Geomorphology
Quaternary Research

EDUCATION

1980-1984: Department of Geological Sciences and Quaternary Research Center, University of Washington, Seattle—Ph.D. in Geology 6/84.

1978-1980: Department of Geology, Stanford University, Stanford, California—M.S. in Geology 6/80.

1977-1978: University of California, Berkeley—B.S. in Geology 3/78.

1970-1974: Hampshire College, Amherst, Massachusetts—B.A. in Literature.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Department of Civil Engineering, University of Washington

Joint appointment, Research Associate Professor:

    Department of Civil and Environmental Engeneering, University of Washington

    Department of Earth and Space Sciences

9/02-present: Co-Director, Center for Water and Watershed Studies.

9/95-9/02: Director, Center for Urban Water Resources Management.

7/99-present: Research Associate Professor with adjunct faculty appointments in Departments of Geological Sciences, Forestry, Landscape Architecture, and the Quaternary Research Center.

9/95-6/99: Research Assistant Professor

9/86-9/95: Affiliate Assistant Professor (appointed to Graduate Faculty 6/95).

Graduate Classes Taught:

Urban Watershed Assessment (CEWA)

Watershed Restoration (Landscape Architecture)

Fluvial Geomorphology (Geological Sciences)

King County, Seattle, WA

4/87-3/96: Geologist, Basin Planning Program.

8/89-10/90: Manager, Basin Planning Program.

12/85-4/87: Geologist, Building and Land Development Division.

AWARDS AND PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

Professional Geologist, State of Washington (License #195)

Professional Engineer, State of Washington—Civil (License #36876)

Fellow, Geological Society of America (1999)

National Science Foundation Graduate Fellowship (1978-1981)

Member: Geological Society of America; American Geophysical Union (Policy Science Committee 1992-1996); Northwest Geological Society (President 1989), American Society of Civil Engineers

Review Panelist: National Science Foundation, Division of Earth Sciences; USGS Earthquake Hazard Reduction Program (1992, 1993, 1996); National Cooperative Geologic Educational Mapping Program (1997-2000)

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

D. B. Booth, K. G. Troost, and J. T. Hagstrum, 2004, Deformation of Quaternary strata and its relationship to crustal folds and faults, central Puget Lowland, Washington: Geology, v. 32 (in press). (Reprint)

D. B. Booth, R. E. Wells, and R. Givler, 2004, Chimney damage in the greater Seattle area from the Nisqually earthquake of February 28, 2001: Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, v. 94(3): in press. (Reprint)

Booth, D. B., Troost, K. G., Clague, J. J., and Waitt, R. B., 2004, The Cordilleran ice sheet: Chapter 2 in Gillespie, A., Porter, S. C., and Atwater, B., eds., The Quaternary Period in the United States: International Union for Quaternary Research, Elsevier Press, p. 17-43.

J. T. Hagstrum, D. B. Booth, K. G. Troost, and R. J. Blakely, 2002, Magnetostratigraphy, paleomagnetic correlation, and deformation of Pleistocene deposits in the south-central Puget Lowland, Washington:Journal of Geophysical Research-Solid Earth 107 (B4): art. no. 2079 Apr 10 2002. (Reprint)

C. P. Konrad, D. B. Booth, S. J. Burges, and D. R. Montgomery, 2002, Partial entrainment of gravel bars during floods: Water Resources Research, v. 38, no. 7, 10.1029, p. 9-1 - 9-16.

D. B. Booth, D. Hartley, and C. R. Jackson, 2002, Forest cover, impervious-surface area, and the mitigation of stormwater impacts: Journal of the American Water Resources Association, v. 38, p. 835-845. (Reprint)

E. J. Nelson and D. B. Booth, 2002, Sediment budget of a mixed-land use, urbanizing watershed: Journal of Hydrology, v. 64, p. 51-68.

M. L. Larson and D. B. Booth, 2001, Effectiveness of large woody debris in stream rehabilitation projects in urban basins: Ecological Engineering, 18(02), p. 211-226.

J. G. Scholz and D. B. Booth, 2001, Monitoring small urban streams: Strategies and protocols for humid-region lowland systems: Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, 71(2), p. 143-164.

P. C. Henshaw and D. B. Booth, 2000, Natural restabilization of stream channels in urban watersheds: Journal of the American Water Resources Association, v. 36, no. 6, p. 1219-1236.

D. B. Booth and John P. Bethel, 1998, Approaches for seismic hazard mitigation by local governments -- an example from King County, Washington: in Rogers, A. M., Walsh, T. J., Kockelman, W. J., and Priest, G. R., Assessing and Reducing Earthquake Hazards in the Pacific Northwest: U. S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 1560, vo. 2, p. 537-542.

D. B. Booth, D. R. Montgomery, and J. Bethel, 1997, Large woody debris in urban streams of the Pacific Northwest: in Roesner, L. A., ed., Effects of watershed development and management on aquatic ecosystems: Engineering Foundation Conference, Proceedings, Snowbird, Utah, August 4-9, 1996 (invited).

D. B. Booth and C. R. Jackson, 1997, Urbanization of aquatic systems-degradation thresholds, stormwater detention, and limits of mitigation: Journal of American Water Resources Association: v. 33, no. 5, p. 1077-1090. (Reprint)

D. B. Booth, 1995, Geologic map of the Maple Valley quadrangle, King County, Washington: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Field Studies Map MF-2297, scale 1:24,000.

D. B. Booth, 1994, Glaciofluvial infilling and scour of the Puget Lowland, Washington, during ice-sheet glaciation: Geology, v. 22, p. 695-698.

D. B. Booth and B. Hallet, 1993, Channel networks carved by subglacial water: Observations and reconstruction in the eastern Puget Lowland of Washington: Geological Society of America Bulletin, v. 105, p. 671-683.

D. B. Booth, 1991, Glacier physics of the Puget lobe, southwest Cordilleran ice sheet: Geographie Physique et Quaternaire, v. 45, p. 301-316.

D. B. Booth, 1991, Urbanization and the Natural Drainage System--Impacts, Solutions, and Prognoses: Northwest Environmental Journal, v. 7, p. 93-118.

D. B. Booth, 1990, Stream-channel incision following drainage-basin urbanization: Water Resources Bulletin, v. 26, p. 407-417.

D. B. Booth, 1990, Surficial geology of the Skykomish and Snoqualmie Rivers area, Snohomish and King Counties, Washington: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Investigations Map I-1745, scale 1:50,000.

N. E. Brown, B. Hallet, and D. B. Booth, 1987, Rapid soft-bed sliding of the Puget glacial lobe: Journal of Geophysical Research, v. 92, p. 8985-8998.

D. B. Booth, 1986, Mass balance and sliding velocity of the Puget lobe of the Cordilleran ice sheet during the last glaciation: Quaternary Research, v. 25, p. 269-280.

D. B. Booth, 1986, The formation of ice-marginal embankments into ice-dammed lakes in the eastern Puget Lowland, Washington, U.S.A., during the late Pleistocene: Boreas, v. 15, p. 247-263.