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<\/a>*Students, postdocs, and visiting scholar from UCLA Geomorphology group
\u2020<\/span>Student authors<\/p>\n

Published Papers<\/strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/h4>\n

48. Shao*<\/span>, K., Moon, S<\/strong>., Li, G.K., Haproff, P.J., Yin, A., Corbett, L.B., Bierman, P.R., Argueta*<\/span>, M.O. and Hidy, A.J., 2026. Climatic controls on erosional efficiency vary with lithology across the Himalaya. Earth and Planetary Science Letters<\/i>,\u00a0676<\/i>, p.119808. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.epsl.2025.119808<\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n

47. Bouchard, L-S. and S. Moon<\/strong> (2025). <\/span>Admissibility of solitary wave modes in long-runout debris flows. Physical Review E. <\/em>https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1103\/6kxj-4vpg<\/a><\/p>\n

46. Flinchum, B. A.<\/span>,\u00a0Holbrook,\u00a0W. S.<\/span>,\u00a0Riebe,\u00a0C. S.<\/span>,\u00a0Moon,\u00a0S<\/strong>.<\/span>,\u00a0Harman,\u00a0C.<\/span>,\u00a0Grana,\u00a0D.<\/span>, et al. 2025<\/span>.\u00a0Using seismic refraction data to estimate a relationship between landscape curvature and deep critical zone structure in the South Carolina Piedmont, USA<\/span>.\u00a0Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface<\/i>,\u00a0130<\/span>, e2025JF008346.\u00a0https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1029\/2025JF008346<\/a><\/p>\n

45. Kuhasubpasin*, B.<\/span>, S.<\/strong> Moon<\/strong>, <\/span>& C. Lithgow-Bertelloni, <\/span>2025<\/span>.\u00a0Unraveling the connection between subsurface stress and geomorphic features<\/span>.\u00a0Geophysical Research Letters<\/i>,\u00a052<\/span>, e2025GL116798.\u00a0https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1029\/2025GL116798<\/a><\/p>\n

44. Yanites\u00a0et al., <\/em>2025<\/span>. <\/span><\/em><\/span>Cascading land surface hazards as a nexus in the Earth system. <\/span>Scien<\/i>ce<\/em>, <\/span>388<\/span>, <\/span><\/strong>eadp9559, <\/span>DOI:10.1126\/science.adp9559<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

43. Akin et al., 2025. Reconnaissance of the Geotechnical and Infrastructure Impacts of Los Angeles Area Wildfires and Subsequent Storms, Report GEER-085, https:\/\/doi.org\/10.18118\/G6X37N<\/a><\/p>\n

42. Steelquist, A. T., Seixas, G. B., Gillam, M. L., Saha, S., Moon<\/strong>, S., and Hilley, G. E., 2024. The impact of bedrock meander cutoffs on 50 ka-year-scale incision rates, San Juan River, Utah, EGUsphere<\/em>, https:\/\/doi.org\/10.5194\/egusphere-2024-71<\/a><\/p>\n

41. Neely*, A.B.<\/span>, S. <\/span><\/strong>Moon<\/strong>, R.A. <\/span>DiBiase, L.S. <\/span>Sklar <\/span>& M.O. <\/span>Argueta*, <\/span>2024.<\/span>\u00a0The grain size of sediments delivered to steep debris-flow prone channels prior to and following wildfire<\/span>.\u00a0Earth Surface Processes and Landforms<\/i>,\u00a01<\/span>\u201324<\/span>. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1002\/esp.5819<\/a><\/p>\n

40. Argueta*, M. O., S. Moon<\/strong>, K. Blisniuk, N. D. Brown, L. B. Corbett, P. R. Bierman and S. R. Zimmerman, 2023. Examining the influence of disequilibrium landscape on millennial-scale erosion rates in the San Bernardino Mountains, California, USA. GSA Bulletin<\/span><\/em>. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1130\/B36734.1<\/a><\/p>\n

