Dendrogeomorphology is an interdisciplinary field that employs the study of tree rings to reconstruct the history and dynamics of geomorphic disturbances. By analysing growth anomalies, reaction wood ...

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Rivers integrate the landscape, carrying and depositing water, sediment, large wood, carbon, and nutrients. Our research is focused on river and floodplain dynamics and the interactions between ...

This NSF-funded project provides a comprehensive estimate of floodplain organic carbon storage across the conterminous United States to determine the impact of human activities on floodplain carbon ...

Evaluation of landforms, soils, and deposits formed by active tectonics is providing basic data necessary for long-term earthquake prediction, seismic-hazard evaluation, and probabilistic seismic-risk ...

Flood discharge and stream scour studies at pipeline mountain stream crossings alone cannot adequately protect a pipeline where other, more-hazardous processes are possible. Studies have shown that ...