Publications

Orr, E., Schildgen, T., Tofelde, S., Wittmann, H., and Alonso, R (2024).: Landscape response to tectonic deformation and cyclic climate change since ca. 800 ka in the southern Central Andes, EGUsphere [preprint], https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2024-784.

Schildgen, T., van der Beek, P., D’Arcy, M., Roda-Boluda, D., Orr, E., Wittman-Oelze, H., Sobel, E., 2022, Quantifying drainage-divide migration over geologic timescales: Aconquija Range, southern central Andes, Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface.579, 117345, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2021.117345

Orr, E.N., Owen, L.A., Saha, S., Hammer, S.J., Caffee, M.W.,(2021) Rockwall slope erosion of the NW Himalaya. Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface, https://doi.org/10.1029/2020JF005619

Orr, E. N., Owen, L.A., Saha, S., Caffee, M. (2020). Climate-driven late Quaternary fan surface abandonment in the NW Himalaya. ‘Untangling the Quaternary Period: A Legacy of Stephen C. Porter’. GSA Special Paper, edit. Waitt, R., Thackray, G., Gillespie, A. https://doi.org/10.1130/2020.2548(04)

Saha, S., Owen, L.A., Orr, E.N. and Caffee, M.W., (2020). A statistical and numerical modeling approach for spatiotemporal reconstruction of glaciations in the Central Asian mountains. MethodsX, 100820. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mex.2020.100820

Orr, E. N., Owen, L.A., Saha, S., Caffee, M., (2019). Rates of rockwall slope erosion of the upper Bhagirathi catchment, Garhwal Himalaya, northern India. Special Issue: ‘Geomorphic diversity of the Indian subcontinent: Progress and Updates. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms. 44, 15, 3108-3127. https://doi.org/10.1002/esp.4720.

Saha, S., Owen, L.A., Orr, E.N., Caffee, M.W., (2019). Cosmogenic Be-10 and equilibrium-line altitude dataset of Holocene glacier advances in the Himalayan-Tibetan orogen. Data in Brief. 26, 104412. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dib.2019.104412

Saha, S., Owen, L.A., Orr, E.N., Caffee, M.W., (2019). High-frequency Holocene glacier fluctuations in the Himalaya and Tibet. Quaternary Science Reviews. 220, 372-400. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2019.07.021

Orr, E.N., Owen, L.A., Saha, S., Caffee, M.W., (2018). Quaternary glaciation of the Lato Massif, Zanskar Range of the NW Himalaya. Quaternary Science Reviews, 183 (1), 140-156. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2018.01.005

Saha, S., Owen, L.A., Orr, E.N., Caffee, M.W., (2018). Timing and nature of Holocene glacier advances at the northwestern end of the Himalayan-Tibetan orogen. Quaternary Science Reviews,187 (1), 177-202. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2018.03.009

Orr, E.N., Owen, L.A., Murari, M., Saha, S., Caffee, M., (2017), The timing and extent of Quaternary glaciation of Stok, northern Zanskar Range, Transhimalaya of northern India, Geomorphology 284, 142-155. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geomorph.2016.05.031

Chang, X., Hou, M., Liu, X., Orr, E. N., Deng, M., Chao, H., Wang, S., Xiao, C., (2017). Abundant microspherules from the Upper Ordovician of northern Tarim Basin, Northwest China: Origin and paleoenvironmental implications. Geological Journal. https://doi.org/10.1002/gj.3128

Publications without peer review:

Orr, E. N., (2017), Put safety first, Nature 551, 663- 665. https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-017-07529-6

Selected Conference Presentations

Orr, E.N., Schildgen, T., Tofelde, S., Wittman-Oelze, H., Alonso, R., 2024 (invited talk) Landscape response to tectonic deformation and cyclic climate change since ca. 800 ka in the southern Central Andes. EGU 2024 General Assembly.

Orr, E.N., Oien, R., 2024, Exploring landscape persistence and erosion dynamics in mountain catchments: A morphometric approach in the Swiss Alps and Blue Ridge Mountains, USA, EGU 2024 General Assembly.

Schildgen, T, Orr, E.N., Niedermann. 2024. Redefining expsoure-age estimates of 400-to 800-ka surfaces with 10Be, 21Ne, and additional geological constraints. EGU 2024 General Assembly.

Orr, E.N., Schildgen, T., Tofelde, S., Wittman-Oelze, H., Alonso, R., 2023. Landscape response to cyclic climate change in the southern Central Andes. BSG Annual Meeting.

Orr, E. N., Fame, M., 2023. Exploring colluvial channel agency in mountain sediment transfer and erosion. GM3.1/14365. EGU General Assembly 2023.