39. Youssef#<\/sup>, K., K. Shao#<\/sup>*,\u00a0 S. <\/strong>Moon<\/strong>, L. Bouchard, 2023. Landslide susceptibility modeling by interpretable neural network. Communications Earth & Environment,<\/i> 4 (162). https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1038\/s43247-023-00806-5<\/a> (#<\/sup>equal contribution)<\/p>\n

38. Lewis-Merrill*, R. A., S. Moon<\/strong>, J. L. Mitchell, and J. M. Lora, 2022. Assessing Environmental Factors of Alluvial Fan Formation on Titan. The Planetary Science Journal,\u00a0<\/span><\/i> 3(9), p. 223. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3847\/PSJ\/ac8d09<\/a><\/p>\n

37. Yi\u2020<\/span>, E. S., K. J. Kim, C. W\u00f6hler, A. A. Berezhnoy, Y. H. Kim, and S<\/strong>. Moon, <\/strong>2022. Petrological and Mineralogical Characteristics of Exposed Materials on the Floors of the Lavoisier and Surrounding Craters. Remote Sensing<\/i>,\u00a014(17), 4313. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/rs14174313<\/a><\/p>\n

36. Nizam\u2020<\/span>, N., C. Divola\u2020<\/span>, M. Day, A. Yin, and S. Moon<\/strong>, 2022. Development of Chaos Terrain as Subaqueous Slide Blocks in Galilaei Crater, Mars. Remote Sensing<\/i>,\u00a014(9), p.1998. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/rs14091998<\/a> (#<\/sup>equal contribution)<\/p>\n

35. Li*, S. Moon<\/strong>, and J. Higa*, 2022, Residence time of excess topography in an active mountain range, Geophysical Research Letters, <\/em>49<\/span>, e2021GL097319. http:\/\/dx.doi.org\/10.1029\/2021GL097319<\/a><\/p>\n

34. Higa*#<\/sup>, J. T.<\/span>, N. D. Brown*#<\/sup>, S. Moon,<\/strong> J. M. Stock, L. Sabbeth\u2020<\/sup>, S. E.K. Bennett, A. Mart\u00edn-Barajas, M. O. Argueta*, 2022<\/span>.\u00a0Microcontinent breakup and links to possible plate boundary reorganization in the northern Gulf of California, M\u00e9xico<\/span>.\u00a0Tectonics<\/i>,\u00a041<\/span>, e2021TC006933.\u00a0https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1029\/2021TC006933<\/a> (#<\/sup>equal contribution)<\/p>\n

33. Brecheisen, D. Richter, S. Moon<\/strong>, and P. Halpin, 2021. Quantitative analysis of hillshed geomorphology and critical zone function: Raising the hillshed to watershed status. GSA Bulletin.<\/em> https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1130\/B35724.1<\/a><\/p>\n

32. Pierce, I., S. G. Wesnousky, S. Saha, S. Moon<\/strong>, 2022. Testing the Synchronicity of Splay\u2010Fault Ruptures in Carson Valley, Nevada, United States. Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America.<\/em>\u00a0https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1785\/0120210161<\/a><\/p>\n

31. Wang, W.<\/span>,\u00a0Nyblade, A.<\/span>,\u00a0Mount, G.<\/span>,\u00a0Moon, S.<\/span><\/strong>,\u00a0Chen, P.<\/span>,\u00a0Accardo, N.<\/span>, et al. 2021<\/span>.\u00a03D seismic anatomy of a watershed reveals climate-topography coupling that drives water flowpaths and bedrock weathering<\/span>.\u00a0Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface<\/i>,\u00a0126<\/span>, e2021JF006281.\u00a0https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1029\/2021JF006281<\/a><\/p>\n

30. J. Eppinger\u2020<\/span>, J.L. Hayes, B.J. Carr, S. Moon<\/strong>, C. Cosans\u2020<\/span>, W.S. Holbrook, C.J. Harman, S.M. Putnam, Z. T. Plante* 2021. Quantifying Depth-Dependent Seismic Anisotropy in the Critical Zone Enhanced by the Weathering of a Piedmont Schist, Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface<\/em>, 126<\/span>, e2021JF006289.\u00a0https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1029\/2021JF006289<\/a><\/p>\n

