Cheryl McKenna Neuman - Trent University

CURRICULUM VITAE
Cheryl McKenna Neuman
Department of Geography
Trent University
Peterborough, Ontario, K9J 7B8
Tel: (705) 748-7307, FAX: (705) 748-1205
E-Mail: cmckneuman@trentu.ca
Position Full Professor, Department of Geography, Trent University (March 2002-present)
Tenure, Trent University (July, 1994)
Chair of the Department of Geography, Trent University (July 1, 2005 – June 30, 2010)
Education Ph.D. (1988) Queen's University
M.Sc. (1983) University of Guelph, supervisor Dr. W. G. Nickling
B.Sc. hons (1981) Queen's University, supervisor Dr. R. Gilbert
* all degrees awarded in Physical Geography
Awards NSERC Women's Faculty Award (1991), renewal (1994-6)
J. Ross Mackay Award, Canadian Geomorphological Research Group (1999)
Memberships Canadian Geomorphology Research Group
International Association of Sedimentologists
Canadian Geophysical Union
American Geophysical Union
International Society of Aeolian Research
Honours Inducted as an honorary fellow of the Royal Canadian Geographical Society
(November 6, 2011)
Research Sedimentary processes; Aeolian geomorphology; Physics and modelling of wind
Interests erosion; Fluid mechanics; Wind tunnel simulation

A) Refereed Journal Contributions
Lists of Research Contributions
Gordon, M. and C. McKenna Neuman, 2011. A study of particle splash on developing ripple forms for
two bed materials. Geomorphology, 12: 79-91.
Gordon, M. and C. McKenna Neuman, 2009. A comparison of collisions of saltating grains with loose and
consolidated silt surfaces, J. Geophys. Res – Earth Surface, Vol. 114, F04015,
doi:10.1029/2009JF001330.
McKenna Neuman, C., J. W. Boulton, and S. Sanderson, 2009. Wind tunnel simulation of environmental
controls of fugitive dust emissions from mine tailings. Atmospheric Environment, 43, 520-529.
Darke, I.., and C. McKenna Neuman, 2008. Field study of beach water content as a guide to wind
erosion potential. J. Coastal Res., 24(5), 1200-1208.
McKenna Neuman, C., and S. Sanderson, 2008. Humidity control of particle emissions in aeolian
systems, J. Geophys. Res. - Earth Surface, 113, F02S14, doi:10.1029/2007JF000780.
Sutton, S. L. F., and C. McKenna Neuman, 2008. Sediment entrainment to the lee of roughness
elements: Effects of vortical structures, J. Geophys. Res. -Earth Surface, 113,
F02S09,doi:10.1029/2007JF000783.
Sutton, S. and C. McKenna Neuman, 2008. Variation in bed level shear stress on surfaces sheltered by nonerodible
roughness elements, J. Geophys. Res. – Earth Surface, 113, F03016,
doi:10.1029/2007JF000967.
McKenna Neuman, C. and G. Langston, 2006. Measurement of water content as a control of particle
entrainment by wind, Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, 31, 303-317.
Langston, G. and C. McKenna Neuman, 2005. An experimental study on the susceptibility of crusted
surfaces to wind erosion: A comparison of the strength properties of biotic and salt crusts,
Geomorphology, 72, 40-53.
McKenna Neuman, C., Maxwell, C. and C. Rutledge, 2005. Spatial analysis of crust deterioration under
particle impact. Journal of Arid Environments, 60: 321-342.
McKenna Neuman, C., 2004. Effects of temperature and humidity upon the transport of sedimentary
particles by wind. Sedimentology, 51(1), 1-18.
McKenna Neuman, C., 2003. Effects of temperature and humidity upon the entrainment of
sedimentary particles by wind, Boundary-Layer Meteorology, 108, 61-89.
McKenna Neuman, C. and C. D. Maxwell, 2002. Temporal Aspects of the Abrasion of Microphytic Crusts
under Grain Impact, Earth surface Processes and Landforms, 27, 891-908.
Lancaster, N., W.G. Nickling and C. McKenna Neuman, 2002. Particle size and sorting characteristics of
sand in transport on the stoss slope of a small reversing dune. Geomorphology, Volume 43, Issues
3-4, 233-242.

