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Jim Best
Professor, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
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Hydrodynamic Processes of Incipient Meander Chute Cutoffs: Laboratory Experiments With Implications for Morphodynamics and Depth‐Averaged Modeling
WATER RESOURCES RESEARCH
11 march 2025
Jason Lin, Esteban Lacunza, Roberto Fernández, Mar...
Meander chute cutoffs are a common and geomorphically important feature of meandering rivers, exhibiting complex dynamics and distinctive morpholog...
Accelerated River Meander Migration on the Tibetan Plateau Caused by Permafrost Thaw
GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS
05 january 2025
Anmeng Sha, Dongfeng Li, Desmond E. Walling, Yi Zh...
The migration of rivers in permafrost landscapes has critical implications for riverine infrastructure, ecosystem stability, and carbon cycling, ye...
New insights into aeolian sediment flux and transport dynamics and feedbacks over and around early-stage bedforms
AEOLIAN PROCESSES ON EARTH AND OTHER PLANETARY BODIES II ORAL
earth and planetary surface processes | 13 december 2024
Joanna M. Nield, Giles Wiggs, Matthew Baddock, Pau...
The driving mechanisms for growth of aeolian early-stage bedforms from flat sand patches to protodunes are challenging to explore due to the similarit...
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The Rise and Demise of Riverine Gravel Mining, Lubhachorra, NE Bangladesh: Impacts on Physical and Human Landscapes
THE ROLE AND IMPACTS OF MINERALS IN SUSTAINABLE AND JUST TRANSITIONS I POSTER
science and society | 13 december 2024
Md Sadiul Alam Chyon, Jim Best, Shah Md. Atiqul Ha...
This study presents a novel investigation into the impacts of gravel extraction and its cessation in the Lubhachorra river floodplain, northeastern Ba...
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Hydrodynamic processes of incipient meander chute cutoffs- implications for morphodynamics and depth-averaged modeling
ALLUVIAL RIVERS: PROCESSES AND DYNAMICS ACROSS SCALES III POSTER
earth and planetary surface processes | 11 december 2024
Jason Lin, Esteban Lacunza, Roberto Fernández, Mar...
Meander chute cutoff is a phenomenon where water bypasses a meander bend by a newly formed shorter chute channel. A chute cutoff displays distinctive ...
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Dam Construction Drives Channel-Floodplain Decoupling in Amazonian Rivers
ALLUVIAL RIVERS: PROCESSES AND DYNAMICS ACROSS SCALES II ORAL
earth and planetary surface processes | 11 december 2024
Muriel Z. Brückner, Andrew P. Nicholas, Rolf E. Aa...
Andean foreland rivers are preferential sites for ongoing and planned hydroelectric dam construction in the Amazon Basin. These rivers are characteriz...
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Potential of SWOT for Understanding Hydraulic and Sediment Interactions Between the Amazon River and Its Ria Lakes
THE SURFACE WATER AND OCEAN TOPOGRAPHY (SWOT) MISSION: NEW FRONTIERS IN HYDROLOGY IV POSTER
hydrology | 11 december 2024
Kei Yamato, Jida Wang, Jim Best
Rias are drowned river valleys formed due to sea-level rise, with complex fluxes of water and sediment between the lake and main river. Yet, understan...
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Shifts in seasonal sediment transport driven by climate change and cryosphere degradation
LANDSCAPE CHANGES AND CARBON CYCLING IN COLD REGIONS III POSTER
earth and planetary surface processes | 10 december 2024
Ting Zhang, Dongfeng Li, Amy E. East, Albert Kettn...
Climate change and cryosphere degradation have remarkably impacted the seasonal flow of river-borne materials from polar and high-mountain regions. Sh...
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