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  1. Dams trigger long-term river-floodplain decoupling in dynamic Andean foreland rivers

    Article • Science Advances, August 2026, American Association for the Advancement of Science

    Jim Best

  2. River Sand and Gravel Mining: Global Drivers, Impacts, and Pathways for Sustainable Management

    Article • Reviews of Geophysics, July 2026, American Geophysical Union (AGU)

    Jim Best

  3. Global patterns of reservoir sedimentation and overlooked risks in small reservoirs

    Article • Nature Sustainability, June 2026, Springer Science + Business Media

    Jim Best

  4. Water scarcity and infrastructure risk of amplified seasonal sediment transport

    Article • Nature Sustainability, May 2026, Springer Science + Business Media

    Jim Best

  5. Dams trigger long-term river-floodplain decoupling in dynamic Andean foreland rivers 

    Article • March 2026, Copernicus GmbH

    Jim Best

  6. River sand and gravel mining: A global synthesis of drivers, extents and impacts for sustainable management

    Article • March 2026, Copernicus GmbH

    Jim Best

  7. Path instability of ascending spheres in aging Laponite clay dispersions

    Article • Physics of Fluids, March 2026, American Institute of Physics

    Jim Best

  8. From extraction to recovery: Geomorphic and social transformations of gravel mining, Lubha River, Northeast Bangladesh

    Article • Cell Reports Sustainability, January 2026, Elsevier

    Jim Best

  9. Anisotropic dispersion of tire wear particle clouds challenges spherical-particle models of microplastic transport

    Article • January 2026, Elsevier

    Jim Best

  10. Human alterations to global riverine phosphorus fluxes to the ocean

    Article • Science Advances, December 2025, American Association for the Advancement of Science

    Jim Best

  11. The impact of natural and anthropogenic factors on erosion in the Northeastern loess Plateau, China, during the past 10,000 years

    Article • CATENA, October 2025, Elsevier

    Jim Best

  12. Quantifying the Form‐Flow‐Saltation Dynamics of Aeolian Sand Ripples

    Article • Journal of Geophysical Research Earth Surface, October 2025, American Geophysical Union (AGU)

    Jim Best

  13. Anthropogenic impacts on the Yellow River Basin

    Article • Nature Reviews Earth & Environment, September 2025, Springer Science + Business Media

    Jim Best

  14. Exacerbating dam-induced fragmentation in China’s river systems

    Article • Communications Earth & Environment, June 2025, Springer Science + Business Media

    Jim Best

  15. Hydrodynamic processes of incipient meander chute cutoffs: laboratory experiments with  implications for morphodynamics and depth-averaged modeling

    Article • March 2025, Authorea, Inc.

    Jim Best

  16. Statistical attributes of turbulent flow across porous walls with a geometrically smooth interface: The role of internal wall structure

    Article • Physics of Fluids, March 2025, American Institute of Physics

    Gianluca Blois, Jim Best

  17. Hydrodynamic Processes of Incipient Meander Chute Cutoffs: Laboratory Experiments With Implications for Morphodynamics and Depth‐Averaged Modeling

    Article • Water Resources Research, March 2025, American Geophysical Union (AGU)

    Jim Best

  18. Bank Strength Variability controls the system-scale Morphodynamics of the Solimões River, Brazil

    Article • January 2025, Copernicus GmbH

    Jim Best

  19. Bedload transport contributions to the microplastic load of the River Waal, Netherlands

    Article • January 2025, Copernicus GmbH

    Jim Best

  20. Bioswales as potential sinks for tyre wear particle pollution

    Article • January 2025, Copernicus GmbH

    Jim Best

  21. Coupled evolution of rivers and floodplains

    Article • January 2025, Copernicus GmbH

    Jim Best

  22. Cryosphere-fed rivers in a warming climate, 1950-205

    Article • January 2025, Copernicus GmbH

    Jim Best

  23. Propagation of hydro-geomorphic disturbances through continental-scale river basins

    Article • January 2025, Copernicus GmbH

    Jim Best

  24. Regime shifts in sediment transport driven by warming-intensified cryosphere degradation and hydrological fluctuation

    Article • January 2025, Copernicus GmbH

    Jim Best

  25. Accelerated River Meander Migration on the Tibetan Plateau Caused by Permafrost Thaw

    Article • Geophysical Research Letters, January 2025, American Geophysical Union (AGU)

    Jim Best

  26. How Do Vulnerable People Adapt to the Impact of Sedimentation in the Haor Wetlands of Northeastern Bangladesh?

    Article • Weather Climate and Society, January 2025, American Meteorological Society

    Jim Best

  27. Hydrodynamic processes of incipient meander chute cutoffs: laboratory experiments with  implications for morphodynamics and depth-averaged modeling

    Article • December 2024, Authorea, Inc.

    Jim Best

  28. Hydrodynamic processes of incipient meander chute cutoffs- implications for morphodynamics and depth-averaged modeling

    Article • August 2024, Authorea, Inc.

    Jim Best

  29. Flow‐induced interfacial deformation structures (FIDS): Implications for the interpretation of palaeocurrents, flow dynamics and substrate rheology

    Article • Sedimentology, July 2024, Wiley

    Jim Best

  30. On the dynamics of aligned inertial particles settling in a quiescent, stratified two-layer medium

    Article • Journal of Fluid Mechanics, May 2024, Cambridge University Press

    Jim Best

  31. Bank strength variability and its impact on the system-scale morphodynamics of the upper Amazon River in Brazil

    Article • Geology, April 2024, Geological Society of America

    Jim Best

  32. Decadal evolution of fluvial islands and its controlling factors along the lower Yangtze River

    Article • Frontiers in Environmental Science, March 2024, Frontiers

    Jim Best

  33. Morphodynamics and depositional architecture of mid‐channel bars in large Amazonian rivers

    Article • Sedimentology, March 2024, Wiley

    Jim Best

  34. Controls on the Leeside Angle of Dunes in Shallow Unidirectional Flows

    Article • Journal of Geophysical Research Earth Surface, March 2024, American Geophysical Union (AGU)