Nickling, W.G., C. McKenna Neuman and N. Lancaster, 2002. Grainfall Processes in the lee of transverse
dunes, Silver Peak, Nevada. Sedimentology,49(1), 191-209.
McKenna Neuman, C., W.G. Nickling and N. Lancaster, 2000. The effect of unsteady winds upon
sediment transport intermittency along the stoss slope of a reversing dune, Silver Peak Nevada.
Sedimentology, 47, 211-226.
McKenna Neuman, C. and C. Maxwell, 1999. A wind tunnel study of the resiliance of three fungal crusts
to particle abrasion during aeolian sediment transport. Catena, 38, 151-173.
McKenna Neuman, C., 1998. Sediment flux and boundary layer adjustments over rough surfaces with an
unrestricted, upwind sediment supply. Geomorphology,25, 1-17.
McKenna Neuman, C. and Maljaars, M., 1998. A wind tunnel study of the influence of pore water on aeolian
sediment transport. Journal of Arid Environments, 39(3), 403-419.
McKenna Neuman, C., Lancaster, N., and W. G. Nickling, 1997. Relations between dune morphology, air
flow and sediment flux on reversing dunes, Silver Peak, Nevada. Sedimentology, 44, 1103-1113.
Nickling, W. G. and C. McKenna Neuman, 1997. Wind tunnel evaluation of a wedge-shaped aeolian transport
trap, Geomorphology, 18, 333-345.
McKenna Neuman, C. and M. Maljaars, 1997. Wind tunnel measurement of boundary layer response to
sediment transport. Boundary-Layer Meteorology, 84, 67-83.
McKenna Neuman, C., C. Maxwell, and J. W. Boulton, 1996. Wind transport of surfaces crusted with
photoautotrophic microorganisms, Catena, 27, 229-247.
Lancaster, N., W.G. Nickling, C. McKenna Neuman and V.E. Wyatt, 1996. Sediment flux and airflow on the
stoss slope of a barchan dune. Geomorphology,17: 55-62.
McKenna Neuman, C. and W. G. Nickling, 1995. Aeolian sediment flux decay: Non-linear behaviour on
developing deflation lag surfaces. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, 20:423-435.
Nickling, W. G. and C. McKenna Neuman , 1995. Development of deflation lag surfaces. Sedimentology,
42:403-414.
McKenna Neuman, C. and W. G. Nickling, 1994. Momentum extraction with saltation: Implications for
experimental determination of wind profile parameters. Boundary-Layer Meteorology, 68: 35-50.
Maxwell, C. D., and C. L. McKenna Neuman, 1994. Photoautotrophs and the microaggregation of sand in
a freshwater beach-dune complex: Implications for sediment transport by wind. Soil Biology
Biochemistry 26(2): 221-233.
McKenna Neuman, C. 1993. A review of aeolian processes in cold environments. Progress in Physical
Geography, 19(2): 99-117.
McKenna Neuman, C. 1990. Role of sublimation in particle supply for aeolian transport in cold
environments. Geografiska Annaler. 72A: 329-335.
McKenna Neuman, C. 1990. Observations of winter aeolian transport and niveo-aeolian deposition at
Crater Lake, Pangnirtung Pass, N.W.T., Canada. Permafrost and Periglacial Processes. 1:235-247.
McKenna Neuman, C. 1989. Kinetic energy transfer through impact and its role in entrainment by wind
of particles from frozen surfaces. Sedimentology, 36: 1007-1015.

McKenna Neuman, C. and W.G. Nickling, 1989. A theoretical and wind tunnel investigation of the effect
of capillary water on the entrainment of sediment by wind. Canadian Journal of Soil Science, 69:
79-96.
Gilbert, R. and C. McKenna Neuman, 1988. Occurrence and significance of warm weather during winter
in the eastern Canadian Arctic. Arctic and Alpine Research, 20: 395-403.
B) Refereed Papers In Press
McKenna Neuman, C., P. Ashmore and S. Bennett, Experimental Geomorphology, submitted August 30,
2010 for publication as a chapter in the Treatise on Geomorphology.
