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Geomorphometric delineation of floodplains and terraces from objectively defined topographic thresholds (2017)
Journal Article
Clubb, F. J., Mudd, S. M., Milodowski, D. T., Valters, D. A., Slater, L. J., Hurst, M. D., & Limaye, A. B. (2017). Geomorphometric delineation of floodplains and terraces from objectively defined topographic thresholds. Earth Surface Dynamics Discussions, 5, 369-385. https://doi.org/10.5194/esurf-2017-21

Floodplain and terrace features can provide information about current and past fluvial processes, including channel response to varying discharge and sediment flux, sediment storage, and the climatic or tectonic history of a catchment. Previous metho... Read More about Geomorphometric delineation of floodplains and terraces from objectively defined topographic thresholds.

Changing patterns of daily precipitation totals at the Coweeta Hydrologic Laboratory, North Carolina, USA (2017)
Journal Article
Burt, T., Ford Miniat, C., Laseter, S., & Swank, W. (2018). Changing patterns of daily precipitation totals at the Coweeta Hydrologic Laboratory, North Carolina, USA. International Journal of Climatology, 38(1), 94-104. https://doi.org/10.1002/joc.5163

A pattern of increasing frequency and intensity of heavy rainfall over land has been documented for several temperate regions and is associated with climate change. This study examines the changing patterns of daily precipitation at the Coweeta Hydro... Read More about Changing patterns of daily precipitation totals at the Coweeta Hydrologic Laboratory, North Carolina, USA.

A probabilistic framework for the cover effect in bedrock erosion (2017)
Journal Article
Turowski, J. M., & Hodge, R. (2017). A probabilistic framework for the cover effect in bedrock erosion. Earth Surface Dynamics, 5(2), 311-330. https://doi.org/10.5194/esurf-5-311-2017

The cover effect in fluvial bedrock erosion is a major control on bedrock channel morphology and long-term channel dynamics. Here, we suggest a probabilistic framework for the description of the cover effect that can be applied to field, laboratory,... Read More about A probabilistic framework for the cover effect in bedrock erosion.

Earthquakes drive focused denudation along a tectonically active mountain front (2017)
Journal Article
Li, G., West, A., Densmore, A., Jin, Z., Zhang, F., Wang, J., …Hilton, R. (2017). Earthquakes drive focused denudation along a tectonically active mountain front. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 472, 253-265. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2017.04.040

Earthquakes cause widespread landslides that can increase erosional fluxes observed over years to decades. However, the impact of earthquakes on denudation over the longer timescales relevant to orogenic evolution remains elusive. Here we assess eros... Read More about Earthquakes drive focused denudation along a tectonically active mountain front.

Fossils from Quaternary fluvial archives: sources of biostratigraphical, biogeographical and palaeoclimatic evidence (2017)
Journal Article
White, T., Bridgland, D., Limondin-Lozouet, N., & Schreve, D. (2017). Fossils from Quaternary fluvial archives: sources of biostratigraphical, biogeographical and palaeoclimatic evidence. Quaternary Science Reviews, 166, 150-176. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2017.04.016

Fluvial sedimentary archives have the potential to preserve a wide variety of palaeontological evidence, ranging from robust bones and teeth found in coarse gravel aggradations to delicate insect remains and plant macrofossils from fine-grained depos... Read More about Fossils from Quaternary fluvial archives: sources of biostratigraphical, biogeographical and palaeoclimatic evidence.

Physical theory for near-bed turbulent particle suspension capacity (2017)
Journal Article
Eggenhuisen, J. T., Cartigny, M. J., & de Leeuw, J. (2017). Physical theory for near-bed turbulent particle suspension capacity. Earth Surface Dynamics, 5(2), 269-281. https://doi.org/10.5194/esurf-5-269-2017

The inability to capture the physics of solid-particle suspension in turbulent fluids in simple formulas is holding back the application of multiphase fluid dynamics techniques to many practical problems in nature and society involving particle suspe... Read More about Physical theory for near-bed turbulent particle suspension capacity.