Ben-Israel, M., Harries, R., Carrasco, R., Orr, E.N., Dave, A.K., 2023. Landscapes Live online seminar series: Promoting and sharing geomorphology research beyond borders and timezones. EOS2.1/17398. EGU General Assembly 2023.

Orr, E.N., Schildgen, T., Tofelde, S., Wittman-Oelze, H., 2021. Landscape response to the Mid-Pleistocene Transition (MPT) and higher frequency climate change in the Central Andes. SSP2.7/8313. EGU 2021 Annual Meeting.

Orr, E. N., Owen, L. A., Saha, S., Caffee, M.W., 2019. Deciphering the controls on the rate and spatial distribution of rockwall slope erosion in the NW Himalaya. Session EP22A, AGU Fall Meeting 2019.

Orr, E. N., Owen, L. A., Saha, S., Caffee, M.W., 2018. Periglacial landscape change of the upper Bhagirathi catchment, NW Himalaya: constraining bedrock slope erosion rates using Be-10. Session T54, GSA 2018 Annual Meeting, Indianapolis IN.

Orr, E. N., Owen, L. A., Saha, S., Caffee, M.W., 2018. Timing and nature of alluvial/debris flow fan formation in the NW Himalaya of northern India. Session T161, GSA 2018 Annual Meeting, Indianapolis IN.

Orr, E.N., 2018. State of Environmental Science in Svalbard (SESS) Report: The SESS report – Setting the Stage for Future Earth System Science in Svalbard, Arctic Circle Assembly 2018, Reykjavík, Iceland.

Saha, S., Owen, L.A., Orr, E.N., 2018. Systematically inherited cosmogenic Be-10 in Late Holocene age moraine boulders in the Bhagirathi valley, Garhwal. Session T54, GSA 2018 Annual Meeting, Indianapolis IN.

Orr, E. N., Owen, L. A., Saha, S., 2017. Determining the rates and drivers of headwall erosion in glaciated catchments of the NW Himalaya, Session EP33F, AGU 2017 Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA.

Saha, S., Owen, L.A., Orr, E.N., Caffee, M.W., Dortch, J., Sharma, M., 2017. Timing and nature of Holocene glacier advances across the Himalayan-Tibetan orogen, Session C23D, AGU 2017 Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA.

Orr, E. N., Owen, L. A., Saha, S., 2016. Interaction between climate and erosion in high altitude mountain environments: the effect of precipitation gradients upon headwall erosion in northern India, NW Himalaya, Session 9, GSA North Central Meeting , Champaign, IL, GSA 2016 Annual Meeting, Denver, CO and 6th Third Pole Environment (TPE) Workshop, 2016, Columbus, OH.

Orr, E, N., 2016. Strong is the new pretty’- tales of early-career female geologists, T94. GSA 2016 Annual Meeting, Denver, CO.

Saha, S., Orr, E.N., Owen, L.A., 2016. Reconstruction high-resolution Holocene glacial chronostratigraphies in the Himalaya, Session 304, GSA 2016 Annual Meeting, Denver, CO, 6th Third Pole Environment (TPE) Workshop, 2016, Columbus, OH.

Saha, S., Orr, E.N., Owen, L.A., 2016. Reconstructing Late Holocene glacial advances in the NW Himalaya, northern India by resolving the problem of too-old (inherited) surface exposure ages on young moraines, Session 328, GSA 2016 Annual Meeting, Denver, CO.

Other presentations (seminars, workshops)

Orr, E. N., 2024. Cyclic climate change recorded in sedimentary archives. Earth Sciences Seminar, Department of Earth Sciences, University of Bergen.

Orr, E. N., 2024. Novel CRN applications for tracking mountain landscape change. Sediment Cascades and Climate Change 2024 workshop (BSG), Chile.

Orr, E.N., 2023. ‘Opening Pandora’s Box for fluvial geomorphology: Reclassifying, redating and reinterpreting landforms’, INQUA/BSG ‘Challenges in terrace geochronology’.

Orr, E.N., 2021, 2022. Tracking landscape change in the mountain cryosphere. School of Geographical Sciences, University of Bristol and Department of Geography, Durham University.

Orr, E.N., 2019. Periglacial landscape change in the NW Himalaya: Constraining rockwall slope erosion rates using Be-10. GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences, Section 4.6: Geomorphology Seminar.

Orr, E. N., 2019. State of Environmental Science in Svalbard (SESS) Report: The SESS report – Setting the Stage for Future Earth System Science in Svalbard, SESS Polar Night Week 2019, Longyearbyen.

Orr, E. N., 2018. Rates of slope erosion in the upper Bhagirathi catchment, Garhwal Himalaya. Colloquium Series, Department of Geology, University of Cincinnati.

Orr, E. N., 2017. Determining the rates and drivers of headwall erosion in glaciated catchments of the NW Himalaya. Colloquium Series, Department of Geology, University of Cincinnati.