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Some recent and notable publications from the lab:<\/strong><\/em><\/h1>\n

Assessing potential controls on river bead functionality in mountain streams<\/a> (Larkin & Wohl, 2026, Geomorphology)<\/p>\n

Strategies for assessing post-wildfire geomorphic resilience in semiarid rivers<\/a> (Wohl et al., 2026, River Research & Applications)<\/p>\n

Geomorphic responses to post-grazing recovery and stream restoration in semiarid grassland streams<\/a> (Richardson & Wohl, 2026, River Research & Applications)<\/p>\n

Evaluating the sensitivity of process domains for logjams to spatial and temporal sample size in river networks of the Southern Rockies, USA<\/a> (Triantafillou & Wohl, 2026, JGR Earth Surface)<\/p>\n

Fine sediment depositional patterns and fish habitat following wildfire and debris flow<\/a> (Katz et al., 2026, River Research & Applications)<\/p>\n

Exploring the influence of morphologic heterogeneity and discharge on transient storage in stream systems: 1. Insights from the field<\/a> (Gambill et al., 2025, Water Resources Research)<\/p>\n

Conceptualizing river floodplains<\/a> (Wohl, 2025, Earth’s Future)<\/p>\n

Post-fire sediment attenuation in beaver ponds, Rocky Mountains, CO and WY, USA<\/a> (Dunn et al., 2024, Earth Surface Processes and Landforms)<\/p>\n

Channel-spanning logjams and reach-scale hydraulic resistance in mountain streams<\/a> (Follett & Wohl, 2024, Geophysical Research Letters)<\/p>\n

Estimating catchment-scale sediment storage in a large river basin, Colorado River, USA<\/a> (Kemper et al., 2024, River Research and Applications)<\/p>\n

Islands in the stream: Wood-induced deposition and erosion in the river corridor<\/a> (Marshall & Wohl, 2024, Earth Surface Processes & Landforms)<\/p>\n

Interactions of logjams, channel dynamics, and geomorphic heterogeneity within a river corridor<\/a> (Marshall et al., 2024, Water Resources Research)<\/p>\n

Geomorphic characteristics influencing post-fire river response in mountain streams<\/a> (Triantafillou & Wohl, 2024, Geomorphology)<\/p>\n

Distribution of logjams in relation to lateral connectivity in the river corridor<\/a> (Wohl et al., 2024 Geomorphology)<\/p>\n

Enhancing the natural absorbing capacity of rivers to restore their resilience<\/a> (Wohl et al., 2024, BioScience)<\/p>\n

Geomorphic context in process-based river restoration<\/a> (Wohl et al., 2024, River Research & Applications)<\/p>\n

Why wood should move in rivers<\/a> (Wohl et al., 2024, River Research & Applications)<\/p>\n

Handheld lidar as a tool for characterizing wood-rich river corridors<\/a> (Marshall et al., 2024, River Research & Applications)<\/p>\n

Recognizing the ephemeral stream floodplain: Identification and importance of flood zones in drylands<\/a> (Scamardo & Wohl, 2024, Earth Surface Processes & Landforms)<\/p>\n

Interpreting floodplain heterogeneity: Using field data to understand unsupervised floodplain classifications<\/a> (Iskin & Wohl, 2024, Journal of Hydrology)<\/p>\n

Beyond the case study: Characterizing natural floodplain heterogeneity in the United States<\/a> (Iskin & Wohl, 2023, Water Resources Research)<\/p>\n

Drivers of geomorphic heterogeneity in unconfined non-perennial river corridors<\/a> (Scamardo et al., 2023, Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface)<\/p>\n

Geomorphic response of low-gradient, meandering and braided alluvial river channels to increased sediment supply<\/a> (Kemper et al., 2023, Earth-Science Reviews)<\/p>\n

Quantifying floodplain heterogeneity with field observation, remote sensing, and landscape ecology: Methods and metrics<\/a> (Iskin & Wohl, 2023, River Research & Applications)<\/p>\n

The continuum of wood-induced channel bifurcations<\/a> (Marshall & Wohl, 2023, Frontiers in Water)<\/p>\n

Logjam characteristics as drivers of transient storage in headwater streams<\/a> (Marshall et al., 2023, Water Resources Research)<\/p>\n

Carbon sequestration potential of process-based river restoration<\/a> (Hinshaw & Wohl, 2023, River Research & Applications)<\/p>\n

A first-order approximation of floodplain soil organic carbon stocks in a river network: the South Platte River, Colorado, USA as a case study<\/a> (Wohl & Knox, 2022, Science of the Total Environment)<\/p>\n

Aufeis as a major forcing mechanism for channel avulsion and implications of warming climate<\/a> (Wohl & Scamardo, 2022, Geophysical Research Letters)<\/p>\n

The transience of channel-spanning<\/a> logjams in mountain streams (Wohl & Iskin, 2022, Water Resources Research)<\/p>\n

