Dr Adam Smith
- Postdoctoral Research Associate in Numerical Modelling (School of Geographical & Earth Sciences)
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2404-4556Biography
Adam Smith is a postdoctoral research associate in numerical modelling in the school of geographical and earth sciences. Adam's research interests focus on tectonic geomorphoplogy, and in particular the use of river networks and large topographic data sets to understand the processes influencing landscape evolution. His research integrates field obvservations and lab work to inform numerical modelling of erosional processes, particularly applied to river networks. He is particularly interetsed in determining how rivers incise mountain ranges, and has published on a number of ranges including the Sierra Nevada and Wasatch Ranges in the western US, the Siwalik Hills, the Olympic Mountains, the Pyrenees and the Himalayas.
Adam gained an MSci in Geology from Imperial College London in 2020, and his PhD in tectonic geomorphology in 2024 from Birkbeck, University of London and University College London.
Research interests
- Tectonic geomorphology
- Fluvial erosion
- Numerical modelling
- Inverse theory
Publications
Prior publications
Article
Xu Han, Jin-Gen Dai, Adam G. G. Smith, Shi-Ying Xu, Bo-Rong Liu, Cheng-Shan Wang, Matthew Fox (2025) Author Correction: Recent uplift of Chomolungma enhanced by river drainage piracy Nature Geoscience Crossref. (doi: 10.1038/s41561-025-01643-1)
Lanari, R., Bonini, M., Sembroni, A., Papeschi, S., Ventisette, C.D., Smith, A.G.G., Lupi, M., Montanari, D. (2025) Topographic signature of magmatic emplacement at depth: The case of the Larderello-Travale Geothermal area (Northern Apennines, Italy) Earth and Planetary Science Letters Scopus - Elsevier. ISSN 0012821X (doi: 10.1016/j.epsl.2025.119290)
Xu Han, Jin-Gen Dai, Adam G. G. Smith, Shi-Ying Xu, Bo-Rong Liu, Cheng-Shan Wang, Matthew Fox (2024) Recent uplift of Chomolungma enhanced by river drainage piracy Nature Geoscience Crossref. (doi: 10.1038/s41561-024-01535-w)
Elias J. Rugen, Guido Pastore, Pieter Vermeesch, Anthony M. Spencer, David Webster, Adam G. G. Smith, Andrew Carter, Graham A. Shields (2024) Glacially influenced provenance and Sturtian affinity revealed by detrital zircon U–Pb ages from sandstones in the Port Askaig Formation, Dalradian Supergroup Journal of the Geological Society Crossref. (doi: 10.1144/jgs2024-029)
Adam G. G. Smith, Matthew Fox (2024) When Does the Concavity Index Constrain Stream Power Parameters? Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface Crossref. (doi: 10.1029/2023JF007584)
Hanze Fu, Gabor Kereszturi, Qiuming Cheng, Rui Wang, Adam G.G. Smith (2024) Deciphering differential exhumation in the Gangdese orogen in southern Tibet using exposed porphyry alteration systems and geomorphic analysis Geological Society of America Bulletin Adam Smith. ISSN 1943-2674 (doi: 10.1130/b37086.1)
Fox, M., Clinger, A., Smith, A.G.G., Cuffey, K., Shuster, D., Herman, F. (2024) Antarctic Peninsula glaciation patterns set by landscape evolution and dynamic topography Nature Geoscience Scopus - Elsevier. ISSN 17520908 17520894 (doi: 10.1038/s41561-023-01336-7)
Smith, A.G.G., Fox, M., Moore, J.R., Miller, S.R., Goren, L., Morriss, M.C., Carter, A. (2024) One Million Years of Climate-Driven Rock Uplift Rate Variation on the Wasatch Fault Revealed by Fluvial Topography American Journal of Science Scopus - Elsevier. ISSN 00029599 (doi: 10.2475/001c.92194)
Fox, M., Hoseason, T., Bernard, T., Sinclair, H., Smith, A.G.G. (2023) Bedload-Bedrock Contrasts Form Enigmatic Low-Relief Surfaces of the Pyrenees Geophysical Research Letters Scopus - Elsevier. ISSN 19448007 00948276 (doi: 10.1029/2022GL101995)
Smith, A.G.G., Fox, M., Schwanghart, W., Carter, A. (2022) Comparing methods for calculating channel steepness index Earth-Science Reviews Scopus - Elsevier. ISSN 00128252 (doi: 10.1016/j.earscirev.2022.103970)
