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Southern Utah University: Cedar City, UT, US

2019-08-16 to present | Assistant Professor (Department of Geosciences)
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University of Wyoming: Laramie, WY, US

2017-08-23 to 2019-08-16 | Visiting Assistant Professor (Department of Geography)
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U.S. Geological Survey: Flagstaff, AZ, US

2013-07-01 to 2017-08-23 | Research Hydrologist (Grand Canyon Monitoring and Research Center)
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Education and qualifications (3)

University of Colorado Boulder: Boulder, CO, US

2007 to 2012 | PhD (Geography)
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University of Colorado Boulder: Boulder, CO, US

2000 to 2002 | MA (Geography)
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University of Wisconsin Madison: Madison, WI, US

1996 to 2000 | BS (Geology and Geophysics)
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Works (27)

Implementation of Controlled Floods for Sediment Management on the Colorado River in Grand Canyon Under Aridification

River Research and Applications
2025-02 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1002/rra.4374
Contributors: Paul E. Grams; David J. Topping; Gerard Salter; Katherine A. Chapman; Robert B. Tusso; Erich R. Mueller
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Evidence for littoral convergence and sediment delivery to Mattole submarine canyon, Northern California

Frontiers in Earth Science
2024-08-19 | Journal article
DOI: 10.3389/feart.2024.1377997
Part of ISSN: 2296-6463
Contributors: Sarah T. Joerger; M. Elliot Smith; Daniel Buscombe; Erich R. Mueller
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Geomorphic response of low-gradient, meandering and braided alluvial river channels to increased sediment supply

Earth-Science Reviews
2023-06 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.earscirev.2023.104429
Part of ISSN: 0012-8252
Contributors: John T. Kemper; Sara L. Rathburn; Erich R. Mueller; Ellen Wohl; Julianne Scamardo
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Snow drought and monsoon floods—hydrological extremes in the Cedar Valley watershed during water year 2021, southwestern Utah

Geology of the Intermountain West
2023-03-17 | Journal article
DOI: 10.31711/giw.v10.pp93-111
Part of ISSN: 2380-7601
Contributors: Erich Mueller; Garrett Sudweeks; Shadrach Ashton; Micah Olson
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Multi-decadal sandbar response to flow management downstream from a large dam—The Glen Canyon Dam on the Colorado River in Marble and Grand Canyons, Arizona

2022 | Report
DOI: 10.3133/pp1873
Contributors: Joseph E. Hazel, Jr.; Matthew A. Kaplinski; Daniel Hamill; Daniel Buscombe; Erich R. Mueller; Robert P. Ross; Keith Kohl; Paul E. Grams
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Fingerprinting historical tributary contributions to floodplain sediment using bulk geochemistry

CATENA
2022-07 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.catena.2022.106231
Part of ISSN: 0341-8162
Contributors: John T. Kemper; Sara L. Rathburn; Jonathan M. Friedman; John M. Nelson; Erich R. Mueller; Kirk R. Vincent
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Effects of flow regulation and drought on geomorphology and floodplain habitat along the Colorado River in Canyonlands National Park, Utah

River Research and Applications
2022-06 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1002/rra.4014
Part of ISSN: 1535-1459
Contributors: Paul E. Grams; Eric Head; Erich R. Mueller
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Strandlines from large floods on the Colorado River in Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona

2021 | Report
DOI: 10.3133/sir20215048
Contributors: Thomas A. Sabol; Ronald E. Griffiths; David J. Topping; Erich R. Mueller; Robert B. Tusso; Joseph E. Hazel, Jr.
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Sediment‐ecological connectivity in a large river network

Earth Surface Processes and Landforms
2021-11-14 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1002/esp.5277
Part of ISSN: 0197-9337
Part of ISSN: 1096-9837
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A Morphodynamic Model to Evaluate Long‐Term Sandbar Rebuilding Using Controlled Floods in the Grand Canyon

Geophysical Research Letters
2021-05-16 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1029/2021GL093007
Contributors: Erich R. Mueller; Paul E. Grams
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Estimating the contribution of tributary sand inputs to controlled flood deposits for sandbar restoration using elemental tracers, Colorado River, Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona

GSA Bulletin
2020-10-28 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1130/b35642.1
Part of ISSN: 0016-7606
Part of ISSN: 1943-2674
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Seeking the Shore: Evidence for Active Submarine Canyon Head Incision Due to Coarse Sediment Supply and Focusing of Wave Energy

