Monitoring and Research:
Geomorphic Assessment Resources

Information useful for the geomorphic assessment of Maryland's streams and rivers can be found at web sites hosted by DNR, other state agencies, federal agencies, and universities in the region.

Topographic and Geologic Mapping Resources

Maryland Environmental Resources and Land Information Network, Md DNR http://www.mdmerlin.net/

USGS mapping resources, U.S. Geological Survey http://mapping.usgs.gov/

Geology and physiographic province maps of Maryland, Maryland Geological Survey http://www.mgs.md.gov/esic/brochures/mdgeology.html

Near-surface rock types in Virginia and Maryland, U.S. Geological Survey http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/of01-187/

Geology of the Mid Atlantic Corridor, U.S. Geological Survey. http://pubs.usgs.gov/fs/fs184-97/

Hydrology Links and Technical Reports

Real-time streamflow data for Maryland. U.S. Geological Survey (MD, DE, D.C.). http://waterdata.usgs.gov/md/nwis/rt

Current weather conditions in the Baltimore/Washington region. National Weather Service Forcasting Office, National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration. http://www.erh.noaa.gov/lwx/

Technique for estimating magnitude and frequency of peak flows in Maryland, U.S. Geological Survey, Water Resources Division (MD, DE, D.C.) http://md.water.usgs.gov/publications/wrir-97-4279/

Low flow characteristics of streams in Maryland and Delaware, U.S. Geological Survey (MD, DE, D.C.) http://md.water.usgs.gov/publications/abstract/wrir-94-4020.html

Evaluation of the stream gaging network in Maryland, U.S. Geological Survey (MD, DE, D.C.) http://md.water.usgs.gov/publications/fs-97-126/

Hydrology of floods, U.S. Geological Survey, Water Resources Division (MD, DE, D.C.) http://md.water.usgs.gov/faq/floods.html

Applied Fluvial Geomorphology Investigations and Supporting Documents

Stream corridor restoration handbook, Federal Interagency Stream Corridor Restoration Working Group.

Chapter 2: Stream corridor processes and characteristics http://www.nrcs.usda.gov/technical/stream_restoration/PDFFILES/CHAPTER2.pdf

Chapter 3: Analysis of corridor condition http://www.nrcs.usda.gov/technical/stream_restoration/PDFFILES/CHAPTER7.pdf

Sediment Analyses and Supporting Documents

A summary report of sediment processes in the Chesapeake Bay and Watershed. USGS Water Resources Investigations Report 03-4123. http://pa.water.usgs.gov/reports/wrir03-4123.pdf

Nutrient and suspended-sediment concentrations, trends, loads, and yields from the nontidal part of the Susquehanna, Potomac, Patuxent, and Choptank Rivers, U.S. Geological Survey, 1985-96 http://md.water.usgs.gov/publications/wrir-98-4177/

Changes in the sediment budget and stream channel geometry as a result of suburban develoment of the Good Hope Tributary watershed, Colesville, Maryland (1951-1996), Nick Almendinger, University of Delaware. http://www.geology.udel.edu/~nicholas/documents/thesis.PDF

Approaches for the estimation of the effective sediment discharge, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. http://libweb.wes.army.mil/uhtbin/hyperion/CHL-TR-00-15.pdf (1.5 MB, 61 pp) and (0.5 MB, 10pp) http://chl.wes.army.mil/library/publications/hetn/hetn-ii-4.pdf (0.5 MB, 10pp)

Hydrology, Hydraulics, Geomorphology Models (Software)

Hydrology and Hydraulics

Hydrologic Engineering Center surface water and sediment modeling software, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers http://www.hec.usace.army.mil/

GIS Hydro, University of Maryland, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering http://www.gishydro.umd.edu/

Sediment Transport

SAM hydraulic design package documentation, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers http://chl.wes.army.mil/software/sam/docs.htp

Bank, Erosion, and Hillslope Stability Models

Channel bank stability and toe erosion model, USDA Agricultural Research Service. http://www.ars.usda.gov/Research/docs.htm?docid=5044

Water erosion prediction project, USDA Agricultural Research Service http://topsoil.nserl.purdue.edu/nserlweb/weppmain/wepp.html

Institutions conducting research on the geomorphology of streams and rivers in Maryland

University of Maryland – Baltimore County, Department of Geography and Environmental Systems
Contact: Andrew Miller, http://www.umbc.edu/ges/people/miller.htm

University of Maryland, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Contact: Glenn Moglen
http://www.ence.umd.edu/~moglen/

University of Maryland, Department of Geology
Contact: Karen Prestegaard
http://www.geol.umd.edu/pages/faculty/PRESTEGAARD/prestegaard.html

Palmer Lab, University of Maryland, Department of Entomology
Contact: Margaret Palmer, http://www.palmerlab.umd.edu/

University of Delaware, Department of Geology
Contact: Jim Pizzuto
http://www.udel.edu/geology/Pizzuto/jphome.html

Johns Hopkins University, Department of Geography and Environmental Engineering
Contact: Peter Wilcock
http://www.jhu.edu/~dogee/people/faculty/wilcock.html

National Center for Earth-surface Dynamics, St. Anthony Falls, Minnesota
Contact: Peter Wilcock, Johns Hopkins Unversity, http://www.nced.umn.edu/

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