Journal Articles
Mendrik, F, Hackney, CR, Cumming, VM, Waller, C, Hak, D, Dorrell, R, Hung, NN, Parsons, DR (Accepted for publication) The transport and vertical distribution of microplastics in the Mekong River, SE Asia, Journal of Hazardous Materials, 484, pp.136762-136762, ISSN: 0304-3894. DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2024.136762.
Baker, ML, Talling, PJ, Burnett, R, Pope, EL, Ruffell, SC, Urlaub, M, Clare, MA, Jenkins, J, Dietze, M, Neasham, J, Silva Jacinto, R, Hage, S, Hasenhündl, M, Simmons, SM, Heerema, CJ, Heijnen, MS, Kunath, P, Cartigny, MJB, McGhee, C, Parsons, DR (Accepted for publication) Seabed Seismographs Reveal Duration and Structure of Longest Runout Sediment Flows on Earth, Geophysical Research Letters, 51(23), ISSN: 0094-8276. DOI: 10.1029/2024GL111078.
Malarkey, J, Pollard, EM, Fernandez, R, Wu, X, Baas, JH,
Parsons, D (2024)
Effect of bed clay on surface water-wave reconstruction from ripples,
Scientific Reports, ISSN: 2045-2322.
Bailey, LP, Dorrell, RM, Kostakis, I, McKee, D,
Parsons, D, Rees, J, Strong, J, Simmons, S, Forster, R (2024)
Monopile-induced turbulence and sediment redistribution form visible wakes in offshore wind farms,
Frontiers in Earth Science, 12, 1383726, DOI:
10.3389/feart.2024.1383726.
Ruffell, SC, Talling, PJ, Baker, ML, Pope, EL, Heijnen, MS, Jacinto, RS, Cartigny, MJB, Simmons, SM, Clare, MA, Heerema, CJ, McGhee, C, Hage, S, Hasenhündl, M,
Parsons, DR (2024)
Time-lapse surveys reveal patterns and processes of erosion by exceptionally powerful turbidity currents that flush submarine canyons: A case study of the Congo Canyon,
Geomorphology, 463, 109350, ISSN: 0169-555X. DOI:
10.1016/j.geomorph.2024.109350.
Gebrechorkos, SH, Leyland, J, Dadson, SJ, Cohen, S, Slater, L, Wortmann, M, Ashworth, PJ, Bennett, GL, Boothroyd, R, Cloke, H, Delorme, P, Griffith, H, Hardy, R, Hawker, L, McLelland, S, Neal, J, Nicholas, A, Tatem, AJ, Vahidi, E, Liu, Y, Sheffield, J,
Parsons, D, Darby, SE (2024)
Global-scale evaluation of precipitation datasets for hydrological modelling,
Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, 28(14), pp.3099-3118, ISSN: 1027-5606. DOI:
10.5194/hess-28-3099-2024.
Williams, AL, Vũ, Q, Lê, H, Jones, L, Võ, TT, Halstead, F, Parsons, K, Nguyễn, ATQ, Hackney, CR,
Parsons, D (2024)
Act of hope: a story of climate change and water puppetry performance along the Red River, Vietnam,
Research in Drama Education: The Journal of Applied Theatre and Performance, 29(2), pp.278-289, ISSN: 1356-9783. DOI:
10.1080/13569783.2024.2319833.
Ockelford, A, Wohl, E, Ruiz‐Villanueva, V, Comiti, F, Piégay, H, Darby, S,
Parsons, D, Yochum, SE, Wolstenholme, J, White, D, Uno, H, Triantafillou, S, Stroth, T, Smrdel, T, Scott, DN, Scamardo, JE, Rees, J, Rathburn, S, Morrison, RR, Milan, D, Marshall, A, Lininger, KB, Kemper, JT, Karpack, M, Johaneman, T, Iskin, E, Hoyo, JGD, Hortobágyi, B, Hinshaw, S, Heath, J, Emmanuel, T, Dunn, S, Christensen, N, Beeby, J, Ash, J, Ader, E, Aarnink, J (2024)
Working with wood in rivers in the Western United States,
River Research and Applications, 40(8), pp.1626-1641, ISSN: 1535-1459. DOI:
10.1002/rra.4331.
Van Dijk, TAGP, Roche, M, Lurton, X, Fezzani, R, Simmons, SM, Gastauer, S, Fietzek, P, Mesdag, C, Berger, L, Breteler, MK,
Parsons, D (2024)
Bottom and Suspended Sediment Backscatter Measurements in a Flume—Towards Quantitative Bed and Water Column Properties,
Journal of Marine Science and Engineering, 12(4), 609, DOI:
10.3390/jmse12040609.
Wu, X, Malarkey, J, Fernández, R, Baas, JH, Pollard, E,
Parsons, DR (2024)
Influence of cohesive clay on wave-current ripple dynamics captured in a 3D phase diagram,
Earth Surface Dynamics, 12(1), pp.231-247, ISSN: 2196-6311. DOI:
10.5194/esurf-12-231-2024.
Azpiroz-Zabala, M, Sumner, EJ, Cartigny, MJB, Peakall, J, Clare, MA, Darby, SE,
Parsons, D, Dorrell, RM, Özsoy, E, Tezcan, D, Wynn, RB, Johnson, J (2024)
Benthic biology influences sedimentation in submarine channel bends: Coupling of biology, sedimentation and flow,
The Depositional Record, 10(1), pp.159-175, ISSN: 2055-4877. DOI:
10.1002/dep2.265.
Mendrik, F, Houseago, RC, Hackney, CR,
Parsons, D (2023)
Microplastic trapping efficiency and hydrodynamics in model coral reefs: A physical experimental investigation,
Environmental Pollution, 342, ISSN: 0269-7491. DOI:
10.1016/j.envpol.2023.123094.
Mendrik, F, Fernández, R, Hackney, CR, Waller, C,
Parsons, D (2023)
Author Correction: Non-buoyant microplastic settling velocity varies with biofilm growth and ambient water salinity (Communications Earth & Environment, (2023), 4, 1, (30), 10.1038/s43247-023-00690-z),
Communications Earth and Environment, 4(1), DOI:
10.1038/s43247-023-00934-y.
Jones, L, Parsons, K, Halstead, F, Nguyen, DN, Pham, HTM, Pham, D-L, Allison, CR, Chew, M, Bird, E, Meek, A, Buckton, SJ, Nguyen, KL, Williams, AL, Vo, TT, Le, H, Nguyen, ATQ, Hackney, CR,
Parsons, D (2023)
Conversations on grief and hope: a collaborative autoethnographic account exploring the lifeworlds of international youth engaged with climate action,
Journal of the British Academy, 11(s3), pp.69-117, DOI:
10.5871/jba/011s3.069.
Wu, X, Carling, PA,
Parsons, D (2023)
Hummocky sedimentary structures within rippled beds due to combined orbital waves and transverse currents,
Sedimentology, 71(2), pp.573-589, ISSN: 0037-0746. DOI:
10.1111/sed.13145.
Chong, F, Sommer, B, Stant, G, Verano, N, Cant, J, Lachs, L, Johnson, ML,
Parsons, DR, Pandolfi, JM, Salguero-Gómez, R, Spencer, M, Beger, M (2023)
High-latitude marginal reefs support fewer but bigger corals than their tropical counterparts,
Ecography, 2023(12), e06835, ISSN: 0906-7590. DOI:
10.1111/ecog.06835.
Gebrechorkos, S, Leyland, J, Slater, L, Wortmann, M, Ashworth, PJ, Bennett, GL, Boothroyd, R, Cloke, H, Delorme, P, Griffith, H, Hardy, R, Hawker, L, McLelland, S, Neal, J, Nicholas, A, Tatem, AJ, Vahidi, E,
Parsons, DR, Darby, SE (2023)
A high-resolution daily global dataset of statistically downscaled CMIP6 models for climate impact analyses,
Scientific Data, 10, 611, ISSN: 2052-4463. DOI:
10.1038/s41597-023-02528-x.
Talling, PJ, Cartigny, MJB, Pope, E, Baker, M, Clare, MA, Heijnen, M, Hage, S,
Parsons, DR, Simmons, SM, Paull, CK, Gwiazda, R, Lintern, G, Hughes Clarke, JE, Xu, J, Silva Jacinto, R, Maier, KL (2023)
Detailed monitoring reveals the nature of submarine turbidity currents,
Nature Reviews Earth and Environment, 4(9), pp.642-658, DOI:
10.1038/s43017-023-00458-1.
Russell, CE, Fernandez, R,
Parsons, D, Gabbott, SE (2023)
Plastic pollution in riverbeds fundamentally affects natural sand transport processes,
Communications Earth & Environment, 4, 255, DOI:
10.1038/s43247-023-00820-7.
Bryan-Smith, L, Godsall, J, George, F, Egode, K, Dethlefs, N,
Parsons, D (2023)
Real-time social media sentiment analysis for rapid impact assessment of floods,
Computers and Geosciences, 178, 105405, ISSN: 0098-3004. DOI:
10.1016/j.cageo.2023.105405.
