1474-1493. [Link]

Owen, L.A., White, B., Rendell, H. and Derbyshire, E. (1992). Loessic silts in the western Himalayas: their sedimentology, genesis and age. Catena, 19, 493-509. [Link]

Owen, L.A. (1991). Mass movement deposits in the Karakoram Mountains: their sedimentary characteristics, recognition and role in Karakoram landform evolution. Zeitschrift für Geomorphologie, 35, 401-424. [Link]

Derbyshire, E., Wang, J., Jin Z., Billard, A., Egels, Y., Kasser, M., Jones, D.K.C., Muxart, T and Owen, L.A. (1991). Landslides in the Gansu Loess of China. Catena, 20, 119-145. [Link]

Owen, L.A. (1989). Terraces, uplift and climate in the Karakoram Mountains, Northern Pakistan: Karakoram intermontane basin evolution. Zeitschrift für Geomorphologie (76), 117-146. [Link]

Owen, L. A. and Derbyshire, E. (1989). The Karakoram glacial depositional system. Zeitschrift für Geomorphologie, 76, 33-74. [Link]

Owen, L.A. (1988). The palaeontology and geochemistry of the Gastrioceras cancellatum Marine Band, on the Glyn Neath Bank, North Crop of the South Wales Coal Field. Mercian Geologist, 11, 161-170. [Link]

Owen, L.A. (1988). Neotectonics and glacial deformation in the Karakoram Mountains and Nanga Parbat Himalaya. Tectonophysics, 163, 227-265. [Link]

Invited Publications

Owen, L.A., (2008). How Tibet might keep its edge.. Nature, 455, 748, 749. [Link]

Books

Pickering, K.T. and Owen, L.A. (1997). Instructor's manual for an Introduction to Global Environmental Issues. London: Routledge.

Pickering, K.T. and Owen, L.A. (1997). An Introduction to Global Environmental Issues (2nd Edition). London: Routledge.

Pickering, K.T. and Owen, L.A. (1994). An Introduction to Global Environmental Issues. London: Routledge.

Book Chapters

Owen, L.A. (2006). Quaternary Glaciation. Kreutzmann, H. (Eds.), Karakoram in Transition – Culture, development, and ecology in the Hunza Valley. (pp. 12-23). Karachi: Oxford University Press.

Owen, L.A. and Derbyshire, E. (2004). Glacial Environments. Fookes, P.G., Lee, E. M. and Milligan, G. (Eds.), Handbook of Engineering Geomorphology. (pp. 345-375). Caithness: Whittles Publishing.

Owen, L.A. (2004). Cenozoic evolution of global mountain systems. Owens, P.N. and Slaymaker, O. (Eds.), Mountain Geomorphology. (pp. 33-58). London: Edward Arnold .[Link]

Owen, L.A. (2004). The Late Quaternary glaciation of Northern India. Elhers, J. and Gibbard, P. (Eds.), Extent and Chronology of Glaciations Volume 3. (pp. 201-210). Amsterdam: Elsevier.

Benn, D.I., Kirkbride, M.P., Owen, L.A. and Brazier, V. (2003). Glaciated valley landsystems. Evans, D.J. (Eds.), Glacial Landsystems. (pp. 372-406). London: Edward Arnold.[Link]

Searle, M.P. and Owen, L.A. (1999). The evolution of the Indus River in relation to topographic uplift, erosion, climate and geology of western Tibet, the Transhimalayan and High Himalayan Ranges. Meadows, A. and Meadows, P. (Eds.), The Indus River. (pp. 210-230). Oxford: Oxford University Press.

Davison, I., Tatnell, M.*, Owen, L.A., Jenkins, G.* and Baker, J.A. (1998). Tectonic geomorphology and rates of crustal processes along the Red Sea margin, NW Yemen. Purser, B.H. and Bosence, D.W.J. (Eds.), Sedimentation and Tectonics in Rift Basins: Red Sea and Gulf of Aden. (pp. 595-612). London: Chapman Hall.

