James (Drew) Hyatt

Biography

Dr. Hyatt is a geomorphologist with research and teaching interests focused on Earth Surface landforms and their geologic origin. This encompasses a wide range of surface environments, including records of environmental change in lakes, the development of sinkholes, and mapping the form of these and other features (including dinosaur tracks!). His work involves undergraduates and makes use of a variety of techniques including ground penetrating radar, laser surveying/scanning, and recently digital photogrammetry to construct and analyze detailed 3D models of Geologic targets. BA, McMasters University; PhD, Queens University.

Research Interests

• Earth Surface Landforms and their origin
• sinkholes; lakes; dinosaur tracks
• surveying; laser scanning; photogrammetry

Of Note

Dr. Hyatt is currently working on several contributions and is co-editing a multi-authored book that examines detailed topographic modelling of dinosaur tracks from Rocky Hill, Connecticut.

Teaching Interests

• Geomorphology
• Field Methods in Environmental Earth Science
• Imaging techniques in Earth Science

Publications

Getty, P. R., Olsen, P.E., LeTourneau, P. M., Gatesy, S. M., Hyatt, J. A., Farlow, J. O., Galton, P.M., Falkingham, P., Winitch, M. 2017. Exploring a real Jurassic park from the dawn of the age of dinosaurs in the Connecticut Valley. In: Geological Society of Connecticut Spring Fieldtrip, Fieldtrip Guidebook No. 9, 82 pp. Eds. Getty, P.R., Thomas, M.A.

Tepper, J. H., and Hyatt, J. A. 2011. Holocene trophic state history of a subtropical blackwater lake, South Georgia, USA. Journal of Paleolimnology 45: 9-22.

Hyatt, J. A. 2005. Sinkhole. In World Book Encyclopedia. World Book Publishing, A Scott Fetzer Company, p. 473.