    Jim Best

  35. River Damming Impacts on Fish Habitat and Associated Conservation Measures

    Article • Reviews of Geophysics, December 2023, American Geophysical Union (AGU)

    Jim Best

  36. On the origin of chevron marks and striated grooves, and their use in predicting mud bed rheology

    Article • Sedimentology, November 2023, Wiley

    Jim Best

  37. On the settling of aligned spherical particles in various quiescent media

    Article • Journal of Fluid Mechanics, November 2023, Cambridge University Press

    Jim Best

  38. Shifted sediment-transport regimes by climate change and amplified hydrological variability in cryosphere-fed rivers

    Article • Science Advances, November 2023, American Association for the Advancement of Science

    Jim Best

  39. Bank strength and erodibility in the Amazon River and their control on large-scale river morphodynamics

    Article • May 2023, Copernicus GmbH

    Jim Best

  40. Field Evidence for the Initiation of Isolated Aeolian Sand Patches

    Article • Geophysical Research Letters, February 2023, American Geophysical Union (AGU)

    Jim Best

  41. The Paraná River in the argentine plain: A review of its evolution and contemporary characteristics

    Article • Journal of South American Earth Sciences, January 2023, Elsevier

    Jim Best

  42. On the submerged low-Cauchy-number canopy dynamics under unidirectional flows

    Article • Journal of Fluids and Structures, August 2022, Elsevier

    Jim Best

  43. Effects of low clay concentrations on nearly isotropic turbulence

    Article • Physical Review Fluids, July 2022, American Physical Society (APS)

    Jim Best

  44. Beyond just floodwater

    Article • Nature Sustainability, July 2022, Springer Science + Business Media

    Jim Best

  45. How Do Vulnerable People in Bangladesh Experience Environmental Stress From Sedimentation in the Haor Wetlands? An Exploratory Study

    Article • Water Resources Research, July 2022, American Geophysical Union (AGU)

    Jim Best

  46. The dynamic floor of Yellowstone Lake, Wyoming, USA: The last 14 k.y. of hydrothermal explosions, venting, doming, and faulting

    Article • Geological Society of America Bulletin, June 2022, Geological Society of America

    Jim Best

  47. Amplification of downstream flood stage due to damming of fine-grained rivers

    Article • Nature Communications, June 2022, Springer Science + Business Media

    Jim Best

  48. Sand mining impact on Poyang Lake: a case study based on high-resolution bathymetry and sub-bottom data

    Article • Journal of Oceanology and Limnology, April 2022, Springer Science + Business Media

    Jim Best

  49. The morphology of fluvial‐tidal dunes: Lower Columbia River, Oregon/Washington, USA

    Article • Earth Surface Processes, April 2022, Wiley

    Jim Best

  50. Sedimentary pyrite in carbonaceous shales of the Mamfe Cretaceous basin, SW Cameroon: Morphologies, composition, pyrite framboid size frequency distribution, and formation pathways

    Article • Journal of African Earth Sciences, April 2022, Elsevier

    Jim Best

  51. Linking dune dynamics and preservation: a unique approach using multibeam and parametric echo sounding time series, River Waal, Netherlands

    Article • March 2022, Copernicus GmbH

    Jim Best

  52. The effect of sediment qualities on the resistance of deltas to anthropogenic pressures

    Article • March 2022, Copernicus GmbH

    Jim Best

  53. Topographic perturbation of turbulent boundary layers by low‐angle, early‐stage aeolian dunes

    Article • Earth Surface Processes, February 2022, Wiley

    Jim Best

  54. On the turbulence dynamics induced by a surrogate seagrass canopy

    Article • Journal of Fluid Mechanics, January 2022, Cambridge University Press

    Jim Best

  55. The Influence of Three‐Dimensional Topography on Turbulent Flow Structures Over Dunes in Unidirectional Flows

    Article • Journal of Geophysical Research Earth Surface, November 2021, American Geophysical Union (AGU)

    Jim Best

  56. Sand, gravel, and UN Sustainable Development Goals: Conflicts, synergies, and pathways forward

    Article • One Earth, August 2021, Elsevier

    Jim Best

  57. Unsteady dynamics of turbulent flow in the wakes of barchan dunes modulated by overlying boundary-layer structure

    Article • Journal of Fluid Mechanics, June 2021, Cambridge University Press

    Jim Best

  58. Correction to: The mysterious grooves of Volcán Bárcena: a review of the role of streamwise counter-rotating vortices during erosion by dilute pyroclastic density currents

    Article • Bulletin of Volcanology, April 2021, Springer Science + Business Media

    Jim Best

  59. The mysterious grooves of Volcán Bárcena: a review of the role of streamwise counter-rotating vortices during erosion by dilute pyroclastic density currents

    Article • Bulletin of Volcanology, March 2021, Springer Science + Business Media

    Jim Best

  60. The Effect of Biofilms on Turbulent Flow Over Permeable Beds

    Article • Water Resources Research, February 2021, American Geophysical Union (AGU)

    Jim Best

  61. Using multibeam backscatter strength to analyze the distribution of manganese nodules: A case study of seamounts in the Western Pacific Ocean

    Article • Applied Acoustics, February 2021, Elsevier

    Jim Best

  62. The sedimentary architecture of hyperpycnites produced by transient turbulent flows in a shallow lacustrine environment

    Article • Sedimentary Geology, January 2021, Elsevier

    Jim Best

  63. Rapid gravity flow transformation revealed in a single climbing ripple

    Article • Geology, December 2020, Geological Society of America

    Jim Best

  64. Interpreting pre-vegetation landscape dynamics: The Cambrian Lower Mount Simon Sandstone, Illinois, U.S.A.

    Article • Journal of Sedimentary Research, November 2020, Society for Sedimentary Geology