Derbyshire, E. and Owen, L.A. (1996). Glacioaeolian processes, sediments and landforms. Menzies, J. (Eds.), Past Glacial Environments: sediments, forms and techniques. (pp. 213-237). Chichester: Wiley.

Owen, L.A., Sharma, M.C.* and Bigwood, R.* (1995). Mass movement hazard in the Garhwal Himalaya: the effects of the 20 October 1991 Garhwal earthquake and the July-August 1992 monsoon season. McGregor, D.F.M. and Thompson, D.A. (Eds.), Geomorphology and Land Management in a Changing Environment. (pp. 69-88). Chichester: Wiley.

Owen, L.A. (1994). Glacial and non-glacial diamictons in the Karakoram Mountains. Croots, D. and Warren, W. (Eds.), The formation and deformation of glacial deposits. (pp. 9-29). Rotterdam: A.A. Balkema.

Owen, L.A. (1994). Global geology and world development. Unwin, T. (Eds.), Atlas of World Development. (pp. 40-41). Chichester: Wiley.

Shroder, J.F., Owen, L.A. and Derbyshire, E. (1993). Quaternary Glacial history of the Karakoram and Nanga Parbat Himalaya. Shroder, J.F. (Eds.), Himalaya to the Sea: Geology, Geomorphology and the Quaternary. (pp. 132-158). London: Routledge.

Owen L.A. and Derbyshire, E. (1993). Quaternary and Holocene intermontane basin sedimentation in the Karakoram Mountains. Shroder, J.F. (Eds.), Himalaya to the Sea: Geology, Geomorphology and the Quaternary. (pp. 108-131). London: Routledge.

Derbyshire, E. and Owen, L.A. (1990). Quaternary Alluvial Fans in the Karakoram Mountains. A.H. Rachocki and Church, M. (Eds.), Alluvial Fans: A field approach. (pp. 27-53). Chichester: John Wiley & Sons Ltd.

Owen, L.A. and Derbyshire, E. (1988). Glacially deformed diamictons in the Karakoram Mountains, Northern Pakistan. Croots, D. (Eds.), Glaciotectonics. (pp. 149-176). Rotterdam: A. A. Balkema.

Owen, L.A. (1988). Wet-sediment deformation of Quaternary and Recent sediments in the Skardu Basin, Karakoram Mountains, Pakistan. Croots, D. (Eds.), Glaciotectonics. (pp. 123-147). Rotterdam: A. A. Balkema.

Encyclopedia Articles

Owen, L.A. (2006). Tectonic uplift and continental configurations. In Encyclopedia of Quaternary Science (Vol. 2, pp. 1011-1016. Oxford: Elsevier.

Owen, L.A. (2006). Late Quaternary glaciation in Highland Asia. In Encyclopedia of Quaternary Science (Vol. 2, pp. 1109-1115. Oxford: Elsevier.

Owen, L.A. (2001). Himalayan-Tibetan uplift and global climate change. In Oxford Companion to the Earth pp. 507-510. Oxford: Oxford University Press.

Owen, L.A. (2001). Loess deposition and palaeoclimate. In Oxford Companion to the Earth pp. 618-622. Oxford: Oxford University Press.

Owen, L.A. (2001). Mountain Geomorphology. In Oxford Companion to the Earth pp. 708-713. Oxford: Oxford University Press.

Reviews

Owen, L.A. (1999). [Review of Tectonic uplift and climate change] Quaternary Science Reviews 18, 881-882.

Honors & Awards

Fellow of the Geological Society of London.

President's Award of the Geological Society of London.

Fellow of the Graduate School (University of Cincinnati).

Other Experience and Professional Memberships

Geological Society of America.

American Geophysical Union.

Geological Society of London.

Quaternary Geology and Geomorphology Division of GSA.

Courses Taught

GEOL 104, Environmental Geology.

GEOL 572, Quaternary Geochronology.

GEOL 590, Geology of the Himalaya.

Additional Information

Himalayan Field Trip, 2005 Video Link.

My full curriculum vitae [Link]

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