BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH
(August 2005)
NAME:
Gary Parker
CITIZENSHIP:
U.S.A.
EDUCATION:
B.S. 1971
Ph.D. 1974
Ph.D. thesis title:
Thesis advisor
Johns Hopkins University, Department of Mechanics and Materials Science
University of Minnesota, Department of Civil Engineering.
Theoretical aspects of fluvial meandering and braiding
Prof. Alvin Anderson, Department of Civil Engineering, University of Minnesota
POSITIONS:
Tenured since 1977
2/95 – 7/99
Director, St. Anthony Falls Laboratory, University of Minnesota
7/85 – 7/05
Professor, St. Anthony Falls Laboratory, Department of Civil Engineering, University of
Minnesota
8/05 – present
Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering,
W. H. Johnson Professor of Geology, University of Illinois
AWARDS
2005
2003
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1999
1997
1995
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1991
1991
1983
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Awarded W. H. Johnson Professorship, Department of Geology, University of Illinois
Elected Fellow, American Geophysical Union
IAHR Schoemaker Award (best paper)
G. K. Warren Award, Fluviatile Geomorphology, National Academy of Sciences
Elected Honorary Member of the Accademia Ligure di Scienze e Lettere, Italy
Minnesota Erosion Control Society Innovation Award
IAHR Schoemaker Award (best paper)
Institute of Technology Distinguished Professor
IAHR Arthur Thomas Ippen Award
ASCE Hans Albert Einstein Award
ASCE Huber Research Prize
University of Minnesota Institute of Technology Outstanding Teacher Award
ASCE Hilgard Prize (best paper)
ASCE Stevens Award (best discussion)
FORMER GRADUATE STUDENT SUPERVISION
Panayiotis Diplas, M.S., 1983
Helgi Johannesson, M.S., 1985
Marcelo Garcia, M.S. 1985
Panayiotis Diplas, Ph. D., 1986
Randy Hills, M.S. 1987
Stuart Beck, Ph.D., 1988
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Helgi Johannesson, Ph.D., 1988
Rollin Hotchkiss, Ph.D., 1989
Marcelo Garcia, PhD, 1989
Sanjiv Sinha, M.S. 1991
Thomas McDonald, M.S. 1991
Agnes Kovacs, Ph.D., 1992
Norihiro Izumi, Ph.D., 1993
Shinichi Takahata, M.S. 1994
Carlos Toro-Escobar, M.S. 1996
Scott Bradford, Ph.D., 1996 (degree from University of Michigan)
Yantao Cui, Ph.D., 1996
Jasim Imran, Ph.D., 1997
Tracy Winjum, M.S. 1998
Dan Cazanacli, M.S. 2000
Svetlana Kostic, Ph.D. 2001
Peter Brooks, M.S. 2001
Michelle Schneider, M.S. 2002
Scott Wright, Ph.D. 2002
Horacio Toniolo, Ph.D. 2002
Astrid Blom, Ph.D. 2002 (degree from University of Twente, the Netherlands)
Jacob Violet, M.S. 2003
RESEARCH INTERESTS
River mechanics and morphology; river engineering; mechanics of two-phase solid-fluid flow; turbidity currents;
oceanic sedimentation; submarine debris flows.
PRESENT RESEARCH ACTIVITIES
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Computational study of downstream fining and floodplain deposition in large, low-slope sand-bed rivers.
Density stratification effects due to suspended sediment in rivers.
Depositional turbidity currents through fields of intraslope minibasins
Dynamics of submarine debris flows.
Theoretical and experimental research on cyclic step formation in cohesive and noncohesive sediment.
Morphodynamics of fans and deltas.
Modeling of vertical structure of deposits created by rivers.
Bedrock incision
Dynamics of sediment sorting and tracers in rivers
Self-channelization of submarine turbidity currents
Reservoir sedimentation
BOOK
ID Sediment Transport Morphodynamics, with applications to Fluvial and Subaqueous Fans and Fan-Deltas, by Gary
Parker. This is an e-book with PowerPoint presentations, Excel worksheets with embedded working programs in
Visual Basic for Applications, Word files with extended explanation and video clips. As of August, 2005, up to and
including Chapter 27 have been loaded to the site:
http://www.ce.umn.edu/~parker/morphodynamics_e-book.htm.
BOOK CHAPTERS
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Adjustment of the bed surface size distribution of gravel-bed rivers in response to cycled hydrographs. G. Parker,
M. Hassan and P. R. Wilcock. To be published as a chapter in the Proceedings, Gravel-bed Rivers VI
Conference, Lienz, Austria, September 5 – 9, 2005; advance copy available at:
http://www.ce.umn.edu/~parker/GBRVI.htm .
Transport of Gravel and Sediment Mixtures, by Gary Parker. Sedimentation Engineering, ASCE Manual No. 54,
Chapter 3, in press, advance copy available at http://www.ce.umn.edu/~parker/manual_54.htm .
The Fly River, Papua New Guinea: Inferences about river dynamics, floodplain sedimentation and fate of sediment,
by William Dietrich, Geoff Day, and Gary Parker. In. Varieties of Fluvial Form (A. Miller and A. Gupta, eds.),
John Wiley & Sons Ltd, 1999.
Advances in sediment transport processes and fluvial morphology, by G. Parker. In Gravel-Bed Rivers in the
Environment, Chapt. 2, pp. 7-14, 1999.
PAPERS IN REFEREED JOURNALS
Journal of Fluid Mechanics
On the cause and characteristic scales of meandering and braiding in rivers. G. Parker, Journal of Fluid Mechanics,
76(3), pp. 457-480, 1976.
Self-formed rivers with stable banks and mobile bed: Part I, the sand-silt river. G. Parker, Journal of Fluid
Mechanics, 89(1), pp. 109-126, 1978.
Self-formed rivers with stable banks and mobile bed: Part II, the gravel river. G. Parker, Journal of Fluid
Mechanics, 89(1), pp. 127-148, 1978.