Meteorological risk: extreme temperatures (2017)
Book Chapter
McGregor, G. (2017). Meteorological risk: extreme temperatures. In K. Poljanšek, M. Marin Ferrer, T. De Groeve, & I. Clark (Eds.), Science for disaster risk management 2017 : knowing better and losing less (257-270). Publications Office of the European Union. https://doi.org/10.2788/842809

Understanding temperature extremes in a DRM context involves getting to know how often temperature extremes occur, the conditions under which they occur and establishing associated direct and indirect societal impacts. Knowledge about temperature ext... Read More about Meteorological risk: extreme temperatures.

Fluvial deposits as an archive of early human activity: progress during the 20 years of the Fluvial Archives Group (2017)
Journal Article
Chauhan, P., Bridgland, D., Moncel, M., Antoine, P., Bahain, J., Briant, R., …White, T. (2017). Fluvial deposits as an archive of early human activity: progress during the 20 years of the Fluvial Archives Group. Quaternary Science Reviews, 166, 114-149. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2017.03.016

Fluvial sedimentary archives are important repositories for Lower and Middle Palaeolithic artefacts throughout the ‘Old World’, especially in Europe, where the beginning of their study coincided with the realisation that early humans were of great an... Read More about Fluvial deposits as an archive of early human activity: progress during the 20 years of the Fluvial Archives Group.

Sub-decadal variations in outlet glacier terminus positions in Victoria Land, Oates Land and George V Land, East Antarctica (1972-2013) (2017)
Journal Article
Lovell, A., Stokes, C., & Jamieson, S. (2017). Sub-decadal variations in outlet glacier terminus positions in Victoria Land, Oates Land and George V Land, East Antarctica (1972-2013). Antarctic Science, 29(5), 468-483. https://doi.org/10.1017/s0954102017000074

Recent work has highlighted the sensitivity of marine-terminating glaciers to decadal-scale changes in the ocean–climate system in parts of East Antarctica. However, compared to Greenland, West Antarctica and the Antarctic Peninsula, little is known... Read More about Sub-decadal variations in outlet glacier terminus positions in Victoria Land, Oates Land and George V Land, East Antarctica (1972-2013).

Are spherulitic lacustrine carbonates an expression of large-scale mineral carbonation? A case study from the East Kirkton Limestone, Scotland (2017)
Journal Article
Rogerson, M., Mercedes-Martin, R., Brasier, A., McGill, R., Prior, T., Vonhof, H., …Pedley, M. (2017). Are spherulitic lacustrine carbonates an expression of large-scale mineral carbonation? A case study from the East Kirkton Limestone, Scotland. Gondwana Research, 48, 101-109. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gr.2017.04.007

Lacustrine carbonate deposits with spherulitic facies are poorly understood, but are key to understanding the economically important “Pre-Salt” Mesozoic strata of the South Atlantic. A major barrier to research into these unique and spectacular facie... Read More about Are spherulitic lacustrine carbonates an expression of large-scale mineral carbonation? A case study from the East Kirkton Limestone, Scotland.

Analysis of the synoptic winter mortality climatology in five regions of England: Searching for evidence of weather signals (2017)
Journal Article
Paschalidou, A., Kassomenos, P., & McGregor, G. (2017). Analysis of the synoptic winter mortality climatology in five regions of England: Searching for evidence of weather signals. Science of the Total Environment, 598, 432-444. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2017.03.276

Although heat-related mortality has received considerable research attention, the impact of cold weather on public health is less well-developed, probably due to the fact that physiological responses to cold weather can vary substantially among indiv... Read More about Analysis of the synoptic winter mortality climatology in five regions of England: Searching for evidence of weather signals.

Linking Inter-annual River Flow River Variability Across New Zealand to the Southern Annular Mode, 1979-2011 (2017)
Journal Article
Ning, L., & McGregor, G. (2017). Linking Inter-annual River Flow River Variability Across New Zealand to the Southern Annular Mode, 1979-2011. Hydrological Processes, 31(12), 2261-2276. https://doi.org/10.1002/hyp.11184

River flow constitutes an important element of the terrestrial branch of the hydrological cycle, yet knowledge regarding the extent to which its variability, at a range of time scales, is linked to a number of modes of atmospheric circulation is meag... Read More about Linking Inter-annual River Flow River Variability Across New Zealand to the Southern Annular Mode, 1979-2011.

A numerical investigation into the importance of bed permeability on determining flow structures over river dunes (2017)
Journal Article
Sinha, S., Hardy, R., Blois, G., Best, J., & Sambrook Smith, G. (2017). A numerical investigation into the importance of bed permeability on determining flow structures over river dunes. Water Resources Research, 53(4), 3067-3086. https://doi.org/10.1002/2016wr019662

Although permeable sediments dominate the majority of natural environments past work concerning bedform dynamics has considered the bed to be impermeable, and has generally neglected flow between the hyporheic zone and boundary layer. Herein, we pres... Read More about A numerical investigation into the importance of bed permeability on determining flow structures over river dunes.

Well-dated fluvial sequences as templates for patterns of handaxe distribution: understanding the record of Acheulean activity in the Thames and its correlatives (2017)
Journal Article
White, M., Bridgland, D., Schreve, D., White, T., & Penkman, K. (2018). Well-dated fluvial sequences as templates for patterns of handaxe distribution: understanding the record of Acheulean activity in the Thames and its correlatives. Quaternary International, 480, 118-131. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quaint.2017.03.049

The use of Acheulean (handaxe) typology as a cultural and temporal marker has been a topic of controversy in recent decades, with many archaeologists continuing to reject such an approach out of hand. Much of the controversy stems, however, from diff... Read More about Well-dated fluvial sequences as templates for patterns of handaxe distribution: understanding the record of Acheulean activity in the Thames and its correlatives.

Modeling complex flow structures and drag around a submerged plant of varied posture (2017)
Journal Article
Boothroyd, R., Hardy, R., Warburton, J., & Marjoribanks, T. (2017). Modeling complex flow structures and drag around a submerged plant of varied posture. Water Resources Research, 53(4), 2877-2901. https://doi.org/10.1002/2016wr020186

Although vegetation is present in many rivers, the bulk of past work concerned with modeling the influence of vegetation on flow has considered vegetation to be morphologically simple, and has generally neglected the complexity of natural plants. Her... Read More about Modeling complex flow structures and drag around a submerged plant of varied posture.

Bed load tracer mobility in a mixed bedrock/alluvial channel (2017)
Journal Article
Ferguson, R., Sharma, B., Hodge, R., Hardy, R., & Warburton, J. (2017). Bed load tracer mobility in a mixed bedrock/alluvial channel. Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface, 122(4), 807-822. https://doi.org/10.1002/2016jf003946

The presence of bare or partially-covered rock in an otherwise alluvial river implies a downstream change in transport capacity relative to supply. Field investigations of this change and what causes it are lacking. We used two sets of magnet-tagged... Read More about Bed load tracer mobility in a mixed bedrock/alluvial channel.

Quantifying erosion of at risk archaeological sites using repeat terrestrial laser scanning (2017)
Journal Article
Kincey, M., Gerrard, C., & Warburton, J. (2017). Quantifying erosion of at risk archaeological sites using repeat terrestrial laser scanning. Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports, 12, 405-424. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jasrep.2017.02.003

Effective heritage management is reliant on an understanding of the range of current and potential future threats facing archaeological sites. Despite this, the processes leading to the loss of in situ archaeological remains are still poorly understo... Read More about Quantifying erosion of at risk archaeological sites using repeat terrestrial laser scanning.

Flow resistance and hydraulic geometry in contrasting reaches of a bedrock channel (2017)
Journal Article
Ferguson, R., Sharma, B., Hardy, R., Hodge, R., & Warburton, J. (2017). Flow resistance and hydraulic geometry in contrasting reaches of a bedrock channel. Water Resources Research, 53(3), 2278-2293. https://doi.org/10.1002/2016wr020233

Assumptions about flow resistance in bedrock channels have to be made for mechanistic modeling of river incision, paleoflood estimation, flood routing, and river engineering. Field data on bedrock flow resistance are very limited and calculations gen... Read More about Flow resistance and hydraulic geometry in contrasting reaches of a bedrock channel.