Berchoux, T, Hutton, CW, Hensengerth, O, Voepel, HE, Tri, VPD, Vu, PT, Hung, NN,
Parsons, D, Darby, SE (2023)
Effect of planning policies on land use dynamics and livelihood opportunities under global environmental change: Evidence from the Mekong Delta,
Land Use Policy, 131, 106752, ISSN: 0264-8377. DOI:
10.1016/j.landusepol.2023.106752.
Fukuda, S, de Vet, MGW, Skevington, EWG, Bastianon, E, Fernández, R, Wu, X, McCaffrey, WD, Naruse, H,
Parsons, DR, Dorrell, RM (2023)
Inadequacy of fluvial energetics for describing gravity current autosuspension,
Nature Communications, 14, 2288, ISSN: 2041-1723. DOI:
10.1038/s41467-023-37724-1.
Mendrik, F, Fernández, R, Hackney, CR, Waller, C,
Parsons, DR (2023)
Non-buoyant microplastic settling velocity varies with biofilm growth and ambient water salinity,
Communications Earth and Environment, 4, 30, DOI:
10.1038/s43247-023-00690-z.
Orfeo, O, Stevaux, J, Best, J,
Parsons, D, Szupiany, R (2022)
The Paraná River in the argentine plain: A review of its evolution and contemporary characteristics,
Journal of South American Earth Sciences, 121, 104115, ISSN: 0895-9811. DOI:
10.1016/j.jsames.2022.104115.
Bastianon, E, Hope, JA, Dorrell, RM,
Parsons, DR (2022)
Effect of hydro-climate variation on biofilm dynamics and its impact in intertidal environments,
Earth Surface Dynamics, 10(6), pp.1115-1140, ISSN: 2196-6311. DOI:
10.5194/esurf-10-1115-2022.
Ahmed, J, Peakall, J, Balme, MR,
Parsons, D (2022)
Rapid megaflood-triggered base-level rise on Mars,
Geology (Boulder), 51(1), pp.28-32, ISSN: 0091-7613. DOI:
10.1130/G50277.1.
Baar, AW, Braat, L,
Parsons, DR (2022)
Control of river discharge on large-scale estuary morphology,
Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, 48(3), pp.489-503, ISSN: 0197-9337. DOI:
10.1002/esp.5498.
Pope, EL, Heijnen, MS, Talling, PJ, Jacinto, RS, Gaillot, A, Baker, ML, Hage, S, Hasenhündl, M, Heerema, CJ, McGhee, C, Ruffell, SC, Simmons, SM, Cartigny, MJB, Clare, MA, Dennielou, B,
Parsons, DR, Peirce, C, Urlaub, M (2022)
Carbon and sediment fluxes inhibited in the submarine Congo Canyon by landslide-damming,
Nature Geoscience, 15(10), pp.845-853, ISSN: 1752-0894. DOI:
10.1038/s41561-022-01017-x.
Das, D, Ganti, V, Bradley, R, Venditti, J, Reesink, A,
Parsons, DR (2022)
The Influence of Transport Stage on Preserved Fluvial Cross Strata,
Geophysical Research Letters, 49(18), e2022GL099808, ISSN: 0094-8276. DOI:
10.1029/2022GL099808.
Wu, X, Fernandez, R, Baas, JH, Malarkey, J,
Parsons, DR (2022)
Discontinuity in Equilibrium Wave-Current Ripple Size and Shape and Deep Cleaning Associated With Cohesive Sand-Clay Beds,
Journal of geophysical research. Earth surface, 127(9), e2022JF006771, ISSN: 2169-9003. DOI:
10.1029/2022JF006771.
Holliday, MC,
Parsons, DR, Zein, SH (2022)
Microwave-Assisted Hydrothermal Carbonisation of Waste Biomass: The Effect of Process Conditions on Hydrochar Properties,
Processes, 10(9), 1756, DOI:
10.3390/pr10091756.
Hong, L, Cheng, S, Houseago, RC,
Parsons, DR, Best, JL, Chamorro, LP (2022)
On the submerged low-Cauchy-number canopy dynamics under unidirectional flows,
Journal of Fluids and Structures, 113, ISSN: 0889-9746. DOI:
10.1016/j.jfluidstructs.2022.103646.
Lonsdale, JA, Leach, C,
Parsons, D, Barkwith, A, Manson, S, Elliott, M (2022)
Managing estuaries under a changing climate: A case study of the Humber Estuary, UK,
Environmental Science and Policy, 134, pp.75-84, ISSN: 1462-9011. DOI:
10.1016/j.envsci.2022.04.001.
Roggatz, CC and
Parsons, DR (2022)
Potential Climate Change Impacts on the Abiotic Degradation of Acyl-Homoserine Lactones in the Fluctuating Conditions of Marine Biofilms,
Frontiers in Marine Science, 9, DOI:
10.3389/fmars.2022.882428.
Talling, PJ, Baker, ML, Pope, EL, Ruffell, SC, Jacinto, RS, Heijnen, MS, Hage, S, Simmons, SM, Hasenhündl, M, Heerema, CJ, McGhee, C, Apprioual, R, Ferrant, A, Cartigny, MJB,
Parsons, DR, Clare, MA, Tshimanga, RM, Trigg, MA, Cula, CA, Faria, R, Gaillot, A, Bola, G, Wallance, D, Griffiths, A, Nunny, R, Urlaub, M, Peirce, C, Burnett, R, Neasham, J, Hilton, RJ (2022)
Longest sediment flows yet measured show how major rivers connect efficiently to deep sea,
Nature Communications, 13, 4193, ISSN: 2041-1723. DOI:
10.1038/s41467-022-31689-3.
Prokocki, EW, Best, JL, Perillo, MM, Ashworth, PJ,
Parsons, DR, Sambrook Smith, GH, Nicholas, AP, Simpson, CJ (2022)
The morphology of fluvial-tidal dunes: Lower Columbia River, Oregon/Washington, USA,
Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, 47(8), pp.2079-2106, ISSN: 0197-9337. DOI:
10.1002/esp.5364.
Hage, S, Galy, VV, Cartigny, MJB, Heerema, C, Heijnen, MS, Acikalin, S, Clare, MA, Giesbrecht, I, Gröcke, DR, Hendry, A, Hilton, RG, Hubbard, SM, Hunt, JE, Lintern, DG, McGhee, C,
Parsons, DR, Pope, EL, Stacey, CD, Sumner, EJ, Tank, S, Talling, PJ (2022)
Turbidity Currents Can Dictate Organic Carbon Fluxes Across River-Fed Fjords: An Example From Bute Inlet (BC, Canada),
Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences, 127(6), ISSN: 2169-8953. DOI:
10.1029/2022JG006824.
McMahon, WJ, Pierik, HJAN, Shillito, AP, Salese, F, van der Kwaak, B,
Parsons, DR, Kleinhans, MG (2022)
SUPERIMPOSED ALLOGENIC AND BIOLOGICAL CONTROLS ON SILICICLASTIC ARCHITECTURE: AN EARLY MISSISSIPPIAN (VISEAN) EXAMPLE FROM TROPICAL LAURUSSIA,
Palaios, 37(6), pp.224-250, ISSN: 0883-1351. DOI:
10.2110/palo.2021.033.
Keevil, CE, Rogerson, M,
Parsons, DR, Mercedes-Martín, R, Brasier, AT, Reijmer, JJG, Matthews, A (2022)
THE GEOMORPHOLOGICAL DISTRIBUTION OF SUBAQUEOUS TUFA COLUMNS IN A HYPERSALINE LAKE: MONO LAKE, U.S.A,
Journal of Sedimentary Research, 92(6), pp.530-546, ISSN: 1527-1404. DOI:
10.2110/jsr.2021.034.
Ma, H, Nittrouer, JA, Fu, X, Parker, G, Zhang, Y, Wang, Y, Wang, Y, Lamb, MP, Cisneros, J, Best, J,
Parsons, DR, Wu, B (2022)
Amplification of downstream flood stage due to damming of fine-grained rivers,
Nature Communications, 13, 3054, ISSN: 2041-1723. DOI:
10.1038/s41467-022-30730-9.
Holliday, MC,
Parsons, DR, Zein, SH (2022)
Agricultural Pea Waste as a Low-Cost Pollutant Biosorbent for Methylene Blue Removal: Adsorption Kinetics, Isotherm And Thermodynamic Studies,
Biomass Conversion and Biorefinery, 14(5), pp.6671-6685, ISSN: 2190-6815. DOI:
10.1007/s13399-022-02865-8.
Sheng, W, Tapoglou, E, Ma, X, Taylor, CJ, Dorrell, R,
Parsons, DR, Aggidis, G (2022)
Time‐Domain Implementation and Analyses of Multi‐Motion Modes of Floating Structures,
Journal of Marine Science and Engineering, 10(5), DOI:
10.3390/jmse10050662.
Pope, EL, Cartigny, MJB, Clare, MA, Talling, PJ, Lintern, DG, Vellinga, A, Hage, S, Açikalin, S, Bailey, L, Chapplow, N, Chen, Y, Eggenhuisen, JT, Hendry, A, Heerema, CJ, Heijnen, MS, Hubbard, SM, Hunt, JE, McGhee, C,
Parsons, DR, Simmons, SM, Stacey, CD, Vendettuoli, D (2022)
First source-to-sink monitoring shows dense head controls sediment flux and runout in turbidity currents,
Science Advances, 8(20), DOI:
10.1126/sciadv.abj3220.
