Kenneth H Orvis

Biographic Data

ID6374541
NAMEKenneth H Orvis
GIVEN NAMESKenneth H
FAMILY NAMEOrvis
SIGNATUREORVIS K H
AFFILIATIONSUniversity of Tennessee at Knoxville
VERIFIEDNo
TOTAL WORKS9
TOTAL CITATIONS7
WORKS AS AUTHOR9
WORKS AS EDITOR0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR1997
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2019
H-INDEX2

  • Cosmogenic Cl-36 surface exposure dating of late Quaternary glacial events in the Cordillera de Talamanca, Costa Rica

    Open AccessRebecca Potter, Yingkui Li et al.ARTICLEQuaternary Research2019

    Geomorphic evidence of past glaciation, such as U-shaped valleys, aretes, glacial lakes, and moraines, is preserved in the highland surrounding Cerro Chirripó in the Cordillera de Talamanca, Costa Rica. Previous work to establish a glacial chronology has focused on relative age dating of moraines and on radiocarbon dating of basal lake sediments to infer the timing of deglaciation. We used cosmogenic 36 Cl surface exposure dating to constrain the…

  • Oxygen isotope evidence of Little Ice Age aridity on the Caribbean slope of the Cordillera Central, Dominican Republic

    Open AccessChad S Lane, Sally P Horn et al.ARTICLEQuaternary Research2011

    Climate change during the so-called Little Ice Age (LIA) of the 15th to 19th centuries was once thought to be limited to the high northern latitudes, but increasing evidence reflects significant climate change in the tropics. One of the hypothesized features of LIA climate in the low latitudes is a more southerly mean annual position of the Intertropical Convergence Zone (ITCZ), which produced more arid conditions through much of the northern tro…

  • Sensitivity of bulk sedimentary stable carbon isotopes to prehistoric forest clearance and maize agriculture

    Open AccessChad S Lane, Claudia I Mora et al.ARTICLEJournal of Archaeological Science2008Cited by: 5References: 13

  • Assessing the dendrochronological potential of Pinus occidentalis Swartz in the Cordillera Central of the Dominican Republic

    Open AccessJames H Speer, Kenneth H Orvis et al.ARTICLEThe Holocene2004Cited by: 2References: 1

    Opportunities for dendrochronology in the tropics are rare because few locations experience sesonality strong enough to induce annual (or even dependably cyclic) ring formation in trees. Consequently, any such opportunities that exist are valuable and identifying them is worth investing time and effort. West Indian pine (Pinus occidentalis Swartz) is endemic to the island of Hispaniola (l9°N, 71°W). It has prviously been shown not to produce usef…

  • Modeling the Geography of Migratory Pathways and Stopover Habitats for Neotropical Migratory Birds

    Open AccessJr Roger Tankersley, Roger Tankersley et al.ARTICLEConservation Ecology2003

    Tankersley, Jr., R. and K. Orvis 2003. Modeling the Geography of Migratory Pathways and Stopover Habitats for Neotropical Migratory Birds. Conservation Ecology 7(1):7. https://doi.org/10.5751/ES-00483-070107

  • Holocene Lake-Effect Precipitation in Northern Michigan

    Open AccessPaul A Delcourt, Peter L Nester et al.ARTICLEQuaternary Research2002

    Holocene sediments from Nelson Lake, on Michigan's eastern Upper Peninsula, provide isotopic, pollen, and charcoal evidence for a two-step sequence of changes in moisture source and increased lake-effect precipitation during the late Holocene. Between 8000 and 5300 cal yr B.P., a warm, dry climate and zonal atmospheric circulation produced enriched stable oxygen and carbon isotopic values in combination with high percentages of pine pollen and su…

  • High-Elevation Savanna Landscapes in the Cordillera Central, Dominican Republic, Hispaniola

    Open AccessG Michael Clark, Sally P Horn et al.ARTICLEMountain Research and Development2002

    Headwater unincised savanna (sabana) landscapes in the Cordillera Central, Dominican Republic, have a vegetation cover dominated by the native tussock grass, Danthonia domingensis. Sites occur on gentle-relief upland surfaces approximately between 2000 and 2400 m, mainly in José del Carmen Ramírez National Park (JCR) and Juan B. Pérez Rancier National Park (JBPR). Surface and subsurface data from 1 site constrain regolith age overlying granitoid …

  • Quaternary Glaciers and Climate on Cerro Chirripó, Costa Rica

    Open AccessKenneth H Orvis, Sally P HornARTICLEQuaternary Research2000

    Glacial lake sediments and glacial geomorphology in Valle de las Morrenas, a glacial trough on the north face of Cerro Chirripó, Costa Rica, provide evidence on high-altitude Pleistocene conditions in Central America. The most recent glacier in the valley (Chirripó stage I) receded very rapidly near the end of the Younger Dryas chronozone. Radiocarbon dates on basal organic sediments from lakes beneath upper, middle, and lower limits of that glac…

  • Geomorphic Traces of Quaternary Climates in the Cordillera Central, Dominican Republic

    Open AccessKenneth H Orvis, G Michael Clark et al.ARTICLEMountain Research and Development1997

    The Cordillera Central in the Dominican Republic, island of Hispaniola, exceeds 3,000 m in height. Schubert and Medina (1982) identified possible relict glacial geomorphic features on air photographs. Modern mid-elevation lapse rates of -8.50C km-1 yield plausible paleo-snowlines below peak elevations with sea-surface temperature depressions between 2' and 8 'C, although paleo-dynamics of the tradewind inversion may be more important. This paper …