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Leonard S. Sklar

Leonard S. Sklar

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Earth Science

D-Index
42
Citations
9995
World Ranking
5137
National Ranking
249

Overview

Leonard S. Sklar is affiliated with Concordia University in Canada. Their research spans Environmental Science and Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a focus on the subfields of Ecology, Soil Science, Earth-Surface Processes, Atmospheric Science, and Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law.

The scientist's work addresses key topics such as Hydrology and Sediment Transport Processes, Soil erosion and sediment transport, Geological formations and processes, Landslides and related hazards, Geology and Paleoclimatology Research, Freshwater macroinvertebrate diversity and ecology, and Fire effects on ecosystems.

Sklar has contributed to multiple publications, including recent papers that cover a range of subjects. Some notable papers include:

  • Forest vulnerability to drought controlled by bedrock composition (2022) published in Nature Geoscience
  • The ghosts of ecosystem engineers: Legacy effects of biogenic modifications (2022) published in Functional Ecology
  • A Mechanistic Model for Lateral Erosion of Bedrock Channel Banks by Bedload Particle Impacts (2020) published in Journal of Geophysical Research Earth Surface
  • Subsurface Weathering Revealed in Hillslope-Integrated Porosity Distributions (2020) published in Geophysical Research Letters
  • Downvalley fining of hillslope sediment in an alpine catchment: implications for downstream fining of sediment flux in mountain rivers (2020) published in Earth Surface Processes and Landforms

Their frequently collaborating co-authors include:

  • C. S. Riebe
  • Tingan Li
  • Jeremy G. Venditti
  • Lindsey K. Albertson
  • Benjamin B. Tumolo

Leonard S. Sklar's work has been published repeatedly in several key venues, including:

  • Abstracts with programs - Geological Society of America
  • Journal of Geophysical Research Earth Surface
  • Earth Surface Processes and Landforms
  • Geophysical Research Letters
  • Earth Surface Dynamics

Best Publications

  • Sediment and rock strength controls on river incision into bedrock

    Leonard S. Sklar;William E. Dietrich

  • A method for quantifying vulnerability, applied to the agricultural system of the Yaqui Valley, Mexico

    Amy L Luers;Amy L Luers;David B Lobell;David B Lobell;Leonard S Sklar;C.Lee Addams

  • A mechanistic model for river incision into bedrock by saltating bed load

    Leonard S. Sklar;William E. Dietrich

  • River Longitudinal Profiles and Bedrock Incision Models: Stream Power and the Influence of Sediment Supply

    Leonard Sklar;William E. Dietrich

  • Geomorphic transport laws for predicting landscape form and dynamics

    William E. Dietrich;Dino G. Bellugi;Leonard S. Sklar;Jonathan D. Stock

  • Experimental evidence for the conditions necessary to sustain meandering in coarse-bedded rivers

    Christian A. Braudrick;William E. Dietrich;Glen T. Leverich;Leonard S. Sklar

  • Connectivity as an emergent property of geomorphic systems

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

  • Interplay of sediment supply, river incision, and channel morphology revealed by the transient evolution of an experimental bedrock channel

    Noah J. Finnegan;Noah J. Finnegan;Leonard S. Sklar;Theodore K. Fuller;Theodore K. Fuller

  • The role of sediment in controlling steady-state bedrock channel slope : Implications of the saltation-abrasion incision model

    Leonard S. Sklar;William E. Dietrich

  • A model for fluvial bedrock incision by impacting suspended and bed load sediment

    Michael P. Lamb;William E. Dietrich;Leonard S. Sklar

  • Hillslope evolution by nonlinear creep and landsliding: An experimental study

    Joshua J. Roering;James W. Kirchner;Leonard S. Sklar;William E. Dietrich

  • Field measurements of incision rates following bedrock exposure: Implications for process controls on the long profiles of valleys cut by rivers and debris flows

    Jonathan D. Stock;David R. Montgomery;Brian D. Collins;William E. Dietrich

  • The problem of predicting the size distribution of sediment supplied by hillslopes to rivers

    Leonard S. Sklar;Clifford S. Riebe;Jill A. Marshall;Jill A. Marshall;Jennifer Genetti

  • Response of bed surface patchiness to reductions in sediment supply

    Peter A. Nelson;Jeremy G. Venditti;William E. Dietrich;James W. Kirchner;James W. Kirchner;James W. Kirchner

  • Transport slopes, sediment cover, and bedrock channel incision in the Henry Mountains, Utah

    Joel Peterson Johnson;Kelin X. Whipple;Leonard S. Sklar;Thomas C. Hanks

  • New insights into the mechanics of fluvial bedrock erosion through flume experiments and theory

    Michael P. Lamb;Noah J. Finnegan;Joel S. Scheingross;Leonard S. Sklar

  • Sediment supply and relative size distribution effects on fine sediment infiltration into immobile gravels

    John K. Wooster;Scott R. Dusterhoff;Yantao Cui;Leonard S. Sklar

  • Translation and dispersion of sediment pulses in flume experiments simulating gravel augmentation below dams

    Leonard S. Sklar;Jessica Fadde;Jeremy G. Venditti;Jeremy G. Venditti;Peter Nelson

  • Chemical weathering as a mechanism for the climatic control of bedrock river incision

    Brendan P. Murphy;Joel P. L. Johnson;Nicole M. Gasparini;Leonard S. Sklar

  • Mobilization of coarse surface layers in gravel-bedded rivers by finer gravel bed load

    J. G. Venditti;W. E. Dietrich;P. A. Nelson;M. A. Wydzga

  • Fluvial features on Titan: Insights from morphology and modeling

    Devon M. Burr;J. Taylor Perron;Michael P. Lamb;Rossman P. Irwin

  • Urban recharge beneath low impact development and effects of climate variability and change

    Michelle E. Newcomer;Jason J. Gurdak;Leonard S. Sklar;Leora Nanus

Frequent Co-Authors

William E. Dietrich
William E. Dietrich University of California, Berkeley
Jeremy G. Venditti
Jeremy G. Venditti Simon Fraser University
David L. Shuster
David L. Shuster University of California, Berkeley
Kelin X. Whipple
Kelin X. Whipple Arizona State University
Bradley J. Cardinale
Bradley J. Cardinale Pennsylvania State University
Joshua J. Roering
Joshua J. Roering University of Oregon
John C. Stella
John C. Stella SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry
Michael P. Lamb
Michael P. Lamb California Institute of Technology
David B. Lobell
David B. Lobell Stanford University

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