Bend theory of river meanders: Part I, Linear development. S. Ikeda, G. Parker and S. Sawai, Journal of Fluid
Mechanics, 112, pp. 363-377, 1981.
Bend theory of river meanders: Part II, Nonlinear deformation of finite-amplitude bends. G. Parker, K. Sawai, and
S. Ikeda, Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 115, pp. 303-314, 1982.
On the time development of meander bends. G. Parker and E. D. Andrews, Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 162, pp.
139-156, 1986.
Self-accelerating turbidity currents. G. Parker, Y. Fukushima, and H. M. Pantin, Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 171,
pp. 145-181, 1986.
A new vectorial bedload formulation and its application to the time evolution of straight rivers. A. Kovacs and G.
Parker, Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 267, pp. 153-183, 1994.
Inception of channelization and drainage basin formation: upstream driven theory. N. Izumi and G. Parker, Journal
of Fluid Mechanics, 283, pp. 341-363, 1995.
Longitudinal streaks. M. Colombini and G. Parker, Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 304, pp. 161-183, 1995.
Nearly pure sorting waves and formation of bedload sheets. G. Seminara, M. Colombini, and G. Parker, Journal of
Fluid Mechanics, 312, pp. 253-278, 1996.
A nonlinear model of flow in meandering submarine and subaerial channels. J. Imran, G. Parker and C. Pirmez,
Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 400, pp. 295-331, 1999.
Purely erosional cyclic and solitary steps created by flow over a cohesive bed. G. Parker and N. Izumi. Journal of
Fluid Mechanics, 419, 203-238, 2000.
Linear stability analysis of channel inception: downstream-driven theory. N. Izumi and G. Parker. Journal of Fluid
Mechanics, 419, 239-262, 2000.
Conditions under which a supercritical turbidity current traverses an abrupt transition to vanishing slope without a
hydraulic jump. S. Kostic and G. Parker. Journal of Fluid Mechanics, submitted.
Journal of Hydraulic Engineering, ASCE
Sediment inertia as a cause of river antidunes. G. Parker, Journal of Hydraulic Engineering, 101(2), pp. 211-221,
February 1975.
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Basic principles of river hydraulics. G. Parker and A. G. Anderson, Journal of Hydraulic Engineering, 103(9), pp.
1077-1087, September 1977.
Hydraulic geometry of active gravel rivers. G. Parker, Journal of Hydraulic Engineering, 105(9), pp. 1185-1201,
September 1979.
Bar resistance of gravel-bed streams. G. Parker and A. W. Peterson, Journal of Hydraulic Engineering, 106(10),
pp. 1559-1575, October 1980.
Bedload and size distribution in natural paved gravel-bed streams. G. Parker, P. Klingeman, and D. McLean,
Journal of Hydraulic Engineering, 108(4), pp. 544-571, April 1982.
Meander bends of high amplitude. G. Parker, P. Diplas, and J. Akiyama, Journal of Hydraulic Engineering,
(109)10, pp. 1323-1337, October 1983.
Simple model of sediment-laden flows. G. Parker and N. L. Coleman, Journal of Hydraulic Engineering, 112(5),
pp. 356-376, May 1986.
Secondary flow in a mildly sinuous channel. H. Johannesson and G. Parker, Journal of Hydraulic Engineering,
115(3), pp. 289-308, March 1989.
Velocity redistribution in meandering rivers. H. Johannesson and G. Parker, Journal of Hydraulic Engineering,
115(8), pp 1019-1039, August 1989.
Selective sorting and abrasion of river gravel: theory. G. Parker, Journal of Hydraulic Engineering, 117(2), pp.
131-149, February 1991.
Selective sorting and abrasion of river gravel: applications. G. Parker, Journal of Hydraulic Engineering, 117(2),
pp. 150-171, February 1991.
Entrainment of bed sediment into suspension. M. Garcia and G. Parker, Journal of Hydraulic Engineering, 117(4),
pp. 414-435, April 1991.
Shock fitting of aggradational profiles due to backwater. R. H. Hotchkiss and G. Parker, Journal of Hydraulic
Engineering, 117(9), pp 1129-1144, September 1991.
Bedload transport on transverse slopes. M. Sekine and G. Parker, Journal of Hydraulic Engineering, 118(4), pp.
513-535, April 1992.
Sediment feed and recirculating flumes: a fundamental difference. G. Parker and P. R. Wilcock, Journal of
Hydraulic Engineering, 119(11), pp. 1192-1204, November 1993.
Experiments on downstream fining of gravel: narrow channel runs. R. Seal, C. Paola, G. Parker, J.B. Southand,
and P.R. Wilcock, Journal of Hydraulic Engineering, 123(10), pp. 874-884, October 1997.
Characteristic analysis of turbid underflows. S. Bradford, N. Katopodes, and G. Parker, Journal of Hydraulic
Engineering, Vol. 123(5), 420-431, 1997.
Alluvial fans formed by channelized fluvial and sheet flow: theory. G. Parker, C. Paola, K. Whipple, and D.
Mohrig. Jour. of Hydraulic Engineering, 124(10), pp. 1-11, 1998.
Alluvial fans formed by channelized fluvial and sheet flow: application. G. Parker, C. Paola, K. Whipple, D.
Mohrig, C. Toro-Escobar, M. Halverson, T. Skoglund. Jour. of Hydraulic Engineering, 124(10), pp. 12-20,
1998.
Experiments on downstream fining of gravel: II. Wide and sandy runs. C. M. Toro-Escobar, C. Paola and G.
Parker. Journal of Hydraulic Engineering, ASCE, 126(3), pp, 185-197, 2000.
The curious case of mobility reversal in sediment mixtures. L. Solari and G. Parker. Journal of Hydraulic
Engineering, ASCE, 126(3), pp, 198-208, 2000.
Probabilistic form of Exner equation of sediment continuity for mixtures with no active layer. G. Parker, C.
Paola and S. Leclair. Journal of Hydraulic Engineering, ASCE, 126(11), 818-826, 2000.
