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Dr. Tom Bullard
Hourly Associate Research Professor, Emeritus
Phone 
775-673-7420
E-Mail 
Tom.Bullard@dri.edu
Campus 
Reno Campus
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Division 
Earth and Ecosystem Sciences

Keywords

Quaternary geology, Quaternary geomorphology, geoarchaeology, tectonic geomorphology, soils, landscape evolution, landscape stability, geologic hazards, geohazards

 

Publications
2023
Bacon, S. N., Bullard, T. F., Vaughn, K., Neudorf, C.M., Baker, S. A. (2023). Landscape response to hydroclimate variability shown by the post-Bonneville Flood (~18 ka) fluvial-geomorphic history of the middle Snake River, Idaho, USA, Quaternary Research, 113, 29-51, 10.1017/qua.2022.60

2021
Lancaster, N., Bacon, S. N., Bullard, T. F., Neudorf, C.M., Keen-Zebert, A. K., Decker, D. L., Boggs, M. L. (2021). Tectonic, hydrogeologic, and climatic controls on Late Holocene dune formation, China Lake basin, Indian Wells Valley, California, USA, Quaternary Research, 1-17, 10.1017/qua.2021.62

2020
Bacon, S. N., Bullard, T. F., Keen-Zebert, A. K., Jayko, A. S., Decker, D. L. (2020). Spatiotemporal patterns of distributed slip in southern Owens Valley indicated by deformation of late Pleistocene shorelines, eastern California, Geological Society of America Bulletin, 132 (7/8), 1681-1703, 10.1130/B35247.1

2015
Bullard, T. F., Bacon, S. N. (2015). Geomorphic research at the Idaho Power Company, Bancroft Springs Cultural Resources Research Locale, Snake River, Idaho – Phase II: Stratigraphy, soils, and numerical age dating

2014
Drollinger, H. D., Holz-Montemayor, B., Bullard, T. F., Ashbaugh, L. J., Griffin, W. R., Goldenberg, N. G. (2014). A Historical Evaluation of the U15 Complex, Nevada National Security Site, Nye County, Nevada

2013
Jones, R. C., Drollinger, H. D., Bullard, T. F., Ashbaugh, L. J., Griffin, W. R. (2013). A Historical Evaluation of the U16a Tunnel, Nevada National Security Site, Nye County, Nevada

2011
Bullard, T. F., Bacon, S. N., Canonne, P., Smith, J. N., Queen, C. R., Ruehlen, L., Ormond, J. (2011). Geology, Geomorphology, and the Vertical Dimension of the World War II BattlefieldChapter : . In Häusler, H., Mang, R. (Eds.), International Handbook, Military Geography Volume 2, Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Military Geosciences, 99-107. Arbeitsgemeinschaft TRUPPENDIENST,: Ministry of Defence and Sports, Vienna, June 15, 2009-June 19, 2009

Drollinger, H. D., Jones, R. C., Bullard, T. F., Ashbaugh, L. J., Griffin, W. R. (2011). A Historical Evaluation of the U12n Tunnel, Nevada National Security Site, Nye County, Nevada

2010
Bacon, S. N., Dalldorf, G. K., McDonald, E. V., Baker, S. E., Sabol, D. E., Minor, T. B., Bassett, S., MacCabe, S. R., Bullard, T. F. (2010). Predictive soil maps based on geomorphic mapping, remote sensing, and soil databases in the desert southwestChapter : . In , 2008 3rd Global Workshop on Digital Soil Mapping: Bridging Research, Production, and Environmental Application

2009
Drollinger, H. D., Jones, R. C., Bullard, T. F., Ashbaugh, L. J., Griffin, W. R. (2009). A Historical Evaluation of the U12t Tunnel, Nevada Test Site, Nye County, Nevada

2005
Maholland, B., Bullard, T. F. (2005). Sediment-related road effects on stream channel networks in an Eastern Sierra Nevada watershed, Journal of the Nevada Water Resources Association, 2 (2), 57-70. Nevada Water Resources Association: Reno, NV

Johnson, W. G., Sharpe, S. E., Bullard, T. F., Lupo, K. (2005). Characterizing a First Occurrence of Bison Deposits in Southeastern Nevada, Western North American Naturalist, 65 (1), 24-35: Provo, UT

