Jonathan P Perkins

Biography

Jon got his Ph.D. in 2015 from the University of California, Santa Cruz, where he worked on the tectonic, magmatic, and geomorphic processes that shape the landscape of the Central Andes. In 2007 he graduated with a B.S. in Geosciences from San Francisco State University, and spent the next two years working at the Cosmochemistry Laboratory at UC Berkeley's Space Sciences Lab. He came to the USGS in 2016 as a Mendenhall Postdoctoral Fellow to investigate the linkages between glacial sedimentology, groundwater flow, and slope stability in northwest Washington State.

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Date published: June 5, 2018

Status: Active

Margin-wide geological and geophysical synthesis to understand the recurrence and hazards of great subduction zone earthquakes in Cascadia

The Cascadia Subduction Zone, located in the U.S. Pacific Northwest and southwestern British Columbia, has hosted magnitude ≥8.0 megathrust earthquakes in the geologic past, a future earthquake is imminent, and the potential impacts could cripple the region. Subduction zone earthquakes represent some of the most devastating natural hazards on Earth. Despite substantial knowledge gained from...

Contacts: Lydia M Staisch, Ph.D., Janet Watt, Jonathan P Perkins, Rob Witter, Ph.D.

Attribution: John Wesley Powell Center for Analysis and Synthesis

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Year Published: 2020

Linking mesoscale meteorology with extreme landscape response: Effects of narrow cold frontal rainbands (NCFR)

Landscapes evolve in response to prolonged and/or intense precipitation resulting from atmospheric processes at various spatial and temporal scales. Whereas synoptic (large‐scale) features (e.g., atmospheric rivers and hurricanes) govern regional‐scale hydrologic hazards such as widespread flooding, mesoscale features such as thunderstorms or...

Collins, Brian D.; Oakley, N. S.; Perkins, Jonathan P; East, Amy E.; Corbett, Skye C.; Hatchett, Benjamin J.

Attribution: Geology, Minerals, Energy, and Geophysics Science Center

Year Published: 2019

Controls on eolian landscape evolution in fractured bedrock

Wind abrasion is important for planetary landscape evolution, and wind‐abraded bedrock landscapes contain many landforms that are difficult to interpret. Here we exploit a natural experiment in Chile where topographic shielding by an upwind lava flow yields diverse erosional landforms in a downwind ignimbrite. Using a 3‐D topographic wind model,...

Perkins, Jonathan P; Finnegan, Noah J.; de Silva, Shanaka L.; Willis, Michael J.

Attribution: Geology, Minerals, Energy, and Geophysics Science Center

Year Published: 2018

Hunting for landslides from Cascadia's great earthquakes

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Perkins, Jonathan P; Roering, Joshua J.; Burns, William J.; Strubel, William; Black, Bryan A.; Schmidt, Kevin; Duvall, Alison; Calhoun, Nancy C.

Attribution: Geology, Minerals, Energy, and Geophysics Science Center

Year Published: 2017

Control of landslide volume and hazard by glacial stratigraphic architecture, Northwest Washington state, USA

Landslide volumes span many orders of magnitude, but large-volume slides tend to travel farther and consequently can pose a greater hazard. In northwest Washington State, USA, a landscape abounding with landslides big and small, the recent occurrence of the large-volume and tragically deadly State Route 530 (Oso) landslide is a stark reminder of...

Perkins, Jonathan; Reid, Mark E.; Schmidt, Kevin M.

Attribution: Geologic Hazards Science Center, Geology, Minerals, Energy, and Geophysics Science Center, Energy and Minerals, Natural Hazards, Energy Resources Program, Landslide Hazards Program, Mineral Resources Program, National Laboratories Program, Science and Decisions Center

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Perkins, J.P., Reid, M.E., and Schmidt, K.M. 2017, Control of landslide volume and hazard by glacial stratigraphic architecture, northwest Washington State, USA: Geology, v. 45, https://doi.org/10.1130/G39691.1

Pre-USGS Publications

Synthesis: PLUTONS: Investigating the relationship between pluton growth and volcanism in the Central Andes.

M.E. Pritchard, S.L. de Silva, G. Michelfelder, G. Zandt, S.R. McNutt, J. Gottsmann, M.E. West, J. Blundy, D.H. Christensen, N.J. Finnegan, E. Minaya, R.S.J. Sparks, M. Sunagua, M.J. Unsworth, C. Alvizuri, M.J. Comeau, R. del Potro, D. Díaz, M. Diez, A. Farrell, S.T. Henderson, J.A. Jay, T. Lopez, D. Legrand, J.A. Naranjo, H. McFarlin, D. Muir, J.P. Perkins, Z. Spica, A. Wilder, K.M. Ward; Synthesis: PLUTONS: Investigating the relationship between pluton growth and volcanism in the Central Andes. Geosphere doi: https://doi.org/10.1130/GES01578.1

Surface uplift in the Central Andes driven by growth of the Altiplano-Puna Magma Body

Perkins, J. P., Ward, K. M., De Silva, S. L., Zandt, G., Beck, S. L., & Finnegan, N. J. (2016). Surface uplift in the Central Andes driven by growth of the Altiplano Puna Magma Body. Nature Communications, 7. https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms13185

Topographic constraints on magma accumulation below the actively uplifting Uturuncu and Lazufre volcanic centers in the Central Andes

Perkins, J. P., Finnegan, N. J., Henderson, S. T., & Rittenour, T. M. (2016). Topographic constraints on magma accumulation below the actively uplifting Uturuncu and Lazufre volcanic centers in the Central Andes. Geosphere, 12(4), 1078–1096. https://doi.org/10.1130/GES01278.1

Amplification of bedrock canyon incision by wind

Perkins, J. P., Finnegan, N. J., & De Silva, S. L. (2015). Amplification of bedrock canyon incision by wind. Nature Geoscience, 8(4), 305–310. https://doi.org/10.1038/ngeo2381