A 1-D numerical model of muddy subaqueous and subaerial debris flows. J. Imran, G. Parker, J. Locat and
H. Lee, Journal of Hydraulic Engineering 127(11), 959-968, 2001.
Experimental steep, braided flow: application to flooding risk on fans. D. Cazanacli, C. Paola and G.
Parker, Journal of Hydraulic Engineering, 128(3), 2002.
The effect of floodwater extraction on the morphology of mountain streams. G. Parker, C. M. ToroEscobar, M. Ramey and S. Beck. Journal of Hydraulic Engineering, 129(11), 885-895, 2003.
Experiments on reworking by successive unconfined subaqueous and subaerial muddy debris flows. H.
Toniolo, P. Harff, J. Marr and G. Parker. Journal of Hydraulic Engineering, 130(1), 38-48, 2004.
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Density stratification effects in sand-bed rivers. Scott Wright and Gary Parker. Journal of Hydraulic
Engineering, 130(8), 783-795, 2004.
Flow resistance and suspended load in sand-bed rivers: simplified stratification model. Scott Wright and
Gary Parker. Journal of Hydraulic Engineering, 130(8), 796-805, 2004.
Numerical model of sediment pulses and sediment-supply disturbances in mountain rivers. Yantao Cui and
Gary Parker. Journal of Hydraulic Engineering, 131(8), 646-656.
Experimental study of erosional cyclic steps in cohesive material and bedrock. P. C. Brooks and G. Parker,
accepted subject to revision, Journal of Hydraulic Engineering, ASCE.
Role of ponded turbidity currents in reservoir trap efficiency. H. Toniolo, G. Parker and V. Voller,
submitted Journal of Hydraulic Engineering, ASCE.
Note on the analysis of plunging of density flows. G. Parker and H. Toniolo, submitted Journal of
Hydraulic Engineering, ASCE.
The bedload transport relation of Meyer-Peter and Müller overpredicts by a factor of two. M. Wong and G.
Parker. Journal of Hydraulic Engineering, resubmitted.
Water Resources Research
Meandering of supraglacial melt streams. G. Parker, Water Resources Research, 11(4), pp. 551-552, August 1975.
(Summary only; full paper on microfiche.)
Model experiments on mobile, paved gravel-bed streams. G. Parker, S. Dhamotharan, and H. Stefan, Water
Resources Research, 18(5), pp. 1395-1408, October 1982.
On why gravel-bed streams are paved. G. Parker and P. Klingeman, Water Resources Research, 18(5), pp.
1409-1423, October 1982.
Confluence scour in course braided streams. P. Ashmore and G. Parker, Water Resources Research, 19(2), pp.
393-402, April 1983.
Sorting of bedload sediment by flow in meander bends. G. Parker and E. Andrews, Water Resources Research,
21(9), pp. 1361-1373, September 1985.
Linear theory of river meandering. H. Johannesson and G. Parker, in River Meandering, AGU Water Resources
Monograph, Vol 12 (S. Ikeda and G. Parker, eds.), pp. 181-214, 1989.
Observations on several recent theories of resonance and overdeepening in meandering channels. G. Parker and H.
Johannesson, in River Meandering, AGU Water Resources Monograph, Vol. 12 (S. Ikeda and G. Parker, eds.),
pp. 379-416, 1989.
Causes of concavity in longitudinal profiles of rivers. S.K. Sinha and G. Parker, 32(5), pp. 1417-1428, Water
Resources Research, May 1996.
Fluvial fan-deltas: Linking channel processes with large-scale morphodynamics. T. Sun, C. Paola, G. Parker and P.
Meakin. Water Resources Research, 38(2), doi:10.1029/2001WR000284, 2002.
Equal mobility of gravel in streams: the remains of the day. G. Parker and C. M. Toro-Escobar. Water Resources
Research, 38(11), 1264, doi:10.1029/2001WR000669, 2002.
Bedload at low Shields stress on arbitrarily sloping beds: failure of the Bagnold hypothesis. G. Seminara, L. Solari
and G. Parker. Water Resources Research, 38(11), 1249, doi:10.1029/2001WR000681, 2002.
Bedload at low Shields stress on arbitrarily sloping beds: alternative entrainment formulation. G. Parker, L.
Solari and G. Seminara. Water Resources Research, 39(7), 1183, doi:10.1029/2001WR001253, 2003.
Sediment pulses in mountain rivers. Part 1. Experiments. Y. Cui, G. Parker, T. Lisle, J. Gott, M. Hansler,
J. E. Pizzuto, N. E. Allmendinger and J. M. Reed. Water Resources Research, 39(9), 1239,
doi:10.1029/2002WR001803, 2003.
Sediment pulses in mountain rivers. Part 2. Comparison between experiments and numerical predictions.
Y. Cui, C. Parker, J. E. Pizzuto and T. E. Lisle. Water Resources Research, 39(9), 1240,
doi:10.1029/2002WR001805, 2003.
Experiments on upstream-migrating erosional narrowing and widening of an incisional channel caused by
dam removal. A. Cantelli, C. Paola and G. Parker. Water Resources Research, 40(3),
doi:10.1029/2003WR002940, 2004.
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Width variations in meandering rivers. T. Sun, P. Meakin, G. Parker and D. Furbish. Submitted, Water
Resources Research.
A computer model for meandering rivers with varying channel widths. T. Sun, G. Parker, P. Meakin and T.
Jøssang. Submitted, Water Resources Research.
Journal of Hydraulic Research
Experiments on turbidity currents over an erodible bed. G. Parker, M. H. Garcia, Y. Fukushima, and W. Yu,
Journal of Hydraulic Research, 25(1) pp. 123-147, 1987.
Surface-based bedload transport relation for gravel rivers. G. Parker, Journal of Hydraulic Research, 28(4), pp.
417-436, 1990.
Fluvial Armor. G. Parker and A. J. Sutherland, Journal of Hydraulic Research, 28(5), pp. 529-544, 1990.
