Gila-San Francisco Coordinating Committee - Technical Subcommittee
Reference Literature - Relevant Desert Southwest

Geomorphology

• Anderson, D. E., S. N. Lane, K. S. Richards, and J. H. Chandler. 1998. Discharge and sediment supply controls on erosion and deposition in a dynamic alluvial channel. Geomorphology 15:1-15.

• Andrews, E. D., and J. M. Nankervis. 1995. Effective discharge and the design of channel maintenance flows for gravel-bed rivers. Geophysical Monograph 89:151-164

• Asplund, K. A., & Gooch, M. T. (1988). Geomorphology and the Distributional Ecology of Fremont Cottonwood (Populus fremontii) in a Desert Riparian Canyon. Desert Plants, 9(1), 17-27.

• Barkdoll, B. D., Ettema, R., & Odgaard, A. J. (1997). Flow and Sediment Processes at Alluvial Channel Diversions. in Proceedings of the Conference on Management of Landscapes Disturbed by Channel Incision, (pp.943-948).

• Barnes, H.H., Jr., 1967, Roughness characteristics of natural channels: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Supply Paper 1849, 213 p.

• Beven, K. J. (1981). The effect of ordering on the geomorphic effectiveness of hydrological events. International Association of Scientific Hydrology Publication 132, 510-526.

• Bornette, G., and Amoros, C., 1996, Disturbance regimes and vegetation dynamics: Role of floods in riverine wetlands: Journal of Vegetation Science, v. 7, p. 615-622.

• Bourke, M. C., & Pickup, G. (1999). Fluvial Form Variability in Arid Central Australia. In A.J. Miller & A. Gupta (Eds.), Varieties of Fluvial Form (pp. 249-271). Chichester, U.K.: John Wiley & Sons.

• Bridge, J. S. (1993). The interaction between channel geometry, water flow, sediment transport and deposition in braided rivers. In J. L. Best, & C. S. Bristow (Eds.), Braided Rivers (Special Publication No. 75, pp. 13-71). London: Geological Society.

• Bristow, C. S., & Best, J. L. (1993). Braided rivers: Perspectives and problems. In J. L. Best & C. S. Bristow (Eds.), Braided Rivers (pp. 1-11). London: The Geological Society.

• Bryan, K. 1925, Date of channel trenching (arroyo cutting) in the arid Southwest: Science, v. 62, p. 338-344.

• Burge, L. M., & Smith, D. G. (1999). Confined meandering river eddy accretions: sedimentology, channel geometry and depositional processes. In N. D. Smith & J. Rogers (Eds.), Fluvial Sedimentology VI (pp. 113-130). Oxford, U. K.: Blackwell Science.

• Carson, M. A. (1984). The meandering-braided river threshold: A reappraisal. Journal of Hydrology, 73, 315-334.

• Church, M. (1995). Geomorphic response to river flow regulation: Case studies and time-scales. Regulated Rivers: Research & Management, 11, 3-22.

• Coates, D. R. (1990). Geomorphic controls of groundwater hydrology. (Special Paper 252: Groundwater Geomorphology; The Role of Subsurface Water in Earth-Surface Processes and Landforms). Boulder, CO: Geological Society of America.

• Costa, J. E., and J. E. O'Connor. 1995. Geomorphically effective floods. Geophysical Monograph 89:45-56.

• Costa, J. E., & O'Connor, J. E. (1995). Geomorphically Effective Floods. In J.E. Costa, A. J. Miller, K. W. Potter, & P. R. Wilcock (Eds.), Natural and Anthropogenic Influences in Fluvial Geomorphology (Geophysical Monograph 89, pp. 45-56). Washington, D.C.: American Geophysical Union.

• Costelloe, J.F., R.B. Grayson, R.M. Argent, and T.A. McMahon. 2003. Modelling the flow regime of an arid zone floodplain river, Diamantina River, Australia. Environmental Modelling & Software 18:693-702.

• Dunne, T. (1990). Hydrology, mechanics, and geomorphic implications of erosion of subsurface flow. (Special Paper 252: Groundwater Geomorphology; The Role of Subsurface Water in Earth-Surface Processes and Landforms). Boulder, CO: Geological Society of America.

• Emmett, W. W., and M. G. Wolman. 2001. Effective discharge and gravel-bed rivers. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms 26:1369-1380.

• Germanoski, D., and S. A. Schumm. 1993. Changes in braided river morphology resulting from aggradation and degradation. Journal of Geology 101:451-466.

• Gilvear, D.J. (1999). Fluvial Geomorphology and River Engineering: Future Roles Utilizing a Fluvial Hydrosystems Framework. Geomorphology, 31: 229-245.

• Graf, J.B., Webb, R.H., and Hereford, Richard, 1991, Relation of sediment load and flood-plain formation to climatic variability, Paria River drainage basin, Utah and Arizona: Geological Society of America Bulletin, v. 103, p. 1405-1415.

• Graf, W.L., 1981, Channel instability in a braided, sand bed river: Water Resources Research, v. 17, p. 1087-1094.

• Graf, W.L., 1983, Flood-related channel change in an arid-region river: Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, v. 8, p. 125-139.

• Graf, W. L. (1983). Flood-related channel change in an arid-region river. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, 8, 125-139.