    Jim Best

  65. Influence of Dunes on Channel‐Scale Flow and Sediment Transport in a Sand Bed Braided River

    Article • Journal of Geophysical Research Earth Surface, November 2020, American Geophysical Union (AGU)

    Jim Best, Professor Stuart N Lane

  66. Why do large, deep rivers have low-angle dune beds?: COMMENT

    Article • Geology, August 2020, Geological Society of America

    Jim Best

  67. Alluvial architecture of mid‐channel fluvial–tidal barforms: The mesotidal Lower Columbia River, Oregon/Washington, USA

    Article • Sedimentology, July 2020, Wiley

    Jim Best

  68. Dune-scale cross-strata across the fluvial-deltaic backwater regime: Preservation potential of an autogenic stratigraphic signature

    Article • Geology, July 2020, Geological Society of America

    Jim Best

  69. The Pace of Human-Induced Change in Large Rivers: Stresses, Resilience, and Vulnerability to Extreme Events

    Article • One Earth, June 2020, Elsevier

    Jim Best

  70. Source apportionment of soil heavy metals in fluvial islands, Anhui section of the lower Yangtze River: comparison of APCS–MLR and PMF

    Article • Journal of Soils and Sediments, May 2020, Springer Science + Business Media

    Jim Best

  71. An integrated process‐based model of flutes and tool marks in deep‐water environments: Implications for palaeohydraulics, the Bouma sequence and hybrid event beds

    Article • Sedimentology, May 2020, Wiley

    Jim Best

  72. Drainage and erosion of Cambodia’s great lake in the middle-late Holocene: The combined role of climatic drying, base-level fall and river capture

    Article • Quaternary Science Reviews, May 2020, Elsevier

    Jim Best

  73. Novel Environment Enables PIV Measurements of Turbulent Flow around and within Complex Topographies

    Article • Journal of Hydraulic Engineering, May 2020, American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)

    Jim Best

  74. Soft-sediment deformation structures as indicators of tectono-volcanic activity during evolution of a lacustrine basin: A case study from the Upper Triassic Ordos Basin, China

    Article • Marine and Petroleum Geology, May 2020, Elsevier

    Jim Best

  75. Seeing through the fluid dynamics of flexible vegetation and canopy turbulence

    Article • March 2020, Copernicus GmbH

    Jim Best

  76. The Origin of Aeolian Dunes – PIV measurements of flow structure over early stage protodunes in a refractive-index-matching flume

    Article • March 2020, Copernicus GmbH

    Jim Best

  77. The effects of fluvial and basal sediment properties on the morphodynamics of deltas undergoing sediment supply reduction

    Article • March 2020, Copernicus GmbH

    Jim Best

  78. Secondary Flows and Vortex Structure Associated With Isolated and Interacting Barchan Dunes

    Article • Journal of Geophysical Research Earth Surface, January 2020, American Geophysical Union (AGU)

    Jim Best

  79. Dunes in the world’s big rivers are characterized by low-angle lee-side slopes and a complex shape

    Article • Nature Geoscience, January 2020, Springer Science + Business Media

    Jim Best

  80. Experimental evidence of amplitude modulation in permeable-wall turbulence

    Article • Journal of Fluid Mechanics, January 2020, Cambridge University Press

    Jim Best

  81. River bank instability from unsustainable sand mining in the lower Mekong River

    Article • Nature Sustainability, January 2020, Springer Science + Business Media

    Jim Best

  82. River temperature and the thermal-dynamic transport of sediment

    Article • Global and Planetary Change, July 2019, Elsevier

    Jim Best

  83. Time is running out for sand

    Article • Nature, July 2019, Springer Science + Business Media

    Jim Best

  84. Spatial Scales of Turbulent Flow Structures Associated With Interacting Barchan Dunes

    Article • Journal of Geophysical Research Earth Surface, May 2019, American Geophysical Union (AGU)

    Jim Best

  85. Small- and large- scale soft-sediment deformations in a Triassic lacustrine delta caused by overloading and seismicity in the Ordos Basin, central China

    Article • Marine and Petroleum Geology, May 2019, Elsevier

    Jim Best

  86. PIV measurements of turbulent flow overlying large, cubic- and hexagonally-packed hemisphere arrays

    Article • Journal of Hydraulic Research, April 2019, Taylor & Francis

    Jim Best

  87. Observations and scaling of tidal mass transport across the lower Ganges–Brahmaputra delta plain: implications for delta management and sustainability

    Article • Earth Surface Dynamics, March 2019, Copernicus GmbH

    Jim Best

  88. Author Correction: Anthropogenic stresses on the world’s big rivers

    Article • Nature Geoscience, January 2019, Springer Science + Business Media

    Jim Best

  89. Quantification of bedform dynamics and bedload sediment flux in sandy braided rivers from airborne and satellite imagery

    Article • Earth Surface Processes, January 2019, Wiley

    Jim Best, Professor Stuart N Lane

  90. Sedimentologic and palaeoenvironmental evolution of the Mamfe Cretaceous Basin (SW Cameroon): Evidence from lithofacies analysis, tectonics and evaporite minerals suite

    Article • Journal of African Earth Sciences, January 2019, Elsevier

    Jim Best

  91. Describing fluvial systems: linking processes to deposits and stratigraphy

    Article • Geological Society London Special Publications, January 2019, Geological Society

    Jim Best

  92. Anthropogenic stresses on the world’s big rivers

    Article • Nature Geoscience, December 2018, Springer Science + Business Media

    Jim Best

  93. Hydrodynamic modelling of tidal-fluvial flows in a large river estuary

    Article • Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science, November 2018, Elsevier

    Jim Best

  94. On the Causes of Pulsing in Continuous Turbidity Currents

    Article • Journal of Geophysical Research Earth Surface, November 2018, American Geophysical Union (AGU)

