C. Masteller

TL;DR: In this article, the development of an internal boundary layer is linked to the vegetation and hydrologic patterns observed in the upwind margins of dune fields, and the authors demonstrate that this mechanism forces a downwind decline in sand flux at White Sands, New Mexico, using a combination of physical theory and field observations.

TL;DR: In this paper, a 19-year record of coarse sediment transport from a steep channel in Switzerland was used to explore the causes of history-dependent sediment transport in rivers, and they found that the onset of bedload transport has memory of past flow magnitude, where small to intermediate past flows build channel stability.

TL;DR: In this article , the authors explore the factors governing river channel geometry, specifically how the threshold of sediment motion constrains the size and shape of channels and highlight the utility of the near-threshold channel model as a suitable framework to explain the average size and stability of river channels, and show how deviations relate to complex higher-order behaviors.

TL;DR: In this article, a physical model was developed to explore the reduction in critical shear stress of large cobbles colonized by Nereocystis luetkeana, or bull kelp.