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  • 2017 - Fellow of American Geophysical Union (AGU)

Overview

Michael P. Lamb is affiliated with the California Institute of Technology in the United States. Their research covers a broad range within Earth and Planetary Sciences and Environmental Science, contributing extensively to both fields.

The scientist's primary research topics include:

  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
  • Geological formations and processes
  • Hydrology and Sediment Transport Processes
  • Planetary Science and Exploration
  • Landslides and related hazards
  • Astro and Planetary Science
  • Soil erosion and sediment transport

They have published in various subfields with particular emphasis on:

  • Atmospheric Science
  • Earth-Surface Processes
  • Ecology
  • Astronomy and Astrophysics
  • Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law

Michael P. Lamb has contributed to several research articles with notable examples including:

  • "Mud in rivers transported as flocculated and suspended bed material" (2020), published in Nature Geoscience
  • "Decreasing Landslide Erosion on Steeper Slopes in Soil-Mantled Landscapes" (2020), published in Geophysical Research Letters
  • "Amplification of downstream flood stage due to damming of fine-grained rivers" (2022), published in Nature Communications
  • "Accelerated river avulsion frequency on lowland deltas due to sea-level rise" (2020), published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • "Entrainment and suspension of sand and gravel" (2020), published in Earth Surface Dynamics

The scientist frequently collaborates with other researchers, including:

  • Woodward W. Fischer
  • Madison M. Douglas
  • Austin J. Chadwick
  • Gen Li
  • A. Joshua West

Key publication venues for their work include:

  • Journal of Geophysical Research Planets
  • Journal of Geophysical Research Earth Surface
  • Geophysical Research Letters
  • Abstracts with programs - Geological Society of America
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)

Recognition of their contributions includes receiving the title of Fellow of the American Geophysical Union (AGU) in 2017.

Best Publications

  • Deposition, exhumation, and paleoclimate of an ancient lake deposit, Gale crater, Mars.

    J.P. Grotzinger;S. Gupta;M. C. Malin;D.M. Rubin

  • Is the critical Shields stress for incipient sediment motion dependent on channel‐bed slope?

    Michael P. Lamb;William E. Dietrich;Jeremy G. Venditti

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

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

  • Can springs cut canyons into rock

    Michael P. Lamb;Alan D. Howard;Joel Johnson;Kelin X. Whipple

  • Spatial and temporal trends for water-flow velocity and bed-material sediment transport in the lower Mississippi River

    Jeffrey A. Nittrouer;John Shaw;Michael P. Lamb;David Mohrig

  • Backwater and river plume controls on scour upstream of river mouths: Implications for fluvio‐deltaic morphodynamics

    Michael P. Lamb;Jeffrey A. Nittrouer;David Mohrig;John Shaw

  • A physical model for seismic noise generation from sediment transport in rivers

    Victor C. Tsai;Brent Minchew;Michael P. Lamb;Jean-Paul Ampuero

  • Backwater controls of avulsion location on deltas

    Phairot Chatanantavet;Michael P. Lamb;Jeffrey A. Nittrouer

  • Rapid formation of a modern bedrock canyon by a single flood event

    Michael P. Lamb;Mark A. Fonstad

  • Large wind ripples on Mars: A record of atmospheric evolution

    M. G. A. Lapotre;R. C. Ewing;M. P. Lamb;W. W. Fischer

  • A physical model for seismic noise generation by turbulent flow in rivers

    Florent Gimbert;Victor C. Tsai;Michael P. Lamb

  • Do hyperpycnal-flow deposits record river-flood dynamics?

    Michael P. Lamb;David Mohrig

  • O2 constraints from Paleoproterozoic detrital pyrite and uraninite

    Jena E. Johnson;Aya Gerpheide;Aya Gerpheide;Michael P. Lamb;Woodward W. Fischer

  • 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

  • The persistence of waterfalls in fractured rock

    Michael P. Lamb;William E. Dietrich

  • A model for fire-induced sediment yield by dry ravel in steep landscapes

    Michael P. Lamb;Joel S. Scheingross;William H. Amidon;Erika Swanson

  • Testing morphodynamic controls on the location and frequency of river avulsions on fans versus deltas: Huanghe (Yellow River), China

    Vamsi Ganti;Zhongxin Chu;Michael P. Lamb;Jeffrey A. Nittrouer

  • Valley formation and methane precipitation rates on Titan

    J. Taylor Perron;Michael P. Lamb;Charles D. Koven;Inez Y. Fung

  • Deposits from Wave-Influenced Turbidity Currents: Pennsylvanian Minturn Formation, Colorado, U.S.A.

    M. P. Lamb;P. M. Myrow;C. Lukens;K. Houck

  • Deltaic deposits at Aeolis Dorsa: Sedimentary evidence for a standing body of water on the northern plains of Mars

    Roman A. DiBiase;Ajay B. Limaye;Joel S. Scheingross;Woodward W. Fischer

  • Formation of Box Canyon, Idaho, by megaflood: implications for seepage erosion on Earth and Mars.

    Michael P. Lamb;William E. Dietrich;Sarah M. Aciego;Donald J. DePaolo

  • Growth and form of the mound in Gale Crater, Mars: Slope wind enhanced erosion and transport

    Edwin S. Kite;Kevin W. Lewis;Michael P. Lamb;Claire E. Newman

Frequent Co-Authors

Woodward W. Fischer
Woodward W. Fischer California Institute of Technology
Ryan C. Ewing
Ryan C. Ewing Texas A&M University
William E. Dietrich
William E. Dietrich University of California, Berkeley
Kevin W. Lewis
Kevin W. Lewis Johns Hopkins University
David M. Rubin
David M. Rubin University of California, Santa Cruz
John P. Grotzinger
John P. Grotzinger California Institute of Technology
Gary Parker
Gary Parker University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Jeremy G. Venditti
Jeremy G. Venditti Simon Fraser University
Sanjeev Gupta
Sanjeev Gupta Imperial College London
David Mohrig
David Mohrig The University of Texas at Austin

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