Vita

David Jorgensen Harbor
Professor, Department of Earth and Environmental Geoscience
Washington and Lee University, Lexington, VA 24450
(540) 458-8871, harbord@wlu.edu

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

Positions

  • Professor 2004-present Geology Department, Washington and Lee University
  • Department Head 2003-2009 Geology Department, Washington and Lee University
  • Associate Professor 1998-2004 Geology Department, Washington and Lee University
  • Assistant Professor 1992-1998. Geology Department, Washington and Lee University
  • Adjunct Assistant Professor 1992 Introductory Geology and Hydrology, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Department of Geography and Earth Sciences.
  • Postdoctoral Research Associate 1990-1991. Geomorphic and hydraulic control of Mississippi River bed topography, Colorado State University, U.S. Army Research Office & Corps of Engineers, Dr. Stanley A. Schumm, PI.
  • Instructor 1989. Geomorphology, Earth Resources Department, Colorado State University. Also lectured in Riparian Ecosystem Management course.
  • Research Assistant 1987. Geomorphological investigation of the Indus River and Plain, Colorado State University, Dr. Stanley A. Schumm, PI.
  • Research Assistant 1986-87, Response of alluvial rivers to active tectonics, Colorado State University, Dr. Stanley A. Schumm, PI.
  • Invited Lecturer 1984. “The use of landform analysis to reduce erosion and increase reclamation stability” Short Course, Pennsylvania State University, Mining Engineering Program.
  • Teaching Assistant 1983-84. Introductory Geology and Geomorphology, laboratory and field instruction, Pennsylvania State University.

Teaching

  1. Regenerative Agriculture and Carbon Sequestration or Carbon Farming– Can we store anthropogenic carbon, rather than produce it, by focusing on soil health to produce food and animals in Rockbridge County? Come find out.
  2. Geomorphology – the study of erosional or depositional processes and landforms at the Earth’s surface from maps, air photos, and field investigations. Includes research hypothesis generation, data collection and report preparation.
  3. Intro Physical Geology – I have taught both lecture/lab and field emphasis sections. In the field course, I have developed a sequence of “learning by seeing and doing” activities that introduce students to a range of geologic phenomena and processes.
  4. GIS & Remote Sensing – technological advances in spatial data and methods require students going on to graduate school or entering the workforce to be literate in geospatial data analysis and management. Exposes students to some ArcGIS analyses and remote sensing techniques, with introductions to other software.
  5. SAND!  A journey from mountains to beaches and western deserts – first-year seminar teaching some basic principles of geology using sand as the foil. We study sand in the Appalachian rocks and rivers, in barrier islands and at the Eastern Shore, and in dunes and eolian rocks of southern Utah and Zion Canyon.
  6. Glaciology & Glacial Geology – seminar first taught in Winter 2014 that examines glacier/meltwater dynamics, erosion and deposition, and glacial landforms
  7. Geological Field Methods – Spring mapping class held in Lexington, but in Pyrenees and New Zealand in the past.
  8. Regional Geology– taught in Eastern US, Pyrenees, New Zealand, and most recently, Iceland.
  9. Environmental Field Methods – exploring the data and methods of environmental earth science (spring).
  10. Environmental Studies “Capstone Experience” in Environmental Design – In its first year (winter 2000), Jim Casey and I helped students to explore a “green design” for the University Commons. In 2002, with Jim Kahn, on Riparian Buffers in Rockbridge County. (not taught anymore- replaced by individual student capstone projects)
  11. Retired (for me at least) Courses:  Computer Applications in Geology, Geology of National Parks, Geology of Natural Hazards, Global Climate Change, Hydrology, Water Resources, Coastal Geology
    (Have I really taught 24 different courses or course topics/locations? That’s ridiculous!)

Publications (W&L undergraduate student coauthors underlined)

