The western escarpment creates an impressive landscape in the Guadalupe Mountains of Texas and New Mexico. My students and I are looking at the evolution of drainage basins, knickpoints, and the uplift history in this region.
Ongoing Projects
Evaluating apatite quality for potential (U-Th)/He thermochronometry.
Evaluating spatial patterns of faulting and erosion using digital elevation models, Google Earth, and drainage basin characteristics.
Publications
Tranel, L.M. and Happel, A.A., 2020, Evaluating escarpment evolution and bedrock erosion rates in the western Guadalupe Mountains, West Texas and New Mexico, Geomorphology, v. 368. Click to view.
Schoenmann, S., Tranel, L.M., Peterson, E., Thayn, J., 2025, Controls on Longitudinal Stream Profile Evolution in Guadalupe Mountains National Park, Annals of the American Association of Geographers, Special Issue on National Parks and Protected Places, 1-16. https://doi.org/10.1080/24694452.2025.2511941
Student Theses
Hoffman, Lauren L. (2014) Spatial variability of erosion patterns along the eastern margin of the Rio Grande Rift. Click for PDF copy.
Happel, Audrey A. (2017) Evaluating fault-line escarpment exposure in the Guadalupe Mountains of West Texas and New Mexico. Click for PDF copy.
Schoenmann, Samuel T. (2017) Evaluating relationships between rock strength and longitudinal stream profile morphometry in the southern Guadalupe Mountains, Texas. Click for PDF copy.