Dr. Darryl Granger

College of Science Associate Dean of Faculty Affairs and Professor

dgranger@purdue.edu
Curriculum Vitae
Associated website(s):
Google Scholar , Geology and Geophysics

Education
Ph.D.- University of California-Berkeley

Research Interests
Tectonic geomorphology, landscape evolution, cosmogenic nuclides applied to geomorphology and surficial processes, environmental geosciences.

Teaching Interests

EAS 391A Earth Surface Processes
EAS 591R Seminar - Geology of Western U.S.

Awards and Honors

1992-1995 NASA Global Change Fellow
2000 EAS outstanding teacher award
2001 NSF Early Career Development (CAREER) award
Professional Experience
2002 Associate Professor of AMS/Geochemistry, Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences , Purdue University.
1996 Assistant Professor of AMS/Geochemistry, Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences , Purdue University.

Selected Publications- Google Scholar Page for a complete list of publications

Donahue, M.S., Karlstrom, K.E., Aslan, A., Darling, A., Granger, D ., Wan, E., Dickinson, R. G., and Kirby E. (2013) Incision history of the Black Canyon of Gunnison, Colorado, over the past ~1Ma inferred from dating of fluvial gravel deposits, Geosphere , v. 9, p. 815-826.
Granger, D . E., Lifton, N. A., and Willenbring, J. K. (2013), A cosmic trip: 25 years of cosmogenic nuclides in geology, Geological Society of America Bulletin , v. 125, p. 1379-1402.
De Waele, J., Ferrarese, F., Granger, D ., and Sauro, F. (2012) Landscape evolution in the Tacchi area (Central-East Sardinia) based on karst and fluvial morphology and age of cave sediments, Geografia Fisica e Dinamica Quaternaria , v. 35, p. 119-127.
Erlanger, E.D., Granger, D.E ., and Gibbon, R.J. (2012), Rock uplift rates in South Africa from isochron burial dating of fluvial and marine terraces, Geology , v. 40, p. 1019-1022.
Riebe, C. S. and Granger, D.E. (2012), Quantifying the effects of deep and near-surface chemical erosion on cosmogenic nuclides in soils, saprolites, and sediments, Earth Surface Processes and Landforms , DOI: 10.1002/esp.3339.
Darling, A. L., Karlstrom, K.E., Granger, D. E ., Aslan, A., Kirby, E., Ouimet, W. B., Lazear, G. D., Coblentz, D. D., and Cole, R. D. (2012), New incision rates along the Colorado River system based on cosmogenic burial dating of terraces: Implications for regional controls on Quaternary incision, Geosphere , v. 8, p. 1020-1041.
Olivetti, V., Cyr, A. J., Molin, P., Faccenna, C. and Granger, D. E. (2012), Uplift history of the Sila Massif, southern Italy, deciphered from cosmogenic 10Be erosion rates and river longitudinal profile analysis, Tectonics , v. 31, TC3007, 19 pp.
Shen, G., Michel, V., Despriée, J., Han, F, Granger, D.E. (2012), Datation d’enfouissement par 26Al/10Be et son application préliminaire à des sites du Paléolitique Inférieur en Chine et en France, L’Anthropologie , v. 111, p. 157-165.
Matmon, A., Stock, G. M., Granger, D. E ., and Howard, K. A. (2012) Dating of Pliocene Colorado River sediments: Implications for cosmogenic burial dating and the evolution of the lower Colorado River, Geological Society of America Bulletin , B30453.1, v. 124, p. 626-640.
Hu, X., Kirby, E., Pan, B., Granger, D.E ., and Su, H. (2011) Cosmogenic burial ages reveal sediment reservoir dynamics along the Yellow River, China, Geology , v. 39, p. 839-842.
Federici, P.R., Granger, D. E ., Pappalardo, M., Ribolini, A., Spagnolo,. M., Cyr, A.J. (2011) Last Glacial Maximum and the Gschnitz stadial in the Maritime Alps according to 10Be cosmogenic dating, Boreas, published online 3 Nov 2011.
Placzek, C.J., Matmon, A., Granger, D.E ., Quade, J., and Niedermann, S. (2010) Evidence for active landscape evolution in the hyperarid Atacama from multiple terrestrial cosmogenic nuclides, Earth and Planetary Science Letters , v. 295, p. 12-20.
Cyr, A.J., Granger, D. E ., Olivetti, V., and Molin, P. (2010) Quantifying rock uplift rates using channel steepness and cosmogenic nuclide–determined erosion rates: Examples from northern and southern Italy, Lithosphere , v. 2, p. 188-198.
Ouimet, W. B., Whipple, K. X., and Granger, D. E. (2009) Beyond threshold hillslopes: Channel adjustment to base-level fall in tectonically active mountain ranges, Geology , v. 37, p. 579-582.
Shen, G. J., Gao, X., Gao, B., and Granger, D. E. (2009) Age of Zhoukoudian Homo erectus determined with 26Al/10Be burial dating, Nature , v. 458, p. 198-200.
Shen, G. J., Shao, Q. F., and Granger, D.E. (2009) 26Al/10Be burial dating and its potential in dating early hominid sites in China, Acta Anthropologica Sinica , v. 28, no. 3, p. 292-299. ( In Chinese )
Kong, P., Granger, D. E ., Wu, F.-Y., Caffee, M. W., Wang, Y.-J., Zhao, X.-T., and Zheng, Y. (2009) Cosmogenic nuclide burial ages and provenance of the Xigeda paleo-lake: implications for evolution of the Middle Yangtze River, Earth and Planetary Science Letters , v. 278, p. 131-141.
Gibbon, R.J., Granger, D.E ., Kuman, K., and Partridge, T.C. (2009) Early Acheulean technology in the Vaal River Gravels, South Africa, dated with cosmogenic nuclides, Journal of Human Evolution , v. 56, p. 152-160.
Federici, P. R., Granger, D. E., Pappalardo, M., Ribolini, A., Spagnolo, M., and Cyr, A. J., (2008) Exposure dating of an Egesen moraine in the Maritime Alps, Italy, with cosmogenic 10Be, Boreas, v. 37, p. 245-253.
Carbonell, E., Burmúdez de Castro, J. M., Parés, J. M., Pérez-González, A., Cuenca-Bescós, G., Ollé, A., Mosquera, M., Huguet, R., ., van der Made, J., Rosas, A., Sala, R., Vallverdú, J., García, N., Granger, D. E ., Martinón-Torres, M., Rodríguez, X. P., Stock, G. M., Vergès, J. M., Allué, E., Burjachs, F., Cáceres, I., Canals, A., Benito, A., Díez, C., Lozano, M., Mateos, A., Navazo, M., Rodríguez, J., Rosell, J., and Arsuage, J. L., (2008) The first hominin species of Europe, Nature, v. 452, p. 465-470.
Cyr, A. J., and Granger, D. E. , (2008) Dynamic equilibrium among erosion, river incision and coastal uplift in the northern Apennines, Italy, Geology, v. 36, p. 103-106.