Review: Geomorphic Equations and Methods for Natural Channel Design

John Edwin Shelley

Reviewing: Geomorphic Equations and Methods for Natural Channel Design

Goals:

  • Prove I can read.

Outcomes and Takeaways:

  • A shared understanding of the methods and efforts our giants have provided.
  • A better appreciation of how this effort leaned on previous efforts.

Shelley (2012)

Methods

Question:

  • Develop a series of natural channel design equations across Kansas.

Methods:

  • Extensive literature synthesis.
  • Stream network characterization.
  • Regression calculations across natural channel parameter sets.

A novel view of datasets

Scales of natural channels

What have we learned?

  • Explored methods to incorporate natural channel design using reference reaches.
  • Developed key relationships needed to sustain natural channel systems.
  • Channel shape is a complex topic and a moving target, not a static benchmark.

Thank You - An August Sunset – Prairie Dell by J. Ottis Adams

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Shelley, John Edwin. 2012. “Geomorphic Equations and Methods for Natural Channel Design.” PhD thesis, University of Kansas.