PUBLICATIONS

Clevis, Q., Tucker, G.E., Lock, G., Lancaster, S.T., Gasparini, N.M., Desitter, A. and Bras, R.L., 2006, Geoarchaeological simulation of meandering river deposits and settlement distributions; a three-dimensional approach, GeoArchaeology, vol. 21, pp 843-874. (pdf)

Gasparini, N.M., Bras, R.L., and Whipple, K.X., 2006, Numerical modeling of non-steady-state river profile evolution using a sediment-flux-dependent incision model, in Tectonics, climate and landscape evolution’, S. Willett, N. Hovius, M. Brandon & D. Fisher, eds., GSA Special Paper 398, Penrose Conference Series, Geological Society of America, pp 127-141. (pdf)

Clevis, Q., Tucker, G.E., Lancaster, S.T., Desitter, A., Gasparini, N.M., and Lock, G., 2006, A simple algorithm for the mapping of TIN data onto a static grid; Applied to the stratigraphic simulation of river meander deposits, Computers and Geosciences, v. 32, p. 749-766. (pdf)

Gasparini, N.M., Tucker, G.E. and Bras, R.L., 2004, Network-scale dynamics of grain-size sorting: Implications for downstream fining, stream-profile concavity, and drainage basin morphology, Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, v. 29, p. 401-421. (pdf)

Niemann, J.D., Gasparini, N.M., Tucker, G.E., and Bras, R.L., 2001, A quantitative evaluation of Playfair's Law and its use in testing long-term stream erosion models, Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, v. 26, p. 1317-1332. (pdf)

Tucker, G.E., Lancaster, S.T., Gasparini, N.M., Bras, R.L., and Rybarczyk, S.M., 2001, An object-oriented framework for distributed hydrologic and geomorphic modeling using triangulated irregular networks, Computers and Geosciences, v. 27, p. 959-973. (pdf)

Tucker, G.E., Lancaster, S.T., Gasparini, N.M., and Bras, R.L., The Channel-Hillslope Integrated Landscape Development (CHILD) Model, in Landscape Erosion and Evolution Modeling, edited by R.S. Harmon and W.W. I. Doe, pp 349-388, Kluwer Acad., New York, 2001. (pdf)

Gasparini, N.M., Tucker, G.E., and Bras, R.L., 1999, Downstream fining through selective particle sorting in an equilibrium drainage network: Geology, v. 27, p. 1079-1082. (abstract)

MANUSCRIPTS

Accepted

Gasparini, N.M., Whipple, K.X., and Bras, R.L., Predictions of steady-state and transient landscape morphology using sediment-flux-dependent river incision models, accepted to JGR Earth Surface.

In review

Crosby, B.T., Whipple, K.X., Gasparini, N.M., and Wobus, C.W., Formation of Fluvial Hanging Valleys: Theory and Simulation, Submitted to JGR Earth Surface.

Gasparini, N.M., Bras, R.L., and Tucker, G.E., Numerical predictions of the sensitivity of grain-size and channel slope to changes in precipitation, submitted book chapter to River Confluences, Tributaries, and Fluvial Networks.

To be submitted

Gasparini, N.M. and Brandon, M.T. The influence of variable sediment flux and uplift rate on channel steepness in the Clearwater Drainage, Washington.

Gasparini, N.M. and Brandon, M.T. A power-law approximation for fluvial incision by tools and bed coverage processes: implications for the growth of mountain belts.

TECHNICAL REPORTS & THESES

Gasparini, N.M. (2003) Equilibrium and transient morphologies of river networks: Discriminating among fluvial erosion models. Ph.D. thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Tucker, G.E., Gasparini, N.M., and Bras, R.L. (2001) Modeling the 3D stratigraphic context of prehistoric sites: A new approach using process-based computer simulation, in Zeidler, J.A., ed., Dynamic modeling of landscape evolution and archaeological site distributions: A three-dimensional approach, Center for Environmental Management of Military Lands Technical Report CEMML TPS 01-8.

Tucker, G.E., Gasparini, N.M, Bras, R.L., and Lancaster, S.L. (1999) A 3D computer simulation model of drainage basin and floodplain evolution: Theory and applications, Technical report prepared for U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Construction Engineering Research Laboratory.

Gasparini, N.M. Erosion and deposition of multiple grain sizes in a landscape evolution model. SM thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Tucker, G.E., Gasparini, N.M., Lancaster, S.T., and Bras, R.L. (1997) An integrated hillslope and channel evolution model as an investigation and prediction tool, Technical Report prepared for U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Construction Engineering Research Laboratories.

ARTICLES

Gasparini, N. M., The Office of Technology Assessment: Bureaucratic waste or undervalued resource?, GSA Today, v. 16, no. 11, pp 20-21.

Gasparini, N. M., Feedbacks Between Science and Policy: Do they exist?, GSA Today, v. 16, no. 6, pp 58-59.

Gasparini, N.M., Toto, I’m not in Kansas Anymore: A Geologist’s Observations of Capitol Hill, GSA Today, v. 16, no. 3, pp. 16-17.