    Jim Best

  95. Experimental study of turbulent flow over and within cubically packed walls of spheres: Effects of topography, permeability and wall thickness

    Article • International Journal of Heat and Fluid Flow, October 2018, Elsevier

    Jim Best

  96. The adaptation of dunes to changes in river flow

    Article • Earth-Science Reviews, October 2018, Elsevier

    Jim Best

  97. The Impact of Nonequilibrium Flow on the Structure of Turbulence Over River Dunes

    Article • Water Resources Research, September 2018, American Geophysical Union (AGU)

    Dr Richard J Hardy, Jim Best

  98. Observations and scaling of tidal mass transport across the lower Ganges-Brahmaputra delta plain: implications for delta management and sustainability

    Article • September 2018, Copernicus GmbH

    Jim Best

  99. Turbulent Flow Structure Associated With Collision Between Laterally Offset, Fixed-Bed Barchan Dunes

    Article • Journal of Geophysical Research Earth Surface, September 2018, American Geophysical Union (AGU)

    Jim Best

  100. The sedimentology of river confluences

    Article • Sedimentology, July 2018, Wiley

    Jim Best

  101. Early burial mud diapirism and its impact on stratigraphic architecture in the Carboniferous of the Shannon Basin, County Clare, Ireland

    Article • Sedimentology, July 2018, Wiley

    Jim Best

  102. ‘Boundary’: mapping and visualizing climatically changed landscapes at Kaskawulsh Glacier and Kluane Lake, Yukon

    Article • Journal of Maps, June 2018, Taylor & Francis

    Jim Best

  103. Turbulence Links Momentum and Solute Exchange in Coarse-Grained Streambeds

    Article • Water Resources Research, May 2018, American Geophysical Union (AGU)

    Jim Best

  104. The significance of superimposed dunes in the Amazon River: Implications for how large rivers are identified in the rock record

    Article • Sedimentology, April 2018, Wiley

    Cristiano Galeazzi, Jim Best

  105. The influence of tributary flow density differences on the hydrodynamic behavior of a confluent meander bend and implications for flow mixing

    Article • Geomorphology, March 2018, Elsevier

    Jim Best

  106. Linking the local vertical variability of permeability and porosity to newly-interpreted lithofacies in the lower Mt. Simon CO2 reservoir

    Article • International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control, January 2018, Elsevier

    Jim Best

  107. The planform mobility of river channel confluences: Insights from analysis of remotely sensed imagery

    Article • Earth-Science Reviews, January 2018, Elsevier

    Jim Best

  108. An evaluation of the use of a multibeam echo-sounder for observations of suspended sediment

    Article • Applied Acoustics, November 2017, Elsevier

    Jim Best

  109. The influence of flow discharge variations on the morphodynamics of a diffluence-confluence unit on a large river

    Article • Earth Surface Processes, August 2017, Wiley

    Jim Best

  110. Length scales and statistical characteristics of outer bank roughness for large elongate meander bends: The influence of bank material properties, floodplain vegetation and flow inundation

    Article • Earth Surface Processes, June 2017, Wiley

    Jim Best

  111. River piracy and drainage basin reorganization led by climate-driven glacier retreat

    Article • Nature Geoscience, April 2017, Springer Science + Business Media

    Jim Best

  112. A numerical investigation into the importance of bed permeability on determining flow structures over river dunes

    Article • Water Resources Research, April 2017, American Geophysical Union (AGU)

    Dr Richard J Hardy, Jim Best

  113. Cavitation erosion of bedrock channels

    Article • Earth Surface Processes, January 2017, Wiley

    Prof Paul A. Carling, Jim Best

  114. Extreme flood-driven fluvial bank erosion and sediment loads: direct process measurements using integrated Mobile Laser Scanning (MLS) and hydro-acoustic techniques

    Article • Earth Surface Processes, December 2016, Wiley

    Julian Leyland, Jim Best

  115. Three-dimensional flow structure and bed morphology in large elongate meander loops with different outer bank roughness characteristics

    Article • Water Resources Research, December 2016, American Geophysical Union (AGU)

    Jim Best

  116. Fluvial sediment supply to a mega-delta reduced by shifting tropical-cyclone activity

    Article • Nature, October 2016, Springer Science + Business Media

    Jim Best

  117. Comparing the transitional behaviour of kaolinite and bentonite suspension flows

    Article • Earth Surface Processes, October 2016, Wiley

    Jim Best

  118. On the evolution and form of coherent flow structures over a gravel bed: Insights from whole flow field visualization and measurement

    Article • Journal of Geophysical Research Earth Surface, August 2016, American Geophysical Union (AGU)

    Dr Richard J Hardy, Jim Best

  119. The alluvial architecture of a suspended sediment dominated meandering river: the Río Bermejo, Argentina

    Article • Sedimentology, March 2016, Wiley

    Jim Best

  120. Bedform genesis in bedrock substrates: Insights into formative processes from a new experimental approach and the importance of suspension-dominated abrasion

    Article • Geomorphology, February 2016, Elsevier

    Jim Best

  121. Spatial variability in bank resistance to erosion on a large meandering, mixed bedrock-alluvial river

    Article • Geomorphology, January 2016, Elsevier

    Jim Best

  122. Modulation of outer bank erosion by slump blocks: Disentangling the protective and destructive role of failed material on the three-dimensional flow structure

    Article • Geophysical Research Letters, December 2015, American Geophysical Union (AGU)

