Scott Ruthardt Miller portrait
  • Research Assistant Professor, Geology & Geophysics
801-581-6217

Research Keywords

  • Critical Zone
  • Earth surface processes
  • Geomorphology
  • Active tectonics
  • Landscape evolution modeling
  • Numerical modeling
  • Thermochronology

Presentations

  • Smith, A., Fox, M., Moore, J.R., Miller, S.R., Goren, L., Morriss, M., Carter, A., 2023, Inversion of river networks reveals control of erodibility by bedrock-bedload contrasts. EOS, Transactions, AGU, Fall Meeting Supplement, Abstract T54B-04. Conference Paper, Presented, 12/15/2023.
    https://agu.confex.com/agu/fm23/meetingapp.cgi/Pap...
  • Smith, A., Fox, M., Miller, S.R., and Anderson, L.S., 2023, Discovery of lithospheric drip explains active uplift in the Uinta Mountains, USA. EOS, Transactions, AGU, Fall Meeting Supplement, Abstract T21G-09. Conference Paper, Presented, 12/12/2023.
    https://agu.confex.com/agu/fm23/meetingapp.cgi/Pap...
  • Smith, A., Fox, M., Miller, S., Carter, A., 2022, Reconstructing paleotopography from river networks with application to the southern Sierra Nevada: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, 54 (5), doi: 10.1130/abs/2022AM-378938. Conference Paper, Presented, 10/10/2022.
    https://gsa.confex.com/gsa/2022AM/meetingapp.cgi/P...
  • Long, M.D., Wagner, L.S., King, S.D., Evans, R.L., Mazza, S., Byrnes, J.S., Johnson, E.A., Kirby, E., Bezada, M., Gazel, E., Miller, S.R., Aragon, J.C., Liu, S. (2021), Evaluating models for lithospheric loss and intraplate volcanism beneath the Central Appalachian Mountains. AGU Fall Meeting. Conference Paper, Submitted, 07/30/2021.
  • Shobe, C.M., Bennett, G.L., Tucker, G.E., Roback, K., Miller, S.R., and Roering, J.J. (2019), Disassembling California: Boulders as a lithologic control on river and landscape evolution at the Mendocino triple junction, EOS, Transactions, AGU, Fall Meeting Supplement, Abstract EP22A-06. Conference Paper, Presented, 12/2019.
    https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2019AGUFMEP22A.....
  • Schildgen, T.F., Racano, S., Consentino, D., Miller, S.R. (2019), Linking surface deformation in south-central Turkey to slab break-off (invited), EOS, Transactions, AGU, Fall Meeting Supplement, Abstract T33B-08. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 12/2019.
    https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2019AGUFM.T33B.....
  • Bennett, G., Shobe, C., Tucker, G., Roback, K., Miller, S., Roering, J. (2019), Boulder prevalence as a basin-scale lithologic control on river and landscape evolution in northern California, USA, British Society of Geomorphology Annual Meeting 2019, p. 17. Conference Paper, Presented, 09/2019.
  • Sak, P.B., Miller, S.R., Ma, L., and Gaillardet, J. (2018), Fluvial knickpoints and transient erosion on Basse-Terre, Guadeloupe, with Implications for Estimates of Chemical Weathering, Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, 50(6), doi: 10.1130/abs/2018AM-324209. Conference Paper, Presented, 11/2018.
  • Kirby, E, and Miller, S.R. (2017), The geomorphic signature of mantle flow: a ‘great’ challenge for tectonics, Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, 49(6), doi: 10.1130/abs/2017AM-307341. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 10/2017.

Geographical Regions of Interest

  • Antarctica
  • Guadeloupe
  • Kyrgyzstan
  • Papua New Guinea
  • Turkey
  • United States of America

Software Titles

  • yorkregress_forced. York regression, which is a weighted bivariate regression in which both variables have errors, with a solution forced through the origin. (https://github.com/scottrmiller/yorkregress_forced). Release Date: 12/29/2020.