C) Refereed Book Chapters
McKenna Neuman, C., 2010. Dust Resuspension and Chemical Mass Transport. In: L. Thibodeaux and D.
Mackay (eds.), Handbook of Chemical Mass Transport in the Environment. CRC Press, Taylor and
Francis. 611pp.
Nickling, W. G. and C. McKenna Neuman, Aeolian sediment transport. In: Parsons, A. and Abrahams,
A.D. (eds.) Desert Geomorphology. 2nd ed., 2009, Approx. 760 p. 500 illus., Hardcover ISBN:
978-1-4020-5718-2.
Nickling, W. G. and C. McKenna Neuman, 1999. Recent Investigations of Airflow and Sediment
Transport over Desert Dunes. In: Goudie A., Livingstone, I. and Stokes, S. (eds.) Aeolian
Environments, Sediments and Landforms. Wiley, pp.15-47.
McKenna Neuman, C. and R. Gilbert, 1986. Aeolian processes and landforms in glaciofluvial
environments of southeastern Baffin Island, N.W.T., Canada. In: Nickling, W. (ed.), Aeolian
Geomorphology. Proceedings of the 17th Annual Binghampton Geomorphology Symposium,
Allen&Unwin, Boston, 213-235.
D) Other Refereed Contributions
McKenna Neuman, C. (2003) Eolian Transport and Deposition. In: Encyclopedia of Sediments and
Sedimentary Rocks (Ed. by G. V. Middleton, M. J. Church, M. Coniglio, L. A. Harie and F. J.
Longstaffe), pp. 928. Kluwer, Academic Publishers, Dordrecht. Encyclopedia of Earth Sciences
Series.
Gilbert, R. et al. 1994. A Field Guide to the Glacial and Postglacial Landscape of Southeastern Ontario.
Geological Survey of Canada Bulletin 453.
E) Non-Refereed Contributions & Technical Reports
McKenna Neuman, C., 2009. Soil Erosion: An example from the Oak Ridges Moraine (text box), In:
Peterborough and the Kawarthas, Adams and Taylor (eds.).
McKenna Neuman, C. and S. Sanderson, 2009. Quantification of Fugitive PM10 Emissions from Nickel Slag,

RWDI AIR Project #W08-1010P, 36 pp. 20 figs. (Submitted to RWDI for review and recommendations,
Dec. 22, 2008)
Sanderson, S. and C. McKenna Neuman, 2008.Wind Fence Assessment, Copper Cliff, Ontario, RWDI
Project #W08-5267A, 9 pp., 5 figs. (Submitted to RWDI for review and recommendations, January
7, 2009)
M. Milner, Preston, K., Lepage, M., Boulton, W. and McKenna Neuman, C., 2008. Fugitive Dust - Physical
Models and Wind Tunnel Testing, Paper #354, ACE 2008 A&WMA Conference. Atlanta Georgia, June
8-12, 2008.
A Wind Tunnel Study on Salt Tailings from a Potash Mine in Argentina, 2008. Report No. W06-1259A,
RWDI Consulting Engineers and Scientists.
McKenna Neuman, C. and G. Langston, 2003. Spatial analysis of surface moisture content on beaches
subject to aeolian transport, Proceedings of the Canadian Coastal Conference 2003, October 15-17,
Queen’s University, Kingston Ontario.
McKenna Neuman, C. and W.G.Nickling, 2000. Aeolian Transport Measurement: Instruments and
Techniques. Proceedings from the CGRG Workshop on the Measurement and Simulation of
Sediment Transport by Wind September 16-17, 2000, Trent University.
McKenna Neuman, C. and R. Gilbert, 1987. Grain-size characteristics of aeolian sediments from fjord
heads on Baffin Island. In: Syvitski, J. and Praeg, D. (eds), Sedimentology of Arctic Fjords
Experiment: Data Report, Volume 3. Canadian Data Report of Hydrology and Ocean Sciences
#54., 468.