    Jim Best

  123. The role of discharge variability in determining alluvial stratigraphy

    Article • Geology, November 2015, Geological Society of America

    Jim Best

  124. Extremes in dune preservation: Controls on the completeness of fluvial deposits

    Article • Earth-Science Reviews, November 2015, Elsevier

    Jim Best

  125. Predicting bedforms and primary current stratification in cohesive mixtures of mud and sand

    Article • Journal of the Geological Society, October 2015, Geological Society

    Jim Best

  126. Fluvio-deltaic avulsions during relative sea-level fall

    Article • Geology, July 2015, Geological Society of America

    Jim Best

  127. Grain-Size Controls On the Morphology and Internal Geometry of River-Dominated Deltas

    Article • Journal of Sedimentary Research, June 2015, Society for Sedimentary Geology

    Jim Best

  128. Mid to late Holocene geomorphological and sedimentological evolution of the fluvial–tidal zone

    Article • January 2015, Elsevier

    Jim Best

  129. Preface

    Article • January 2015, Elsevier

    Jim Best

  130. Bed form genesis from bed defects under unidirectional, oscillatory, and combined flows

    Article • Journal of Geophysical Research Earth Surface, December 2014, American Geophysical Union (AGU)

    Jim Best

  131. Effect of bed permeability and hyporheic flow on turbulent flow over bed forms

    Article • Geophysical Research Letters, September 2014, American Geophysical Union (AGU)

    Jim Best

  132. A unified model for bedform development and equilibrium under unidirectional, oscillatory and combined-flows

    Article • Sedimentology, July 2014, Wiley

    Jim Best

  133. The impact of significant input of fine sediment on benthic fauna at tributary junctions: a case study of the Bermejo-Paraguay River confluence, Argentina

    Article • Ecohydrology, June 2014, Wiley

    Jim Best

  134. A New Phase Diagram for Combined-Flow Bedforms

    Article • Journal of Sedimentary Research, April 2014, Society for Sedimentary Geology

    Jim Best

  135. Scales and causes of heterogeneity in bars in a large multi-channel river: Río Paraná, Argentina

    Article • Sedimentology, February 2014, Wiley

    Professor Stuart N Lane, Jim Best

  136. Flow structure and channel morphodynamics of meander bend chute cutoffs: A case study of the Wabash River, USA

    Article • Journal of Geophysical Research Earth Surface, December 2013, American Geophysical Union (AGU)

    Jim Best

  137. Coherent Flow Structures at Earth's Surface

    Article • October 2013, Wiley

    Jim Best

  138. LES of barchan dunes

    Article • Journal of Geophysical Research Earth Surface, October 2013, American Geophysical Union (AGU)

    Professor Ugo Piomelli, Dr Mohammad Omidyeganeh, Jim Best

  139. Paragenetic sequences of carbonate and sulphide minerals of the Mamfe Basin (Cameroon): Indicators of palaeo-fluids, palaeo-oxygen levels and diagenetic zones

    Article • Journal of African Earth Sciences, October 2013, Elsevier

    Jim Best

  140. A flume experiment on the effect of channel width on the perturbation and recovery of flow in straight pools and riffles with smooth boundaries

    Article • Journal of Geophysical Research Earth Surface, September 2013, American Geophysical Union (AGU)

    Jim Best

  141. Discrimination of bed form scales using robust spline filters and wavelet transforms: Methods and application to synthetic signals and bed forms of the Río Paraná, Argentina

    Article • Journal of Geophysical Research Earth Surface, August 2013, American Geophysical Union (AGU)

    Jim Best

  142. Decimeter-scale in situ mapping of modern cross-bedded dune deposits using parametric echo sounding: A new method for linking river processes and their deposits

    Article • Geophysical Research Letters, August 2013, American Geophysical Union (AGU)

    Jim Best

  143. Monitoring the generation and evolution of the sediment plume behind towed fishing gears using a multibeam echosounder

    Article • ICES Journal of Marine Science, June 2013, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Jim Best

  144. Three-dimensional gravity-current flow within a subaqueous bend: Spatial evolution and force balance variations

    Article • Sedimentology, June 2013, Wiley

    Jim Best

  145. Deposits of the sandy braided South Saskatchewan River: Implications for the use of modern analogs in reconstructing channel dimensions in reservoir characterization

    Article • AAPG Bulletin, April 2013, American Association of Petroleum Geologists (AAPG)

    Professor Stuart N Lane, Jim Best

  146. Velocity Mapping Toolbox (VMT): a processing and visualization suite for moving-vessel ADCP measurements

    Article • Earth Surface Processes, February 2013, Wiley

    Jim Best

  147. Bedforms: views and new perspectives from the third international workshop on Marine and River Dune Dynamics (MARID3)

    Article • Earth Surface Processes, January 2013, Wiley

    Jim Best

  148. Application of a roughness-length representation to parameterize energy loss in 3-D numerical simulations of large rivers

    Article • Water Resources Research, December 2012, American Geophysical Union (AGU)

    Professor Stuart N Lane, Jim Best

  149. Flow fields, bed shear stresses, and suspended bed sediment dynamics in bifurcations of a large river

    Article • Water Resources Research, November 2012, American Geophysical Union (AGU)

    Jim Best

  150. Quantification of the relation between surface morphodynamics and subsurface sedimentological product in sandy braided rivers

    Article • Sedimentology, October 2012, Wiley

    Professor Stuart N Lane, Jim Best

  151. Modelling hydrodynamics in the Rio Paraná, Argentina: An evaluation and inter-comparison of reduced-complexity and physics based models applied to a large sand-bed river

    Article • Geomorphology, October 2012, Elsevier

    Professor Stuart N Lane, Jim Best

  152. Mitigating land loss in coastal Louisiana by controlled diversion of Mississippi River sand

    Article • Nature Geoscience, July 2012, Springer Science + Business Media

    Jim Best

  153. Tributary, distributary and other fluvial patterns: What really represents the norm in the continental rock record?

    Article • Sedimentary Geology, June 2012, Elsevier

    Jim Best

  154. Sediment mobility and bed armoring in the St Clair River: insights from hydrodynamic modeling

    Article • Earth Surface Processes, March 2012, Wiley

    Jim Best

  155. A versatile refractive-index-matched flow facility for studies of complex flow systems across scientific disciplines