Publications

  • Smith, A.G.G., Fox, M., Moore, J.R., Miller, S.R., Goren, L., Morriss, M.C. & Carter, A. (2024). One million years of climate-driven rock uplift rate variation on the Wasatch Fault revealed by fluvial topography. American Journal of Science. Vol. 324. Published, 01/25/2024.
    https://doi.org/10.2475/001c.92194
  • Long, Maureen D., Wagner, Lara S., King, Scott D., Evans, Rob L., Mazza, Sarah E., Byrnes, Joseph S., Johnson, Elizabeth A., Kirby, Eric, Bezada, Maximiliano J., Gazel, Esteban, Miller, Scott R., Aragon, John C. & Liu, Shangxin (2021). Evaluating models for lithospheric loss and intraplate volcanism beneath the Central Appalachian Mountains. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth. Vol. 126, e2021JB022571. Published, 09/16/2021.
    https://doi.org/10.1029/2021JB022571
  • Racano, S., Schildgen, T.F., Consentino, D. & Miller, S.R. (2021). Temporal and Spatial Variations in Rock Uplift from River-Profile Inversions at the Central Anatolian Plateau Southern Margin. Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface. Vol. 126, e2020JF006027. Published, 07/10/2021.
    https://doi.org/10.1029/2020JF006027
  • Shobe, Charles M., Bennett, Georgina L., Tucker, Gregory E., Roback, Kevin, Miller, Scott R. & Roering, Joshua J. (2020). Boulders as a lithologic control on river and landscape response to tectonic forcing at the Mendocino triple junction. GSA Bulletin. Published, 07/27/2020.
    https://doi.org/10.1130/B35385.1
  • Richardson, P.W., Perron, J.T., Miller, S.R. & Kirchner, J.W. (2020). Modeling the formation of topographic asymmetry by aspect-dependent erosional processes and lateral channel migration. Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface. Vol. 125. Published, 04/30/2020.
    https://doi.org/10.1029/2019JF005377
  • Richardson, P.W., Perron, J.T., Miller, S.R. & Kirchner, J.W. (2020). Unraveling the mysteries of asymmetric topography at Gabilan Mesa, California. Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface. Vol. 125. Published, 04/29/2020.
    https://doi.org/10.1029/2019JF005378
  • Bennett, G.L., Miller, S.R., Roering, J.J. & Schmidt, D.A. (2016). Landslides, threshold slopes, and the survival of relict terrain in the wake of the Mendocino Triple Junction. Geology. Vol. 44, 363-366. Published, 01/05/2016.
    https://doi.org/10.1130/G37530.1
  • Tewelde, Yodit, Perron, J.Taylor, Ford, Peter, Miller, Scott & Black, Benjamin (2013). Estimates of fluvial erosion on Titan from sinuosity of lake shorelines. Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets. Vol. 118, 2198-2212. Published, 10/2013.
    https://doi.org/10.1002/jgre.20153
  • Miller, Scott R., Sak, Peter B., Kirby, Eric & Bierman, Paul R. (2013). Neogene rejuvenation of central Appalachian topography: Evidence for differential rock uplift from stream profiles and erosion rates. Earth and Planetary Science Letters. Vol. 369, 1-12. Published, 05/01/2013.
    https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2013.04.007
  • Miller, Scott R., Baldwin, Suzanne L. & Fitzgerald, Paul G. (2012). Transient fluvial incision and active surface uplift in the Woodlark Rift of eastern Papua New Guinea. Lithosphere. Vol. 4, 131-149. Published, 04/01/2012.
    https://doi.org/10.1130/L135.1
  • Miller, Scott R., Fitzgerald, Paul G. & Baldwin, Suzanne L. (2010). Cenozoic range-front faulting and development of the Transantarctic Mountains near Cape Surprise, Antarctica: Thermochronologic and geomorphologic constraints. Tectonics. Vol. 29. Published, 02/2010.
    https://doi.org/10.1029/2009TC002457
  • Slingerland, Rudy, Driscoll, Neal W., Milliman, John D., Miller, Scott R. & Johnstone, Elizabeth A. (2008). Anatomy and growth of a Holocene clinothem in the Gulf of Papua. Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface. Vol. 113. Published, 03/01/2008.
    https://doi.org/10.1029/2006JF000628
  • Miller, Scott R., Slingerland, Rudy L. & Kirby, Eric (2007). Characteristics of steady state fluvial topography above fault-bend folds. Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface. Vol. 112. Published, 10/31/2007.
    https://doi.org/10.1029/2007JF000772
  • Miller, Scott R. & Slingerland, Rudy L. (2006). Topographic advection on fault-bend folds: Inheritance of valley positions and the formation of wind gaps. Geology. Vol. 34, 769-772. Published, 06/01/2006.
    https://doi.org/10.1130/G22658.1
  • Miller, Scott R., Fitzgerald, Paul G. & Baldwin, Suzanne L. (2001). Structure and kinematics of the central Transantarctic Mountains: Constraints from structural geology and geomorphology near Cape Surprise. Terra Antartica. Vol. 8, 11-24. Published, 09/2001.
    http://www.mna.unisi.it/english/Publications/TAP/T...