  1. 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
  2. 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
  3. 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
  4. 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
  5. 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)​
  6. 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
  7. 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
  8. 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 (view at publisher)
  9. Gonga-Saholiariliva N., Gunnell, Y., Harbor, D., Mering, C., 2011, An automated method for producing synoptic regional maps of river gradient variation: Procedure, accuracy tests, and comparison with other knickpoint mapping methods. Geomorphology. (view at publisher) doi:10.1016/j.geomorph.2011.07.013
  10. Gunnell, Y. and Harbor, D., 2010, Butte detachment: where pre-rift geologic structure and drainage integration drive escarpment evolution at rifted continental margins. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms.Vol. 35(12), p. 1373–1385. View at publisher
  11. Gunnell, Y. and Harbor, D.,2008, Structural Underprint and Tectonic Overprint in the Angavo (Madagascar) and Western Ghats (India) — Implications for Understanding Scarp Evolution at Passive Margins, Journal Geological Society of India Jubilee Edition, Vol.71, June 2008, pp.763-779. low-res pdf 900k
  12. Harbor, D. and Gunnell, Y.,2007, Along-strike Escarpment Heterogeneity of the Western Ghats: A Synthesis of Drainage and Topography Using Digital Morphometric Tools, Journal Geological Society of India (special issue on Western Ghats) Vol.70, September 2007, pp.411-426. high-res pdf 4.5 Mb low-res pdf 700k
  13. Humston, Robert and Harbor, David, 2006, Geologic Analyses for Evaluating Watershed Heterogeneity: Implications for Otolith Chemistry Studies. Proc. Annu. Conf. Southeast. Assoc. Fish and Wildl. Agencies. 60:132–139 pdf copy
  14. Knapp, E.P., Greer, L. G., Connors, C. D., and Harbor, D.,J., 2006, Field-Based Instruction As Part Of A Balanced Geoscience Curriculum At Washington And Lee University, Journal of Geoscience Education.Vol 54, Issue 2, March 2006, Pages 103-108
  15. Harbor, D., Bacastow, A., Heath, A., Rogers, J., 2005, Capturing variable knickpoint retreat in the central Appalachians, USA, Geographia Fisica E Dinamica Quaternaria. v 28, p 23-36. (PDF)
  16. Knapp, E.P. D.O. Terry, and D.J. Harbor. 2004. Reading Virginia’s paleoclimate from the geochemistry and sedimentology of clastic cave sediments. In Sasowsky, I.D. and J. Mylroie eds., Studies of Cave Sediments: Physical and Chemical Records of Paleoclimate. Klewer Academic / Plenum Publishing, p. 95-106.
  17. Knapp, E. P., Harbor, D. J., Ginwalla, Z., 2003, Testing the waters: Can you involve community action in your college curriculum? Journal of Geoscience Education, v. 51, n.3, May 2003, p. 294-298.
  18. Bank, G., Harbor, D. J., and Morriss, D.W., 1999, Erosion history of the St. Marys River, Banisteria (Virginia Journal of Natural History), Number 13, p. 161-169.
  19. Harbor, D. J.,1998, Dynamics of sandy bedforms in the Lower Mississippi River, Journal of Sedimentary Research, vol. 68, p. 750-762.
  20. Harbor, D. J., 1998, Dynamic equilibrium between an active uplift and the Sevier River, Utah. Journal of Geology, v. 106, p. 181-194.
  21. Harbor, D. J., 1997, Landscape evolution at the margin of the Basin and Range. Geology, v. 25, p. 1111-1114.
  22. Harbor, D. J., Schumm, S. A. and Harvey, M D., 1994, Tectonic control of the Indus River, p. 161-176 in Schumm, S.A. and Winkley, B. (eds), The Variability of Large Alluvial Rivers. American Society of Civil Engineers, New York.
  23. **Jorgensen, D. W., Harvey, M.D., Schumm, S.A., and Flam, L., 1993, Hydrology and geomorphology of the Indus River in Sindh: Implications for the Mohen jo Daro site, in J. Shroder and A. Kazmi, eds., Himalayas to the Sea: Geology, Geomorphology and the Quaternary, Routledge, London.
  24. **Jorgensen, D. W., 1992, Use of soils to differentiate dune age and to document spatial variation in eolian activity, northeast Colorado, U.S. Journal of Arid Environments 23: 19-34.
  25. Gardner, T. W., **Jorgensen, D.W. , Shuman, C. and Lemieux, C.R., 1987, Geomorphic process rates: Effects of measured time interval. Geology 15: 259-261.
  26. **Jorgensen, D. W. and Gardner, T. W., 1987, Infiltration capacity of disturbed soils: Temporal change and lithologic control. Water Resources Bulletin 23(6): 1161-1171.
  27. Gardner, T. W., Gryta, J. J., Lemieux, C. R., **Jorgensen, D. W., and Touysinhthiphonexay, K., 1985, Geomorphology and hydrology of surface-mined watersheds, bituminous coal fields, central Pennsylvania. Pages 263-273 in 50th Annual Field Conference of Pennsylvania Geologists, Bureau of Topographic and Geologic Survey, Harrisburg.
  28. **Jorgensen, D. W. and Gardner, T. W., 1985, An analysis of soil and surface properties which affect infiltration and runoff on mined lands, Centre County, Pennsylvania. Pages 83-106 in R. Brooks, D. Samuel, and J. Hill (eds..), Wetlands and Water Management on Mined Lands, Pennsylvania State University, 303 p.