29. Goehring, B. M<\/span>,\u00a0Brown*, N.<\/span>,\u00a0Moon, S<\/strong>.<\/span>, &\u00a0Blisniuk, K.<\/span> 2021<\/span>.\u00a0The transport history of alluvial fan sediment inferred from multiple geochronometers<\/span>.\u00a0Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface<\/i>,\u00a0126<\/span>, e2021JF006096.\u00a0https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1029\/2021JF006096<\/a><\/p>\n

28. Ma\u2020<\/span>, L.<\/span>,\u00a0Oakley, D.<\/span>,\u00a0Nyblade, A.<\/span>,\u00a0Moon<\/strong>, S.<\/span>,\u00a0Accardo, N.<\/span>,\u00a0Wang, W.<\/span>, et al. 2021<\/span>.\u00a0Seismic imaging of a shale landscape under compression shows limited influence of topography-induced fracturing<\/span>.\u00a0Geophysical Research Letters<\/i>,\u00a048<\/span>, e2021GL093372.\u00a0https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1029\/2021GL093372<\/a><\/p>\n

27. Saha, S*.<\/span>,\u00a0Moon, S<\/strong>.<\/span>,\u00a0Brown, N. D.<\/span>,\u00a0Rhodes, E. J.<\/span>,\u00a0Scharer, K. M.<\/span>,\u00a0McPhillips, D.<\/span>, et al. 2021<\/span>.\u00a0Holocene depositional history inferred from single-grain luminescence ages in southern California, North America<\/span>.\u00a0Geophysical Research Letters<\/i>,\u00a048<\/span>, e2021GL092774.\u00a0https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1029\/2021GL092774<\/a><\/p>\n

26. Castillo\u2020<\/span>, B. A., S. F. McGill, K. M. Scharer, D. Yule, D. McPhillips, J. McNeil, S. Saha*, N. D. Brown*, and S. Moon<\/strong> 2021. Prehistoric earthquakes on the Banning strand of the San Andreas fault, North Palm Springs, California. Geosphere<\/em>. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1130\/GES02237.1<\/a><\/p>\n

25. Li*, G. K. and S. Moon,<\/strong> 2021. Topographic stress control on bedrock landslide size, Nature Geoscience<\/em> https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1038\/s41561-021-00739-8<\/a><\/p>\n

24. Yin, A., Moon, S.<\/strong>, Day, M., 2021. Landform evolution of Oudemans crater and its bounding plateau plains on Mars: Geomorphological constraints on the Tharsis ice-cap hypothesis. Icarus<\/em>, 114332. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.icarus.2021.114332<\/a><\/p>\n

23. Moon, S.<\/span><\/strong>,\u00a0Paige, D. A.<\/span>,\u00a0Siegler, M. A.<\/span>, &\u00a0Russell, P. S.<\/span> 2021<\/span>.\u00a0Geomorphic evidence for the presence of ice deposits in the permanently shadowed regions of Scott\u2010E crater on the Moon<\/span>.\u00a0Geophysical Research Letters<\/i>,\u00a047<\/span>, e2020GL090780.\u00a0https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1029\/2020GL090780<\/a><\/p>\n

22. Kirkpatrick*, H. M., Moon, S.<\/strong>, Yin, A., & Harrison, T. M., 2021, Impact of fault damage on eastern Tibet topography. Geology<\/i>. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1130\/G48179.1<\/a><\/p>\n

21. Moon, S.<\/span><\/strong>,\u00a0Perron, J. T.<\/span>,\u00a0Martel, S. J.<\/span>,\u00a0Goodfellow, B. W.<\/span>,\u00a0Mas Ivars, D.<\/span>,\u00a0Hall, A.<\/span>, et al. 2020<\/span>.\u00a0Present\u2010day stress field influences bedrock fracture openness deep into the subsurface<\/span>.\u00a0Geophysical Research Letters<\/i>,\u00a047<\/span>, e2020GL090581.\u00a0https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1029\/2020GL090581<\/a><\/p>\n