    Article • January 2012, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Jim Best

  156. Quantifying the dynamics of flow within a permeable bed using time-resolved endoscopic particle imaging velocimetry (EPIV)

    Article • Experiments in Fluids, December 2011, Springer Science + Business Media

    Jim Best

  157. An experimental study of discharge partitioning and flow structure at symmetrical bifurcations

    Article • Earth Surface Processes, October 2011, Wiley

    Professor Stuart N Lane, Jim Best

  158. Extreme sediment pulses generated by bend cutoffs along a large meandering river

    Article • Nature Geoscience, September 2011, Springer Science + Business Media

    Jim Best

  159. Bed morphology, flow structure, and sediment transport at the outlet of Lake Huron and in the upper St. Clair River

    Article • Journal of Great Lakes Research, September 2011, Elsevier

    Jim Best

  160. Depositional processes, bedform development and hybrid bed formation in rapidly decelerated cohesive (mud-sand) sediment flows

    Article • Sedimentology, June 2011, Wiley

    Jim Best

  161. Particle-image velocimetry measurements of flow over interacting barchan dunes

    Article • Experiments in Fluids, June 2011, Springer Science + Business Media

    Jim Best

  162. Wavelets Application to Study the Bedforms of Parana River

    Article • May 2011, American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)

    Jim Best

  163. Evolution and sedimentology of a channel fill in the sandy braided South Saskatchewan River and its comparison to the deposits of an adjacent compound bar

    Article • Sedimentology, May 2011, Wiley

    Professor Stuart N Lane, Jim Best

  164. Sedimentation in deep-sea lobe-elements: implications for the origin of thickening-upward sequences

    Article • Journal of the Geological Society, February 2011, Geological Society

    Jim Best

  165. Preface to Decadal Issue

    Article • Sedimentology, January 2011, Wiley

    Jim Best

  166. On determining the geometric and kinematic characteristics of coherent flow structures over a gravel bed: a new approach using combined PLIF-PIV

    Article • Earth Surface Processes, December 2010, Wiley

    Jim Best

  167. Fluvial form in modern continental sedimentary basins: Distributive fluvial systems: COMMENT

    Article • Geology, December 2010, Geological Society of America

    Jim Best

  168. Coherent flow structures in a depth-limited flow over a gravel surface: The influence of surface roughness

    Article • Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres, July 2010, American Geophysical Union (AGU)

    Professor Stuart N Lane, Jim Best

  169. Can we distinguish flood frequency and magnitude in the sedimentological record of rivers?

    Article • Geology, June 2010, Geological Society of America

    Professor Stuart N Lane, Jim Best

  170. Response of river-dominated delta channel networks to permanent changes in river discharge

    Article • Geophysical Research Letters, June 2010, American Geophysical Union (AGU)

    Jim Best

  171. Quantification of braided river channel change using archival digital image analysis

    Article • Earth Surface Processes, April 2010, Wiley

    Professor Stuart N Lane, Jim Best

  172. A new methodology for the quantitative visualization of coherent flow structures in alluvial channels using multibeam echo-sounding (MBES)

    Article • Geophysical Research Letters, March 2010, American Geophysical Union (AGU)

    Jim Best

  173. On the relationship between flow and suspended sediment transport over the crest of a sand dune, Río Paraná, Argentina

    Article • January 2010, Wiley

    Professor Stuart N Lane, Jim Best

  174. Monitoring Suspended Sediment Dynamics Using MBES

    Article • Journal of Hydraulic Engineering, January 2010, American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)

    Professor Stuart N Lane, Jim Best

  175. The influence of dunes on mixing in a migrating salt-wedge: Fraser River estuary, Canada

    Article • Earth Surface Processes, January 2010, Wiley

    Jim Best

  176. Suspended sediment transport and deposition over a dune: Río Paraná, Argentina

    Article • Earth Surface Processes, September 2009, Wiley

    Professor Stuart N Lane, Jim Best

  177. The Sedimentology and Alluvial Architecture of a Large Braid Bar, Rio Parana, Argentina

    Article • Journal of Sedimentary Research, August 2009, Society for Sedimentary Geology

    Jim Best

  178. Morphology, flow structure, and suspended bed sediment transport at two large braid-bar confluences

    Article • Water Resources Research, May 2009, American Geophysical Union (AGU)

    Jim Best

  179. A Phase Diagram for Turbulent, Transitional, and Laminar Clay Suspension Flows

    Article • Journal of Sedimentary Research, April 2009, Society for Sedimentary Geology

    Jim Best

  180. A pilot study of the efficacy of residuum lodges for managing sediment delivery to impoundment reservoirs

    Article • Water and Environment Journal, March 2009, Wiley

    Jim Best

  181. Coherent flow structures in a depth-limited flow over a gravel surface: The role of near-bed turbulence and influence of Reynolds number

    Article • Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres, January 2009, American Geophysical Union (AGU)

    Professor Stuart N Lane, Jim Best

  182. Discussion of “Transition from Ripples to Dunes” by Arved J. Raudkivi

    Article • Journal of Hydraulic Engineering, December 2008, American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)

    Jim Best

  183. River response to lateral ground tilting: a synthesis and some implications for the modelling of alluvial architecture in extensional basins

    Article • Basin Research, July 2008, Wiley

    Jim Best

  184. Causes of rapid mixing at a junction of two large rivers: Río Paraná and Río Paraguay, Argentina

    Article • Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres, June 2008, American Geophysical Union (AGU)

    Professor Stuart N Lane, Jim Best

  185. The dynamics of turbulent, transitional and laminar clay-laden flow over a fixed current ripple

    Article • Sedimentology, June 2008, Wiley

    Jim Best

  186. Reply to Discussion of Imran et al. on “The orientation of helical flow in curved channels” by Corney et al., Sedimentology, 53, 249-257