In progress:

  • Fox, N., Harbor, D., Telfeyan, K., in prep, Grain weathering indices in river terrace studies. For submission to Southeastern Geology.
  • Harbor, D., Erickson, P., Rittenhouse, D., Carlson, M, Ries, J., Easthouse, D, Gardner, T., Merritts, D., in sepulturam, Rapid incision of the upper James River, Virginia; conceptual model and evidence of late erosional history. for submission to Geomorphology
  • Elliot, C, Harbor, D., Chow, B., Dodoye-Alai, B, Linney, D, Bank, G., Gardner, T., Merritts, D., in sepulturam, Weathering and soil development in terraces of the upper James River, Valley and Ridge, Virginia. for submission to Southeastern Geology
  • Harbor, D. J., in revision for a decade or two, now three? , Selective transport, channel pattern change and channel migration in three rivers disturbed by localized active tectonics.

**my maiden name is Jorgensen;  Cathryn and I changed our names to Harbor when we married. Scopus and Google have linked the two names.

Student Research with Harbor
see separate file

Presentations at meetings (undergraduate student co-authors underlined, present and former)

  1. Nguyen, Michelle, Jonathan Carranza Cortes, Brayton Johnson, Danny Morales Bautista, Taylor Williams, Nabil Youssef, Mohsen Takhtravan, Michael Gardner,  2023, Field and Laboratory Experiments for Exploring the Drivers of Hydraulic Plucking, AGU Annual Meeting, San Francisco, EP11C-1747.
  2. Jo, Wonjun, Abid Jeem, David Harbor, Kumudu Gamage, 2023, Ground Temperature Modeling for Proper Sizing of Ground Source Heat Pumps, AGU Annual Meeting, San Francisco, H53P-1538.
  3. Gardner, Michael  & Harbor, David, 2023,Considering Plucking as a Block-Fluid System Requires a New Look at Contributing Factors, AGU Annual Meeting, San Francisco, EP13A-04
  4. Williams, Madison, Grant, Claire, Knag, Phoebe, McCaffery, Natalie, Ozboyd, Mark, Tuchler, Matthew, Harbor, David, 2022, Comparing soil health under regenerative and conventional pasture management on varying landscape morphology in the southern Shenandoah Valley, Virginia. Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs. Vol 54, No. 5 DOI: 10.1130/abs/2022AM-381964
  5. Kutsanzira, Michael, Mulkern, Alec S., Harbor, David, Smith, Laws, Kriss, Stevan, Erickson, Jonathan and Wilkinson, Clare, 2021, River Erosion by Plucking Illuminated in Lab and Field Studies, Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs. Vol 53, No. 6, 2021. DOI: 10.1130/abs/2021AM-370146
  6. Larkin, Katherine, Iosso, Chantal, Harbor, David, Hinkle, Margaret and Lyon, Eva C., 2021, Channel Morphology Change and Legacy Sediment Mobilization Following Dam Removal on the Maury River, Virginia, Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs. Vol 53, No. 6 DOI: 10.1130/abs/2021AM-370963
  7. Brown, Michael, Harbor, David, Khalifa, Moataz, 2020, Estimating soil carbon content of grazing lands in Rockbridge County, Virginia using statistical and machine learning techniques, Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs. Vol 52, No. 6, 2020. DOI: 10.1130/abs/2020AM-355742. https://gsa.confex.com/gsa/2020AM/meetingapp.cgi/Paper/355742
  8. Iosso, Chantal, Harbor, David, Pfaff, David, 2019, Low-Head Dam Removal with Little Sediment Release: Case Study from the Maury River, Virginia. Paper EP22B-15, presented at the American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, San Francisco, Dec. 9-13, 2019.
  9. Monson, Ryan, Landry, Kameko, Harbor, David, 2018, Hyporheic flow during plucking of fractured bedrock. Paper EP53E-1945, presented at 2018 AGU Fall Meeting, Washington, D.C., 10-14 Dec.
  10. Bent, Catalena, Messerich, Christopher, Morgan, Izsak, Harbor, David J., Barnhart, William D., 2018, Geomorphic evidence of spatial and temporal changes of slip sense along a reverse fault: the Hoshab Fault of the Makran accretionary prism, southern Pakistan. Paper EP51D-1846, presented at 2018 AGU Fall Meeting, Washington, D.C., 10-14 Dec.
  11. Barnhart, William D., Shea, Hannah N., Peterson, Katherine E., Gold, Ryan, Briggs, Richard W., Harbor, David J., 2018, Co-seismic Vertical Offset Retrieval From High-Resolution, Stereogrammetric DEMs: Examples from the 2013 Baluchistan, Pakistan Earthquake. Paper G54A-01, presented at 2018 AGU Fall Meeting, Washington, D.C., 10-14 Dec.
