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Daniel J. Miller
Earth Systems Institute
3040 NW 57th Street
Seattle, WA 98107
(206)633-1792
Education:
Ph.D. - 1993 Dept. of Geological Sciences, University of Washington
M.S. - 1987 Dept. of Geology and Geophysics, University of
Hawaii
B.A. - 1979 Dept. of Physics, University of Nebraska
Employment:
1997 - Present Earth Systems Institute
(non profit research and education), Seattle, WA
1993 - 1996 Research Associate, Dept. of Geological Sciences,
University of Washington
1990 - Present M2 Environmental Services, Consulting, Seattle,
WA
Research Interests:
Combined use of field observations and computer simulations
to elucidate interactions between physical and biological
systems in river environments; scale relations in measures
of physical attributes; use of physical and empirical models
for risk assessment
Relevant Experience:
Field mapping for delineation of landslide hazards, WA Watershed
Analysis. Development and coding of simulation models for
sediment and organic debris flux over large time and space
scales; field mapping and modeling to associate channel physical/habitat
attributes to stochastic erosional processes, US Forest Service
Cost Share. Development and coding of programs for topographic
analysis to delineate channel networks and associated attributes,
landslide susceptibility and debris flow runout, Coastal Landscape
Analysis and Modeling Study
Relevant Publications:
- Miller, D. J.,
and L. Benda, 2000, Effects of punctuated sediment supply
on valley-floor landforms and sediment transport, Geological
Society of America Bulletin, vol. 112, 1814-1824. Miller,
D. J., and J. Sias, 1998. Deciphering large landslides:
coupling hydrology, groundwater, and slope-stability models
through GIS, Hydrologic Processes, vol.12, 923-941.
- Benda, L. E.,
D. J. Miller, T. Dunne, G. H. Reeves, and J. K. Agee, 1998.
Dynamic Landscape Systems, in Ecology and Management of
Streams and Rivers in the Pacific Northwest Coastal Ecoregion,
R. Naiman and R. Bilby, (eds.), Springer Verlag
- Miller, D. J.,
and T. Dunne, 1996, Topographic perturbations of regional
stresses and consequent bedrock fracturing, Journal of
Geophysical Research, 101(B11), p 25,523-25,536.
- Miller, D. J.,
1995, Coupling GIS with Physical Models to Assess Deep-Seated-Landslide
Hazards, Environmental & Engineering Geoscience,
1(3), p. 263-276.
- Miller, D. J.,
1991. Damage in King County from the Storm of January 9,
1990, Washington Geology, 19(1), 28-37.
Recent Collaborators:
- T. Dunne (UC, Santa
Barbara)
- R. Pack (Utah State)
- D. Tarboton (Utah
State)
- L. Benda (Earth Systems
Institute)
- K. Burnett (PNW Research
Station, US Forest Service, Corvallis)
- G. Reeves (PNW Research Station,
US Forest Service, Corvallis)
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