    Article • Sedimentology, December 2007, Wiley

    Jim Best

  187. Comparison of Fixed- and Moving-Vessel Flow Measurements with an aDp in a Large River

    Article • Journal of Hydraulic Engineering, December 2007, American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)

    Jim Best

  188. The influence of scale, slope and channel geometry on the flow dynamics of submarine channels

    Article • Marine and Petroleum Geology, June 2007, Elsevier

    Jim Best

  189. The relationship between channel avulsion, flow occupancy and aggradation in braided rivers: insights from an experimental model

    Article • Sedimentology, June 2007, Wiley

    Jim Best

  190. Meander-Bend Evolution, Alluvial Architecture, and the Role of Cohesion in Sinuous River Channels: A Flume Study

    Article • Journal of Sedimentary Research, March 2007, Society for Sedimentary Geology

    Jim Best

  191. Dynamics of a river channel confluence with discordant beds: Flow turbulence, bed load sediment transport, and bed morphology

    Article • Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres, November 2006, American Geophysical Union (AGU)

    Jim Best

  192. Electrical Resistance Tomography for Suspended Sediment Measurements in Open Channel Flows Using a Novel Sensor Design

    Article • Particle & Particle Systems Characterization, October 2006, Wiley

    Jim Best

  193. Braided Rivers

    Article • August 2006, Wiley

    Jim Best

  194. Bar-top hollows: A new element in the architecture of sandy braided rivers

    Article • Sedimentary Geology, August 2006, Elsevier

    Jim Best

  195. Flow structure in sinuous submarine channels: Velocity and turbulence structure of an experimental submarine channel

    Article • Marine Geology, June 2006, Elsevier

    Jim Best

  196. Mean flow, turbulence structure, and bed form superimposition across the ripple-dune transition

    Article • Water Resources Research, May 2006, American Geophysical Union (AGU)

    Jim Best

  197. The orientation of helical flow in curved channels

    Article • Sedimentology, April 2006, Wiley

    Jim Best

  198. The sedimentology and alluvial architecture of the sandy braided South Saskatchewan River, Canada

    Article • Sedimentology, April 2006, Wiley

    Jim Best

  199. Bed forms in bimodal sand-gravel sediments: laboratory and field analysis

    Article • Sedimentology, January 2006, Wiley

    Jim Best

  200. Form roughness and the absence of secondary flow in a large confluence–diffluence, Rio Paraná, Argentina

    Article • Earth Surface Processes, January 2006, Wiley

    Professor Stuart N Lane, Jim Best

  201. Morphology and flow fields of three-dimensional dunes, Rio Paraná, Argentina: Results from simultaneous multibeam echo sounding and acoustic Doppler current profiling

    Article • Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres, December 2005, American Geophysical Union (AGU)

    Professor Stuart N Lane, Jim Best

  202. The fluid dynamics of river dunes: A review and some future research directions

    Article • Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres, December 2005, American Geophysical Union (AGU)

    Jim Best

  203. Response of sand dunes to variations in tidal flow: Fraser Estuary, Canada

    Article • Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres, October 2005, American Geophysical Union (AGU)

    Jim Best

  204. Development and testing of a numerical code for treatment of complex river channel topography in three-dimensional CFD models with structured grids

    Article • Journal of Hydraulic Research, September 2005, Taylor & Francis

    Jim Best

  205. Measuring flow velocity and sediment transport with an acoustic Doppler current profiler

    Article • Geomorphology, May 2005, Elsevier

    Jim Best

  206. Whole flow field dynamics and velocity pulsing within natural sediment-laden underflows

    Article • Geology, January 2005, Geological Society of America

    Jim Best

  207. Sedimentology and kinematics of a large, retrogressive growth-fault system in Upper Carboniferous deltaic sediments, western Ireland

    Article • Sedimentology, December 2004, Wiley

    Jim Best

  208. Measuring Velocity and Shear Stress over Dunes with Acoustic Doppler Profiler

    Article • Journal of Hydraulic Engineering, September 2004, American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)

    Jim Best

  209. Relationship between sediment supply and avulsion frequency in braided rivers

    Article • Geology, January 2004, Geological Society of America

    Jim Best

  210. Three-Dimensional Sedimentary Architecture of a Large, Mid-Channel Sand Braid Bar, Jamuna River, Bangladesh

    Article • Journal of Sedimentary Research, July 2003, Society for Sedimentary Geology

    Jim Best

  211. Sedimentology of the Bengal shelf, Bangladesh: comparison of late Miocene sediments, Sitakund anticline, with the modern, tidally dominated shelf

    Article • Sedimentary Geology, February 2003, Elsevier

    Jim Best

  212. The use and application of GPR in sandy fluvial environments: methodological considerations

    Article • Geological Society London Special Publications, January 2003, Geological Society

    Jim Best

  213. The physical scale modelling of braided alluvial architecture and estimation of subsurface permeability

    Article • Basin Research, September 2002, Wiley

    Jim Best

  214. Computational fluid dynamics and the physical modelling of an upland urban river

    Article • Geomorphology, May 2002, Elsevier

    Jim Best

  215. Turbulence Modulation in Clay-Rich Sediment-Laden Flows and Some Implications for Sediment Deposition

    Article • Journal of Sedimentary Research, May 2002, Society for Sedimentary Geology

    Jim Best

  216. Quantitative visualization of flow fields associated with alluvial sand dunes: Results from the laboratory and field using ultrasonic and acoustic doppler anemometry

    Article • Journal of Visualization, December 2001, Springer Science + Business Media

    Jim Best

  217. Turbulence and Coherent Flow Structures Associated with Bedform Amalgamation: An Experimental Study of the Ripple-Dune Transition

    Article • September 2000, American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)