  12. Harbor, David J., Barnhart, William D., 2017, Geomorphic Evidence of a Complex late-Cenozoic Uplift and Lateral Displacement History Along the 2013 M7.7 Baluchistan, Pakistan Strike-slip Rupture, American Geophysical Union, New Orleans, T31A-0615, https://agu.confex.com/agu/fm17/meetingapp.cgi/Paper/289879
  13. Landry, Kameko R., Harbor, David. J., 2017, Flow in fractured bedrock crack network and its role in plucking, Geological Society of America (Annual Meeting) Abstracts with Programs. Vol. 49, No. 6 https://gsa.confex.com/gsa/2017AM/meetingapp.cgi/Paper/306653
  14. Harbor, David, Wilkinson, Clare, Kuehner, Joel P., 2017 Initiation of plucking in rapidly varied flow: results of flume experiments, Canadian Geophysical Union, Vancouver, ES01A (invited).
  15. Wilkinson, Clare , David Harbor, and Simon D. Levy, 2017, Sensing fluid pressure during plucking events in a natural bedrock channel, Canadian Geophysical Union, Vancouver, P01-ES01.
  16. Wilkinson, Clare; Harbor, David; Keel, Daniel; Levy, Simon; Kuehner, Joel P., 2016, Sensing fluid pressure during plucking events in a natural bedrock channel and experimental flume, American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA, EP33D-1011, https://agu.confex.com/agu/fm16/meetingapp.cgi/Paper/176196
  17. Cuilik, Michael, Helgans, Elliott, Harbor, David J., Barnhart, William D., 2016, Quaternary geomorphic history of the Hoshab fault, southwestern Pakistan, Geological Society of America Annual Meeting, Denver, CO. September, paper 347-13, https://gsa.confex.com/gsa/2016AM/webprogram/Paper287620.html.
  18. Harbor, David; Wilkinson, Clare; Helgans, Elliott; Kuehner, Joel P., 2015, Mechanisms and Rates of Plucking of Experimental Bedrock Blocks, American Geophysical Union Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA, EP21A-0888. https://agu.confex.com/agu/fm15/meetingapp.cgi/Paper/80875
  19. Harbor, David, 2015, invited, Delayed and Episodic Erosional Dissection of an Uplifted Appalachian Margin, Geological Society of America Annual Meeting, Baltimore, MD. Paper No. 9-5. https://gsa.confex.com/gsa/2015AM/webprogram/Paper267517.html
  20. Wilkinson, Clare; Helgans, Elliott; Harbor, David; Kuehner, Joel P., 2015, Flume Investigation of Channel Bedrock Erosion by Plucking, Geological Society of America Annual Meeting, Baltimore, MD, Paper No. 291-2, https://gsa.confex.com/gsa/2015AM/webprogram/Paper263882.html
  21. Elium, E., Freeman, J, Kapasi, M, Wilbur, J, Biemiller, J, and Harbor, D, 2014, Field and Flume Exploration of Channel Bedrock Erosion by Plucking, Geological Society of America National Meeting, Vancouver, BC, https://gsa.confex.com/gsa/2014AM/webprogram/Paper250264.html
  22. Biemiller, J, Harbor, D, Kraal, E, 2014, Imbricated boulders in Athabasca Vallis: were they quarried by megafloods or lava flows? 45th Annual Binghampton Geomorphology Symposium, Knoxville.
  23. Val, P., Silva, C, Harbor, D., Morales, N., Maia, T., and Aamaral, F., 2013, Erosion of an active fault scarp leads to drainage capture in the Amazon region, Brazil. Geological Society of America, National Meeting Denver.
  24. Wnuk, K., Harbor, D., Rahl, J., and Biemiller, J., 2013, Episodic erosion dynamics affecting depositional basins of northwest Argentina, Geological Society of America, National Meeting Denver.
  25. Harbor, D., Meyer, R., Connors, C., 2013, Constraining Cenozoic uplift of the central Appalachians using river profiles and relict surfaces. 8th International Conference on Geomorphology (IAG), Paris.
  26. Harbor D., Rahl J., Bovay C., Galli, C., Sberna, D., Hartman, R., 2013, Drainage rearrangement and sediment production in response to uplift of the Andean Eastern Cordillera, NW Argentina . 8th International Conference on Geomorphology (IAG), Paris.
  27. Harbor, D., 2012, Do river profiles reveal the recent history of the Central Appalachians? Geological Society of Washington, 1462nd Meeting, May 9, 2012.
  28. Harbor, D., Gunnell, Y., Hancock, G., 2011 Episodic and long-lived river incision along geologically heterogeneous passive margins (Invited). AGU Annual Meeting, EP53C-06.
  29. Harbor, David J., Rahl, Jeffrey M., Bovay, A. Caroline, Galli, Claudia, Sberna, Doug, and Hartman, Ryan. 2011 Geomorphic change and sediment production in response to uplift of the Andean Eastern Cordillera, NW Argentina. Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, Vol. 43, No. 5, p. 283
  30. Rahl, Jeffrey M., Harbor, David, Galli, C.I., Staffo, Kristin, Hartman, Ryan, Sberna, Doug. 2011. Using sedimentary provenance to reconstruct the rise of the Eastern Cordillera, NW Argentina. Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, Vol. 43, No. 5, p. 49.
