| Title | Self-organization of river channels as a critical filter on climate signals |
| Publication Type | Journal Article |
| Year of Publication | 2016 |
| Authors | Phillips, Colin B., and Douglas J. Jerolmack |
| Secondary Title | Science |
| Volume | 352 |
| Number | 6286 |
| Pagination | p.694-697 |
| Date Published | 2016, May 5 |
| Call Number | OSU Libraries: Electronic Subscription |
| Keywords | Umpqua River, hydrology, climate, precipitation, coastal hazards, flooding, geology, sediments, |
| Notes | “Spatial and temporal variation in rainfall are hypothesized to influence landscape evolution through erosion and sediment transport by rivers. However, determining the relation between rainfall and river dynamics requires a greater understanding of the feedbacks between flooding and a river’s capacity to transport sediment” (from the Abstract). Do bigger floods mean more erosion? Not necessarily, say the authors, who find more river channel change in moderate inundations than in large floods. |
| DOI | 10.1126/science.aad3348 |