    Jim Best

  218. Ripple formation induced by biogenic mounds—comment

    Article • Marine Geology, August 2000, Elsevier

    Jim Best

  219. Morphological evolution and dynamics of a large, sand braid-bar, Jamuna River, Bangladesh

    Article • Sedimentology, June 2000, Wiley

    Jim Best

  220. The Western Irish Namurian Basin reassessed

    Article • Basin Research, March 2000, Wiley

    Jim Best

  221. Turbulence and Secondary Flow over Sediment Stripes in Weakly Bimodal Bed Material

    Article • Journal of Hydraulic Engineering, May 1999, American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)

    Jim Best

  222. Three-dimensional structure of flow at a confluence of river channels with discordant beds

    Article • Geomorphology, January 1999, Elsevier

    Jim Best

  223. Fluid and sediment dynamics of upper stage plane beds

    Article • Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres, January 1998, American Geophysical Union (AGU)

    Jim Best

  224. Scour in large braided rivers and the recognition of sequence stratigraphic boundaries

    Article • Nature, May 1997, Springer Science + Business Media

    Jim Best

  225. Discussion and Closure: Bed-Load Motion at High Shear Stress: Dune Washout and Plane-Bed Flow

    Article • Journal of Hydraulic Engineering, April 1997, American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)

    Jim Best

  226. Preservation of planar laminae due to migration of low-relief bed waves over aggrading upper-stage plane beds: comparison of experimental data with theory

    Article • Sedimentology, April 1997, Wiley

    Jim Best

  227. Effects of Bed Discordance on Flow Dynamics at Open Channel Confluences

    Article • Journal of Hydraulic Engineering, December 1996, American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)

    Jim Best

  228. Turbulent flow structure at concordant and discordant open-channel confluences

    Article • Experiments in Fluids, November 1996, Springer Science + Business Media

    Jim Best

  229. A scheme for resampling, filtering, and subsampling unevenly spaced laser Doppler anemometer data

    Article • Journal of the International Association for Mathematical Geology, August 1995, Springer Science + Business Media

    Jim Best

  230. Mean flow and turbulence structure over fixed, two-dimensional dunes: implications for sediment transport and bedform stability

    Article • Sedimentology, June 1995, Wiley

    Jim Best

  231. Particle Size and Velocity Discrimination in a Sediment-Laden Turbulent Flow Using Phase Doppler Anemometry

    Article • Journal of Fluids Engineering, January 1995, ASME International

    Jim Best

  232. Three-Dimensional Flow Structure at Open-Channel Diversions

    Article • Journal of Hydraulic Engineering, January 1995, American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)

    Jim Best

  233. Effect of Orientation and Size of Helley‐Smith Sampler on Its Efficiency

    Article • Journal of Hydraulic Engineering, June 1994, American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)

    Jim Best

  234. On experimental reflected density currents and the interpretation of certain turbidites

    Article • Sedimentology, June 1994, Wiley

    Jim Best

  235. Drag reduction in turbulent muddy seawater flows and some sedimentary consequences

    Article • Sedimentology, December 1993, Wiley

    Jim Best

  236. Bed morphology and sedimentology at the confluence of unequal depth channels

    Article • Geomorphology, November 1993, Elsevier

    Jim Best

  237. Braided rivers: perspectives and problems

    Article • Geological Society London Special Publications, January 1993, Geological Society

    Jim Best

  238. Mechanisms of anabranch avulsion within gravel-bed braided rivers: observations from a scaled physical model

    Article • Geological Society London Special Publications, January 1993, Geological Society

    Jim Best

  239. On the entrainment of sediment and initiation of bed defects: insights from recent developments within turbulent boundary layer research

    Article • Sedimentology, October 1992, Wiley

    Jim Best

  240. The morphology and dynamics of low amplitude bedwaves upon upper stage plane beds and the preservation of planar laminae

    Article • Sedimentology, October 1992, Wiley

    Jim Best

  241. Discussion of “ Development of Bed Features ” by Arved J. Raudkivi and Hans‐H. Witte (September, 1990, Vol. 116, No. 9)

    Article • Journal of Hydraulic Engineering, April 1992, American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)

    Jim Best

  242. Sedimentology and event timing of a catastrophic volcaniclastic mass flow, Volcan Hudson, Southern Chile

    Article • Bulletin of Volcanology, April 1992, Springer Science + Business Media

    Jim Best

  243. Mixing-layer distortion at the confluence of channels of different depth

    Article • Nature, April 1991, Springer Science + Business Media

    Jim Best

  244. REPLY

    Article • Sedimentology, June 1990, Wiley

    Jim Best

  245. Fluidization pipes in volcaniclastic mass flows, Volcan Hudson, Southern Chile

    Article • Terra Nova, March 1989, Wiley

    Jim Best

  246. Earthquakes, Rivers and Ice: Scientific Research at the Laguna San Rafael, Southern Chile, 1986

    Article • Geographical Journal, November 1988, JSTOR

    Jim Best

  247. Flow, sediment transport and bedform dynamics over the transition from dunes to upper-stage plane beds: implications for the formation of planar laminae

    Article • Sedimentology, October 1988, Wiley

    Jim Best

  248. Sediment transport and bed morphology at river channel confluences

    Article • Sedimentology, January 1988, Wiley

    Jim Best

  249. Closure to “Separation Zone at Open‐Channel Junctions” by James L. Best and Ian Reid (November, 1984)

    Article • Journal of Hydraulic Engineering, April 1987, American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)

    Jim Best

  250. The morphology of river channel confluences

    Article • Progress in Physical Geography Earth and Environment, June 1986, SAGE Publications

    Jim Best

  251. Flow separation—a physical process for the concentration of heavy minerals within alluvial channels

    Article • Journal of the Geological Society, September 1985, Geological Society

    Jim Best

  252. Separation Zone at Open‐Channel Junctions

    Article • Journal of Hydraulic Engineering, November 1984, American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)

    Jim Best