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Personal profile
About
Andrew Bach is an Professor of Environmental Geography at Western Washington University. Dr. Bach received his doctorate in geography from Arizona State University in 1995. His Master's and undergraduate work in geography was completed at the University of California, Davis. His major research areas include geomorphology and pedogenesis, natural resources management, Quarternary studies and climate change in the western United States. Dr. Bach, his graduate students and colleagues have been focusing research efforts in the Ozette Region and Elwha River of the Olympic Peninsula, the Nooksack River watershed and Mt. Baker in Whatcom County, and the Potholes Coulee area of central Washington. Topically, projects have looked at the paleoenvironments of these areas, especially reconstructing the Missoula Flood. Dr. Bach has been using pedogenesis to examine landscapes and trying to understand how soils begin to form in these environments, and how climate change might affect the rate of soil development. Dr. Bach currently teaches Introduction to Physical Geography, The Pacific Northwest, Climatology, Map Reading and Analysis, and two soils courses.
Contact Information
Environmental Studies
Office: AH 226
Phone: 650-4774
Related documents
Education/Academic qualification
Department of Geography, Ph.D., Arizona State University
… → 1995
Department of Geography, M.A., University of California, Davis
… → 1991
Department of Geography, B.S., University of California, Davis
… → 1988
Research Interests
- Geomorphology
- Soil Genesis and Weathering
- Quaternary Studies and Climate Change
- Geoarcheology
Disciplines
- Environmental Studies
- Physical and Environmental Geography
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Retreating Glaciers, Incipient Soils, Emerging Forests: 100 Years of Landscape Change on Mount Baker, Washington, USA
Whelan, P. & Bach, A. J., Mar 4 2017, In: Annals of the American Association of Geographers. 107, 2, p. 336-349 14 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Archival Evidence for Historical Changes in Lowland Wilderness Meadows, Ozette Prairies, Olympic National Park
Bach, A. J., May 11 2016.Research output: Contribution to conference › Presentation
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Mountain Climate
Bach, A. J. & Price, L. W., 2013, Mountain Geography: Physical and Human Dimensions.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
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Mountain Climate
Bach, A. J. & Price, L. W., Jan 1 2013, Mountain Geography: Physical and Human Dimensions. University of California Press, p. 41-84 44 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
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Climate: Mountain
Bach, A. J., 2010, Encyclopedia of Geography.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter