Rediscovering, reevaluating, and restoring lost river-wetland corridors

E Wohl, J Castro, B Cluer, D Merritts… - Frontiers in Earth …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
River-wetland corridors form where a high degree of connectivity between the surface
(rheic) and subsurface (hyporheic) components of streamflow creates an interconnected …

Geomorphic response of low-gradient, meandering and braided alluvial river channels to increased sediment supply

JT Kemper, SL Rathburn, ER Mueller, E Wohl… - Earth-Science …, 2023 - Elsevier
Alteration to the sediment supply of fluvial channels is well understood to trigger
morphological adjustment, but the particularities and peculiarities that arise in any specific …

Simplification bias: lessons from laboratory and field experiments on flow through aquatic vegetation

RO Tinoco, JE San Juan… - Earth Surface Processes …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
We present a critical analysis of experimental findings on vegetation–flow–sediment
interactions obtained through both laboratory and field experiments on tidal and coastal …

The impact of plants on fine sediment storage within the active channels of gravel‐bed rivers: A preliminary assessment

AM Gurnell, W Bertoldi - Hydrological Processes, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The role of aquatic and riparian vegetation in driving morphodynamics of rivers is being
increasingly recognized across all river types. Here, we focus on gravel‐bed rivers, where …

The invasion of the land in deep time: integrating Paleozoic records of paleobiology, ichnology, sedimentology, and geomorphology

LA Buatois, NS Davies, MR Gibling… - Integrative and …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
The invasion of the land was a complex, protracted process, punctuated by mass extinctions,
that involved multiple routes from marine environments. We integrate paleobiology …

Influence of floods, tides, and vegetation on sediment retention in Wax Lake Delta, Louisiana, USA

EA Olliver, DA Edmonds… - Journal of Geophysical …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Sediment is the most valuable natural resource for deltaic environments because it is
required to build new land. For land building to occur, sediment must be retained in the delta …

Ecogeomorphology of coastal deltaic floodplains and estuaries in an active delta: Insights from the Atchafalaya Coastal Basin

RR Twilley, JW Day, AE Bevington… - Estuarine, Coastal and …, 2019 - Elsevier
We present here an integrated analysis of coastal deltaic floodplains in the active
Atchafalaya Coastal Basin coupled to downstream deltaic estuaries to review how …

From patch to channel scale: The evolution of emergent vegetation in a channel

TN Yamasaki, PHS de Lima, DF Silva… - Advances in Water …, 2019 - Elsevier
Computational fluid dynamics was used to study the evolution of small patches of vegetation
into a vegetated landscape in a channel. The growth of new vegetation occurred in regions …

The Devonian landscape factory: plant–sediment interactions in the Old Red Sandstone of Svalbard and the rise of vegetation as a biogeomorphic agent

NS Davies, CM Berry, JEA Marshall… - Journal of the …, 2021 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Abstract The Devonian Period was a crucial interval in the evolution of plants. During its 60
myr duration, it witnessed the successive evolution of roots, wood, trees and forests. In …

Earth's earliest forest: fossilized trees and vegetation-induced sedimentary structures from the Middle Devonian (Eifelian) Hangman Sandstone Formation, Somerset …

NS Davies, WJ McMahon, CM Berry - Journal of the Geological …, 2024 - lyellcollection.org
The evolution of trees and forests through the Devonian Period fundamentally changed the
Earth's land biosphere, as well as impacting physical environments and geomorphology by …