Watershed Processes Group

Geomorphology Round Table - Spring 2017

Wilkinson 203, Tuesdays noon to 1pm

The Graded River

We will follow the evolution of writing and thinking on the "The Graded River" from Mackin's classic conception in the 1940s to today. As we delve into the science, we will also discuss the readability and changing style of sceintific publications over the last 80 years.

Ball, 2017. It's not just you: science papers are getting harder to read. Nature Column: MUSE doi:10.1038/nature.2017.21751.

Students: This quarter GRT is also listed as GEO_505_002_S2017, 1 credit Reading & Conference/Special Topics in Geomorphology.

Date	Presenter	Topic
Apr 4 2017	Group	Choose Topic
Apr 11 2017	Wes Von Dassow	Mackin, J.H. (1948) The Graded River. GSA Bulletin 69:463-512. 1948_MACKIN_GradedRiver_GSABulletin.pdf
Apr 18 2017	Carolyn Gombert	Hack, J.T. (1957) Studies of Longitudinal Stream Profiles in Virginia and Maryland. US Geological Survey Professional Paper 294-B. hack_1957.pdf
Apr 25 2017	Jon Sanfilippo	Parker, G. (1978) Self-formed straight rivers with equilibrium banks and mobile bed. Part 2. The gravel river. The Journal of Fluid Mechanics 89(1):127-146. 1978_Parker.pdf
May 2 2017	Laura Hempel	Seidl, M.A. and W.E. Dietrich (1992) The problem of channel erosion into bedrock. Catena Supplement 23:101-124. Seidl-Dietrich1992_Catena_Bedrock.pdf
May 9 2017	Andrew Meigs	Whipple, K. X. (2004) Bedrock Rivers and the Geomorphology of Active Orogens. Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences 32:151-185. Whipple_2004_AnnRevEPS.pdf
May 16 2017	Group	DiBiase R.A. and K.X. Whipple (2011) The influence of erosion thresholds and runoff variability on the realtionships among topography, climate and erosion rate. JGR Earth Surface 116 F04036, doi:10.1029/2011JF002095. 2011_DiBiase-JGR__ES.pdf
May 23 2017	Eric Kirby	Lague, D. (2014) The stream power river incision model: evidence, theory and beyond. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms 39(1):38-61. 2014_Lague_ESPL.pdf
May 30 2017	Caroline Nash	Phillips, C.B. and D.J. Jerolmack (2016) Self-organization of river channels as a critical filter on climate signals. Science 352(6286):694-697. Erratum online: http://science.sciencemag.org/content/354/6316/aal4272 2016_Phillips&Jerolmack_Science.pdf
Jun 6 2017	Vance Almquist	Pfeiffer, A.M., Finnegan, N.J. and Willwnbring, J.K. (2017) Sediment supply controls equilibrium channel geometry in gravel rivers. PNAS 114(13):3346-3351. PNAS-2017-Pfeiffer-3346-51.pdf
Jun 13 2017	Scott Feehan	Undergraduate Senior Thesis Presentation - The Effects of Hydrograph Shape on Sediment Transport and Size

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