A new algorithm incorporates randomness into stream channel formation and suggests the approach represents regions with variable flood magnitudes better than standard models.Read More »Hydrology, Cryosphere & Earth Surface
In the company of other explorers as passionate as he was about geomorphology, Gilbert derived one fundamental geological insight after another from the landscapes of the American West.Read More »Hydrology, Cryosphere & Earth Surface
The total sediment mass transported by flow under different sets of regimes is insensitive to the exact details of hydraulic forcing, but what matters is cumulative transport capacity. Read More »Hydrology, Cryosphere & Earth Surface
A stochastic sediment routing model for river networks is inverted to determine sediment source areas based on point observations of grain size and sediment flux at the basin outlet.Read More »Hydrology, Cryosphere & Earth Surface
The shape of steep river streams changes systematically with channel slope, but field data and theoretical analysis reveal that slope is not the sole factor in setting a channel’s form.Read More »Hydrology, Cryosphere & Earth Surface
A study questions whether the hydraulics of rivers that lack loose sediments along their bottoms can be accurately depicted by standard equations for flow over sediment.Read More »Hydrology, Cryosphere & Earth Surface
Researchers built a glass-encased test environment that helps them assess streamflow without the confounding factors introduced by bed forms.Read More »
