Profile

Early-career geomorphologist interested in interactions among surface processes, tectonics, and climate, and in their influence on the large-scale evolution of mountain belts and foreland-basin systems. My research combines topographic analysis, thermo- and geochronology, numerical landscape-evolution models, and inverse modelling.

Academic Appointments

Publications

1. Schaller, M., Peifer, D., Neely, A. B., Bernard, T., Glotzbach, C., Beer, A. R., & Ehlers, T. A. (2025). Spatiotemporal denudation rates of the Swabian Alb escarpment (southwestern Germany) dominated by anthropogenic impact, lithology, and base-level lowering. Earth Surface Dynamics, 13(4), 571–591.
2. Bernard, T., Glotzbach, C., Peifer, D., Neely, A., Schaller, M., Beer, A., ... & Ehlers, T. A. (2024). Estimation of denudation parameters and river capture events from neural network inverse modeling of river profiles and thermo- and geochronology data. Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface, 129(10), e2024JF007636.
3. Fox, M., Hoseason, T., Bernard, T., Sinclair, H., & Smith, A. G. G. (2023). Bedload–bedrock contrasts form enigmatic low-relief surfaces of the Pyrenees. Geophysical Research Letters, 50(6), e2022GL101995. doi
4. Bernard, T., & Sinclair, H. D. (2023). Accelerated sediment delivery to continental margins during post-orogenic rebound of mountain ranges. Basin Research, 35(2), 642–661. doi
5. Ford, M., Masini, E., Vergés, J., Pik, R., Ternois, S., Léger, J., Dielfolder, A., Frasca, G., Grool, A., Vinciguerra, C., Bernard, T., ... & Calassou, S. (2022). Evolution of a low-convergence collisional orogen: A review of Pyrenean orogenesis. Bulletin de la Société Géologique de France, 193(1). doi
6. Bernard, T., Sinclair, H. D., Gailleton, B., & Fox, M. (2021). Formation of longitudinal river valleys and the fixing of drainage divides in response to exhumation of crystalline basement. Geophysical Research Letters, 48(8). doi
7. Bernard, T., Sinclair, H. D., Naylor, M., Christophoul, F., & Ford, M. (2020). Post-orogenic sediment drape in the Northern Pyrenees explained using a box model. Basin Research, 33(1), 118–137. doi
8. Bernard, T., Sinclair, H. D., Gailleton, B., Mudd, S. M., & Ford, M. (2019). Lithological control on the post-orogenic topography and erosion history of the Pyrenees. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 518, 53–66. doi
9. Bernard, T., Steer, P., Gallagher, K., Szulc, A., Whitham, A., & Johnson, C. (2016). Evidence for Eocene–Oligocene glaciation in the landscape of the East Greenland margin. Geology, 44(11), 895–898. doi

Conference Contributions

• Bernard, T., Glotzbach, C., Neely, A., Ehlers, T., & Peifer, D. (2023). Estimation of erosion rates and river captures from inverse modelling of river profiles and thermo-geochronology data. AGU 2023.
• Bernard, T., Glotzbach, C., Neely, A., & Ehlers, T. (2023). Estimation of erosion-rate parameters from inverse modelling of river profiles and thermochronological data. Thermo 2023.
• Bernard, T., Glotzbach, C., Peifer, D., Neely, A., & Ehlers, T. (2023). Estimation of erosion-rate parameters from neural-network inverse modeling of river-profile and thermo-geochronology data. EGU 2023.
• Bernard, T., Sinclair, H., Naylor, M., Weir, E., Christophoul, F., & Ford, M. (2020). Post-orogenic sediment drape and flux of mountain-range–foreland-basin systems: An example from the Northern Pyrenees. EGU 2020.
• Bernard, T., Sinclair, H., Naylor, M., Christophoul, F., & Ford, M. (2019). Syn- to post-orogenic topography and sedimentary flux of mountain systems: Application to the Central Pyrenees. EGU 2019.
• Bernard, T., & Sinclair, H. (2018). The effect of lithology in shaping the post-orogenic relief of the Central Pyrenees. EGU 2018.
• Bernard, T., Sinclair, H., Ford, M., & Naylor, M. (2017). Post-orogenic evolution of mountain ranges and associated foreland basins: Initial investigation of the Central Pyrenees. EGU 2017.
• Bernard, T., Steer, P., Gallagher, K., Szulc, A., & Whittam, A. (2016). Glaciation and erosion of East Greenland at the Eocene–Oligocene transition: Insights from low-temperature thermochronology. EGU 2016.

Research Funding

Field Experience

Research

• Germany and the Swabian Alb: bedrock and river-sediment sampling for dating.
• Northern and Southern Pyrenees: bedrock sampling, rock-strength measurements, and clast granulometry and lithology.

Education

• Scottish Highlands: geological mapping and glacial/fluvial geomorphology of the Assynt Window.
• Spanish Pyrenees: sedimentology and stratigraphy of the South Pyrenean Thrust Belt.
• Armorican Massif: geological context and interpretation of the Variscan orogeny.
• Wessex Basin: mineralogy, sedimentology, and tectonics.
• Alps: active tectonics and geological mapping of the Barles half-window.

Additional Information

• Hobbies: climbing, hiking, and tennis.
• Driver’s licence.