  31. Meyer, R., Schultz, L., Hendriks, B. W., Harbor, D. J., and Connors, C. D., 2011, Central Appalachian Valley and Ridge Province Cenozoic igneous activity and its relation in space and time with the Late Jurassic rift-to-drift-related alkalic dikes: American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, v. 2011, T24A-04.
  32. C. Bovay; D. J. Harbor; J. M. Rahl; K. Staffo; C. Gall. 2010. Valley fill in the Andean Eastern Cordillera: a response to transient incision of the Río Iruya, NW Argentina, American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, EP53D-0644.
  33. K. Staffo; J. M. Rahl; D. J. Harbor; C. Galli; C. Bovay. 2010. Do Neogene foreland basin sediments of the Orán Group, northwestern Argentina record changing conditions in the Eastern Cordillera? American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, EP53D-0643.
  34. Dere, A., White, T., Brantley, S. L., Jin, L., Harbor, D., Townsend, M., 2010, Shale weathering rates across a continental-scale climosequence. World Congress of Soil Science, Soil Solutions for a Changing World 19: D1.2, 25.
  35. Harbor, D., Gunnell, Y., & Braucher, R., 2008, Rate and style of canyon incision and knickzone retreat in South India. European Geophysical Union General Assembly, Vienna, April 2008.
  36. Gunnell, Y., Harbor, D., 2008, Structural underprint, tectonic overprint and drainage integration — do escarpments at passive margins persist or reform? European Geophysical Union General Assembly, Vienna, April 2008.
  37. Harbor, David J., Salisbury, Barrett, Braunscheidel, Michael, Barnhart, William, and Tainer, Erin, 2006, High Resolution Channel Surveying to Evaluate the Hydraulic and Erosional Characteristics of a Bedrock Knickpoint In an Appalachian River.  Geological Society of America meeting, Philadelphia (22-25 October 200
  38. Harbor, D. J., and Gunnell, Y., ;Escarpment Retreat in South India: River Erosion of Continental Margins , Presentation at the Institut Français de Pondichéry Golden Jubilee Conference and Celebration. February, 2005
  39. Harbor, David J, Bacastow, Amy, Heath, Andrew, and, Rogers, Jackson 2004, Variable Knickpoint Retreat in Folded Sedimentary Rocks of the Central Appalachians, International Geological Congress, Florence, Italy, August 2004
  40. Harbor, David J, Rogers, Jackson, Heath, Andrew, and Bacastow, Amy, 2004, Erosion By Knickpoint Retreat In The Upper James River Basin, presented at the Symposium entitled “New approaches to the study of Appalachian landscapes”, SE Geological Society of America, GSA Abstracts with Programs Vol. 36, No. 2, March 2004.
  41. Hancock, Gregory S., Harbor, David J., Felis, Jonathan, and Turcotte, John, 2004, 10Be Dating Of River Terraces Reveals Piedmont Landscape Disequilibrium in the Central James River Basin, Virginia, SE Geological Society of America, GSA Abstracts with Programs Vol. 36, No. 2, March 2004
  42. Hancock, Greg, and Harbor, David, Felis, Jonathan, 2003, Knickpoint retreat and landscape disequilibrium on the James River from the Piedmont through the Valley and Ridge, central Virginia, USA, Eos Trans. AGU, 84(46), Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract H52A-1141.
  43. Harbor, David J., Bacastow, Amy, Heath, Andrew, and Rogers, Jackson, 2003, Drainage Basin Incision By Knickpoint Retreat Across Variable Rock Types, Central Appalachians, Virginia, Geological Society of America, Fall, Denver.
  44. Felis, Jonathan, Hancock, Greg, and Harbor, David, 2003, Rapid river incision and knickpoint migration inferred from terraces data using 10Be, James River, Central Virginia, USA, SE section Geological Society of America Meeting, Memphis TN, (GSA Abstracts with Programs Vol. 35, No. 1, February 2003)
  45. Turner, Benjamin F., Knapp, Elizabeth P., and Harbor, David J., 2002, Climatic factors limiting limestone dissolution at the soil-bedrock interface, Geological Society of America Meeting, Denver, October 27-30, 2002.
  46. Knapp, E., Harbor, D., and Ginwalla, Z., 2002. Maury River Alliance: Citizen monitoring of the effect of land use on water quality. Environment Virginia, VMI, April 2002 (Harbor also had a section of the meeting field trip).
  47. Hancock, Greg, and Harbor, David, 2002, Cosmogenic isotope dating of rapid, disequilibrium incision of the James River in Central Virginia, Geological Society of America Joint SE and NC Sections Meeting, (April 3–5, 2002)
