Who We Are

The Geomorphology Research Group operated under the supervision of Dr. David R. Montgomery at the University of Washington, and was of a team of staff and graduate students working on hillslope, fluvial, and tectonic geomorphology and historical ecology (or environmental history).

Popular-science books

Growing a Revolution: Bringing Our Soil Back to Life Montgomery, D.R. 2017 Growing a Revolution: Bringing Our Soil Back to Life W. W. Norton&Co.

The Hidden Half of Nature: The Microbial Roots of Life and Health Montgomery, D.R. and Biklé, A. 2016 The Hidden Half of Nature: The Microbial Roots of Life and Health W. W. Norton&Co.

The Rocks Don't Lie: A Geologist Investigates Noah's Flood Montgomery, D. R., 2012, The Rocks Don't Lie: A Geologist Investigates Noah's Flood, W. W. Norton &Co.

[Review in Publisher's Weekly]       [Review in Library Journal]
[Review in UW Daily]       [Review in Crosscut]
[Review in The Daily Beast]       [Review in Wall Street Journal]
[Review in Religion Dispatches]       [Review in New Scientist]
[Review in Seattle Times]   [Interview in Seattle Times 17Sept2012]
[TED Talk]       [Fox News Interview]       [TVW Interview]   [...and comments]
[Dr.Cochran podcast]      

Dirt: The Erosion of Civilizations, David R. Montgomery Montgomery, D. R., 2007, Dirt: Erosion of Civilizations, University of California Press, 296 p. (translated into Japanese, German, Turkish, Korean, and Estonian)

[Review in Nature]   [Review in Crop Science]   [Review in blogs.agu.org]
[Review in knowwhereyourfoodcomesfrom.com]

King of Fish, D. R. Montgomery Montgomery, D. R., 2003, King of Fish: The Thousand-Year Run of Salmon, Westview Press, Boulder, 290 p.

Please refer to the Publications page for a complete listing of publications.

Contact Us

David R. Montgomery
Department of Earth & Space Sciences
Box 351310 University of Washington
Seattle WA 98195-1310

bigdirt@uw.edu