20. Adrian M., Karin Ebert, Bradley W. Goodfellow, Clas H\u00e4ttestrand, Jakob Heyman, Maarten Krabbendam, Seulgi Moon<\/strong>, and Arjen P. Stroeven, 2019, Past and future impact of glacial erosion in Forsmark and Uppland. TR-19-07, Swedish Nuclear Fuel And Waste Management Co, Stockholm, Sweden. link<\/a><\/p>\n

19. Brown*, N.D., Moon<\/strong>, S., 2019. Revisiting erosion rate estimates from luminescence profiles in exposed bedrock surfaces using stochastic erosion simulations. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, <\/em>528<\/i>, 115842, https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.epsl.2019.115842<\/a><\/p>\n

18. Lin, J*., S. Moon<\/strong>, A. Yong, L. Meng, and P. Davis, 2019. Length\u2010Scale\u2010Dependent Relationships between VS30 and Topographic Slopes in Southern California, Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America<\/i>, doi:10.1785\/0120190076. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1785\/0120190076<\/a><\/p>\n

17. Zhang*, X., Xu, Z., Liu, W., Moon,\u00a0S.<\/strong>, Zhao,\u00a0T., Zhou,\u00a0X., et al,\u00a02019.<\/span>\u00a0Hydro\u2010geochemical and Sr isotope characteristics of the Yalong River basin, eastern Tibetan Plateau: implications for chemical weathering and controlling factors<\/span>.\u00a0Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems<\/i>,\u00a020<\/span>.\u00a0https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1029\/2018GC007769<\/a><\/p>\n

16. Moon, S<\/strong>., D. J. Merritts, N. P. Snyder, P. Bierman, A. Sanquini, J. C. Fosdick, and G. E. Hilley, 2018. Erosion of coastal drainages in the Mendocino Triple Junction region (MTJ), northern California, Earth and Planetary Science Letters<\/i>, 502<\/i>, 156-165, https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.epsl.2018.09.006<\/a><\/p>\n

15. Flinchum, B. A., Steven Holbrook, W., Rempe, D., Moon,\u00a0S.<\/strong>, Riebe,\u00a0C. S., Carr,\u00a0B. J., et al. 2018<\/span>.\u00a0Critical zone structure under a granite ridge inferred from drilling and three\u2010dimensional seismic refraction data<\/span>.\u00a0Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface<\/i>,\u00a0123<\/span>, 1317\u20131343.\u00a0https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1029\/2017JF004280<\/a><\/p>\n

14. Faulk, S.P.*, Mitchell, J.L., Moon, S<\/strong>., Lora, J.M., 2017. Regional patterns of extreme precipitation on Titan consistent with observed alluvial fan\u00a0distribution. Nature Geoscience 10, 827.\u00a0link<\/a><\/p>\n

13. Ibarra, D.E., Moon, S<\/strong>., Caves, J.K., Chamberlain, C.P., Maher, K., 2017. Concentration\u2013discharge patterns of weathering products from global rivers. Acta Geochimica 36, 405-409.\u00a0link<\/a><\/p>\n

12. Moon, S.<\/strong> J. T. Perron, S. Martel, W. S. Holbrook, J. St. Clair, 2017, A model of three-dimensional topographic stresses with implications for bedrock fractures, surface processes and landscape evolution, Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface, 122, doi:10.1002\/2016JF004155<\/a>.<\/p>\n

11. Ibarra, D., Caves, J., Moon S.<\/strong>, Thomas, D., Hartmann, J., Chamberlain C.P., Maher, K., 2016,\u00a0Differential weathering of basaltic and granitic catchments from concentration-discharge relationships,\u00a0Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, doi:10.1016\/j.gca.2016.07.006<\/a><\/p>\n