Incipient motion on non-horizontal slopes. Y. M. Chiew and G. Parker, Journal of Hydraulic Research, 32(5), pp.
647-660, 1994.
Interaction between Basic Research and Applied Engineering: A Personal Perspective. G. Parker, Journal of
Hydraulic Research, 34(3), pp. 291-316, 1996.
Transfer function for the deposition of poorly sorted gravel in response to streambed aggradation. C. M. ToroEscobar, G. Parker and C. Paola. Journal of Hydraulic Research, 34(1): 35-53, 1996.
Numerical simulation of aggradation and downstream fining. Y. Cui, G. Parker and C. Paola. Journal of
Hydraulic Research, 34(2), 185-214, 1996.
The arrested gravel front: stable gravel-sand transitions in rivers. Part 1: Simplified analytical solutions. G. Parker
and Y. Cui. Journal of Hydraulic Research, 36(1), pp. 75-100, 1998.
The arrested gravel front: stable gravel-sand transitions in rivers. Part 2: General numerical solutions. Y. Cui and
G. Parker. Journal of Hydraulic Research, 36(2), pp. 159-182, 1998.
Progress in the modeling of alluvial fans. G. Parker. Journal of Hydraulic Research, 37(6), pp. 805–825, 1999.
Experiments on incipient channelization of submarine fans. J. Imran, G. Parker, G. and P. Harff. Journal of
Hydraulic Research, 40(1), 2002.
Progradational sand-mud deltas in lakes and reservoirs. Part 1. Theory and numerical modeling. S. Kostic and
G. Parker. Journal of Hydraulic Research, 41(2), pp. 127-140, 2003.
Progradational sand-mud deltas in lakes and reservoirs. Part 2. Experiment and numerical simulation. S.
Kostic and G. Parker. Journal of Hydraulic Research, 41(2),pp. 141-152, 2003.
Transportational cyclic steps created by flow over an erodible bed. Part 1. Experiments. K. Taki and G. Parker.
Journal of Hydraulic Research, in press
Transportational cyclic steps created by flow over an erodible bed. Part 2. Theory and numerical simulation. T.
Sun and G. Parker. Journal of Hydraulic Research, in press.
Modeling downstream fining in sand-bed rivers. I: Formulation. S. Wright and G. Parker. Journal of Hydraulic
Research, in press.
Modeling downstream fining in sand-bed rivers. II: Application. S. Wright and G. Parker. Journal of Hydraulic
Research, in press.
Dam Removal Express Assessment Models (DREAM). Part 1: Model development and validation. Cui, ,Y.,
Parker, G., Braudrick, C., Dietrich, W. E. and Cluer, B. , Journal of Hydraulic Research, accepted.
Dam Removal Express Assessment Models (DREAM). Part 2: Sample runs/sensitivity tests. Y. Cui, C. Braudrick,
W. E. Dietrich, B. Cluer, G. Parker. Journal of Hydraulic Research, accepted.
The response of turbidity currents to a canyon-fan transition: internal hydraulic jumps and depositional signatures.
S. Kostic and G. Parker. Journal of Hydraulic Research, accepted.
Japan Society of Civil Engineers
Stable channel cross-section of straight gravel rivers with actively-transported bed materials. S. Ikeda, G. Parker,
M. Chiyoda, and Y. Kimura, Proceedings, JSCE, 375(II-6), pp. 117-126, November 1986.
On armoring. G. Parker, Proceedings, JSCE, 375(II-6), pp. 17-27, November 1986.
On downstream-driven river channelization and network formation. N. Izumi and G. Parker, Proceedings, Japan
Society of Civil Engineers, 521 (II-32), pp. 79-91, August 1995.
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On fine sand deposition in gravel channels. N. Izumi and G. Parker. Annual Jour. Hydraulic Eng., Japan Soc. of
Civil Engineers, 39(2), pp. 665-670, 1995.
Equilibrium cross-sectional shape of straight sand-silt rivers with permeable dikes. N. Izumi and G. Parker.
Proceedings, JSCE, 565(II-39), 31-41, May 1997. (in Japanese)
Equilibrium cross-sectional geometry of gravel-bed rivers transporting suspended sediment. N. Izumi and G.
Parker. Proceedings, JSCE, 565(II-39), 43-55, May 1997. (in Japanese)
Journal of Geophysical Research
Experiments on the entrainment of sediment into suspension by a dense bottom current. M. Garcia and G. Parker,
Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans, 98(C3), pp. 4793-4807, March 1993.
A numerical model of channel inception on submarine fans. J. Imran, G. Parker, and N. Katopodes. Journal of
Geophysical Research Oceans, Vol. 103(C1), pp. 1219-1238, Jan. 1998.
Hydroplaning of debris glide blocks: analytical solutions and discussion. C. Harbitz, G. Parker, A. Elverhoi, D.
Mohrig and P. Harff. Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans, 108(B7), 2349, doi:10.1029/2001JB001454,
2003.
Vertical sorting and the morphodynamics of bedform-dominated rivers: a modeling framework. A. Blom and G.
Parker. Journal of Geophysical Research Earth Surface, 109, F02007, doi:10.1029/2003JF000069, 15 p.,
2004.
Marine Geology
Conditions for the ignition of catastrophically erosive turbidity currents. G. Parker, Marine Geology, 46, pp.
307-327, 1982.
Prediction of igniting turbidity currents in Scripps Submarine Canyon. Y. Fukushima, G. Parker, and H. Pantin,
Marine Geology, 67, pp. 55-81, 1985.
Experiments on the relative mobility of muddy subaqueous and subaerial debris flows, and their capacity to
remobilize antecedent deposits. D. Mohrig, A. Elverhoi, and G. Parker, Marine Geology, 154, pp. 117-129,
1999.