• Graf, W.L., 1984, A probabilistic approach to the spatial assessment of river channel instability: Water Resources Research, v. 20, p. 953-962.

• Graf, W. L. (1988a). Definition of Flood Plains Along Arid-Region Rivers. In Flood Geomorphology (pp. 231-242). New York: Wiley & Sons.

• Graf, W. L. (1988b). Fluvial processes in dryland rivers. Berlin: Springer-Verlag.

• Hill, M. T., Platts, W. S., & Beschta, R. L. (1991). Ecological and Geomorphological Concepts for Instream and Out-of-Channel Flow Requirements. Rivers, 2(3), 198-210.

• Hooke, J. (2003). Coarse sediment connectivity in river channel systems: a conceptual framework and methodology. Geomorphology, 56, 79-94.

• Huckleberry, G., 1996, Historical channel changes on the San Pedro River, southeastern Arizona: Tucson, Arizona Geological Survey Open-File Report 96-15, 22 p.

• Kondolf, G. M. 1995. Managing bedload sediment in regulated rivers; examples from California, USA. Geophysical Monograph 89:165-176.

• Leaf, C. F. (1998). An analytical framework for evaluating channel maintenance flows in Colorado. Journal of the American Water Resources Association, 34(4), 865-876.

• Meyer, G.A. 2001. Recent large-magnitude floods and their impact on valley-floor environments of northeastern Yellowstone. Geomorphology 40:271-290.

• Miller, A. J. 1995. Valley morphology and boundary conditions influencing spatial patterns of flood flow. Geophysical Monograph 89:57-81.

• Millington, A. C., & Pye K. (1994). Biogeographical and Geomorphological Perspectives on Environmental Change in Drylands. In A. C. Millington & K. Pye (Eds.), Environmental Change in Drylands (pp. 427-441). New York: Wiley & Sons.

• Mount, J. J. , Louis, J., Teeuw, R. M., Zukowskyj, P. M., & Stott, T. (2003). Estimation of error in bankfull width comparisons from temporally sequenced raw and corrected aerial photographs. Geomorphology, 56, 65-77.

• Nanson, G. C. (1986). Episodes of vertical accretion and catastrophic stripping: A model of disequalibrium flood-plain development. Geological Society of America Bulletin, 97, 1467-1475.

• Newson, M.D. and Newson, C.L. (2000). Geomorphology, Ecology and River Channel Habitat: Mesoscale Approaches to Basin-Scale Challenges. Progress in Physical Geography, 24: 195-217.

• Newson, M.D. (2002). Geomorphological Concepts and Tools for Sustainable River Ecosystem Management. Aquatic Conservation-Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems, 12: 365-379.

• Olsen, D. S. , Whitaker, A. C., & Potts, D. F. (1997). Assessing stream channel stability thresholds using flow competence estimates at bankfull stage. Journal of the American Water Resources Association, 33(6), 1197-1207.

• Petts, G. E. 1979. Complex response of river channel morphology subsequent to reservoir construction. Progress in Physical Geography 3:329-362.

• Poole, G. C., Stanford, J. A., Frissell, C. A., & Running, S. W. (2002). Three-dimensional mapping of geomorphic controls on flood-plain hydrology and connectivity from aerial photos. Geomorphology, 48, 329-347.

• Powell, D.M., Reid, I. and Laronne, J.B. (2001). Evolution of bed load grain size distribution with increasing flow strength and the effect of flow duration on the caliber of bed load sediment yield in ephemeral gravel bed rivers. Water Resources Research, 37: 1463-1474.

• Sambrook Smith, G. H. (1996). Bimodal fluvial bed sediments: origin, spatial extent and processes. Progress in Physical Geography, 20(4), 402-417.

• Savenije, H. H. G. (2003). The width of a bankfull channel: Lacey's formula explained. Journal of Hydrology, 276, 176-183.

• Surian, N. and M. Rinaldi. 2003. Morphological response to river engineering and management in alluvial channels in Italy. Geomorphology 50:307-326.

• Taylor, C. F. H. (1999). The role of overbank flow in governing the form of an anabranching river: The Fitzroy River, northwestern Australia. In N. D. Smith & J. Rogers (Eds.), Fluvial Sedimentology VI (pp. 77-91). Oxford, U. K.: Blackwell Science.

• Thoms, M.C. and Sheldon, F. (2002). An Ecosystem Approach for Determining Environmental Water Allocations in Australian Dryland River Systems: the Role of Geomorphology. Geomorphology, 47: 153-168.

• Tooth, S. (1999). Downstream changes in floodplain character on the Northern Plains of arid central Australia. In N. D. Smith & J. Rogers (Eds.), Fluvial Sedimentology VI (pp. 93-112). Oxford, U. K.: Blackwell Science.

• Tooth, S. (2000). Process, form and change in dryland rivers: a review of recent research. Earth-Science Reviews, 51: 67-107.

• Van Devender, T.R. 1990. Late Quaternary vegetation and climate of the Chihuahuan Desert, United States and Mexico: In Packrat middens, Eds. Bentancourt, J.L., Van Devender, T.R., and Martin, P.S., University of Arizona Press, Tucson, p. 104-133.

• Ward, J.V. and Stanford, J.A. (1995). Ecological connectivity in alluvial river ecosystems and its disruption by flow regulation. Regulated Rivers-Research and Management, 11: 105-119