Young, M. H., Adams, K. D., Mizell, S. A., Chen, L., Bullard, T. F., Grant, S. (2005). Technical Report: Assessment and Improvement of Hydraulic Characterization of Alluvial Fans to Support Estimates of Recharge and Initial Abstraction, DRI Report No. 41218

2002
Bullard, T. F. (2002). Geomorphic history and fluvial responses to active tectonics and climate change in an uplifted forearc region, Pacific coast of southern Costa Rica, Central America, Zeitschrift fur Geomorphologie, N.F., Suppl. Bd. 129, 1-29. Gebruder Borntraeger: Berlin-Stuttgard

2001
McGraw, D. S., McKay, A., Duan, G., Bullard, T. F., Minor, T. B., Kuchnicki, J. (2001). Water Quality Assessment and Modeling of the California Portion of the Truckee River Basin, DRI Report No. 41170

1993
Bullard, T. F., Lettis, W. R. (1993). Quaternary Fold Deformation Associated with Blind Thrust Faulting, Los Angeles Basin, California, Journal of Geophysical Research, 98 (B5), 8349-8369. American Geophysical Union

1992
Gardner, T. W., Verdonck, D., Pinter, N. M., Slingerland, R., Furlong, K. P., Bullard, T. F., Wells, S. G. (1992). Quaternary Uplift Astride the Aseismic Cocos Ridge, Pacific Coast, Costa Rica, Geological Society of America Bulletin, 104, 219-232. Geological Society of America

1988
Wells, S. G., Bullard, T. F., Menges, C. M., Drake, P. G., Kelson, K. I., Ritter, J. B., Wesling, J. R. (1988). Regional Variations in Tectonic Geomorphology along a Segmented Convergent Plate Boundary, Pacific Coast of Costa Rica, Geomorphology, 1, 239-265. Elsevier Science Publishers

1987
Menges, C. M., Wells, S. G., Bullard, T. F. (1987). Morphometry of Tectonic Landscapes Along a Convergent Plate Boundary, Pacific Coast of Costa RicaChapter 10: Central America and the Caribbean. In , Geomorphic Systems of North America, 373-385. Geological Society of America

1985
Ingersoll, R. V., Bullard, T. F., Ford, R. L., Pickle, J. D. (1985). The Effect of Grain Size on Detrital Modes: A Test of the Gazzi-Dickinson Point-Counting Method – Reply to Discussion of Lee J. Suttner and Abhijit Basu, Journal of Sedimentary Petrology, 55 (4), 617-618. Society of Economic Paleontologists and Mineralogists

Ingersoll, R. V., Bullard, T. F., Ford, R. L., Pickle, J. D. (1985). The Effect of Grain Size on Detrital Modes: A Test of the Gazzi-Dickinson Point-Counting Method – Reply to Discussion of John Decker and Kenneth P. Helmold, Journal of Sedimentary Petrology, 55 (4), 620-621. Society of Economic Paleontologists and Mineralogists

1984
Ingersoll, R. V., Bullard, T. F., Ford, R. L., Grimm, J. P., Pickle, J. D., Sares, S. W. (1984). The Effect of Grain Size on Detrital Modes: A Test of the Gazzi-Dickinson Point-Counting Method, Journal of Sedimentary Petrology, 54 (1), 103-116. Society of Economic Paleontologists and Mineralogists

Conference Proceedings
2015
Bullard, T. F., Bacon, S. N., Kimball, V. (2015). Geomorphic parameters for developing a hydrologic model to infer Holocene climate variability, middle Snake River near Bliss, Idaho. American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting: San Francisco, CA, December 14, 2015-December 18, 2015

2014
Bacon, S. N., Adams, K. D., Bullard, T. F., Keen-Zebert, A. K., Decker, D. L. (2014). Sill Failure and Catastrophic Outburst Floods from Owens Lake, CA: Implications for Latest Pleistocene and Holocene Paleohydrology of the Owens River Drainage Basin, Geological Society of America, Abstracts with Programs, 46 (6). Geological Society of America Annual Meeting: Vancouver British Columbia, October 19, 2014-October 22, 2014, Paper No. 310-7

2009
Bacon, S. N., McDonald, E. V., Dalldorf, G., Baker, S. E., Sabol, D. E., Minor, T. B., Bassett, S., MacCabe, S. R., Bullard, T. F. (2009). Predictive terrain hazard maps for military operations in the desert based on geomorphic mapping, remote sensing, and soil databases [abstract], 14. 8th International Conference on Military Geosciences, Abstracts with Programs: Vienna, Austria, June 15, 2009-June 19, 2009

