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Dr. Wilcox's research focuses on erosion and river sedimentation processes and their role in stream restoration and river management, laboratory and field experiments in sediment transport, open-channel flow, fluvial and hillslope geomorphology.

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Dr. Wilcox's research focuses on erosion and river sedimentation processes and their role in stream restoration and river management, laboratory and field experiments in sediment transport, open-channel flow, fluvial and hillslope geomorphology.

Present	Professor, Utah State University ‐ Watershed Sciences
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Erosion and sediment processes and their application to stream restoration and watershed management, Mechanics of earth surface processes, Sediment transport, Open-channel flow, and Fluvial and hillslope geomorphology

American Geophysical Union, Fellow (2013)
American Society of Civil Engineers, Hans Albert Einstein Award (2008)
National Science Foundation, Graduate Fellow, 1978 to 1982
U. Illinois, Highest University Honors (top 3%), Highest Departmental Distinction

Mountaintop Mining Consequences

Peter Richard Wilcock

There has been a global, 30-year increase in surface mining (1), which is now the dominant driver of land-use change ...

Physical basis for quasi-universal relations describing bankfull hydraulic geometry of ...

Journal of Geophysical Research (2007)

Peter Richard Wilcock

We examine relations for hydraulic geometry of alluvial, single-thread gravel bed rivers with definable bankfull geometries. Four baseline data sets ...

Surface-based Transport Model for Mixed-Size Sediment

Journal of Hydraulic Engineering (2003)

Peter R. Wilcock

We present a transport model for mixed sand/gravel sediments. Fractional transport rates are referenced to the size distribution of the ...

Surface‐based fractional transport rates: Mobilization thresholds and partial transport ...

Water Resources Research (1993)

Peter Richard Wilcock

Twenty‐eight coupled observations of flow, transport, and bed surface grain size distribution were made in a laboratory flume using a ...

Reviewed Journal Articles (80)

Power of Environmental Observatories for Advancing Multidisciplinary Research, Outreach, and ...

Water Resources Research (2019)

Peter Richard Wilcock

Observatory‐scale data collection efforts allow unprecedented opportunities for integrative, multidisciplinary investigations in large, complex watersheds, which can affect management decisions ...

Simulation Model for Collaborative Decision Making on Sediment Source Reduction ...

Water Resources Research (2019)

Peter Richard Wilcock

We developed a watershed sediment source and delivery model for use in evaluating conservation trade‐offs in southern Minnesota, where sediment ...

Topographic filtering simulation model for sediment source apportionment

Geomorphology (2018)

Peter Richard Wilcock

We propose a Topographic Filtering simulation model (Topofilter) that can be used to identify those locations that are likely to ...

Changes in floodplain inundation under nonstationary hydrology for an adjustable ...

Water Resources Research (2017)

Peter Richard Wilcock

Predicting the frequency and aerial extent of flooding in river valleys is essential for infrastructure design, environmental management, and risk ...

Channel response to sediment release: insights from a paired analysis ...

Earth Surface Processes and Landforms (2017)

Peter Richard Wilcock

Dam removals with unmanaged sediment releases are good opportunities to learn about channel response to abruptly increased bed material supply. ...

Decline of the world's saline lakes

Nature Geoscience (2017)

Peter Richard Wilcock

Many of the world's saline lakes are shrinking at alarming rates, reducing waterbird habitat and economic benefits while threatening human ...

Experimental study of the effect of grain sizes in a ...

Water Resources Researcy (2017)

Peter Richard Wilcock

When fine sediment is added to a coarse-grained system, the mobility and composition of the bed can change dramatically. We ...

Interplay between spatially explicit sediment sourcing, hierarchical river-network structure, and ...

Journal of Geophysical Research (2017)

Peter Richard Wilcock

Understanding how sediment moves along source to sink pathways through watersheds—from hillslopes to channels and in and out of floodplains—is ...

Near‐Channel Versus Watershed Controls on Sediment Rating Curves

JGR Earth Surface (2017)

Peter Richard Wilcock

Predicting riverine suspended sediment flux is a fundamental problem in geomorphology, with important implications for water quality, land and water ...

Comment on “Climate and agricultural land use change impacts on ...

Water Resources Research (2016)

Peter Richard Wilcock

The paper “Climate and agricultural land use change impacts on streamflow in the upper midwestern United States” by Satish C. ...

Comment on “Climate and agricultural land use change impacts on ...

Water Resources Research (2016)

Peter Richard Wilcock

This comment cautions against dismissing agricultural practices as a significant cause of hydrologic change in Midwestern agricultural landscapes.

Large eddy simulation of turbulence and solute transport in a ...

Journal of Geophysical Research (2016)

Peter Richard Wilcock

The large eddy simulation (LES) module of the Virtual StreamLab (VSL3D) model is applied to simulate the flow and transport ...

Can Rapid Assessment Protocols Be Used to Judge Sediment Impairment ...

Journal of the American Water Resources Association (2015)

Peter Richard Wilcock

Land management agencies commonly use rapid assessments to evaluate the impairment of gravel-bed streams by sediment inputs from anthropogenic sources. ...

Multi-Fraction Bayesian Sediment Transport Model

Journal of Marine Science and Engineering (2015)

Peter Richard Wilcock

A Bayesian approach to sediment transport modeling can provide a strong basis for evaluating and propagating model uncertainty, which can ...

Upland sediment supply and its relation to watershed sediment delivery ...

Geomorphology (2015)

Peter Richard Wilcock

We use sediment accumulation in ponds and reservoirs to examine upland sediment sources and sinks in the Piedmont physiographic region ...

Continental-scale relationship between bankfull width and drainage area for single-thread ...

Water Resources Research (2014)

Peter Richard Wilcock

We explore the bankfull width (Wbf) versus drainage area (Ada) relationship across a range of climatic and geologic environments and ...

Defining a Stream Restoration Body of Knowledge as a Basis ...

Journal of Hydraulic Engineering (2014)

Peter Richard Wilcock

Transport of fine sediment over a coarse, immobile riverbed

Journal of Geophysical Research (2014)

Peter Richard Wilcock

Sediment transport in cobble-boulder rivers consists mostly of fine sediment moving over a coarse, immobile bed. Transport rate depends on ...

Bayesian Optimization Framework for Cost-Effective Control and Research of Non-Point-Source ...

Journal of Water Resources Planning and Management (2013)

Peter Richard Wilcock

Rural nonpoint sources of water pollution are particularly difficult to control, with relatively little progress having been made compared to ...

Experimental study of the response of a gravel streambed to ...

Earth Surface Processes and Landforms (2013)

Peter Richard Wilcock

If increased sediment supply to a river channel exceeds its transport capacity, deposition necessarily occurs as the bed adjusts to ...

StreamLab Collaboratory: Experiments, data sets, and research synthesis

Water Resources Research (2013)

Peter Richard Wilcock

A series of community‐led, large‐scale laboratory experiments, termed “StreamLab”, were performed by the National Center for Earth‐surface Dynamics (NCED) with ...