Distinguishing sediment waves from slope failure deposits: field examples, including the ‘Humboldt slide’, and
modelling results. H. J. Lee, J. P.M. Syvitski, G. Parker, D. Orange, J. Locat, E. W.H. Hutton, and J. Imran,
Marine Geology, 192, 79-104, 2002.
Geological Society of American Bulletin
Hydroplaning of subaqueous debris flows. D. Mohrig, K. X. Whipple, M. Hondzo, C. Ellis, and G. Parker.
Geological Society of American Bulletin, 110(3), pp. 387-394, March 1998.
Experiments on subaqueous sandy gravity flows: the role of clay and water content in flow dynamics and
depositional structure. J. D. Marr, P. Harff, G. Shanmugam and G. Parker. Geological Society of America
Bulletin, 113(11), 1377-1386, 2001.
Computers and Geosciences
A numerical model of submarine debris flow with graphical user interface. J. Imran, P. Harff and G.
Parker. Computers and Geosciences, 27(6), 717-729, 2001.
BANG1D: A one-dimensional Lagrangian model of turbidity current mechanics. L. F. Pratson, J. Imran, E.
Hutton, G. Parker and J. P. M. Syvitski, J. P. M. Computers and Geosciences, 27(6), 701-716, 2001.
Journal of Geology
Channel dynamics, sediment transport, and the slope of alluvial fans: Experimental study. K. Whipple, G. Parker,
C. Paola, and D. Mohrig, The Journal of Geology, 106, 677-693, 1998.
Journal of Sedimentary Research
Role of turbidity currents in setting the foreset slope of clinoforms prograding into standing fresh water. S. Kostic,
G. Parker and J. Marr. Journal of Sedimentary Research, 72(3), 353-362, 2002.
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Depositional turbidity currents in diapiric minibasins on the continental slope: formulation and theory. H. Toniolo,
M. Lamb and G. Parker. Submitted to Journal of Sedimentary Research.
Surging vs. continuous turbidity currents: flow dynamics and deposits in an experimental intraslope
minibasin. M. P. Lamb, T. Hickson2, J. G. Marr, B. Sheets, C. Paola and G. Parker. Journal of
Sedimentary Research, 74(1), 148-155, 2004.
Experiment on turbidity currents and their deposits in a model 3d subsiding minibasin. Violet, J., Sheets, B.,
Pratson, L., Paola, C. and Parker, G. Journal of Sedimentary Research, in press.
Depositional turbidity currents in diapiric minibasins on the continental slope: formulation and theory. H.
Toniolo, M. Lamb and G. Parker. Journal of Sedimentary Research, submitted.
Depositional turbidity currents in diapiric minibasins on the continental slope: experiments – numerical
simulation and upscaling. H. Toniolo, G. Parker, V. Voller and R. T. Beaubouef. Journal of
Sedimentary Research, submitted
Trapping of turbidity currents by introslope minibasins. Lamb, M., Toniolo, H. and Parker, G. Journal of
Sedimentary Research, submitted.
Sedimentology
Channel formation by flow stripping: large-scale scour features along the Monterey East Channel and their relation
to sediment waves. A. Fildani, W. R. Normark, S. Kostic and G. Parker. Sedimentology, submitted.
GSA Today
Experimental stratigraphy. C. Paola, J. Mullin, C. Ellis, D. Mohrig, J. Swenson, G. Parker, T. Hickson. GSA
Today, July: 4-9, 2001.
Nature
River meanders in a tray. Gary Parker, Nature, Vol. 395, 10 Sept. 1998.
Science
Experiments on hydraulic jumps in turbidity currents near a canyon-fan transition. M. Garcia and G. Parker,
Science, 245, pp. 393-396, July 28, 1989.
Downstream fining by selective deposition in a laboratory flume. C. Paola, G. Parker, R. Seal, S. Sinha, J. B.
Southard, and P. R. Wilcock, Science, 258, pp. 1757-1760, December 11, 1992.
Journal of Glaciology
Numerical simulation of powder snow avalanches. Y. Fukushima and G. Parker, Journal of Glaciology, 36(2), pp.
229-237, 1990.
Bioscience
Hydraulic food chain models: an approach to the study of food web dynamics in large rivers. M. E. Power, A. Sun,
G. Parker, W. E. Dietrich and J. T. Wootton. BioScience, 45(3), pp. 159-167, 1995.
International Journal of Sediment Research
A quasi-normal simulation of aggradation and downstream fining with shock fitting. Y. Cui and G. Parker.
International Journal of Sediment Research, 12(2), pp. 68-82, August 1997.
European Journal of Applied Mathematics
Fluvio-deltaic sedimentation: a generalized Stefan problem. J. B. Swenson, V. R. Voller, C. Paola, G.
Parker and J. Marr. European Journal of Applied Math., 11, 433-452, 2000.
Earth Surface Processes and Landforms
The dominance of dispersion in the evolution of bed material waves in gravel-bed rivers. T. E. Lisle, Y.
Cui, G. Parker, J. E. Pizzuto and A. M. Dodd. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, 26(13), 14091420, December, 2001.
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More on the evolution of bed material waves in alluvial rivers. Y. Cui, G. Parker, T. E. Lisle, J. E. Pizzuto
and A. M. Dodd. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, 30, 107-114, January, 2005.
Probabilistic formulation of conservation of cosmogenic nuclides: effect of surface elevation fluctuations on
approach to steady state. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, in press.
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Parker, Proceedings, Downstream River Channel Changes from Diversions or Reservoir Construction,
Research Institute of Colorado, Fort Collins, Colorado, August 27-29, 1981.
Theoretical aspects of river meanders. G. Parker, in River Meandering, Proceedings, ASCE Rivers '83
Conference, ASCE, pp. 722-731, October 1983 (copyright 1984).
A prediction of the downstream response of Poplar Creek, California, to the Dutch Gulch Dam. G. The coarse
surface layer as a response to gravel mobility. E. D. Andrews and G. Parker, in Sediment Transport in
Gravel-Bed Rivers, Proceedings, 2nd International Workshop on Gravel Rivers, Pingree Park, Colorado, pp.
