I grew up going to Popham Beach and its wilder neighbor across the outlet of the Morse River, part of the Morse Mountain Conservation Area maintained by Bates College. In late February, 2010, the Morse River became a state-wide news highlight (in the paper and on the radio) after it avulsed at its outlet during…
Read MoreOn sinuosity (a discursive recap)
Sinuosity sneaked up on me. A couple of miles north of Portland, Maine, there is a mudflat visible from 295, northbound, just before the highway bridge over the Presumpscot River into Falmouth. (I’ve shown it here in Slide 1, via Google Earth.) The mudflat hosts an incised channel that takes a dramatic hook near its…
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The Environmental Dynamics Lab (EDL) 