Adviser: Roman DiBiase and Li Li
Ph.D., Geosciences, The Pennsylvania State University, In Progress
M.S., Geosciences, The Pennsylvania State University, 2017
B.A., Geology - Dating and characterizing valley-fill deposits in the San Gabriel Mountains, Pomona College in Claremont, California, 2015
My research project with the SSHCZO is landscape evolution within the Shavers Creek watershed, especially the coupling of hillslope and fluvial processes, control of lithology on rivers, and the movement of water through the landscape.
2018
Record of coupled hillslope and channel response to Pleistocene erosion and deposition in a sandstone headwater valley, central Pennsylvania. Del Vecchio, J., DiBiase, R.A., Denn, A.R., Bierman, P.R., Caffee, M.W., and Zimmerman, S.R. (2018): Geological Society of America Bulletin November/December, vol 130, no. 11/12, p. 1903–1917
2018
The Effect of Lithology and Agriculture at the Susquehanna Shale Hills Critical Zone Observatory. Li Li, DiBiase Roman A., Del Vecchio Joanmarie, Marcon Virginia, Hoagland Beth, Xiao Dacheng, Wayman Callum, Tang Qicheng, He Yuting, Silverhart Perri, Szink Ismaiel, Forsythe Brandon, Williams Jennifer Z., Shapich Dan, Mount Gregory J., Kaye Jason, Guo Li, Lin Henry, Eissenstat David, Dere Ashlee, Brubaker Kristen, Kaye Margot, Davis Kenneth J., Russo Tess A., Brantley Susan L. (2018): Vadose Zone Journal, 17:180063
Papers and books that explicitly acknowledge a CZO grant are highlighted in PALE ORANGE.
2018
Near-surface Geophysical Characterization of Cole Farms in the Susquehanna Shale Hills Critical Zone Observatory, Pennsylvania, USA. Gregory Mount*, Jorden Hayes, Perri Silverhart, Callum Richard Wayman, Joanmarie Del Vecchio, Roman A DiBiase, Susan L Brantley (2018): Abstract NS41B-0820 presented at 2018 AGU Fall Meeting, Washington, D.C., 10-14 Dec
2018
Reading rocks and ground that once were cold but now are not. Joanmarie Del Vecchio* (2018): Abstract ED21B-02 presented at 2018 AGU Fall Meeting, Washington, D.C., 10-14
2017
A record of coupled hillslope and channel response to Pleistocene periglacial erosion in a sandstone headwater valley, central Pennsylvania. Del Vecchio, J. (2017): Master of Science, Geosciences, The Pennsylvania State University, p.
2017
A Quaternary record of periglacial surface processes preserved in a headwater valley in central Pennsylvania. Del Vecchio, J., DiBiase, R., Bierman, P., Denn, A. (2017): 2017 American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, New Orleans, LA, 11-15 Dec
2017
Shallow critical zone architecture of a headwater sandstone catchment quantified using near-surface geophysics. DiBiase, R., Del Vecchio, J.M., Mount, G.J., Hayes, J.L., Comas, X., Guo, L., Lin, H., Zarif, F., Forsythe, B. and Brantley, S.L. (2017): AGU-SEG Hydrogeophysics Workshop, Stanford, Calif., 24-27 July
2017
Integrating geomorphological and time-lapse geophysical techniques to characterize hydrogeologic properties within shale and sandstone catchments at the Susquehanna Shale Hills Critical Zone Observatory, Pennsylvania, USA. Mount, G.J., DiBiase, R., Comas, X., Del Vecchio, J., Guo, L., Hayes, J., Forsythe, B., Brantley, S. (2017): AGU-SEG Hydrogeophysics Workshop, San Francisco, Calif., 24-27 July 2017
2017
Understanding controls of hydrologic processes across two headwater monolithological catchments using model-data synthesis. Xiao, D., Shi, Y., Hoagland, B., Del Vecchio, J., Russo, T.A., DiBiase, R.A., Li, L. (2017): 2017 American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, New Orleans, LA, 11-15 Dec
2016
Colluvial signatures of Pleistocene sediment production in central Pennsylvania. Del Vecchio, J., Denn, A., DiBiase, R., and Bierman, P. (2016): 2016 Fall Meeting, American Geophysical Union, San Francisco, CA, 12-16 Dec.
