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Overview

Ray Kostaschuk is affiliated with Simon Fraser University in Canada and conducts research primarily in the fields of Environmental Science, Earth and Planetary Sciences, and Engineering. Their scholarly work focuses on various aspects of Earth-surface processes, hydrology, sediment transport, and related engineering concerns.

Their research topics include:

  • Hydrology and Sediment Transport Processes
  • Geological formations and processes
  • Aeolian processes and effects
  • Landslides and related hazards
  • Soil erosion and sediment transport
  • Tailings Management and Properties
  • Flood Risk Assessment and Management

Kostaschuk has published in a number of peer-reviewed venues, with frequent publications in:

  • Journal of Geophysical Research Earth Surface
  • Geology
  • Sedimentology

Selected recent papers authored or co-authored by Kostaschuk include:

  • The Influence of Slipface Angle on Fluvial Dune Growth, 2021, Journal of Geophysical Research Earth Surface
  • Erosion, deposition and contamination by high-magnitude subaqueous debris flows and turbidity currents: Insights from the failure of a tailings dam near Quesnel Lake, British Columbia, 2020, Sedimentology
  • Why do large, deep rivers have low-angle dune beds?: REPLY, 2020, Geology
  • Dune Geometry and the Associated Hydraulic Roughness in the Fluvial to Tidal Transition Zone of the Fraser River at Low River Flow, 2024, Journal of Geophysical Research Earth Surface
  • ERRATUM: Why do large, deep rivers have low-angle dune beds?, 2020, Geology

Kostaschuk frequently collaborates with other researchers including Jeremy G. Venditti, R. W. Bradley, A.J.F. Hoitink, Suleyman Naqshband, and David Hurther, with multiple coauthored publications highlighting ongoing partnerships.

Their subfields of study focus on:

  • Earth-Surface Processes
  • Ecology
  • Civil and Structural Engineering
  • Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law
  • Soil Science

Best Publications

  • Resuspension of sediment-associated Escherichia coli in a natural stream.

    Rob C. Jamieson;Douglas M. Joy;H. Lee;R. Kostaschuk

  • Morphology and flow fields of three-dimensional dunes, Rio Paraná, Argentina: Results from simultaneous multibeam echo sounding and acoustic Doppler current profiling

    Daniel R. Parsons;James L. Best;Oscar Orfeo;Richard J. Hardy

  • FLOW AND SEDIMENT TRANSPORT OVER LARGE SUBAQUEOUS DUNES : FRASER RIVER, CANADA

    Ray Kostaschuk;Paul Villard

  • Transport and deposition of sediment-associated Escherichia coli in natural streams.

    Rob Jamieson;Doug M. Joy;Hung Lee;Ray Kostaschuk

  • An experimental study of turbulent flow over a low-angle dune

    Jim Best;Ray Kostaschuk

  • Measuring flow velocity and sediment transport with an acoustic Doppler current profiler

    Ray Kostaschuk;James Leonard Best;Paul Villard;Jeff Peakall

  • Depositional process and alluvial fan-drainage basin morphometric relationships near banff, Alberta, Canada

    R. A. Kostaschuk;G. M. Macdonald;P. E. Putnam

  • Form roughness and the absence of secondary flow in a large confluence–diffluence, Rio Paraná, Argentina

    Daniel R. Parsons;James Leonard Best;Stuart N. Lane;Oscar Orfeo

  • Identification of debris flow hazard on alluvial fans in the Canadian Rocky Mountains

    Lionel E. Jackson;R. A. Kostaschuk;G. M. MacDonald

  • Causes of rapid mixing at a junction of two large rivers: Río Paraná and Río Paraguay, Argentina

    Stuart N. Lane;Daniel R. Parsons;James L. Best;Oscar Orfeo

  • Macroturbulence generated by dunes: Fraser River, Canada

    R.A. Kostaschuk;M.A. Church

  • Whole flow field dynamics and velocity pulsing within natural sediment-laden underflows

    James L. Best;Ray A. Kostaschuk;Jeffrey Peakall;Paul V. Villard

  • A field study of turbulence and sediment dynamics over subaqueous dunes with flow separation

    Ray Kostaschuk

  • Measuring velocity and shear stress over dunes with acoustic Doppler profiler

    Ray Kostaschuk;Paul Villard;James Leonard Best

  • Bedforms, bed material, and bedload transport in a salt-wedge estuary: Fraser River, British Columbia

    R. A. Kostaschuk;M. A. Church;J. L. Luternauer

  • Initiation and evolution of gullies along the shoreline of Lake Huron

    M.B. Burkard;R.A. Kostaschuk

  • Patterns and controls of gully growth along the shoreline of Lake Huron

    M. B. Burkard;R. A. Kostaschuk

  • On the relationship between flow and suspended sediment transport over the crest of a sand dune, Río Paraná, Argentina

    Dan H. Shugar;Ray Kostaschuk;James L. Best;Daniel R. Parsons

  • Rates of floodplain accretion in a tropical island river system impacted by cyclones and large floods

    James P Terry;Sitaram Garimella;Ray A Kostaschuk

  • Persistence of enteric bacteria in alluvial streams

    R C Jamieson;D M Joy;H Lee;R Kostaschuk

Frequent Co-Authors

James Leonard Best
James Leonard Best University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Daniel R. Parsons
Daniel R. Parsons University of Hull
Stuart N. Lane
Stuart N. Lane University of Lausanne
Jeremy G. Venditti
Jeremy G. Venditti Simon Fraser University
Zhongyuan Chen
Zhongyuan Chen East China Normal University
Jeff Peakall
Jeff Peakall University of Leeds
Michael Church
Michael Church University of British Columbia
Mead A. Allison
Mead A. Allison Tulane University
Robert Gordon
Robert Gordon Wilfrid Laurier University
Hung Lee
Hung Lee University of Guelph

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