McKenna Neuman, C. and R. Gilbert, 1985, Aeolian environments of arctic fiords. In: Vilks, G. and
Syvitski, J. (eds) Abstracts of the 14 th Arctic Workshop. Bedford Institute of Oceanography,
November 6-8.
F) Published Abstracts
Maxwell, C. D. and C. McKenna Neuman, 1997, Wind transport of sand surfaces crusted with free-living
soil fungi. Supplement to the American Journal of Botany, Abstracts. p. 126.
G) Conference Presentations
Armouring in Aeolian Systems: Adjustments of Reynolds stress to bed surface topography with Bailiang Li.,
Coherent Flow Structures in Geophysical Flows at Earth’s Surface. International meeting, August 3-5,
2011, Simon Fraser University in Burnaby, British Columbia.
The following three papers were presented at the International Conference on Aeolian Research VII, Santa
Rosa Argentina July 5-9, 2010:
i) Reflections on the development of armoured surfaces, C. McKenna Neuman, S. Sutton and S.
Sanderson.
ii) A study of particle splash on developing ripple forms for two bed materials, M. Gordon and C. McKenna
Neuman.
iii) Locating the avalanche initiation point on an aeolian dune, S. Sutton and C. McKenna Neuman.
Effect of the particle to fluid density ratio on bedform development: An application of PTV (invited oral

paper) with M. Gordon, Joint Assembly CGU-AGU, Toronto Ontario, May 24, 2009.
Using 3-D laser imaging to track topographic changes on the slipface of an avalanching Aeolian dune (oral
paper) with S. Sutton (presenter), Joint Assembly CGU-AGU, Toronto Ontario, May 24, 2009.
Quantification and modelling of fugitive dust emissions from nickel slag (poster) with S. Sanderson, Joint
Assembly CGU-AGU, Toronto Ontario, May 24, 2009.
Reflections on the development of armoured beds (oral paper) with S. Sutton, and S. Sanderson, Joint
annual meeting of the Canadian Geophysical Union and the Canadian Geomorphology Research Group,
Banff Alberta, 11-14 May, 2008.
The role of reptation in dune slipface dynamics with S. Sutton, and W. G. Nickling, Planetary Dunes
Workshop: A Record of Climate Change, Alamogordo, New Mexico, 29 April – 2 May, 2008.
Co-convenor of Sediment Transport in Fluids session, Joint meeting of CGU and CGRG, Banff Alberta, May
11-15. All papers in this session were invited and included international participants.
Effects of roughness elements on bed level fluid flow characteristics; A wind tunnel investigation with S.
Sutton. Sixth International Conference on Aeolian Research, University of Guelph, July 24-28, 2006.
Sediment entrainment to the lee of roughness elements; effects of vertical structures with S. Sutton. Sixth
International Conference on Aeolian Research, University of Guelph, July 24-28, 2006.
Fundamental atmospheric control of particle entrainment with S. Sanderson. Sixth International
Conference on Aeolian Research, University of Guelph, July 24-28, 2006.
A wind tunnel study of flow patterns on rough sheltered surfaces with S. Sutton. Canadian Association of
Geographers, University of Western Ontario, London Ontario, May 31 – June 4 , 2005.
Wind tunnel measurement of near-bed pressure gradients at varied temperature and in the presence of
saltaton, Joint Assembly, Montreal, 2004.
Spatial analysis of surface moisture content on beaches subject to aeolian transport with G. Langston.
Canadian Coastal Conference, Queen’s University, Kingston Ontario, October 15-17, 2003.
Grain scale processes in aeolian transport. Invited paper for a special session on Sediment Transport
convened by P. Ashmore. 29 th Annual meeting of the Canadian Geophysical Union, Banff Alberta, May 10-
14, 2003
The role of instrumentation in Aeolian research: Recent advances and future challenges, keynote address
with W. G. Nickling, Fifth International Conference on Aeolian Research, Lubbock Texas, July 22-25, 2002.
Mechanics of crust rupture and erosion with A. Rice, Fifth International Conference on Aeolian Research,
Lubbock Texas, July 22-25, 2002.
Aeolian saltation threshold: Effects of temperature and humidity with J. Henry, American Association of
Geographers annual meeting, New York, Feb. 25-March 3, 2001.