Modeling the relative morphodynamic influence of vegetation and large wood in a dryland ephemeral stream, Arizona, USA<\/a> (Scamardo et al., 2022, Geomorphology)<\/p>\n

A river ran through it: floodplains as America’s newest relict landform<\/a> (Knox et al, 2022, Science Advances)<\/p>\n

Identification of artificial levees in the contiguous United States<\/a> (Knox et al, 2022, Water Resources Research)<\/p>\n

Levees don’t protect, they disconnect: a critical review of how artificial levees impact floodplain functions<\/a> (Knox et al, 2022, Science of the Total Environment)<\/p>\n

Estimating widespread beaver dam loss: habitat decline and surface storage loss at a regional scale<\/a> (Scamardo et al, 2021, Ecosphere)<\/p>\n

Development of a geomorphic monitoring strategy for stage 0 restoration in the South Fork McKenzie River, Oregon, USA<\/a> (Hinshaw, et al, 2022, Earth Surface Processes and Landforms)<\/p>\n

Quantitatively estimating carbon sequestration potential in soil and large wood in the context of river restoration<\/a> (Hinshaw & Wohl, 2021, Frontiers in Earth Science)<\/p>\n

Biogeomorphic influences on river corridor resilience to wildfire disturbances in a mountain stream of the Southern Rockies, USA<\/a> (Wohl et al, 2022, Science of the Total Environment)<\/p>\n

Wildfire and the patterns of floodplain large wood on the Merced River, Yosemite National Park, California, USA<\/a> (Iskin & Wohl, 2021, Geomorphology)<\/p>\n

Seasonal and diurnal fluctuations of coarse particulate organic matter transport in a snowmelt-dominated stream<\/a> (Marshall et al., 2021, River Research and Applications)<\/p>\n

Logjams as a driver of transient storage in a mountain stream<\/a> (Ader et al., 2020, Earth Surface Processes and Landforms)<\/p>\n

The resilience of logjams to floods<\/a> (Wohl & Scamardo, 2020, Hydrological Processes)<\/p>\n

Assessing restoration potential for beaver (Castor canadensis<\/em>) in the semiarid foothills of the Southern Rockies, USA<\/a> (Kornse & Wohl, 2020, River Research and Applications)<\/p>\n

The effects of longitudinal variations in valley geometry and wood load on flood response<\/a> (Hinshaw, Wohl, Davis, 2020, Earth Surface Processes and Landforms)<\/p>\n

Sediment storage and shallow groundwater response to beaver dam analogues in the Colorado Front Range, USA<\/a> (Scamardo & Wohl, 2020, River Research and Applications)<\/p>\n

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The natural wood regime in rivers<\/a> (Wohl, Kramer, Scott, Comiti, Gurnell, Piegay, Lininger, Jaeger, Walters, Fausch, 2019, BioScience)<\/p>\n

Connectivity as an emergent property of geomorphic systems<\/a> (Wohl, Rathburn et al., 2019, Earth Surface Processes and Landforms)<\/p>\n

Transient organic jams in Puerto Rican mountain streams after hurricanes<\/a> (Wohl, Hinshaw, Scamardo & Gutierrez-Fonseca, 2019, River Research and Applications)<\/p>\n

Patterns of floodplain spatial heterogeneity in the Southern Rockies, USA<\/a> (Wohl & Iskin, 2019, Geophysical Research Letters)<\/p>\n

Forgotten legacies: understanding and mitigating historical human alterations of river corridors<\/a> (Wohl, 2019, Water Resources Research)<\/p>\n

Distribution of large wood within river corridors in relation to flow regime in the semiarid western US\u00a0<\/a>(Wohl et al., 2018, Water Resources Research)<\/p>\n

Geomorphic controls on floodplain soil organic carbon in the Yukon Flats, interior Alaska, from reach to river basin scales\u00a0<\/a>(Lininger et al., 2018, Water Resources Research)<\/p>\n

River beads as a conceptual framework for building carbon storage and resilience to extreme climate events into river management<\/a> (Wohl, Lininger, Scott, 2018, Biogeochemistry)<\/p>\n

Where\u00a0does\u00a0wood\u00a0most\u00a0effectively\u00a0enhance\u00a0storage?<\/a>\u00a0(Pfeiffer and Wohl, 2018, Geophysical Research Letters)<\/p>\n

Post-disturbance sediment recovery<\/a> (Rathburn, Shahverdian and Ryan, 2017, Geomorphology)<\/p>\n

Instream large wood loads across bioclimatic regions <\/a>(Wohl, Lininger, et al., 2017, Forest Ecology and Management)<\/p>\n

Climate-invariant area-slope relations in channel heads initiated by surface runoff <\/a>(Garrett and Wohl, 2017, Earth Surface Processes and Landforms)<\/p>\n

Evaluating carbon storage on subalpine lake deltas <\/a>(Scott and Wohl, 2017, Earth Surface Processes and Landforms)<\/p>\n