  48. Harbor, David J., Collier, Krista L., and Laucks, Jeremy W., 2001, Terraces and incision history of the James River near the Blue Ridge of Virginia, Geological Society of America, November, 2001, Boston.
  49. Knapp, E. P., Harbor, D. J., and Ginwalla, Z., 2001, The Maury River Alliance: A model for undergraduate research, service learning, and curricular enhancement, Geological Society of America, November, 2001, Boston.
  50. Harbor, D. J., Knapp, E. P., and Ginwalla, Z., 2001, The Maury River Alliance: a university-community joint effort, 8th Annual Virginia Watershed Management conference, September, Virginia Beach.
  51. Terry, Dennis O., Knapp, Elizabeth P., Harbor, David J., Thren, Robert C. 1999. Clastic sediment of Bathers Cave: A potential record of Quaternary climate change in west-central Virginia. Geol. Soc. Am. Meeting, Denver, October.
  52. Knapp, Elizabeth P., Harbor, David J., Terry, Dennis O, 1999. Geochemical signatures in clastic cave sediments:  Implications for Quaternary paleoclimates in west-central Virginia. Geol. Soc. Am. Meeting, Denver, October.
  53. Harbor, D. J., Panuska, Bruce C., Terry, Dennis O., Knapp, Elizabeth P., 1999, River incision and climate history revealed in cave stratigraphy, Maury River basin, Virginia.  EOS (American Geophysical Union Meeting, Boston, June 1999)
  54. Harbor, D. J., Bank, G., Morriss, D., 1998, Erosion history of the St Mary’s River. Symposium on the Natural History of the Big Levels Area, VA: Maple Flats Sinkhole Ponds and the St. Mary’s River, Va Dept of Conservation & Recreation: Natural Heritage, October, 1998.
  55. Bank, G., and Harbor, 1998, Headward advance of the James River basin by capture of the St Marys River from the Shenandoah River basin, Virginia, Geological Society of America National Meeting, Toronto October 1998
  56. Erickson, P.A., Harbor, D. J., 1998, Bringing down Floyd: Incision by the James River in the Valley and Ridge of Virginia, Geological Society of America National Meeting, Toronto October 1998.
  57. Ries, J., Merritts, D., Harbor, D. J., Gardner, T.W., Erickson, P. A., Carlson, M., 1998, Increased Rates of Fluvial Bedrock Incision in the Central Appalachian Mountains, Virginia, Geological Society of America National Meeting, Toronto October 1998.
  58. Harbor, D. J., Merritts, D., and Gardner, T. W., 1998, Cenozoic landscape evolution in the southern Shenandoah Valley, Virginia. Pages 222-225 in Eleventh Keck Research Symposium in Geology Proceedings, Amherst MA, April, 1998.
  59. Bank, G., and Harbor, D., 1998, Mineral weathering characteristics of Maury River terraces, Rockbridge Co., Virginia Academy of Science, May 1998, George Mason Univ.
  60. Ledlie, D., and Harbor, D., 1998, Channel management history and implications for channel stability, South River, Rockbridge Co., Virginia Academy of Science, May 1998, George Mason Univ.
  61. Benazzi, J., and Harbor, D., 1998, Floodplain stratigraphy of the Maury River, Rockbridge Co.., Virginia Academy of Science, May 1998, George Mason Univ.
  62. Harbor, D. J., 1996, “Nonuniform erosion patterns in the Appalachian Mountains of Virginia.’” Presented at the Geological Society of America National Meeting, November 1996, Denver, CO.
  63. Harbor, D. J., 1994 “Straightening and Incision of the Upper James River associated with river capture .” Presented at the Geological Society of America, Southeastern Section, April, 1994, Blacksburg, VA
  64. Harbor, D. J., 1994 “Erosion of extensional mountain uplifts.” Presented at the Geological Society of America National Meeting, November 1994, Seattle, WA.
  65. Kiley, Q. K., and Harbor, D. J., 1994 “Land classification of the James River Face reveals the effects of past climates on the Blue Ridge” Presented at VA Academy of Science Meeting, May 1994, Harrisonburg, VA (VA Journal of Science Vol. 45, no. 2, p. 87)
  66. **Jorgensen, D. W., Ethridge, F.G., and Schumm, S. A., 1992, Patterns of sedimentation in rivers disturbed by active tectonics. American Association of Petroleum Geologists, Calgary, June, 1992.
  67. **Jorgensen, D. W., 1989, Style and rate of river erosion of uplifts. Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs 21(6): A40. Presented in technical session “Geomorphic Processes and Landform Evolution,” National Meeting, St. Louis, MO, Nov.,1989.