2016
Surface and Subsurface Characteristics of Periglacial Landscape Modification in Central Pennsylvania . Del Vecchio, J., Martin, C., Mount, G.J., Hayes, J., Comas, X., and DiBiase, R. (2016): 2016 Geological Society of America Fall Meeting, Denver, CO, 25-28 September
2016
Quantifying the spatial variability in critical zone architecture through surface mapping and near-surface geophysics (Invited). DiBiase, R., Del Vecchio, J., Mount, G., Hayes, J.L., Comas, X., Guo, L., Lin, H., Zarif, F., Forsythe, B., and Brantley, S.L. (2016): 2016 Fall Meeting, American Geophysical Union, San Francisco, CA, 12-16 Dec.
2016
Characterizing Subsurface Lithology and Hydrological Processes at the Susquehanna Shale Hills CZO Using Multi-scale Near-surface Geophysical Measurements. Mount, G., Guo, L., Comas, X., DiBiase, R., Hayes, J.L., Del Vecchio, J., Forsythe, B., Brantley, S.L., and Lin, H. (2016): 2016 Fall Meeting, American Geophysical Union, San Francisco, CA, 12-16 Dec.
2016
Evaluating the Importance of Regolith Heterogenity on Catchment Hydrology in Garner Run, Susquehanna Shale Hills Critical Zone Observatory, Pennsylvania, USA. Silverhart, P., Zhi, W., Xiao, D., Del Vecchio, J., DiBiase, R., and Li, L. (2016): 2016 Geological Society of America Fall Meeting, Denver, CO, 25-28 September
2015
TOPOGRAPHIC AND COLLUVIAL SIGNATURES OF LITHOLOGY, BASE LEVEL, AND CLIMATE IN THE SHAVERS CREEK WATERSHED, PENNSYLVANIA. DiBiase, R.A., Del Vecchio, J., and Granke, S.B. (2015): Pardee Symposium, 2015 GSA National Meeting, Baltimore, MD, Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs. Vol. 47, No. 7, p.832
05 Oct 2017 - Just under 250 geologists from across the state of Pennsylvania spent three days (Oct 5-7) exploring outcrops and research sites in Blair, Centre...
25 May 2017 - Joanmarie Del Vecchio, MS Candidate in Geosciences, delivered an engaging public presentation on her thesis research "A Record of Coupled Hillslope...
26 Sep 2016 - Graduate student, Department of Geosciences, Pennsylvania State University
04 Aug 2016 - A cohort of twenty international graduate students, postdoctoral scholars, and early career faculty spent five days at Penn State for an intense,...
01 Jul 2016 - Joanmarie Del Vecchio, M.S. candidate in Geosciences, has been awarded the 2016 GSA Quaternary Geology and Geomorphology Division Research...
26 May 2016 - The Penn State Integrated Hydrologic Model (PIHM) developer workshop aimed to help developers understand the PIHM code and learn how to contribute...
19 May 2016 - The fourth year of the TeenShale Network water quality monitoring project closes this evening with a poster presentation of their research at the...
16 May 2016 - Jorden Hayes (Southern Sierra CZO) was an invited speaker and visitor to the Shale Hills CZO All-Hands meeting in May 2016
09 May 2016 - Luquillo CZO PI Xavier Comas, Professor of Geosciences at Florida Atlantic University, joined the Susquehanna Shale Hills CZO team along with...
21 Apr 2016 - New this Year: Educators from state parks around Pennsylvania traveled to Shale Hills (Wednesday, April 20th) for a half day introduction to...
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