Grainfall patterns and dune morphology with N. Lancaster and W.G. Nickling, American Association of
Geographers annual meeting, New York, Feb. 25-March 3, 2001.
Particle Supply Restriction in aeolian systems, J. Ross Mackay Award Lecture, CANQUA-CGRG, Calgary,
August 23-27, 1999.
Recent advances in our understanding of desert dune dynamics, Key note address with W.G. Nickling.

International Conference on Aeolian Research (ICAR4), Oxford UK, July 6-10, 1998.
Influence of pore water on aeolian sediment transport, with M. Maljaars Scott, International Conference on
Aeolian Research (ICAR4), Oxford UK, July 6-10, 1998.
Sediment flux and boundary layer adjustments over rough surfaces with an unrestricted, upwind sediment
supply. International symposium on wind erosion, Manhattan, Kansas, US Department of Agriculture, June
3-5, 1997.
Wind transport of sand surfaces crusted with free-living soil fungi, with C. Maxwell, Annual meeting of the
Botanical Society of America, Montreal, Quebec, August 3-7, 1997.
Wind erosion of surfaces crusted with photoautotrophic microorganisms, with C. Maxwell, Aeolian
Processes and Environments Meeting, Canadian Geomorphology Research Group, Canadian Association of
Geographers Annual Meeting, Saskatoon, May 13-15, 1996.
Wind transport of sand over wet surfaces, with M. Maljaars, Aeolian Processes and Environments Meeting,
Canadian Geomorphology Research Group, Canadian Association of Geographers Annual Meeting,
Saskatoon, May 13-15, 1996.
Windspeed and sediment flux relations on varied reversing dune slopes at Silver Peak, Nevada, with W.G.
Nickling and N. Lancaster, Aeolian Processes and Environments Meeting, Canadian Geomorphology
Research Group, Canadian Association of Geographers Annual Meeting, Saskatoon, May 13-15, 1996.
Saltation flux and momentum extraction interactions on developing deflation lag surfaces, with W. G.
Nickling, Workshop on Response of Eolian Processes to Global Change, Desert Research Center at Zzyzx,
California, March 1994.
Sediment flux and airflow on the stoss slope of a barchan dune, with N. Lancaster, W. G. Nickling and V. E.
Wyatt, Workshop on Response of Eolian Processes to Global Change, Desert Research Center at Zzyzx,
California, March 1994.
Development of deflation Lags, with W.G. Nickling, Third International Geomorphology Conference,
McMaster University, Hamilton, August 1993.
Influence of saltation on wind profile parameteres, with W. G. Nickling, Third International Geomorphology
Conference, McMaster University, Hamilton, August 1993.
The role of photoautotrophs in the microaggregation of sand in a freshwater beach-dune complex:
Implications for sediment transport by wind, with C. D. Maxwell, Meeting of the Phycological Society of
America, Ames Iowa, August 1993.

Other Scholarly Activities
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Associate Editor: Journal of Geophysical Research - Earth Surface (May 2008- Jan 2011)
Member of NSERC Grant Selection Committee 09 – Environmental Earth Sciences (August 2005- August
2008)
Member of the Organizing Committee; Chair of Sessions 1 & 2 on the Mechanics of Aeolian Processes;
ICAR VI (International Conference on Aeolian Research) University of Guelph, July 24-28, 2006.
Organized and led a special session on Aeolian Transport Systems, Canadian Association of Geographers,
University of Western Ontario, London Ontario, May 31 – June 4 , 2005.
Organized and led, with P. Wiberg, University of Virginia, a special session on Comparison of Aeolian and
Fluvial Dynamics and Sedimentation, Joint Assembly of the CGU, AGU, SEG and EEGS, Montreal PQ, May
17-21, 2004.
Vice-President (2003), President (2004) Past President (2005), Canadian Geomorphology Research
Group, A division of the Geological Association of Canada.