269-297, August 1985 (copyright 1987).
On the numerical prediction of turbidity currents. M. Garcia and G. Parker, Proceedings, 3rd International
Symposium on River Sedimentation, Jackson, Mississippi, pp. 1556-1566, April 1986.
On the influence of a single paper on recent trends in river meander research. G. Parker, Annuals, Disaster
Prevention Research Institute, Kyoto University, No. 30A, pp. 21-30, 1987.
The effect of local patchiness of gravel grain size distributions on bedload transport in braided rivers. R. Seal
and G. Parker, Proceedings, International Conference in Hydro-Science and Engineering, pp. 1331-1338, June
7-11, 1993.
Gravel-bed channel instability. G. Parker, presented at IIHR Colloquium on Issues and Direction in
Hydraulics, May 1995.
Some speculations on the relation between channel morphology and channel-scale flow structures. G. Parker,
Proceeding, Coherent Flow in Open Channels, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd, 1996.
Transverse slope of bed and turbid-clear water interface of channelized turbidity currents flowing around
bends. G. Parker, Proceedings, IAHR Conference on River, Coastal and Estuary Morphodynamics, Genova,
Italy, August, 1999.
PAPERS PUBLISHED IN SYMPOSIUM PROCEEDINGS
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Modeling of meandering and braiding in rivers. G. Parker and A. G. Anderson, Proceedings, ASCE Modeling
'75 Conference, November 1975.
Detrimental effects of river channelization. G. Parker and D. Andres, Proceedings, ASCE Rivers '76
Conference, August 1976.
Unified view on the meandering of rivers. S. Ikeda, G. Parker, and K. Sawai. Proceedings, 24th Annual
Hydraulics Symposium, Japan Society of Civil Engineers, February 1980.
Downstream response of gravel-bed streams to dams: an overview. G. Parker. Proceedings, Symposium on
Surface Water Impoundments, ASCE, Minneapolis, June 1980.
Mechanics of bedload transport in gravel streams. S. Dhamotharan, A. Wood, H. Stefan, and G. Parker.
Proceedings, IAHR Symposium, New Delhi, February 1981.
Discontinuous turbidity currents and powder snow avalanches. Y. Fukushima and G. Parker, Proceedings, 5th
Engineering Mechanics Specialty Conference, ASCE, Laramie, Wyoming, pp. 839-842, August 1984.
Experimental study of turbidity currents. M. Garcia, W. Yu, and G. Parker, Proceedings, ASCE Specialty
Conference, Advancements in Aerodynamics, Fluid Mechanics, and Hydraulics, Minneapolis, Minnesota, pp.
120-127, June 1986.
Stable channel cross-section of straight gravel rivers. S. Ikeda, Y. Kimura, and G. Parker, Proceedings, IAHR
Symposium, Topics in Fluvial Hydraulics, Lausanne, Switzerland, pp. 337-344, August 1987.
Reservoir sediment sluicing - laboratory study. R. Hotchkiss and G. Parker, Proceedings, 1988 National
Conference on Hydraulic Engineering, ASCE, pp. 1073-1078, August 1988.
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10. Entrainment of bed sediment by density underflows. M. Garcia and G. Parker, Proceedings, 1988 National
Conference on Hydraulic Engineering, ASCE, pp. 270-275, August 1988.
11. Flow field and bed topography in river meanders. H. Johannesson and G. Parker, Proceedings, 1988 National
Conference on Hydraulic Engineering, ASCE, pp. 684-689, August 1988.
12. Deposition and removal of fines in gravel-bed streams. P. Diplas and G. Parker, in Proceedings, 3rd
International Workshop on Gravel Rivers, Florence, Italy, held in September 1990.
13. Some random notes on grain sorting. G. Parker. Proceedings, Grain Sorting Seminar, IAHR, Ascona
Switzerland, pp. 20-76, October 1991.
14. Laboratory experiments on downstream fining of gravel. The Feinstein Group (C. Paola, G. Parker, R. Seal, S.
Sinha, J. B. Southard, and P. W. Wilcock). Proceedings, Grain Sorting Seminar, IAHR, Ascona Switzerland,
pp. 407-414, October 1991.
15. Experimental study of alluvial fans. K.X. Whipple, G. Parker, and C. Paola. Proceedings, Int'l. Joint Seminar
or Prediction of Natural and Environmental Disasters in Water Environments, Seoul, Korea, 282-295, July
1995.
16. Flooding in the lower OK Tedi, Papua New Guinea due to the disposal of mine tailings and its amelioration, by
G. Parker, Y. Cui, J. Imran, and W. Dietrich. Proceedings, Int’l. Seminar on Recent Trends of Floods and
Their Preventive Measures, Hokkaido River Disaster Prevention Research Center, pp. 21-48, June 1996.
17. Linear analysis of coupled equations for sediment transport. Y. Cui and G. Parker. To appear, Proceedings,
XXVII IAHR Congress, San Francisco, August 1997.
18. Research needs in geomorphology pertaining to bridge scour. R. Voigt, Jr., C. Toro-Escobar, and G. Parker.
Proceedings, XXVII IAHR Congress, San Francisco, August 1997.
19. Modeling of progradational sand-mud deltas with plunging depositional turbidity currents. S. Kostic and G.
Parker. Proc. 5th International Symposium on Stratified Flows, July 10 – 13, University of British
Columbia, Vancouver, B.C., Canada, Lawrence, G. A., Pieters, R. and Yonemitsu, N., eds., 445-450.
20. Generalized Exner equation for the conservation of sediment mixtures. G. Parker. Proceedings, ASCE
Water Resources Engineering Conference, Minneapolis, August, 2000.
21. Front-fixing model of turbidity currents at river deltas in lakes and reservoirs. S. Kostic and G. Parker.
Proceedings, ASCE Water Resources Engineering Conference, Minneapolis, August, 2000.
