NERC-NSFGEO: The impact of cohesive material on critical shear stress in gravel bed rivers — NSF Award to Regents of the Universit
Accurately predicting sediment transport is critical for infrastructure management, flood-risk assessment, river restoration, and predictions of habitat for aquatic organisms. Sediment transport predictions are often inaccurate partly because of uncertainties in estimating the onset of gravel motion. Cohesive material
| Award title | NERC-NSFGEO: The impact of cohesive material on critical shear stress in gravel bed rivers |
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| Award ID | 2554489 |
| Awardee | Regents of the University of Idaho |
| City | MOSCOW |
| State | ID |
| Amount obligated | $167,470 |
| Principal investigator | Elowyn Yager |
| Program | WaLCZ-Water, Land, & Crit Zone |
| Start date | 02/01/2026 |
| Abstract | Accurately predicting sediment transport is critical for infrastructure management, flood-risk assessment, river restoration, and predictions of habitat for aquatic organisms. Sediment transport predictions are often inaccurate partly because of uncertainties in estimating the onset of gravel motion. Cohesive material such as clay, microbial biofilms, and biological silks from aquatic organisms can affect the onset of gravel motion but are often neglected. A combination of laboratory experiments |
| Source | NSF Awards |
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