Member of Appraisal Committee II, Ontario College of Graduate Studies, August 2000-2003
Member of the Organizing Committee, ICAR V (International Conference on Aeolian Research and the
Global Change and Terrestrial Ecosystems-Soil Erosion Network) Lubbock Texas, July 2002
Session II chair and guest editor for a special issue of Geomorphology relating to the Fifth International
Conference on Aeolian Research, Lubbock Texas, July 22-25, 2002.
Organized and led Canadian Geomorphological Research Group (CGRG) Workshop on the Measurement
and Simulation of Sediment Transport by Wind September 16-17, 2000, Trent University.

Courses Taught
Methods of Physical Geography, Human and Physical Environments, Earth's Physical Environments, Geography
of Polar Regions, Fluvial Geomorphology, Coastal-Aeolian Geomorphology, Modelling Applications in Physical
Geography, Mechanics of Sediment Movement, Geomorphology, Process Geomorphology, Principles of Physical
Sedimentology, Sedimentary Processes
Nominated for the Symons Award for Excellence in Teaching: 2000-2001, 2001-2002, 2010-2011
Honours Thesis Supervision:
(* work published in a refereed journal)
Vance (2011) Wind erosion susceptibility of Ganaraska soils.
Nash (2010) Effect of shell content upon erodibility of beaches.
O’Brien (2008) Wind tunnel simulation of seed transport: Spotted Knapweed.
Sanderson (2006)* A parameterisation of interparticle forces and their relationship with pore humidity
and threshold shear velocity.
Darke (2005)* Spatial distribution and measurement of surface moisture on two beaches Lake Ontario
Langston (2004)* Mechanics of salt crust rupture
Smith (2003) A wind tunnel investigation of sediment transport from a wet sand surface
Shaver (2001) Wind tunnel simulation of wheat lodging
Evans (1998)* Spatial analysis of fungal crust erosion
Byl (1996)* A wind tunnel investigation of sediment transport over lag surfaces
Boulton (1994)* Aeolian threshold friction velocity and sediment flux characteristics of microphytic crusts.
Brown (1994) Light transmission and standing crop relations in a riffle zone within Thompson Creek.
Anderson (1993) Velocity profiles and seasonal dune adjustments along a coastal foredune system,
Presqu'ile Provincial Park, Ontario.
Wlodek (1993) Hillslope sediment movement in the Ganaraska forest.
Maljaars (1993) Problems in the use of wind tunnel derived flux equations in the estimation of field
transport.
Crawford (1992) Lag development on Presqu'ile Provincial Park beach.
Stockford (1992) An analysis of suspended sediment characteristics and solute concentrations of two subbasins
within the Ganaraska watershed.
Ford (1990) Sediment accumulation in the West Bay, Bluffer's Park, Scarborough, Ontario.
Mckinley (1989) Spatial variation in grain size of littoral sediments of Minipi Lake.
Haynes (1989) The spatial distribution of nitrate concentrations in Baxter Cr., Millbrook, Ont.
Graduate Thesis Supervision:
Bryn Magee (ELSP***, MSc, Jan 2012) Airflow in enhanced entranceways with thermal
stratification.
Otto Bedard (ELSP***, MSc, May 2011-) Self-organization and morphodynamics of ripples
formed in bimodal sediments.
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Patrick O’Brien (ELSP*** MSc., Sept 2008-May 2011) A wind tunnel study comparing the erosion of
biological and salt crusted surfaces.
Stephen Sanderson (ELSP*** MSc., Sept. 2007 – present) Quantification and Modelling of Fugitive Dust
Emissions from Nickel Slag in Northern Ontario.
Stephen Sutton (WEGS* M.Sc., Sept. 2003- Feb. 2006) Shear stress partitioning in the presence of
surface roughness elements.
(ELSP*** Ph.D., May 2006 – present) Avalanching on aeolian sand dunes: initiation,
sediment redistribution and classification
Marianne Maljaars (AMINSS**, 1994-6) Modelling the influence of soil pore water upon the aeolian
sediment flux.
*WEGS – Watershed ecosystems graduate program
**AMISS – Applications of modelling in the Natural and Social Sciences graduate program
*** ELSP - Environmental and Life Sciences Graduate Program
Postdoctoral Fellows: Dr. Bailiang Li, PhD (Texas A&M, 2010)
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