Heijnen, MS, Clare, MA, Cartigny, MJB, Talling, PJ, Hage, S, Pope, EL, Bailey, L, Sumner, E, Gwyn Lintern, D, Stacey, C,
Parsons, DR, Simmons, SM, Chen, Y, Hubbard, SM, Eggenhuisen, JT, Kane, I, Hughes Clarke, JE (2022)
Fill, flush or shuffle: How is sediment carried through submarine channels to build lobes?,
Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 584, ISSN: 0012-821X. DOI:
10.1016/j.epsl.2022.117481.
Sheng, W, Tapoglou, E, Ma, X, Taylor, CJ, Dorrell, RM,
Parsons, DR, Aggidis, G (2022)
Hydrodynamic studies of floating structures: Comparison of wave-structure interaction modelling,
Ocean Engineering, 249, ISSN: 0029-8018. DOI:
10.1016/j.oceaneng.2022.110878.
Houseago, RC, Hong, L, Cheng, S, Best, JL,
Parsons, DR, Chamorro, LP (2022)
On the turbulence dynamics induced by a surrogate seagrass canopy,
Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 934, ISSN: 0022-1120. DOI:
10.1017/jfm.2021.1142.
Tri, VPD, Trung, PK, Trong, TM,
Parsons, DR, Darby, SE (2022)
Assessing social vulnerability to riverbank erosion across the Vietnamese Mekong Delta,
International Journal of River Basin Management, 21(3), pp.501-512, ISSN: 1571-5124. DOI:
10.1080/15715124.2021.2021926.
Gwiazda, R, Paull, CK, Kieft, B, Klimov, D, Herlien, R, Lundsten, E, McCann, M, Cartigny, MJ, Hamilton, A, Xu, J, Maier, KL,
Parsons, DR, Talling, PJ (2022)
Near-Bed Structure of Sediment Gravity Flows Measured by Motion-Sensing “Boulder-Like” Benthic Event Detectors (BEDs) in Monterey Canyon,
Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface, 127(2), ISSN: 2169-9003. DOI:
10.1029/2021JF006437.
Hope, JA, Coco, G,
Parsons, DR, Thrush, SF (2021)
Microplastics interact with benthic biostabilization processes,
Environmental Research Letters, 16(12), ISSN: 1748-9318. DOI:
10.1088/1748-9326/ac3bfd.
Hardy, RJ, Best, JL, Marjoribanks, T,
Parsons, DR, Ashworth, PJ (2021)
The influence of three‐dimensional topography on turbulent flow structures over dunes in unidirectional flows,
Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface, 126(12), e2021JF006121, ISSN: 2169-9003. DOI:
10.1029/2021jf006121.
Hu, H, Yang, Z, Yin, D, Cheng, H, Hackney, CR,
Parsons, DR (2021)
The combined effect of discharge and tides on low-angle dune evolution at the tidal current limit of the Changjiang Estuary,
Geomorphology, 392, ISSN: 0169-555X. DOI:
10.1016/j.geomorph.2021.107917.
Hackney, CR, Vasilopoulos, G, Heng, S, Darbari, V, Walker, S,
Parsons, DR (2021)
Sand mining far outpaces natural supply in a large alluvial river,
Earth Surface Dynamics, 9(5), pp.1323-1334, ISSN: 2196-6311. DOI:
10.5194/esurf-9-1323-2021.
Fernandez, RL, McLelland, S,
Parsons, DR, Bodewes, B (2021)
Riparian vegetation life stages control the impact of flood sequencing on braided river morphodynamics,
Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, 46(11), pp.2315-2329, ISSN: 0197-9337. DOI:
10.1002/esp.5177.
Jones, L, Halstead, F, Parsons, K, Le, H, Bui, LTH, Hackney, CR,
Parsons, D (2021)
2020-vision: understanding climate (in)action through the emotional lens of loss,
Journal of the British Academy, 9(s5), pp.29-68, DOI:
10.5871/jba/009s5.029.
Leach, C, Coulthard, T, Barkwith, A,
Parsons, DR, Manson, S (2021)
The Coastline Evolution Model 2D (CEM2D) V1.1,
Geoscientific Model Development, 14(9), pp.5507-5523, ISSN: 1991-959X. DOI:
10.5194/gmd-14-5507-2021.
Tapoglou, E, Forster, RM, Dorrell, RM,
Parsons, D (2021)
Machine learning for satellite-based sea-state prediction in an offshore windfarm,
Ocean Engineering, 235, ISSN: 0029-8018. DOI:
10.1016/j.oceaneng.2021.109280.
Eslami, S, Hoekstra, P, Kernkamp, HWJ, Nguyen Trung, N, Do Duc, D, Nguyen Nghia, H, Tran Quang, T, Van Dam, A, Darby, SE,
Parsons, DR, Vasilopoulos, G, Braat, L, Van Der Vegt, M (2021)
Dynamics of salt intrusion in the Mekong Delta: Results of field observations and integrated coastal-inland modelling,
Earth Surface Dynamics, 9(4), pp.953-976, ISSN: 2196-6311. DOI:
10.5194/esurf-9-953-2021.
Relph, KE, Stevenson, EI, Turchyn, AV, Antler, G, Bickle, MJ, Baronas, JJ, Darby, SE,
Parsons, DR, Tipper, ET (2021)
Partitioning riverine sulfate sources using oxygen and sulfur isotopes: Implications for carbon budgets of large rivers,
Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 567, ISSN: 0012-821X. DOI:
10.1016/j.epsl.2021.116957.
Rodgers, K, Mayes, WM, Santoro, O, Redshaw, C, Mccumskay, R,
Parsons, DR (2021)
Comparative assessment of marine weathering of ROP-derived biopolymers against conventional plastics,
Marine Pollution Bulletin, 167, ISSN: 0025-326X. DOI:
10.1016/j.marpolbul.2021.112272.
Vasilopoulos, G, Quan, QL,
Parsons, DR, Darby, SE, Tri, VPD, Hung, NN, Haigh, ID, Voepel, HE, Nicholas, AP, Aalto, R (2021)
Establishing sustainable sediment budgets is critical for climate-resilient mega-deltas,
Environmental Research Letters, 16(6), ISSN: 1748-9318. DOI:
10.1088/1748-9326/ac06fc.
Chen, Y,
Parsons, DR, Simmons, SM, Williams, R, Cartigny, MJB, Hughes Clarke, JE, Stacey, CD, Hage, S, Talling, PJ, Azpiroz-Zabala, M, Clare, MA, Hizzett, JL, Heijnen, MS, Hunt, JE, Lintern, DG, Sumner, EJ, Vellinga, AJ, Vendettuoli, D (2021)
Knickpoints and crescentic bedform interactions in submarine channels,
Sedimentology, 68(4), pp.1358-1377, ISSN: 0037-0746. DOI:
10.1111/sed.12886.
Hu, H, Yang, Z, Yin, D, Cheng, H,
Parsons, DR (2021)
Hydrodynamics over low-angle dunes at the tidal current limit of the Changjiang Estuary,
Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science, 253, ISSN: 0272-7714. DOI:
10.1016/j.ecss.2021.107298.
Bailey, LP, Clare, MA, Rosenberger, KJ, Cartigny, MJB, Talling, PJ, Paull, CK, Gwiazda, R,
Parsons, DR, Simmons, SM, Xu, J, Haigh, ID, Maier, KL, McGann, M, Lundsten, E (2021)
Preconditioning by sediment accumulation can produce powerful turbidity currents without major external triggers,
Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 562, ISSN: 0012-821X. DOI:
10.1016/j.epsl.2021.116845.
Hutton, CW, Hensengerth, O, Berchoux, T, Tri, VPD, Tong, T, Hung, N, Voepel, H, Darby, SE, Bui, D, Bui, TN, Huy, N,
Parsons, D (2021)
Stakeholder expectations of future policy implementation compared to formal policy trajectories: Scenarios for agricultural food systems in the mekong delta,
Sustainability (Switzerland), 13(10), DOI:
10.3390/su13105534.
Bussi, G, Darby, SE, Whitehead, PG, Jin, L, Dadson, SJ, Voepel, HE, Vasilopoulos, G, Hackney, CR, Hutton, C, Berchoux, T,
Parsons, DR, Nicholas, A (2021)
Impact of dams and climate change on suspended sediment flux to the Mekong delta,
Science of the Total Environment, 755, ISSN: 0048-9697. DOI:
10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.142468.
Mendrik, FM, Henry, TB, Burdett, H, Hackney, CR, Waller, C,
Parsons, DR, Hennige, SJ (2021)
Species-specific impact of microplastics on coral physiology,
Environmental Pollution, 269, ISSN: 0269-7491. DOI:
10.1016/j.envpol.2020.116238.
Heijnen, MS, Clare, MA, Cartigny, MJB, Talling, PJ, Hage, S, Lintern, DG, Stacey, C,
Parsons, DR, Simmons, SM, Chen, Y, Sumner, EJ, Dix, JK, Hughes Clarke, JE (2020)
Rapidly-migrating and internally-generated knickpoints can control submarine channel evolution,
Nature Communications, 11(1), DOI:
10.1038/s41467-020-16861-x.
