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Francis J. Magilligan

Francis J. Magilligan

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Earth Science

D-Index
44
Citations
7095
World Ranking
4724
National Ranking
1803

Overview

Francis J. Magilligan is affiliated with Dartmouth College in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on environmental science and agricultural and biological sciences, with a specialization in soil science, ecology, global and planetary change, water science and technology, and civil and structural engineering. The scientist's work spans across several key topics including soil erosion and sediment transport, hydrology and sediment transport processes, hydrology and watershed management studies, flood risk assessment and management, hydraulic flow and structures, climate variability and models, as well as remote sensing and LiDAR applications.

Magilligan has contributed to numerous publications, with a significant presence in the journal Geomorphology. Other frequent venues include the Journal of Geophysical Research Earth Surface, Abstracts with programs - Geological Society of America, Hydrological Processes, and Science.

Their recent papers include:

  • Rapid changes to global river suspended sediment flux by humans, 2022, Science
  • Toward Improved Accuracy of Remote Sensing Approaches for Quantifying Suspended Sediment: Implications for Suspended-Sediment Monitoring, 2020, Journal of Geophysical Research Earth Surface
  • Spatially coherent regional changes in seasonal extreme streamflow events in the United States and Canada since 1950, 2020, Science Advances
  • A global rise in alluvial mining increases sediment load in tropical rivers, 2023, Nature
  • The impact of run-of-river dams on sediment longitudinal connectivity and downstream channel equilibrium, 2020, Geomorphology

Frequent collaborators include Carl E. Renshaw, Evan N. Dethier, Keith H. Nislow, Jordan Fields, and Christian M. Erikson. The most common co-authoring relationship is with Carl E. Renshaw, with whom Magilligan has worked on 20 publications. Evan N. Dethier is also a regular co-author with 11 shared works.

Best Publications

  • Changes in hydrologic regime by dams

    Francis J. Magilligan;Keith H. Nislow

  • Rapid changes to global river suspended sediment flux by humans

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  • Connectivity as an emergent property of geomorphic systems

    Ellen Wohl;Gary Brierley;Daniel Cadol;Tom J. Coulthard

  • Thresholds and the spatial variability of flood power during extreme floods

    Francis J. Magilligan

  • Dam removal: Listening in

    Melissa M. Foley;James Bellmore;James E. O'Connor;Jeffrey J. Duda

  • River restoration by dam removal: Enhancing connectivity at watershed scales

    F.J. Magilligan;B.E. Graber;K.H. Nislow;J.W. Chipman

  • “You kill the dam, you are killing a part of me”: Dam removal and the environmental politics of river restoration

    Coleen A. Fox;Francis J. Magilligan;Christopher S. Sneddon

  • The efficacy of stream power and flow duration on geomorphic responses to catastrophic flooding

    F.J. Magilligan;E.M. Buraas;C.E. Renshaw

  • Scale-independent assessment of discharge reduction and riparian disconnectivity following flow regulation by dams

    Francis J. Magilligan;Keith H. Nislow;Brian E. Graber

  • Geomorphic and Sedimentological Controls on the Effectiveness of an Extreme Flood

    Francis J. Magilligan;Jonathan D. Phillips;L. Allan James;Basil Gomez

  • Historical Floodplain Sedimentation in the Galena River Basin, Wisconsin and Illinois

    Francis J. Magilligan

  • Thinking across the divide: perspectives on the conversations between physical and human geography

    Stephan Harrison;Doreen Massey;Keith Richards;Francis J Magilligan

  • Determining the effects of dams on subdaily variation in river flows at a whole‐basin scale

    Julie K. H. Zimmerman;Benjamin H. Letcher;Keith H. Nislow;Kimberly A. Lutz

  • Sediment characteristics of an extreme flood: 1993 upper Mississippi River valley

    Basil Gomez;L. A. K. Mertes;J. D. Phillips;F. J. Magilligan

  • Stream Channel Adjustments Following Elimination of Cattle Grazing

    Francis J. Magilligan;Patricia F. McDowell

  • Immediate changes in stream channel geomorphology, aquatic habitat, and fish assemblages following dam removal in a small upland catchment

    F.J. Magilligan;K.H. Nislow;B.E. Kynard;A.M. Hackman

  • Stormy geomorphology: geomorphic contributions in an age of climate extremes

    Larissa A. Naylor;Tom Spencer;Stuart N. Lane;Stephen E. Darby

  • Hydroclimatological and geomorphic controls on the timing and spatial variability of floods in New England, USA

    Francis J. Magilligan;Brian E. Graber

  • Impact of reach geometry on stream channel sensitivity to extreme floods

    Eirik M. Buraas;Carl E. Renshaw;Francis J. Magilligan;William B. Dade

  • LONG‐TERM CHANGES IN REGIONAL HYDROLOGIC REGIME FOLLOWING IMPOUNDMENT IN A HUMID‐CLIMATE WATERSHED

    Francis J. Magilligan;Keith H. Nislow

  • Floodplain sedimentation and sensitivity: summer 1993 flood, Upper Mississippi River Valley

    Basil Gomez;J. D. Phillips;F. J. Magilligan;L. A. James

Frequent Co-Authors

Keith H. Nislow
Keith H. Nislow US Forest Service
Basil Gomez
Basil Gomez University of Hawaii at Manoa
Mark G. Macklin
Mark G. Macklin University of Lincoln
Norman D. Smith
Norman D. Smith University of Nebraska–Lincoln
Laurence C. Smith
Laurence C. Smith Brown University
James B. Garvin
James B. Garvin Goddard Space Flight Center
Jon J. Major
Jon J. Major United States Geological Survey
Jonathan D. Phillips
Jonathan D. Phillips University of Kentucky
Stuart N. Lane
Stuart N. Lane University of Lausanne
Benjamin C. Bostick
Benjamin C. Bostick Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory

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