Dr. Leonard Sklar, PhD

60.  Sklar, L.S., C.S. Riebe, J. Genetti, S. Leclere, and C.E. Lukens, (2020). Downvalley fining of hillslope sediment in an alpine catchment: Implications for downstream fining of sediment flux in mountain rivers, Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, doi:10.1002/esp.4849.

59.  Lukens, C.E., C.S. Riebe, L.S. Sklar, and D.L. Shuster (2020). Sediment size and abrasion biases in detrital thermochronology, Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 531; doi:10.1016/j.epsl.2019.115929

58.  Tumolo, B., L. Albertson, W. Cross, M.Daniels, and L.S. Sklar (2019). Occupied and abandoned  structures from ecosystem engineering differentially facilitate stream community colonization, EcoSphere 10(5):e02734.10.1002/ecs2.2734.

57.  Albertson, L.K., L.S. Sklar, S.D. Cooper, and B.J. Cardinale (2019). Aquatic macro invertabrates stabilize gravel bed sediment: A test using silk net-spinning caddisflies in semi-natural river channels, PLoS ONE; doi:10.3071/journal.pone.0209087.

56.  Callahan, R.P., K.L. Ferrier, J. Dixon, A Dosseto, W.J. Hahm, B.S. Jessup, S.N. Miller, C.T. Hunsaker, D.W. Johnson, L.S. Sklar, and C.S.Riebe (2019). Arrested development: Erosional equilibrium in the southern Sierra Nevada, California, maintained by feedbacks between channel incision and hillslope sediment production, Geological Society of America Bulletin; doi:10.1130/B35006.1.

55.  Kui, L., J.C. Stella, R.M. Diehl, A.C.Wilcock, A. Lightbody, and L.S. Sklar (2018). Can environmental flows moderate riparian invasions? The influence of seedling morphology and density on scour losses in experimental floods, Freshwater Biology; doi:10.1111/fwb.13235.

54.  Wohl, E.E., G. Brierley, D. Cadol, T. Coulthard, T. Covino, K. Fryirs, G. Grant, R. Hilton, S. Lane, K. Meitzen, P. Passalacqua, R. Poppl, S. Rathburn, and L.S. Sklar (2018). Connectivity as an emergent property of geomorphic systems, Earth Surface Processes and Landforms; doi:10.1002/esp.4434.

53.  Bakke, P.D., L.S. Sklar, D.R. Dawdy, and W.C. Wang (2017). Design of a site-calibrated Parker-Klingeman gravel transport model, Water 9, 441; doi:10.3390/w9060441.

52.  Sklar, L.S., C.S. Riebe, C.E. Lukens, and D. Bellugi (2016). Catchment power and the joint distribution of elevation and travel distance to the outlet, Earth Surface Dynamics, doi:10.5194/esurf-2016-9.

51.  Diehl, R.M., A.C. Wilcox, J.C. Stella, L. Kui, L.S. Sklar, and A. Lightbody (2016). Fluvial sediment supply and pioneer woody seedlings as a control on bar surface topography, Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, doi: 10.1002/esp.4017.

50.  Goodfellow, B.W., G.E. Hilley, M.S. Schulz, S.M. Webb, L.S. Sklar, S. Moon, and C.Olson (2016). The chemical, mechanical, and hydrological evolution of a weathering granitoid, Journal of Geophysical Research – Earth Surface, doi: 10.1002/2016JF003822.

49.  Sklar, L.S., C.S. Riebe, J.A. Marshall, J. Genetti, S. Leclere, C.E.Lukens, and V. Merces (2016). The problem of predicting the particle size distribution of sediment supplied by hillslopes to rivers, Geomorphology, doi:10.1016/j.geomorph.2016.05.005

48.  Lukens, C.E., C.S. Riebe, L.S. Sklar, and D.L. Shuster (2016). Grain size bias in cosmogenic nuclide studies of stream sediment in steep terrain, Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface 121, 978-999, doi:10.1002/2016JF003859.

47.  Fuller, T.K., K.B. Gran, L.S. Sklar, and C. Paola (2016). Lateral erosion in an experimental bedrock channel: the influence of bed roughness on erosion by bed-load impacts, Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface, doi: 10.1002/2015JF003728.

46.  Murphy, B.P., J.P. Johnson, N.M. Gasparini and L.S. Sklar, (2016). A mechanism for the climatic control of bedrock river incision. Nature, doi: 10.1038/nature17449.