Smith, G, Rowley, P, Williams, R, Giordano, G, Trolese, M, Silleni, A,
Parsons, DR, Capon, S (2020)
A bedform phase diagram for dense granular currents,
Nature Communications, 11(1), DOI:
10.1038/s41467-020-16657-z.
Heijnen, MS, Clare, MA, Cartigny, MJB, Talling, PJ, Hage, S, Lintern, DG, Stacey, C,
Parsons, DR, Simmons, SM, Chen, Y, Sumner, EJ, Dix, JK, Clarke, JEH (2020)
Author Correction: Rapidly-migrating and internally-generated knickpoints can control submarine channel evolution (Nature Communications, (2020), 11, 1, (3129), 10.1038/s41467-020-16861-x),
Nature Communications, 11(1), DOI:
10.1038/s41467-020-18394-9.
Prokocki, EW, Best, JL, Ashworth, PJ, Sambrook Smith, GH, Nicholas, AP,
Parsons, DR, Simpson, CJ (2020)
Alluvial architecture of mid-channel fluvial–tidal barforms: The mesotidal Lower Columbia River, Oregon/Washington, USA,
Sedimentology, 67(7), pp.3533-3566, ISSN: 0037-0746. DOI:
10.1111/sed.12754.
Unsworth, CA, Nicholas, AP, Ashworth, PJ, Best, JL, Lane, SN,
Parsons, DR, Sambrook Smith, GH, Simpson, CJ, Strick, RJP (2020)
Influence of Dunes on Channel-Scale Flow and Sediment Transport in a Sand Bed Braided River,
Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface, 125(11), ISSN: 2169-9003. DOI:
10.1029/2020JF005571.
Ramírez-Mendoza, R, Murdoch, L, Jordan, LB, Amoudry, LO, McLelland, S, Cooke, RD, Thorne, P, Simmons, SM,
Parsons, D, Vezza, M (2020)
Asymmetric effects of a modelled tidal turbine on the flow and seabed,
Renewable Energy, 159, pp.238-249, ISSN: 0960-1481. DOI:
10.1016/j.renene.2020.05.133.
Hope, JA, Malarkey, J, Baas, JH, Peakall, J,
Parsons, DR, Manning, AJ, Bass, SJ, Lichtman, ID, Thorne, PD, Ye, L, Paterson, DM (2020)
Interactions between sediment microbial ecology and physical dynamics drive heterogeneity in contextually similar depositional systems,
Limnology and Oceanography, 65(10), pp.2403-2419, DOI:
10.1002/lno.11461.
Baronas, JJ, Stevenson, EI, Hackney, CR, Darby, SE, Bickle, MJ, Hilton, RG, Larkin, CS,
Parsons, DR, Myo Khaing, A, Tipper, ET (2020)
Integrating Suspended Sediment Flux in Large Alluvial River Channels: Application of a Synoptic Rouse-Based Model to the Irrawaddy and Salween Rivers,
Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface, 125(9), ISSN: 2169-9003. DOI:
10.1029/2020JF005554.
Hage, S, Galy, VV, Cartigny, MJB, Acikalin, S, Clare, MA, Gröcke, DR, Hilton, RG, Hunt, JE, Lintern, DG, Mcghee, CA,
Parsons, DR, Stacey, CD, Sumner, EJ, Talling, PJ (2020)
Efficient preservation of young terrestrial organic carbon in sandy turbidity-current deposits,
Geology, 48(9), pp.882-887, ISSN: 0091-7613. DOI:
10.1130/G47320.1.
Wang, Z, Xu, J, Talling, PJ, Cartigny, MJB, Simmons, SM, Gwiazda, R, Paull, CK, Maier, KL,
Parsons, DR (2020)
Direct evidence of a high-concentration basal layer in a submarine turbidity current,
Deep-Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers, 161, ISSN: 0967-0637. DOI:
10.1016/j.dsr.2020.103300.
Chapman, EC, Bonsor, BJ,
Parsons, DR, Rotchell, JM (2020)
Influence of light and temperature cycles on the expression of circadian clock genes in the mussel Mytilus edulis,
Marine Environmental Research, 159, ISSN: 0141-1136. DOI:
10.1016/j.marenvres.2020.104960.
Simmons, SM, Azpiroz-Zabala, M, Cartigny, MJB, Clare, MA, Cooper, C,
Parsons, DR, Pope, EL, Sumner, EJ, Talling, PJ (2020)
Novel Acoustic Method Provides First Detailed Measurements of Sediment Concentration Structure Within Submarine Turbidity Currents,
Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 125(5), ISSN: 2169-9275. DOI:
10.1029/2019JC015904.
Darby, SE, Langdon, PG, Best, JL, Leyland, J, Hackney, CR, Marti, M, Morgan, PR, Ben, S, Aalto, R,
Parsons, D, Nicholas, AP, Leng, MJ (2020)
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,
Quaternary Science Reviews, 236(2020), 106265, ISSN: 0277-3791. DOI:
10.1016/j.quascirev.2020.106265.
Hackney, CR, Darby, SE,
Parsons, DR, Leyland, J, Best, JL, Aalto, R, Nicholas, AP, Houseago, RC (2020)
River bank instability from unsustainable sand mining in the lower Mekong River,
Nature Sustainability, 3(3), pp.217-225, DOI:
10.1038/s41893-019-0455-3.
Heerema, CJ, Talling, PJ, Cartigny, MJ, Paull, CK, Bailey, L, Simmons, SM,
Parsons, DR, Clare, MA, Gwiazda, R, Lundsten, E, Anderson, K, Maier, KL, Xu, JP, Sumner, EJ, Rosenberger, K, Gales, J, McGann, M, Carter, L, Pope, E (2020)
What determines the downstream evolution of turbidity currents?,
Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 532, ISSN: 0012-821X. DOI:
10.1016/j.epsl.2019.116023.
Carlson, BN, Nittrouer, JA, Moodie, AJ, Kineke, GC, Kumpf, LL, Ma, H,
Parsons, DR, Wang, H (2020)
Infilling Abandoned Deltaic Distributary Channels Through Landward Sediment Transport,
Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface, 125(2), ISSN: 2169-9003. DOI:
10.1029/2019JF005254.
Cisneros, J, Best, J, van Dijk, T, Almeida, RPD, Amsler, M, Boldt, J, Freitas, B, Galeazzi, C, Huizinga, R, Ianniruberto, M, Ma, H, Nittrouer, JA, Oberg, K, Orfeo, O,
Parsons, D, Szupiany, R, Wang, P, Zhang, Y (2020)
Dunes in the world’s big rivers are characterized by low-angle lee-side slopes and a complex shape,
Nature Geoscience, 13(2), pp.156-162, ISSN: 1752-0894. DOI:
10.1038/s41561-019-0511-7.
Baas, JH, Baker, ML, Malarkey, J, Bass, SJ, Manning, AJ, Hope, JA, Peakall, J, Lichtman, ID, Ye, L, Davies, AG,
Parsons, DR, Paterson, DM, Thorne, PD (2019)
Integrating field and laboratory approaches for ripple development in mixed sand–clay–EPS,
Sedimentology, 66(7), pp.2749-2768, ISSN: 0037-0746. DOI:
10.1111/sed.12611.
Dorrell, RM, Peakall, J, Darby, SE,
Parsons, DR, Johnson, J, Sumner, EJ, Wynn, RB, Özsoy, E, Tezcan, D (2019)
Self-sharpening induces jet-like structure in seafloor gravity currents,
Nature Communications, 10(1), DOI:
10.1038/s41467-019-09254-2.
Maier, KL, Rosenberger, KJ, Paull, CK, Gwiazda, R, Gales, J, Lorenson, T, Barry, JP, Talling, PJ, McGann, M, Xu, J, Lundsten, E, Anderson, K, Litvin, SY,
Parsons, DR, Clare, MA, Simmons, SM, Sumner, EJ, Cartigny, MJB (2019)
Sediment and organic carbon transport and deposition driven by internal tides along Monterey Canyon, offshore California,
Deep-Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers, 153, ISSN: 0967-0637. DOI:
10.1016/j.dsr.2019.103108.
Hage, S, Cartigny, MJB, Sumner, EJ, Clare, MA, Hughes Clarke, JE, Talling, PJ, Lintern, DG, Simmons, SM, Silva Jacinto, R, Vellinga, AJ, Allin, JR, Azpiroz-Zabala, M, Gales, JA, Hizzett, JL, Hunt, JE, Mozzato, A,
Parsons, DR, Pope, EL, Stacey, CD, Symons, WO, Vardy, ME, Watts, C (2019)
Direct Monitoring Reveals Initiation of Turbidity Currents From Extremely Dilute River Plumes,
Geophysical Research Letters, 46(20), pp.11310-11320, ISSN: 0094-8276. DOI:
10.1029/2019GL084526.
Wu, X and
Parsons, DR (2019)
Corrigendum to “Field investigation of bedform morphodynamics under combined flow” [Geomorphology 339 (2019)19–30](S0169555X19301850)(10.1016/j.geomorph.2019.04.028),
Geomorphology, 339, p.141, ISSN: 0169-555X. DOI:
10.1016/j.geomorph.2019.05.004.
