Miller, Brendan

MSc (University of Alberta), PGeo

Adjunct Professor, Geography
Email
brendan.miller@gov.bc.ca
Campus
Off Campus

Biography

Brendan Miller is a Research Soil Scientist with the British Columbia Ministry of Forests in Prince George.

Research and Expertise

Research fields:

  1. Understanding the distribution of soil parent materials in the Central Interior through the back-analysis of geomorphic processes operating at the time of original deposition.
  2. Characterizing wildfire induced changes to soils and hydrology for improved hazard prediction.
     
Research Fields
  • Earth Science
  • Environment
  • Natural Hazards
Areas of Expertise
Geomorphology, Quaternary Geology, Post Wildfire Hazards, Landslides and Landslide Dams, Terrain Analysis.
Not accepting graduate students

Selected Publications

Bornaetxea, T., Blais-Stevens, A. and Miller, B., 2023. Landslide Inventory Map of the Valemount Area, British Columbia, Canada. A Detailed Methodological Description. In Progress in Landslide Research and Technology, Volume 1 Issue 2 (pp. 373-381). Springer. https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-031-18471-0_27 

Kranabetter, J.M., Curran M.C., Kabzems R.D., Lilles E.B., Miller B.G.N., Murray M.P., Philpott T.J., and Wallace. B.M. 2022. The long-term soil productivity study of British Columbia: effects of organic matter removal and compaction on stand productivity after two decades. Prov. B.C., Victoria, B.C. Exten. Note 126.

Bornaetxea, T., Blais-Stevens, A. and Miller, B., 2022. Landslide Inventory Map of the Valemount Area, British Columbia, Canada. Geological Survey of Canada, Open File 8926, https://doi.org/10.4095/330911 

Miller, B.G.N., Iverson, R.M., Clague, J.J., Geertsema, M. and Roberts, N.J., 2021. Channel-amphitheatre landforms resulting from liquefaction flowslides during rapid drawdown of glacial Lake Fraser, British Columbia, Canada. Geomorphology, 392, p.107898.

Clague, J.J., Roberts, N.J., Miller, B., Menounos, B. and Goehring, B., 2020. A huge flood in the Fraser River valley, British Columbia, near the Pleistocene Termination. Geomorphology, 374, p.107473.

Fan, X., Dufresne, A., Subramanian, S., Strom, A., Hermanns, R., Tacconi Stefanelli, C., Hewitt, K., Yunus, A. P., Dunning, S., Capra, L., Geertsema, M., Miller, B., Casagli, N., Jansen, J., Xu, Q. 2020. The formation and impact of landslide dams – State of the art. Earth-Science Reviews, 203 103116.

Berch, S., Bulmer, C., Curran, M., Chapman, W., Hope, G., Kabzems, R., Lilles, E., Kranabetter, M., Miller, B., Murray, M., Philpott, T., Wallace, B., and Hannam, K. 2019. Long-term soil productivity study: the effects of soil compaction and organic matter retention on long-term soil productivity in British Columbia (ep1148): Updated Establishment Report. BC Ministry of Forest, Lands, Natural Resource Operations, and Rural Development, Technical Report 122, https://www.for.gov.bc.ca/hfd/pubs/Docs/Tr/TR122.htm.

Miller, B.G.N., Dufresne, A., Geertsema, M., Atkinson, N., Evensen, H., and Cruden, D.M. 2018. Longevity of dams from landslides with sub-channel rupture surfaces, Peace River region, Canada. Geoenvironmental Disasters, 5:1.

Miller, B.G.N., Filatow, D., Dufresne, A., Geertsema, M., and Dinney, M. 2018. Engineering Geomorphological Mapping. In: Encyclopedia of Engineering Geology. Springer.

Miller, B.G.N., and Cruden, D.M. 2002. The Eureka River landslide and dam, Peace River Lowlands, Alberta. Canadian Geotechnical Journal, 39.4: 863-878.

 

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