Bullard, T. F., Canonne, P., Bacon, S. N., Queen, C. R., Ormond, J. (2009). Geology, geomorphology, and the vertical dimension of the battlefield: First ever surrender of major ground force unit to an air force – Chateauroux Region, France, August – September 1944, 28. 8th International Conference on Military Geosciences, Abstracts with Programs: Vienna, Austria, June 15, 2009-June 19, 2009

McDonald, E. V., Bacon, S. N., Dalldorf, G., Bullard, T. F., Minor, T. B. (2009). Integrated desert terrain forecasting for military operations: Geologic basis for rapid predictive mapping of soils and terrain features, 92. 8th International Conference on Military Geosciences, Abstracts with Programs: Vienna, Austria, June 15, 2009-June 19, 2009

2008
Bacon, S. N., McDonald, E. V., Dalldorf, G., Baker, S. E., Sabol, D. E., Minor, T. B., Bassett, S., MacCabe, S. R., Bullard, T. F. (2008). An expert based system to predict soil attributes using geomorphic mapping, remote sensing, and soil databases in the desert southwest USA [abstract]. European Geological Union, EGU2008-A-10709; SSS25-1FR5P-0669, Abstract XY0669

Dalldorf, G., Bacon, S. N., McDonald, E. V., Baker, S. E., Sabol, D. E., Minor, T. B., Bassett, S., MacCabe, S. R., Bullard, T. F. (2008). Predictive soil maps based on geomorphic mapping, remote sensing, and soil databases in the desert southwest, 10 p.. 3rd Global Workshop on Digital Soil Mapping, Paper in Session 6.

Bacon, S. N., Dalldorf, G. K., McDonald, E. V., Baker, S. E., Sabol, D. E., Minor, T. B., Bassett, S., MacCabe, S. R., Bullard, T. F. (2008). Predictive soil maps based on geomorphic mapping, remote sensing, and soil databases in the desert southwest. 2008 European Geosciences Union Congress: Vienna, Austria

2007
McDonald, E. V., Bassett, S., Bacon, S. N., Minor, T. B., Bullard, T. F. (2007). Integrated terrain forecasting for military operations: Predicting the location of critical soil conditions using geomorphic image analysis, 22. 7th International Conference on Military Geology and Geography: Quebec, Canada, June 18, 2007-June 21, 2007, Session 9 Soil and Technology, abstract and talk.

2006
McDonald, E. V., Bassett, S., Bacon, S. N., Minor, T. B., Bullard, T. F. (2006). Integrated desert terrain forecasting for military operations, 6 p.. 25th Army Science Conference: Orlando, FL, November 27, 2006-November 30, 2006, Session O Environmental and Engineering Geosciences; OP-14, poster & short paper.

2000
Kuchnicki, J., Bullard, T. F., Duan, G., McGraw, D. S., Minor, T. B. (2000). Truckee River Watershed Assessment: Sediment Source Analysis in Support of a TMDL Delineation.: Monterey, CA

1993
Hanson, K. L., Bullard, T. F., de Wit, M. W., Stieve, A. L. (1993). Applications of Quaternary Stratigraphic, Soil-Geomorphic, and Quantitative Geomorphic Analyses to the Evaluation of Tectonic Activity and Landscape Evolution in the Upper Coastal Plain, South Carolina, 672-681. 4th DOE Natural Phenomena Hazards Mitigation Conference: Atlanta, Georgia, October 19, 1993-October 22, 1993

Other
1987
Anderholm, S. K., Bullard, T. F. (1987). Description of Piezometer Nests and Water Levels in the Rio Grande Valley near Albuquerque, Bernalillo County, New Mexico, Geological Survey Open-File Report 87-122, 51 p.. U.S. Geological Survey

1982
Wells, S. G., Bullard, T. F., Smith, L. N. (1982). Origin and Evolution of Deserts in the Basin and Range and the Colorado Plateau Provinces of Western North America, STRIAE, The Geological Story of the World’s Deserts, 17, 101-111. INQUA Commision for the Study of the Holocene: Moscow

1980
Miller, C. H., Ramirez, A. L., Bullard, T. F. (1980). Seismic Properties Investigation of the Springer Ranch Landslide, Powder River Basin, Wyoming, Geological Survey Professional Paper 1170-C. U.S. Geological Survey