
Antony Orme
Professor Emeritus
Department: Department of Geography
1255 Bunche Hall
Los Angeles, CA 90095-1524
Tel: (310) 825-1516
orme@geog.ucla.edu
Personal Website
Education
B.A., First Class Honours, University of Birmingham, England, 1957
Ph.D., University of Birmingham, England, 1961
Research Interests
(1) Coastal Geomorphology (river-mouth morphodynamics, beach erosion, dunes)
(2) Watershed Geomorphology (mass movement, slope processes, sediment yields)
(3) Quaternary Environments (sea-level change, pluvial lakes)
(4) Geomorphology and Isostasy (relations to denudation and drainage systems)
(5) Tectonism and Environmental Change (impacts on climate, geomorphology, biogeography)
(6) Timescales of Environmental Change
(7) Histories and Theories of Earth and Environmental Sciences
(8) Coastal and Watershed Management
