Education
Ph.D. Geography, University of Tennessee
M.S. Geology, University of Tennessee
B.S. Geology, North Carolina State University
Courses Taught
- GES 103: Introduction to Earth Science
- GES 111: Physical Geology
- GES 314: Physical Geography: Landscape Processes
- GES 641/742: Earth Surface Processes and Landforms
Research
Geomorphology, River Science, Soils, Environmental Magnetism
Selected Publications
Ayeni, S., Royall, D. 2024. Sensitivity of small river channels in the North Carolina Piedmont to change in streamflow conditions and Atlantic Multi-decadal Oscillation relative to land use/land cover change. Geomorphology 454, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geomorph.2024.109158
Royall, D., 2020. Land use impacts on the hydrogeomorphology of small watersheds (2e). In: Shroder, J. (Editor in Chief), James, L.A., Harden, C.P., Clague, J.J. (Eds.), Treatise on Geomorphology. Academic Press, San Diego, CA, vol. 13, Geomorphology of Human Disturbances, Climate Change, and Natural Hazards. https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-818234-5.00010-9. (Also part of the Elsevier Reference Module in Earth Systems and Environmental Sciences, 2021)
Reynolds, J.*, Royall, D., 2020. Morphological response to reduced discharge on a losing Catawba River bifurcate. Geomorphology 351, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geomorph.2019.106959
Johnson, P.*, Royall, D., 2018. Evaluating the effects of urbanization age on the morphology of low-order urban streams in the U.S. southern Piedmont. Physical Geography, 40(1), 1-27. DOI: 10.1080/02723646.2018.1487635
Royall, D., Kennedy, L., 2016. Historical erosion and sedimentation in two small watersheds of the southern Blue Ridge Mountains, North Carolina, USA, Catena 143, 174-186.
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