Wu, X and
Parsons, DR (2019)
Field investigation of bedform morphodynamics under combined flow,
Geomorphology, 339, pp.19-30, ISSN: 0169-555X. DOI:
10.1016/j.geomorph.2019.04.028.
Maier, KL, Gales, JA, Paull, CK, Rosenberger, K, Talling, PJ, Simmons, SM, Gwiazda, R, McGann, M, Cartigny, MJB, Lundsten, E, Anderson, K, Clare, MA, Xu, J,
Parsons, D, Barry, JP, Wolfson-Schwehr, M, Nieminski, NM, Sumner, EJ (2019)
Linking direct measurements of turbidity currents to submarine canyon-floor deposits,
Frontiers in Earth Science, 7, DOI:
10.3389/feart.2019.00144.
Strick, RJP, Ashworth, PJ, Sambrook Smith, GH, Nicholas, AP, Best, JL, Lane, SN,
Parsons, DR, Simpson, CJ, Unsworth, CA, Dale, J (2019)
Quantification of bedform dynamics and bedload sediment flux in sandy braided rivers from airborne and satellite imagery,
Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, 44(4), pp.953-972, ISSN: 0197-9337. DOI:
10.1002/esp.4558.
Horan, K, Hilton, RG, Dellinger, M, Tipper, E, Galy, V, Calmels, D, Selby, D, Gaillardet, J, Ottley, CJ,
Parsons, DR, Burton, KW (2019)
Reply to comment by Thomas M. Blattmann on “Carbon dioxide emissions by rock organic carbon oxidation and the next geochemical carbon budget of the Mackenzie River Basin”, v. 319, n. 6, p. 473–499,
American Journal of Science, 319(10), pp.905-906, ISSN: 0002-9599. DOI:
10.2475/10.2019.04.
Horan, K, Hilton, RG, Dellinger, M, Tipper, E, Galy, V, Calmels, D, Selby, D, Gaillardet, J, Ottley, CJ,
Parsons, DR, Burton, KW (2019)
Carbon dioxide emissions by rock organic carbon oxidation and the net geochemical carbon budget of the Mackenzie River Basin,
American Journal of Science, 319(6), pp.473-499, ISSN: 0002-9599. DOI:
10.2475/06.2019.02.
Woodbridge, KP, Pirasteh, S,
Parsons, DR (2019)
Investigating fold-river interactions for major rivers using a scheme of remotely sensed characteristics of river and fold geomorphology,
Remote Sensing, 11(17), DOI:
10.3390/rs11172037.
Li, X, Li, M, Jordan, LB, McLelland, S,
Parsons, DR, Amoudry, LO, Song, Q, Comerford, L (2019)
Modelling impacts of tidal stream turbines on surface waves,
Renewable Energy, 130, pp.725-734, ISSN: 0960-1481. DOI:
10.1016/j.renene.2018.05.098.
Paull, CK, Talling, PJ, Maier, KL,
Parsons, D, Xu, J, Caress, DW, Gwiazda, R, Lundsten, EM, Anderson, K, Barry, JP, Chaffey, M, O’Reilly, T, Rosenberger, KJ, Gales, JA, Kieft, B, McGann, M, Simmons, SM, McCann, M, Sumner, EJ, Clare, MA, Cartigny, MJ (2018)
Powerful turbidity currents driven by dense basal layers,
Nature Communications, 9(1), DOI:
10.1038/s41467-018-06254-6.
Ramírez-Mendoza, R, Amoudry, LO, Thorne, PD, Cooke, RD, McLelland, SJ, Jordan, LB, Simmons, SM,
Parsons, DR, Murdoch, L (2018)
Laboratory study on the effects of hydro kinetic turbines on hydrodynamics and sediment dynamics,
Renewable Energy, 129, pp.271-284, ISSN: 0960-1481. DOI:
10.1016/j.renene.2018.05.094.
Sandbach, SD, Nicholas, AP, Ashworth, PJ, Best, JL, Keevil, CE,
Parsons, DR, Prokocki, EW, Simpson, CJ (2018)
Hydrodynamic modelling of tidal-fluvial flows in a large river estuary,
Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science, 212, pp.176-188, ISSN: 0272-7714. DOI:
10.1016/j.ecss.2018.06.023.
Kostaschuk, R, Nasr-Azadani, MM, Meiburg, E, Wei, T, Chen, Z, Negretti, ME, Best, J, Peakall, J,
Parsons, DR (2018)
On the Causes of Pulsing in Continuous Turbidity Currents,
Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface, 123(11), pp.2827-2843, ISSN: 2169-9003. DOI:
10.1029/2018JF004719.
Wu, X, Baas, JH,
Parsons, DR, Eggenhuisen, J, Amoudry, L, Cartigny, M, McLelland, S, Mouazé, D, Ruessink, G (2018)
Wave Ripple Development on Mixed Clay-Sand Substrates: Effects of Clay Winnowing and Armoring,
Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface, 123(11), pp.2784-2801, ISSN: 2169-9003. DOI:
10.1029/2018JF004681.
van de Lageweg, WI, Braat, L,
Parsons, DR, Kleinhans, MG (2018)
Controls on mud distribution and architecture along the fluvialto- marine transition,
Geology, 46(11), pp.971-974, ISSN: 0091-7613. DOI:
10.1130/G45504.1.
Reesink, AJH,
Parsons, DR, Ashworth, PJ, Best, JL, Hardy, RJ, Murphy, BJ, McLelland, SJ, Unsworth, C (2018)
The adaptation of dunes to changes in river flow,
Earth-Science Reviews, 185, pp.1065-1087, ISSN: 0012-8252. DOI:
10.1016/j.earscirev.2018.09.002.
Unsworth, CA,
Parsons, DR, Hardy, RJ, Reesink, AJH, Best, JL, Ashworth, PJ, Keevil, GM (2018)
The Impact of Nonequilibrium Flow on the Structure of Turbulence Over River Dunes,
Water Resources Research, 54(9), pp.6566-6584, ISSN: 0043-1397. DOI:
10.1029/2017WR021377.
Lichtman, ID, Baas, JH, Amoudry, LO, Thorne, PD, Malarkey, J, Hope, JA, Peakall, J, Paterson, DM, Bass, SJ, Cooke, RD, Manning, AJ, Davies, AG,
Parsons, DR, Ye, L (2018)
Bedform migration in a mixed sand and cohesive clay intertidal environment and implications for bed material transport predictions,
Geomorphology, 315, pp.17-32, ISSN: 0169-555X. DOI:
10.1016/j.geomorph.2018.04.016.
Smith, GM, Williams, R, Rowley, PJ,
Parsons, DR (2018)
Investigation of variable aeration of monodisperse mixtures: implications for pyroclastic density currents,
Bulletin of Volcanology, 80(8), ISSN: 0258-8900. DOI:
10.1007/s00445-018-1241-1.
Hage, S, Cartigny, MJB, Clare, MA, Sumner, EJ, Vendettuoli, D, Clarke, JEH, Hubbard, SM, Talling, PJ, Gwyn Lintern, D, Stacey, CD, Englert, RG, Vardy, ME, Hunt, JE, Yokokawa, M,
Parsons, DR, Hizzett, JL, Azpiroz-Zabala, M, Vellinga, AJ (2018)
How to recognize crescentic bedforms formed by supercritical turbidity currents in the geologic record: Insights from active submarine channels,
Geology, 46(6), pp.563-566, ISSN: 0091-7613. DOI:
10.1130/G40095.1.
Hu, H, Wei, T, Yang, Z, Hackney, CR,
Parsons, DR (2018)
Low-angle dunes in the Changjiang (Yangtze) Estuary: Flow and sediment dynamics under tidal influence,
Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science, 205, pp.110-122, ISSN: 0272-7714. DOI:
10.1016/j.ecss.2018.03.009.
Van De Lageweg, WI, McLelland, SJ,
Parsons, DR (2018)
Quantifying biostabilisation effects of biofilm-secreted and extracted extracellular polymeric substances (EPSs) on sandy substrate,
Earth Surface Dynamics, 6(1), pp.203-215, ISSN: 2196-6311. DOI:
10.5194/esurf-6-203-2018.
Simmons, SM, McLelland, SJ,
Parsons, DR, Jordan, LB, Murphy, BJ, Murdoch, L (2018)
An investigation of the wake recovery of two model horizontal-axis tidal stream turbines measured in a laboratory flume with Particle Image Velocimetry,
Journal of Hydro-Environment Research, 19, pp.179-188, ISSN: 1570-6443. DOI:
10.1016/j.jher.2017.03.003.
Hackney, CR, Darby, SE,
Parsons, DR, Leyland, J, Aalto, R, Nicholas, AP, Best, JL (2018)
The influence of flow discharge variations on the morphodynamics of a diffluence–confluence unit on a large river,
Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, 43(2), pp.349-362, ISSN: 0197-9337. DOI:
10.1002/esp.4204.
Baynes, ER, Van de Lageweg, WI, McLelland, SJ,
Parsons, DR, Aberle, J, Dijkstra, JT, Henry, P-Y, Rice, S, Thom, M, Moulin, FY (2018)
Beyond equilibrium: Re-evaluating physical modelling of fluvial systems to represent climate changes,
Earth-Science Reviews, 181, pp.82-97, ISSN: 0012-8252. DOI:
10.1016/j.earscirev.2018.04.007.
