James Leonard Best

Professor

UIUC

Affiliations

College of Liberal Arts & Sciences

School of Earth, Society & Environment

Department of Earth Science & Environmental Change

Department of Geography & Geographic Information Science

James Leonard Best is currently serving as a College Of Liberal Arts & Sciences Professor at Uiuc.

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James Leonard Best

UIUC

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sediment transport sedimentology earth science civil engineering geomorphology sediment research environmental fluid mechanics fluid flow geography fluvial process hydraulic research fluid dynamics hydrological process sedimentation hydrology sediment process fluid mechanics depositional process stratigraphy geology environmental science aeolian process turbulence modeling flow physics hydraulic engineering sedimentary geology river basin management water resources coastal research computational fluid dynamics marine geology environmental fluid dynamics experimental geomorphology flood risk management fluid science flow measurement palaeogeography unsteady flows geophysical flows environmental flows basin evolution sediment-water interaction water resource management boundary layers river restoration debris flows barchan dunes engineering geology sedimentary record turbulent flow ecohydrology hydrodynamic stability coastal geomorphology particle-laden flows ocean engineering acoustical oceanography bed morphology coastal process marine hydrodynamics coastal deposit suspended sediment sedimentary petrology coherent flow structures applied geomorphology contourite system large river south saskatchewan river turbulence structure coherent flow jamuna river rock record river dunes bed roughness turbulence modulation planar laminae grain size

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Accelerated River Meander Migration on the Tibetan Plateau Caused by Permafrost Thaw. Geophysical Research Letters (2025)

Anmeng ShaDongfeng LiDes WallingYi ZhaoShang TianDong ChenShanshan DengJunqiang XiaJim Best

tibetan plateauriver meander migrationclimate dynamicsclimatic changehydrologyhydrological processgeographyenvironmental sciencehydrometeorologygeomorphologythawing dayscryospherewater resourcesclimate changeriver basin managementpermafrost

Distinguishing Microbially Induced Sedimentary Structures From Fluid-Induced Interfacial Deformation Structures (Miss Versus Fids). Geological Society London Special Publications (2025)

Paul B. WignallJeff PeakallJim BestJaco H. Baas

fids spectruminduced sedimentary structuresmorphology (biology)marine geologysedimentary geologysediment researchsedimentologysediment processmiss versus fidsbiologysedimentationfacies analysisearth sciencestratigraphydepositional processsediment transportgeomorphologymicrobiologygeology

Exacerbating Dam-Induced Fragmentation in China’s River Systems. Communications Earth & Environment (2025)

Fan ChenyuLinghong KeJida WangJim BestYunlin ZhangYongwei ShengKai LiuTan ChenFanxuan ZengPengfei ZhanJingying ZhuJian ChengChunqiao Song

sediment transportwater resource managementhydrologyhydrological processriver systemsgeographycivil engineeringflood risk managementembankment damwater resourcessediment researchriver basin management

From Extraction to Recovery: Understanding the Environmental and Social Transformations of Gravel Mining. (2025)

Md Sadiul Alam ChyonJim BestShah Md Atiqul Haq

mining environmentpolitical ecologygravel miningsustainable miningenvironmental sciencenatural resource extractioncivil engineeringnatural resource managementsustainability scienceenvironmental anthropologysocial transformationsenvironmental planningmining industry

How Do Vulnerable People Adapt to the Impact of Sedimentation in the Haor Wetlands of Northeastern Bangladesh?. Weather Climate and Society (2025)

Mohammad Nazrul IslamShah Md Atiqul HaqKhandaker Jafor AhmedJim Best

man-land relationshiphuman-environment interactionsvulnerable peopleclimate resiliencewetland sedimentationhaor wetlandsgeographyenvironmental scienceland restorationenvironmental resource managementflood risk managementenvironmental hazardswetlandsdisaster risk reductiondisaster vulnerabilitynatural disasters

Hydrodynamic Processes of Incipient Meander Chute Cutoffs: Laboratory Experiments With Implications for Morphodynamics and Depth-Averaged Modeling. Authorea (Authorea) (2025)

Jason Tzu-Yao LinEsteban LacunzaRoberto FernándezMarcelo H GarcíaBruce L. RhoadsJames L. BestJessica Zinger LeRoyGary Parker

earth flowsediment transportfluid dynamicsmultiphase flowshydrological processhydrodynamic processesdepth-averaged modelingcomputational fluid dynamicscivil engineeringdisperse flowdebris flowsgeomechanicsenvironmental fluid mechanicsfluid mechanicsapplied mathematicslaboratory experimentsfluid flow

Inertial Effects During Bedload Particle Transport in a 90-Degree Confluence. Journal of Hydraulic Engineering (2025)

Jason T.-Y. LinRohan RaoJaeyoung LeeHeesung JungSoohyeon KangJim BestLeonardo P. Chamorro

hydraulic researchsediment transportsediment researchfluid dynamicsmultiphase flowstransport phenomenaparticle-laden flowsinertial effectscivil engineeringsedimentationenvironmental fluid mechanicsnumerical simulationsearth sciencefluid mechanicsfluid sciencefluid flowengineering

Modeling the Dynamics of Aeolian Meter-Scale Bedforms Induced by Bed Heterogeneities. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (2025)

Camille RambertJoanna M. NieldClément NarteauPauline DelormeGiles F. S. WiggsMatthew C. BaddockJim BestKenneth T. ChristensenPhilippe Claudin

soil dynamicsdepositional processsediment transportsediment researchbed elevation profilesgeographygeoscientific model developmentgeomorphologyenvironmental fluid mechanicsearth sciencebed configurationsedimentologyaeolian processaeolian meter-scale bedforms

Statistical Attributes of Turbulent Flow Across Porous Walls With a Geometrically Smooth Interface: The Role of Internal Wall Structure. Physics of Fluids (2025)

Taehoon KimJim BestKenneth T. ChristensenGianluca Blois

flow physicsunsteady flowsinternal permeabilitytransport phenomenafluid dynamicsturbulence modelingcomputational fluid dynamicsboundary layerscivil engineeringfluid mechanicsfluid flowpermeability reynolds numberinternal wall structure

Bank Strength Variability and Its Impact on the System-Scale Morphodynamics of the Upper Amazon River in Brazil. Geology (2024)

Muriel Z.M. BrücknerRolf E. AaltoJim BestRenato Paes de AlmeidaAndrew P. NicholasPhilip J. AshworthMarco Ianniruberto

quaternary sciencehydraulic researchsediment transportsediment researchgeomorphic processhydrologyhydrological processbasin evolutiongeographyupper amazon rivergeomorphologypalaeogeographyearth sciencefluvial processbank strength variabilitysedimentologybank strengthgeology