REPORTS
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The flow and stability characteristics of alluvial river channels. A. G. Anderson, G. Parker, and A. Wood,
Project Report No. 161, St. Anthony Falls Hydraulic Laboratory, University of Minnesota, September 1975.
Self-formed straight rivers with stable banks and mobile bed in non-cohesive alluvium. G. Parker, Report,
Department of Civil Engineering, University of Alberta, June 1977.
Experiments on the formation of mobile pavement and static armor. G. Parker, Technical Report, Department
of Civil Engineering, University of Alberta, March 1980.
Bedload transport in a model gravel stream. S. Dhamotharan, A. Wood, H. Stefan, and G. Parker, Project
Report No. 190, St. Anthony Falls Hydraulic Laboratory, University of Minnesota, December 1980.
Scour in coarse-bedded streams. G. Parker, Technical Report, Research Project RMD 80-34B, Alberta
Department of the Environment, January 1981.
Stability of the channel of the Minnesota River near State Bridge No. 93, Minnesota. G. Parker, Project Report
No. 205, St. Anthony Falls Hydraulic Laboratory, University of Minnesota, April 1982.
Model study of the Minnesota River near Trunk Highway No. 109 Bridge, Minnesota. G. Parker, I. Martinez,
and R. Hills, Project Report No. 213, St. Anthony Falls Hydraulic Laboratory, University of Minnesota,
September 1982.
Assessment of the Weyerhaeuser Company's forestry operations in southwestern Arkansas and southeastern
Oklahoma. Report of the National Wildlife Federation Blue-Ribbon Panel on Wildlife and Forestry (G. Parker
is one of eight co-authors), October 1982.
Pollution of gravel spawning grounds due to fine sediment. G. Parker and P. Diplas, Project Report No. 240,
St. Anthony Falls Hydraulic Laboratory, University of Minnesota, June 1985.
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10. Computer simulated migration of meandering rivers in Minnesota. G. Parker and H. Johannesson, Project
Report No. 242, St. Anthony Falls Hydraulic Laboratory, University of Minnesota, September 1985.
11. Theory of river meanders. H. Johannesson and G. Parker, Project Report No. 278, St. Anthony Falls Hydraulic
Laboratory, University of Minnesota, November 1987.
12. Diagnostic study of the siltation problem at the Wilmarth Power Plant cooling water intake on the Minnesota
River. H. Johannesson, G. Parker, M. Garcia, and K. Okabe, Project Report No. 277, St. Anthony Falls
Hydraulic Laboratory, University of Minnesota, August 1988.
13. Inertial effects on secondary and primary flow in curved channels. H. Johannesson and G. Parker, External
Memorandum M-208, St. Anthony Falls Hydraulic Laboratory, University of Minnesota, November 1988.
14. Model study of the Minnesota River near Wilmarth Power Plant, Minnesota. G. Parker, M. Garcia, H.
Johannesson, and K. Okabe, Project Report No. 284, St. Anthony Falls Hydraulic Laboratory, University of
Minnesota, December 1988.
15. The "ACRONYM" series of Pascal programs for computing bedload transport in gravel rivers. G. Parker,
External Memorandum M-220, St. Anthony Falls Hydraulic Laboratory, University of Minnesota, February
1990.
16. Experimental and theoretical studies of bank erosion in rivers and its prevention by low-cost means. N. Izumi,
A. Kovacs, G. Parker, and D. P. Leuthe. Project Report No. 320, St. Anthony Falls Hydraulic Laboratory,
University of Minnesota, July 1991.
17. Inventory and analysis of stream meander problems in Minnesota. T. MacDonald, G. Parker, and D. Leuthe.
Project Report, St. Anthony Falls Hydraulic Laboratory, University of Minnesota, 1991.
18. MYNORCA: A Pascal program for implementing the Kovacs-Parker vectorial bedload transport relation on
arbitrarily sloping beds. G. Parker and A. Kovacs. Technical Memorandum M-233, St. Anthony Falls
Hydraulic Laboratory, University of Minnesota, January 1993.
19. Movable bed physical model study for Howard Creek. R. Voigt, G. Parker, C. Bauers, and C. Toro-Escobar.
Project Report No. 341, St. Anthony Falls Laboratory, University of Minnesota, January 1993.
20. Dynamic tailings basin study: Final Report. K. Whipple, G. Parker, C. Paola, and D. Mohrig. Project Report
No. 378, St. Anthony Falls Laboratory, University of Minnesota, August 1995.
21. Numerical formulation for models of aggradation and downstream fining. Y. Cui, G. Parker, and C. Paola.
Technical Memorandum M-244, St. Anthony Falls Laboratory, University of Minnesota, November 1995.
22. Siltation at the Continental Grain Port, Minnesota River: Diagnosis and Recommendations for Alleviation. G.
Parker, C. Toro-Escobar, and Rick Voigt, Project Report No. 394, St. Anthony Falls Laboratory, University of
Minnesota, August 1996.
23. Physical and Numerical Model Study of the Little Falls Reservoir, Mississippi River at Little Falls, Minnesota,
by R. Voigt, Jr., G. Parker, and T. Winjam, Project Report No. 415, St. Anthony Falls Laboratory, University
of Minnesota, March 1998.
24. Countermeasures to Protect Bridge Piers from Scour, by G. Parker, C. Toro-Escobar, R. Voigt, Jr., et al.
Project Report No. 433, St. Anthony Falls Laboratory, University of Minnesota, Dec. 1998.
DISCUSSIONS
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Minimum unit stream power and fluvial hydraulics. Discussion by G. Parker, ASCE, Vol. 103, No. HY7, pp.
811-816, July 1977.
Theory of minimum rate of energy dissipation. Discussion by G. Parker, ASCE, Vol. 106, No. HY7, pp.
1260-1262, July 1980.
Armored versus paved gravel beds. Discussion by G. Parker, ASCE, Vol. 107, No. HY9, pp. 1120-1121,
September 1981.
Experimental test of autosuspension. Discussion by G. Parker, Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, Vol. 7,
pp. 507-510, 1982.