Guo, B, Patton, R, Jin, S, Gilbert, J,
Parsons, D (2018)
Nonlinear modeling and verification of a heaving point absorber for wave energy conversion,
IEEE Transactions on Sustainable Energy, 9(1), pp.453-461, ISSN: 1949-3029. DOI:
10.1109/TSTE.2017.2741341.
Azpiroz-Zabala, M, Cartigny, MJB, Sumner, EJ, Clare, MA, Talling, PJ,
Parsons, DR, Cooper, C (2017)
A General Model for the Helical Structure of Geophysical Flows in Channel Bends,
Geophysical Research Letters, 44(23), pp.11-941, ISSN: 0094-8276. DOI:
10.1002/2017GL075721.
Simmons, SM,
Parsons, DR, Best, JL, Oberg, KA, Czuba, JA, Keevil, GM (2017)
An evaluation of the use of a multibeam echo-sounder for observations of suspended sediment,
Applied Acoustics, 126, pp.81-90, ISSN: 0003-682X. DOI:
10.1016/j.apacoust.2017.05.004.
Chapman, EC, O’Dell, AR, Meligi, NM,
Parsons, DR, Rotchell, JM (2017)
Seasonal expression patterns of clock-associated genes in the blue mussel Mytilus edulis,
Chronobiology International, 34(9), pp.1300-1314, ISSN: 0742-0528. DOI:
10.1080/07420528.2017.1363224.
Leyland, J, Hackney, CR, Darby, SE,
Parsons, DR, Best, JL, Nicholas, AP, Aalto, R, Lague, D (2017)
Extreme flood-driven fluvial bank erosion and sediment loads: direct process measurements using integrated Mobile Laser Scanning (MLS) and hydro-acoustic techniques,
Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, 42(2), pp.334-346, ISSN: 0197-9337. DOI:
10.1002/esp.4078.
Marjoribanks, T, Hardy, RJ, Lane, SN,
Parsons, DR (2017)
Does the canopy mixing layer model apply to highly flexible aquatic vegetation? Insights from numerical modelling,
Environmental Fluid Mechanics, ISSN: 1573-1510.
Azpiroz-Zabala, M, Cartigny, MJB, Talling, PJ,
Parsons, DR, Sumner, EJ, Clare, MA, Simmons, SM, Cooper, C, Pope, EL (2017)
Newly recognized turbidity current structure can explain prolonged flushing of submarine canyons,
Science Advances, 3(10), DOI:
10.1126/sciadv.1700200.
Konsoer, KM, Rhoads, BL, Best, JL, Langendoen, EJ, Abad, JD,
Parsons, DR, Garcia, MH (2016)
Three-dimensional flow structure and bed morphology in large elongate meander loops with different outer bank roughness characteristics,
Water Resources Research, 52(12), pp.9621-9641, ISSN: 0043-1397. DOI:
10.1002/2016WR019040.
Darby, SE, Hackney, CR, Leyland, J, Kummu, M, Lauri, H,
Parsons, DR, Best, JL, Nicholas, AP, Aalto, R (2016)
Fluvial sediment supply to a mega-delta reduced by shifting tropical-cyclone activity,
Nature, 539(7628), pp.276-279, ISSN: 0028-0836. DOI:
10.1038/nature19809.
Dorrell, RM, Peakall, J, Sumner, EJ,
Parsons, DR, Darby, SE, Wynn, RB, Özsoy, E, Tezcan, D (2016)
Flow dynamics and mixing processes in hydraulic jump arrays: Implications for channel-lobe transition zones,
Marine Geology, 381, pp.181-193, ISSN: 0025-3227. DOI:
10.1016/j.margeo.2016.09.009.
Hardy, RJ, Best, JL,
Parsons, DR, Marjoribanks, T (2016)
On the evolution and form of coherent flow structures over a gravel bed: insights from whole flow field visualization and measurement,
Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface, ISSN: 2169-9003. DOI:
10.1002/2015JF003753.
Parsons, DR, Schindler, RJ, Hope, JA, Malarkey, J, Baas, JH, Peakall, J, Manning, AJ, Ye, L, Simmons, S, Paterson, DM, Aspden, RJ, Bass, SJ, Davies, AG, Lichtman, ID, Thorne, PD (2016)
The role of biophysical cohesion on subaqueous bed form size,
Geophysical Research Letters, 43(4), pp.1566-1573, ISSN: 0094-8276. DOI:
10.1002/2016GL067667.
Yin, D, Peakall, J,
Parsons, D, Chen, Z, Averill, HM, Wignall, P, Best, J (2016)
Bedform genesis in bedrock substrates: Insights into formative processes from a new experimental approach and the importance of suspension-dominated abrasion,
Geomorphology, 255, pp.26-38, ISSN: 0169-555X. DOI:
10.1016/j.geomorph.2015.12.008.
Woodbridge, KP,
Parsons, DR, Heyvaert, VMA, Walstra, J, Frostick, LE (2016)
Characteristics of direct human impacts on the rivers Karun and Dez in lowland south-west Iran and their interactions with earth surface movements,
Quaternary International, 392, pp.315-334, ISSN: 1040-6182. DOI:
10.1016/j.quaint.2015.10.088.
Nicholas, AP, Smith, GHS, Amsler, ML, Ashworth, PJ, Best, JL, Hardy, RJ, Lane, SN, Orfeo, O,
Parsons, DR, Reesink, AJH, Sandbach, SD, Simpson, CJ, Szupiany, RN (2016)
The role of discharge variability in determining alluvial stratigraphy,
GEOLOGY, 44(1), pp.3-6, ISSN: 0091-7613. DOI:
10.1130/G37215.1.
Hackney, C, Best, J, Leyland, J, Darby, SE,
Parsons, D, Aalto, R, Nicholas, A (2015)
Modulation of outer bank erosion by slump blocks: Disentangling the protective and destructive role of failed material on the three-dimensional flow structure,
Geophysical Research Letters, 42(24), pp.10663-10670, ISSN: 0094-8276. DOI:
10.1002/2015GL066481.
Marjoribanks, TI, Hardy, RJ,
Parsons, DR (2015)
On validating predictions of plant motion in coupled biomechanical-flow models,
Journal of Hydraulic Research, 53(6), pp.808-813, ISSN: 0022-1686. DOI:
10.1080/00221686.2015.1110627.
Reesink, AJH, Van den Berg, JH,
Parsons, DR, Amsler, ML, Best, JL, Hardy, RJ, Orfeo, O, Szupiany, RN (2015)
Extremes in dune preservation: Controls on the completeness of fluvial deposits,
Earth-Science Reviews, 150, pp.652-665, ISSN: 0012-8252. DOI:
10.1016/j.earscirev.2015.09.008.
Marra, WA, McLelland, SJ,
Parsons, DR, Murphy, BJ, Hauber, E, Kleinhans, MG (2015)
Groundwater seepage landscapes from distant and local sources in experiments and on Mars,
Earth Surface Dynamics, 3(3), pp.389-408, ISSN: 2196-6311. DOI:
10.5194/esurf-3-389-2015.
Burpee, AP, Slingerland, RL, Edmonds, DA,
Parsons, D, Best, J, Cederberg, J, McGuffin, A, Caldwell, R, Nijhuis, A, Royce, J (2015)
Grain-size controls on the morphology and internal geometry of river-dominated deltas,
Journal of Sedimentary Research, 85(6), pp.699-714, ISSN: 1527-1404. DOI:
10.2110/jsr.2015.39.
Schindler, RJ,
Parsons, DR, Ye, L, Hope, JA, Baas, JH, Peakall, J, Manning, AJ, Aspden, RJ, Malarkey, J, Simmons, S, Paterson, DM, Lichtman, ID, Davies, AG, Thorne, PD, Bass, SJ (2015)
Sticky stuff: Redefining bedform prediction in modern and ancient environments,
Geology, 43(5), pp.399-402, ISSN: 0091-7613. DOI:
10.1130/G36262.1.
Skinner, CJ, Coulthard, TJ,
Parsons, DR, Ramirez, JA, Mullen, L, Manson, S (2015)
Simulating tidal and storm surge hydraulics with a simple 2D inertia based model, in the Humber Estuary, U.K,
Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science, 155, pp.126-136, ISSN: 0272-7714. DOI:
10.1016/j.ecss.2015.01.019.
Blettler, MCM, Amsler, ML, Ezcurra de Drago, I, Espinola, LA, Eberle, E, Paira, A, Best, JL,
Parsons, DR, Drago, EE (2015)
The impact of significant input of fine sediment on benthic fauna at tributary junctions: A case study of the Bermejo-Paraguay River confluence, Argentina,
Ecohydrology, 8(2), pp.340-352, ISSN: 1936-0584. DOI:
10.1002/eco.1511.
Riley, JD, Rhoads, BL,
Parsons, DR, Johnson, KK (2015)
Influence of junction angle on three-dimensional flow structure and bed morphology at confluent meander bends during different hydrological conditions,
Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, 40(2), pp.252-271, ISSN: 0197-9337. DOI:
10.1002/esp.3624.
