OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY
Geomorphology Round Table - Winter 2017
Wilkinson 203, Tuesdays noon to 1pm
Challenging conventional wisdom: new applications and emerging ideas in geomorphology

Recent papers have challenged the convention thinking across several domains in geomorphology. These high profile papers have simulated discussion, controversy and in some cases, replies in kind. Examining these papers and alternative interpretations provides insight into how a field like geomorphology moves forward (or not). The discussions will progress to include innovative applications and emerging techniques for resolving controversies and answering age-old geomorphic questions.

Date Presenter Topic
Jan 10 2017

Group

Happy New Year!

Jan 17 2017

Jon Sanfilippo

PIT tags, are they a useful tool to study transport or big boon doggle?  The Highs and lows of trying to use unconventional technology in the field of geomorphology.

Jan 24 2017

Carolyn Gombert

East et al., 2016. Channel-planform evolution in four rivers of Olympic National Park, Washington, USA:  The roles of physical drivers and trophic cascades. ESPL DOI: 10.1002/esp.4048

PDF icon East_et_al-2016-Earth_Surface_Processes_and_Landforms.pdf
Jan 31 2017

Laura Hempel & Chuan Li

Chuan Li, Matthew J. Czapiga, Esther C. Eke, Enrica Viparelli & Gary Parker (2015) Variable Shields number model for river bankfull geometry: bankfull shear velocity is viscosity-dependent but grain size-independent, Journal of Hydraulic Research, 53:1, 36-48, DOI: 10.1080/00221686.2014.939113.

and response to comments:

Chuan Li, Matthew J. Czapiga, Esther C. Eke, Enrica Viparelli & Gary Parker (2016) Closure to “Variable Shields number model for river bankfull geometry: bankfull shear velocity is viscosity-dependent but grain size-independent” by CHUAN LI, MATTHEW J. CZAPIGA, ESTHER C. EKE, ENRICA VIPARELLI, and GARY PARKER, J. Hydraulic Res. 53(1), 2015, 36–48, Journal of Hydraulic Research, 54:2, 234-237, DOI: 10.1080/00221686.2015.1137088

PDF icon Variable Shields number model for river bankfull geometry bankfull shear velocity is viscosity dependent but grain size independent.pdf, PDF icon Closure to Variable Shields number model for river bankfull geometry bankfull shear velocity is viscosity dependent but grain size independent by.pdf
Feb 7 2017

Vance Almquist

Phillips, J.D. 2007. The Perfect Landscape. Geomorphology 84:159-169.

PDF icon Phillips_Perfect landscape.pdf
Feb 14 2017

Group

Oroville Dam Spillway Failure

Feb 21 2017

Gordon Grant

Hahm et al., 2014. Bedrock composition regulates mountain ecosystems and landscape evolution. PNAS 111:3338-3343.

PDF icon PNAS-2014-Hahm-3338-43.pdf
Feb 28 2017

Eric Kirby

Whipple et al., 2017. Preservation or piracy: Diagnosing low-relief, high-elevation surface formation mechanisms. Geology 45(1): 91-94.

Sinclair, 2017. Making a mountain out of a plateau. Nature 542: 41-42.

PDF icon Whipple_etal_Preservation_or_Piracy_Geology_2017.pdf, PDF icon Sinclair_news_and_views_Tibet_incision_river_2017.pdf
Mar 7 2017

Eric Kirby

cont...

Whipple et al., 2017 Timescales of landscape response to divide migration and drainage capture: Implications for the role of divide mobility in landscape evolution. JGR-Earth Surface. 122, doi:10.1002/2016JF003973. watch these VIDEOS!!! on dropbox.

PDF icon Whipple_timescale_of_landscape_response_to_divide_migration_2017.pdf
Mar 14 2017

Jim O'Connor (USGS)

Megafloods Downsized!

Perron & Venditti, 2016. Megafloods downsized. Nature 538: 174-175.

Larson & Lamb, 2016. Progressive incision of the Channeled Scablands by outburst floods. Nature 538: 229–232.

PDF icon Larsen&Lamb2016_Nature.pdf, PDF icon MegafloodsDownsized.pdf