10. Goodfellow, B. W.<\/span>, G. E. Hilley<\/span>, S. M. Webb<\/span>, L. Sklar<\/span>, S. Moon<\/span><\/strong>, and C. A. Olson,<\/span> 2016<\/span>, The chemical, mechanical, and hydrological evolution of weathering granitoid<\/span>,\u00a0Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface<\/em>, 121<\/span>, doi:10.1002\/2016JF003822<\/a><\/p>\n

9. St. Clair#<\/sup>, J, Moon, S<\/strong>.#<\/sup>, Holbrook, W. S., Perron, J. T., Riebe, C. S., Martel, S., Carr, B., Harman, C., Singha, K., and Richter D., 2015, Topographic stress controls on bedrock weathering revealed by geophysical imaging, Science,\u00a0\u00a0<\/em>v.350, p. 534-538.<\/em>\u00a0link<\/a> (#<\/sup>equal contribution)<\/p>\n

8. Moon, S<\/strong>., Shelef, E., and Hilley, G.E., 2015, Recent topographic evolution and erosion of the deglaciated Washington Cascades inferred from a stochastic landscape evolution model, Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface<\/em>, v.\u00a0120<\/span>, p.856-876. doi:10.1002\/2014JF003387<\/a>.<\/p>\n

7. Moon, S<\/strong>., Chamberlain, C.P. and Hilley, G.E., 2014, New estimates of silicate weathering rates and their uncertainties in global rivers, Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta<\/em>, v. 134, p. 257-274.\u00a0link<\/a><\/p>\n

6. Moon, S<\/strong>., Chamberlain, C.P., Blisniuk, K., Levine, N., Rood, D.H., and Hilley, G.E., 2011, Climatic control of denudation in the deglaciated landscape of the Washington Cascades: Nature Geoscience<\/em>, v. 4, p. 469\u2013473. link<\/a><\/p>\n

5. Hilley, G.E., Chamberlain, C.P., Moon, S.<\/strong>, Porder, S., and Willett, S.D., 2010, Competition between erosion and reaction kinetics in controlling silicate-weathering rates: Earth and Planetary Science Letters<\/em>, v. 293, p. 191-199. link<\/a><\/p>\n

4. Moon, S<\/strong>., Huh, Y., and Zaitsev, A., 2009, Hydrochemistry of the Amur River: Weathering in a Northern Temperate Basin: Aquatic Geochemistry,<\/em> v. 15, p. 497-527. link<\/a><\/p>\n

3. Borges, J.B., Huh, Y., Moon, S.<\/strong>, and Noh, H., 2008, Provenance and weathering control on river bed sediments of the eastern Tibetan Plateau and the Russian Far East: Chemical Geology<\/em>, v. 254, p. 52-72.<\/p>\n

2. Yoon, J., Huh, Y., Lee, I., Moon, S.<\/strong>, Noh, H., and Qin, J., 2008, Weathering Processes in the Min Jiang: Major Elements, 87<\/sup>Sr\/86<\/sup>Sr, \u03b434<\/sup>SSO4<\/sub>, and \u03b418<\/sup>OSO4<\/sub>: Aquatic Geochemistry, v. 14, p. 147-170.<\/p>\n

1. Moon, S<\/strong>., Huh, Y., Qin, J., and van Pho, N., 2007, Chemical weathering in the Hong (Red) River basin: Rates of silicate weathering and their controlling factors: Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta<\/em>, v. 71, p. 1411-1430. link<\/a><\/p>\n

Papers in review\/ revision<\/strong><\/h4>\n

N.D. Brown, M.O. Argueta*, S. Moon,<\/strong> E.J. Rhodes, M. Oskin, A. Morelan, Luminescence thermochronology reveals Late Pleistocene slip history of the San Gorgonio (in review, Geology)<\/p>\n

T. Plante*, S. Moon<\/strong>, J. C. Fosdick, N. Brown, and G.E. Hilley, Could atmospheric dust deposition be an important contributor to Earth\u2019s riverine silicate weathering discharge? (in revision)<\/p>\n

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