The geometry of alluvial river channels both controls and adjusts to the flow of water and
sediment within them. This feedback between flow and form modulates flood risk, and the …

Earth's surface is composed of a staggering diversity of particulate–fluid mixtures: dry to wet,
dilute to dense, colloidal to granular and attractive to repulsive particles. This material variety …

One of the simplest questions in riverine science remains unanswered:“What determines the
width of rivers?” While myriad environmental and geological factors have been proposed to …

Mass wasting caused by large-magnitude earthquakes chokes mountain rivers with several
cubic kilometres of sediment. The timescale and mechanisms by which rivers evacuate …

There is a paradox in the relationship between bedload transport rates and flow variables:
laboratory and field studies have reported on how bedload transport rates depend on flow …

In tectonically active mountain ranges, landslides triggered by earthquakes mobilise large
volumes of sediment that affect river dynamics. This sediment delivery can cause …

The Silurian-age rise of land plants is hypothesized to have caused a global revolution in
the mechanics of rivers. In the absence of vegetation-controlled bank stabilization effects …

Increased rainfall associated with climate change can increase sediment discharge. The
supply of fine sediment from slope failures inhibits bed armoring of mountain rivers and …

Sediment supply (Qs) is often overlooked in modelling studies of landscape evolution,
despite sediment playing a key role in the physical processes that drive erosion and …

Rivers exhibit a wide variety of channel patterns, and predicting changes in channel pattern
is important in order to foresee river responses to climate change and river restoration. Many …