**my maiden name is Jorgensen;  Cathryn and I changed our names to Harbor when we married. Scopus and Google Scholar have linked the two names.

REPORTS (informally published, or unpublished)

  • Knapp, E. P., Harbor, D. J., Ginwalla, Z., Defining basin water quality: Land use, tributary input and downstream dynamics, unrevised manuscript.
  • Harbor, D. J., 2000, Late Cenozoic landform evolution in the upper James River basin, SE Friends of the Pleistocene Fieldtrip Guidebook.
  • Harbor, D. J., 1998, River incision produced by punctuated landscape evolution in the Valley and Ridge of Virginia. Pages 21-29 in Evans, N. H. (ed.) Geology of Eastern Rockbridge County, 28th Annual Virginia Geologic Field Conference, October 17, 1998.
  • Harbor, D. J. and Framptom, J. D., 1996, Classification and mapping of geomorphology in the Peters Mountain, Laurel Fork and upper Piney River areas, George Washington National Forest. Final grant report submitted to the George Washington National Forest, US Forest Service, Sept. 1996, 55 p & 4 maps, 1:24,000.
  • Harbor, D. J., Dunlevy, C., and Kiley, Q., 1993, Geomorphology of the James River Face Wilderness, Jefferson National Forest: Classification and Mapping. Final grant report submitted to the Jefferson National Forest, US Forest Service, Roanoke, VA, Oct. 1993, 34 p & 2 maps, 1:24,000.
  • Jorgensen, D. W., 1990, Hydraulic adjustment of the Jefferson River, MT to Uplift, in R. D. Hall, ed. , Quaternary Geology of the Western Madison Range, Madison Valley, Tobacco Root Range, and Jefferson Valley, Rocky Mtn Friends of the Pleistocene Fieldtrip Guidebook, August 1990, Southwest Montana, p. 245-257.

