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GARY PARKER, Professor, University of Minnesota
<br />Office: CivE 151 SAFL 301 IN
<br />Phone: (612) 625 -2397 (612) 627 -4012
<br />Fax: (612) 626 - 7750,0
<br />E -mail: parke002 @tc.unm.edu U
<br />Web: http: / /www.ce.umn.edu/— parker
<br />Research Interests:
<br />Major research interests are river mechanics and morphology, sediment transport and two -phase solid fluid
<br />flow. Current efforts focus on downstream grain size change in gravel rivers, migration of meander bends
<br />in sand bed rivers, formation of submarine alluvial fans due to sediment deposition from turbidity currents,
<br />evolution of channel cross - sectional shape, and nonlinear erodible bed mechanics. A major research goal is
<br />to use the fundamental techniques of fluid mechanics and applied mathematics to treat interesting
<br />geomorphological problems. Related special research includes mechanics of river meandering; oceanic
<br />turbidity currents; sorting of mixed grain sediment by fluvial processes; bank erosion and protection using
<br />permeable dikes and vegetation; and reservoir sedimentation. Development of a mechanistic understanding
<br />of the processes involved with sediment transport in rivers and the ocean environment, and the
<br />morphologies they create, is of prime importance. River meander migration research has led to the
<br />development of computer models that predict channel shift and can therefore be used in the design of
<br />floodplain structures such as bridges, intakes, etc. In addition, research on depositional submarine fans has
<br />been found useful to oil companies as a means of helping locate oil deposits. Dr. Parker conducts his
<br />research at St. Anthony Falls Laboratory.
<br />Selected Publications:
<br />Experiments on downstream fining ofgravel. II: Wide and sandy runs. Toro- Escobar, C., C. Paola, G.
<br />Parker, P. Wilcock, and J. Southard (2000). J. Hydraulic Engrg., 26(3):198 -208.
<br />The curious case of mobility reversal in sediment mixtures. L. Solari and G. Parker (2000). J. Hydraulic
<br />Engrg., 126(3):185 -197.
<br />Probabilistic Exner sediment continuity equation for mixtures with no active layer. G. Parker, C. Paola,
<br />and S. Leclair (2000). J. Hydraulic Engrg., 126(11):818 -826.
<br />Linear stability analysis of channel inception: Downstream- driven theory. Izumi, N. and G. Parker
<br />(2000).J. Fluid Mechanics, 419:239 -262.
<br />Experiments on the relative mobility of muddy subaqueous subaerial debris flows, and their capacity to
<br />remobilize antecedent deposits. Mohrig. D., A. Elverhoi, and G. Parker (1999). Marine Geology, 154:117-
<br />129.
<br />Progress in the modeling of alluvial fans. Parker, G. (1999). J. Hydraulic Research, 37(6).
<br />A nonlinear model of flow in meandering submarine and subaerial channels. Imran, J., G. Parker, and C.
<br />Pirmez (1999). J. Fluid Mechanics, 400:295 -331.
<br />Advances in sediment transport processes and fluvial morphology, in
<br />Gravel -Bed Rivers in the Environment, Chapt. 2, 7 -14. Parker, G. (1999).
<br />The Fly River, Papua New Guinea: Inferences about river dynamics, floodplain sedimentation and fate of
<br />sediment, in Varieties of Fluvial Form. Dietrich, W., G. Day, and G. Parker (1999).A. Miller and A. Gupta
<br />(eds.), John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
<br />Alluvial fans formed by channelized fluvial and sheet flow: Application. Parker, G., C. Paola, K.
<br />Whipple, D. Mohrig, C. Toro - Escobar, M. Halverson, T. Skoglund (1998). J. Hydraulic Engrg.,
<br />124(10):996 -1004.
<br />Channel dynamics, sediment transport, and the slope of alluvial fans: Experimental study. Whipple, K.,
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