Geophysical Research Letters
2018-11-28 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1029/2018GL080396
Contributors: M. Elliot Smith; Samuel H. Werner; Daniel Buscombe; Noah J. Finnegan; Esther J. Sumner; Erich R. Mueller
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Long‐Term Evolution of Sand Transport Through a River Network: Relative Influences of a Dam Versus Natural Changes in Grain Size From Sand Waves

Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface
2018-08 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1029/2017JF004534
Contributors: David J. Topping; Erich R. Mueller; John C. Schmidt; Ronald E. Griffiths; David J. Dean; Paul E. Grams
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Variability in eddy sandbar dynamics during two decades of controlled flooding of the Colorado River in the Grand Canyon

Sedimentary Geology
2018-01 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.sedgeo.2017.11.007
Contributors: Erich R. Mueller; Paul E. Grams; Joseph E. Hazel, Jr.; John C. Schmidt
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Durable Terrestrial Bedrock Predicts Submarine Canyon Formation

Geophysical Research Letters
2017-10-28 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1002/2017GL075139
Contributors: M. Elliot Smith; Noah J. Finnegan; Erich R. Mueller; Rebecca J. Best
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Climate, wildfire, and erosion ensemble foretells more sediment in western USA watersheds

Geophysical Research Letters
2017-09-16 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1002/2017GL073979
Contributors: Joel B. Sankey; Jason Kreitler; Todd J. Hawbaker; Jason L. McVay; Mary Ellen Miller; Erich R. Mueller; Nicole M. Vaillant; Scott E. Lowe; Temuulen T. Sankey
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Geomorphic change and sediment transport during a small artificial flood in a transformed post-dam delta: The Colorado River delta, United States and Mexico

Ecological Engineering
2016-09 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoleng.2016.08.009
Contributors: Erich R. Mueller; John C. Schmidt; David J. Topping; Patrick B. Shafroth; Jesús Eliana Rodríguez-Burgueño; Jorge Ramírez-Hernández; Paul E. Grams
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Lithology-controlled evolution of stream bed sediment and basin-scale sediment yields in adjacent mountain watersheds, Idaho, USA

Earth Surf. Process. Landforms
2016-04 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1002/esp.3955
Contributors: Erich R. Mueller; Elliot M. Smith; John Pitlick
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The influence of controlled floods on fine sediment storage in debris fan-affected canyons of the Colorado River basin

Geomorphology
2014 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2014.07.029
Contributors: Erich R. Mueller; Paul E. Grams; John C. Schmidt; Joseph E. Hazel; Jason S. Alexander; Matt Kaplinski
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Sediment supply and channel morphology in mountain river systems: 2. Single thread to braided transitions

J. Geophys. Res. Earth Surf.
2014-07 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1002/2013jf003045
Contributors: Erich R. Mueller; John Pitlick
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Monitoring and research to describe geomorphic effects of the 2011 controlled flood on the Green River in the Canyon of Lodore, Dinosaur National Monument, Colorado and Utah

Scientific Investigations Report
2014-04-01 | Other
DOI: 10.3133/sir20145022
Contributors: Erich R. Mueller; Paul E. Grams; John C. Schmidt; Joseph E. Hazel; Matt Kaplinski; Jason A. Alexander; Keith Kohl
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Sediment supply and channel morphology in mountain river systems: 1. Relative importance of lithology, topography, and climate

J. Geophys. Res. Earth Surf.
2013-11-11 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1002/2013jf002843
Contributors: Erich R. Mueller; John Pitlick
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Differences in Sediment Supply to Braided and Single-Thread River Channels: What Do the Data Tell Us?

Gravel-Bed Rivers
2012-02 | Other
DOI: 10.1002/9781119952497.ch35
Contributors: John Pitlick; Erich R. Mueller; Catalina Segura
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Relation between flow, surface‐layer armoring and sediment transport in gravel‐bed rivers

Earth Surf. Process. Landforms
2008-07 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1002/esp.1607
Contributors: John Pitlick; Erich R. Mueller; Catalina Segura; Robert Cress; Margaret Torizzo
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Elevated weathering rates in the Rocky Mountains during the Early Eocene Climatic Optimum

Nature Geosci
2008-05 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1038/ngeo205
Contributors: M. Elliot Smith; Alan R. Carroll; Erich R. Mueller
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Morphologically based model of bed load transport capacity in a headwater stream

J. Geophys. Res.
2005 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1029/2003jf000117
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Variation in the reference Shields stress for bed load transport in gravel-bed streams and rivers

Water Resour. Res.
2005-04 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1029/2004wr003692
Contributors: Erich R. Mueller; John Pitlick; Jonathan M. Nelson
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