45.  Overstreet, B.T., C.S. Riebe, J.K. Wooster, L.S. Sklar, and D. Bellugi (2015). Gauging the capacity of salmon spawning substrates, Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, doi: 10.1002/esp.3831.

44.  Riebe, C.S., L.S. Sklar, C.E. Lukens, and D.L. Shuster (2015). Climate and topography control the size of sediment produced on mountain slopes, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, doi: 10.1073/pnas.1503567112.

43.  Manners, R.B., A.C. Wilcox, L. Kui, A. Lightbody, J.C. Stella and L.S. Sklar (2015). When do plants modify fluvial processes? Plant-hydraulic interactions under variable flow and sediment supply rates, Journal of Geophysical Research – Earth Surface, doi:10.1002/2014JF003265.

42.  Lamb M.P., N.J Finnegan, J.S. Scheingross and L.S. Sklar (2015). New insight into the mechanics of fluvial bedrock erosion through flume experiments and theory, Geomorphology, doi: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2015.03.003.

41.  Gaeuman, D., L.S. Sklar, and Y. Lai (2014). Experiments to constrain bedload adaptation length, Journal of Hydrologic Engineering, doi: 10.1061/(ASCE)HE.1943-5584.0001067.

40.  Albertson, L.K., L.S. Sklar, P. Pontau, M. Dow and B.J. Cardinale (2014). A mechanistic model linking insect (Hydropsychidae) silk nets to incipient sediment motion in gravel-bedded streams, Journal of Geophysical Research – Earth Surface, 110, 1833-1852, doi:10.1002/2013JF003024.

39.  Sklar,L.S.  (2014). An ephemeral gorge: News & Views, Nature Geoscience 7, 624-625, doi:10.1038/ngeo2235.

38.  Albertson, L.K., B.J. Cardinale and L.S. Sklar (2014). Non-additive species interactions produce synergistic effects on sediment stability in streams, PLoS ONE, doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0103417.g005.

37.  Hsu, L., W.E. Dietrich and L.S. Sklar (2014). Mean and fluctuating basal forces generated by granular flows: laboratory observations in a large vertically rotating drum, Journal of Geophysical Research – Earth Surface, doi: 10.1002/2013JF003078.

36.  Newcomer, M.E., J.J. Gurdak, L.S. Sklar, and L. Nanus (2014). Urban recharge beneath low impact development and effects of climate variability and change, Water Resources Research 50, doi:10.1002/2013WR014282.

35.  Riebe, C.S., L.S. Sklar, B.T. Overstreet, and J.K. Wooster (2014). Optimal reproduction in salmon spawning substrates linked to grain size and fish length, Water Resources Research 50, doi:10.1002/2013WR014231.

34.  Luers, A.L. and L.S. Sklar (2013). The difficult, the dangerous, and the catastrophic: Managing the spectrum of climate risks, Earth’s Future 2, doi:10.1002/2013EF000192.

33.  Burr, D.M., J.T. Perron, M.P. Lamb, R.P.Irwin, A.D. Howard, G.C. Collins, L.S. Sklar, J.M Moore, M. Adamkovics, V.R. Baker, S.A. Drummond, B.A. Black (2012). Fluvial features on Titan: Insights from morphology and modeling, Geological Society of America Bulletin, doi: 10.1130/B30612.2.

32.  Litwin, K.L., B.R. Zygielbaum, P.J. Polito, L.S. Sklar, and G.C.Collins, (2012). Influence of temperature, composition and grain size on tensile failure of water ice: implications for erosion on Titan, Journal of Geophysical Research – Planets; doi:10.1029/2012JE004101.

31.  Marshall, J.A. and L.S. Sklar (2012). Mining soil databases for patterns in the abundance and size distribution of rock fragments, Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, 37(3): 287-300; doi:10.1002/esp.2241.

30.  Humphries, R., J.G. Venditti, L.S. Sklar, J.K. Wooster (2012). Experimental evidence for the effect of hydrographs on sediment pulse dynamics in gravel-bedded rivers, Water Resources Research 48, W01533, doi: 10.1029/2011WR010419.

29.  Hodge, R., T. Hoey, and L.S. Sklar (2011). Bedload transport in bedrock rivers: the role of sediment cover in grain entrainment, translation and deposition, Journal of Geophyscial Research – Earth Surface, doi: 10.1029/2011JF002032.