Nijhuis, AG, Edmonds, DA, Caldwell, RL, Cederberg, JA, Slingerland, RL, Best, JL,
Parsons, DR, Robinson, RAJ (2015)
Fluvio-deltaic avulsions during relative sea-level fall,
Geology, 43(8), pp.719-722, ISSN: 0091-7613. DOI:
10.1130/G36788.1.
Malarkey, J, Baas, JH, Hope, JA, Aspden, RJ,
Parsons, DR, Peakall, J, Paterson, DM, Schindler, RJ, Ye, L, Lichtman, ID, Bass, SJ, Davies, AG, Manning, AJ, Thorne, PD (2015)
The pervasive role of biological cohesion in bedform development,
Nature Communications, 6, DOI:
10.1038/ncomms7257.
Marjoribanks, TI, Hardy, RJ, Lane, SN,
Parsons, DR (2014)
High-resolution numerical modelling of flow—vegetation interactions,
Journal of Hydraulic Research, 52(6), pp.775-793, ISSN: 0022-1686. DOI:
10.1080/00221686.2014.948502.
Peakall, J, Darby, SE, Dorrell, RM,
Parsons, DR, Sumner, EJ, Wynn, RB (2014)
Comment on “A simple model for vertical profiles of velocity and suspended sediment concentration in straight and curved submarine channels” by M. Bolla Pittaluga and J. Imran,
Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface, 119(9), pp.2070-2073, ISSN: 2169-9003. DOI:
10.1002/2014JF003211.
Wynn, RB, Huvenne, VAI, Le Bas, TP, Murton, BJ, Connelly, DP, Bett, BJ, Ruhl, HA, Morris, KJ, Peakall, J,
Parsons, DR, Sumner, EJ, Darby, SE, Dorrell, RM, Hunt, JE (2014)
Autonomous Underwater Vehicles (AUVs): Their past, present and future contributions to the advancement of marine geoscience,
Marine Geology, 352, pp.451-468, ISSN: 0025-3227. DOI:
10.1016/j.margeo.2014.03.012.
Thomas, RE, Johnson, MF, Frostick, LE,
Parsons, DR, Bouma, TJ, Dijkstra, JT, Eiff, O, Gobert, S, Henry, P-Y, Kemp, P, McLelland, SJ, Moulin, FY, Myrhaug, D, Neyts, A, Paul, M, Penning, WE, Puijalon, S, Rice, S, Stanica, A, Tagliapietra, D, Tal, M, Torum, A, Vousdoukas, MI (2014)
Physical modelling of water, fauna and flora: knowledge gaps, avenues for future research and infrastructural needs,
JOURNAL OF HYDRAULIC RESEARCH, 52(3), pp.311-325, ISSN: 0022-1686. DOI:
10.1080/00221686.2013.876453.
Marra, WA,
Parsons, DR, Kleinhans, MG, Keevil, GM, Thomas, RE (2014)
Near-bed and surface flow division patterns in experimental river bifurcations,
Water Resources Research, 50(2), pp.1506-1530, ISSN: 0043-1397. DOI:
10.1002/2013WR014215.
Sumner, EJ, Peakall, J, Dorrell, RM,
Parsons, DR, Darby, SE, Wynn, RB, McPhail, SD, Perrett, J, Webb, A, White, D (2014)
Driven around the bend: Spatial evolution and controls on the orientation of helical bend flow in a natural submarine gravity current,
Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 119(2), pp.898-913, DOI:
10.1002/2013JC009008.
Dorrell, RM, Darby, SE, Peakall, J, Sumner, EJ,
Parsons, DR, Wynn, RB (2014)
The critical role of stratification in submarine channels: Implications for channelization and long runout of flows,
Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 119(4), pp.2620-2641, DOI:
10.1002/2014JC009807.
Reesink, AJH, Ashworth, PJ, Sambrook Smith, GH, Best, JL,
Parsons, DR, Amsler, ML, Hardy, RJ, Lane, SN, Nicholas, AP, Orfeo, O, Sandbach, SD, Simpson, CJ, Szupiany, RN (2014)
Scales and causes of heterogeneity in bars in a large multi-channel river: Río Paraná, Argentina,
Sedimentology, 61(4), pp.1055-1085, ISSN: 0037-0746. DOI:
10.1111/sed.12092.
Marra, WA, Hauber, E, McLelland, SJ, Murphy, BJ,
Parsons, DR, Conway, SJ, Roda, M, Govers, R, Kleinhans, MG (2014)
Pressurized groundwater outflow experiments and numerical modeling for outflow channels on Mars,
Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets, 119(12), pp.2668-2693, ISSN: 2169-9097. DOI:
10.1002/2014JE004701.
Wei, T, Peakall, J,
Parsons, DR, Chen, Z, Zhao, B, Best, J (2013)
Three-dimensional gravity-current flow within a subaqueous bend: Spatial evolution and force balance variations,
Sedimentology, 60(7), pp.1668-1680, ISSN: 0037-0746. DOI:
10.1111/sed.12052.
Sumner, EJ, Peakall, J,
Parsons, DR, Wynn, RB, Darby, SE, Dorrell, RM, McPhail, SD, Perrett, J, Webb, A, White, D (2013)
First direct measurements of hydraulic jumps in an active submarine density current,
Geophysical Research Letters, 40(22), pp.5904-5908, ISSN: 0094-8276. DOI:
10.1002/2013GL057862.
Parsons, DR, Jackson, PR, Czuba, JA, Engel, FL, Rhoads, BL, Oberg, KA, Best, JL, Mueller, DS, Johnson, KK, Riley, JD (2013)
Velocity Mapping Toolbox (VMT): A processing and visualization suite for moving-vessel ADCP measurements,
Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, 38(11), pp.1244-1260, ISSN: 0197-9337. DOI:
10.1002/esp.3367.
Gutierrez, RR, Abad, JD,
Parsons, DR, Best, JL (2013)
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,
Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface, 118(3), pp.1400-1418, DOI:
10.1002/jgrf.20102.
Dorrell, RM, Darby, SE, Peakall, J, Sumner, EJ,
Parsons, DR, Wynn, RB (2013)
Superelevation and overspill control secondary flow dynamics in submarine channels,
Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 118(8), pp.3895-3915, DOI:
10.1002/jgrc.20277.
O'Neill, FG, Simmons, SM,
Parsons, DR, Best, JL, Copland, PJ, Armstrong, F, Breen, M, Summerbell, K (2013)
Monitoring the generation and evolution of the sediment plume behind towed fishing gears using a multibeam echosounder,
ICES Journal of Marine Science, 70(4), pp.892-903, ISSN: 1054-3139. DOI:
10.1093/icesjms/fst051.
Blanckaert, K, Kleinhans, MG, Mclelland, SJ, Uijttewaal, WSJ, Murphy, BJ, van de Kruijs, A,
Parsons, DR, Chen, Q (2013)
Flow separation at the inner (convex) and outer (concave) banks of constant-width and widening open-channel bends,
Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, 38(7), pp.696-716, ISSN: 0197-9337. DOI:
10.1002/esp.3324.
Parsons, DR and Best, J (2013)
Bedforms: Views and new perspectives from the third international workshop on Marine and River Dune Dynamics (MARID3),
Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, 38(3), pp.319-329, ISSN: 0197-9337. DOI:
10.1002/esp.3360.
Hobby, MJ, Thomas, RE, Gascoyne, M,
Parsons, DR, Keevil, GM, Peakall, J, Carrivick, JL (2013)
MEMS-integrated load cell for measuring pressure, erosion, and deposition in dynamic environmental flows,
IEEE Sensors Journal, 13(2), pp.492-500, ISSN: 1530-437X. DOI:
10.1109/JSEN.2012.2217953.
Sandbach, SD, Lane, SN, Hardy, RJ, Amsler, ML, Ashworth, PJ, Best, JL, Nicholas, AP, Orfeo, O,
Parsons, DR, Reesink, AJH, Szupiany, RN (2012)
Application of a roughness-length representation to parameterize energy loss in 3-D numerical simulations of large rivers,
Water Resources Research, 48(12), ISSN: 0043-1397. DOI:
10.1029/2011WR011284.
Szupiany, RN, Amsler, ML, Hernandez, J,
Parsons, DR, Best, JL, Fornari, E, Trento, A (2012)
Flow fields, bed shear stresses, and suspended bed sediment dynamics in bifurcations of a large river,
Water Resources Research, 48(11), ISSN: 0043-1397. DOI:
10.1029/2011WR011677.
Nicholas, AP, Sandbach, SD, Ashworth, PJ, Amsler, ML, Best, JL, Hardy, RJ, Lane, SN, Orfeo, O,
Parsons, DR, Reesink, AJH, Sambrook Smith, GH, Szupiany, RN (2012)
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,
Geomorphology, 169-170, pp.192-211, ISSN: 0169-555X. DOI:
10.1016/j.geomorph.2012.05.014.
Liu, X, Parker, G, Czuba, JA, Oberg, K, Mier, JM, Best, JL,
Parsons, DR, Ashmore, P, Krishnappan, BG, Garcia, MH (2012)
Sediment mobility and bed armoring in the St Clair River: Insights from hydrodynamic modeling,
Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, 37(9), pp.957-970, ISSN: 0197-9337. DOI:
10.1002/esp.3215.
