Published papers related to this Philadelphia area landform origins website

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  • Eric Clausen Website: http://geomorphology… At present I am a professor emeritus having taught geology at Minot State University (North Dakota, USA) from 1968 until 1997. I was trained in geology at Columbia University and the University of Wyoming where my studies emphasized regional geomorphology. For many years I have pursued a research interest that developed when as result of geologic field work and interpretation of large mosaics of detailed North American topographic maps I discovered significant evidence previous investigators had ignored. Over a period of many years, after studying such anomalous evidence, I was forced to develop a fundamentally different interpretation of North American geomorphic history than that which is generally accepted. Geomorphology is the study of landforms and my interest as a geomorphology researcher is in determining the origin of large drainage systems, such as the Missouri River drainage basin in North America. The Missouri River drainage basin consists of thousands of smaller drainage basins, each of which has a history my essays (website posts) are trying to unravel. What I try to do is reconstruct the landscape the way it looked prior to the present day drainage system. I then try to determine how the present day drainage system evolved. While conducting my Missouri River drainage basin landform origins study I also developed an interest in scientific paradigms, especially in how scientific paradigms develop and how they are replaced. The Missouri River drainage basin landform origins project at geomorphologyresearch.com has been completed and I am currently creating a catalog of Philadelphia, PA area erosional landforms, which can be found at phillylandforms.info For off site questions and discussions about either project I can be contacted at eric2clausen@gmail.com

The following is a list of published papers by Eric Clausen in which topographic map evidence in various regions to the east of the Mississippi River has been interpreted. Links to open access papers are provided. A list of Clausen’s published papers in which topographic map evidence in various regions to the west of the Mississippi River has been interpreted can be found by going to geomorphologyresearch.com

—, 2015, Exploring the Geography of William Morris Davis’ Pennsylvania roots: The Pennsylvania Geographer: v. 53, number 1, page 44-65. 

––, 2016, Origin of three north oriented Montgomery County water gaps: The Pennsylvania Geographer: v 54, no. 2, p. 42-61.

—, 2016, Using topographic map interpretation methods to determine Tookany (Tacony) Creek erosion history upstream from Philadelphia, PA, USA: Journal of Geography and Geology, v. 8, no. 4, p. 30-45.

http://dx.doi.org/10.5539/jgg.v8n4p30

—. 2017, Erosional history of Pennypack Creek drainage basin determined by topographic map interpretation techniques, Bucks, Montgomery, and Philadelphia Counties, PA, USA: Journal of Geography and Geology, v. 9, no. 1 p. 37-52.

http://dx.doi.org/10.5539/jgg.v9n1p37

—, 2017, Wissahickon Creek drainage basin origin as determined by topographic map interpretation: Middle States Geographer, v. 49, p. 33-42. https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Eric-Clausen/publication/319331070_WISSAHICKON_CREEK_DRAINAGE_BASIN_ORIGIN_AS_DETERMINED_BY_TOPOGRAPHIC_MAP_INTERPRETATION/links/59a56c650f7e9b348eb00e84/WISSAHICKON-CREEK-DRAINAGE-BASIN-ORIGIN-AS-DETERMINED-BY-TOPOGRAPHIC-MAP-INTERPRETATION.pdf

—, 2017, Origin of erosional landforms along and near the Schuylkill River-East Branch Brandywine Creek drainage divide segment of the Schuylkill River-Delaware River drainage divide, Chester County, PA. in Bosbyshell, H., editor, The Piedmont: Old Rocks, New Understandings: 2017Conference Proceedings for the 34th Annual Meeting of the Geological Association of New Jersey, p. 2-15.

—, 2017, Understanding lower Neshaminy Creek direction change and barbed tributary evidence, Bucks County, Pennsylvania, USA. Journal of Geography and Earth Science, v. 5 (2) 1-15. http://jgesnet.com/journals/jges/Vol_5_No_2_December_2017/1.pdf

—, 2018, Topographic map interpretation of the Neshaminy-Perkiomen Creek drainage divide segment of the Delaware-Schuylkill River drainage divide, Bucks County, Pennsylvania: The Pennsylvania Geographer, v. 56 (1) 15-29.

—. 2018, Interpreting topographic map evidence related to northeast Nebraska barbed tributaries and drainage routes, USA: Journal of Geography and Geology, v. 10 (2) 66-79. http://www.ccsenet.org/journal/index.php/jgg/article/view/75258

__, 2021, Topographic map interpretation techniques used to determine Casselman River drainage basin history, Maryland and Pennsylvania: a new paradigm demonstration paper. The Pennsylvania Geographer v. 59 (1), 33-56. (Contact author at eric2clausen@gmail.com).

__,2021, What caused the geology discipline’s channeled scablands controversy? Academia Letters, Article 3465. https://doi.org/qo.20935/AL3465

__, 2022, How a New Cenozoic geology and glacial history paradigm explains anomalous Monongahela River drainage basin topographic map evidence, PA, WV and MD, USA. Earth Science Research, 11 (1), 47-63. https://doi.org/10.5539/esr.v11n1p47

––,2022, How a new glacial history paradigm explains northeast Alabama’s Tennessee River-Gulf of Mexico drainage divide area topographic map evidence. Journal of Geography and Geology, 14 (2), 38-51. https://doi.org/10.5539/jgg.v14n2p38

––,2023, The Topographic Map Mystery: Geology’s Unrecognized Paradigm Problem. Xlibris, 146 p. book is available at https://www.xlibris.com/en/bookstore/bookdetails/848982-the-topographic-map-mystery or by sending a email request to the author at eric2clause@gmail.com.

––, 2023, William Morris Davis, father of geomorphology or father of geology’s unrecognized paradigm problem. Open Journal of Geology, 13, 579-597. https://doi.org/10.4236/ojg.2023.136025

––, 2023, Use of French Broad River drainage basin topographic map evidence upstream from Asheville, North Carolina to test a new geology and glacial history paradigm, USA. Journal of Geology and Geology, 15 (2), 1-15. https://doi.org/10.5539/jgg.v15n2p1

––, 2023, Use of the 1893 Cranberry, North Carolina topographic map to determine Blue Ridge Escarpment area drainage system and erosional landform origins, USA. Open Journal of Geology, 13 (11), 1220-1239. https://doi.org/10.4236/ojg.2023.1311052  

––, 2024, Eastern Continental Divide origin in the Blacksburg, Virginia area determined by topographic map interpretation, USA. Journal of Geography and Geology, 16 (1), 1-16. https://doi.org/10.5539/jgg.v16n1p1  

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