External Funding totaling nearly $900,000 (does not include W&L RE Lee/Summer Research Scholars and W&L Glenn/Lenfest Faculty Grants)

  • 2022-2025 National Science Foundation; “Collaborative Research/RUI: Multi-Block System Response to Hydraulic Loads in Rock Scour,” $218,124, with a collaborative proposal also awarded to Mike Gardner at University of Nevada – Reno. We’ll do the experimental work here, he’ll do the numerical.
  • 2016-2019 Bill Barnhart (U Iowa), David Harbor (W&L), Richard Briggs (USGS), Distributed Strain in Southern Pakistan – How and Why do Single Faults Slip in Multiple Directions?, NASA, $385k.
  • 2014-2015 Chris Connors PI, “Structure from Motion (SfM) Geological Modeling using Terrestrial and Aerial Imagery from a Vertical Take Off and Landing Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (VTOL UAV), Virginia Commonwealth Research Commercialization Fund (CRCF)
  • 2009-2012 “Susquehanna/Shale Hills Critical Zone Observatory” W&L faculty and students will participate in a multi-institution weathering/erosion/geochemistry study with PI’s at Penn State. Funded by the NSF.
  • 2004-2005 “Escarpment Retreat in South India: River Erosion of Continental Margins” American Institute for Indian Studies, $17,000
  • 2000-2002 “Multidisciplinary Applications of ICP-OES in support of Undergraduate Education and Research” National Science Foundation DUE-CCLI, $57,000 (as Co-PI with PI, Elizabeth Knapp and Co-PI, Frank Settle)
  • 2000-2001 “Maury River Alliance:  Water Quality Studies in the Upper James River Watershed” (with Elizabeth Knapp, VMI, Rockbridge County, and local citizens/environmental organizations) National Fish and Wildlife Foundation, $23,125.
  • 1999 Support for establishing the “Citizen Monitors Mapping Program” at the Washington and Lee Geology Department GIS Lab from the Virginia Izaak Walton League Save Our Streams Program (with money from the Virginia DEQ and DCR), $5000.
  • 1998-2001 “Can drainage basin expansion produce episodic passive margin deposition? A test of the James River, Virginia” American Chemical Society, Petroleum Research Fund, $29,990 including support for 4 summer students.
  • 1999  Supplemental grant from the PRF to support Dr. Greg Hancock, College of William and Mary, for the summer of 1999 for research examining channel erosion processes in the James River, $6500.
  • 1998   Keck Geology Consortium project workshop following up our summer 1997 research.  Attended by all participants and two Virginia geomorphologists as guest speakers. W&L Univ., Jan 29-Feb 1, 1998. $10,000
  • 1997 “Landscape Evolution in the Valley and Ridge of Virginia,” Keck Geology Consortium Junior Research Project, $53,426. Involved 9 students from 6 colleges and universities, two additional faculty members from consortium colleges, and 5 visiting geologists in a 4-week field research program. The project produced 9 student theses and two abstracts, GSA, Fall 1998.
  • 1994-1996 “Geomorphology and Erosion of Extensional Mountain Blocks,” National Science Foundation, $64,198. Involved six students and one technical assistant and has resulted so far in one talk at GSA, one paper, two student independent projects, one senior thesis, and the development of a new course in GIS and Remote Sensing.
  • 1994-1995 “Classification and mapping of geomorphology in the Peters Mountain, Laurel Fork and upper Piney River areas, George Washington National Forest,” US Forest Service Challenge Grant, $10,753. Involved one student, and one GIS/Computing assistant, and resulted in one talk at GSA.
  • 1993 “Classification and Mapping of Geomorphology in the James River Face Wilderness,” US Forest Service Challenge Grant, $5,143. Involved two students, one R. E. Lee Scholarship and one technical assistant and resulted in one talk at VA Acad. Sci. and one independent study.

Campus/Town Involvement

  • former RACC (Rockbridge Area Conservation Council) board member
  • past Vice-chair Natural Bridge Soil and Water Conservation District, & Chair of the Easement Committee
  • founding member of the Environmental Studies Committee – a committee brought together to study, and then bring about a campus-wide interdisciplinary program in environmental studies. I teach one foundation and one seminar course, and have twice co-taught in the “capstone” experience, once in winter 2000 focused on “Environmental Design” of the University Commons, and a second in 2002 on a “Riparian Buffers” in Rockbridge County.
  • Past or present member of Environmental Studies Committee, University Lecture, Faculty Executive, Registration and Class Scheduling, Library, Environmental Planning and Management, and University Sustainability Committees.
  • Supporter of and participant in outing club activities and FOC trips.

THE OTHER LIFE

Home:
9 Sellers Ave, Lex VA 24450

Married to Cathryn Kaylor Harbor
and Dad to Erin, Kaia, and Thomas

We like creeks, hikes, bikes, canoes, cooking, and organic gardening. And as of summer 2021, we own farmland 🙂 but aren’t yet farmers.