Thomas, RE,
Parsons, DR, Sandbach, SD, Keevil, GM, Marra, WA, Hardy, RJ, Best, JL, Lane, SN, Ross, JA (2011)
An experimental study of discharge partitioning and flow structure at symmetrical bifurcations,
Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, 36(15), pp.2069-2082, ISSN: 0197-9337. DOI:
10.1002/esp.2231.
Czuba, JA, Best, JL, Oberg, KA,
Parsons, DR, Jackson, PR, Garcia, MH, Ashmore, P (2011)
Bed morphology, flow structure, and sediment transport at the outlet of Lake Huron and in the upper St. Clair River,
Journal of Great Lakes Research, 37(3), pp.480-493, ISSN: 0380-1330. DOI:
10.1016/j.jglr.2011.05.011.
Hardy, RJ, Best, JL,
Parsons, DR, Keevil, GM (2011)
On determining the geometric and kinematic characteristics of coherent flow structures over a gravel bed: A new approach using combined PLIF-PIV,
Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, 36(2), pp.279-284, ISSN: 0197-9337. DOI:
10.1002/esp.2118.
Parsons, DR, Peakall, J, Aksu, AE, Flood, RD, Hiscott, RN, Beşiktepe, S, Mouland, D (2010)
Gravity-driven flow in a submarine channel bend: Direct field evidence of helical flow reversal,
Geology, 38(12), pp.1063-1066, ISSN: 0091-7613. DOI:
10.1130/G31121.1.
Edmonds, D, Slingerland, R, Best, J,
Parsons, D, Smith, N (2010)
Response of river-dominated delta channel networks to permanent changes in river discharge,
Geophysical Research Letters, 37(12), ISSN: 0094-8276. DOI:
10.1029/2010GL043269.
Best, J, Simmons, S,
Parsons, D, Oberg, K, Czuba, J, Malzone, C (2010)
A new methodology for the quantitative visualization of coherent flow structures in alluvial channels using multibeam echo-sounding (MBES),
Geophysical Research Letters, 37(6), ISSN: 0094-8276. DOI:
10.1029/2009GL041852.
Simmons, SM,
Parsons, DR, Best, JL, Orfeo, O, Lane, SN, Kostaschuk, R, Hardy, RJ, West, G, Malzone, C, Marcus, J, Pocwiardowski, P (2010)
Monitoring suspended sediment dynamics using MBES,
Journal of Hydraulic Engineering, 136(1), pp.45-49, ISSN: 0733-9429. DOI:
10.1061/(ASCE)HY.1943-7900.0000110.
Shugar, DH, Kostaschuk, R, Best, JL,
Parsons, DR, Lane, SN, Orfeo, O, Hardy, RJ (2010)
On the relationship between flow and suspended sediment transport over the crest of a sand dune, Río Paraná, Argentina,
Sedimentology, 57(1), pp.252-272, ISSN: 0037-0746. DOI:
10.1111/j.1365-3091.2009.01110.x.
Kostaschuk, R, Shugar, D, Best, J,
Parsons, D, Lane, S, Hardy, R, Orfeo, O (2009)
Suspended sediment transport and deposition over a dune: Río Paraná, Argentina,
Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, 34(12), pp.1605-1611, ISSN: 0197-9337. DOI:
10.1002/esp.1847.
Szupiany, RN, Amsler, ML,
Parsons, DR, Best, JL (2009)
Morphology, flow structure, and suspended bed sediment transport at two large braid-bar confluences,
Water Resources Research, 45(5), ISSN: 0043-1397. DOI:
10.1029/2008WR007428.
Kay, P, Armstrong, A, McDonald, A,
Parsons, D, Best, J, Peakall, J, Walker, A, Foulger, M, Gledhill, S, Tillotson, M (2009)
A pilot study of the efficacy of residuum lodges for managing sediment delivery to impoundment reservoirs,
Water and Environment Journal, 23(1), pp.52-62, ISSN: 1747-6585. DOI:
10.1111/j.1747-6593.2008.00111.x.
Smith, GHS, Ashworth, PJ, Best, JL, Lunt, IA, Orfeo, O,
Parsons, DR (2009)
The sedimentology and alluvial architecture of a large braid bar, río paraná, argentina,
Journal of Sedimentary Research, 79(8), pp.629-642, ISSN: 1527-1404. DOI:
10.2110/jsr.2009.066.
Lane, SN,
Parsons, DR, Best, JL, Orfeo, O, Kostaschuk, RA, Hardy, RJ (2008)
Causes of rapid mixing at a junction of two large rivers: Río Paraná and Río Paraguay, Argentina,
Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface, 113(2), DOI:
10.1029/2006JF000745.
Corney, RKT, Peakall, J,
Parsons, DR, Elliott, L, Best, JL, Thomas, RE, Keevil, GM, Ingham, DB, Amos, KJ (2008)
Reply to discussion of Imran et al. on "The orientation of helical flow in curved channels" by Corney et al, Sedimentology, vol. 53, pp. 249-257,
Sedimentology, 55(1), pp.241-247, ISSN: 0037-0746. DOI:
10.1111/j.1365-3091.2007.00925.x.
Szupiany, RN, Amsler, ML, Best, JL,
Parsons, DR (2007)
Comparison of fixed- and moving-vessel flow measurements with an aDp in a large river,
Journal of Hydraulic Engineering, 133(12), pp.1299-1309, ISSN: 0733-9429. DOI:
10.1061/(ASCE)0733-9429(2007)133:12(1299).
Hardy, RJ, Lane, SN, Ferguson, RI,
Parsons, DR (2007)
Emergence of coherent flow structures over a gravel surface: A numerical experiment,
Water Resources Research, 43(3), ISSN: 0043-1397. DOI:
10.1029/2006WR004936.
Parsons, DR, Best, JL, Lane, SN, Orfeo, O, Hardy, RJ, Kostaschuk, R (2007)
Form roughness and the absence of secondary flow in a large confluence-diffluence, Rio Paraná, Argentina,
Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, 32(1), pp.155-162, ISSN: 0197-9337. DOI:
10.1002/esp.1457.
Corney, RKT, Peakall, J,
Parsons, DR, Elliott, L, Amos, KJ, Best, JL, Keevil, GM, Ingham, DB (2006)
The orientation of helical flow in curved channels,
Sedimentology, 53(2), pp.249-257, ISSN: 0037-0746. DOI:
10.1111/j.1365-3091.2006.00771.x.
Thorne, P,
Parsons, D, Best, J (2006) Sounding out our coastlines and rivers,
Planet Earth, (SPRING), pp.12-13, ISSN: 1479-2605.
Parsons, DR, Best, JL, Orfeo, O, Hardy, RJ, Kostaschuk, R, Lane, SN (2005)
Morphology and flow fields of three-dimensional dunes, Rio Paraná, Argentina: Results from simultaneous multibeam echo sounding and acoustic Doppler current profiling,
Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface, 110(4), DOI:
10.1029/2004JF000231.
Keylock, CJ, Hardy, RJ,
Parsons, DR, Ferguson, RI, Lane, SN, Richards, KS (2005)
The theoretical foundations and potential for large-eddy simulation (LES) in fluvial geomorphic and sedimentological research,
Earth-Science Reviews, 71(3-4), pp.271-304, ISSN: 0012-8252. DOI:
10.1016/j.earscirev.2005.03.001.
Parsons, DR, Wiggs, GFS, Walker, IJ, Ferguson, RI, Garvey, BG (2004)
Numerical modelling of airflow over an idealised transverse dune,
Environmental Modelling and Software, 19(2), pp.153-162, ISSN: 1364-8152. DOI:
10.1016/S1364-8152(03)00117-8.
Parsons, DR (2003)
Discussion of “three-dimensional numerical study of flows in open-channel junctions”,
Journal of Hydraulic Engineering, 129(10), pp.822-823, ISSN: 0733-9429. DOI:
10.1061/(ASCE)0733-9429(2003)129:10(822).
Hardy, RJ, Lane, SN, Ferguson, RI,
Parsons, DR (2003)
Assessing the credibility of a series of computational fluid dynamic simulations of open channel flow,
Hydrological Processes, 17(8), pp.1539-1560, ISSN: 0885-6087. DOI:
10.1002/hyp.1198.
Ferguson, RI,
Parsons, DR, Lane, SN, Hardy, RJ (2003)
Flow in meander bends with recirculation at the inner bank,
Water Resources Research, 39(11), ISSN: 0043-1397. DOI:
10.1029/2003WR001965.
PARSONS, D, PENNYCOTT, T, STOCKDALE, B (1991)
VETERINARY PIGEON GROUP,
VETERINARY RECORD, 128(14), pp.340-340, ISSN: 0042-4900. DOI:
10.1136/vr.128.14.340.
PARSONS, DG (1989)
PALEOECOLOGY OF FORAMINIFERID ASSEMBLAGES ACROSS LATE CRETACEOUS PHOSPHOGENIC CYCLES, SOUTH WEST ATLAS, MOROCCO,
PALAEOGEOGRAPHY PALAEOCLIMATOLOGY PALAEOECOLOGY, 69(3-4), pp.193-212, ISSN: 0031-0182. DOI:
10.1016/0031-0182(89)90164-8.