Floodplain downed wood volumes: a comparison across three biomes <\/a>(Lininger et al., 2017, Earth Surface Processes and Landforms)<\/p>\n

Examining the effects of geomorphic characteristics on pool temperatures for native fish habitat management in mountainous stream networks <\/a>(Laurel and Wohl, 2017, Earth Surface Processes and Landforms<\/p>\n

The fate of sediment, wood, and organic carbon eroded during an extreme flood, Colorado Front Range, USA <\/a>(Rathburn et al., 2017, Geology)<\/p>\n

Carbon dynamics of river corridors and the effects of human alterations <\/a>(Wohl et al., 2017, Ecological Monographs)<\/p>\n

Some recent and notable publications from our alums:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

All logjams are not created equal<\/a> (Livers & Wohl, 2021, Journal of Geophysical Research Earth Surface)<\/p>\n

Logjams and channel morphology influence sediment storage, transformation of organic matter, and carbon storage within mountain stream corridor<\/a>s (Sutfin et al., 2021, Water Resources Research)<\/p>\n

Elevational differences in hydrogeomorphic disturbance regime influence sediment residence times within mountain river corridors<\/a> (Sutfin & Wohl, 2019, Nature Communications)<\/p>\n

Bedrock fracture influences on geomorphic process and form across process domains and scales<\/a> (Scott & Wohl, 2019, Earth Surface Processes & Landforms)<\/p>\n

Floodplain dynamics in North American permafrost regions under a warming climate and implications for organic carbon stocks: a review and synthesis<\/a> (Lininger & Wohl, 2019, Earth-Science Reviews)<\/p>\n

The persistence of beaver-induced geomorphic heterogeneity and organic carbon stock in river corridors<\/a> (Laurel & Wohl, 2019, Earth Surface Processes & Landforms)<\/p>\n

Significant floodplain soil organic carbon storage along a large high-latitude river and its tributaries<\/a> (Lininger et al., 2019, Geophysical Research Letters)<\/p>\n

Geomorphic controls on floodplain soil organic carbon in the Yukon Flats, Interior Alaska, from reach to river basin scales<\/a> (Lininger et al., 2018, Water Resources Research)<\/p>\n

Historical land use as a driver of alternative states for stream form and function in forested mountain watersheds of the Southern Rocky Mountains<\/a> (Livers and Wohl, 2018, Earth Surface Processes and Landforms)<\/p>\n

The pulse of driftwood export from a very large forested river basin over multiple time scales, Slave River, Canada <\/a>(Kramer et al., 2017, Water Resources Research)<\/p>\n

Rules of the road: a qualitative and quantitative synthesis of large wood transport through drainage networks <\/a>(Kramer and Wohl, 2017, Geomorphology)<\/p>\n

A 184-year record of river meander migration from tree rings, aerial imagery, and cross sections <\/a>(Schook et al., 2017, Geomorphology)<\/p>\n

Substantial soil organic carbon retention along floodplains of mountain streams <\/a>(Sutfin and Wohl, 2017, Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface)<\/p>\n

A subset of Stanley Schumm’s publications:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

Arroyos and the semiarid cycle of erosion (Schumm & Hadley, 1957, American Journal of Science)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Yield of sediment in relation to mean annual precipitation<\/a> (Langbein & Schumm, 1958, EOS, AGU Transactions)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The shape of alluvial channels in relation to sediment type<\/a> (Schumm, 1960, US Geological Survey Professional Paper)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

River adjustment to altered hydrologic regime<\/a> (Schumm, 1968, US Geological Survey Professional Paper)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Speculations concerning paleohydrologic controls of terrestrial sedimentation<\/a> (Schumm, 1968, Geological Society of America Bulletin)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

River metamorphosis (Schumm, 1969, ASCE, Journal of Hydraulics Division)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Experimental study of channel patterns<\/a> (Schumm & Khan, 1972, Geological Society of America Bulletin)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Implications of complex response of drainage systems for Quaternary alluvial stratigraphy<\/a> (Schumm & Parker, 1973, Nature)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Terraces of Douglas Creek, northwestern Colorado: An example of episodic erosion<\/a> (Womack & Schumm, 1977, Geology)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Fluvial System (Schumm, 1977, Wiley)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ephemeral-stream processes: Implications for studies of Quaternary valley fills (Patton & Schumm, 1981, Quaternary Research)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Incised Channels: Morphology, Dynamics, and Control (Schumm et al., 1984, Water Resources Publications)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Patterns of alluvial rivers (Schumm, 1985, Annual Review Earth & Planetary Sciences)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Experimental Fluvial Geomorphology (Schumm et al., 1987, Wiley)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Variability of Large Alluvial Rivers (Schumm & Winkley, eds, 1994, ASCE Press)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To Interpret the Earth: Ten Ways to be Wrong (Schumm, 1998, Cambridge University Press)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Active Tectonics and Alluvial Rivers (Schumm et al., 2000, Cambridge University Press)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

River Variability and Complexity (Schumm, 2005, Cambridge University Press)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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