Mark Fonstad


Mark Alan Fonstad (born September 21, 1973 in Neenah, WI) is an American geographer. He specializes in the physical geography of rivers, the fusion of physical geography with geographic information science, geomorphology, hydrology, and remote sensing. Fonstad is an associate professor in the Department of Geography at Texas State University. His educational training included secondary education at Lourdes Academy (Oshkosh, WI), a B.S. in Geography at the University of Wisconsin (Madison, WI), a M.A. in Geography at Ohio University (Athens, OH), and, in 2000, a Ph.D. in Geography from Arizona State University (Tempe, AZ). He is the son of geographer Todd Fonstad and cartographer Karen Wynn Fonstad.

 

Some of Fonstad’s accomplishments include the HAB Transform for converting images of rivers into maps of water depth, the SATS treeline ecotone model, a cellular automata model of instream hydrodynamics (with Jay Parsons), and the Critical Riverbank Conjecture, for which he received (with W. Andrew Marcus) the 2005 G.K. Gilbert Award for Excellence in Geomorphic Research.


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Binghamton 2007 SymposiumFonstad Research Group

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Publications on the Web: 

Fonstad, M.A., 2006, Cellular automata as analysis and synthesis engines at the geomorphology-ecology interface, Geomorphology,

        vol. 77, no. 3-4, pp. 217-234.

Conyers, M.M. and Fonstad, M.A., 2005, The unusual channel resistance of the Texas Hill Country and its effect on flood flow

        predictions, Physical Geography, vol. 26, no. 5, pp. 379-395.

Fonstad, M.A. and Marcus, W.A., 2005, Remote sensing of stream depths with hydraulically-assisted bathymetry (HAB) models,

        Geomorphology, vol. 72, no. 4, pp. 320-339.

Dunham, S., Fonstad, M.A., Anderson, S.A., Czajkowski, K., 2005, Using multi-temporal satellite imagery to monitor the response

        of vegetation to drought in the Great Lakes region, GIScience and Remote Sensing, vol. 42, no. 3, pp. 185-201.

Jordan, D.C. and Fonstad, M.A., 2005, Two-dimensional mapping of river bathymetry and power using aerial photography and

        GIS on the Brazos River, Texas, Geocarto, vol 20, no. 3.

Fonstad, M.A., Reichling, J., Van de Grift, J.W., 2005, Design of a new transparent velocity head rod for rapid and precise stream

        velocity measurements, Journal of Geoscience Education, vol. 53, no. 1, pp. 44-52.

Legleiter, C.J., Roberts, D.A., Marcus, W.A., Fonstad, M.A., 2004, Optical remote sensing of river channel morphology and in-

        stream habitat: physical basis and feasibility, Remote Sensing of Environment, vol. 93, pp. 493-510.

Fonstad, M.A. and Marcus, W.A., 2003, Self-organized criticality in riverbank systems, Annals of the Association of American

        Geographers, vol. 93, no. 2, pp. 281-296.

Legleiter, C.J., Lawrence, R.L., Fonstad, M.A., Marcus, W.A., Aspinall, R., 2003, Fluvial response to wildfire in northern

        Yellowstone: a spatially explicit analysis, Geomorphology, vol. 54, no. 3-4, pp. 119-136.

Fonstad, M.A., 2003, Spatial variation in the power of mountain streams in the Sangre de Cristo Mountains, USA, Geomorphology,

        vol. 55, no. 1-4, pp. 75-96.

 


 

Course Web Pages: 

Geo 2410: Introduction to Physical Geography  | S 2002 | F 2002 | S 2003 | F 2003 | S 2005 | F 2005 | F 2006

Geo 2426: Fundamentals of GIS  | F 2001

Geo 3325: Geomorphology  | S 2003

Geo 3434: Water Resources Management  | S 2002 | F 2004 | F 2005

Geo 4412: Digital Remote Sensing  | S 2002

Geo 4430: Field Methods  | S 2004 | S 2005 | S 2007

Geo 5395: Fluvial Processes  | F 2001

Geo 5334: Applied Water Resources Management  | F 2003 | F 2006

Geo 5430: Advanced Field Methods  | S 2004 | S 2005 | S 2007

Geo 5370: Modeling in Physical Geography  | S 2004

Geo 7300: Advanced Geographic Research Design  | S 2006 | S 2007

Geo 7313: Environmental Systems Analysis  | F 2004

Geo 7316: Remote Sensing and Environment  | F 2002

Geo 7318: GIS in Environmental Geography  | S 2006


Binghamton 2007 Symposium: Complexity in Geomorphology

co-hosted by M.A. Fonstad and A. B Murray, October 5-7, 2007, Duke University


Fonstad Research Group: 

Mindy Conyers (Dissertation Advisor, in progress)

Spatial prediction of channel instability in the Animas River Basin, Colorado

Jay Parsons (Dissertation Advisor, in progress)

Geospatial modeling of Human-Watershed Interactions in Taos, NM

Leondres Kincy (Thesis Advisor, in progress)

           Martian flow network geomorphology modeling

Jane Heath (Thesis Advisor, 2006)

           Criticality and river instability response to mountain environment control

Jonathan Frodge (Thesis Advisor, 2006)

           Modeling the occurrence of springs and seeps along the Blanco River, Texas using logistic regression

Jason Pinchback (Thesis Advisor, 2005)

           Spatial aspects of water quality management in Austin, Texas

Jay Parsons (Thesis Advisor, 2004)

           A computational cellular automaton for modeling surface water flow within the Rocky Mountain National Park.

Mindy Conyers (Thesis Advisor, 2003)

           A regional evaluation of Manning's roughness estimates in streams of south-central Texas

Susan Dunham (Thesis Advisor, 2003)

           Using multitemporal satellite imagery to monitor the response of vegetation to drought in the Great Lakes region.

David Jordan, (Thesis Advisor, 2002)

           Two-dimensional mapping of river bathymetry and power using aerial photography and GIS on the Brazos River,   

           Texas.


Miscellany: 

Texas State Department of Geography
Texas State University
Mountain Studies Institute

That Pancake


How to contact Mark: 

E-mail:  mfonstad@txstate.edu

Phone (with voice mail):  512-245-7809

Department

    office phone: 512-245-2170

    office fax: 512-245-8353

 

Mailing address:

     Department of Geography

     Texas State University

     601 University Drive

     San Marcos, TX 78666 USA

 

Street address:
     Department office:  Room 139 Evans Liberal Arts
     My office:  Room 383 Evans Liberal Arts
    


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