Modeling channel flow patterns. Discussion by G. Parker, in Gravel-Bed Rivers, edited by R. Hey, J. Bathurst,
and C. Thorne, John Wiley and Sons, pp. 76-77, 1982.
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Transport of graded gravel-bed materials. Discussion by G. Parker, in Gravel-Bed Rivers, edited by R. Hey, J.
Bathurst, and C. Thorne, John Wiley and Sons, pp. 214-220, 1982.
Regime equations for gravel-bed rivers. Discussion by G. Parker, in Gravel-Bed Rivers, edited by R. Hey, J.
Bathurst, and C. Thorne, John Wiley and Sons, pp. 542-551, 1982.
Lateral bedload on side slopes. Discussion by G. Parker, ASCE, Vol. 110, No. HY2, pp. 197-199, 1984.
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EXPERIENCE ON APPLIED PROBLEMS INVOLVING
RIVER ENGINEERING: SELECTED EXAMPLES - Gary Parker
1997-1999
Water Extraction from Idaho Streams. Developed criteria for the extraction of water from
mountain streams in such a way as to preserve the morphological integrity of the stream. Conducted
studies of field data and performed scale-model experiments on the effect of extraction on stream
micro-morphology.
1996-1999
Silver Bow Creek. Provide advice concerning the rehabilitation of a stream in Montana that has
been severely damaged by mine tailings.
1996-1998
Malampaya Natural Gas Pipeline. Conducted numerical and experimental studies to determine the
risk to a planned undersea pipeline offered by submarine debris flows and turbidity currents.
1986-present
Ok Tedi Copper Mine Sediment Disposal. Am responsible for many aspects involving the
environmental consequences of disposing of rock waste and tailings at the mine site, including
gullying due to debris flows, sediment supply from landslides, gravel aggradation on the Ok Tedi
(Alice River), sand aggradation on the Fly River, floodplain sedimentation, channel migration,
navigation etc. Have visited the site biannually since December of 1986. Have developed numerous
numerical models, several of which are now routinely used to predict the consequences of mining.
Client: Ok Tedi Mining Ltd., Papua New Guinea
1992-present
Porgera Gold Mine Sediment Disposal. Serve as an environmental consultant to evaluate the effect
of various scenarios for sediment disposal on rivers downstream, including the Porgera and Lagaip
Rivers (gravel bed) and Strickland River (sand bed) in Papua New Guinea. Have traveled to site
three times to date. Have written two numerical models, one for dump runout distance and one for
suspended sediment concentrations. Client: Porgera Joint Venture, Papua New Guinea
1993-1995
Tailings Basin Performance, Hibbing Taconite Co. Used a physical model study to determine the
relation between tailings basin slope, sediment size and water discharge. Also developed a
numerical model to study the response of the tailings basin to various scenarios for improving basin
performance. Studies are ongoing at the present time. Client: Barr Engineering, Hibbing Taconite
Co.
1992-1993
Lake Altoona Sediment Trap. Studied sedimentation rates in Lake Altoona, a reservoir on the Eau
Claire River (sand bed) in Wisconsin. Wrote and ran a numerical model for the design of a sediment
trap. At present the design is under study for implementation. Client: Short Elliot Hendrickson Inc.
1992-1993
Howard Creek Channel Rehabilitation. Performed a physical model study of Howard Creek
(gravel bed) near White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia to test a plan for widened, riprapped banks.
Wrote and ran a numerical model of sediment transport for the reach in order to evaluate the
potential for channel instability. The studies led to some modification in the original design, which is
being installed. Client: Soil Conservation Service
1991
Lake Neshonoc Sediment Trap. Served as a consultant for the determination of sedimentation rates
and design of a sediment trap to reduce sediment supply to a small reservoir in southeastern
Wisconsin on the La Crosse River (sand bed). Client: Barr Engineering Co.
1989
Nine Mile Creek Bank Protection. Served as a consultant for the design of bank protection along
Nine Mile Creek (sand bed), a small stream in the Minneapolis metropolitan area with twenty areas of
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severe valley wall instability.
Engineering Co.
The bank protection has since been installed.
Client: Barr
1985, 1988,
Wilmarth Power Plant Intake Siltation. A large bar in the 1994 Minnesota River (sand bed) has
migrated in front of the intake of Wilmarth Power Plant. Performed an overview study in 1985.
Performed a diagnostic study in 1988 to determine the cause of the problem. It was found that the
bar has been migrating downstream at about 15 m/year since at least 1938. Performed a physical
model study and a numerical study in 1988 to determine how to alleviate the problem. This led to a
design involving a low levee and three rock spur dikes. These were not installed due to a corporate
decision. The company was back in early 1994 asking for an evaluation of damage from the flood of
1993. As predicted, the bar has migrated farther downstream, significantly worsening the problem.
Client: Northern States Power Co.
1982-1983
Sediment Sluicing, Tablachaca Dam. Worked with a team of Peruvian engineers to develop a
physical model study of Tablachaca Dam on the Mantaro River (gravel bed) in Peru. The dam was
endangered by an imminent landslide. The countermeasure of choice, construction of a
counterweight in the reservoir, threatened to reduce needed sluicing capacity. Helped design the
model, and visited Peru six times for extended periods to conduct experiments. One of my graduate
students was on site for the entire study. The counterweight was since installed in accordance with
our results. Client: Woodward-Clyde, Electroperu
1980-1981
Minnesota River Bridge Scour Problems. Performed a physical model study of the Minnesota
River (sand bed) near the State Highway 169 bridge crossing. Developed a solution to a river scour
problem using one T-spur dike on the floodplain and two permeable dikes in the channel. The dikes
were installed subsequently, and have since caused the desired change in channel configuration.
Developed a numerical model of channel shift near the State Highway No. 93 bridge to design
scheme to protect the approaches. Used the model to design four rock spur dikes. These have been
installed and have performed as desired since. Client: Minnesota Department of Transportation
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