28.  Fuller. B.M., L.S. Sklar, Z.G. Compson, K.J. Adams, J.C. Marks, and A.C. Wilcox (2011).  Ecogeomorphic feedbacks in regrowth of travertine step-pool morphology after dam decommissioning, Fossil Creek, Arizona, Geomorphology,126: 314-322; doi: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2010.05.010.

27.  Grove, K., L.S. Sklar, A.M. Scherer, G. Lee, and J. Davis (2010).  Accelerating and spatially-varying rock uplift and its geomorphic expression, San Andreas fault zone north of San Francisco, California, Tectonophysics, 495:256-268, doi: 10.1016/j.tecto.2010.09.034.

26.  Venditti, J.G., W.E. Dietrich, P.A. Nelson, M.A. Wydzga, J. Fadde, and L.S. Sklar (2010). Effect of sediment pulse grain size on sediment transport rates and bed mobility in gravel bedded rivers, Journal of Geophysical Research-Earth Surface, 115: F03039.  doi:10.1029/2009JF001418.

25.  Venditti, J.G., W.E. Dietrich, P.A. Nelson, M.A. Wydzga, J. Fadde and L.S. Sklar (2010). Mobilization of coarse surface layers in gravel-bedded rivers by finer gravel bedload, Water Resources Research, doi:10.1029/2009WR008329.

24.  Johnson, J.P., K.X. Whipple, and L.S. Sklar (2010). Contrasting bedrock incision rates from snowmelt and flash floods in the Henry Mountains, Utah, Geological Society of America Bulletin, 122(9/10):1600-1615, doi: 10.1130/B30126.1.

23.  Downs, P.W., Y. Cui, J.K. Wooster, S.R. Dusterhoff, D.B. Booth, W.E. Dietrich, and L.S. Sklar (2009). Managing sediment release in dam removal projects: an approach informed by physical and numerical modeling of non-cohesive sediment, International Journal of River Basin Management,7(4): 433-452.

22.  Braudrick, C.A., W.E. Dietrich, G.T. Leverich, and L.S. Sklar (2009).  Experimental evidence for the conditions necessary to sustain meandering in coarse-bedded rivers, Proc. of the National Academy of Science, 106(40), 16936-16941,doi: 10.1073/pnas.0909417106.

21.  Sklar, L.S., J. Fadde, J.G. Venditti, A. Wyzdga, P. Nelson,Y. Cui, and W.E. Dietrich (2009). Translation and dispersion of sediment pulses in flume experiments simulating gravel augmentation below dams, Water Resources Research, 45, doi:10.1029/2008WR007346.

20.  Johnson, J.P., K.X. Whipple, L.S. Sklar, and T. Hanks (2009).  Transport slopes, sediment cover and bedrock channel incision in the Henry Mountains, Utah, Journal of Geophysical Research-Earth Surface, 114, F02014,doi:10.1029/2007JF000862.

19.  Nelson, P.A., J.G. Venditti, W.E. Dietrich, J.W. Kirchner, H. Ikeda, F. Iseya and L.S. Sklar (2009).  Response of bed surface patchiness to reductions in sediment supply, Journal of Geophysical Research-Earth Surface, 114, F02005, doi:10.1029/2008JF001144.

18.  Lamb, M.P., W.E. Dietrich, and L.S. Sklar (2008).  A model for fluvial bedrock incision by impacting suspended and bed load sediment, Journal of Geophysical Research-Earth Surface, 113, F03025, doi:10.1029/2007JF000915.

17.  Cui, Y., P. Baker, J. Wooster, S. Dusterhoff, L.S. Sklar, and W.E. Dietrich (2008). Theory of fine sediment infiltration into immobile gravel bed, Journal of Hydraulic Engineering, 134(10):1421-1429, doi:10.1061/(ASCE)134:10(1421).

16.  Sas, R.J., L.S. Sklar, L.S. Eaton, and J. Davis (2008).  A method for developing regional, road-fill failure hazard assessments using GIS and virtual fieldwork, Environmental and Engineering Geosciences 14(3):221-229,doi: 10.2113/gseegeosci.14.3.221.

15.  Sklar, L.S. and W.E. Dietrich (2008). Implications of the saltation-abrasion bedrock incision model for steady state river longitudinal profile relief and concavity, Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, doi: 10.1002/esp.1689.

