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Sediment Entrainment and Slump Blocks Limit Permafrost Riverbank Erosion by Douglas, Madison M., Dunne, Kieran B. J., Lamb, Michael P.

“…Climatic warming and permafrost thaw are predicted to increase Arctic riverbank erosion, threatening communities and accelerating sediment, carbon and nutrient…”
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What sets river width? by Dunne, Kieran B. J., Jerolmack, Douglas J.

“…The width of river channels is controlled by the resistance to erosion of the most difficult to erode material lining the channel. One of the simplest…”
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Evidence of, and a proposed explanation for, bimodal transport states in alluvial rivers by Dunne, Kieran B. J, Jerolmack, Douglas J

“…Gravel-bedded rivers organize their bank-full channel geometry and grain size such that shear stress is close to the threshold of motion. Sand-bedded rivers,…”
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Mercury stocks in discontinuous permafrost and their mobilization by river migration in the Yukon River Basin by Smith, M Isabel, Ke, Yutian, Geyman, Emily C, Reahl, Jocelyn N, Douglas, Madison M, Seelen, Emily A, Magyar, John S, Dunne, Kieran B J, Mutter, Edda A, Fischer, Woodward W, Lamb, Michael P, West, A Joshua

“…Rapid warming in the Arctic threatens to destabilize mercury (Hg) deposits contained within soils in permafrost regions. Yet current estimates of the amount of…”
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Geomorphic risk maps for river migration using probabilistic modeling – a framework by Noh, Brayden, Wani, Omar, Dunne, Kieran B. J, Lamb, Michael P

“…Lateral migration of meandering rivers poses erosional risks to human settlements, roads, and infrastructure in alluvial floodplains. While there is a large…”
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Limits on the morphogenetic role of rain splash transport in hillslope evolution by Dunne, Thomas, Malmon, Daniel V., Dunne, Kieran B. J.

“…An experimentally parameterized equation for rain splash transport was generalized in order to compute annual sediment transport rates for a range of climates…”
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The Flocculation State of Mud in the Lowermost Freshwater Reaches of the Mississippi River: Spatial Distribution of Sizes, Seasonal Changes, and Their Impact on Vertical Concentration Profiles by Osborn, Ryan, Dunne, Kieran B. J., Ashley, Thomas, Nittrouer, Jeffrey A., Strom, Kyle

“…We use in situ measurements of suspended mud to assess the flocculation state of the lowermost freshwater reaches of the Mississippi River. The goal of the…”
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FlocARAZI: An In‐Situ, Image‐Based Profiling Instrument for Sizing Solid and Flocculated Suspended Sediment by Osborn, Ryan, Dillon, Brandon, Tran, Duc, Abolfazli, Ehsan, Dunne, Kieran B. J., Nittrouer, Jeffrey A., Strom, Kyle

“…An inexpensive and compact underwater digital camera imaging system was developed to collect in situ high resolution images of flocculated suspended sediment…”
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Flocculation characteristics of suspended Mississippi River mud under variable turbulence, water and salt sources, and salinity: a laboratory study by Abolfazli, Ehsan, Osborn, Ryan, Dunne, Kieran B. J., Nittrouer, Jeffrey A., Strom, Kyle

“…Muddy sediment constitutes a major fraction of the suspended sediment mass carried by the Mississippi River. Thus, adequate knowledge of the transport dynamics…”
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Competing Influences of Land Use and Greenhouse Gas Emissions on Mississippi River Basin Hydroclimate Simulated Over the Last Millennium by Murphy, Kelsey, Dee, Sylvia, Doss‐Gollin, James, Dunne, Kieran B. J., O’Donnell, Michelle, Muñoz, Samuel

“…The Mississippi River is a vital economic corridor used for generating hydroelectric power, transporting agricultural products, and municipal and industrial…”
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Threshold constraints on the size, shape and stability of alluvial rivers by Phillips, Colin B., Masteller, Claire C., Slater, Louise J., Dunne, Kieran B. J., Francalanci, Simona, Lanzoni, Stefano, Merritts, Dorothy J., Lajeunesse, Eric, Jerolmack, Douglas J.

“…The geometry of alluvial river channels both controls and adjusts to the flow of water and sediment within them. This feedback between flow and form modulates…”
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