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Jon Tunnicliffe

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River Scientist at the University of Auckland Morphodynamics enthusiast, working on our complicated relationships with rivers, in Aotearoa New Zealand

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Sheep are being herded across a river bar, trampling over a researcher's study transect.

Sheep are being herded across a river bar, trampling over a researcher's study transect.

..And there we were, counting grains along a transect on the river bar surface, when - before we knew it - we were counting sheep. #NZGeomorphology

15.03.2025 03:45 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Looking at riparian understory using SLAM (simultaneous localization and mapping). Points collected using a Faro Orbis scanner. 75M points drawn from the full 450M (cleaning still needed!). 150 m channel length; typical channel width is ~3m. Data collection by Sheldon Benito - more to come..

04.03.2025 00:15 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Great paper! A long-overlooked aspect of river response and adjustment around faults.

19.01.2025 00:19 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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If I ever do write up a story on the stunning Quaternary terraces of the Waiau Uwha River and their intriguing tectonic deformations, I will offer due acknowledgements to my bored teenagers who put up with every road stop photo op on our tramping tour through Lewis Pass (North Canterbury, NZ).

18.01.2025 23:55 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Following our work on the post-earthquake sediment budget of the Hāpuku River (www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.adi5560), our next focus is modelling sediment pulses moving from the range front to the coast. Delft3D-FM (+ParaView!) nicely captures the effect of confinement and floodplain storage.

23.11.2024 20:00 β€” πŸ‘ 17    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Too good - thanks, Dan! Looks like a brave new world..

23.11.2024 05:20 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Hello Bluesky!
Now that classes are done, and I have time to think about something besides the next lecture, there may be some time to get social. Here's to summer fieldwork coming up soon..!

23.11.2024 05:15 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1

Put me on the list, if a space opens ;-)

22.11.2024 23:05 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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