Thomas Neilson

Tom came to UVM in 2012 and worked in China with Amanda Schmidt. His research applied multiple isotopic tracers to detrital sediment samples.

MS Thesis, Geology (University of Vermont, 2016)

Using Long and Short-Lived Sediment-Associated Isotopes to Track Erosion and Sediemnts Movement through Rivers in Yunnan, SW China
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Undergraduate Degree

Colorado College, B.A., 2010

Email Address

neilson.thomasb@gmail.com

Refereed Papers

Schmidt, A. H., Sosa-Gonzalez, V., Bierman, P. R., Neilson, T. B.,Rood, D. (2017) Agricultural land use doubled sediment loads in western China's rivers. Anthropocene. v. 21, p. 95-106. doi:10.1016/j.ancene.2017.10.002

Neilson, T. B., Schmidt, A. H., Bierman, P. R., Sosa-Gonzalez, V., and Rood, D. (2017) Efficacy of in situ and meteoric ¹⁰Be mixing in fluvial sediment collected from small catchments in China. Chemical Geology. v. 471, p. 119-130. doi:10.1016/j.chemgeo.2017.09.024

Singleton, A. A., Schmidt, A. H., Bierman, P. R., Rood, D., Neilson, T. B., Greene, E. S., Bower, J. A. and Perdrial, N. (2017) Effects of grain size, mineralogy, and acid-extractable grain coatings on the distribution of the fallout radionuclides ⁷Be, ¹⁰Be, ¹³⁷Cs, and ²¹⁰Pb in river sediment. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta. v. 197, p. 71–86. doi:10.1016/j.gca.2016.10.007

Schmidt, A. H., Neilson, T. B., Bierman, P. R., Rood, D., Ouimet, W.B. and Sosa-Gonzalez, V. (2016) Influence of topography and human activity on apparent in situ ¹⁰Be-derived erosion rates in Yunnan, SW China. Earth Surface Dynamics. v. 4, p. 819-830. doi:10.5194/esurf-4-819-2016

Abstracts

Schmidt, A., Sosa-Gonzales, V., Bierman, P. R., Neilson, T., Rood, D. and Hill, M. (2017) Agricultural land use doubled sediment yield of western China’s rivers. EOS, AGU Fall Meeting, New Orleans, LA. Abstract EP21D-1867. (download pdf)

Campbell, M. K., Bower, J. A., Schmidt, A. H., Neilson, T. B., Sosa-Gonzalez, V. and Bierman, P. R. (2015) Fallout radionuclides in soil profiles and history of land use in Yunnan province, China. GSA Abstracts with Programs, Annual Meeting, Baltimore, MD. v. 47(7), p. 515, Abstract 204-10. (download pdf)

Singleton, A., Schmidt, A. H., Sosa-Gonzalez, V., Qiu, Y., Neilson, T., Greene, E. S., Bierman, P. R., Rood, D., Campbell, M. K. and Woodmansee, S. J. (2015) Effects of grain size and mineralogy on the distribution of fallout radionuclides ⁷Be, ¹⁰Be, ¹³⁷Cs, and ²¹⁰Pb in sediment. GSA Abstracts with Programs, Annual Meeting, Baltimore, MD. v. 47(7), p. 240, Abstract 82-5. (download pdf)

Sosa-Gonzalez, V., Schmidt, A. H., Bierman, P. R., Neilson, T. B., Singleton, A., Qiu, Y., Bower, J. A. and Rood, D. H. (2015) Understanding sediment sourcing and erosion controls from ¹⁰Be measurements in fluvial sediments from Yunnan, China. GSA Abstracts with Programs, Annual Meeting, Baltimore, MD. v. 47(7), p. 240, Abstract 82-4. (download pdf)

Schmidt, A. H., Neilson, T. B., Bierman, P. R., Sosa-Gonzalez, V., Bower, J. A., Rood, D.H. and Ouimet, W. B. (2015) Using ¹⁰Be and short-lived fallout radionuclides to track sediment movement through watersheds in Yunnan, China. GSA Abstracts with Programs, Annual Meeting, Baltimore, MD. v. 47(7), p. 240, Abstract 82-3. (download pdf)

Schmidt, A. H., Bierman, P. R., Sosa-Gonzalez, V., Neilson, T., Singleton, A., Qiu, Y., Bower, J. A. and Rood, D. (2015) Effects of Chinese deforestation and reforestation policies on sediment sourcing in Yunnan, China. EOS, AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA. Abstract EP21C-0923. (download pdf)

Neilson, T. B., Bierman, P. R., Schmidt, A. H., Sosa-Gonzalez, V. and Rood, D. H. (2014) Impacts of contemporary sediment yield on the use of in situ ¹⁰Be in river sediment as a tool for estimating background erosion rates. GSA Abstracts with Programs, Annual meeting, Vancouver, British Columbia. v. 46(6), p. 665, Abstract 274-4. (download pdf)

Garcia G. G., Fiallo, D., Neilson, T. B., Martin, J., Schmidt, A. H., Bierman, P. R., Sosa-Gonzales, V., Wei, R., Zhang, C., and Liang, C. (2014) Determining sediment sources and sinks in a small headwater watershed in Yunnan, China using short-lived radionuclides. GSA Abstracts with Programs, Annual meeting, Vancouver, British Columbia. v. 46(6), p. 800, Abstract 332-10. (download pdf)

Neilson, T., Schmidt, A. H., Sosa-Gonzalez, V. and Rothenberg, M. (2013) Understanding modern landscape behavior using meteoric and in situ ¹⁰Be and ¹³⁷Cs in large river basins, SW China. GSA Abstracts with Programs, Annual meeting, Boulder, CO. v. 45(7), p. 578, Abstract 246-8. (download pdf)