Veronica Sosa-Gonzalez

Veronica comes to UVM from the University of Puerto Rico-Rio Piedras where she obtained her BS in Environmental Sciences in 2010. Her research is on the determination of background erosion rates in Panama, and exploring physiographic controls on erosion in tropical climates.

PhD dissertation, Natural Resources (University of Vermont, 2016)

Erosion Rates in Subtropical, Rapidly Developing Countries: An Isotopic Approach to Measuring Background Rates of Erosion in Brazil and China
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MS Thesis, Aquatic Ecology and Watershed Sciences (University of Vermont, 2012)

Determining Long Term Erosion Rates in Panama: An Application of ¹⁰Be
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Undergraduate degree

University of Puerto Rico-Rio Piedras, B.S. Environmental Sciences, 2010

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Current Position and Contact Information (3/2024)

Consortium of Universities for the Advancement of Hydrologic Science
Education Program Manager
vgonzalez@cuahsi.org

Refereed Papers

Schmidt, A. H., Sosa-Gonzalez, V., Bierman, P. R., McPhillips, D. and Rood, D. (in revision, 5/2017) Topographic control of steady state erosion at the southeastern margin of the Tibetan Plateau. Geophysical Research Letters.

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

Sosa-Gonzalez, V., Schmidt, A. H., Bierman, P. R. and Rood, D. (2017) Spatial and temporal replicability of meteoric and in situ ¹⁰Be concentrations in fluvial sediment, Earth Surface Process and Landforms. v. 42, p. 2570-2584. doi:10.1002/esp.4205

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

Sosa., V., Bierman, P. R., Nichols, K. K. and Rood, D. H. (2016) Long-term erosion rates of Panamanian drainage basins determined using in situ ¹⁰Be. Geomorphology. v. 275, p. 1–15. doi:10.1016/j.geomorph.2016.04.025

Sosa., V., Bierman, P. R., Fernandes, N. F. and Rood, D. H. (2016) Long-term background denudation rates of Brazilian watersheds constrained with cosmogenic ¹⁰Be. Geomorphology. v. 268, p. 54–63. doi:10.1016/j.geomorph.2016.05.024

Abstracts

Schmidt, A., Bierman, P. R., Sosa-Gonzalez, V., Nielson, T. Rood, D., Campbell, M. and Hill, M. (2017) Tracers derived in situ replicate and mix better than fallout tracers incorporated into grain coatings. GSA Abstracts with Programs, Annual Meeting, Seattle, WA. v. 49(6), Abstract 53-2. doi:10.1130/abs/2017AM-299479

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)

Martin, J., Lawrence, D., Schmidt, A. H., Bierman, P. R., Sosa-Gonzalez, V., Singleton, A. and Qiu, Y. (2015) Examining land use and erosion in southwest China. GSA Abstracts with Programs, Annual Meeting, Baltimore, MD. v. 47(7), p. 515, Abstract 204-11. (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)

Bierman, P. R., Fernandes, N., Sosa-Gonzalez, V., Rood, D. H. and Massey, C. (2014) Cosmogenic ¹⁰Be analysis of debris flow boulders and sediment from Brazil indicates long return times. GSA Abstracts with Programs, Annual meeting, Vancouver, British Columbia. v. 46(6), p. 801, Abstract 332-12. (download pdf)

Fernandes, N., Bierman, P. R., Sosa-Gonzalez, V., Rood, D., Fontes, R. L., Santos, A., Godoy, J. and Bhering, S. (2014) Comparing Background and Recent Erosion Rates in Degraded Areas of Southeastern Brazil. EOS, AGU Fall meeting, San Francisco, CA. Abstract EP23A-3585. (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)

Sosa-Gonzalez, V., Bierman, P. R., Fernandes, N. and Rood, D. H. (2014) Constraining background erosion rates using ¹⁰Be in selected Brazilian watersheds. GSA Abstracts with Programs, Annual meeting, Vancouver, British Columbia. 46(6), p. 381, Abstract 150-2. (download pdf)

Sosa-Gonzalez, V., Bierman, P. R. and Nichols, K. K. (2013) Tropical erosion: the story of Panama. International Association of Geomorphologists Meeting, Paris. (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)

Sosa-Gonzales, V., Bierman, P. R., Nichols, K. K. and Rood, D. (2011) Determining long term erosion rates in Panama - an application of ¹⁰Be. GSA Abstracts with Programs, Annual meeting, Minneapolis, MN. v. 43(5), p. 274, Abstract 102-14. (download pdf)