Gordan Grant

Associate Professor (Courtesy)
Fluvial Geomorphology

321 Richardson Hall
Oregon State University
Corvallis, OR 97331

• Office: 321 Richardson Hall
• Phone: 541-750-7328
• Fax: 541-737-1393

• B.A., 1977, University of Oregon Honors College, Eugene, OR
• Ph.D. 1986, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD

Structure and dynamics of mountain streams; watershed and stream responses to changing land use and climate; effects of dams and dam removal on rivers.

Co P.I. for joint USFS/OSU research group evaluating effects of altered streamflow and sediment/wood transport regimes due to land use and climate change on stream channels and riparian zones. Research utilizes an integrated approach based on retrospective studies from long-term streamflow, sediment, and climate datasets, computer-based simulation and modelling of hydrologic and geomorphic processes over a range of watershed scales, detailed field and laboratory studies of specific channel and watershed processes, remote sensing of watersheds, using aerial and satellite imagery linked to GIS databases.

1. National Science Foundation - Environmental Protection Agency, "Establishing correlations between upland forest management practices and the economic consequences of stream turbidity in municipal supply watersheds," 10/97-9/00, $315,000.
2. USFS, "New Tools and Concepts for Watershed Analysis," Northwest Forest Plan Implementation, 1994-2001, $280,000.
3. Portland General Electric, “Effects of Dams and Dam Operations on Gravel Transport, Quality, and Channel Morphology in the Deschutes River,” 1/94-1/98, $220,000.

1. Braudrick, C. and Grant, G.E. [In press]. Transport and deposition of large woody debris in streams: a flume experiment. Geomorphology.
2. Duan, J. and Grant, G.E. 2000. Shallow landslide delineation for steep forest watersheds based on topographic attributes and probability analysis. In Wilson, J. P., and Gallant, J. C., eds, Terrain Analysis Methods for the Environmental Sciences. Cambridge, UK, GeoInformation International.
3. Braudrick, C. and Grant, G.E. 2000. When do logs move in rivers? Water Resources Research, 36:571-583.
4. Duan, J., Selker, J., and Grant, G.E. 1998. Evaluation of stochastic daily precipitation models for western Pacific Northwest, United States. Water Resources Bulletin, 34:617-627
5. Braudrick, C., Grant, G.E., Ishikawa, Y. and Ikeda, H. 1998. Dynamics of woody debris transport in alluvial channels: a flume experiment. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, 22:669-683.
6. Grant, G.E. 1997. Critical flow constrains flow hydraulics in mobile-bed streams: a new hypothesis. Water Resources Research, 33: 349-358.
7. Grant, G.E., 1997. A geomorphic basis for intepreting the hydrologic behavior of large river basins. In River Quality: Dynamics and Restoration (A. Laenan, ed), CRC Lewis Publishers, p. 105-116
8. Wemple, B.C., Jones, J.A., and Grant, G.E. 1996. Channel network extension by logging roads in two basins, western Cascades, Oregon. Water Resources Bulletin. 32: 1195-1207.
9. Jones, J.A. and G.E. Grant. 1996. Long-term stormflow responses to clearcutting and roads in small and large basins, western Cascades, Oregon. Water Resources Research. 32:959-974.
10. Grant, G.E. and F.J. Swanson. 1995. Morphology and processes of valley floors in mountain streams, western Cascades, Oregon, p. 83-101. In J.E. Costa, A.J. Miller, K.W. Potter, and P.R. Wilcock (eds.), Natural and Antropogenic Influences in Fluvial Geomorphology: the Wolman Volume. Geophysical Monograph No. 89, American Geophysical Union, Washington, D.C.
11. Montgomery, D.R., G.E. Grant, and K. Sullivan. 1995. Watershed analysis as a framework for implementing ecosystem management. Water Resources Bulletin 31:(3):369-386.
12. Grant, G.E. and A.L. Wolff. 1991. Long-term patterns of sediment transport after timber harvest, western Cascade Mountains, Oregon, USA, p. 31-40. In D.E. Walling and N. Peters (eds.), Sediment and Stream Water Quality in a Changing Environment, Proc. Vienna IAHS Symposium, International Association of Hydrological Sciences Publ. No. 203, Oxfordshire, U.K.
13. Grant, G.E., F.J. Swanson, and M.G. Wolman. 1990. Pattern and origin of stepped-bed morphology in high-gradient streams, Western Cascades, Oregon. Bulletin of the Geological Society of America 102:340-352.