14.  Hsu, L., W.E. Dietrich, and L.S. Sklar (2008).  Experimental study of bedrock incision by granular flows, Journal of Geophysical Research-Earth Surface, 113, F02001, doi:10.1029/2007JF000778.

13.  Wooster, J., S. Dusterhoff, Y. Cui, L.S. Sklar, W.E. Dietrich, and M. Malko (2008).  Sediment supply and relative grain size distribution effects on fine sediment infiltration into immobile gravels, Water Resources Research, 44, W03424, doi: 10.1029/2006WR005815.

12.  Cui, Y., J. Wooster, J.G. Venditti, S. Dusterhoff, W.E. Dietrich, and L.S. Sklar (2008).  Simulating sediment transport in a highly two-dimensional flume: examinations of two one-dimensional numerical models, Journal of Hydraulic Engineering, 134(7), 892-904, doi:10.1061/(ASCE)0733-9429(2008)134:7(892).

11.  Finnegan, N.J., Sklar, L.S. and T.K. Fuller (2007). The interplay of sediment supply, river incision and bedrock channel morphology revealed by the transient evolution of an experimental bedrock channel, Journal of Geophysical Research-Earth Surface, 112, F03S11, doi:10.1029/2006JF000569.

10. Sklar, L.S., W.E. Dietrich, E. Foufoula-Georgiou, B. Lashermes and D. Bellugi (2006). Do gravel-bed river size distributions record channel network structure?  Water Resources Research, Vol. 42, No. 6, W06D18, doi:10.1029/2006wr005035.

9.   Sklar, L.S. and W.E. Dietrich (2006). The role of sediment in controlling bedrock channel slope: Implications of the saltation-abrasion incision model, Geomorphology, Vol. 82, No. 1-2, p.58-83, doi: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2005.08.019.

8.   Stock, J.D., D.R. Montgomery, B. Collins, W.E. Dietrich, and L.S. Sklar (2005). Field measurements of incision rates following bedrock exposure: Implications for process controls on the long-profiles of valleys cut by rivers and debris flows, Geological Society of America Bulletin, Vol. 117, No. 11/12, p. 174-195, doi:10.1130/B25560.1.

7.   Sklar, L.S. and W. E. Dietrich (2004).  A mechanistic model for river incision into bedrock by saltating bedload, Water Resources Research, Vol. 40,W06301, doi:10.1029/2003WR002496. PDF

6.   Luers, A.L,, D.B. Lobell, L.S. Sklar, C.L. Adams and P. Matson (2003).  A method for quantifying vulnerability, applied to the agricultural system of the Yaqui Valley, Mexico, Global Environmental Change, Vol. 13, No. 4, p. 255-267.

5.   Dietrich, W.E., D. Bellugi, L.S. Sklar, J.D. Stock, A.M. Heimsath, and J.J. Roering (2003). Geomorphic transport laws for predicting landscape form and dynamics, in Prediction in Geomorphology,  P. Wilcock and R. Iverson, eds., Geophysical Monograph Series, Vol. 135, p. 103-132, American Geophysical Union, Washington DC.

4.   Sklar, L.S. and W.E. Dietrich (2001). Sediment and rock strength controls on river incision into bedrock, Geology, Vol. 29, No. 12, p. 1087-1090.

3b. Roering, J.J., J.W. Kirchner, L.S. Sklar and W.E. Dietrich (2002). Hillslope evolution by nonlinear creep and landsliding: An experimental study: Reply, Geology, Vol. 30, No.5, p. 482.

3a. Roering, J.J., J.W. Kirchner, L.S. Sklar and W.E. Dietrich (2001). Hillslope evolution by nonlinear creep and landsliding: An experimental study, Geology, Vol. 29, No. 2, p.143-146.

2.   Sklar, L.S. and W.E. Dietrich (1998). River longitudinal profiles and bedrock incision models: Stream power and the influence of sediment supply, in Tinkler, K.J. and E.E. Wohl, eds., Rivers Over Rock: Fluvial Processes in Bedrock Channels, Geophysical Monograph Series,Vol. 107, p. 237-260, American Geophysical Union, Washington DC.

1.   Moore, D. and L.S. Sklar (1998).  Reforming the World Bank's lending for water: The process and outcome of developing a water resources management policy, in Fox, J., ed., The Struggle for Accountability, Institute for Development Research Press, Boston, p. 345-390.